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software: SimpTerm
version : 0.8.0
function: A Chinese communication program for MS-Windows 3.1
with build in support for BIG5, HZ and GB encoded text.
Features fast and smooth Chinese displaying.
Cut, Paste in ASCII, BIG5 and GB text mode.
VT- 100/102/52, ANSI Color BBS terminal emulation
Kermit, XMODEM and YMODEM file transfer function.
High speed modem support, up to 57600 bps.
Configurable screen size, up to 132 columns, 96 rows
800 line screen buffer (at 80 cols, 24 rows)
Configurable regular, BWCC or CTL3D dialog styles.
Good for on line reading act, act.big5, TANET BBS,
viewing HZ file using regular UNIX vi, viewing
BIG5 or GB file using CELVIS, CEMACS, and using
VT-100 terminal based Gopher, WWW service.
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/ms-win
filename: spterm08.exe (Size 196338 bytes, ZIP 2.0 self-extracting file)
spterm08.txt (Readme file)
Optionally get following files:
ifcss.org /software/fonts/cclib.16 and chinese.16
Microsoft's CTL3DV2.DLL or CTL3D.DLL
Borland International's BWCC.DLL
(See readme file for details)
author : Jianqing Hu ~{:z=!G`~} <thssjyh@iitmax.acc.iit.edu>
comment : Shareware, free for non commercial use.
What is SimpTerm
=================
SimpTerm is a shareware communication program for MS-Windows 3.1. It is
capable of displaying BIG5, HZ and GB encoded Chinese text using commonly
available Chinese bitmap fonts. It also features accurate VT-100 emulation,
high speed modem support and file transfer function.
System Requirement
==================
SimpTerm is a protect mode Windows 3.1 application program. It requires
a 286, 386 or higher PC with a VGA or above graphics card running
Microsoft Windows 3.1 or IBM OS/2 2.1. A fast video card with SuperVGA
capability and a mouse is strongly recommended.
Required Files
==============
The self-extracting file spterm08.exe contains all files required
to be used as a regular terminal emulator plus a Chinese font engine.
spterm.exe SimpTerm executable file
spterm.hlp Windows 3.1 help file for SimpTerm
spterm.ini Configuration file for SimpTerm
kfmgr.dll Chinese font management dynamic link library
kfmgr.ini Configuration file for kfmgr.dll
vt100.scn VT-100 terminal emulation screen driver
vt100.kbd VT-100 terminal emulation keyboard driver
vt52.scn VT-52 terminal emulation screen driver
vt52.kbd VT-52 terminal emulation keyboard driver
ansi.scn ANSI terminal emulation screen driver
ansi.kbd ANSI terminal emulation keyboard driver
readme.txt ASCII format introduction file
Additional Files
================
To display Chinese text, you need
a 16X16 GB encoded bitmap font, say CCLIB.16, for HZ/GB mode
a 16X16 BIG5 encoded bitmap font, say CHINESE.16, for BIG5 mode
(14X16 BIG5 encoded bitmap font is also supported)
* these files are available at ifcss.org under /software/fonts
* If you have Chinese Windows, Chinese Start or Twinbridge,
you don't have to use these bitmap fonts. SimpTerm can
rely on a Chinese system for Chinese text displaying.
BUT THE SPEED MAY BE VERY SLOW. See below.
To use either the Microsoft 3D or Borland Custom Control dialog style,
you need
BWCC.DLL for Borland style dialog
CTL3DV2.DLL or CTL3D.DLL for 3D style dialog
* These two files are available from many ftp sites.
SimpTerm will work without them.
A lot of programs use these files, so chances are you may
already have them in your computer.
For BWCC.DLL, ftp to winftp.cica.indiana.edu and get
pub/pc/borland/c/gen/bwcc.zip (96KB ?)
For CTL3DV2.DLL or CTL3D.DLL, ftp to ftp.microsoft.com
get Softlib/MSFILES/CTL3D.EXE (380KB)
Getting started
===============
1 Make a directory or select an existing directory for this program.
2 Change to that directory and run spterm08.exe to extract program files.
* If spterm08.exe is not in that directory, give full path name.
The main program is named SPTERM.EXE.
3 If you need additional files, download them and put them in proper
directory.
Chinese font files can be put into any directory, you edit the
configuration file to reflect their location.
BWCC.DLL should be put into a directory list in the PATH statement.
CTL3DV2.DLL or CTL3D.DLL should be put into the Windows system
directory (default is C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM).
4 Edit the font configuration file kfmgr.ini
This is an ASCII file. You can use DOS edit or Windows notepad.
File Format:
[fonts]
gbfont=GB font file name
big5font=BIG5 font file name
example
[fonts]
gbfont=c:\fonts\kanji\cclib.16
big5font=c:\fonts\kanji\chinese.16
5 Run the program for the first time.
If you haven't started Windows, type "win spterm.exe" under DOS prompt.
If Windows is already running, start spterm.exe using Program manager.
SimpTerm will show a copyright notice and enter terminal mode.
It may complain that COM port is not available or Loading GB font failed.
At this point, you can read SimpTerm's help file from the help menu.
It will give you more detailed information on using this program.
The program is set to 9600bps, change it as needed.
Chinese Text Display
====================
SimpTerm can either display Chinese text using its own Chinese font
engine or pass Chinese text to the underlying Chinese Windows system.
The View menu Use Bitmap Font Option controls which method is used
to display Chinese text. If this option is checked and Chinese bitmap
font files are correctly installed, SimpTerm will use its own font
engine.
SimpTerm's font engine stores all Chinese font data in memory and
doesn't perform the time consuming font scaling. As a result, the
display speed is very fast. If you want to read Chinese comfortably
at 9600 bps and above, forget about using a Windows Chinese system
for displaying Chinese text. A side effect is that this method
has higher memory requirement. In general, under 386 enhanced mode
with virtual memory enabled, it shouldn't be a problem. Actual memory
used for Chinese font data will be around 300KB. A 800X600 256 color
wall paper will likely consume more memory. The memory will be
released whenever the Use Bitmap Font option is disabled.
Compatibility
=============
The program has been tested under following environment/platform.
However, the author can not afford to make any guarantee.
MS-DOS 5, 6.0, 6.2 with
MS-Windows 3.1 standard English edition
MS-Windows 3.11
MS-Windows for Workgroups 3.11
MS-Windows 3.1 Chinese edition (BIG5)
Chinese Star 1.2
TwinBridge 3.2 Demo version.
MS-Windows 3.1 with Debug kernel
Note: If you use Borland style dialog, the debug kernel may give
warnings for GDI objects not deleted when you quit SimpTerm.
This GDI objects are actually used by BWCC.DLL and will be
deleted when the BWCC.DLL is released from memory.
OS/2 2.1 for Windows
Hardware 386/486 with 4 to 8 MB of RAM.
Note: if you are using After Dark screen saver, you may need to
disable the SystemIQ activity monitor from the setup panel.
Reading/Editing Chinese online
==============================
1 Reading HXWZ
Whenever possible, use GNU less to read the GB version of HXWZ.
regular UNIX more and CELVIS frequently have trouble dealing with
HXWZ's super long line (In HXWZ, only one line break per paragraph).
If you don't have GNU less on your system, try to get gb2hz from
ifcss.org and format the GB version to 80 character per line HZ text.
Then, you can use regular UNIX vi or more to read them in HZ mode.
Alternatively, use cat and dump it to SimpTerm's screen buffer.
Under 80X24 mode, the screen buf