Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION 26TH ÊANUARY 1994 ÐROGRAM BY : ÒOD ÇASSON ÒÅÙÎÅÌÌÁ, ÓOUTH ÁUSTRALIA ÄOCUMENTATION BY: ÍARK ÄOWSETT ÓÙÄÎÅÙ, ÎEW ÓOUTH ×ALES ÃÏÎÔÅÎÔÓ ÎEW ×ARNINGS & ÓUGGESTIONS ...................................... 1 ÏLD ×ARNINGS & ÓUGGESTIONS ...................................... 1,2 ÓTARTING Ñ×ËÒÒ128 ............................................... 2 ÕSING Ñ×ËÒÒ128 .................................................. 3 ÇLOBAL ÃOMMANDS ................................................. 3 ÏPENING ÍENU .................................................... 4 ÒEADING ÍESSAGES ................................................ 6 ÍESSAGE HEADER INFORMATION ...................................... 6 ÒÅÁÄ ÃOMMANDS ................................................... 7 ÔHE ÅDITORS ...................................................... 9 ÒÅÐÌÙING TO A ÍESSAGE ........................................... 10 ÒÅÐÌÙ ÃOMMANDS .................................................. 11 ÅÎÔÅÒING A ÍESSAGE .............................................. 13 ÅNTERING ÎETMAIL ................................................ 13 ÁUTO-ÎETMAIL .................................................... 13 ÅXAMPLES OF ÎETMAIL ÆORMATS ................................ 14 ÐACKING THE MAIL ................................................ 16 ÒEADING WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN ................................... 17 ÏPTIONS ......................................................... 17 ÃOLOURS ...................................................... 17 ÔIMER AND ÐÁÌ/ÎÔÓà ........................................... 18 ÐRINTER ...................................................... 18 ÃHARACTER ÓETS ............................................... 18 Æ-ËEYS ....................................................... 19 ÔAGLINES ..................................................... 19 ÔWIT ÌIST .................................................... 21 ÁDDRESS BOOK ................................................. 24 ÊOYSTICK ..................................................... 7 ÄÏÓ SUPPORT (AND COMMAND STRUCTURES)............................. 22 ÆILES/FILENAMES/FILETYPES ...................................... 23 ÄRIVE USAGE ..................................................... 24 ÓUPPORTING ÐROGRAMS ............................................. 25 ÒEGISTRATION & ÄISTRIBUTION ..................................... 26 ÃONTACT ÁDDRESSES ............................................... 28 ÇLOSSARY ........................................................ 29 ÉNDEX ........................................................... 30 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ÎEW ×ARNINGS & ÓUGGESTIONS ========================== ÄISPOSABLE ÆILES ---------------- ÂOTH ÑÐØ AND Ñ×ËÒÒ NOW TREAT SOME FILES AS DISPOSABLE, THAT IS IF THEY ARE FOUND ON A DISK AT THE TIME A NEW FILE IS BEING CREATED THE OLD FILE WILL BE ERASED ×ÉÔÈÏÕÔ ×ÁÒÎÉÎÇ. ÔHESE FILES ARE: ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ.ÄÁÔ & ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ.ÄÁÔ WHICH ARE OVERWRITTEN BY ÑÐØ AND THE .ÍÓÇ & .ÒÅÐ REPLY FILES. Ñ×ÉË.ÎÄØ ÆILES -------------- ÉNDEX FILES WILL BE CHECKED ON START UP BY Ñ×ËÒÒ AND IF THE AND SOME OTHER CHECKS ARE DIFFERENT TO THAT HELD IN THE CURRENT Ñ×ÉË.ÎÄØ THE OLD Ñ×ÉË.ÎÄØ FILE WILL BE IGNORED AND OVERWRITTEN. ÆILE ÃOMPATIBILITY ------------------ ÔHE FOLLOWING FILES USED BY Ñ×ËÒÒ HAVE CHANGED IN SET UP SINCE EARLIER VERSIONS AND ARE NOT COMPATIBLE BETWEEN VERSIONS: Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ, Ñ×ÉË.ÎÄØ, .ÎÅÔ ÔHE FOLLOWING FILES USED BY V4.XX ARE COMPATIBLE WITH V3.XX VERSIONS: Ñ×ËÔ.* (ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN A SMALL CHANGE TO ADD ÕNDEFINED TAGS AND SEE THE SECTION ON ÔAGLINES FOR MORE INFORMATION) & Ñ×ËÆ.* (ÆUNCTION KEYS). ÃÍÄ ÕSERS --------- ÖERSION 4.1 OR Ñ×ËÒÒ IS THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE SUPPORT FOR ÃÍÄ DEVICE PARTITIONS & SUB-DIRECTORIES. ÓEE ÃÍÄ IN THE INDEX FOR MORE DETAILS. ÏLD ×ARNINGS & SUGGESTIONS ========================== ÄISK DRIVES: -------------- ÙOU MAY CHANGE ANY OF THE DISKS IN ANY OF THE DRIVES AT ANY TIME PROVIDED THERE IS NO DISK ACTIVITY IN PROGRESS. ÉT IS THE USER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THE CORRECT DISKS ARE IN THE CORRECT DRIVE WHEN REQUIRED. ÉT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU DO NOT CHANGE THE DISK IN THE ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ.ÄÁÔ OR ÒÅÐÌÙ DRIVES. ÆILE USAGE AND CURRENCY: ------------------------ - ÅACH ÂÂÓ HANDLES IT'S CONTROL.DAT FILE IN IT'S OWN WAY. ÎEVER ATTEMPT TO USE THE CONTROL.DAT FILE FROM ONE ÂÂÓ TO CREATE A REPLY PACKET FOR ANOTHER SYSTEM. - ÎEVER USE AN "OLD" CONTROL.DAT FILE WITH A NEWER MAIL PACKET. - ÁVOID UPLOADING ANY REPLY PACKET THAT WAS CREATED WITH A CONTROL.DAT FILE MORE THAN A FEW DAYS OLD. ÔRY TO UPLOAD YOUR REPLIES PREFERABLY THE SAME DAY BUT NO LATER THAN THE DAY AFTER. ÍAIL PACKET SIZE: ---------------- - ×HEN SETTING UP THE MAIL PACKET YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE CONSIDER THE DRIVE CAPACITY YOU HAVE. ÏN AVERAGE OVER A LARGE PACKET 1 MESSAGE EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY 1.6 BLOCKS OF .Ñ×Ë (.ÁÒÃ) FILE AND 3.5 BLOCKS OF ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ.ÄÁÔ FILE WHEN UNPACKED. ÔHIS MEANS A 300 MESSAGE PACKET WILL GIVE AND .ÁÒà FILE OF 498 BLOCKS WHICH WILL UNPACK OVER 1000 BLOCKS(!) OF ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅ.ÄÁÔ PLUS SOMETHING LIKE 10 BLOCKS OF OTHER FILES. Á 1541 SHOULD HANDLE ROUGHLY 150 MESSAGE PACKETS AND A 1571 330 MESSAGE PACKETS BUT THIS WILL LEAVE VERY LITTLE OVERHEAD IF BY SOME CHANCE THEY ARE ALL LARGE MESSAGES. ÁLSO IF YOU ONLY HAVE A SINGLE DRIVE TAKE INTO ÐAGE 1 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ACCOUNT THAT WILL NEED ROOM ON THE DISK TO DE-ARC THE PACKET AND REMAIN WITHIN THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF THE DISK. Ñ×ËÒÒ128 V4.1 REQUIRES SEVERAL BLOCKS FREE TO WRITE ITS .ÎÄØ FILES (7 BYTES PER MESSAGE, 4 BYTES PER CONFERENCE PLUS ABOUT 20 BYTES FOR SYSTEM POINTERS). É DE-ÁÒà TO A HARD DRIVE BUT DOWNLOAD TO FLOPPY SO USE A PACKET SIZE OF 600 MESSAGES WHICH WILL FIT COMFORTABLY ON A 1571 DISK IN COMPRESSED FORM. ÎUMBER OF CONFERENCES: --------------------- - ÔHERE IS A PHYSICAL LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF CONFERENCE NAMES CAN BE HELD IN MEMORY. ÉN ORDER TO AVOID PROBLEMS THIS HAS BEEN LIMITED TO 1140. ÉF YOUR ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ.ÄÁÔ FILE HOLDS MORE THAN THIS THEN ONLY THE FIRST 1140 WILL BE DISPLAYED. ÃONFERENCES NAMED 'ÒÅÓÅÒÖÅÄ' ARE IGNORED. Ñ×ËÒÒ128 WILL HANDLE ALMOST ALL CONFERENCE NUMBERS UP TO 65536, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CONFERENCES NUMBERED 8192 THROUGH TO 8447. ÔHIS IS DUE TO A QUIRK IN THE Ñ×Ë FORMAT AND ALMOST ALL OTHER Ñ×Ë READERS WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. ÉF A MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE READING IS OUTSIDE THE LIMIT IT WILL SIMPLY BE FLAGGED AS AN "UNKNOWN" CONFERENCE. ÙOU MAY ÒÅÐÌÙ TO THESE MESSAGES AND THEY WILL BE SENT TO THE CORRECT CONFERENCE. ÈOWEVER YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO ÓÅÌÅÃÔ THESE CONFERENCES FOR READING OR ENTERING MESSAGES. ÎOTE: ÉF THE FULL 1140 CONFERENCES ARE LOADED YOU WILL ONLY HAVE APPROX 10K OF MEMORY TO HOLD ANY PARTICULAR MESSAGE ÁÎÄ YOUR REPLY. ÔHIS MEMORY IS RAPIDLY USED UP SO IT IS SUGGESTED THAT WHERE YOU HAVE THE OPTION YOU AVOID DOWNLOADING THE FULL CONFERENCE LIST WITH YOUR MAIL PACKET. ÔHIS IS OFTEN AN OPTION OF THE Ñ×Ë MAIL PACKER. ÓTARTING Ñ×ËÒÒ128 ================= ÎÏÔÅ ×ÅÌÌ: ÉF USING Ñ×ËÒÒ128 AND WISHING TO CONVERT IT TO REGISTERED FORM WITH INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY ÒOD ÇASSON FOR THE FIRST TIME ÅÎÓÕÒÅ YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ON REGISTRATION LATER IN THE DOCUMENTATION BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS OPERATION. ÉF YOU ATTEMPT TO REGISTER IT INCORRECTLY DISK DATA CAN BE LOST. ÔHE INSTRUCTIONS THAT FOLLOW WILL ASSUME YOU ARE USING THE SUPPORTED DEÁÒà FUNCTIONS IN THE PROGRAM ÑÐØ. ÔHIS REQUIRES THAT YOU OBTAIN THE FILE ÃÓØ01 AND EXTRACT FROM IT THE FILE CALLED ÃÓØ128.ÍÌ. ÃOPY THIS FILE TO YOUR Ñ×ËÒÒ128 DISK AND THEN LOAD AND RUN ÑÐØ. ÑÐØ OFFERS SEVERAL DEFAULTS FOR THE VARIOUS DRIVES AND MAIL PACKET FILENAME. ÔHE FILENAME AT LEAST WILL BE UNSUITABLE SO PRESS <Î>O AND ENTER YOUR NEW FILE NAME (AND/OR DRIVES). ÓEE THE SEPARATE DOCUMENTATION ON ÑÐØ FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO MAKE *YOUR* PREFERENCES THE DEFAULTS AND THE EXTRA OPTIONS USING THIS PROGRAM TO BOOT Ñ×ËÒÒ PROVIDES. ÏNE OF THE OPTIONS OF ÑÐØ IS ÍÁØÉÍÕÓ ËÌÕÄÇÅ. ÔHIS HAS BEEN INCLUDED BECAUSE MAIL PACKETS FROM THESE OR ÅZYÑ×Ë SYSTEMS WHEN DOWNLOADED WITH ÄESTERM CAN CAUSE ÃÓØ01 TO ABORT WITH AN ERROR AFTER EXTRACTING THE LAST FILE IN THE PACKET. ÔHIS HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE PROBLEMS TO ÒAMLINK OWNERS, BUT AS A GENERAL RULE IS HARMLESS. ÔHE DISK ERROR, HOWEVER, CAUSES ÑÐØ TO QUIT AND IT CAN NEGATE THE BENEFITS THAT LAUNCHING Ñ×ËÒÒ FROM ÑÐØ GIVES, NAMELY THE ÕÓÅ Ñ×ËÒÒ ÄRIVES AND ÁUTO-ÉNDEX OPTIONS. ÐERFORMING THIS KLUDGE ON MAIL PACKETS THAT DON'T NEED IT, OR ON AN ALREADY KLUDGED PACKET WILL CAUSE NO HARM. ÑÐØ WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY ÒUSSELL ÐRATER AND HAS BEEN MODIFIED BY ÒOD TO BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE Ñ×ËÒÒ PROGRAM. ÏNCE ÑÐØ IS CONFIGURED YOU ARE READY TO UNPACK AND READ/REPLY TO YOUR MAIL. ÔHE MAIL PACKET (ARCHIVE) THAT YOU DOWNLOAD WILL CONTAIN SEVERAL FILES. ÔHE ONLY ONES OF INTEREST ARE THE ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ.ÄÁÔ AND ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ.ÄÁÔ FILES. ÐAGE 2 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ÔHERE WILL ALSO BE SEVERAL .ÎÄØ FILES. ÔHESE ARE NOT REQUIRED BY Ñ×ËÒÒ. ÑÐØ WILL PROCESS THEM TO THE EXTENT OF DISPLAYING THE CONFERENCE NUMBER, NAME AND THE NUMBER OF MESSAGES IN EACH ÂÕÔ THIS INFORMATION IS NOT USED BY Ñ×ËÒÒ. ÕSING Ñ×ËÒÒ ----------- ÉF USING ÑÐØ THEN Ñ×ËÒÒ WILL LOAD AND RUN WITH NO FURTHER INPUT. ÏTHERWISE SIMPLY LOAD AND RUN Ñ×ËÒÒ AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER PROGRAM. ÉF USING A ÃÍÄ DEVICE YOU MUST HAVE THE PARTITION CONTAINING Ñ×ËÒÒ AS THE 'CURRENT' PARTITION. ÏNCE THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN RUN YOU CAN ACCESS OTHER PARTITIONS AND SUB-DIRECTORIES AS REQUIRED. Ñ×ËÒÒ WILL THEN DISPLAY A DRIVE SELECTION SCREEN SHOWING THE CURRENT DEFINITIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING DRIVES: ÓYSTEM DRIVE - WHERE Ñ×ËÒÒ ITSELF & ITS SUPPORTING FILES ARE STORED; ÍESSAGES DRIVE - ÔHIS IS WHERE YOUR ÄÁÔ FILES ARE SAVED; ÔAGLINES DRIVE - WHERE THE Ñ×ËÔ. FILES YOU WISH TO USE ARE STORED.; ÒEPLY DRIVE - ×HERE YOUR REPLIES ARE TO BE STORED; ÕSER DRIVE - ÔHIS IS WHERE ALL OTHER TEXT INPUT/OUTPUT IS PERFORMED. ÉF Ñ×ËÒÒ HAS BEEN LAUNCHED FROM ÑÐØ AND THE 'ÕSE Ñ×ËÒÒ ÄRIVES' IS SET TO 'Y' THEN THIS SCREEN IS BYPASSED AND THE VALUES STORED IN Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ ARE ACCEPTED. ÆOR EACH DRIVE LISTED ABOVE THE PROGRAM DISPLAYS A WINDOW CONTAINING THE ÄRIVE USAGE, THE ÄRIVE ÎUMBER & TYPE AND THE DISK NAME. ÉF IT IS A ÃÍÄ DEVICE THE ÐATH NAME CONFIGURED WILL ALSO BE DISPLAYED. ÂELOW THESE WINDOWS A MENU IS SHOWN CONTAINING: <Í>ESSAGES <Ò>EPLYS <Ô>AGLINES <Õ>SER ÃLOC<Ë> <Ñ>UIT WHEN DONE ÓELECTING Í, Ò, Ô OR Õ ALLOWS YOU TO DEFINE THE <Ä>RIVE AND, IF A ÃÍÄ DEVICE, THE <Ð>ATH, INCLUDING PARTITION NUMBER AND SUB-DIRECTORY NAME, FOR EACH SET OF FILES NEEDED BY THE PROGRAM. ÔHE ÓYSTEM DRIVE IS SET TO THE LOCATION THE PROGRAM WAS LOADED FROM. ÔHE SELECTIONS FOR THESE DRIVES CAN BE SAVED PERMANENTLY ONCE SET THE FIRST TIME BY GOING TO THE <Ï>PTIONS MENU AND SELECTING <Ó>AVE TO UPDATE THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE. ÉF A ÃÍÄ DEVICE WITH A ÒÔà IS AVAILABLE Ñ×ËÒÒ WILL HAVE SCANNED FOR IT AND SET THE PROGRAM CLOCK FROM IT. ÔHIS INFORMATION IS DISPLAYED IN THE TOP RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. ÉF THIS NEEDS RE-SETTING IT CAN BE DONE NOW VIA THE ÃLOC<Ë> OPTION. ÉF A ÒÔà EQUIPPED DEVICE IS NOT PRESENT YOU WILL BE ASKED TO SET THE CLOCK ANYWAY ONCE YOU HAVE EXITED THIS SCREEN. ÏNCE THE DRIVES ARE SELECTED TO YOUR SATISFACTION PRESSING <Ñ> OR <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ> WILL LEAVE THIS SCREEN TO THE NEXT SECTION. ÎÏÔÅ: ÙOU MUST HAVE A DISK IN ÅÖÅÒÙ DEVICE OTHERWISE Ñ×ËÒÒ WILL NOT LET YOU CONTINUE. ÔHE DISK IN THE ÕSER DEVICE CAN BE CHANGED AFTER THIS SECTION IS COMPLETE. ÏNCE THIS HAS BEEN DONE Ñ×ËÒÒ WILL LOAD ALL THE REQUIRED SUPPORTING FILES AND THEN DISPLAY THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN YOUR ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ.ÄÁÔ FILE, SHOWING YOU THE , ÂÂÓ ÎAME AND DATE AND TIME OF THE PACKET AMONGST OTHER ITEMS. ÉF A ÒÔà WAS NOT DETECTED THE DATE EXTRACTED FROM THE ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ.ÄÁÔ AND ÐAGE 3 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION THE SYSTEM CLOCK TIME ARE DISPLAYED AND THE CORRECT TIME / DATE IS SET USING THE CURSOR KEYS, THE LEFT/RIGHT CURSOR MOVE YOU THROUGH THE VARIOUS FIELDS TO BE SELECTED AND THE UP/DOWN CURSORS CHANGE THE VALUE IN THE SELECTED FIELD. ×HEN ALL THIS IS DONE PRESS THE <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ> KEY TO ENTER THE SELECTION. ÃLOCK/DATE SETTING CAN ALSO BE PERFORMED BY A JOYSTICK IN PORT#2 ÇLOBAL ÃOMMANDS =============== ÔHE FOLLOWING 3 COMMANDS ARE AVAILABLE FROM MOST MENUS ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT LISTED IN THE DISPLAYED CHOICES: <@> ÄOS COMMANDS ÓEE THE SECTION ON ÄÏÓ SUPPORT FOR THE FUNCTIONS AND SYNTAX AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS OPTION. <$> ÄISK ÄIRECTORY ÄISPLAYS THE DISK DIRECTORY FROM THE CURRENT ÕSER DRIVE. ÔHIS DRIVE CAN BE RE-SPECIFIED THROUGH THE <@> COMMAND IF REQUIRED. <Ï>PTIONS ÔAKES YOU TO THE ÏPTIONS ÍENU, WHERE CONFIGURATION OF COLOURS, TAGLINES, TWIT LISTS AND MUCH MORE CAN BE DONE. ÓEE THE SECTION HEADED ÏPTIONS ÍENU. ÏPENING ÍENU ============ ÏNCE YOU HAVE FINISHED THE INITIAL SET-UP THE SCREEN FRAMES WILL BE DRAWN AND THE INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ.ÄÁÔ FILE DISPLAYED IN THE MAIN WINDOW AND EITHER A SHORT MENU OR A ÓHAREWARE REMINDER NOTICE WILL BE DISPLAYED DEPENDING ON THE STATE OF REGISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM YOU ARE RUNNING. ÉF THE ÓHAREWARE MESSAGE IS PRESENT PRESSING ANY KEY A FEW TIMES TO STEP THROUGH THE MESSAGES WILL BRING UP THE FIRST MENU (ÂUT YOU WILL OF COURSE REGISTER, WON'T YOU!). ÔHIS FIRST MENU WILL BE REFERRED TO AS THE ÏPENING ÍENU FROM HERE ON. ÔHE ÏPENING MENU LOOKS THUS: <Ñ>UIT <Ò>EAD <Á>REA <Â>ROWSE <É>NDEX E<Ä>IT REPS <Å>NTER ÔHESE OPTIONS GIVE YOU THE FOLLOWING CHOICES: <Ñ>UIT ÔHIS COMMAND IS ÎÅÖÅÒ A ÑUIT TO ÂASIC COMMAND BUT ALLOWS YOU TO MOVE BACK TO THE PREVIOUS MENU. ÆROM THE ÏPENING ÍENU THIS OPTION GIVES A SHORT MENU, HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE ÅXIT ÍENU, CONSISTING OF: <Â>ASIC <Ú>IP REPLIES <Ì>INK REPLIES <Ñ>UIT ÁDDITIONAL OPTIONS ARE ÓÈÉÆÔ-Â, Ú OR Ì WHICH CARRY OUT THE APPROPRIATE FUNCTION AND ON EXITING THE PROGRAM PERFORM A WARM RESET INSTEAD OF A ÃÏÌÄ ONE. ÎÏÔÅ THIS IS THE REVERSE OF PREVIOUS VERSIONS. <Ñ>UIT TAKES YOU BACK TO THE ÏPENING ÍENU <Â>ASIC : EXITS THE PROGRAM TO ÂÁÓÉÃ. <Ú>IP REPLIES : LINKS THE REPLY MESSAGE FILES INTO A REPLY PACKET IN ÚÉÐ 'STORED' FORMAT USING THE FILE NAME PROVIDED BY THE ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ.ÄÁÔ FILE PRODUCING A .ÒÅÐ FILE READY TO BE UPLOADED. ÎOTE THIS FILE NAME IS IN UPPER/LOWER CASE AS DETERMINED BY YOUR ÂÂÓ. ÔHE PACKER INCLUDED IN THE Ñ×ËÒÒ PROGRAM IS ÓÔÏÒÅ ONLY AND IS CAPABLE OF ZIPPING AN ENTIRE DISK DISK MINUS ONE BLOCK. <Ì>INK REPLIES : LINKS THE INDIVIDUAL REPLY FILES INTO A SINGLE FILE CALLED .ÍÓÇ READY TO BE PACKED WITH AN EXTERNAL PACKER SUCH AS ÃÓ-ÄÏÓ. ÐAGE 4 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ÆOR FURTHER DETAILS RELATING TO ÚÉÐ & ÌÉÎË SEE THE SECTION ON ÒEPLYING TO ÍESSAGES. ÂACK TO THE ÏPENING ÍENU OPTIONS: <Ò>EAD ÐROMPTS FOR A NUMBER AT WHICH TO START READING THROUGH THE MAIL PACKET. ÔHIS NUMBER WILL GENERALLY DEFAULT TO THE LAST MESSAGE READ, INCLUDING ANY LAST READ POINTER STORED WITH AN INDEX FILE FROM A PREVIOUS SESSION WITH THE PACKET; <Á>REA (USED TO BE ÓELECT ÃONFERENCE) (ÄISABLED IN UNREGISTERED VERSIONS). ÁLLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE TO READ THE MAIL FROM ONE SPECIFIC CONFERENCE. ×HEN THIS IS SELECTED THE ÃONFERENCES AVAILABLE ON THE ÂÂÓ WILL BE LISTED ALONG WITH ITS REFERENCE NUMBER AND, IF THE MESSAGE PACKET HAS BEEN INDEXED BY Ñ×ËÒÒ, THE NUMBER OF MESSAGES IN EACH CONFERENCE. ÙOU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE NUMBER OF THE CONFERENCE YOU WANT AT THE END OF EACH SCREEN. ÔO ESCAPE FROM THIS WITHOUT SELECTING AN AREA BLANK THE ENTRY FIELD, USING THE SPACE BAR, AND PRESS <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ>. ÔHIS CAUSES ÁÌÌ CONFERENCES TO BE SELECTED. ÁNY INPUT OTHER THAN A BLANK FIELD OR VALID NUMBER WILL DISPLAY THE NEXT SCREEN OF CONFERENCES IF THERE ARE TO BE DISPLAYED, ELSE IT WILL ABORT THE OPERTAION WITH NO CHANGE TO THE CURRENT SELECTION. ÅNTERING AN "N" AT THIS POINT WILL SELECT YOUR NETMAIL CONFERENCE (IF DEFINED). ÉF THE FILE HAS NOT BEEN INDEXED THERE WILL BE A DELAY WHILE THE PROGRAM INDEXES THE MESSAGES TO THE END OF THE SELECTED CONFERENCE. ÎÏÔÅ THAT WHEN INDEXING IS INITIATED BY THE PROGRAM LIKE THIS IT CANNOT ALWAYS BE INTERRUPTED. ÁFTER YOU HAVE SELECTED THIS OPTION IT IS SHOWN WHILE YOU ARE READING MESSAGES WITH A '>' SYMBOL TO THE LEFT OF THE WORD 'ÁREA:' IN THE MESSAGE HEADER TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE LOCKED INTO THIS CONFERENCE. ÔO UNLOCK THE SELECTED CONFERENCE TO READ ALL AGAIN ÓELECT <Á>REA AND PRESS SPACE TO CLEAR THE FIELD AND THEN <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ>. ÙOU SHOULD NOW SEE 'ÁLL' IN THE ÁREA FIELD WHILE AT THE MENU. <Â>ROWSE ÓELECTING THIS ALLOWS YOU TO SELECTIVELY READ MESSAGES. ÙOU WILL BE OFFERED A MENU CONSISTING OF: ÂROWSE : <Ð>ERSONAL <Í>ARKED Ô<×>IT <È>EADERS <Õ>NREAD <Ñ>UIT ÎÏÔÅ: ÉF A CONFERENCE HAS BEEN SELECTED USING <Á>REA THEN ÂROWSE WILL ONLY OPERATE ON THE ACTIVE ÃONFERENCE. ÉT IS PROBABLY BEST IN MOST CASES TO SELECT ÁÌÌ CONFERENCES BEFORE USING THE ÂROWSE OPTIONS. ÉF YOU NEED TO BYPASS THIS RESTRICTION IT CAN BE DONE BY ENTERING THE ÍESSAGE ÎUMBER OF THE DESIRED MESSAGE DIRECTLY. ÔHIS WILL THEN IGNORE THE ÁREA SELECTION AND ALL OTHER BROWSE FLAGS. <Â>ROWSE <Ð>ERSONAL ÓELECTING THIS GIVE YOU THE CHOICE OF READING MESSAGES <Ô>O YOU, <Æ>ROM YOU OR <Â>OTH. ÔHIS MAY NOT DISPLAY A MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY BUT WILL OFFER YOU THE ÒEAD ÍENU AND SELECTING <Î>EXT WILL SELECT A MESSAGE WITH THE APPROPRIATE MATCH. <Â>ROWSE <Í>ARKED MAIL ÔHIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO READ ONLY MAIL MARKED DURING A PREVIOUS SESSION FOR WHICH THERE IS A VALID INDEX FILE OR DURING THE CURRENT SESSION. ÍESSAGES ARE MARKED USING EITHER <Í>, <*> OR ÊOY#2 FIRE BUTTON FROM THE ÒEAD ÍENU. ÐAGE 5 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION <Â>ROWSE Ô<×>IT ÍAIL ÔHE Ô<×>IT OPTION IN Ñ×ËÒÒ IS MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAT JUST AN IGNORE USER FUNCTION AND IS ABLE TO OPERATE MORE LIKE A ÓEARCH FUNCTION. ÉT ALLOWS YOU TO DEFINE LISTS OF PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO IGNORE ÏÒ THAT YOU WANT TO READ IN PREFERENCE TO OTHER USERS OF THE CONFERENCES. ÔHE LIST OF NAMES FOR ÔWIT PURPOSES ARE DEFINED IN FILES WITH THE PREFIX Ñ×Ë×. AND ACCESSED THROUGH THE ÏPTIONS ÍENU. ÅACH FILE CAN CONTAIN UP TO 10 NAMES. ÔHERE IS ALSO A ÔWIT ÍODE ÆLAG STORED IN THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE THAT CAN BE SET TO ÒEAD, IGNORE ÆROM, IGNORE ÔO AND IGNORE ÂOTH. ÉN UNREGISTERED VERSIONS THIS IS LOCKED TO ÒEAD. ÎAMES IN THE ÔWIT FILE CAN BE EITHER PARTIAL OR FULL, E.G. 'ÍARK' WILL 'TWIT' ANYONE WITH ÍARK AS PART OF THEIR NAME. ÍORE ON THIS LATER ON (SEE INDEX). <Â>ROWSE <È>EADER ÔHIS OPTION DISPLAYS THE MESSAGE HEADERS, SUBJECT TO THE ÁREA SELECTION ABOVE. ÉT LISTS TO SCREEN THE ÍSG #, 2 FLAGS, THE ÔO: ÆROM: & ÓUBJECT FIELDS AND THE ÃONFERENCE NAME. ÄUE TO SPACE ÁÌÌ FIELDS ARE TRUNCATED, THE MOST OBVIOUS BEING THE ÃONFERENCE NAME, WHICH IS TRUNCATED TO 9 CHARACTERS. ÔHE FLAGS SHOWN ARE THE Ñ×ËÒÒ 'LOCAL' FLAGS '+' (READ) AND 'Í'ARKED. ÓEE THE SECTION ON ÒEADING ÍESSAGES FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE. ×HEN A PAGE OF 'HEADERS' HAS BEEN LISTED A SHORT MENU IS AVAILABLE. ÔHE COMMANDS ACCEPTABLE ARE <Î>EXT, <Ð>REVIOUS, <ÍSG#> AND <Ñ>UIT. ÔHE LISTING OF HEADERS CAN BE ABORTED BY HOLDING THE STOP KEY. ÔHE <ÍSG#> WILL ALLOW YOU TO ENTER ÁÎÙ MESSAGE NUMBER, EVEN IF NOT DISPLAYED OR IN A DIFFERENT CONFERENCE, AND THIS ALLOWS YOU TO <Í>ARK THE MESSAGE IF SO REQUIRED. ÙOU CANNOT ÍARK OR ÕNMARK MESSAGES DIRECTLY FROM THE HEADER DISPLAY. (ÒODS NOTE: THIS IS PLANNED FOR THE NEXT RELEASE). ÈEADERS WILL ONLY BE DISPLAYED UP TO THE HIGHEST MESSAGE INDEXED. ÕSING THE <Â>ROWSE ÈEADER OPTION ALSO SETS/RESETS ALL ÔWIT FLAGS ACCORDING TO YOUR CURRENT TWIT LIST. <Â>ROWSE <Õ>NREAD ÍAIL Ñ×ËÒÒ FLAGS MESSAGES IN THE PACKET AS YOU READ THEM. ÓELECTING <Õ>NREAD FROM THE ÂROWSE MENU WILL DISPLAY ANY MESSAGES YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED. ÎOTE THE ÎÏÔÅ ABOVE THOUGH ABOUT SELECTING ÁÌÌ CONFERENCES BEFORE USING THIS OPTION. ÁLSO THE <Ð>REVIOUS MESSAGE OPTION WILL TAKE YOU TO THE PREVIOUS ÕÎÒÅÁÄ MESSAGE, NOT THE ONE YOU JUST READ. ÉF YOU WISH TO READ THE MESSAGE YOU JUST READ, WHICH IS NOW NO LONGER AN ÕNREAD MESSAGE, YOU CAN ACCESS IT BY ENTERING THE ÍESSAGE ÎUMBER DIRECTLY. <Â>ROWSE <Ñ>UIT TAKES YOU BACK TO THE ÏPENING ÍENU. <É>NDEX ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU JUST TO INDEX THE MESSAGE PACKET WITHOUT READING IT IF YOU SO DESIRE. ÙOU DO NOT ÎÅÅÄ TO SELECT IT AS THE INDEX IS CREATED PROGRESSIVELY AS YOU READ THROUGH THE PACKET. ÔHIS OPTION WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED IF THE WHOLE PACKET HAS BEEN INDEXED. ÐRESS ANY KEY TO HALT THE INDEXING. ÉF ÁUTO-INDEX HAS BEEN SELECTED IN ÑÐØ THEN THIS FUNCTION WILL BE CARRIED OUT AUTOMATICALLY. E<Ä>IT REPS ÔHIS VERSION IS THE FIRST TO GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO EDIT YOUR REPLIES AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN SAVED. ÓELECTING <Ä> FROM THIS MENU WILL PUT YOU INTO THE REQUIRED MENU. ÓEE THE SECTION ON ÒEPLYING TO ÍESSAGES FOR ÐAGE 6 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION FURTHER INFORMATION. <Å>NTER ÔHIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER MESSAGES. ÓEE THE SECTION TITLED ÅNTERING ÍESSAGES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. ÒEADING ÍESSAGES ================ ÏNCE YOU'VE SELECTED TO READ MAIL FROM THE FIRST MENU THE FIRST MESSAGE THAT MATCHES THE SELECTED READ CRITERIA IN THE PACKET WILL BE DISPLAYED WITH A MENU OF OPTIONS SHOWN BELOW IT. ÔHIS MENU, CALLED THE ÒEAD ÍENU, IS: <Î>XT <Ð>REV <Á>GN <Ò>PLY <Æ>WD E<Ø>PRT <Ç>RB <Ó>TR <Í>RK <ÍSG#> <#>PT <Ñ> ÓOME KEYS THAT ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE MENU ARE USEABLE. ÔHESE ARE: THE ÅSCAPE KEY (FAR LEFT TOP OF YOUR KEYBOARD - HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS ÅÓÃ) WHICH ABORTS READING A MESSAGE AS DOES THE ÓÔÏÐ KEY; AND <ÓÐÁÃÅ> OR <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ> WHICH WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT MESSAGE ÉÎ ÔÈÅ ÓÅÌÅÃÔÅÄ ÒÅÁÄÉÎÇ ÄÉÒÅÃÔÉÏÎ. ÔHIS DIRECTION IS DISPLAYED IN THE TOP LEFT OF THE SCREEN TO THE LEFT OF THE MESSAGE NUMBER, AN ÕP ARROW FOR FORWARD AND A ÄOWN ARROW FOR BACKWARDS. ÔHE ÅÓà AND ÓÔÏÐ KEYS CAN BE USED AT ANY TIME, ANY OTHER OPTION CAN ONLY BE SELECTED WHILE THE APPROPRIATE MENU IS ON THE SCREEN. ÏTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE ONLY ON ÒEGISTERED VERSIONS ARE: ÓÈÉÆÔÅÄ Å, Æ AND Ò. ÔHESE WORK IN THE SAME WAY AS ÅNTER, ÆORWARD AND ÒEPLY EXCEPT THAT YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO CHANGE YOUR NAME IN THE ÆROM: FIELD TO AN ALIAS. ÎÏÔÅ THE FOLLOWING: 1/ ÅVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE CHANGED THE NAME THE ÂÂÓ MAY CHANGE IT BACK ON UPLOAD TO YOUR 'REAL' NAME OR PERHAPS REJECT THE MESSAGE; 2/ ÁÌÉÁÓÅÓ ÁÒÅ ÎÏÔ ÇÅÎÅÒÁÌÌÙ ÐÅÒÍÉÔÔÅÄ ÉÎ ÆÉÄÏ ÅÃÈÏÅÓ. ÔHERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THIS BUT CHECK WITH EITHER YOUR ÓÙÓÏÐ OR THE AREA'S ÍODERATOR. ÊOYSTICK CONTROLS ------------------ ×ITH Ñ×ËÒÒ 128 V4.X JOYSTICK CONTROLS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. ×ITH THE JOYSTICK IN ÐORT #2 THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE WHILE READING MESSAGES: ÊOYSTICK ÒIGHT : <Î>EXT MESSAGE; ÌEFT : <Ð>REVIOUS MESSAGE; ÕP : <Á>GAIN; ÄOWN : <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ> I.E. READ PAST A PAGE BREAK OR READ THE NEXT/ PREVIOUS MESSAGE SUBJECT TO READING DIRECTION; ÆIRE : <Í>ARK / UNMARK MESSAGE. ÎÏÔÅ : 1: THESE COMMANDS WILL WORK AT A PAGE BREAK OR AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH MESSAGE WHEN THE MENU IS DISPLAYED. ÈENCE ÊOY-RIGHT AT A ÐAGE ÂREAK WILL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO THE NEXT MESSAGE. 2: THESE COMMANDS ALSO OPERATE WHEN EÄITING REPLIES EXCEPT THAT IN THIS CASE THE ÆIRE BUTTON TAKES YOU BACK TO THE ÏPENING ÍENU. ÐAGE 7 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ÍESSAGE HEADER INFORMATION -------------------------- ÔHE MESSAGE HEADER AREA WHICH IS DISPLAYED AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, WORKING LEFT TO RIGHT AND TOP TO BOTTOM: 'ÍSG :' ÔHE MESSAGE NUMBER OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE IN YOUR PACKET. ÔHIS DOES NOT RELATE TO ANY MESSAGE NUMBERS USED ON YOUR ÂÂÓ. ÂETWEEN THE 'ÍSG' AND THE COLON THERE IS AN UP OR DOWN ARROW DISPLAYING THE CURRENT READING DIRECTION, ÓEE <Î>EXT, <Ð>REVIOUS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS; 'ÄATE :' ÔHE DATE THE MESSAGE YOU ARE READING WAS ENTERED; 'ÔIME :' ÔHE TIME THE MESSAGE YOU ARE READING WAS ENTERED; ÏN THE TOP RIGHT IS DISPLAYED THE CURRENT TIME AND DATE BASED ON THE INFORMATION ENTERED BY YOU OR EXTRACTED FROM A ÃÍÄ ÒÔÃ. ÉF THIS RUNS FAST (OR SLOW?) SEE THE SECTION IN ÏPTIONS HEADED ÎÔÓà / ÐÁÌ; 'ÁREA :' ÔHE NAME OF THE CONFERENCE FROM WHICH THE MESSAGE CAME. ÉF THIS APPEARS AS '>ÁREA :' THEN YOU HAVE <Ó>ELECTED THIS CONFERENCE AND MESSAGES FROM OTHER CONFERENCES WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED. (ÓEE <Ó>ELECT ÃONF. IN OPENING MENU) 'ÔO :' ÔHE ADDRESSEE OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE; 'ÆROM :' ÔHE AUTHOR OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE; 'ÓTATUS :' ÄISPLAYS THE STATUS OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE. ÔHIS FUNCTION IS RATHER DIFFERENT TO PREVIOUS VERSIONS AND IS IN THE FORM OF A SERIES OF FLAGS WHICH IF BLANK LOOKS LIKE -- ---------. ÔHE FIRST TWO FLAGS ARE SET BY ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ.ÄÁÔ AND SHOW WHETHER THE MESSAGE IS ÐRIVATE WITH A Ð IN THE FIRST FIELD AND IF IT HAS BEEN FLAGGED AS ÒEAD ON THE ÂÂÓ WHICH SHOWS AS AN Ò IN THE SECOND FIELD. ÔHE REMAINING 9 FLAGS ARE 'LOCAL' FLAGS PRODUCED BY Ñ×ËÒÒ AND STORED IN THE Ñ×ÉË.ÎÄØ FILE AND SHOW THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: +-------- ÙOU HAVE READ THIS MESSAGE. ÔHIS IS ONLY SET WHEN THE MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED TO THE END SO WILL NOT BE SET IF YOU USE ÅÓà TO SKIP A MESSAGE. ÔHIS FLAG IS USED BY THE ÂROWSE ÕNREAD OPTION; -Í------- ÔHE MESSAGE HAS BEEN ÍARKED USING THE Í OR * KEYS; --Ò------ ÔHE MESSAGE HAS BEEN ÒEPLIED TO OR ÆORWARDED; ---Ç----- ÔHE MESSAGE HAS BEEN <Ç>RABBED. ÓEE THE APPROPRIATE SECTION LATER FOR MORE INFORMATION; ----Ó---- ÔHE MESSAGE HAS BEEN <Ó>TORED; -----#--- ÔHE MESSAGE HAS BEEN <#>PRINTED; ------Ø-- ÔHE MESSAGE HAS BEEN E<Ø>PORTED; -------Ô- ÔHE MESSAGE IS ÔO: YOU; -------Æ- ÔHE MESSAGE IS ÆROM: YOU; --------T ÔHE MESSAGE IS ÔO: A ÔWIT LISTED PERSON; --------F ÔHE MESSAGE IS ÆROM: A ÔWIT LISTED PERSON. ÉF ÂÏÔÈ ÔO: AND ÆROM: ÔWIT FLAGS ARE SET THE 'F' FLAG WILL BE DISPLAYED. ÔHIS MEANS IF YOU SELECT TO READ ONLY ÔO: TWITS AND A MESSAGE IS BOTH ÆROM: AND ÔO: A TWIT IT WILL BE SKIPPED. ÁNY COMBINATION OF THESE FLAGS CAN BE SET AT ANY TIME. ÉN MOST OF THE ÂROWSE MODES THE CURRENT MODE CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY A COLOUR CHANGE OF ÐAGE 8 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION THE RELEVANT FLAG. 'ÓUBJ :' ÔHE SUBJECT OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE. ÉF YOU <Ò>EPLY TO THIS MESSAGE THEN THE SUBJECT OF YOUR MESSAGE WILL DEFAULT TO THE CONTENTS OF THIS FIELD. ÌASTLY IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE HEADER WINDOW THERE IS AN UNIDENTIFIED NUMBER LIKE '10/458'. ÔHIS IS THE SIZE OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE IN ÌINES/ÂYTES. ÒÅÁÄ ÃOMMANDS ------------- ÍESSAGES ARE DISPLAYED ONE SCREEN FULL (PAGE) AT A TIME, WITH <ÐAGE BREAK> SHOWN IN THE BOTTOM WINDOW OF THE SCREEN IF THE END OF THE MESSAGE IS NOT VISIBLE. ÁNY KEY EXCEPT ÅÓà OR ÓÔÏÐ WILL TAKE YOU TO THE NEXT 'PAGE'. ÅÓà OR ÓÔÏÐ: ÔHESE KEYS WILL ABORT THE READING OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE. ÔHEY CAN BE USED FOR INSTANCE IF YOU'VE READ THE FIRST PAGE AND DECIDED IT IS NOT INTERESTING TO YOU. ÐRESSING EITHER WHILE THE <ÐAGE BREAK> MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED WILL BRING UP THE ÒÅÁÄ MENU, PRESSING ÅÓà AGAIN WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT MESSAGE IN THE DIRECTION SHOWN AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. ÓÔÏÐ WILL HAVE NO EFFECT. (HINT: TO "SCAN" ALL MESSAGES JUST KEEP PRESSING ÅÓÃ, OR USE THE JOYSTICK IN PORT#2) <Î>EXT : ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO READ THE NEXT HIGHER NUMBER MESSAGE WHICH MATCHES ANY <Á>REA OR <Â>ROWSE OPTION SELECTED AND ESTABLISHES A READING DIRECTION OF FORWARDS IF IT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN BACKWARDS. <Ð>REV : ÐREVIOUS. ÔHIS COMMAND WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE PREVIOUS MESSAGE AND ESTABLISH THE DIRECTION OF READING AS BACKWARDS. ÏNCE <Ð> HAS BEEN SELECTED YOU MUST USE <Î>EXT TO READ THE NEXT HIGHER MESSAGE TO RE-ESTABLISH THE READING DIRECTION AS FORWARD IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WISH TO DO. <Á>GN : ÁGAIN. ÒE-DISPLAYS THE CURRENT MESSAGE. <Ò>PLY : ÒEPLY. ÅNTER THE ÒEPLY TO A MESSAGE IN THE CURRENT AREA - ÓEE ÒÅÐÌÙING TO A ÍESSAGE. <Æ>WD : ÆORWARD. ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO REPLY TO A MESSAGE BUT FORWARD THE REPLY TO ANOTHER MESSAGE AREA. ÔHIS CAN BE USED TO REPLY VIA ÎETÍAIL TO A MESSAGE IN A ÆIDO AREA OR TO REPLY IN ÐRIVATE MAIL TO A ÐUBLIC MESSAGE. ÏPTIONS ARE THE SAME AS REPLY EXCEPT THAT A MESSAGE AREA MUST BE SELECTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ÅNTER A MESSAGE. ÔHIS OPTION IS DISABLED IN ÕNREGISTERED VERSIONS. E<Ø>PT: ÅXPORT. ÓENDS THE CURRENT MESSAGE AS A ÃÂÍ ÓÅÑ FILE TO THE ÕÓÅÒ DISK DRIVE. ÙOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR A FILE NAME. ÔHE DEFAULT NAME BEING THE LAST NAME USED (OR 'FILENAME' IF NO PREVIOUS NAME HAS BEEN SPECIFIED). Á CHECK FOR PRE-EXISTING FILES IS MADE AND IF FOUND YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO <Ò>EPLACE IT, <Á>PPEND TO IT OR A<Â>ORT THE OPERATION. Á BLANK LINE WILL ALSO ABORT. ÅNTERING A '$' WILL DISPLAY THE DISK DIRECTORY (WITH PATTERN MATCHING). ÓEE THE ÄÏÓ FOR MORE INFO. ÉF <Á>PPENDING, THE CURRENT FILE TYPE IS HONOURED. (IE, IT IS POSSIBLE TO APPEND TO A ÐÒÇ FILE IF THE NAME MATCHES. ÕSE WITH CAUTION) E<Ø>PORT IS NOT AVAILABLE ON UNREGISTERED COPIES OF THE PROGRAM. <Ç>RB: ÇRAB. ÔHIS OPTION EXPORTS THE MESSAGE TO A FILE ON THE USER DRIVE CALLED .. ÉF THIS FILE EXISTS THE NEW MESSAGE WILL ÐAGE 9 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION BE APPENDED TO THE PREVIOUS GRAB WITHOUT ANY PROMPTS. ÔHIS OPTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN ÒEGISTERED VERSIONS. <Ó>TORE : ÓAVES THE TEXT OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE TO THE ÒÅÐÌÙ DISK IN A ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ.ÄÁÔ FORMAT, BUT USING THE NAME ÓÍÁÌÌ.ÄÁÔ. ÔHIS IS USEFUL IF YOU WISH TO STORE THE MESSAGE FOR LATER REPLYING AND HAVE NO FURTHER NEED FOR THE ENTIRE ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ.ÄÁÔ FILE. ÎOTE: ÔO ACCESS THIS ÓÍÁÌÌ.ÄÁÔ FILE YOU MUST SCRATCH THE ORIGINAL ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ.ÄÁÔ FILE AND RENAME THE ÓÍÁÌÌ.ÄÁÔ TO ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ.ÄÁÔ, RETAINING THE ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ.ÄÁÔ FILE ON THE DISK. <Í>RK: ÍARK; OR <*> (ÁSTERISK) : ÍARK/UNMARK MESSAGES. ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO MARK MESSAGES FOR LATER READING OR REPLYING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE <Í>ARKED OPTION ON THE ÂROWSE MENU. ÉF YOU HAVE MARKED A MESSAGE IT IS SHOWN BY AN Í IN THE STATUS FLAGS. ÔHE KEYS TOGGLE THE ÍARKED STATUS SO PRESSING '*' OR 'Í' MARKS AN UN-MARKED MESSAGE OR UN-MARKS A MARKED ONE. ÐRESSING THE ÆÉÒÅ BUTTON ON JOYSTICK (PORT#2) ALSO MARKS/UNMARKS MESSAGES. <ÍSG#> : ÙOU CAN ENTER ANY MESSAGE NUMBER DIRECTLY. ÉF THE MESSAGE PACKET HAS BEEN INDEXED TO OR BEYOND THE NUMBER SELECTED IT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY DISPLAYED, OTHERWISE INDEXING WILL BE CARRIED OUT UNTIL THE DESIRED NUMBER IS FOUND. ÎOTE THAT IF YOU HAVE SELECTED TO READ A SPECIFIC CONFERENCE RATHER THAN ÒÅÁÄ ÁÌÌ AND THE NUMBER ENTERED AT THE ÆÒÏÍ ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅ# PROMPT IS NOT PART OF THE CURRENT CONFERENCE'S MAIL THE NEAREST ACCEPTABLE MESSAGE WILL BE DISPLAYED. IE IF YOU SELECT MESSAGE #1 BUT THE LOWEST NUMBER IN THE SELECTED CONFERENCE IS #20 THEN THAT WILL BE THE DISPLAYED MESSAGE. ÉF YOU HAVE SELECTED A SPECIFIC CONFERENCE THEN THIS IS DISPLAYED BY A '>' TO THE LEFT OF THE WORD 'ÁREA:' IN THE MESSAGE HEADER AREA TO INDICATE THAT YOU ARE LOCKED IN THIS CONFERENCE. ÏNCE YOU HAVE STARTED READING, OR ÂROWSING, ENTERING A MESSAGE NUMBER WILL DISPLAY THAT MESSAGE IRRESPECTIVE OF THE ÁREA OR ÂROWSE MODE SETTING. <#> ÐRINT : ÔHIS KEY WILL PRINT THE CURRENT MESSAGE TO YOUR PRINTER. THE PROGRAM WILL TEST FOR THE PRESENCE OF A PRINTER ALTHOUGH É FIND THAT WITH MY SET-UP THIS TEST DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK AND IT WILL OFTEN 'PRINT' THE MESSAGE HEADER TO THE SCREEN. (ÒOD'S NOTE: ÄOES Ö4X STILL DO THIS ÍARK??) ÎOTE: ÔHE PRINTER IS INITIALLY SET TO DEVICE #4 AND A SECONDARY ADDRESS OF #7. ÔHIS CAN BE CHANGED VIA THE ÏÐÔÉÏÎÓ MENU, AND WILL BE LOADED/SAVED WITH THE ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE, AS WILL THE TYPE OF OUTPUT SENT TO THE PRINTER (EITHER ÐETSCII OR 'TRUE' ÁÓÃÉÉ). <Ñ> ÑUIT : ×ILL RETURN YOU TO THE ÏPENING ÍENU. ÔHE ÅDITORS =========== ÔHERE ARE TWO EDITORS USED FOR ENTERING INFORMATION INTO Ñ×ËÒÒ128. ÔHIS IS A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE OPERATION OF BOTH. ÌINE ÅDITOR ----------- ÔHE LINE EDITOR IS USED FOR ENTERING FILE NAMES, ÔO:, ÆROM: AND ÓUBJ: FIELDS, TAGLINES AND FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS AND ANY OTHER SINGLE LINE INPUT. ÔHE INSERT AND DELETE KEYS FUNCTION AS DESCRIBED BELOW. ÉF A DEFAULT IS OFFERED BUT NOT REQUIRED THEN PRESSING THE SPACE BAR BEFORE ANY OTHER INPUT WILL CLEAR THE FIELD TO ALLOW ENTRY OF THE NEW DATA OR BLANK THE FIELD TO ALLOW A NULL INPUT OR FOR THE OPERATION TO BE ÐAGE 10 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ABORTED. ÔHE CURSOR KEYS OPERATE LEFT AND RIGHT IN THE USUAL SENSE. ÃURSOR UP OR THE ÈOME KEY WILL MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE START OF THE STRING AND CURSOR DOWN OR ÓHIFT/ÈOME WILL MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE END OF THE STRING. ÉN SOME CASES (ÔAGLINES, ÆUNCTION ËEYS, ÔWITS, ADDRESSES) ENTERING AN ASTERISK <*> AS THE ONLY CHARACTER ON THE LINE WILL CAUSE THE ENTRY TO BE LISTED AS 'ÕNDEFINED' AND IGNORED BY THE PROGRAM. ÆULL ÓCREEN ÅDITOR ------------------ ÔHE ÆULL ÓCREEN ÅDITOR IS USED TO ENTER MESSAGE TEXT WHEN ÅÎÔÅÒING OR ÒÅÐÌÙING TO MESSAGES AND HAS WORD-WRAP CAPABILITY. ÔHE ÉÎÓÅÒÔ KEY OPERATES IN THE NORMAL SENSE AS IT DOES IN ÂÁÓÉÃ, IE A SPACE IS INSERTED AT THE CURSOR LOCATION AND THE CURSOR REMAINS IN THE SAME PLACE WHILE THE TEXT IS MOVED RIGHT. ÔHE ÁÌÔ KEY TOGGLES INSERT MODE ON AND OFF. ÔHE MODE IS SHOWN BY THE CURSOR, WHICH IS AN ÕNDERSCORE IN OVERSTRIKE MODE AND A BLOCK IN ÉNSERT MODE. ÉT IS INITIALLY ÏFF AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MESSAGE. ÔHE INSERT MODE WILL BREAK THE LINE LIKE A ÓHIFT-RETURN IF THE LINE YOU ARE INSERTING ON FILLS UP (WITH WORD WRAP). ÔHE ÄÅÌÅÔÅ KEY FUNCTIONS AS A DUAL BACKSPACE AND DELETE KEY DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION IN THE TEXT AND THE STATE OF THE ÉNSERT ÍODE. ÉN THE MIDDLE OF THE TEXT AND WITH ÉNSERT ÍODE ÏFF THE CHARACTER AT THE CURSOR POSITION IS DELETED WITH THE TEXT TO THE RIGHT BEING MOVED LEFT AND THE CURSOR STAYING IN THE SAME POSITION. ÁT THE END OF A TEXT LINE, OR SCREEN, OR WHEN ÉNSERT ÍODE IS ÏN, IT WILL BACKSPACE DELETING THE PRECEDING CHARACTER. ÔHE ÃURSOR KEYS OPERATE AS YOU'D EXPECT WITH THE FOLLOWING ENHANCEMENTS WHEN PRESSED WITH THE SHIFT KEY: ÕP - ÐAGE (SCREEN) UP. ÌEFT - ÔOP OF PAGE (SAME AS HOME) ÄOWN - ÐAGE (SCREEN) DOWN. ÒIGHT - ÂOTTOM OF PAGE. (SCREEN). ÁDDITIONALLY IN V4.1 AN OPTION TO BREAK OR ÊOIN LINES HAS BEEN INTRODUCED, WITH ÓHIFT-<ÒÅÔÕÒÎ> BREAKING A LINE AT THE CURSOR POSITION AND ÃÔÒÌ-Ê OR Ã=-Ê JOINING THE LINE BELOW THE CURSOR TO THE LINE THE CURSOR IS ON, WITH WORD WRAP. ÒÅÐÌÙING TO A MESSAGE ===================== ÏN SELECTING <Ò>EPLY THE PROGRAM WILL SET UP A MESSAGE HEADER FOR YOU WITH YOUR NAME IN THE ÆROM: FIELD, THE AUTHOR OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE IN THE ÔO: FIELD AND THE ÓUBJ: THE SUBJECT OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE IN IT WITH THE CURSOR OVER THE NAME IN THE ÔO: FIELD SO THAT YOU CAN EDIT IT IF YOU WISH. ÉF NOT JUST PRESS <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ> AND YOU WILL GO TO THE NEXT FIELD, THE ÓUBJ: FIELD. ÉF YOU LEAVE BOTH THESE FIELDS BLANK THE MESSAGE WILL BE HEADED ÔO: ÁLL, ÓUBJ: ÎOTHING IN PARTICULAR. ÉF YOU USED ÓHIFT-Ò YOU WILL BE FIRST ASKED FOR THE ÆROM: NAME, WHICH WILL DEFAULT TO YOUR REGISTERED NAME BUT ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER AN ALIAS OR HANDLE. ÙOU WILL BE ASKED WHETHER OR NOT TO FLAG THE MESSAGE AS ÐRIVATE. ×HEN ÅÎÔÅÒING A MESSAGE THE DEFAULT IS USUALLY PUBLIC. ×HEN ÒÅÐÌÙING THE DEFAULT IS THE SAME AS THE MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE REPLYING TO. ÃHANGE THIS FLAG WITH CAUTION. ÂÅ ×ÁÒÎÅÄ - FLAGGING IT AS ÐRIVATE HERE WILL NOT ALWAYS ENSURE IT IS POSTED ON THE ÂÂÓ AS PRIVATE, IF IT IS IN A ÐUBLIC ÍESSAGE ÏNLY AREA IT MAY BE RE-FLAGGED TO PUBLIC BY THE ÂÂÓ CAUSING POTENTIAL EMBARRASSMENT! ÐAGE 11 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ÔHE REVERSE MAY ALSO APPLY BUT IS OBVIOUSLY LESS LIKELY TO CAUSE A PROBLEM :-). ÓOME ÂÂÓ MAY REJECT MESSAGES WHICH ARE INAPPROPRIATELY FLAGGED FOR A PARTICULAR AREA, THE ÍËÑWK MAILER DOES THIS BY RE-POSTING THE MESSAGE TO THE SENDER IN PRIVATE MAIL, NOT A BAD SOLUTION AS THE POSSIBILITY OF EMBARRASSMENT IS REDUCED AND IT IS QUICKLY APPARENT THAT A PROBLEM HAS BEEN CAUSED. ÎOTE: Ñ×ËÒÒ MAKES AN "INTELLIGENT" DECISION AS TO WHETHER A MESSAGE IS PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, BASED ON THE CONFERENCE NAME AND THE MESSAGE YOU ARE REPLYING TO. ÉT WILL OFFER THIS AS THE DEFAULT FLAG SETTING. ÁS A GENERAL RULE IT SHOULD RARELY NEED CHANGING. ÏË SO YOU'VE SAID ÙES OR ÎO TO ÐRIVATE. ÔHE CURSOR NOW MOVES DOWN TO THE BODY OF THE MESSAGE, STARTING YOUR MESSAGE AUTOMATICALLY FOR YOU WITH TWO WORDS, THE SALUTATION (DEFAULT 'ÈI') CONTAINED IN THE ÆËÅÙ FILES AND THE FIRST PART OF THE ADDRESSEE'S NAME, HOPEFULLY THEIR FIRST NAME. ÎOW YOU CAN CARRY ON AND TYPE YOUR REPLY. ÔHE ÒEPLY OR ÅNTER ÍENU ======================= ÍESSAGES ARE ENTERED USING THE FULL SCREEN EDITOR AND HAS A MENU THAT IS BOUGHT UP BY PRESSING EITHER THE ÃOMMODORE ÌOGO (Ã=) OR ÃONTROL KEYS AND WHICH GIVES YOU THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS : <Ó>AVE <Á>BORT I<Í>PORT E<Ø>PORT <Ñ>UOTE <Ö>IEW <Ò>EAD <×>RITE <#>PRINT ÒEFERRED TO HEREAFTER AS THE ÒEPLY ÍENU. ÔHESE OPTIONS ARE SELECTED BY HOLDING DOWN EITHER THE ÃOMMODORE ÌOGO (Ã=) KEY OR THE ÃONTROL KEY AND PRESSING THE DESIRED OPTION. ÉN RESPONSE TO VARIOUS REQUESTS THESE KEYS ARE NOW NOT BOTH FUNCTIONAL WITH ALL COMMANDS. ÔHE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS APPLY: 1: ÄUE TO AN ODDITY IN THE Ã128 OPERATING SYSTEM ÃONTROL-Ñ DOES NOT WORK SO YOU MUST USE Ã=Ñ; 2: <Á>BORT CAN ONLY BE SELECTED WITH ÃONTROL-Á, AND <Ó>AVE CAN ONLY BE SELECTED WITH Ã=Ó THIS IS TO HELP AVOID ACCIDENTAL OPERATION. ÉT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU GET INTO THE HABIT OF USING THE Ã= AS THIS WORKS WITH ALL FUNCTIONS EXCEPT <Á>BORT. ÓOME COMMANDS, SPECIFICALLY I<Í>PORT), E<Ø>PORT, <Ã>OPY AND <×>RITE, ARE DISABLED IN ÕNREGISTERED VERSIONS. ÐRESSING THE ÈÅÌÐ KEY, EITHER ALONE OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ OR Ã= KEY WILL DISPLAY A LIST OF ÁÌÌ THE EDITOR COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS. ÙOU WILL NOTICE THAT WHEN EITHER THE ÌOGO OR ÃONTROL KEYS ARE PRESSED A TAGLINE IS DISPLAYED IN THE BOTTOM WINDOW OF THE SCREEN. ÔHE TAGLINE THAT IS DISPLAYED WHEN YOU SAVE THE MESSAGE WILL GENERALLY BE APPENDED TO THE MESSAGE AS A ÆIDO FORMAT TAGLINE. ÔHE EXCEPTION BEING IF YOU HAVE SELECTED THE ÔÁÇÌÉÎÅ MODE AS ÍÁÎÕÁÌ, ÎÏÎÅ OR Ñ×ËÒÒ ÉÄ. ÉN THESE CASES, THE LAST TAGLINE READ WILL BE DISPLAYED. ÉF ÒÁÎÄÏÍ-ËÅÙ OR ÒÏÔÁÔÅ-ËÅÙ MODE IS SELECTED THEN A NEW TAGLINE IS DISPLAYED WITH EACH KEYPRESS. ÓEE ÏPTIONS MENU / ÔAGLINES FOR MORE INFORMATION. ÆOR UNREGISTERED VERSIONS THE INTERNAL Ñ×ËÒÒ128 TAGLINE IS ALWAYS USED, EVEN THOUGH THE OTHERS ARE DISPLAYED. ÔHE MESSAGE EDITOR FEATURES A SIDE WINDOW CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING: ÐAGE 12 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION - A ONE HOUR MESSAGE TIMER THAT IS ZEROED WHENEVER YOU START TO ENTER A MESSAGE; - THE CURRENT LINE AND COLUMN CURSOR POSITION; ÎOTE: Ñ×ËÒÒ CURRENTLY LIMITS THE COLUMN WIDTH TO 72 CHARACTERS. ÔHIS HELPS TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF YOUR ÂÂÓ REFORMATING YOUR MESSAGES WHEN UPLOADED. - A BUFFER COUNTER. ×HEN THIS REACHES ZERO YOU WILL BE GIVEN A WARNING. ÙOU MAY ENTER APPROX 500 BYTES AFTER THIS WARNING, BUT YOU RUN THE RISK OF CORRUPTING YOUR MESSAGE OR CRASHING THE PROGRAM. ÅNTER DATA AFTER THIS WARNING AT YOUR OWN RISK. ÒÅÐÌÙ ÃOMMANDS -------------- <Á>BORT : ÃONTROL-Á, ÁBORT. ÔHIS ABORTS THE REPLY OPTION AND RETURNS YOU TO THE MESSAGE YOU WERE READING WHEN YOU SELECTED THE ÒÅÐÌÙ OPTION. <Ä> : ÄELETE ÌINE. ÈERE YOU CAN DELETE A LINE WHICH IS EITHER BLANK OR CONTAINS TEXT. ÔHE LINE THE CURSOR IS ON IS DELETED AND TEXT BELOW SCROLLED UP. ÔHE CURSOR WILL REAPPEAR ON WHAT WAS THE LINE BELOW ITS POSITION IN THE SAME COLUMN. <Ù> ÂLOCK ÄELETE ÐRESSING ÃONTROL-Ù OR Ã=Ù STARTS THE ÂLOCK DELETE SEQUENCE. ÔHIS SELECTS THE LINE THE CURSOR IS ON AS THE START LINE WITH A NOTE IN THE ÍENU LINE SAYING 'ÄELETE FROM LINE XX TO LINE XX'. ÁS YOU MOVE THE CURSOR DOWN THE SECOND LINE NUMBER CHANGES. ÐRESSING Ã=Ù OR ÃONTROL-Ù AGAIN DELETES THE SELECTED BLOCK. ÐRESSING ANY KEY OTHER THAN CURSOR MOVEMENT OR <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ> CANCELS THE OPERATION. ÎOTE: ÙOU CANNOT DELETE "BACKWARDS" - ÔHE ÔÏ LINE MUST BE GREATER OR EQUAL TO THE ÆÒÏÍ LINE. Á WARNING BELL IS SOUNDED IF YOU ARE OUT OF THIS RANGE. <Ð> ÐASTE ÃOMPLEMENTING THE ÂLOCK ÄELETE FUNCTION IS THE ÐASTE FUNCTION. ÓELECTING Ã=Ð OR ÃONTROL-Ð WILL PASTE THE RESULT OF THE PREVIOUS ÃONTROL-Ù IN AT THE CURSOR LOCATION. ÉF A ÃONTROL-Ù HAS NOT BEEN CARRIED OUT THIS MAY CAUSE STRANGE EFFECTS AS THE BUFFER IS NOT INITIALISED BEFORE THE FIRST USE. ÄUE TO THIS THE BUFFER WILL USUALLY STAY INTACT THROUGH A RESET & RE-BOOT ALLOWING YOU TO PASTE BETWEEN DIFFERENT MAIL PACKETS. ÙOU CAN FREELY PASTE BETWEEN DIFFERENT REPLYS. ÔHERE IS A LIMIT TO THE SIZE OF THIS PASTE BUFFER (ABOUT 10K) AND IF YOU CUT TEXT LARGER THAN THIS THE EXCESS LINES WILL BE LOST. ÔHERE IS NO WARNING AS TO THIS OCCURING. (10K IS A LOT TO CUT/PASTE ANYWAY). <É> : ÉNSERT ÌINE. ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO INSERT BLANK LINES ONE LINE AT A TIME. ÔHE LINE IS INSERTED AT THE LINE THE CURSOR IS CURRENTLY ON AND THE CURSOR AND THE TEXT ON THE SAME LINE AND LINES BELOW MOVE DOWN ONE LINE. <Ô> ÔOP : ÔAKES YOU TO THE TOP OF THE MESSAGE. (ÁS DOES ÓÈÉÆÔ-ÈÏÍÅ) <Â> ÂOTTOM : ÂOTTOM. ÔAKES YOU TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MESSAGE AND MOVES THE BOTTOM OF THE MESSAGE UP TO MID-PAGE. <Ò>EAD : ÒEAD. ÒEAD A TEXT FILE FROM THE ÕÓÅÒ OR ANOTHER DISK (SEE ÄÏÓ). ÔHIS HAS NO EFFECT ON THE MESSAGE BEING WRITTEN. ÕSEFUL FOR READING FILE CONTENTS PRIOR TO IMPORTING. I<Í>PORT : ÉMPORT. ÔHIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO IMPORT A TEXT FILE FROM YOUR ÕÓÅÒ DISK TO INCLUDE IN A MESSAGE. ×HEN YOU CHOOSE THIS YOU WILL ÐAGE 13 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION BE ASKED IF YOU WISH TO IMPORT AN <Á>ÓÃÉÉ OR <Ð>ETSCII FILE AND APPROPRIATE CONVERSION WILL BE CARRIED OUT. ÔHE IMPORTED SECTION OF THE MESSAGE HAS A HEADER AND FOOTER ADDED AUTOMATICALLY TO DELINEATE IT AND IS INSERTED INTO THE MESSAGE ON THE LINE BELOW THE CURSOR. ÔEXT IMPORT CAN BE ABORTED BY PRESSING THE STOP KEY. ÉT WILL AUTOMATICALLY ABORT WHEN THE BUFFER FILLS. E<Ø>PORT : ÅXPORTS THE MESSAGE BEING CREATED TO THE ÕÓÅÒ DISK. ÓIMILAR TO THE ÅXPORT OPTION ON THE READ MENU. <Ñ>UOTE : Ã=Ñ ÑUOTE. ÔHIS ENABLES YOU TO QUOTE BACK TO THE PERSON SOME OF THEIR OWN MESSAGE SO THAT THEY'VE GOT ÓÏÍÅ IDEA OF WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO! ÆIDOÎET PROTOCOL SUGGESTS THAT YOU QUOTE ENOUGH OF THE MESSAGE TO MAKE SENSE BUT NO MORE THAN YOU HAVE TO AS SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR THE TEXT YOU ENTER TO BE TRANSFERRED AROUND THE WORLD. ÒEMEMBER TOO IF REPLYING ON AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK THAT BY THE TIME THE ADDRESSEE RECEIVES IT IT COULD BE 10 DAYS SINCE HE OR SHE ENTERED THE ORIGINAL.. ÏN SELECTING <Ñ>UOTE ONE LINE OF THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE WILL BE LISTED IN A WINDOW. ÔHE MENU 'ÓELECT: <ÒETURN> <Ñ>UIT ' WILL APPEAR. ÐRESSING <ÅÎÔÅÒ> OR <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ> WILL ENTER THIS LINE AS A QUOTE IN YOUR MESSAGE PRECEDED BY THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S INITIALS AND A '>' SIGN SO THAT IT IS RECOGNISABLE AS A QUOTE. ÔHE CURSOR KEYS WILL MOVE YOU UP OR DOWN A LINE AND PRESSING 'Ñ' WILL RETURN YOU TO YOUR MESSAGE. ÔHE ÑUOTED TEXT WILL APPEAR INSERTED IN THE MESSAGE IN THE LINE BELOW THE CURSOR. ÑUOTED TEXT WILL WRAP WHEN IT EXTENDS PAST THE RIGHT HAND MARGIN. ÉT DOES THIS BY BREAKING ANY LINE LONGER THAN 72 CHARACTERS INTO HALF AND PLACING THE QUOTEE'S INITIALS AND THE '>' SYMBOL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW LINE AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL LINE. ÉT WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT 'SECOND GENERATION' QUOTES, I.E. WHERE YOU ARE QUOTING SOMEBODY'S QUOTE BOTH SETS OF INITIALS WILL BE PLACED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LINE EVEN WHEN TEXT WRAP TAKES PLACE. <Ó>AVE : Ã=Ó ÓAVE. ÔHIS ÓAVES THE MESSAGE TO YOUR ÒÅÐÌÙ DISK AS AN INDIVIDUAL FILE USING A FILE NAME PREFIX THE SUPPLIED BY THE ÂÂÓ ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ.ÄÁÔ FILE AND THE EXTENSION '.ÒXXX' WHERE 'XXX' IS A 3 DIGIT NUMBER STARTING FROM 001. ÕNLIKE EARLIER VERSIONS SINGLE FILES ARE CREATED TO ALLOW EDITING OF YOUR REPLIES PRIOR TO CREATING THE UPLOAD FILE. ×HEN YOU SAVE THE FIRST MESSAGE IN EACH SESSION THE PROGRAM WILL CHECK FOR THE EXISTENCE OF AN EXISTING SERIES OF REPLIES INCREMENT THE NUMBER TO THE NEXT HIGHEST BEFORE SAVING. ÔHESE .ÒXXX FILES MUST BE CONSECUTIVELY NUMBERED SO DO ÎÏÔ DELETE THESE FILES. ÕSE THE ËILL OPTION IN THE ÅDIT ÒEPLY ÍENU IF YOU WISH TO NOT SEND THEM. ×HEN YOU SELECT TO ÚIP OR ÌINK REPLIES THESE FILES ARE ANALYSED AND LINKED TOGETHER IN THE DESIRED FORMAT, DELETING THE INDIVIDUAL FILES AS THEY ARE PROCESSED TO SAVE DISK SPACE. ÉF YOU SELECT TO <Ì>INK THE FILES A .ÍÓÇ FILE WILL BE CREATED WHICH YOU WILL NEED TO PACK WITH AN EXTERNAL PACKER. ÆOR EASE OF USE IT IS RECOMMENDED YOU USE THE <Ú>IP OPTION AS THESE WILL BE ACCEPTED BY MOST ÂÂÓ'S WITH NO FURTHER PROCESSING. <Ã> : ÃOPY. ÓELECTING THIS OPTION ÓAVES THE EXISTING MESSAGE AND THEN PROMPTS YOU TO SELECT ANOTHER CONFERENCE AREA AND THEN ENTER THE ÔO: AND ÓUBJ: FIELDS IN THE MESSAGE HEADER. ÁFTER YOU HAVE DONE THIS YOU CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES YOU WISH TO AND THEN <Ó>AVE OR <Ã>OPY THE MESSAGE. ÙOU CAN ÃOPY A MESSAGE AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WISH. ÔHIS IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL TO SEND THE SAME NETMAIL TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE, OR TO SEND THE SAME MESSAGE VIA A PUBLIC ECHO AND NETMAIL. ÐAGE 14 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION <Ö>IEW: ÁLLOWS YOU TO ÖIEW A MESSAGE YOU ARE WRITING IN THE SAME FORMAT AS IT WILL BE READ, COMPLETE WITH PAGE BREAKS & HIGHLIGHTED QUOTES, ETC. <$> ÄIRECTORY <@> ÄÏÓ COMMANDS AS IN THE ÒÅÁÄ MENU EXCEPT THAT YOU DO NOT NEED TO <Ï> ÏPTIONS PRESS SHIFT TO ACCESS THE $, JUST ÃÔÒÌ OR Ã= AND 4 ($). <#>PRINT : ÐRINTS THE CREATED MESSAGE TO THE PRINTER. <×>RITE. ÓAVES THE CREATED MESSAGE TO THE ÕÓÅÒ DISK WITHOUT THE HEADER INFORMATION. (ÅXPORT WITHOUT THE MESSAGE HEADER). ÕSEFUL IF YOU TYPE A MESSAGE AND WISH TO KEEP A COPY FOR LATER USE, (OR IF YOU WISH TO USE Ñ×ËÒÒ AS A GENERIC TEXT EDITOR). ÅÎÔÅÒING A ÍESSAGE ================== ÁS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER PRESSING <Å> AT THE ÏPENING ÍENU ALLOWS YOU TO ÅNTER A MESSAGE OTHER THAN A REPLY. ×HEN YOU SELECT THIS YOU WILL BE SHOWN A LIST OF ALL THE MESSAGE AREAS CONTAINED IN THE ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ.ÄÁÔ FILE YOU ARE USING. ÔHESE WILL BE LISTED WITH THE NAME AND NUMBER THE ÓÙÓÏÐ HAS ASSIGNED IT. ÁNY LEGITIMATE CONFERENCE NUMBER CAN BE ENTERED OR 'Í' (OR ANY OTHER NON-NUMERIC INPUT, EXCEPT 'Î') FOR ÍORE AREAS IF THERE ARE TOO MANY TO DISPLAY ON ONE SCREEN. 'Î' WILL SELECT YOUR PRE-DEFINED A ÎETMAIL AREA FOR THAT PARTICULAR ÂÂÓ. ÓTOP OR ÅÓà OR BLANKING THE FILED AND PRESSING <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ> WILL ABORT THE OPERATION. ÁFTER THIS HAS BEEN DONE ENTER THE ÁDDRESSEE'S NAME AND MESSAGE SUBJECT. ÏNCE THE INFORMATION ABOVE HAS BEEN ENTERED YOU WILL BE PUT INTO A MESSAGE CREATION AREA BASICALLY THE SAME AS THE ÒEPLY OPTIONS EXCEPT THAT YOU WON'T HAVE A <Ñ>UOTE OPTION AVAILABLE. ÅNTERING ÎETMAIL ---------------- ÁLTHOUGH THE .Ñ×Ë MAIL PACKET SYSTEM WAS NOT DESIGNED TO COPE WITH THE ODDITIES OF ÎETÍAIL SUCH MESSAGES CAN EASILY BE SENT WITH MOST ÂÂÓ SOFTWARE. ÁUTO-ÎETMAIL ------------ ÆIRSTLY É RECOMMEND THAT YOU DEFINE YOUR ÎETMAIL ECHO SO THAT Ñ×ËÒÒ CAN IDENTIFY IT AND KNOWS WHAT FORMAT TO USE. ÔO DO THIS ÓELECT THE <Ï>PTIONS ÍENU AND THEN <Î>ETMAIL ÆORMAT. YOU WILL THEN HAVE THE LIST OF CONFERENCES FROM THE ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ.ÄÁÔ FILE DISPLAYED AND BE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE NUMBER FOR ÎETMAIL. ÁFTER ENTERING THIS YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE ÎETMAIL FORMAT THAT YOUR ÂÂÓ USES. ÃHOOSE FROM A LIST OF: Á - ÍKÑWK Â-ÓUPERÂÂÓ Ã-ÍAXIMUS Ä-ÑMAIL Å-ÔOMCAT Æ-ÒOSEMAIL Ç-ÑÓÏ/ÔÂÂÓ È-ÃAM-MAIL É-ÅZYÑWK Ê-ÖALENCE Ë-ÏTHER Ì-ÍANUAL ÎOTE: 1/ ÒOD WILL MAKE OTHER ÎETMAIL FORMATS AVAILABLE *ÉÆ* HE GETS INFORMATION ON THEM. 2/ ÒEGARDLESS WHAT SYSTEM YOUR ÂÂÓ USES YOU ÍÕÓÔ SELECT THE CORRECT AREA FOR NETMAIL. ÔHIS IS USUALLY IDENTIFIED AS ÎETMAIL, ÍATRIX-MAIL OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. ÙOU SHOULD ALSO FLAG THE MESSAGE AS PRIVATE OR THE ÂÂÓ MAY REJECT IT (WHY SEND A PUBLIC NETMAIL MESSAGE?). ÎOTE: ÉF USING THE AUTO-NET ROUTINES OF Ñ×ËÒÒ THEN THE PRIVATE FLAG IS ÁÌ×ÁÙÓ SET. ÐAGE 15 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ÉF YOUR ÂÂÓ' SYSTEM IS NOT SUPPORTED IN THE ABOVE LIST YOU CAN SELECT Ë-ÏTHER IF THE SOFTWARE REQUIRES THE ADDRESS IN THE FIRST LINE OF THE MESSAGE. ÙOU WILL THEN BE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE FORMAT REQUIRED, SUBSITUTING THE ADDRESS LOCATION WITH AN ASTERISK <*>. ÆOR INSTANCE IF ÍAXIMUS WAS NOT SUPPORTED YOU WOULD ENTER 'ÔO:*' AT THIS PROMPT. ÙOU WILL THEN BE ASKED FOR A 'ÓIGNATURE' WHICH IS JUST A SHORT LINE OF TEXT (8 CHARACTERS) WHICH WILL BE DISPLAYED WHEN YOU USE ÎETMAIL. ÉF YOU SELECT Ì-ÍANUAL THEN Ñ×ËÒÒ WILL ASSUME THAT YOU WILL DO ALL THE MESSY FORMATTING, BUT YOU CAN STILL SELECT IT AS THE ÎETMAIL CONFERENCE AND Ñ×ËÒÒ WILL FLAG THE MESSAGES AS ÐRIVATE. ÔHE INFORMATION ON THE ÎETMAIL IS THEN SAVED TO THE Ñ×ËÒÒ BOOT DISK USING THE NAME .ÎÅÔ. ÔHIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY LOADED WHENEVER Ñ×ËÒÒ IS RE-RUN AND THE MATCHES THAT OF THE CURRENT MAIL PACKET SO YOU ONLY NEED DEFINE IT ONCE FOR EACH ÂÂÓ YOU USE UNLESS YOUR SYSOP RE-ORGANISES THE CONFERENCE NUMBERS. ÏNCE THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN DEFINED OR LOADED, ANY MESSAGE, WHETHER IT BE A REPLY, ENTERED, OR FORWARDED INTO THIS CONFERENCE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE TREATED AS PRIVATE NETMAIL. ÆURTHERMORE, WITH THIS DEFINED YOU CAN SELECT THE NETMAIL CONFERENCE BY ENTERING AN UNSHIFTED 'N' AT ANY OF THE CONFERENCE SELECTION PROMPTS. ÅNTERING MESSAGES VIA THE AUTO-NET ROUTINES IS SIMILAR TO ANY OTHER MESSAGE. ÔHE EXCEPTION BEING THAT RATHER THAN THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE PROMPT THE MESSAGE IS ASSUMED TO BE PRIVATE AND YOU ARE PROMPTED FOR A NETMAIL (DESTINATION) ADDRESS. ÉF NO NET-MAIL ADDRESS IS GIVEN THE MESSAGE WILL BE TREATED AS ANY OTHER MESSAGE. Ñ×ËÒÒ WILL SCAN THE LAST MESSAGE READ FOR A DEFAULT FIDO ADDRESS. ÔHIS IS USUALLY THAT OF THE ÏRIGIN LINE, BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ORIGIN LINE IT WILL USE ANY OTHER VALID ADDRESS FORMAT IT FINDS. Ñ×ËÒÒ MAKES NO ATTEMPT TO CHECK YOUR INPUT HERE, IT IS UP TO YOU TO SUPPLY A LEGAL ADDRESS. ÕSING Ñ×ËÒÒ'S ÁDDRESS ÂOOK OPTION, DETAILED IN THE ÏPTIONS ÍENU SECTION, WILL HELP ELIMINATE ADDRESSING ERRORS. ÅNTERING A "?" AT THE ADDRESS PROMPT WILL DISPLAY YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS BOOK. ×HILST ENTERING A MESSAGE VIA THE AUTO-NETMAIL ROUTINES THE DESTINATION ADDRESS AND NETMAIL FORMAT WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. ÔHAT IS ALL THERE IS TO IT. ÔHE APPROPRIATE FORMATTING IS PERFORMED WHEN THE MESSAGE IS SAVED. ÔHE FOLLOWING DESCRIBE THE FORMATS FOR SOME OF THE COMMON ÂÂÓ SOFTWARE AND MAY HELP IF YOU WISH TO ATTEMPT IT MANUALLY AS A LOT OF ÂÂÓ' SEEM TO FOLLOW ONE OF THE DESCRIBED METHODS TO ALLOW ÎETÍAIL. ÕSING ÍËÑWK OR ÓUPERÂÂÓ (ÍËÑWK) -------------------------------- ÔHESE SYSTEMS WILL INTERPRET THE ÓUBJECT OF THE MESSAGE AS CONTAINING A DESTINATION ADDRESS IF IT STARTS WITH A '@' SIGN. ÍAIL SENT THIS WAY CAN ALSO BE FLAGGED AS ÃRASH, ÉMMEDIATE OR ÄIRECT ÎETMAIL AS REQUIRED BY ADDING ÃÒÁÓÈ, ÉÍÍ AND / OR ÄÉÒ TO THE ADDRESS. Á NORMAL SUBJECT CAN BE ADDED TO AN OUT-GOING ÎETMAIL MESSAGE BY PUTTING 'ÓUBJ: ' ON THE FIRST LINE OF THE MESSAGE. ÔHE MESSAGE SHOULD THEN LOOK LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE: ÔO :ÒOD ÇASSON ÆROM:ÍARK ÄOWSETT ÓUBJ:@3:800/851 ---- ÓUBJ:ÎETMAIL TEST. Ç'DAY ÒOD, (REST OF MESSAGE) ÐAGE 16 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ÕSING ÅZYÑWK OR ÍAXIMUS (ÑMAIL #1) ---------------------------------- ÔHESE SYSTEMS WILL ACCEPT ÎETMAIL PROVIDED THE ADDRESS IS INCLUDED AS THE ÆÉÒÓÔ LINE OF THE MESSAGE LIKE THIS: ÔO :ÒOD ÇASSON ÆROM:ÍARK ÄOWSETT ÓUBJ:ÎETMAIL ÔEST ---- ÔO:3:800/851 Ç'DAY ÒOD, --< ÍESSAGE TEXT >-- ÐÃÂOARD (ÃAM-ÍAIL) (ÑMAIL #2) ------------------------------ ÔHIS IS SIMILAR TO ÅZYÑWK OR ÍAXIMUS, BUT THE "ÔO:" TEXT SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH "@>" : ÔO :ÒOD ÇASSON ÆROM:ÍARK ÄOWSETT ÓUBJ:ÎETMAIL ÔEST ---- @>3:800/851 Ç'DAY ÒOD, --< ÍESSAGE TEXT >-- ÑÓÏ/ÔÂÂÓ (ÑÓÏ/ÔÂÂÓ) -------------------- ÔWO FORMATS ARE AVAILABLE, THE FIRST IS IN THE ÔÏ: FIELD PLACE THE PERSONS NAME FOLLOWED BY @, EG: ÔO :ÒOD ÇASSON @3:800/851 ÆROM:ÍARK ÄOWSETT ÓUBJ:ÎETMAIL ÔEST ---- Ç'DAY ÒOD, --< ÍESSAGE TEXT >-- ÔHE PROBLEM WITH THIS FORMAT IS THAT THE FIELD IS LIMITED TO 25 CHARACTERS. ÉT MAY NOT BE LONG ENOUGH TO HOLD BOTH THE NAME AND ADDRESS. ÂECAUSE OF THIS ÑÓÏ ALSO ALLOWS AN ALTERNATE FORMAT. ÏNCE AGAIN IT INVOLVES PLACING THE FIDO ADDRESS ON THE FIRST MESSAGE LINE. ÉN THIS INSTANCE THOUGH IT SHOULD SIMPLY BE PRECEDED WITH '@' EG: ÔO :ÒOD ÇASSON ÆROM:ÍARK ÄOWSETT ÓUBJ:ÎETMAIL ÔEST ---- @3:800/851 Ç'DAY ÒOD, --< ÍESSAGE TEXT >-- ÎÏÔÅ 1: ÔHIS IS THE FORMAT USED BY THE ÁUTO-NET ROUTINES OF Ñ×ËÒÒ. 2: ÑÓÏ WILL NOT INSERT THE ADDRESSES CORRECTLY UNTIL THE MAIL IS PROCESSED. ÈENCE IF YOU READ A MESSAGE YOU HAVE JUST UPLOADED THE ADDRESSES SHOWN WILL BE ILLEGAL AND/OR WRONG (ON MY ÑÓÏ ÂÂÓ THEY SHOW AS 3:0/0). ÄO NOT PANIC.. ÃHECK IT AGAIN TOMORROW AND ALL SHOULD BE ÏË. ÅDITING ÒEPLIES =============== ÓELECTING E<Ä>IT REPS FROM THE ÏPENING ÍENU ALLOWS YOU TO EDIT REPLIES BEFORE PACKING THEM FOR UPLOADING. ÔO ALLOW THIS EACH REPLY IS SAVED AS A SEPARATE FILE WITH THE NAME .ÒXXX WHERE XXX IS A NUMBER FROM 001 UPWARDS. ×HEN YOU SELECT THIS OPTION ONE OF THE REPLY MESSAGES WILL BE LOADED FROM DISK (GENERALLY THE LAST MESSAGE SAVED) AND DISPLAYED WITH THE ÔAGLINE IT WAS SAVED WITH DISPLAYED IN THE LOWER WINDOW. ÐRESSING ANY ÐAGE 17 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION KEY WILL BRING UP THE ÅDIT ÍENU OF: <Á>GAIN <Ë>ILL <Å>DIT <Î>EXT <Ð>REV <Ñ>UIT ÔHESE OPTIONS PROVIDE FOR: : ÓELECT A REPLY DIRECTLY BY NUMBER; <Á>GAIN : ÒE-DISPLAY THE CURRENT REPLY; <Ë>ILL : ËILL (DELETE) THE CURRENT REPLY. ÎOTE THIS MESSAGES FILE IS ÎÏÔ DELETED BUT FLAGGED AS KILLED. ÙOU MUST NOT DELETE THE INDIVIDUAL REPLY FILES OTHERWISE LATER REPLIES WILL NOT BE SENT OUT AS THIS WILL UPSET THE ÚÉÐPING OR ÌINKING PROCESS. TO ÕNËILL A MESSAGE (ONLY IN ÒEGISTERED VERSIONS) YOU MUST ÅDIT IT AND RE-SELECT THE ÃONFERENCE AREA, ÔO:, ÆROM: ETC. AND RE-SAVE IT; <Å>DIT THE CURRENT REPLY. ÔHIS IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN ÒEGISTERED VERSIONS OF Ñ×ËÒÒ. ÔHE PROGRAM WILL ASK YOU FOR THE CONFERENCE NUMBER, WITH THE ENTERED CONFERENCE AS THE DEFAULT, AND PROMPT FOR RE-ENTRY OF THE ÆROM:, ÔO: AND ÓUBJ: FIELDS AND THE ÐUBLIC/ ÐRIVATE FLAG BEFORE ALLOWING YOU TO EDIT THE TEXT. ÉF YOU ÃÌÅÁÒ THE CONFERENCE NUMBER USING THE SPACE BAR THEN ALL THE FIELDS WILL BE ACCEPTED AS ALREADY ENTERED WITHOUT THE NEED TO PRESS <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ> AFTER EACH PROMPT AND TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO MESSAGE EDITING. ÙOU WILL ALSO BE ASKED IF YOU WISH TO RELOAD THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE TO ALLOW QUOTING. ÔHIS WILL NOT HAPPEN IF THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE IS STILL IN MEMORY OR IF YOU HAVE LOADED A DIFFERENT PACKET (OR IF THE ORIGINAL Ñ×ÉË.ÎÄØ FILE IS "LOST". ÁLL EDITING CAN BE CARRIED OUT IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE MESSAGE WAS ORIGINALLY ENTERED WITH THE SAME MENU OPTIONS AVAILABLE ALLOWING ÅDITING, ÃOPYING, ÐRINTING AND ×RITING OF THE MESSAGE. ÔAGLINES WILL BE BUFFERED AS THE 'LAST READ' ÔAGLINE FOR RE-USE ALTHOUGH THIS CAN BE REPLACED FROM A TAGLINE FILE IN THE USUAL MANNER. ÎETMAIL WILL HAVE THE FORMATTING RECOGNISED AND USE THE PREVIOUS ADDRESS AS THE DEFAULT UNLESS YOU DECIDE TO EDIT THIS FIELD. <Î>EXT & <Ð>REVIOUS : MOVE THROUGH THE VARIOUS REPLY FILES; <Ñ>UIT : ÒETURN TO THE ÏPENING ÍENU. ÊOYSTICK CONTROLS ----------------- ÊOYSTICK COMMANDS AVAILABLE WHILE EDITING REPLIES ARE: ÊOYSTICK ÒIGHT : <Î>EXT REPLY ÌEFT : <Ð>REVIOUS REPLY ÕP : <Á>GAIN ÄOWN : <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ> ÆIRE : <Ñ>UIT TO ÏPENING ÍENU ÉF THE JOYSTICK DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK PROPERLY YOU HAVE IT IN THE WRONG PORT. (USE PORT#2) ÐACKING THE MAIL ================ Ñ×ËÒÒ Ö4.X CREATES INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR EACH REPLY RATHER THAN A SINGLE .ÒÅÐ FILE. ÏNCE YOU HAVE READ AND REPLIED TO ALL YOUR MAIL IT IS TIME TO JOIN THESE TOGETHER AND UPLOAD THE FINAL PACKET TO YOUR ÂÂÓ. ÎÏÔÅ: ÉF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED WITH YOUR REPLIES THEN DO NOT PACK THEM AT THIS STAGE. Ñ×ËÒÒ WILL ALLOW YOU TO ADD ADDITIONAL REPLIES TO THE PACKET IN A FUTURE SESSION. ÙOU CANNOT ADD TO A PACKED REPLY PACKET. ÐAGE 18 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ÆROM THE ÒEAD MENU, PRESS <Ñ> TO QUIT TO THE ÏPENING ÍENU THEN <Ñ> AGAIN TO TAKE YOU TO THE ÅXIT ÍENU. ÔHIS MENU OFFERS: <Â>ASIC <Ú>IP REPLIES <Ì>INK REPLIES <Ñ>UIT ÕSING THE NOMINATED KEY WITH THE ÓHIFT KEY CAUSES THE FUNCTION TO BE CARRIED OUT BUT WITH A WARM RE-BOOT WHEN THE PROGRAM EXITS. <Â>ASIC : ÅXITS TO BASIC, SAVING AN UPDATED ÉNDEX FILE. <Ú>IP : ÚÉÐ ÓTORES THE MESSAGES, LINKING THEM INTO A SINGLE FILE, .ÒÅÐ, READY TO UPLOAD TO YOUR ÂÂÓ. <Ì>INK : ÌINKS THE FILES INTO .ÍÓÇ FILE TO ALLOW PACKING BY AN EXTERNAL PACKER TO PRODUCE THE NEEDED .ÒÅÐ FILE; <Ñ>UIT : TAKES YOU BACK TO THE ÏPENING ÍENU. ÂOTH <Ì>INK AND <Ú>IP DELETE THE INDIVIDUAL MESSAGE FILES AS THEY ARE PROCESSED ALLOWING THE REPLY FILES TO OCCUPY ALL BUT ONE BLOCK OF THE ÒÅÐÌÙ DISK AND STILL ALLOW A SUCCESSFUL RESULT. ÉF USING AN EXTERNAL PACKER YOU NEED SIMPLY TO PACK THE SINGLE FILE .ÍÓÇ USING YOUR CHOSEN PACKER. ÙOU MUST ÎÏÔ CHANGE THE NAME OF THIS FILE PRIOR TO PACKING. ÙOUR PACKED FILE MUST BE CALLED AND .ÒÅÐ, BUT THIS IS NOT IMPORTANT UNLESS USING AN UPLOAD PROTOCOL THAT TRANSMITS THIS NAME (SUCH AS Ù-MODEM). ÏPTIONS ======= ÐRESSING THE <Ï> KEY FROM MOST MENUS BRINGS UP A FULL SCREEN MENU WHICH IS MADE UP OF SEVERAL SUB-AREAS. ÔHESE ARE ÃOLOURS, ÔIMER, ÐRINTER, Ñ×ËÒÒ ÉÄ, A LONG ÍISCELLANEOUS LIST AND A SHORT DISK MENU SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. ÔHESE WILL BE DEALT WITH IN THESE SUB-DIVISIONS. ÃOLOURS ------- ÔHE COLOUR AREAS THAT CAN BE SELECTED ARE: 0 = BACKGROUND 1 = BORDER 2 = ÈEADER TEXT 3 = HEADER DATA 4 = ÍESSAGE TEXT 5 = ÍESSAGE HIGHLIGHT (QUOTED TEXT. ÁNY LINE WITH A ">" IN THE FIRST 5 PLACES) 6 = ÃLOCK 7 = ÔAGLINES (ÁNY LINE STARTING WITH "...") 8 = ÏRIGIN LINES (ÁNY LINE STARTING WITH " * ÏRIGIN:") 9 = Ñ×ËÒÒ128 IDENTIFIER (ÁNY LINE WITH "Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö" STARTING IN POSITION 4 OR 5) ÔHE REASON FOR POSITIONS 4 OR 5 IS TO ALLOW RECOGNITION OF EARLIER VERSIONS OF Ñ×ËÒÒ. ÓELECTING THE APPROPRIATE KEY TOGGLES THROUGH THE AVAILABLE COLOURS FOR THAT OPTION. ÍONOCHROME MONITOR USERS NOTE THAT THIS AREA IS EVEN USEFUL TO YOU, PARTICULARLY THAT THE 'HEADER DATA' MUST CONTRAST THE 'HEADER TEXT' SELECTIONS OR YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO OPERATE THE DISK DRIVE SELECTIONS AT START-UP EASILY. ÎÏÔÅ: ÁNY TEXT WHICH IS IN BACKGROUND COLOUR WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED AS PART OF THE MESSAGE. ÔHIS CAN BE USED AS A METHOD OF STRIPPING ÔAGLINES / ORIGIN LINES ETC. IF REQUIRED AS YOUR READ YOUR MAIL. ÔAGLINE ADDICTS CAN SET ALL COLOURS EXCEPT TAGLINES TO THE BACKGROUND COLOUR AND READ NOTHING BUT TAGLINES ;-). ÐAGE 19 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ÖÄà ÓYNC & ÓCREEN ÈEIGHT ------------------------ <Ö>Äà ÓYNC SETS THE VALUE OF ÒEG7 OF THE ÖÄà CHIP. ÔHIS HAS EFFECTIVELY ABOUT 11 CHOICES WHICH VARY THE VERTICAL POSITION OF THE SCREEN. ÓCREEN <È>EIGHT. ÔHIS CAN BE SET TO SUIT A RANGE OF MONITOR TYPES, PARTICULARLY A PROBLEM WITH ÎÔÓà DISPLAYS. ÔHIS DEFAULTS TO 28 LINES FOR ÐÁÌ AND 26 FOR ÎÔÓÃ. ÎÏÔÅ THAT THESE COMMANDS ARE ALSO EFFECTIVE AT THE DISK DRIVE SET-UP SCREEN SO IF YOUR ÎÔÓà SCREEN IS UNREADABLE TOGGLE <Ö> OR <È> UNTIL THE SCREEN STABILISES. ÔHE DEFAULT SET-UP *SHOULD* BE ÏË THOUGH FOR THE MAJORITY OF SYSTEMS. ÔIMER ----- ÔHE TIMER MENU HAS ONLY TWO OPTIONS: ÃLOC<Ë> SET : ALLOWS YOU TO RESET THE TIME AND DATE USING THE CURSOR KEYS OR JOYSTICK AS DESCRIBED EARLIER IN THIS DOCUMENT; <Í>ODE : ÔHIS ALLOWS THE USER TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ÎÔÓà AND ÐÁÌ CLOCK RATES. ÉF THE SCREEN CLOCK IS RUNNING AT VISIBLY THE WRONG SPEED CHECK THIS SETTING. ÔHIS SELECTION IS SAVED WITH THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE. ÐRINTER ------- ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO SET THE ÐRINTER ÔYPE AS ÁÓÃÉÉ (ÅPSON EMULATION) OR ÐETSCII (ÃÂÍ COMPATIBLE), THE ÐRINTER DEVICE NUMBER IN THE RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 AND THE PRINTER OR INTERFACE'S SECONDARY ADDRESS, IN THE RANGE FROM 0 TO 31. ÔHE NUMBERS INCREMENT ONE EACH TIME THE APPROPRIATE KEY IS SELECTED. ÔHIS INFORMATION IS SAVED WITH THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE. Ñ×ËÒÒ ÉÄ -------- ÔHESE OPTIONS ALLOW YOU TO SELECT SOME OF THE FEATURES OF THE Ñ×ËÒÒ TEARLINE SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MESSAGE IN ÒEGISTERED VERSIONS ONLY. ÓTAM<Ð> :ON / OFF. ÔHIS DETERMINES HOW OFTEN THE ÉÄ LINE IS ATTACHED TO THE MESSAGE. ÉF SELECTED ÏN OR IN ÕNREGISTERED VERSIONS IT WILL BE ON EVERY MESSAGE, IF ÏÆÆ THE ÔEARLINE WILL ONLY BE PUT ON EVERY FIFTH MESSAGE. ÎOTE: ÉF THIS IS ÏÎ A "+" IS DISPLAYED NEXT TO THE WORD "ÔÁÇ" WHILE ENTERING A MESSAGE. Ô<Å>EARLINE: ÔHIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT THE THREE CHARACTER PREFIX TO THE ÉÄ LINE AS THE ORIGINAL ONE OF 3 UNDERSCORES CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH AT LEAST ONE MAIL SYSTEM'S WORDWRAP SETUP. ÙOU NOW HAVE THE FOLLOWING TO CHOSE FROM : 3 ÕNDERSCORES, 3 FULLSTOPS, ' * ', '---', '+++' (WONDER WHOSE MODEM WILL GO INTO COMMAND MODE (: ), 3 SPACES, 3 SLASHES, '/\/', '\/\', 3 CARETS, 3 TILDES, 3 SINGLE QUOTES, '-=-', '===' AND 'ÃOUNT ÔRIBBULA' '*'. ÔHE SELECTED SETTINGS WILL BE SAVED IN THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE. ÍISCELLANEOUS ÓELECTIONS: ======================== <Ã>HARACTER ÓET --------------- ÔHIS VERSION OF Ñ×ËÒÒ ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE YOUR OWN CHARACTER SET. ÔHE FORMAT USED IS COMPATIBLE WITH ÄIALOGUE 128'S FORMAT OR OF COURSE YOU ÐAGE 20 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION CAN CREATE OR MODIFY YOUR OWN. ÔHERE ARE 3 CHARACTER SETS INCLUDED IN THE DISTRIBUTION PACKAGE CALLED Ñ×ËÃ.ÓÔÄ, Ñ×ËÃ.ÓÈÏÒÔ AND Ñ×ËÃ.ÔÁÌÌ. Ñ×ËÒÒ DOES NOT SUPPORT A FULL 255 CHARACTER ÁÓÃÉÉ SET BUT THIS VERSION INTRODUCES THE FOLLOWING NEW CHARACTERS: ÃHAR ÁÓÃÉÉ ÎAME ËEYPRESS --------------------------------------------------------- 92 BACKSLASH POUND STERLING 94 CARET UP ARROW 95 UNDERLINE LEFT ARROW 96 REVERSED SINGLE QUOTE ÓHIFT POUND 123 LEFT CURLY BRACKET ÓHIFT + 124 ÖERTICAL BAR ÓHIFT @ 125 RIGHT CURLY BRACKET ÓHIFT - ÆUNCTION ËEYS AND ÔAGLINES -------------------------- ×ITHIN THE NEXT TWO AREAS, ÔAGLINES AND ÆUNCTION ËEYS, YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE FILES SAVED IN EACH CATEGORY AS LONG AS THE FILENAME PREFIX IS MAINTAINED. ÁS LONG AS YOU DO YOUR EDITING WITHIN THE PROGRAM THIS WILL BE DONE AUTOMATICALLY. ÉF YOU WISH TO PLACE A CARRIAGE RETURN WITHIN A ÆUNCTION ËEY DEFINITION (NOT THE TAGLINES THOUGH) USE AN UP-ARROW ''. ÂECAUSE OF THIS THIS CHARACTER IS NOT AVAILABLE AS PART OF ONE OF YOUR DEFINITIONS. ÔHE FILE NAMES CURRENTLY IN USE ARE DISPLAYED BELOW THE MENU CHOICE. ÉF THIS DIFFERS FROM THAT CONTAINED IN THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE AN ASTERISK IS SHOWN BEFORE THE FILENAME. ÔHE FILENAMES SPECIFIED IN Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ ARE LOADED WHEN THE PROGRAM IS FIRST RUN. <Æ>KEYS ------- ÁLLOWS THE LOADING, EDITING AND SAVING OF ÆUNCTION ËEY DEFINITIONS THAT CAN BE USED FOR AUTOMATIC TEXT ENTRY SUCH AS SIGNOFFS. ÄEFINITIONS CAN BE UP TO 55 CHARACTERS LONG. ÁLSO THE <Ó>ALUTATION USED WHEN YOU ÅNTER OR ÒEPLY TO A MESSAGE IS STORED IN THIS FILE AND CAN BE EDITED FROM THE DEFAULT,'ÈI'. ÉF YOU WISH TO DISABLE THIS FEATURE ENTER AN ASTERISK ON AS THE ONLY CHARACTER THE ÓALUTATION DEFINITION AS YOU WOULD FOR A TAGLINE OR ÆUNCTION KEY DEFINITION. ÉT WILL THEN BE DISPLAYED AS 'UNDEFINED'. ÆILE NAME PREFIX IS Ñ×ËË. AND THE DEFAULT FILE NAME SUPPLIED IN THIS PACKAGE IS Ñ×ËË.ËÅÙÓ. ÔHE '$' OPTION WILL GIVE A DIRECTORY OF THE ÆKEY FILES ONLY. <Ô>AGLINES ---------- ÔHE ÔAGLINE OPTION IS MUCH EXPANDED OVER PREVIOUS VERSIONS. ÙOU ARE OFFERED A MENU OF: <Î>EXT <Ð>REV <Ì>OAD <Ó>AVE <Å>DIT <Ö>IEW <$> <Ñ>UIT <Ã>APTURE <Í>ODE <Ô> IS ALSO USEABLE. ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO REDEFINE THE ÄRIVE AND ÐATH SETTING FOR THE ÔAGLINE ÄRIVE. ÔHE TAGLINES NOW HAVE A PREFERRED FILENAME FORMAT OF Ñ×ËÔ.<-NAME->. WHERE <-NAME-> CAN BE ANY TEXT UP TO 8 CHARACTERS LONG AND IS A NUMBER BETWEEN 01 ÁND 99, WITH TAGLINES WITH THE SAME <-NAME-> HAVING CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS STARTING FROM 01. ÎOTE THE LEADING ZERO IS NECESSARY. ÔEN TAGLINES, NUMBERED 0 TO 9, CAN BE SAVED IN EACH FILE AND ÐAGE 21 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ADDITIONALLY THE LAST TAGLINE READ CAN BE <Ã>APTURED. ÁS WELL AS THE USER DEFINED TAGLINES THERE ARE 3 OTHERS ALWAYS AVAILABLE. ÔHESE ARE 'NONE' WHICH WILL CAUSE THE MESSAGE TO BE SAVED WITHOUT ANY TAGLINE, THE LAST READ TAGLINE AND THE INTERNAL TAGLINE 'Ñ×ËÒÒ ÏFFLINE READ 'N' REPLY WITH A Ã128'. ÉF THE PROGRAM IS UNREGISTERED THEN THE INTERNAL ONE IS THE ONLY ONE WHICH WILL BE USED. ÎÏÔÅ: ÉT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE LAST TAGLINE READ, WHICH IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS YOU HAVE WHEN SAVING THE MESSAGE, IS NOT A TRUE TAGLINE AS SOME PEOPLE TEND TO USE TAGLINE FORMAT (PREFIXED BY ...) AS THEIR SIGNATURE OR MAY USE ... AS EMPHASIS IN A MESSAGE. Ñ×ËÒÒ WILL ONLY ALLOW THE CAPTURE OF THE LAST OCCURRENCE OF THE ... PREFIX IN EACH MESSAGE. ÔAGLINES NOW ALSO SUPPORT THE USE OF ÃÍÄ SUBDIRECTORIES. ÔHE ÃURRENT DIRECTORY PATH IS SAVED WITH THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE SO TO SET IT PERMANENTLY USE THE <Ô> COMMAND OR SET THE DRIVE AND PATH FROM THE FIRST DRIVE SELECTION SCREEN AND THEN SAVE THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE. ÔHIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO HAVE A WHOLE DISK OR PARTITION OF TAGLINES THAT CAN BE ACCESSED FROM ANYWHERE ON THE HARD DRIVE, ÒAMLINK, WHATEVER.. ÊOYSTICK CONTROL ---------------- ÉN ADDITION TO THE KEYS BELOW THE JOYSTICK FUNCTION ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT <Î>EXT WITH ÊOYSTICK RIGHT AND <Ð>REV WITH JOYSTICK LEFT. <Î>EXT <Ð>REV ÔHE ÎEXT AND ÐREVIOUS COMMANDS WILL LOAD THE ÎEXT OR ÐREVIOUS ÔAGLINE FILE IN THE SERIES WITH THE CURRENT Ñ×ËÔ.<-NAME-> PREFIX PROVIDED THE NAMING RULES ABOVE ARE ADHERED TO. <Ì>OAD ASKS FOR A FILENAME TO LOAD, OFFERING THE CURRENT FILE AS DEFAULT. ÓELECTING TO CLEAR THE FIELD WILL ONLY CLEAR THE FILENAME EXTENSION NOT THE Ñ×ËÔ. PREFIX. ÉF YOU WISH TO CHANGE DIRECTORIES OR DRIVES USE <Ô> FIRST THEN <Ì>. <Ó>AVE ÓAVES THE CURRENT SET OF TAGLINES. ÔHIS WILL OFFER THE CURRENT FILE NAME AS DEFAULT AND IF IT EXISTS WILL ASK YOU TO CONFIRM THAT YOU WISH TO REPLACE IT. <Å>DIT ÁLLOWS YOU TO EDIT ANY OF THE NUMBERED TAGLINES, 0 TO 9. <Ö>IEW ÒE-DISPLAYS THE CURRENT SET OF TAGLINES. ÕSE AFTER DISPLAYING A DIRECTORY. <$> ÄIRECTORY ÄISPLAYS THE LIST OF TAGLINE FILES AVAILABLE ON THE SPECIFIED DRIVE, PARTITION OR SUB-DIRECTORY. <Ñ>UIT ÒETURNS YOU TO THE PREVIOUS MENU. <Ã>APTURE ÁLLOWS YOU TO ADD TAGLINES TO YOUR COLLECTION. ÉT ASKS FOR A NUMBER <0-9> AND WILL AUTOMATICALLY COPY THE 'ÃURRENT' TAGLINE TO THE SPECIFIED POSITION. ÐAGE 22 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION <Í>ODE ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE HOW YOU WANT THE TAGLINES TO CHANGE. ÎÏÔÅ: THIS INFORMATION IS SAVED WITH THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE NOT THE TAGLINE FILE. ÔHE CHOICES ARE: ÏFF ÔAGLINES ARE ÏFF. ÎO TAGLINE WILL BE APPENDED TO ANY MESSAGE; ÒOTATE - ËEY ×ORKS AS EARLIER VERSIONS. ÔAGLINES WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE COLLECTION 0 TO 9 THEN ÃURRENT, ÄEFAULT, ÎONE AND BACK AROUND AGAIN; ÒOTATE - ÒEPLY ÒOTATES AS ABOVE BUT ONLY CHANGING WITH EACH MESSAGE SAVED; ÒANDOM - ËEY ÓELECTS A TAG AT RANDOM WITH EACH PRESS OF THE Ã= OR ÃONTROL KEYS; ÒANDOM - ÒEPLY ÓELECTS A TAG AT RANDOM EACH TIME A MESSAGE IS SAVED. ÍANUAL ÔHIS MODE WILL WAIT UNTIL YOU SAVE THE REPLY THEN DISPLAY THE TAGS FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM. ÙOU CAN ALSO ACCESS THE ÔAGLINE MENU TO LOAD A DIFFERENT FILE OR CHANGE MODES. Ô<×>IT ÌIST ----------- ÁÎÏÔÈÅÒ NEW OPTION! (-: ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO DEFINE A SET OF NAMES THAT CAN EITHER ACT AS A ÖÉÐ LIST OR A ÔWIT LIST DEPENDING ON THE MODE SELECTED. ÁS A ÖÉÐ LIST IT GIVES YOU A VERY POWERFUL SEARCH OPTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE <Â>ROWSE Ô<×>IT COMMAND. ×HEN YOU SELECT Ô<×>IT FROM THE <Ï>PTIONS ÍENU A LIST OF UP TO TEN NAMES WILL BE DISPLAYED ALONG WITH A MENU. ÔHE NAMES CAN BE FULL NAMES LIKE 'ÒOD ÇASSON' OR PART NAMES LIKE 'ÇAELYNE' IF YOU WISH TO MATCH A RANGE OF PEOPLE. ÎOT THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY ÇAELYNES IN THE WORLD (-: ÎÏÔÅ: THAT THE NAMES ARE CASE SENSITIVE. ÙOU CAN HAVE MORE THAT ONE ÔWIT FILE AS LONG AS IT STARTS WITH THE Ñ×Ë×. PREFIX. ÔHE MENU DISPLAYED CONSISTS OF: <Ì>OAD <Ó>AVE <Å>DIT <Ö>IEW <$> <Ñ>UIT <Ò>ESET ÆLAGS <Í>ODE ÌOAD, ÓAVE, ÅDIT, ÖIEW, $ (DIRECTORY) AND ÑUIT ALL WORK THE SAME AS IN THE ÔAGLINES MENU ÅØÃÅÐÔ THAT ÃÍÄ SUB-DIRECTORIES ARE NOT SUPPORTED. Ñ×ËÒÒ EXPECTS YOUR Ñ×Ë×. FILES TO BE ON THE Ñ×ËÒÒ BOOT DRIVE. <Ò>ESET ÆLAGS ÔHE Ô<×>IT FLAG IN THE MESSAGE HEADER IS SET AS MESSAGES ARE READ OR INDEXED AND ONLY CLEARED WHEN YOU SELECT THIS MENU OPTION. ÔHIS MEANS IF YOU HAVE READ SOME MESSAGES OR INDEXED A PACKET AND WISH TO USE A DIFFERENT Ô<×>IT FILE OR EDIT THE EXISTING ONE YOU WILL NEED TO RESET THE FLAGS TO MAKE IT WORK CORRECTLY. ÉF NOT ANY MESSAGES READ / INDEXED WILL REMAIN FLAGGED AS ÔWITTED EVEN THOUGH THE NAMES MAY NO LONGER BE IN THE TWIT LIST. <Í>ODE ÁS WITH TAGLINES THE ÔWIT ÍODE ÆLAG IS SAVED IN THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE. ÔHE AVAILABLE MODES ARE: ÐAGE 23 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ÒEAD ÔHIS IS THE ONLY MODE AVAILABLE IN ÕNREGISTERED VERSIONS. ×HEN YOU SELECT <Â>ROWSE Ô<×>IT IN THIS MODE ONLY MESSAGES TO OR FROM Ô<×>ITTED NAMES WILL BE DISPLAYED. ×HEN READING MESSAGES NORMALLY ANY NAMES IDENTIFIED AS 'TWITS' WILL BE DISPLAYED IN A DIFFERENT COLOUR, IN ADDITION OF COURSE TO THE FLAG DISPLAY ON THE TOP RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN. ÉGNORE - ÔO ÉGNORE - ÆROM ÉGNORE - BOTH ÓETTING THESE OPTIONS WILL CAUSE THE APPROPRIATELY FLAGGED MESSAGES TO BE SKIPPED WHEN ÒEADING NORMALLY. ÙOU CAN HOWEVER READ THESE MESSAGES SEPARATELY BY SELECTING THE <Â>ROWSE Ô<×>IT OPTION AS ABOVE. ÁLSO IF YOU SELECT <Â>ROWSE <Ð>ERSONAL THE PERSONAL FLAG WILL OVERRIDE THE ÔWIT ÉGNORE FLAG. (ÒOD'S NOTE: CLOSE YOUR EYES, AND YOU WON'T SEE THEM) :-) <Á>DDRESS ÂOOK -------------- ÔHE ADDRESS BOOK IS A NEW FUNCTION DESIGNED TO REDUCE ERRORS WHEN ADDRESSING ÎETÍAIL. ×HEN YOU SELECT THIS OPTION FROM THE ÏPTIONS ÍENU A LIST OF ADDRESSES LABELLED Á - Ú WILL BE DISPLAYED WITH A SHORT MENU. ÕSING THE ÅDIT COMMAND YOU CAN ENTER AGAINST EACH LETTER A ÆIDOÎET (OR OTHER NETWORK WITH SIMILAR FORMAT) AND A PERSON'S OR ÂÂÓ' NAME OR OTHER IDENTIFIER. ×HERE POSSIBLE É USE A LETTER THAT WILL BE EASY TO REMEMBER SUCH AS Ò FOR ÒOD, Í FOR ÍODERATOR ETC. ÎÏÔÅ: Á SEPARATOR MUST BE USED SO THAT Ñ×ËÒÒ CAN DETERMINE THE END OF THE FIDO ADDRESS AND THE START OF YOUR DESCRIPTOR. ÁN UP ARROW HAS BEEN DESIGNATED FOR THIS TASK. ÉF NONE IS SPECIFIED THE Ñ×ËÒÒ WILL INSERT THIS IN PLACE OF THE FIRST SPACE CHARACTER. ÔHIS WILL GENERALLY BE CORRECT, HOWEVER IF YOU WISH TO SEND ÃÒÁÓÈ MAIL WHERE THE "ADDRESS" IS ALONG THE LINES OF 3:800/851 ÃÒÁÓÈ AND YOUR DESCRIPTOR IS "ÒOD ÇASSON" THEN Ñ×ËÒÒ WILL GET IT WRONG AND TREAT "ÃÒÁÓÈ" AS PART OF YOUR DESCRIPTOR. ÉN THIS INSTANCE YOUR INPUT MUST INCLUDE THE UPARROW AFTER THE "CRASH". ÅÇ. 3:800/851 ÃÒÁÓÈ ÒOD ÇASSON. ÔHESE DEFINITIONS CAN THEN BE SAVED OR LOADED AS NECESSARY. ÔHE FILES HAVE THE PREFIX Ñ×ËÁ. ÔO ACCESS THESE ADDRESSES JUST ENTER THE LETTER AS THE FIRST CHARACTER WHEN ASKED FOR A ÎETÍAIL ADDRESS OR IF YOU WISH TO LIST THEM ENTER '?' AS THE FIRST CHARACTER AND THEY WILL BE DISPLAYED SO THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE. <Î>ETÍAIL ÆORMAT ---------------- ÔHE <Î> OPTION ON THE ÏPTIONS MENU IS HOW YOU DEFINE YOUR ÁUTOMATIC ÎETMAIL FORMAT. ÓEE THE SECTION ON ÎETMAIL FOR NOTES ON THIS. ÓHOWN BELOW THIS PROMPT ARE THE ÎETMAIL FORMAT CHOSEN AND THE NAME OF THE SPECIFIED ÃONFERENCE AREA. ÎÏÔÅ: ÉF THE OPTIONS SCREEN LOOKS CORRUPTED IT IS GENERALLY BECAUSE A .ÎÅÔ FILE FROM A PREVIOUS VERSION OF Ñ×ËÒÒ HAS BEEN LOADED. ÎETMAIL DEFINITIONS FROM EARLIER VERSIONS ARE ÎÏÔ COMPATIBLE WITH Ö4.X. ÄISK É/Ï: --------- ÔHE LAST ITEM ON THE ÍISC. ÍENU IS THE ENTRY ÄISK É/Ï WITH A NAME BELOW IT. ÔHIS IS THE DEFAULT FILE NAME FOR EXPORTING AND IMPORTING MESSAGES ETC AND IS SAVED WITH THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE. ÉT IS SET TO 'FILENAME' BUT WILL CHANGE WITH EACH FILE SAVE OR LOAD OTHER THAN OF A ÐAGE 24 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION Ñ×Ë* FILE SO IF YOU WISH TO CHANGE IT JUST LOAD A FILE WITH THE NAME REQUIRED AND THEN SAVE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ. ÏPTIONS ÄISK ÍENU ================= ÔHERE IS A SHORT MENU OF DISK OPTIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ÏPTIONS SCREEN. ÔHIS IS: <Ì>OAD <Ó>AVE <$>ÄIR <@>ÄOS <Ñ>UIT <Ì>OAD ÔHERE ARE Ô×Ï LOAD OPTIONS AVAILABLE. ÐRESSING 'L' WILL DO A NORMAL LOAD. ÐRESSING ÓÈÉÆÔ-Ì WILL FORCE A FULL RE-LOAD OF ALL DEFAULTS, NOT ONLY THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE AS DETAILED BELOW BUT ALSO ALL THE IDENTIFIED FILES AS IS DONE WHEN Ñ×ËÒÒ FIRST INITIALISES ITSELF. ÔHE 'L'OAD OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO RELOAD THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE. ÔHIS FILE CONTAINS ALL THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS SCREEN INCLUDING THE FILENAMES FOR ÃHARACTER ÓETS, ÆKEYS, ÔAGLINES ETC AND THEIR ASSOCIATED FLAGS. ÉN ADDITION THE CURRENT DIRECTORY PATH FOR ÔAGLINES IS SAVED AND THE CURRENT ÄISK DRIVE DEFINITIONS SET AT THE START OF THE PROGRAM. ÔHERE CAN ONLY BE ONE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE WHICH MUST BE ON THE Ñ×ËÒÒ DRIVE. ÒELOADING THE DEFAULTS CAN BE HANDY IF THE SCREEN BORDERS BECOME CORRUPTED AS CARRYING OUT A RELOAD WILL RE-DRAW THEM FOR YOU. <Ó>AVE ÓAVES THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION IN THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE. <$> ÄIR ÔHIS GIVES A DIRECTORY AS DOES THE PROMPT FROM THE ÇLOBAL COMMAND SET. <@>ÄOS ÇIVES ACCESS TO ÄOS COMMANDS. ÓEE THE NEXT SECTION FOR DETAILS OF THE OPERATION. <Ñ>UIT ÒETURNS TO THE ÏPENING ÍENU. <@> ÄÏÓ COMMANDS ================ <@> ÔHIS OPTION WILL DISPLAY THE ÕSER ÄRIVE WINDOW SHOWING THE CURRENT ÄRIVE AND ÐATH AND A '>' PROMPT. ÔHIS ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE THE ÕSER ÄRIVE AT WILL FOR E<Ø>PORT OR I<Í>PORT PURPOSES AS ANY CHANGE WILL BE STORED AS THE ÕSER ÄRIVE. ÁLL LEGAL ÃÂÍ ÄÏÓ COMMANDS ARE ACCEPTED, SUCH AS S:FILENAME TO SCRATCH THE FILE R:NEWNAME=OLDNAME TO RENAME FILES ETC. ÅNTERING A '@' AT THIS POINT WILL CAUSE THE ERROR CHANNEL TO BE READ AND DISPLAYED, LIKEWISE A '$' WILL DISPLAY THE DIRECTORY. ÉF A DRIVE ÏÔÈÅÒ THAN THE ÕÓÅÒ DRIVE IS REQUIRED FOR ANY DISK OPERATION THEN ENTER 'U' AT THE PROMPT. ÔHIS WILL THEN ALLOW YOU TO SELECT THE ÄRIVE AND ÐATH AS YOU DID WHEN FIRST RUNNING Ñ×ËÒÒ. ÁN ALTERNATIVE COMMAND IS 'CU' FOLLOWED BY THE DESIRED NUMBER, E.G. 'CU9' TO SELECT Õ9 AS THE ÕSER ÄRIVE. ÔHIS FOLLOWS THE SAME PATTERN AS THE ÃÍÄ 'CP' AND 'CD' COMMANDS. ÎÏÔÅ THAT THESE COMMANDS ARE NOW THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE THE DRIVE UNIT YOU ARE WORKING WITH ONCE INSIDE THE PROGRAM. ×ITH THIS CHANGE THE FORMAT COMMAND, Î0:, CAN NOW BE ISSUED FROM THE Ñ×ËÒÒ ÄOS PROMPT. ÐATTERN MATCHING IS ALLOWED FOR FILENAMES, DIRECTORY LISTINGS ETC, BUT ÎÏÔ FOR ÃÍÄ PATH NAMES. ÔHE '*' PATTERN MATCH CHARACTER IS ÐAGE 25 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION AUTOMATICALLY ADDED AT THE END OF THE FILENAME FOR DIRECTORY OPERATIONS. ÆOR INSTANCE ENTERING '$:A' (OR EVEN '$A') WILL DISPLAY ALL FILES ÓÔÁÒÔÉÎÇ WITH "A". ÉF A DRIVE SPECIFIER IS USED IT MUST BE DELIMITED BY A COLON. ÆOR INSTANCE '$3:A' WILL DISPLAY ALL THE "A" FILES FROM PARTITION #3. ÙOU MAY ALSO SPECIFY FILE TYPES WITH THIS STRING SO THAT.. '$4:QW=P' WILL DISPLAY PROGRAM FILES STARTING WITH "QW" IN PARTITION #4 AND '$4:QW=S' WILL DISPLAY ONLY THE SEQUENTIAL FILES. ÃÍÄ DATE STAMPED DIRECTORY LISTINGS ARE NOT SUPPORTED. ÆILES AND FILETYPES. -------------------- ÔHIS IS A QUICK RUNDOWN OF THE VARIOUS FILENAMES YOU WILL COME ACROSS WHILE USING Ñ×ËÒÒ128. (NOTE: IS A VARIABLE NAME, THE ACTUAL NAME IS SUPPLIED BY YOUR ÂÂÓ). .Ñ×Ë (PRG/SEQ) - ÔHIS IS THE MAIL FILE YOU DOWNLOAD FROM THE ÂÂÓ. ÔHIS IS AN ARCHIVED FILE CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING SUB FILES. ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ.ÄÁÔ (PRG/SEQ) ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ.ÄÁÔ (PRG/SEQ) ÔHESE ARE THE TWO THAT Ñ×ËÒÒ ÒÅÑÕÉÒÅÓ. ÔHERE WILL ALSO BE SEVERAL FILES CALLED ØØØ.ÎÄØ. (PRG/SEQ) ÔHESE FILES ARE NOT USED BY Ñ×ËÒÒ AND NEED NOT BE EXTRACTED. ÔHERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL OTHER FILES, EG DOOR.ID, WELCOME AND GOODBYE. ÎONE OF THESE ARE REQUIRED. .ÍÓÇ (SEQ) ÔHIS IS THE BASIC Ñ×Ë REPLY FILE. ÔHIS IS CREATED WHEN YOU USE THE <Ì>INK OPTION. .ÒÅÐ. (PRG) ÔHE IS THE "COMPLETED" OR "PACKED" REPLY FILE THAT YOU UPLOAD TO THE ÂÂÓ. ÉF USING THE INBUILT PACKERS THEN Ñ×ËÒÒ PRODUCES THIS WHEN THE <Ú>IP OPTION IS SELECTED. ÉF USING ANOTHER PACKER THEN YOU MUST PACK THE .ÍÓÇ FILE PRODUCED BY <Ì>INKING AND CALL THE ÐÁÃËÅÄ FILE .ÒÅÐ. ÉÍÐÏÒÔÁÎÔ. ÙOU MUST ÎÏÔ CHANGE THE NAME OF THE .ÍÓÇ FILE ITSELF. .ÒXXX ÔHESE ARE THE SERIES OF INDIVIDUAL REPLY MESSAGES THAT Ñ×ËÒÒ PRODUCES. ÔHE NUMBER XXX MUST BE A CONSECUTIVE SERIES STARTING FROM 001 OTHERWISE YOUR REPLY MESSAGES WILL BE IGNORED BY THE <Ì>INKING OR <Ú>IPPING PROCESS. .ÎÅÔ (USR) ÈOLDS THE NETMAIL CONFERENCE AND FORMAT REQUIRED FOR ANY PARTICULAR ÂÂÓ. ÔHIS FILE IS SEARCHED FOR AND LOADED WHENEVER Ñ×ËÒÒ IS RUN. (SEE ÁUTO-NETMAIL FOR MORE DETAILS) Ñ×ÉË.ÎÄØ. (USR) ÔHIS IS ALSO CREATED BY Ñ×ËÒÒ. ÉT HOLDS THE DATA FOR MESSAGE POINTERS, THE ACTIVE CONFERENCES AND NUMBER OF MESSAGES AND MESSAGE FLAGS. Ñ×ÉË.ÎÄØ IS ONLY VALID FOR THE CURRENT MAIL PACKET AND DISK ON WHICH IT WAS CREATED ON. Á NEW (UPDATED) Ñ×ÉË.ÎÄØ FILE IS SAVED WHENEVER YOU QUIT THE PROGRAM. Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ. (USR) ÔHIS FILE CONTAINS YOUR ÏPTIONS PREFERENCES INCLUDING COLOUR, PRINTER TYPE, ÐÁÌ/ÎÔÓà SETTING, AND THE CURRENT DRIVES NUMBERS, PARTITIONS AND PATHS. ÉT LOADS WHEN Ñ×ËÒÒ IS FIRST RUN. Ñ×ËË.FILENAME (SEQ) - ÈOLDS YOUR ÆKEY DEFINITIONS. Ñ×ËÒÒ EXPECTS TO ÐAGE 26 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION FIND THESE FILES ON THE SAME DRIVE/PARTITION THAT YOU BOOT FROM. Ñ×ËÔ.<-NAME->. (SEQ) - ÈOLDS YOUR ÔAGLINE FILES ÔHERE MAY BE AS MANY OF THESE FILES AS YOU WISH. ÔHE DEFAULT NAMES Ñ×ËË.ËÅÙÓ AND Ñ×ËÔ.ÔÁÇÌÉÎÅÓ.01 ARE SEARCHED FOR AND LOADED WHEN Ñ×ËÒÒ IS FIRST RUN. ÓÍÁÌÌ.ÄÁÔ (SEQ) ÔHIS IS A UTILITY TYPE FILE THAT Ñ×ËÒÒ CREATES WHEN YOU <Ó>TORE MESSAGES. ÉT USES THE SAME FORMAT AS THE MESSAGES.DAT FILE, AND IS USEFUL FOR BREAKING A LARGE MAIL PACKET DOWN TO A SMALLER PACKET FOR LATER USE. ÓÍÁÌÌ.ÄÁÔ MUST BE RENAMED TO MESSAGES.DAT BEFORE IT CAN BE USED. ÙOU SHOULD ALSO USE THE SAME CONTROL.DAT FILE THAT WAS USED WHEN THE FILE WAS CREATED. ÄRIVE USAGE ----------- Ñ×ËÒÒ USES 5 PREDEFINED DRIVES FOR ITS VARIOUS INPUT/OUTPUT FUNCTIONS: ÔHE DRIVES ARE: Ñ×ËÒÒ DRIVE: ÔHIS SHOULD CONTAIN ALL THE SYSTEM FILES, SUCH AS ÆKEYS, .ÎÅÔ FILES, ADDRESS BOOKS, TWIT LISTS AND Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ. ÔHESE FILES ARE ALL LOADED WHEN THE PROGRAM INITIALISES AFTER LOADING. ÔHE ONLY OTHER TIME Ñ×ËÒÒ WILL ACCESS THIS DRIVE IS TO LOAD THE DEFAULTS FILE (COLOURS) AND .ÎÅÔ FILES (ONLY WHEN REDEFINED) AND ÆKEY FILES. ÒÅÐÌÙ ÄRIVE: ÔHIS IS WHERE Ñ×ËÒÒ STORES YOUR REPLIES (.ÒXXX) AND LOOKS FOR THEM WHEN PACKING. ÉT ALSO STORES YOUR .ÒÅÐ FILE ON THIS DRIVE. ÉT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU NOT CHANGE THE DISK IN THIS DRIVE. ÕÓÅÒ ÄRIVE: ÔHIS IS WHERE ALL GENERAL INPUT/OUTPUT IS PERFORMED, SUCH AS E<Ø>PORTED MESSAGES AND <×>RITE FILES. ÔHIS DRIVE CAN BE RE-SELECTED AT ANY TIME VIA THE ÄÏÓ OPTIONS. ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ ÄRIVE: ÔHIS DRIVE IS WHERE Ñ×ËÒÒ EXPECTS TO FIND THE ÄÁÔ FILES. ÉT ALSO STORES THE Ñ×ÉË.ÎÄØ FILES HERE. ÆOR THIS REASON YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LEAVE SEVERAL BLOCKS FREE (ÏN A FLOPPY SYSTEM 10 BLOCKS WILL BE SUFFICIENT). ÙOU SHOULD NEVER REMOVE THE DISK FROM THIS DRIVE (OR BE SURE TO REPLACE IT BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO READ ANOTHER MESSAGE). ÔÁÇÌÉÎÅÓ ÄRIVE: ÔHIS IS WHERE Ñ×ËÒÒ EXPECTS TO FIND YOUR TAGLINES (SURPRISE) :-) ÁLL OF THESE DRIVE DEFINITIONS AND PATHS, EXCEPT THE Ñ×ËÒÒ (SYSTEM) DRIVE ARE STORED IN THE Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE. ÓUPPORTING ÐROGRAMS & ÆILES =========================== (C) 1993 BY ÒUSSELL ÐRATER ÆOR USE WITH Ñ×ËÒÒ128 ÃÏÐÙÒÉÇÈÔ ÓÔÁÔÅÍÅÎÔ: ÔHE PROGRAMS ÑÐØ AND ÔAGTHIEF ARE THE ORIGINAL WORK OF ÒUSSELL ÐRATER. ÁLL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED. ÔHEY MAY BE DISTRIBUTED FREELY SO LONG AS THEY ARE UNALTERED AND NO CHARGE IS MADE. ÐAGE 27 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ÔÁÇÔÈÉÅÆ: ÔHIS IS A STAND ALONE ÆREEWARE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CONVERT A ÐÅÔÓÃÉÉ ÓÅÑ (TEXT) FILE OF TAGLINES INTO A FORMAT FOR USE WITH Ñ×ËÒÒ. ÓEE THE SEPARATE .DOC FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION. ÑÐØ : Ñ×Ë ÐACKET ÅXTRACTOR ÑÐØ IS DESIGNED TO DRIVE ÃÓØ128.ÍÌ ((C) ÃHRIS ÓMEETS) TO PAINLESSLY EXTRACT THE .ÄÁÔ AND INDEX FILES FROM AN ÁÒÃED Ñ×Ë STYLE OFF LINE MAIL PACKET. ÃÓØ128.ÍÌ MAY BE HAD IN THE DISTRIBUTION FILE CALLED ÃÓØ01.ÓÄÁ. ÎO PART OF ÃÓØ01.ÓÄÁ SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED IN ANY BUT THE ORIGINAL FORM WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED CONSENT OF THE CURRENT COPYRIGHT HOLDER. ÓEE THE SEPARATE DOCUMENTATION FOR INFORMATION ON CONFIGURING AND INSTALLING ÑÐØ. ÒEGISTRATION & ÄISTRIBUTION =========================== ÔHE PROGRAM VERSION DISTRIBUTED IS ÕÎREGISTERED AND MAY BE DISTRIBUTED FURTHER. ÔHERE IS A SHORT PROGRAM CALLED ÒÅÇÑ×ËÒÒ WHICH, WITH INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY ÒOD ÇASSON, IS USED TO CONVERT THE DISTRIBUTED PROGRAM TO A PERSONALLY REGISTERED ONE WHICH, AS WITH PREVIOUS VERSIONS, WILL ONLY BEHAVE AS REGISTERED IF THE CORRECT NAME IS FOUND IN THE ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ.ÄÁÔ FILE. ÔO PERMIT YOU TO REGISTER THE PROGRAM ÒOD NOW ONLY HAS TO SEND YOU THE CODES WHICH ARE THEN USED AS DESCRIBED BELOW. ** ÒEAD THROUGH THESE NOTES BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO REGISTER YOUR COPY.** ÔHE REGISTRATION MODULE WILL ASK YOU FOR A REGISTRATION CODE WHICH ÒOD WILL SUPPLY. ÏNCE THIS IS ENTERED A CONFIRMATION CODE WILL BE DISPLAYED WHICH CONSISTS OF 4 NUMBERS AND TWO LETTERS. ÔHIS MUST BE COMPARED WITH THE CONFIRMATION CODE SUPPLIED TO YOU BY ÒOD. ÉF THIS IS CORRECT PRESS <Ù>ES, ANY OTHER KEY WILL ABORT. ÉF IT IS INCORRECT THEN DOUBLE CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION NUMBER BEFORE CONTACTING ÒOD FOR HELP. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ÉÍÐÏÒÔÁÎÔ: NEVER PRESS 'Ù' IF THE CONFIRMATION IS NOT CORRECT. ÔHIS PROGRAM DOES DIRECT DISK WRITES. ÒOD WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DISK CORRUPTION IF THE CONFIRMATION CODE IS INCORRECT OR IF THE PROGRAM IS IN A SUB-DIRECTORY WHEN BEING REGISTERED. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ÔHIS MODULE WORKS BY MODIFYING THE ACTUAL Ñ×ËÒÒ128 PROGRAM. ÉT WILL MODIFY THE FIRST PROGRAM ON DISK STARTING WITH "QWKRR128 V". ÔHE PROGRAM WILL ABORT IF A Ñ×ËÒÒ128 PROGRAM ISN'T FOUND. ÎÏÔÅ: ÉT WILL QUITE HAPPILY ATTEMPT TO MODIFY EARLIER VERSIONS OF Ñ×ËÒÒ128 OR ANY OTHER FILE STARTING WITH THE SAME STRING, CAUSING CORRUPTION. ÏNLY USE THIS PROGRAM ON V3.1 OR LATER. ÔHIS RELEASE IS V4.1 ÃÍÄ OWNERS PLEASE ÎÏÔÅ ÖÅÒÙ ×ÅÌÌ: ÒÅÇÑ×ËÒÒ WILL ONLY WORK ON A Ñ×ËÒÒ FILE STORED IN Á ÒÏÏÔ ÄÉÒÅÃÔÏÒÙ, ALTHOUGH THE PROGRAM CAN SUBSEQUENTLY BE MOVED TO A SUB-DIRECTORY. ÔHE PLAN IS THAT ALL FUTURE Ñ×ËÒÒ128 RELEASES WILL CONFORM TO THIS STANDARD SO THAT ANY REGISTERED USER WILL BE ABLE TO UPGRADE FUTURE RELEASES USING THE SAME PROGRAM AND CODES OR IF THEIR ORIGINAL COPY BECOMES CORRUPTED THEY CAN DOWNLOAD ANOTHER COPY AND REGISTER IT WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. ÔHE ONLY TIME THE PROTECTION SCHEME AND/OR CODES WILL BE ALTERED IS IF/WHEN PIRATED/HACKED COPIES OF THE PROGRAM ARE FOUND FLOATING AROUND. ÆOR THIS REASON IT IS IN YOUR OWN BEST INTEREST TO NOT DISTRIBUTE A REGISTERED COPY OF THE PROGRAM, OR TO DIVULGE YOU ÐAGE 28 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION OWN REGISTRATION CODES TO ANY OTHER PERSON. ÁLTHOUGH DOING EITHER OF THESE IS HARMLESS WITHIN THEMSELVES, IT WILL MAKE THE CODE EASIER TO CRACK. ÕNFORTUNATELY WITH THE CURRENT VERSIONS IT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO HAVE MULTIPLE REGISTRATIONS WITHIN THE ONE PROGRAM. ×HERE MULTIPLE REGISTRATIONS ARE REQUIRED (EG, ÒOD ÇASSON - ÒODNEY ÇASSON) THE REGISTERED USER WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH BOTH SETS OF CODES AND THE USER CAN DECIDE ON HOW THEY USE THEM. Á REGISTERED COPY OF Ñ×ËÒÒ128 CAN BE IDENTIFIED IF YOU LOAD AND LIST IT. ÉF THE PROGRAM IS UNREGISTERED ALL YOU WILL SEE IS A SINGLE LINE IN REVERSE TEXT READING "Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.Ø (Ã) Ò.ÇÁÓÓÏÎ 1992/3". Á REGISTERED COPY WILL DISPLAY THE SAME LINE, BUT UNDERNEATH (IN NORMAL TEXT) WILL BE DISPLAYED THE CONFIRMATION CODE APPLICABLE TO THE PERSON WHO REGISTERED IT. ÎOTE: ÓEE SEPARATE REGISTRATION FORM FOR DETAILS ON COSTS ETC). ---OOOÏÏÏOOO--- ÐAGE 29 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ÃONTACT ADDRESSES ETC ===================== ÐROGRAM BY : ÒOD ÇASSON 90 ÈILLIERS ÒOAD ÒÅÙÎÅÌÌÁ ÓÁ 5161 ÁUSTRALIA ÔELEPHONE +61 8 322 2716 ÆIDOÎET 3:800/851 ÄOCUMENTATION BY : ÍARK ÄOWSETT Ð.Ï. ÂOX 227 ÒÁÎÄ×ÉÃË ÎÓ× 2031 ÁUSTRALIA ÔELEPHONE +61 2 399 6549 ÆIDOÎET 3:713/888 ÉNTERÎET MARK.DOWSETT@AFTRS.EDU.AU ÔAGTHIEF & ÑÐØ BY : ÒUSSELL ÐRATER ( ÍODERATOR ÃÂÍ ÆIDO ÃONFERENCE ) ÆIDOÎET 1:3608/1 ÐAGE 30 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 Ö4.1 ÄOCUMENTATION ÇLOSSARY. ========= ÁÒà ÁN ÁÒÃHIVE FILE CONTAINING ONE OR SEVERAL COMPRESSED FILES. ÔHIS TERM MUST BE USED WITH CAUTION IN THE ÃOMMODORE 8 BIT WORLD AS THERE ARE TWO INCOMPATIBLE FORMS OF ÁÒà AVAILABLE TO US. ÔHE ORIGINAL 'ÃÂÍ' ÁÒà CAN ONLY BE USED ON Ã128 AND Ã=64 COMPUTERS AND THIS IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ANY OTHER OPERATING SYSTEM. ÔHE OTHER FORM OF ÁÒà WAS ORIGINALLY ONLY FOR ÍÓ-ÄÏÓ OPERATING SYSTEMS BUT HAS BECOME MORE WIDELY USED. ÔHERE ARE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO DISSOLVE AND CREATE THESE .ÁÒÃS ON BOTH Ã128 AND Ã=64 COMPUTERS. ÂÖÚÉÐ/ÂÖÕÎÚÉÐ ÐËÚÉÐ V1 COMPATIBLE ÚÉÐ AND ÕÎÚÉÐ PROGRAMS WRITTEN BY ÂRUCE ÖRIELING TO RUN UNDER ÃÓÄÏÓ. ÃÓÁÒÃ/ÃÓØÁÒà ÐROGRAM OPTIONS AVAILABLE UNDER ÃÓÄÏÓ TO DISSOLVE AND CREATE ÉÂÍ STYLE .ÁÒÃS. ÃÓØÁÒÃ, THE DEÁÒÃING MODULE IS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY IN A PACKAGE THAT CONTAINS CODE TO RUN IN BOTH 64 AND 128 MODES. ÔHE ÁÒà MODULES CAN ONLY BE RUN IN 128 MODE UNDER ÃÓÄÏÓ 'ÓÈÅÌÌ'. ÃÓÄÏÓ Á VERY FLEXIBLE ÆÒÅÅ×ÁÒÅ OPERATING SYSTEM WRITTEN FOR THE Ã128 BY ÃHRIS ÓMEETS. ÉT HAS AS SIMILAR COMMAND STRUCTURE TO ÍÓ-ÄÏÓ AND THE ABILITY TO RUN A WIDE SERIES OF COMMANDS THAT CAN BE INSTALLED IN THE ÒAMDISK, EITHER HELD IN A ÒÅÕ OR INTERNALLY IN 128 ÒÁÍ. ÃOMMON COMMANDS ARE : ÔÙÐÅ ÃÏÐÙ ÃÏÍÐ(ARE) ETC ÃÓØ01 Á Ã64/128 STAND ALONE PROGRAM BY ÃHRIS ÓMEETS THAT ALLOWS ÉÂÍ ÁÒà FILES TO BE DISSOLVED ONLY. (ÈIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR USE WITH Ñ×ËÒÒ AND REQUIRED BY ÑÐØ). ÕÎÚÉÐ64 Á Ã64 PROGRAM BY ÂILL ÌUCIER TO ÕÎÚÉÐ ÉÂÍ STYLE ÚÉÐÓ. (FASTER THAN ÂÖÕÎÚÉÐ). ÔÁÇÔÈÉÅÆ Á PROGRAM BY ÒUSSELL ÐRATER TO CONVERT TEXT TAGLINE FILES TO Ñ×ËÒÒ FORMAT Ñ×ËÔ.* FILES. ÓEPARATE .ÄÏà FILE INCLUDED. ÑÐØ Á UTILITY PROGRAM BY ÒUSSELL ÐRATER TO DEÁÒà .Ñ×Ë PACKETS FOR Ñ×ËÒÒ. Ñ×Ë Á COMMON ÍÓ-ÄÏÓ BASED ÂÂÓ MAIL PACKET FORMAT. ÔHERE ARE OTHERS SUCH AS ØÒÓ AND ÂLUEWAVE. Ñ×ËÒÒ128 ONLY SUPPORTS Ñ×Ë PACKETS. Ñ×ËÒÒ128 ÔHE ÂEST Ã128 Ñ×Ë MAIL READER IN THE WORLD. (ÎÏ APOLOGIES TO ÉSMAEL ÃORDEIRO) ;-) ÐAGE 31 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 ÉNDEX @ (ÄÏÓ) 25 ÃONFERENCE ÓELECTION 5 $ (DIRECTORY) 25 ÃONTACT ADDRESSES 30 'CU' COMMAND 25 ÃONTROL KEY 12 'U' COMMAND 25 ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ.ÄÁÔ 1,3 <@> 4 ÃOPY 14 <#> (ÐRINT) 10 ÃREATING ÉNDEXES 6 <$> 4 ÃREDITS 30 <*> 5 ÃÓ-ÄÏÓ 31 <*> (MARK/UNMARK) 10 ÃÓÁÒà 31 <Á>GAIN 7 ÃÓØ01 2,31 4,9,14 ÃÓØ128.ÍÌ 2 .ÍÓÇ 26 ÃÓØÁÒà 31 .ÎÅÔ 26,27 ÃÔÒÌ-Ù 13 .Ñ×Ë 26 ÃURSOR KEYS 11 .ÒÅÐ 1,26 ÃURSOR POSITION 13 .ÒXXX 26 ÄATE (SETTING) 3 <Í>ARK 7 ÄATE SET 20 <Í>ARKED MAIL 5 ÄE-SELECTING CONFERENCES 5 <Î>EXT 7 ÄEFAULT ÃOLOURS 19 <Ï>PTIONS 4 ÄEFAULTS, ÐRINTER 26 <Ð>REV 7 ÄEFAULTS, ÃOLOURS 26 <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ> 7 ÄEFAULTS, ÄRIVES 26 ÁBORT 13 ÄEFAULTS, ÐÁÌ/ÎÔÓà 26 ÁCCESSING THE ADDRESS BOOK 24 ÄEFINING ÎETMAIL FORMAT 24 ÁDDRESS ÂOOK 24, 27 ÄELETE CHARACTER 11 ÁGAIN 9 ÄELETE ÌINE 13 ÁLIASES 7 ÄELETE ÒANGE 13 ÁÌÔ ËEY 11 ÄESTERM 2.00 2 ÁRC 31 ÄEVICE NUMBER, PRINTER 20 ÁREA SELECTION 5 ÄIALOGUE 128 ÃHARACTER SETD 20 ÁÓÃÉÉ ('TRUE') 10 ÄIRECTORY 25 ÁSCII IMPORT 13 ÄISK DRIVES 1,27 ÁÓÃÉÉ PRINTER 20 ÄISK ÄRIVE SELECTION 3 ÁUTO ÎETMAIL 15,24 ÄISPOSABLE ÆILES 1 ÂASIC 4 ÄISTRIBUTION 28 ÂOTTOM OF TEXT 13 ÄÏÓ COMMANDS 4,25 ÂREAKING LINES 11 ÄRIVE SELECTION 25 ÂROWSE 5 ÄRIVE USAGE 27 ÂROWSE ÈEADERS 6 ÄRIVES SPECIFIED IN ÑÐØ 3 ÂROWSING ÐERSONAL ÍAIL 5 ÅDIT ÒEPLIES ÍENU 18 ÂROWSING ÍARKED MAIL 5 ÅDITING ÒEPLIES 6,17 ÂROWSING ÔWIT ÍAIL 6 ÅDITOR, ÌINE 10 ÂUFFER SIZE 13 ÅDITOR, ÓCREEN 11 ÂÖZIP/UNZIP 31 ÅNTER ÍENU 12 ÂYTES (MESSAGE SIZE) 9 ÅNTERING MESSAGES 7,15 ÂYTES FREE 13 ÅNTERING ÎETMAIL 15 Ã= (ÌOGO) KEY 12 ÅRASING ÆILES 1 ÃAM-ÍAIL-ÎETMAIL 17 ÅÓà (ÅSCAPE) KEY 7,9 ÃAPTURE TAGLINES 21 ÅXIT 4 ÃHANGING ÕSER ÄRIVE 25 ÅXIT ÍENU 4 ÃHARACTER ÓETS 20 ÅXPORT 9,14 ÃÍÄ 1 ÅZYÑ×Ë 2 ÃÍÄ ÄEVICES 3,22 ÅZYÑWK-NETMAIL 17 ÃÍÄ ÒÔà 3 ÆILE ÃOMPATIBILITY 1 ÃÍÄ NOTES 3,28 ÆILENAMES 26 ÃOLD RESET 4 ÆILES 1 ÃOLOURS 19 ÆILETYPES 26 ÃOLUMN WIDTH 13 ÆKEYS 21 ÃOMMANDS, ÒEAD 9 ÆLAG, ÐRIVATE/ÐUBLIC 12 ÃONFERENCE LIMITS 2 ÆLAGS, ÌOCAL ÓTATUS 6,8 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 ÉNDEX ÆORWARDING REPLIES 9 ÏPTIONS MENU 4,10,19 ÆROM: 8 ÐACKET SIZE 1 ÆÓÅ 11 ÐACKING REPLIES 4,18 ÆULL ÓCREEN ÅDITOR 11 ÐÁÌ 8,20 ÆUNCTION ËEYS 11 ÐASTE 13 ÇLOBAL ÃOMMANDS 4 ÐATH SELECTION 3 ÇLOSSARY 31 ÐATTERN MATCHING 25 ÇRABBING MESSAGES 9 ÐÃÂOARD-ÎETMAIL 17 ÈEADER INFORMATION 8 ÐERSONAL ÍAIL 5 ÈEADERS, ÂROWSING 6 ÐETASCII IMPORT 13 ÈELP 12 ÐETSCII 10 ÈI 12,21 ÐREVIOUS ÍESSAGES 6 ÈOME 13 ÐREVIOUS 9 ÉGNORING ÔWITS 6 ÐRINTER 10,15 ÉMPORT 13 ÐRINTER DEFAULTS 20,26 ÉNDEXING MAIL 6 ÐRINTER SECONDARY ADDRESS 20 ÉNSERT CHARACTER 11 ÐRIVATE 12 ÉNSERT ÍODE 11 ÐUBLIC 12 ÉNSERT LINE 13 ÑÐØ 1,2,3,28,31 ÊOINING LINES 11 ÑÓÏ-ÎETMAIL 17 ÊOYSTICK 3,5,7,18,22 ÑUIT 10 ÊOYSTICK ÐORT 7 ÑUOTING 14 ËILLING REPLIES 18 Ñ×ÉË.ÎÄØ 1,26 ËLUDGE, ÍAXIMUS 2 Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ 6,10,26,27 ÌIMITATIONS 1 Ñ×Ë.ÄÅÆÁÕÌÔÓ FILE 25 ÌINE EDITOR 10 Ñ×ËÁ. 24 ÌINES, MESSAGE 9 Ñ×ËÃ. 20 ÌINKING REPLIES 4,14,18 Ñ×ËË. 21,26 LOADING ÄEFAULTS 25 Ñ×ËÒÒ ÕSAGE 3 ÌOCAL ÆLAGS 8 Ñ×ËÒÒ DRIVE 27 ÌOGO (Ã=) KEY 12 Ñ×ËÔ.<-NAME->. 21,27 ÍARKED MAIL 5 Ñ×Ë×. 23 ÍARKING MESSAGES 10 ÒANGE ÄELETE 13 ÍAXIMUS ËLUDGE 2 ÒE-DRAWING BORDERS 25 ÍAXIMUS-NETMAIL 17 ÒEAD ÍENU 7 ÍENU, ÏPENING 4 ÒEAD ÃOMMANDS 9 ÍENU, ÅXIT 4 ÒEAD TEXT FROM DISK 13 ÍENU, ÒEAD 7 ÒEADING ÍESSAGES, ÊOYSTICK 7 ÍENU, ÒEPLY OR ÅNTER 12 ÒEADING MESSAGES 5,7 ÍESSAGE HEADER 8 ÒEADING DIRECTION 7,9 ÍESSAGES ÄRIVE 27 ÒEADING INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES 10 ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ.ÄÁÔ 1,3 ÒEGISTRATION 28 ÍËÑWK-NETMAIL 16 ÒEPLY ÍENU 12 ÍONOCHROME MONITORS 19 ÒEPLY COMMANDS 12,13 ÍSG# 8,10 ÒEPLY DRIVE 27 ÍULTIPLE REGISTRATIONS 29 ÒEPLYING TO MESSAGES 9,11 ÎÄØ FILES 2,26 ÒESETTING ÔWIT ÆLAGS 23 ÎETMAIL, ÅNTERING 15 ÒESTORE SCREEN 19 ÎETMAIL-ÅZYÑWK 17 ÒÔà 3 ÎETMAIL-ÍAXIMUS 17 ÓALUTATION 12,21 ÎETMAIL-ÍËÑWK 16 ÓAVING REPLIES 14 ÎETMAIL-ÐÃÂOARD (ÃAM-ÍAIL) 17 ÓAVING ÄEFAULTS 25 ÎETMAIL-ÑÓÏ 17 ÓÂÂÓ-NETMAIL 16 ÎETMAIL-ÓÂÂÓ 16 ÓCREEN ÅDITOR 11 ÎETMAIL-ÔÂÂÓ 17 ÓCREEN ÈEIGHT 20 ÎEW OPTIONS 20,21,22,23 ÓCREEN SETUP PARAMETERS 20 ÎEXT 9 ÓEARCH USING ÔWIT 6 ÎÏÔÅ 3,4,7,18,19,20,22,23,24,25,28 ÓEARCH ÏPTIONS 23 ÎÔÓà 8,20 ÓECONDARY ADDRESS (PRINTER) 20 ÏPENING ÍENU 4,19 ÓELECTING ÃONFERENCES 5,15 Ñ×ËÒÒ128 ÉNDEX ÓELECTING ÁÌÌ CONFERENCES 5 ÔIMER 13 ÓELECTING ÎETMAIL 15 ÔIMER ÍENU 20 ÓETTING THE ÃLOCK 20 ÔIMERS (ÐÁÌ/ÎÔÓÃ) 20 ÓETTING ÔAGLINE ÐATH 21 ÔO: 8 ÓHIFT HOME. 13 ÔOP OF TEXT 13 ÓÍÁÌÌ.ÄÁÔ 10,27 ÔWIT ÍAIL, ÂROWSING 6 ÓTARTING Ñ×ËÒÒ 2 ÔWIT ÍODE ÆLAG 6 ÓTATUS 8 ÔWIT ÆLAGS 6,23 ÓTATUS ÆLAGS 8,10 ÔWIT ÌISTS 11,23,27 ÓÔÏÐ KEY 7 ÔWIT ÍODE 23 ÓÔÏÐ 9 ÕNDEFINED 11 ÓTORING MESSAGES 10 ÕNËILLING REPLIES 18 ÓTORING ÎETMAIL ÁDDRESSES 24 ÕNREAD ÍAIL 6 ÓTRIPPING LINES 19 ÕNREADABLE ÓCREENS (ÎÔÓÃ) 20 ÓUB-DIRECTORY SUPPORT 22 ÕNREGISTERED 4,5,9,12,17,28 ÓUBJECT 9 ÕNZIP64 31 ÓUGGESTIONS 2 ÕSE Ñ×ËÒÒ ÄRIVES 3 ÓUPERÂÂÓ-NETMAIL 16 ÕSER ÄRIVE. 27 ÓUPPORT PROGRAMS 27 ÕSING Ñ×ËÒÒ 3 ÓUPPORTED ÃHARACTERS 20 ÕSING ÁLIASES 7 ÔAGLINE ÍODE 23 ÕSING ÓTORED ADDRESSES 24 ÔAGLINES 11,12,21 ÖÄà ÓYNC 20 ÔAGLINES (CAPTURING) 21 ÖIEW 15 ÔAGLINES ÄRIVE 27 ÖÉÐ LIST 23 ÔAGTHIEF 28,31 ×ARNINGS 2,11,28 ÔÂÂÓ-ÎETMAIL 17 ×RITE COMMAND 15 ÔIME (SETTING) 3,20 ÚIP 31 ÔIME 8 ÚÉÐPING REPLIES 4,14,18