INTRODUCTION

Overview

Description

Features

Changes

Technical Info

Credits

SUPPORT

Local Support Sites

Support on the internet

Bug Reports

Registration

Donations

INSTALLATION / UPGRADING

Installation Overview

Upgrade Overview

Windows 10 Information

Windows 11 and other x64 bit Windows OS Information

Installing NTVDMx64

Otvdm/winevdm - run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows

Enable Legacy Console Mode

RemoteAccess to ProBoard conversion

RemoteAccess compatible files

SYSTEM CONVERSIONS

RemoteAccess to ProBoard conversion

RemoteAccess compatible files

STARTING PROBOARD

Single Node

CONFIGURATION

Configuration Overview

Options (F1)

Paths

New Users

Security

Yelling

System Options

File Transfers

Display Options

Site Info

QWK Options

File List Format

Protocol Configuration (F2)

The Local Protocol PEX

Message Areas (F3)

Message Area Groups (F4)

File Areas (F5)

File Area Groups (F6)

Time/Download Limits (F7)

User Editor (F8)

Menu Editor (F9)

Matrix Addresses (F10)

Modem Parameters (Shift-F1)

SysOp Macros (Shift-F2)

Events (Shift-F3)

Personal Files (Shift-F4)

Language Editor (Shift-F5)

Validate Template Editor (Shift-F6)

About ProCFG (Shift-F9)

SECURITY

Levels & Flags

Trashcan

MENUS

Setting up menus

Menu Security

Creating menus

Hints

Menu Function Summary

Menu Function Overview

RIPscrip GRAPHICS

RIPscrip GRAPHICS (RIP)

FILE TAGGING

File Tagging

QWK

QWK Support

USERS

USERS.BBS

Loglevels

ECHOMAIL & NETMAIL

Feature Statement

Echomail

Netmail

PBUTIL (The ProBoard Utility Program)

PBUTIL

Daily Maintenance

Fix BINLOG.PB

File Counters

File Indexer

Hatch Personal File

Message Indexer

Message Linker

Message Packer

Music Player

Nodelist Compiler

UserFile Fixer

UserFile Indexer

UserFile Killer

UserFile Packer

UserFile Sorter

REFERENCE

Multi-user operation

SysOp keys

Command line options & errorlevels

AVATAR/0 and AVATAR/0+

Hard-coded .Axx files

.Axx file control codes

Music Files

Text Macros

Example batch files

Flag Cross-Reference Chart

FREE Files

Semaphore files (shutting down ProBoard)

TIPS & TRICKS

Navigating through menus

The [S] & [P] keys

Online help in every menu

Uploading to the current file area

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT

Software Development Kit (SDK)

Requirements

Creating ProBoard Executables (PEX-files)

Compiling and Linking

Restrictions

Library functions supported

ProBoard Interface Functions

ProBoard File Structures

Remote Access Y2K Structures

TELNET

Windows 10 Information

Enable Legacy Console Mode

Setting up ProBoard with Net2BBS

EXTERNAL PROGRAMS / DOORS

Supported Drop File Information

NFU and DOOR32.SYS under ProBoard for DOS

BBSLink

DoorParty

MannIRC Door

LORD32

Darkness

DoorMud

Ambroshia

Pimpwars

Jezabel

Food Fight 2004

Other Win32 doors that were tested

Win32 doors that appear not to work

Setup ProBoard with GameSrv

External

FrontDoor

NetSerial & NetFoss