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RATS - TimeBank System V2.20
Copyright (C) 1990-1994 McSoft Corp.
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Command Description
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Help Displays this help information.
List Accounts Allows you to view a brief listing of other user accounts.
This is good for obtaining the spelling of a user name in
case you'd like to use the Transfer Time feature. This is
also handy if the sysop has enabled Robbing Other Players.
If so, this will also tell you whether or not that user is
able to be robbed from.
Deposit Time Allows you to deposit time into your account for use at a
later date. The Sysop defines how much time a user may
deposit per day. If you attempt to exceed this amount,
RATS will tell you about it.
Also, you may not deposit your full time remaining balance.
You may deposit all but 5 minutes of your online time or
until maximum defined deposit is reached (whichever comes
first).
Withdraw Time Allows you to withdraw time from your account. The Sysop
defines how much time a user may withdraw per day. If you
attempt to withdraw more than this amount, RATS will tell
you about it.
Also, you may not withdraw an amount of time that would
allow you to over-step an upcoming System Event. RATS
will keep track of this as well.
Transfer Time Allows you to transfer time from your account to another
users account. This time is drawn out of your current
balance, NOT your online time remaining. The Sysop defines
how much time you can transfer per day.
Any user who has time transferred to their account, will
receive a brief message the next time they logon informing
them who transferred the time, and how much time was
transferred.
Deposit K-bytes Allows you to deposit kilobytes for use at a later date.
If the maximum depositable k-bytes are defined at 200,
and you have not already downloaded any of this K, then
200 k-bytes will be available for deposit. If you have
already downloaded some kilobytes, then the maximum that
you can deposit will be the maximum defined value minus
the number of kilobytes you have already downloaded on
that day.
Withdraw K-bytes Allows you to withdraw kilobytes that were previously
saved.
Transfer K-Bytes Allows you to transfer bytes from your account to another
users account. K-Bytes are drawn out of your current
balance, so you must havve K-Bytes stored in the bank.
The Sysop defines how much time you can transfer per day.
Any user who has bytes transferred to their account, will
receive a brief message the next time they logon informing
them who transferred the bytes, and how many K-Bytes were
transferred.
Purchase K-bytes Allows you to purchase kilobytes with time you have
previously banked. The exchange rate and daily number
of K-bytes you can purchase in a day are defined by the
Sysop.
Display BankBook You may view all of your transactions for the previous
number of days configured by the sysop.
Credit Department If you wish to Borrow Time or K-Bytes, that the SysOp has
these features enabled, you may borrow a predefined amount
of Time or KBytes from the bank. There is a one time
interest charge, defined by the SysOp, and it is added to
the amount of your loan. Example, say interest rate is 10%
and you borrow 100 minutes. You will owe the bank 110 min.
If you owe the bank Time or KBytes, then it will show up
as a number in brackets beside your balance on the main
screen. You may Pay Back the loan from this menu as well.
NOTE: There are a number of options available to the sysop
as to how to make users pay back the loans.
1) He may run a utility when you log onto the BBS to
force you to play your loan payment, optionally
logging you off the BBS if you do not.
2) You may be forced to make the payment when you
enter the time bank, and optionally not allowed
to use the time bank until you make your daily
payment.
3) The sysop may elect to automatically have your
payment made from your daily time remaining each
night during maintenance.
Rob The Bank/Other Players
The sysop may allow you to Rob the Bank, and even Other
Players.
Robbing The Bank
The sysop configures the cost, and odds of robbing the
bank, along with the payoff. The cost of robbing the
bank is deducted from your bank account, and payoffs are
made to your Bank account.
Robbing Other Users
The Sysop may allow you to Rob other Users. If enabled,
when you enter RATS for the first time, you will be asked
if you wish to participate in User Robbery. If you say
NO, then you may not rob other players, nor may they rob
you. If you say YES, then you may rob other users who
have also answered Yes, and you may be robbed from by
them.
The Cost of robbing another user, and the odds of doing
so successfully are configured by the sysop. If you fail,
then the COST is added to the other users banked time and
bytes. If you succeed in robbing the other player, then
you will take 50% of his/her banked time and bytes.
Lottery If the Sysop allows the lottery games, you may play the
QuickPick, Daily, or Monthly Lottery. See lottery info
in the lottery screen.