<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Help using the Conference >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Conference mode allows multiple on-line users to chat with one another, much like the CB mode of CompuServe. When you enter the Conference, MicroServe will inform other conference members that you have joined the conference. To participate, just start typing a message. Once you press RETURN, your message, prefixed with your User Name, is transmitted to all other conference members. Press RETURN after about 60 or 70 characters for best results so that your message is not too long. Although not required by the software, observe the following protocol when using the Conference mode to help streamline its operation. If you need more than one line to when transmitting your statement, suffix your line with ... to inform others that more text is coming. When you complete your last line, suffix your message with /O, which is an abbreviation for "over", which means you are done transmitting and awaiting a response from someone else. One "quirk" about the Conference mode (not unlike CompuServe's CB mode) is that if you are in the middle of typing a message, another user may have just transmitted a message, thus trashing the looks of your message. Note that your message is not really trashed, it just looks that way on the screen. If this happens, just finish your messages just as if nothing happened. Some terminal programs, such as PROCOMM, have a CHAT mode function which prevents this problem by display input and output in two different windows. If you wish to see the User Names of other Conference members, enter /WHO on a blank line. Note that this shows only other users who are in the Conference mode, not users on the system. To exit from Conference mode, enter /EXIT on a blank line. When you exit, MicroServe will inform other Conference members that you have left the Conference Mode.