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- @X38┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────@X3B┐@X0B
- @X38│ @X3EHelp: @X3F(J)oin a Conference @X3B│@X0B
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- Conferences serve as a way to separate information and topics on a
- bulletin board system. By dividing up the information, you can find
- what you are after quicker than ever before.
- @X0F
- Subcommands
-
- @X0B[conf. name] Conference name to join.@X03 Specifies the conference
- name you wish to join. Joining a conference by
- name is useful when you do not remember conference
- numbers, or in case the conference is moved to a
- new number.
-
- @X0B[conf. num.] Conference number to join.@X03 Specifies the conference
- number you wish to join.
-
- @X0BQ Quick-join the conference.@X03 Sometimes the conference
- that is being joined will have a news or introduction
- file. This subcommand will make sure that these files
- are not displayed when the conference is joined.
-
- @X0BS Search conference names for text.@X03 As pointed out
- earlier, you may want to join a conference by name
- instead of number. What if you do not know or remember
- the conference names? This subcommand enables you to
- search the conference names on a system for text. When
- prompted for text to search for, enter the text you
- wish to search for. If a match is found in the
- conference name then both the conference name and
- number will be displayed.
- @X0F
- Description
- @X03
- Conferences provide a method which information on the bulletin board
- system can be broken down into areas. Each conference can have unique
- file directories, message bases, scripts, bulletins, and doors, or it
- may share these with other conferences on the system. In order to go
- to one of these conferences, use this command. Once you join the
- conference all of the features of the conference are made available to
- you.
- @X0F
- Examples
- @X03
- If you want to join conference number 13, enter the following at the
- conference command prompt:
- @X0E
- J;13
- @X03
- If you know the name of the conference instead of the number of the
- conference, type in the name of the conference to join. For example,
- if you want to join the Computer_Art conference then you would type:
- @X0E
- J;COMPUTER_ART
- @X03
- If you do not know either the conference name or the conference number,
- use the search subcommand to help you find the right conference. For
- example, you may only remember that the conference deal with art. In
- that case, type the following at the conference command prompt:
- @X0E
- J;S;ART
- @X03
- PCBoard will search the conference names to see if it could find a
- match. For this particular example, you may see a report like the
- following:
- @X07
- 1) Classic_Art
- 13) Computer_Art
- 37) Digitized_Art
- @X03
- The number to the left is the conference number and the conference name
- is listed to the right. You can then pick the conference number or
- name that you wish to join.
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