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        ³    Overview of the most important features in ProBoard v1.31     ³
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         This is a list of the most important features of ProBoard

         - ProBoard is THE fastest QuickBBS-style BBS program around!! It's
           completely written in highly optimized C++ and assembly language.

         - Fully multi-line / multi-user. Up to 255 nodes can share the
           same user database, message base and file database.

         - Support for 3 message base types : Squish, Hudson and *.MSG, all
           at the same time.

         - Allows up to 10,000 message areas and 10,000 file areas.

         - Compatible with most, if not all, doors written for other BBS
           software such as RemoteAccess, QuickBBS, PCBoard, etc.

         - A software development kit is included with ProBoard!  You can
           write your own extensions to ProBoard using C or C++.  Programs
           written with the SDK run "inside" ProBoard, for maximum
           flexibility and speed.  The programmer doesn't have to worry
           about modem communications, user files, etc.
           THIS IS TOTALLY UNIQUE!!  No other BBS software offers anything
           that comes close.

         - Integrated, lightning-fast duplicate file checking on uploads.

         - Extremely fast indexed file system, while still using the
           standard FILES.BBS-based file system.

         - Full CD-ROM support.  The CD-ROM drive is not accessed until a
           file is actually downloaded.

         - Flexible protocol configuration. You can install any protocol
           directly in ProBoard (even bi-directional protocols are
           supported).  Protocols that can be installed in ProBoard include
           X/Y/Zmodem, MPT, BiModem, HS/Link, etc.

         - Very flexible security system with over 65,000 security levels
           and 32 security flags.  This means you can have over 2 million 
           different security levels on your BBS.

         - TTY, ANSI, Avatar (Level 0 and 0+) terminal emulation.

         - Swaps itself to disk or EMS when shelling to an external program
           (door), leaving only 2 (two) Kb resident!

         - REAL-TIME multi-line chat built in.  This is far more advanced 
           than the usual line-by-line chat found on most other BBS 
           systems.

         - Direct support for ALL high speed modems (up to 38,400 bps)

         - Extremely user-friendly configuration and maintenance utilities.