Foresight 0.4 beta-test partial feature list: General features: Terminal emulations supported: Color VT52, Monochrome VT52, Color ANSI, Monochrome ANSI, Color UBT, Color IGS, Color RIP, ASCII Internal ANSI emulation: 4-color rendering of 16-color ANSI; faster than ANSI-ST v0.4 Internal UBT emulation: 4-color bitmap-oriented graphics Internal graphics conversion: e.g., ANSI-to-VT52 for VT52 users and VT52- to-ANSI for ANSI users Fast 19200 (14400) baud displays Full internal use of "PC" font Menu randomizer: up to eight menu sets for each terminal mode FzDS split-screen chat: for VT52, ANSI, and UBT Chat call plays MOD file in "background" through Paula MOD-player User defaults menu: all the basics plus autosignature, quoting prefix, etc. Graffiti wall: one-liners Feedback: separate from e-mail to allow cosysops to moderate Rumors: advertisements which appear at main menu prompt Other BBS listing DOS-like command interpreter: for sysop and cosysop use Top-Ten lists: including best and worst average message length New-user voting: optionally allow your users to determine who gets access General voting: ten directories of ten questions each; option to prohibit "follow-the-leader" voting; directories can be restricted by access Global new-scan ("Zip-scan"): read new messages, find new files, and check the graffiti wall with one key-press Automatic restore from backup data files if any should become corrupted Automatic archival of system log files into handy monthly ZIP files Message base features: Up to 999 message bases (1-999) Grouped into up to 26 message conferences (A-Z) FzDS's Full Screen Editor (FSE) version 0.7: for VT52 and ANSI Attach files to messages Support for FSN, the Foresight Network Universal quoting buffer: quote more than just messages; quote e-mail, feedback, responses to voting questions... Quoted text is highlighted in red for VT52 and ANSI users Messages can contain VT52, ANSI, and UBT graphics: VT52 and ANSI will be converted (or stripped entirely for ASCII users) Message uploading for "ANSI pictures" and the like Internal QWK/REP functions Private, permanent, non-networked messages on network bases Thread backwards and return easily Very easy-to-navigate message reading E-mail features: File-mail: attach files to e-mail, even FSN net mail Multi-mail: send mail to more than one user at a time Support for FSN, the Foresight Network File-transfer features: Global batch download queue: download it now or "queue-it" Global batch upload directory: upload everything at once and use it later or upload as necessary Support for all popular external uni-directional protocols: e.g., FzP (Xmodem CRC, Xmodem 1K, Ymodem, Ymodem-G, Fmodem), XYZ 2.02 (Zmodem) Support for bi-directional protocols: e.g., Jekyll Doors features: Up to 999 doors Support for Door Interface Program (DIP) Support for FoReM DORINFO1.DEF through "custom file" creation Support for FoReM FOREM.DAT through FSheller Support for Foresight doors Launch methods: simple command line, complex command line, simple file, complex file, DIP, generic execute, and custom file Packaged with FzDS Ring-Tracker: resets computer if the modem "rings" repeatedly with no carrier; e.g., if a door crashes Bulletins features: Nested bulletins menus Mandatory bulletins ("news") Bulletin-viewing can be restricted by access level Requirements: 2 or more megabytes of memory Hard drive 1200 to 14400 baud modem: 28800 can be used by "locking" serial port rate ST medium resolution Tested on 8MHz ST, 8MHz STE, and 25MHz ST Features "Coming Soon": File areas: up to 999 in 26 conferences; waiting-list; password protection; file-point system; extensive search criteria; file-requests through QWK packets; full-screen list and scan; up to 32000 files per area; off- line files; cross-partition areas; full-screen description editor; etc. On-the-fly UBT-to-RIP conversion through FSRIP: you see UBT, your user sees RIP Note: FreeZe Dried Full Screen Editor, FreeZe Dried Two-Way Chat, FreeZe Dried Ring-Tracker, and FreeZe Dried Protocols are copyrighted by Aaron Hopkins. XYZ 2.02 is copyrighted by Alan Hamilton of Starfall Software. Jekyll is copyrighted by Vince Partington. RIP is copyrighted by TeleGraphix Communications.