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saltbush:bbs [2026-11-11 13:16] – Main address is now kalretro.au slatermsaltbush:bbs [2026-11-11 14:59] (current) – Saltbush Terminal 1.9.2 guides slaterm
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 ===== The BBS Directory ===== ===== The BBS Directory =====
  
-{{https://kalretro.au/saltbush/shots/bbs-directory.png?600|The BBS Directory}}+{{https://retro.theiguru.au/saltbush/shots/bbs-directory.png?600|The BBS Directory}}
  
 The BBS Directory is a dialling directory of BBS systems, kept apart from your saved sessions, like the one in SyncTERM. Open it with the **BBS Directory** button on the toolbar (the book), **Tools → BBS Directory…** or the command palette. The BBS Directory is a dialling directory of BBS systems, kept apart from your saved sessions, like the one in SyncTERM. Open it with the **BBS Directory** button on the toolbar (the book), **Tools → BBS Directory…** or the command palette.
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   * **Update lists** downloads the **Synchronet BBS List** and the **Telnet BBS Guide**. Nothing is downloaded until you press it. Saltbush asks the web server to send a list only if it has changed since last time, and keeps the downloaded lists in its settings folder.   * **Update lists** downloads the **Synchronet BBS List** and the **Telnet BBS Guide**. Nothing is downloaded until you press it. Saltbush asks the web server to send a list only if it has changed since last time, and keeps the downloaded lists in its settings folder.
   * The list is grouped: **Recent** (the BBSes you have called, newest first, with the **Kalgoorlie Retro BBS** always at the top), **Your BBS systems** (ones you added), then one group per list. Type in **Search** to find a BBS by name, address or description. Hover over a BBS, or select it, to see its description.   * The list is grouped: **Recent** (the BBSes you have called, newest first, with the **Kalgoorlie Retro BBS** always at the top), **Your BBS systems** (ones you added), then one group per list. Type in **Search** to find a BBS by name, address or description. Hover over a BBS, or select it, to see its description.
-  * **Connect** (or double-click) opens the BBS in a new tab with the BBS settings (CP437, ANSI-BBS, the VGA font, 80×25, BBS keys), and the BBS moves to Recent.+  * **Connect** (or double-click) opens the BBS in a new tab with the BBS settings (CP437, ANSI-BBS, the VGA font, 80×25, BBS keys), and the BBS moves to Recent. The other settings come from your default session, but not its logins: an RLogin credential, SSH key, agent or X11 forwarding, forwards and logon automation are never used for a BBS from the directory.
   * **Save as session** adds the BBS to the **Sessions** folder in the Session Manager, like a session made with **New Session**. Use it for BBSes you want to change settings for, log in to with a credential, or use with logon scripts.   * **Save as session** adds the BBS to the **Sessions** folder in the Session Manager, like a session made with **New Session**. Use it for BBSes you want to change settings for, log in to with a credential, or use with logon scripts.
   * **Add…** adds a BBS of your own (name, connection type, address, port, user name and description). **Edit…** changes it and **Remove** deletes it.   * **Add…** adds a BBS of your own (name, connection type, address, port, user name and description). **Edit…** changes it and **Remove** deletes it.
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 ===== Import a SyncTERM list ===== ===== Import a SyncTERM list =====
  
-**Tools → Import BBS List…** reads your SyncTERM dialling directory (''syncterm.lst''), shows what it found and adds the BBSes as sessions with the BBS settings. RLogin passwords in the list can be kept as credentials in the password store.+**Tools → Import BBS List…** reads your SyncTERM dialling directory (''syncterm.lst''), shows what it found and adds the BBSes as sessions with the BBS settings. RLogin passwords in the list can be kept as credentials in the password store (a credential you already have with the same name is never overwritten; the new one gets a name like "Name (2)"). As in the BBS Directory, the imported sessions do not take the default session's logins.
  
 ===== Door-game bots ===== ===== Door-game bots =====
  
-Saltbush runs SyncTERM-Lua scripts unchanged. See [[saltbush:scripting|scripting]] and the experimental LORD and TradeWars bots on the [[https://kalretro.au/saltbush/#scripts|download page]].+Saltbush runs SyncTERM-Lua scripts unchanged. See [[saltbush:scripting|scripting]] and the experimental LORD and TradeWars bots on the [[https://retro.theiguru.au/saltbush/#scripts|download page]].
  
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