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process consists of these four parts:
(1) General information (a handle to use on the system, a real name, a
phone number, a password, two lines of address, and a birth date).
(2) Terminal parameters (computer type, whether or not lower case will be
used, screen width in columns, screen length in rows, whether or not
linefeeds are required after carriage returns, whether or not the
‘More?’ option will be used, the
user’s chosen level of system help, the user’s time zone, and whether
or not the user is ‘private’). Several of these parameters require
further explanation:
‘MORE?’ OPTION: If enabled, will cause screen output to be paused
after the screen is filled, until the user presses a
key. If the ‘N’ key is pressed at a ‘More?’ prompt,
an attempt will be made to abort the output.
HELP LEVEL: If set at ‘beginner’ will cause the system to display
important commands before every command level prompt.
If set at ‘novice’ these command helps are
suppressed. If set at ‘expert’ other system files,
such as entry information to message bases and file
transfer areas is also suppressed.
TIME ZONE: A use may select a number of hours (-23 to +23) that his
particular time zone is different relative to the
system will display all dates (normally displayed in
system time) relative to any given user’s time zone --
as if the system were in his own time zone.
PRIVATE: If a user selects that he does not want his info private,
all other users are able to perform commands to
display his real name, address, phone number and
birth date. That is, the user does not mind that
other people on your system can view his normally
confidential information.
(3) Miscellaneous questions. As initially programmed the system requests
the user’s occupation and favorite color for your information. This
information (along with the personal statement to follow) is written
into a file for your review -- it is not retained by the system. You
may alter the miscellaneous questions by changing the DATA statement on
line 62048 of the file ‘prg.new user’. The first data element, an
integer, tells how many questions (in quotation marks) are to follow.
(4) A personal statement (a chance to type a paragraph or two briefly
explaining anything else that needs explaining).
The ‘prg.new user’ has been updated a bit. It now allows zip codes of 9
digits. That allows for the new zip codes, as well as the Canadian Postal
Code. The program also defaults to ‘new Commodore’ prompts for new users.
It doesn’t ask the user for his state/province, since it already has that
information from the phone number area code that the user inputs. It does
allow the user to change the state/province when it verifies the data from