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tion to which you are connecting (i.e. PBBS is W0XJ-1, your station must be W0XJ-n). Once con-
nected to the PBBS, the very first command you enter must be SYSOP. The KAM Plus PBBS will
then respond with three lines of six numbers each. Choose one of these three lines and decode
the RTEXT using these numbers.
For example, assume your KAM Plus has the RTEXT set to "This is a sample rtext." When you con-
nect to this KAM Plus PBBS from a remote station and give the SYSOP command, it will send you:
1 12 3 18 6 9
2 10 22 5 7 18
13 16 4 9 1 20
To simplify this, let's re-write the RTEXT as:
12345678901234567830123
This is a sample rtext.
Using the first line of numbers to decode this, the number 1 means the letter T", the number 12
means "a", 3 means "i", 18 means "r", 6 means "i", and 9 means "a". The proper response is
therefore Tairia – note that this is case sensitive, so you must properly use upper and lower case
characters to gain SYSOP access.
Once you have gained SYSOP status, a new command is available through the PBBS – Edit. The
Edit command is used to change information contained in the message, and also to change the
message header.
Each message will have a TYPE indicated by the letter P (private), B (bulletin) or T (traffic). To
change the message type, enter the edit command with the message number and the new type
(i.e. E 2 P would edit message number 2 to become a private message). Messages may also have
a STATUS which is indicated by the letters shown below:
Y (yes it has been read) – Private messages only
N (no it has not been read) – Private messages only
F (this message has been forwarded to another BBS)
H (this message is being HELD)
If a message is marked as HELD, you can "unhold" it by using the EDIT command followed by the
number of the message, and the letter H. The, letter H acts as a toggle: it will hold an unhold
message or unhold a held message (e.g. E 2 H).
A message marked with F means that this message has already been forwarded to another BBS.
You should NOT change this flag, as this could cause duplicate messages to be introduced into the
BBS system. If you absolutely MUST change it, use the Edit command with the message number
and F (e.g. E 3 F).
A private message may have the Y or N flag set. This indicates whether or not the addressee has
read the message. You can change this using the Edit command, message number, and either Y or
N (e.g. E 6 Y).
As SysOp, you can also change the TO field, @BBS field, FROM field or even the subject/text of
the message. The following commands are used for these purposes:
E # >
callsign
Changes the TO field to a new callsign
E # <
callsign
Changes the FROM field to a new callsign
E # @
bbscall
Changes the @BBS field to bbscall
E # "string1" "string2" Changes the FIRST occurrence of string1 to string2, starting
with the subject of the message.
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