!turnoff E
!turnoff I
!turnoff A
!set filter OFF
Before we let you loose into the main system, we can try
to set up your system options so that you can get the
best possible usage from the system. Not everyone uses the
same communications program or terminal, so we have to try
to find out what you are using and set things up correctly
for you.

In that we are in Finland, let's find out what strange
character set you are using... At the next prompt, please
type a skandinavian 'AE' ('Ž'). If the system doesn't respond,
then we unfortunately don't have your character set available,
and you will have to type an X to get out of it!

!tryae
Type an 'AE' : 
!ichoice [ŽX

!switch sf7 ibm nogo
!sf7
Aha! A finnish seven bit user! If you can switch to an eight
bit character set you would be better off, but if you aren't
sure then we can leave things as they are for now. The main
question now is whether or not you saw the correct finnish
letter on your screen when you typed it. Did you?

Answer yes (Y) or no (N): 
!ichoice YN

!switch setsf7 bad7
!bad7
Something is wrong with the way you have your computer set up;
you should check your manual for more information. Possibly
you need to switch your keyboard to 'high ascii'? Do you want to
have another try, or shall we just give up?

Answer yes (Y) or no (N): 
!ichoice YN

!switch tryae nogo

!setsf7
!set characters sf7
Finnish 7-bit characters set!
!goto nextbit

!ibm
Aha! we have an IBM user with an eight bit character set. Just
as well, that's the preferred character set here...
!turnon I
!set characters ibm
!goto nextbit

!nogo
Sorry that we can't deal with you properly...
for now we'll leave you in standard 7bit
ASCII mode to avoid confusion... Send a comment
to your friendly SYStem OPerator and maybe he
can work out what's wrong....
!set characters us7

!nextbit

Now that we've dealt with that, we need to find out whether
the program you are using can tackle so-called 'ANSI'.
If you are you using Procomm, by the way, you should switch
your terminal emulation mode to VT100, *not* to ANSI!
!next1

Look at this:
*******

Did the asterisks come out in the middle of the line, or
did you just see some letters and figures in front of them?

Did it come in the middle of the line (YN)?: 
!ichoice YN

!switch ansi1 notansi

!ansi1
!set terminal ansi
Looks like you possibly have an ANSI terminal, good.
!ifnot I ansi2
In that you also have IBM characters we can now offer
you fancy menus, and gory multicoloured prompts (so
long as you have a colour screen!)
!set colours off
!set ansi on

!ansi2
Let's just check that it's *really* compatible all the
way. Stand well back and watch this.....
10  -  9  -  8  -  7  -  6  -  5  -  4  -   3  -  2  -  1  -
Blastoff..........................
line one
line two
line three
line four


Either you saw 'line one' to 'line four' appear on your
screen and disappear through the top, or all those lines are
still there now.....

Did the lines disappear off your screen (YN)? 
!ichoice YN

!switch fse nofse

!fse
!set fse on
Good. That means that you can use the full screen editor to
write your messages. Much easier!

!goto nextbit2

!nofse
It should have done.. most likely explanation is that you
are using some kind of 'BBS' ANSI emulation. Look for VT100
in your computer's setup, that might help.... Would you
like to try that again after changing your setup?

Answer yes (Y) or no (N): 
!ichoice YN

!switch ansi2 nextbit2

!notansi
Sorry, you don't have an ANSI terminal: pity, the system will
be able to do much more for you if you have! Would you like to
try to change your setup locally and try again?

Answer yes (Y) or no (N): 
!ichoice YN

!switch next1 nextbit2

!nextbit2

One word before we plug you into the BBS: any messages you
may leave here are your own responsibility. Messages that in
the SYSOP's opinion are illegal will be removed from the system
as soon as he sees them, so please avoid the problem by not
writing them to start with!

Note also that when the system refers to 'private' mail this 
does NOT imply that the message is totally private. The SYSOP
*is* able to read all mail entered on this system, 'private' in
this connection means that *only* the SYSOP and the addressee
can read the message. If you need a *really* private conversation
then give the other guy a call on the phone, we know you have one!

The SYSOP will of course respect the privacy of these messages
and not divulge information they may contain. He reserves the
right nonetheless to delete messages that conflict with the
rules above.

Please type a Y to signify that you have read and understood
this (or disconnect if the rules are not to your liking): 
!ichoice Y

!LOGIN
OK, here comes the BBS....


!set filter off
!quit