Booting network
Color 64 Network - Booting Network
Now that you have finished with the setup (it wasn't that bad, was it?), it's time to boot up the BBS. If you are running your system using a REU, then your "√sys.ramove" program will automatically copy your Network overlays from the Program Files
Regardless of which way you boot up, make certain that the two main modules (√bbs.nw1 & √bbs.nw2) are on the Program Files drive. If you use RAMDOS, make sure that these files are getting stashed into the REU at the time the REU is getting loaded. Leaving out these two main modules in a ramdos system is the number one thing people forget to do! You can't get the bbs booted all the way without these files being in RAM. Also for REU users, make sure you have sufficient space available! This is the second most common problem.
The Wait-For-Call Screen
Boot up your BBS now. When you get to the familiar call waiting screen, you might want to take note of a couple items:
- There are two "status line" values which were not previously updated. They are labeled Nets Holding and Nets Due Out.
- * Nets Holding shows you how many (if any) public messages which have come in from the network, are waiting to be released. If you are not using this holding feature as described in section 5, then this number will always be 0.
- * Nets Due Out shows you how many calls are due to be made. It does NOT show you how many messages are due out; it only shows you the number of nodes which are due to be called. If a node is locked for some reason (read on for info on locking nodes), it will show this node as due to go out until it tries to go out, in which case it will adjust itself. More on this later...
Ok, now hit any one of your function keys (F1-F8) and review the menu again.
The CHANGE TIME/DATE function for F4 is gone! Don't worry, it’s still around. Instead, you'll see what's called NETWORK MENU - Hit F4 now. Now you are at the Network menu.
Next Section: Network Menu Options