
                      HELP ON USER PROFILE CONFIGURATION

This menu allows you to reconfigure your user profile, which controls several 
settings for your terminal and how you interact with this system.  This 
profile is saved with your name or logon ID, so it is automatically in effect 
each time you call this system, unless you come here and alter it.

There are several items in your profile, but they are divided into the 
following groups:


                        ANSI AND IBM GRAPHICS SETTINGS

These two settings control whether you wish the system to send you ANSI codes 
or IBM Graphics characters, and are modified through these menu choices:

        A - Set ANSI codes On/Off
        G - Set IBM Graphics On/Off

ANSI codes provide color, highlights, blinking and cursor position according 
to the ANSI X3.64 standard.  Your terminal or communications program must 
support ANSI or VT-100 terminal emulation in order for these codes to be 
correctly handled.  

WARNING:  Your terminal or software MUST support ANSI or VT-100 in order to 
have ANSI enabled here.  If you DO NOT have this capability, but enable ANSI 
here on the system, you will see garbage characters and probably have an 
unreadable display!

IBM Graphics allows you to use 8-bit data on both input and output to the 
system, thereby allowing you to see IBM Graphics characters, such as boxes and 
international alphabetic characters.

NOTE:  If you enable IBM Graphics characters, but dial the system with 7-bit 
data, you will not be able to logon and use the system!  Make sure you're 
calling with 8-bit data and NO parity before enabling IBM Graphics.


                  TERMINAL (OR TERMINAL EMULATOR) ATTRIBUTES

These settings define the needs of your terminal or terminal emulator 
(communications software).  You have the following options:

        W - Set Terminal Width

This controls the number of characters which will fit on your screen on each 
line, left to right.  The system will adjust its displays to width of your 
screen automatically.  If you are calling with a printing terminal (such as a 
Teletype) then this is the number of characters which can be printed across 
a page.

        L - Set Line Feeds On/Off

This setting controls whether the system will send line feed characters at the 
end of each line.  MOST TERMINALS AND SOFTWARE REQUIRE LINE FEEDS, and this 
option should be set to YES.  If all displays on the system appear to be 
double-spaced, then set this option to NO.

        N - Set # of Nulls

This option is used to place delays after every line displayed by the system.  
MOST MODERN TERMINALS AND COMPUTERS DO NOT NEED NULLS, and you can set the 
option to 0 (zero).  If you are calling with a printing terminal (such as a 
Teletype) you may need nulls to avoid character loss.  If you are missing 
characters at the beginning of each line, try increasing the number of nulls 
you have set.

        C - Set Lower Case On/Off

This options controls whether the system will send lower case characters to 
you or not.  If your terminal or computer can handle lower case properly, set 
this option to YES.  Otherwise, set it to NO.

        P - Set Page Pause (-more-)

This option allows you to define a screen (page) length so that the system 
will pause each time is fills one screen (or page).  If you set this option to 
NO, then the system will never pause displays.  If you set it to YES, you will 
be asked for the number of lines per page.  If you have a computer, this is 
the number of lines that fit on your screen top to bottom.  If you have a 
printing terminal (such as a Teletype) this is the number of lines which 
constitute one page.

        T - Set New Terminal Type

This option allows you to select a pre-defined terminal type from the list 
displayed.  If your terminal or computer is listed, you may select it an avoid 
manually setting your terminal options.  Otherwise, you will need to configure 
your settings on this screen manually.


                        PROTOCOLS AND MESSAGE SETTINGS

These settings determine your default file transfer protocols, and allow you 
to set preferences for interaction with the message system.  You have the 
following options:

        U - Set File Upload Protocol
        D - Set File Download Protocol

These options allow you to select your preferred upload and download protocols 
from the list of protocols shown.  You may also choose to have the system 
prompt you for your preferred protocol with each transfer you make (this is 
the default setting, and is in effect until you change it).

If you choose an upload and/or download protocol, it will be used 
automatically instead of asking you each time you make a file transfer.

        M - Set Message Base Defaults

This option allows you to set your preferences for interaction with the 
message system.  Selecting this option allows you to configure the following:

Message Prompt Style

    If you're using the line-oriented message editor, this option controls how 
    you are prompted for each line of message input.  The choices are: 

        1 - Line number only
        2 - Bytes free in message buffer, plus line number
        3 - Prompt only (shows > character on each line)

    Option 1 (line number only) is the most commonly used.

Prepared Text Prompting

    If you set this option to YES, the system will ask you each time you enter 
    a message whether you wish to submit prepared message text.  This allows 
    you to prepare an ASCII text file offline, and upload it as the text of 
    a message you enter, instead of typing the text online.  Setting this
    option to NO makes the system never ask you about this.

New Message Pointer Method

    This option allows you to select how you want new message pointers to be 
    maintained for you.  The options are:

        1 - Track the highest message read (this is similar to most bulletin
            board systems, and is a "high water mark")
        2 - Track the lowest unread message (this is the most natural method
            and tracks contiguously read messages)

Full-Screen Editor Usage

    This option controls prompting for the full-screen message editor.  Your
    choices are:

        1 - Ask on each (prompts whether you want to use it each time 
            you enter a message)
        2 - Always use (invokes the full-screen editor each time you
            enter a message)
        3 - Never use (always invokes the line-oriented editor each time
            you enter a message)




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