More ramblings from Rich Stow about Lesson 2 -

    Alright, are you ready to start on that InterNet Address Book
structure?  I call it a structure because, even though it's all about
the InterNet, there are different list files for different categories of
addresses, many of them are included in the original 1ST-BETA.ZIP
packet.  Look in your 1ST\SCRIPTS\ subdirectory for a file called
INTERNET.LST.  If it is there, then you already have the necessary
files.  If they aren't, don't worry about it.  I'm going to proceed as
though you never got them until you tell me different.

    Okay, let's get out that text editor again and create a file called
(you guessed it) INTERNET.LST.  And by now you know all the procedures,
so here are the lines to include in this file.  Remember to replace
_all_ of the "#" symbols with "@" symbols.

TITLE=Internet Addresses
SET API(53)=-1
SET API(347)=-1
BACKGROUND={name of .BIN background file}
MME={name of MME file to be played}
POSITION=8,0

Goto Main Menu,                     FILE=#API$(4)$$1502.LST
#API$(11) BBS Main Address Book,    FILE=#API$(14)#API$(10).LST
==============================,
Archie (File Locator) Sites,        FILE=$ARCHIE.LST
FTP (Mail Server) Sites,            FILE=$FTP-SER.LST
FTP Transfer Sites,                 FILE=$FTP-SIT.LST
Gopher (Resource Finder) Sites,     FILE=$GOPHER.LST
==============================,
Broadcast stations,                 FILE=$STATION.LST
College newspapers,                 FILE=$COLLEGE.LST
Computer magazines,                 FILE=$COMPUTR.LST
Daily newspapers,                   FILE=$DAILY.LST
News/Media services,                FILE=$MEDIA.LST
Newsletters,                        FILE=$NEWSLTR.LST
Weekly newspapers,                  FILE=$WEEKLY.LST
Other magazines,                    FILE=$MAGS.LST
==============================,
Government offices,                 FILE=$GOV.LST
==============================,
Rush Limbaugh,                      70277.2502@compuserve.com
==============================,
Mark Herring (Sparky),              sparky@rodent.raider.net
Rich Stow,                          richard.stow@seekers.com
{Names Of InterNet},                {Inter.Net@Addresses.Of}
{Friends Go Here},                  {Inter.Net@Friends.Go.Here}
==============================,

    Remember that a comma goes after each name as you enter it.  Save
this file in your 1ST\SCRIPTS\ subdirectory.

    Now, if you think you've got the hang of it, I'll just send the text
of each of the list files to you without the commentary.  There will be
thirteen additional .LST files, starting with the Archie Sites and
ending with the Government Offices.  If you have been keeping up with
the lessons <G>, after you complete these additional .LST files and
store them in your 1ST\SCRIPTS\ subdirectory, your address book
structure will be just as extensive as mine and just as easy to
navigate.  Have you tried it out, yet?  I think you'll be very surprised
when you do.  Let me know how it works and when you are ready to start
on a new project.