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  =                     Parlor House BBS for Linux                      = 
  =                             Version 3.0                             =
  =                     By Asu Pala and Loreen Lacy                     =
  =                           Copyright 1995                            =
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Welcome to the start of operating the best BBS available on the net! 
Operating a BBS can be great fun and a very challenging adventure.  You
can start a base of users that can grow into the thousands before you know
it.  The structure of this BBS is simple to use.  Your users login to a
main channel.  They are then free to make open and secret channels and
move about as they wish. 
	There are many fun and useful commands available which are easily
mastered. Help files are online and your users will find them easy to
master and use.  The files are easily modified to your own preferences for
wording, color, context or design. The help file structure is easily
modified to add extra files as you decide. 
	Login, logout, information and system-kick screens can be used to
add your own logo, drawings or text files to display to users. 
	Your users can selectively choose to see logins by their friends
or ignore certain users easily with their own lists. 
	Your higher level users can use special commands to control and or
remove troublesome users from your BBS.  You also have a bad user level 0
to send a 'wake-up call' to certain users.  It limits their access to some
commands. 
	Your users can add or change lines of personalized information or
"profiles" about themselves for other users to view. In addition, there
are many set options available to your users to set their own preferences
for their login sessions. 


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             These are the three different options available:

          -=-=-=-=-=  The Registered Shareware version =-=-=-=-=-

	Name your BBS - you choose a name for your BBS and all logins,
hints, time and system generated messages will show your new BBS name. 

	Four Level 7 users - you can assign yourself and 3 users by
username to be Level 7. 

	Removal of shareware messages and increase of maximum users - all
shareware notices will be removed and your maximum users online will be 
raised to 25 and maximum friends will be raised to 20.

        Zooming messages - your users can "zoom" messages on secret
channels using this command.  There are many fonts available for their use.

	Registered owner access to certain higher commands - broadcast 
and twit commands will be available to the username of the registered owner.

	Eight hint text choices - you can supply announcements you want to 
display during hint intervals.

The highest level is 7 for this version and you will not have access to
some really important commands, but even with these limits, you will still
have a totally functional and high quality BBS. But our other two packages
have so much to offer, we are sure you will want to start your new users
off with the best BBS environment you can. 
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           -=-=-=-=-=       The Complete version       =-=-=-=-=-  

	Higher levels! - ***WELCOME TO LEVEL 10!!!*** You will gain access
to all the great commands this BBS has to offer.  You can also make as
many higher levels (7,8 and 9 even 10 if you want) as you feel you need
for your userbase. 

	Level names - You will choose the names of the higher levels for
your BBS.  Assign whatever rank, office or name you like between 6 and 10. 

	Customized hints - you can create a text file of hints, messages,
quotes, policies or whatever you wish and the BBS will randomly select and
display to all users while it runs. 

	Login, logout, information and systemkick screens - you have 
scren files available to show your own BBS logo, information or other 
information to your users during their logging in and out of your BBS.

	Maximum users and friends - the total number is raised to 48 max 
users and a total of 48 friends per user.

	Advanced set features - you can set or change user stats and
profile information such as total hours, kicks, shouts, job titles and
other features. 

	Special force command - if needed, you can force a user to issue
commands or input. 

	No limitations on commands on the BBS - you can issue commands in
places regular users can not such as zooming or using colors on open
channels, avoiding system-kicks and error messages.  In addition, no user
can warn, kick, twit or change your level. 

	Control logins, logouts and allowing new users - you have total
control of who does and does not get into your BBS. 

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        Some of the special features for your users of this BBS:

	Profiles - your users can have up to 10 extra lines for their
profiles to change or modify as they choose. 

	Broadcasts and shouts - your high level users can broadcast and
shout messages to all users on all channels. 

	More troublemaker control functions - with the higher level users,
more commands will be available to control and or remove troublesome users
from your BBS. Sites can be banned, logins disabled or total BBS shutdown 
for testing or troubleshooting.

	Personalized set features - your users can customize their
sessions with many features such as colors, beeps, messages, greetings to
show during logins and many more. 

	Systemkick monitoring - you can choose to keep this feature
enabled or have it disabled. 

As you can see, this is a GREAT BBS that is packed with many features for
you and your users.  But we have an even BETTER package!  The Complete
Customized Version offers all of the above and some great additions which
will make your BBS truly top quality for you and your users. 
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           -=-=-=-=-= The Complete Customized version =-=-=-=-=-  

In addition to all the great features available in the Complete version, we 
will make custom changes you provide to make this truly your own unique BBS.  

	Command access - You will choose what commands to make available
by level.  You decide how much control to grant your users. 

	Name your main channel - the name of channel "Parlor" will be
changed to whatever name you choose.  You may pick any name up to 14
characters in length using any of the legal characters for channel names. 

	Level names - You will choose the names of all the different levels
for your BBS.  You can let your imagination flow freely and name them
whatever you wish.  Names, places, mythical heroes, creatures, characters
from your favorite films, anything you wish. 

	Reserved names - you can set a reservation on names for yourself
or other users to keep others from using them. 

	Leave messages for users - you can put ascii files in the messages
directory for any user.  During their login, your message will display
after the login screen. 

	Extra profile lines - you can have a file of text or ascii art in
your profile and set this feature for other users. 

	Two unique profile lines - two of the available lines in the user
profiles can be changed to reflect whatever you want or left as they are. 
They can show users, likes, loves, favorite color, age, sex, or anything
else you can think of. 

	Customized hints intro line - you provide 8 phrases that will
randomly show to your users when the hints come up. 

	Systemkick monitoring - you can provide a list of words you want
your BBS to monitor or have this feature totally disabled. 

