-=> Quoting Philip Rambaran to All on 20 Feb 14  10:07:01 <=-   
      
    PR> I've never used a BBS before! Can somebody teach me the basics?   
      
   You seem to have at least stumbled on the most basic... getting on.. ;)   
   And you also managed to write a message, so you've figured out the text   
   editor, and how to send a message... another basic.  :)  Many of us use   
   bbses for sending messages to people all over... the different message   
   bases give us different types of things to talk about.  If you are   
   interested in cooking or eating, for instance, you might want to look at   
   the COOKING echo.  Read some of the messages, feel free to jump in and   
   answer something that looks interesting to you.  If you read an area for   
   a little while, you'll get a flavor of what the place is like, and what   
   to expect from those who regularly use that area.  Often rules are   
   posted, sometimes monthly, sometimes more or less often... :)   
      
   If you really get into messaging, you'll want to see about getting some   
   way of reading and writing messages offline...    
      
    PR> -!- SBBSecho 2.26-Win32   
    PR>  ! Origin: NER BBS, Not Enough Reality in Midlothian, VA USA   
    PR> (1:275/156)   
      
    ... and I see that you are a user on Noel's board, so you can ask him   
   if he can give you some guidance there.  There might be files available   
   on the bbs to get you started... like an offline reader...  :)   
      
   If you are into playing games, that's another thing that bbses offer...    
   The only ones I tend to play are Scrabble and King of the Board, maybe   
   another word game or two... but there are all sorts of games available.   
      
   You can always ask more specific questions, and there probably will be   
   someone at hand to answer... :)   
      
   ttyl          neb   
      
   ... I know my memory is around here someplace, now where did I put it?   
   --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20   
    * Origin: The Holodeck BBS  holo.homeip.net (1:261/1381)