NEW FEATURES FOR SUBSCRIBERS STARTING FEB. 1st !!! 1. The BONUS File Collection will only list files that are DOWNLOADABLE NOW. The "requestables" will be elsewhere: 2. New "Mahoney" files will be listed in the MAHONEY Collection, from where you can request them. When they come in, they'll be listed in the BONUS Collection, from where you'll download them. The MAHONEY Collection will be updated every other day, as now. 3. New "Windows" files will be listed in the WINDOWS Collection, and you'll request them from there and download them when they come in from the BONUS Collection, as above. The WINDOWS Collection will be updated once a week. 4. Ditto "Pictures" files in the PICTURE File Collection, and "ASP" files in the ASP Collection, which will both be updated weekly. PLUS--GET THIS---A "TURBO LOG-ON" feature!!! See below: Some of you have complained that there are too many "welcome screens" and "news items" and "message checks" to endure before you get to the Main Menu. I put those up there for most users mainly because I want them to see if I've changed anything. BUT....for SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, starting February 1st, you will be able to log on to HIS BOARD and go STRAIGHT to where you want to go--WITHOUT all the preliminaries!! Here's how this works: When you FIRST log on, and the system asks for your FIRST NAME, give the following information ALL ON ONE LINE: Firstname Lastname password ! Separate your first name, last name, password, and the exclamation mark with spaces as shown. MAKE SURE IT'S ALL ON ONE LINE. AND MAKE SURE THE EXCLAMATION MARK (!) IS THERE AS SHOWN. If you do that, the system will take you STRAIGHT to the Main Menu of HIS BOARD-- IMMEDIATELY. No welcome screens, no "News Room," no message checks-- NO NOTHING!! Now suppose you want to get to the BONUS Collection in a hurry? Very simple; here's the string to use WHEN YOU FIRST LOG-ON, and the system asks, "What is your first name?": Firstname Lastname password !BONUS (That's your first name, a space, your last name, a space, your password, a space, and the exclamation mark (!) followed IMMEDIATELY-- without a space--by the word "BONUS".) The same procedure is followed for ANY File Collection you might want to get to when you first log on: Firstname Lastname password !Mahoney for the MAHONEY Collection, or: Firstname Lastname password !MAC for the MACINTOSH Collection, or: Firstname Lastname password !PICTURE for the PICTURE File Collection, or: Firstname Lastname password !WINDOWS for the WINDOWS Collection. See how it works? -------------------------------------------------------------------- AHHHH.....BUT THERE'S MORE..... Suppose you want to "turbo log on" straight to a Conference? NO PROBLEM! Here's the procedure: Firstname Lastname password !(conference number) For example, if you want to "turbo log on" directly to the SPACE Conference, you just enter the following: Firstname Lastname password !75 (That's your first name, followed by a space, your last name, a space, your password, a space, and then the exclamation point (!) followed IMMEDIATELY--no spaceband--by the Conference Number. You'll need to memorize the conference number first, of course.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AND ONE LAST THING..... You can "jump" from a Conference to a File Collection using the J command at the Conference Room Menu as a shortcut. For example, from within any Conference, at the Conference Room menu, enter this: J;BONUS or J BONUS and you'll be taken STRAIGHT to the BONUS File Collection. (This also works from HIS BOARD's Main Menu, but with the "Z" replacing the "J." In other words, you can have a little shortcut by typing "Z;BONUS" or "Z BONUS" from the Main Menu instead of the "F" command.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- All of these new features are being added for your convenience, because I'm so thankful for your contribution, and to make your visit to HIS BOARD a little more pleasant. Enjoy, and God bless!! Bob Harris