Connecting to the server

Going On-Line

Before starting, please make sure your modem is connected to your phone line and to your computer and powered on. Double-check that the CTB tools are installed properly as outlined in the preceeding chapter. 

To begin, 

• Double-click on the hi-BBS™ Client application located in the hi-BBS™ Client ƒ. 

The opening screen of hi-BBS and the Mail and Status palettes will appear. The hi-BBS connection window will follow.

There are two ways to connect to a hi-BBS Server. The first one, used the first time, is to connect using the Guest option. The other, once you have a username and password, is to connect using the Registered user option.

The followings detail the connection to the XBR hi-BBS server.

Connecting as a Guest

If you connect to a new hi-BBS Server, for which you don't have a defined username and password, you will need to use the Guest option.

After launching the hi-BBS Client, the connection window will appear. This window contains two radio buttons, one for the Guest option and the other for the Registered user option.

• Click Guest

The window will display Organization name: BBS.

 

• Click Connection Tool to set the Apple Modem Tool parameters.

• Choose the Apple Modem Tool, then enter the phone number to reach our server. 
                                      
                                       (514)-489-0445 (14400 bps, V42bis) 

• Select the type of modem corresponding to your modem from the popup menu at the bottom. If unsure, select the Hayes Compatible settings.

• Set the speed (Baud rate) corresponding to your modem.

• Click OK to close the window.

• Once come back to the connection window, click Connect, or press return

You will be presented with the standard Apple Modem Tool connection window, while the connection process is taking place. Once you have reached our server, another window will be displayed briefly, presenting the server logon steps.

Once logged on, the Navigation Palette will appear in the top left corner of your screen.

Connecting as a Registered user

Once you are a registered user, you can enter your username and connection settings in a Connection List.

Different connection settings may need to be defined, if you connect to more than one hi-BBS server, or work with different types of modems and different networks. In hi-BBS, there's no need to store these many different settings into files with names you won't remember later or lost in forgotten places. Every setup that you will define will be conveniently kept in a Connections List window, always accessible.

• Under the Connection menu, choose Connections List... 

A Connections List window will appear.

• Click New to create a new connection setting. 

The Connection Settings window will appear.

• In the Connection Name field, type   XBR Modem  to identify the connection setting. 

• In the User Name field, type your username.

• In the Organization Name field, type   XBR.

• Click on the Connection Tool button to display the standard CTB Connection Tool window  

• Choose the Apple Modem Tool, then enter the phone number to reach our server. 
                                      
                                       (514)-489-0445 (14400 bps, V42bis) 

• Select the type of modem corresponding to your modem from the popup menu at the bottom. If unsure, select the Hayes Compatible settings.

• Click OK to close the window.

You are now finished with the Connection settings and back to the Connection List window, where XBR Modem is selected (click once on it, if not).

• Click Connect.

• On the next window, enter your password in the Password: field.

 

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Click Connect

You will be presented with the standard Apple Modem Tool connection window, while the connection process is taking place. Once you have reached our server, another window will be displayed briefly, presenting the server logon steps.

Once logged on, the Navigation Palette will appear in the top left corner of your screen.

Disconnecting

• Click once on the Telephone icon seen on the Status Palette.