====== ProBoard 2.x (16-bit) documentation ======

The documentation for the 16-bit versions of ProBoard (up to version 2.30) is preserved as a historical archive. It describes the DOS program and the tools that went with it, and it remains the best reference for how those versions worked.

  * [[https://www.proboardbbs.com/wiki/Legacy/|Open the ProBoard 2.x (16-bit) documentation]]

Use this wiki, not the archive, for anything you run today. Some topics in the archive no longer apply to ProBoard v4.

===== Where did it go? =====

^ In the 16-bit documentation ^ In ProBoard v4 ^
| Configuration with ''PROCFG'' (F1 to F10, Shift-F1 to Shift-F9) | **PBConfig**, a graphical tool. See [[v4:whats_new|What's new in v4]]. |
| Installing NTVDMx64, otvdm, SIO or ArcaOS support | Not needed. ProBoard v4 is a native Windows program. |
| Modem parameters (Shift-F1) | Callers connect over TCP/IP. Modems and COM ports are not supported. |
| Matrix addresses (F10) | FidoNet addresses (AKAs) are set in PBConfig and used by PBMailer and PBToss. |
| Telnet through a helper program | Built in. PBDispatch accepts Telnet, RLogin and SSH connections directly. |
| ''PBUTIL'' and its maintenance functions | **PBUtil**, ported from the original. |
| Menus (''.PBM'' files), security levels and flags | Unchanged in concept. Edit them in PBConfig. |
| DOS door games | Native Windows doors run directly. DOS doors run through PBLegacy and DOSBox-X. |
| The SDK and PEX files | Plug-ins use a DLL-based interface (''.P3X'' files). |

//The detailed v4 pages for each of these topics are being written.//