   Fnordadel Rooms Tutorial
 
   Basically, a Fnordadel BBS is a ring of rooms.  A room is simply a
collection of related messages -- a room corresponds to a "message base" or
"SIG" on other systems.  Each room has a name, followed by one of four special
characters which tell you what kind of room it is:
 
   ">"  Normal room; you can read and enter messages in it.
   "]"  Directory room; you can read and enter messages as in a normal room,
        but there is also a disk directory attached to it, so you can upload
        and download files as well.
   ")"  Shared room; if you have network privileges, you can enter messages
        here that are sent to all other systems in the network which share
        this room.  If you haven't got net privileges, you can still enter
        local messages, as well as read all messages (networked or not).  Or,
        if the room has been set up as "auto-net" by somebody, you don't need
        net privileges to post networked messages.
   ":"  Shared Directory room; combines the features of a "]" and a ")" room.
 
   The system probably also is set up with "floors", which are groups of
related rooms.  See .H(elp) FLOORS.
 
   To get a list of all the rooms in the system that are available to you, use
the [K]nown rooms command.  If you are in floor mode, you'll only see available
rooms on the current floor, so use the .K(nown rooms) or ;K(nown-floors)
commands instead.  .K(nown rooms) can take some options to show you certain
kinds of rooms; see ".K(nown rooms) ?" for a list.
 
   The "room prompt" is the command prompt at which you enter most commands.
It consists of the name of the room you are in, followed by a special
character, as in:
 
   Lobby>
   The Library]
   Atari ST)
   Fabulous Warez:
   <etc>
 
   There are some twists to this room business:  The Mail> room is a special
room that lets you send private mail to other users, both on this system and
possibly on other systems across the network.  There may also be "anonymous"
rooms, where users can post messages that are not identified in any way.  Some
rooms may be designated as "read-only", and only users with Aide or Sysop
standing can post messages there (typically for announcements and such).
 
%%SEE ALSO:
%FILES Files (in directory rooms)
%FLOORS	All about floors
%MAIL How to send private mail
%NET Details about network rooms
%TOPICS	Main help topics listing
