гLOBAL вAR тERM 128 ж.75 хELLO EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE MUCH AWAITED (SNICKER) RELEASE OF гLOBAL вAR тERM 128 UPDATE. вHAT IS гLOBAL вAR тERM? гLOBAL вAR IS AN ONLINE GAME THAT IS MUCH LIKE THE BOARD GAME риск. пLAYERS MOVE ARMIES AND ATTACK OTHER PLAYERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO RULE THE WORLD. гLOBAL вAR тERM ALLOWS YOU TO PLAY THIS GAME MORE QUICKLY BY STORING VITAL INFORMATION INSIDE YOUR COMPUTER WHICH CUTS DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT HAS TO BE SENT OVER YOUR MODEM AND THUS SAVES TIME. гвTERM WAS STARTED SIMPLY FOR THIS REASON, и DID NOT INTEND ON MAKING IT A COMPETITOR FOR THE TOP OF THE LINE 128 TERMINALS. хOWEVER, THE TERMINAL HAS GROWN SINCE THEN AND и HAVE ATTEMPTED TO GIVE THIS TERMINAL ENOUGH FEATURES TO ALLOW IT FULFILL MANY OF THE GENERAL USES OF A TERMINAL. гвTERM IS AN 80 COLUMN TERMINAL, IT SUPPORTS 300,1200, AND 2400 BAUD OPERATIONS. иT HAS A 47K BUFFER, IS анси CAPABLE, HAS STANDARD ьмодем DOWNLOADING ABUILITY AND IS DESIGNED TO BE USED WITH хаыес COMPATIBLE MODEMS. вHEN YOU RUN гвтерм (RUN"GWTERM") IT WILL COME UP WITH AN INTRO SCREEN. хITTING ANY KEY WILL PLACE YOU AT THE MAIN MENU. тHE MENU ALLOWS YOU TO SET THE PARAMETERS AND SELECT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. аSCII TERM. тHIS SELECTION PUTS YOU IN THE NORMAL TERMINAL MODE. (THIS IS PROBABLY THE PART OF THE PROGRAM YOU WILL BE USING MOST OFTEN WHEN ONLINE.) тHIS TERMINAL IS анси CAPABLE. ыOU WILL SEE THE STATUS BAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. тHIS ALLOWS YOU TO, AT A GLANCE, SEE VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TERMINAL, IE BAUD RATE, BUFFER STATUS ETC. вITHIN THIS PART OF THE TERMINAL YOU HAVE A FEW EXTRA FEATURES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. тHE 'ф1' KEY WILL BRING YOU BACK TO THE MAIN MENU (AS IT WILL AT JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE WITHIN THE PROGRAM). тHE 'ф3' WILL OPEN AND CLOSE THE BUFFER, A 'б' WILL APPEAR IN THE STATUS BAR WHEN THE BUFFER IS OPEN. тHE BUFFER IS 47K IN SIZE. иF THE BUFFER COMPLETELY FILLS THE 'б' WILL DISAPPEAR AND THE BUFFER WILL CLOSE. иF YOU SHOULD HAPPEN TO FILL THE BUFFER, IT CANNOT BE REOPENED UNTIL THE BUFFER IS CLEARED. (SEE 'ц= ц' FOR DETAILS ON HIS FUNCTION.) тHE 'ц= ж' (HOLD THE цOMMODORE кEY AND HIT THE 'ж' KEY) вILL ALLOW YOU TO жиев THE буффер. тHE BUFFER WILL DISPLAY IT'S INFORMATION 1 PAGE AT A TIME ON THE SCREEN. аT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE YOUWILL GET A PROMPT TO PRESS A KEY. бY PRESSING THE есцапе KEY AT THIS PROMPT YOU WILL RETURN TO TERMINAL MODE, ANY OTHER KEY WILL DISPLAY THE NEXT PAGE OF BUFFERED TEXT. тHE 'ц= п' COMBINATION WILL DUMP THE BUFFER TO YOUR PRINTER. (DO NOT USE COMPRESSED MODE ON YOUR PRINTER, AS THE INFO WILL NOT OUTPUT IN AN ESTHETICALLY PLEASING WAY.) пRESSING THE есцапе KEY DURING THE PRINTER DUMP WILL ABORT THE FUNCTION AND RETURN YOU TO TERMINAL MODE. тHE 'ц= с' COMBINATION WILL SAVE THE BUFFER TO THE CURRENTLY ACTIVE DISK DRIVE. ыOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO INPUT A 'фILENAME' FOR THE BUFFER FILE. тHIS IS THE NAME IT WILL BE CALLED ON THE DISK. сIMPLY INPUT THE NAME YOU WISH TO CALL IT AND HIT RETURN, OR IF YOU WISH TO ABORT THE SAVE HIT 'ф1' AT THIS FILENAME PROMPT. тHE FILE WILL BE SAVED A SEQUENTIAL FILE IN цбм асции FORMAT. тHE 'ц= ц' COMBINATION WILL CLEAR THE BUFFER. а SAFETY CATCH PROMPT WILL APPEAR AFTER THIS KEY COMBO. пRESSING THE 'ф1' KEY WILL ABORT THE BUFFER CLEAR, ANY OTHER KEY WILL CONTINUE THE PROCESS AND CLEAR THE BUFFER. тHE 'ц= е' COMBINATION TOGGLES THE LOCAL ецхо OR дуплеь. тHIS FEATURE IS USEFUL FOR ONLINE SERVICES AND MAINFRAMES. мOST ббс'S YOU NEED NOT HAVE THE ецхо TURNED ON. вHEN THE ECHO IS ON YOU WILL SEE AN 'е' ON THE STATUS BAR. еVERYTHING YOU TYPE WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY OUTPUT TO THE SCREEN. иF YOU ARE GETTING DOUBLE CHARACTERS WHILE ONLINE IN аSCII TERM AND THE ецхо IS ON, TURNING IT OFF WILL RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. (тHIS FEATURE WAS MAINLY ADDED BECAUSE и STARTED TO CALL геNIE, WHICH BY THE WAY IT WORKS FINE WITH.) тHE 'ф5' KEY WILL DUMP THE CURRENT SCREEN TO THE PRINTER. тHIS IS A GREAT LITTLE TOOL TO HAVE, YOU CAN DUMP THE CURRENT гв MAPS TO PRINTER AND REVIEW THEM LATER TO MAKE YOUR TACTICAL DECISIONS. иT IS ALSO GOOD FOR WHEN YOU WISH TO DUMP A MESSAGE WITH AN ADDRESS OR OTHER VITAL INFO IN IT. ***ноте, BE SELECTIVE WHEN USING THIS FEATURE, IF POSSIBLE WAIT UNTIL THE ббс YOU ARE ON IS AT SOME SORT OF PROMPT STAGE. сELECTING THIS FUNCTION WHILE STILL RECEIVING INFORMATION WILL CAUSE THE INCOMING DATA TO BE LOST OR SCRAMBLED.*** бAUD. тHIS SELECTION WILL TOGGLE YOU THROUGH THE BAUD RATES (300 TO 2400) цHAT. тHIS IS A CHAT MODE, FOR USE WHEN IN REAL TIME CONFERENCING. иT IS VERY USEFUL (анси цонтрол цодес аре *нот* INTERPRETED HERE, AND IT ALSO HAS NO буффер OR SCREEN PRINTING FEATURE.) аT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN IS THE TYPE AHEAD BUFFER. тHE TERMINAL WILL RECEIVE INCOMING DATA AND DISPLAY IT AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. ыOU CAN TYPE WHILE RECEIVING AND WHEN YOU ARE READY TO SEND THE INFO HIT THE ретурн KEY, OR IF YOUR TYPING GETS TOO LONG THE BUFFER WILL AUTOMATICALLY SEND WHAT IS IN IT. тHIS FEATURE WAS MAINLY ADDED FOR MAKING REAL TIME CONFERENCING A BIT EASIER, BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY USE. дOS сHELL. тHIS ALLOWS YOU TO SEND DOS COMMANDS TO THE CURRENT ACTIVE DRIVE. 'ф1' AT THE PROMPT WILL RETURN YOU TO THE MAIN MENU, AND BY INPUTTING ONLY THE '$' YOU WILL GET A DIRECTORY OF THE CURRENTLY ACTIVE DRIVE. дRIVE. тHIS TOGGLES YOU BETWEEN DRIVE 8 AND 9 AS THE ACTIVE DRIVE. дIRECTORY. тHIS FUNCTION SHOWS YOU THE DIRECTORY FOR THE CURRENT ACTIVE DRIVE. дOWNLOAD. тHIS IS USED TO DOWNLOAD FILES FROM A ббс. тHE PROTOCOL IS сTANDARD ьMODEM. ыOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO INPUT A FILENAME AND THEN TO SELECT WHETHER YOU WANT THE FILE TO BE A PROGRAM OR SEQUENTIAL FILE. пRESSING 'ф1' AT EITHER OF THESE PROMPTS RETURNS YOU TO THE MAIN MENU. тEXT. тHIS TOGGLES YOU THROUGH THE TEXT COLORS AND ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT THE COLOR YOU LIKE. бACKGROUND. тHIS TOGGLES YOU THROUGH THE BACKGROUND COLORS AND ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT THE COLOR YOU LIKE (и WOULD SUGGEST KEEPING THE BACKGROUND BLACK WHEN CALLING анси BBS'S) дIALER. тHIS IS A MANUAL DIALER. иT WILL ASK FOR THE NUMBER YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL. иNPUT THE NUMBER AND IT WILL TRY TO CONNECT. иF NO CARRIER IS PRESENT AFTER 30 SECONDS THE DIALER WILL HANG UP THE PHONE AND RETURN YOU TO THE MAIN MENU. иF A CARRIER IS DETECTED THE DIALER WILL GO TO THE асции TERM. иF YOU WISH TO EXIT THE DIALER, PRESS 'ф1' AT THE PROMPT. ** ноте, и KNOW THIS IS LAME, REAL LAME. бUT и HAVE NOT HAD THE TIME TO IMPROVE THIS PORTION OF THE PROGRAM, HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE IMPROVED IN THE NEXT RELEASE.** бLINK. тHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT WHETHER YOU WANT YOUR цURSOR TO 'BLINK' OR NOT. цURSOR. тHIS ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT WHICH TYPE OF CURSOR YOU WOULD LIKE, A BLOCK OR AN UNDERLINE. мODE. тHIS SELECTION ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE HOW YOU WOULD LIKE THE DIALER FEATURE TO DIAL THE MODEM. вITH тоне OR пулсе DIALING. и WOULD SUGGEST USING тоне IF YOU HAVE TOUCH TONE SERVICE, IF NOT YOU MUST SET THIS TO пулсе FOR THE диалер TO WORK. **** и HAVE DONE MY BEST TO KEEP THIS TERMINAL TO THE SEMI STANDARD OF ц= тERMINALS IN WAY OF KEYBOARD WORK. аLL THE CONTROL CHARACTERS SHOULD WORK AS THEY DO ON ANY OTHER TERMINAL WITH ONE EXCEPTION. тHE цONTROL я COMBINATION IS NOT THE ьон AS IT IS ON MOST TERMINALS. тHIS WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE цонтрол я AND CURSOR DOWN PRODUCE THE SAME петсции VALUE WHEN READ IN. сO и PUT THE ьон TO THE цонтрол р COMBINATION. тHIS HAS CAUSED ME NO PROBLEMS, HOWEVER и DO KNOW THERE IS SOFTWARE OUT THERE THAT HAVE FUNCTIONS BASED ON THE цонтрол р CHARACTER IF THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR YOU, THEN PLEASE CONTACT ME AND и WILL ADJUST THE CODE ACCORDINGLY. **** и HAVE DONE MY BEST TO REMOVE ALL BUGS FROM THIS TERMINAL. аT IT'S RELEASE, и HAVE NOT FOUND ANY. бUT, THIS IS NO GUARANTEE THERE ARE NONE. иF YOU DO COME ACROSS ANY BUGS PLEASE REPORT THEM TO ME. и DO ALSO ACCEPT POSITIVE FEEDBACK, AND OF COURSE INPUT ON IMPROVEMENTS YOU MAY WISH TO SEE. сO FAR, IN THE PAST 2 RELEASES, и HAVE RECIEVED VERY LITTLE FEEDBACK, AND IF THIS TREND CONTINUES WITH THIS RELEASE и MAY NEVER RELEASE ANOTHER UPDATE. (*тHIS IS NOT A THREAT, BUT IF NO ONE TELLS ME WHAT THEY ARE THINKING, и HAVE NO IDEA IF ANYONE IS USING IT, AND IF NO ONE IS USING IT, WHY SHOULD и BOTHER TO KEEP UPDATING IT?*) иF YOU FIND THIS PROGRAM USEFUL, и WOULD APPRECIATE A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONETARY COMPENSATION. и AM NOT IN THIS FOR THE MONEY, HECK и SPEND 2-4 TIMES WHAT и AM ASKING FOR MINIMAL DONATIONS ON COMIC BOOKS EACH WEEK, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE. аGAIN TO REPORT ANY BUGS, TO BITCH ABOUT THE PROGRAM, TO COMPLIMENT IT, OR TO JUST TELL ME и HAVE NO LIFE, CONTACT ME AT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PLACES: сEAN пECK ON THE пцг ббс (412)-434-5483 фIDONET NODE 1:129/143 бADCO ON геNIE бAD ц0 ON ялINK сппст4 @жмс.питт.еду FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH иNTERNET/BITNET MAIL ABILITY. сEAN пECK IN THE фIDONET 64/128 AND цбм 128 еCHOS. (и DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO READ THE ECHO EVERY DAY SO THIS IS NOT THE MOST RELIABLE WAY TO REACH ME, BUT и AM IN THERE SO IF YOU HAVE NO OTHER WAY AND CANNOT AFFORD A .29 CENT STAMP TO SEND A LETTER TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS, IT IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.) оR WRITE TO ME AT MY DONATION HEADQUARTERS.... сEAN пECK 59 дANVERS аVENUE пITTSBURGH, па 15205 цREDITS: бEFORE и LEAVE и MUST TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR HELP WITH THIS PROJECT OVER THE YEARS: гARY жAN гELDER (HOPE и SPELLED THAT RIGHT), еD бELL (AKA егбелл), аLL THE PEOPLE IN THE FIDONET 64/128 ECHO THAT HAVE ANSWERED ANY QUESTIONS и HAVE PUT FORTH, THE пEPSI цOLA цOMPANY FOR THIER WONDERFULLY CAFFIENE FILLED PRODUCT 'мOUNTAIN дEW', аLL MY FRIENDS WHO HAVE HELPED ME WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING IT, AND мY FAMILY. вELL и GUESS THAT ABOUT WRAPS IT UP, HOPE и HEAR FROM AT LEAST SOME OF YOU SOMETIME SOON. хOPE YOU ENJOY THE PROGRAM, AND WITH THAT и WILL LEAVE YOU. хAPPY гLOBAL цONQUERING.