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^hIntroduction to the Final Terminal^n
Welcome to Terminate's On-Line Manual.
This manual is designed so anyone can add comments or even change the
language as easily as possible.
Once you have upgraded, you may change the help files (*.HLP) for your
own purposes, but you are NOT allowed to distribute any modified files
without permission. If you do translate files into your own language,
please send a copy to
DAN BBS ApS, Kastanie alle 14, 2620 Albertslund, Denmark
or to a Registration Site so other users can benefit from your work.
^hWhat is a terminal program?^n
A terminal program is used for communicating with other computers via
special hardware. Terminate takes care of the hardware interface - whether
it's a data modem, ISDN adapter or fossil - via its' various inbuilt device
layers and leaves you free to concentrate on the message rather than the
medium.
Terminates' various emulations and protocols will interpret colour codes
and draw your screen appropriately and transfer files from and to your
system.
Other terminal programs will cope with this basic job too, but we like to
think that what makes Terminate different is the helpful human interface
and added features to help you communicate quicker and easier.
This did not happen by accident. Terminate is better because of the
suggestions from our hundreds of thousands of users all over the world.
Please tell us if there is anything we need to change or add to make it
better for YOU!
^hOnline help^n
In almost every menu you are able to press F1 to get help for the current
menu. If you want to change the help file, you can press E to edit the
file directly. To speed things up, you can press F and enter a keyword to
find. This function will only search forwards - so if you want to search
the entire helpfile, you must press HOME first. I have chosen to use this
form of On-line Help, because then the entire manual can be loaded
directly from the menus where it is needed. You can run MANUAL.EXE, which
will compile all the help files into one big manual without colorcodes,
and then you can print it out. In this way you don't have to waste disk
space on both help files AND a manual since you can always delete
TERMINAT.DOC and run the MANUAL.EXE program later.
^hTERMINAT ?^n will give you a list of all available parameters
You are now in terminal mode and have configured the system.
If you have not configured Terminate, press Alt-O now. Remember that you
can press F1 in any menu where you need more help.
^hEditing input fields^n
When you start editing a field/number/string, you can modify the previous
contents by first pressing cursor left/right. The field will then change
colour and you can append/insert new characters. If you just start typing
immediately, the field will be blanked and the cursor placed on position 1.
Terminate will always remember the last 16 fields you have typed. That way,
if you type something new in a field and want to change it back, just edit
the field again and press ^bCURSOR-UP^n or DOWN and you are now able to
cycle between the last 16 fields. In every input field where all characters
are allowed, you can also press ^bAlt-A^n and the character selector will
appear, showing all characters from #0..#255.
If you want a return sign, just move to #13 and press return. To see all 16
strings, press ^bAlt-F9^n from terminal mode.
The following section outlines all Terminal mode commands and gives some
useful tips and tricks. We advise you to read all of this if you are not
familiar with modems and communication programs.
If you are an advanced user you can probably guess what most functions
are used for and settle for the quick reference at Alt-Z and the help
lines at the bottom line in the menus.
^hMouse^n
The mouse system in Terminate provides some nice features and allows you to
move around easily in menus and even start downloading without touching the
keyboard.
You must have already installed a mouse driver, of course, eg: MOUSE.COM
v9.00 (MicroSoft) or LMOUSE.COM v6.10 (LogiTech) or similar.
Old mouse drivers may conflict with our communication driver - so if your
screen messes up, try turning off the mouse. If that does not work, then
try using another mouse driver. Old mouse drivers is also only able to
support 80x25,80x43,80x50 and not all the extended modes like
100x40, 132x60 etc.
In menus, pressing the left button will be the same as pressing return on
that line. The right button will simulate the escape key and will leave the
menu. In terminal mode, left button on an empty line will send a return
(ASCII 13). Right button on an empty line will send a space (ASCII 32)
Pressing on any character on the terminal screen, will send that character
exactly as if you typed it yourself. You do not have to position the cursor
directly - if you click on a blank place, Terminate will find the nearest
character on the screen and send that instead of the space.
The mouse can be turned on/off in the Toggles menu.
Send 'F'
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ScreenLine = ' M Messages F Files '
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Send 'M' Send 's'
Pressing right button in the statusline will allow you to toggle between
3 different statusbars, allowing you to send all possible characters.
If you hold down one of the buttons, and mark a piece of the line, the
marked piece area will be sent by the modem; useful if a BBS program wants
you to type an areaname already shown on the screen!
^hSHIFT-ESC^n Runtime information
Pressing Shift-Esc will bring you to the Runtime information menu.
This menu can be called from all other menus and will give you all
kinds of information. Like current drive. Last incoming characters.
Costs. Memory left etc. look for yourself.
^hAlt-A^n SmartNote
If you use The Internet or some other network where you need to remember
hundreds of different strings or note down lots of information, then you
cannot live any longer without the SmartNote!
The SmartNote function is better than a very long piece of paper because
it is always ready for writing down anything needed at a later time.
Backups will be made automatically.
For example, you see something on the screen you wish to note:
1. Press Alt-K and grab the text with the string grabber - this can
be adjusted in size and position with Shift and cursor-keys.
2. Then enter SmartNote by pressing Alt-A and import by pressing
Alt-G at the place you want the grabbed text to appear.
NB: It does not matter where you see something on the screen, just so long
as you are inside Terminate. The Alt-K string grabber will work everywhere.
If, for example, you want to copy something to another note file, just
follow the procedure above.
If you want to test this powerful feature, you could go into Alt-O, press
Alt-K and grab some of the menu. Then start up SmartNote with Alt-A and
insert the grabbed text with Alt-G. (You can grab from any of the Manual
Files and insert in a note file.)
You can adjust the grabbers' size by holding down Shift and then using the
cursor movement keys (Arrow up, down, right or left). Z will Zoom the
grabber to maximum size.
Once you try this, you will soon understand how powerful and useful this
feature can be!
The editor inside SmartNote has the following functions:
^hSmartNote commands^n
(Many of these commands are the same as Qedit by SEMWARE)
^bAlt-1^n Uppercase line
^bAlt-2^n Lowercase line
^bAlt-A^n Select character from ASCII-selector
^bAlt-C^n Clear/erase all lines
^bAlt-D^n ^bD^no it for you. Simulate a fast typist
^bAlt-E^n Edit file with the external editor
^bAlt-F^n Search after keyword
^bAlt-G^n Import the last block you grabbed with Alt-K
^bAlt-I^n Import all history strings at cursorline
^bAlt-J^n Jump to DOS
^bAlt-K^n String grabber
^bAlt-L^n Load another note file
^bAlt-R^n Send from cursor position and ^bR^nest of line
^bAlt-S^n ^bS^nend line without carriage return (#13)
^bAlt-T^n Send from position 1 ^bT^no cursor position
^bAlt-U^n Import textfile into cursor position
^bAlt-W^n Send ^bW^nord under cursor
^bAlt-Z^n Turbo Search in all note files
^m┌──────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┤^t Searching for 'YOU' ^m├┐
│ ^nINTERNET ^m│^h Here you can place any command ^byou^h like or just want to r ^m│
│ ^nINTERNET ^m│^h The following lines are only examples of what ^byou^h could s ^m│
│ ^nSMARTNOT ^m│^h used by default. If ^byou^h want to use another note file with ^m│
│ ^nSMARTNOT ^m│^h it will be used when ^byou^h are online at that system. ^m│
│ ^nSMARTNOT ^m│^h In here you can write all the information ^byou^h normally wr ^m│
│ ^nSMARTNOT ^m│^h several small pieces of papers, which ^byou^h of course cannot ^m│
│^r SMARTNOT ^m│^h ^bYou^h can grab from all places in Terminate, not only in term ^m│
│ ^nSMARTNOT ^m│^h I hope ^byou^h now understand how useful this feature will be ^m│
│ ^nSMARTNOT ^m│^h Try and grab something, it does not matter where ^byou^h grab f ^m│
│ ^nSMARTNOT ^m│^h matters that ^byou^h try yourself and see how easy you can grab ^m│
│ ^nCOMPSERV ^m│^h Here ^byou^h can place any command you like or just want to r ^m│
│ ^nCOMPSERV ^m│^h The following lines are only examples of what ^byou^h could s ^m│
└──────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘^n
Turbo Search will allow you to search through all note files very fast
and let you choose your match and jump to the place in the notefile
where the match was found. If several matches were found, then you will
be asked which match to use, like the above example.
^bCtrl-Enter^n Send line to device with a carriage ^breturn^n (#13)
^bCtrl-Y^n Delete current line
^bCtrl-T^n Delete right word
^bF2^n Add line
^bF4^n Duplicate line
^bF6^n Delete from cursor until end of line
^bAlt-F9^n History strings
^hSmartNote cursor-movement commands^n
^bHome^n Goto start of line
^bEnd^n Goto end of line
^bCtrl-Home^n Goto first screen line
^bCtrl-End^n Goto last screen line
^bCursor Up^n Move 1 line up
^bCursor Down^n Move 1 line down
^bCursor Left^n Move one position left
^bCursor Right^n Move one position right
^bCtrl-Left^n Move one word to the left
^bCtrl-Right^n Move one word to the right
^bPageUp^n Go 1 page down
^bPageDown^n Go 1 page up
^bCtrl-PageUp^n Goto top of file
^bCtrl-PageDown^n Goto bottom of file
^bInsert^n Toggle Insert/Overwrite
^bDelete^n Delete character under cursor
^bBackspace^n Delete character before cursor
^hAlt-B^n (^hShift-CursorUp^n) Scrollback buffer
Terminate will save the last incoming screen in a
special buffer. The size of this buffer can be set in the configuration
and you should decrease it if you are running short of memory. Both text
and colours are saved in this buffer.
^hAlt-C^n Clear Screen
Clears screen, sets default colours and cleans up.
^hAlt-D^n Dialing directory
The dialling directory. From here you can store all your phone numbers and
all kinds of other information. The phonebook also holds information on how
much your phone bill will be for up to one year.
^hAlt-E^n Local echo
Echo all characters sent to the modem on the screen. Normally this is
always turned off.
^hAlt-F^n The File Manager
Also calls external utilities and has almost every
function that Norton Commander(TM) has - and then a little more :-)
^hAlt-G^n Scripts
Scripts will follow in later versions...
^hAlt-H^n Hangup
Hangs up the 'phone. The hangup string is determined in the Modem &
Dialling Menu. You can also set a toggle so you will be asked to confirm
hangup, before actually hanging up.
^hAlt-I^n Screen image
Will save the current screen in the capture file (default is
TERMINAT.CAP). You can define other capture files for each phonebook entry
and the current capture file will always be used to save images.
^hAlt-J^n DOS-Shell
Calls COMMAND.COM (COMSPEC) and invokes a dos-shell. You can set Terminate
up to not swap out memory first. Type ^hEXIT^n to return.
^hAlt-K^n String grabber
Grabs any string and saves it in the history strings. You can adjust the
grab size by pressing Shift and move cursor keys right, left, up or down.
You can use this function EVERYWHERE in Terminate. So if you call a system,
and want to remember a phone number: Grab the number, go into the
phonebook, add a new entry, edit phone number, press cursor up and
recall the grabbed number. This should save you cluttering your desk with
thousands of small pieces of paper!
^hAlt-L^n Capture file
Opens or closes the current capture file; the capture files can be defined
for each phonebook entry. If you define a capture file and call a system,
the capture file will be opened upon connection. You can turn the
auto-capture system off by pressing Alt-0 and toggle if off permanently.
You can also force Terminate to always overwrite old capture files by
turning on a toggle. Use PRN or LPTx to capture directly to printer.
^hAlt-M^n Miscellaneous functions
^m╒╡^t Miscellaneous functions ^m╞╕
│ ^bM^nodem reset/Init device ^m│
│ ^bA^nnswer call at once ^m│
├───────────────────────────┤
│ ^b2^n5 lines ^m│
│ ^b3^n0 lines ^m│
│ ^b4^n3/50 lines ^m│
│ ^bV ^nTseng 4000 100x40 ^m│
│ ^bO ^nXGA 132x25 ^m│
│ ^bE ^nReset 80x25 ^m│
├───────────────────────────┤
│ ^bH^nostmode ^m│
│ ^bF^nax Manager (Alt-F12) ^m│
│ ^bR^nun Download Manager... ^m│
│ ^bK^neyboard lock ^m│
│ ^bB^nlanker (screen) ^m│
│ ^bC^nhoose char to send ^m│
│ ^bS^n-registers (read/write) ^m│
│ ^bT^nerminal mode simulation ^m│
│ ^bL^nist of countries ^m│
│ ^bG^nMT & time zones ^m│
│ ^bP^nrivacy Insurance ^m│
╘═══════════════════════════╛
^bM^n First reset device, then allows you to select which init
string to send to the modem
^bA^n Pick up phone (send the auto answer string)
^b2^n Switch to 25 lines screen mode
^b3^n Switch to 30 lines screen mode (VGA only)
^b4^n If EGA, then switch to 43 lines; if VGA, then 50 lines
^bV^n Startup screen mode if using custom screen modes
^bO^n Another definable screen mode
^bE^n Mode to use when exiting Terminate and using custom mode
^bH^n Startup hostmode, look in configuration for more information
You can also start the hostmode directly: TERMINAT /HOST
^bF^n This menu will allow you to send and recieve faxes, please refer to
the information later in this manual or press F1 in the menu. Alt-F12
from terminal mode will also start this menu.
^bR^n Run Download Manager
^bK^n Locks keyboard with password
^bB^n Activate the screen blanker
^bC^n Choose a char from the ASCII selector to send directly to port
^bS^n Show/change S-registers in a HAYES(tm) compatible modem.
^bT^n Simulate characters received from modem or other device.
With this function you can first capture some screens with Alt-L
and then replay the screens later in the current emulation to see
if they display correctly. With this you can test if your ANSI, AVATAR
etc. screens are working properly.
^bL^n Show list of countries that are directly supported in Terminate.
^bG^n Watch the time all over the world.
^bP^n Privacy Insurance.
^hGreenwich Mean Time^n
^m╒══════════════════════╡^t Greenwich Mean Time (G.M.T.) & time zones ^m╞╕
│ │
│ ^nGreenwich Mean Time ^h23.15.29 ^m│
│ │
│ ^nYour country ^h45 Denmark / Danmark ^m│
│ │
│ ^bTime zones ^m│
│ ^nLowest GMT^h+1 00.15.29 ^m│
│ ^nHighest GMT^h+1 00.15.29 ^m│
│ ^nYour zone GMT^h+1 00.15.29 ^m│
│ │
│^b■^nOther country ^h1 United States / Canada ^m│
│ │
│ ^bTime zones ^m│
│ ^nLowest GMT^h-11 12.15.29 ^m│
│ ^nHighest GMT^h-3 20.15.29 ^m│
│ ^nZone used GMT^h-7 16.15.29 ^m│
│ │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ^bTAB ^nMove between lines ^bC ^nCountry list ^m│
│ ^bLEFT/RIGHT ^nChange GMT time or time zone ^m│
│ ^bUP/DOWN ^nChange country ^m│
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ^nThis function does not handle daylight saving time (summer time) ^m│
╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛^n
From this menu will you be able of viewing the current time in many
countries. The GMT must be adjusted if it is not correct. Terminate will
guess your time zone, but in some countries that have several time zones
like USA and Russia you must adjust the GMT to the right time. GMT is
the exact time in a part of London called Greenwich, which lies next to
the river Thames. Press TAB to move the '■' around and the cursors to
change time or zone. C will show you the entire list of countries that
Terminate supports.
^hPrivacy Insurance^n
With this function, Terminate will pretend that you are home. It will pick
up the phone randomly after 1 to 5 rings and hang up immediately. Every
call is noted in the logfile.
^hPrevent annoying phonecalls^n
If someone wants to bother you by calling in at odd hours, this
function will avoid any disturbance. After a while the would-be
prankster will become bored and quit.
^hPrevent burglary^n
By enabling this function you make sure that thieves who are calling you
to check if you're home can not be sure whether you are home or not.
They might think that you are home and don't want to talk to anyonne -
in any case, they will certainly be uncertain and possibly change their
mind.
^fWE CAN NOT GUARANTEE OR PROMISE THAT THESE FUNCTIONS GENERATE THE
DESIRED RESULTS. USE AT OWN RISK.^n
^hAlt-N^n Send username
Sends the user name from the current user profile. You will normally use
this function where Terminate can not log on automatically.
^hAlt-O^n Configuration
All the configuration menus.
^hAlt-P^n Adjust comm. parameters
Quick change of device, comport, baudrate, databits, parity, stopbit. You
can also save the chosen setup directly as the default startup settings.
^hAlt-Q^n Quit autologin
Quits current autologin script. If you see a flashing ^h^fA^n in the
statusline then probably Terminate did not logon properly. Try correcting
the login scripts in the configuration menus or turn them off.
^hAlt-R^n Select download path
Terminate has 3 download paths available. At startup, number 1 will always
be the default - but you can change this manually or
change it for each phone entry.
^hAlt-S^n Send password
If you have called a system, then the password from the phonebook is sent.
If that password entry is blank you will be asked to either input a new
password directly or send the default password from the current
userprofile.
^hAlt-T^n Terminal emulation
Change the current terminal emulation. The first one - called 'Avatar/0*
with ANSI-BBS fallback' - can be used on most systems to allow you to run
both Avatar and ANSI at the same time. Terminal emulations determine how
the control codes and colours are processed and displayed on your screen.
^hAlt-U^n System information
Which multitasker, processor, graphics card, speed index etc...
^hAlt-V^n VISIBLE FAST (tm) access menu
This menu allows fast access with the mouse to all functions from just
one screen. For access, you can also just click a mouse button in the
lower right corner.
^hAlt-W^n Translation editor
Handles how characters are changed before they are sent
to the remote system or what to change before displaying the character on
the screen. This function is mostly used when calling Hosts or systems that
cannot handle 8-bit characters.
^m╒═══════════════════════════════════════════╡^t Translation editor ^m╞╕
│ ^nFilename : .XLT ^m│
│ ^bC^nomment : ^hDefault translation tables for terminate ^m│
│ ^b( 0) ( Incoming table ) ^m│
│^h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^m│
│^h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^m│
│^h ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / ^m│
│^h 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? ^m│
│^h @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O ^m│
│^h P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ^m│
│^h ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o ^m│
│^h p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ ^m│
│^h Ç ü é â ä à å ç ê ë è ï î ì Ä Å ^m│
│^h É æ Æ ô ö ò û ù ÿ Ö Ü ¢ £ ¥ ₧ ƒ ^m│
│^h á í ó ú ñ Ñ ª º ¿ ⌐ ¬ ½ ¼ ¡ « » ^m│
│^h ░ ▒ ▓ │ ┤ ╡ ╢ ╖ ╕ ╣ ║ ╗ ╝ ╜ ╛ ┐ ^m│
│^h └ ┴ ┬ ├ ─ ┼ ╞ ╟ ╚ ╔ ╩ ╦ ╠ ═ ╬ ╧ ^m│
│^h ╨ ╤ ╥ ╙ ╘ ╒ ╓ ╫ ╪ ┘ ┌ █ ▄ ▌ ▐ ▀ ^m│
│^h α ß Γ π Σ σ µ τ Φ Θ Ω δ ∞ φ ε ∩ ^m│
│^h ≡ ± ≥ ≤ ⌠ ⌡ ÷ ≈ ° ∙ · √ ⁿ ² ■ ^m│
│ ^m│
│ ^bR ^nReset ^bL ^nLoad ^bS ^nSave ^bT ^nIncoming/outgoing ^bU ^nASCII/Value ^m│
│ ^bX ^nTranslate a file using this table ^m│
╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛^n
^bC^nomment
Since it is important to know what the table is used for it is
strongly advised that you enter the description here.
^bR ^nReset
Remove all changes and clean the board.
^bL ^nLoad
Load a table
^bS ^nSave
Save table
^bT ^nIncoming/outgoing
A table consists of an incoming and an outgoing table. The incoming
is when you receive something from the other end, then this table
will be used. The outgoing is when you send something.
^bU ^nASCII/Value
Toggle values instead of character apperance.
^bX ^nTranslate a file using this table
Translate a complete file using the current table. This can be used
if you have files from other non PC's (Amiga, MAC, etc)
^hAlt-Y^n Chat mode
If you are connected to another Terminate and press Alt-Y, Terminate
will send '**EMSI_CHTF5D4'+#13 to the other end. This is normally
used by IEMSI sessions, but a Terminate at the other end will change
automatically - even when NOT in IEMSI mode. When you press Alt-Y again to
exit chatmode the string '**EMSI_TCH3C60'+#13 will be sent to the other end
so both ends exit chat mode.
Chatmode works just like a terminal emulation so you can use all other
functions while you are chatting, including starting to up/download.
^hAlt-X^n Exit Terminate
A function you hopefully only will use once a day :-)
If you are online (Carrier detected) you will be asked what to do: E^h^fx^nit,
Hangup & exit, or Not exit. You can also turn on a toggle that will ask you
if you are sure you want to exit Terminate.
^hAlt-Z^n Quick reference menu
Here you can see a short description of all
functions - and see which functions are ^hOn^n or ^hOff^n.
^hAlt-=^n Load a keyboard table
This key is different on some international
keyboards. It is the key next to the ^hBACKSPACE^n. Hold down Alt and press
the = (the key to the left of the backspace).
Keyboards can be customized in the configuration. You can setup a default
keyboard for each terminal emulation, but you can also specify a keyboard
file to be loaded for each phonebook entry.
^hCtrl-End^n Break
Will send a break to the other end. Breaks are rarely used anymore, but
Terminate will both detect and send breaks. A break is a condition in
which the data line is filled with zero bits for as long as it takes to
send one character. Some switchboards will need a break to hangup the line.
It can also be used to reset the buffers in your modem, if the modem has
been setup to act this way. If you are not an advanced user you will never
use this.
^hScrollLock^n Doorway mode
This is a special mode (originated by Marshall Dudley) to
allow you to send keyboard scan codes, instead of normal ASCII characters.
The statusline will be removed so the entire screen can be used. If you
need to use a menu, you must first disable Doorway mode, use the menu and
then enable Doorway mode again. The reason is that when you press, for
example, Alt-O then the scancode for Alt-O is sent and the remote site can
use the Alt-O as if that key had been pressed at the remote site.
The technical idea behind this Doorway mode is quite simple: If normal
ASCII character, then send character; else, if special key, send a ASCII 0,
send scancode.
^hPageDown^n Download
Here you can select which protocol you want to use for the file
transfer. Download means receive files. A file transfer protocol is a way
of sending/receiving data between the remote site and ourselves. Zmodem is
the best to use for normal users where it is available...
^hPageUp^n Upload
When you want to send a file to the remote site, you will have to
use a file transfer protocol. First you will be placed in the filemanager.
From here you can select a file or files (if the file-protocol allows batch
transfers, meaning more than 1 file at the time). Just press ^hRETURN^n on
the selected file then the transfer will start. If you are using a batch
protocol, lets say Zmodem, then you can select several files by marking
the files first. You can select files in both windows.
^bAlt-1..Alt-0 Change different toggles^n
These are toggles that can be set permanently in the configuration.
^hAlt-1^n Sound
Turns beeps/alarms/alerts on/off
^hAlt-2^n ANSI music
Turns ANSI music on/off. If any remote sites have ANSI music it may be
played. Terminate supports full ANSI music. Pressing Alt-2 while music is
playing will reset the music buffer.
^hAlt-3^n Statusline
Turn the statusline on/off. You can select in Emulation Setup not to have
the statusline, but since the statusline gives you important information
you should not need to turn it off.
^hAlt-4^n Usagelog
The usage log is normally always turned on at startup, so you can later
see where you have called and which files you have downloaded. But you can
turn it off here, if there is a reason for not having something logged.
^hAlt-5^n Add linefeed
You can add a linefeed (#10) when Terminate receives a carriage return
(#13). This is normally not used and should be turned off as the default.
^hAlt-6^n IEMSI
Turn on/off IEMSI logins. IEMSI logins will allow you to fast login to
systems that support IEMSI (RemoteAccess, SuperBBS, Maximus, EzyCom). You
can setup options to rescan files, clear screen, etc, before calling the
system. Look in the Users/IEMSI setup for more information.
^hAlt-7^n Ctrl-Status
Toggle if you want the statusline to show information about CTRL-keys. This
can be turned off if you think it annoying that it changes all the time
(eg. if you use the CTRL key a lot in terminal mode.) You can also turn
this off in the configuration.
^hAlt-8^n Alt-Status
Turn on/off information in statusline about the Alt-F1..Alt-F10 keys -
although there is normally no reason for turning this off.
^hAlt-9^n Ctrl-Shift-Status
Turns on/off information about the keys Ctrl-Shift-F1..F10. This will show
you the abbreviated status of your external utilities. There is no reason
to turn this off.
^hAlt-0^n Auto capture
Auto capture on/off. If you have defined a capture file for the phonebook
entry you have dialled, the capture file will be opened automatically at
connect. If you don't want to capture anything you can turn this off.
^hAlt-F1^n Status left
Will toggle the information in the statusline to the left. The startup
setting and how to change on connect can be setup in configuration. It has
4 states:
^bAlt-Z for help^n just Help Information.
^bdsrdtr cd sdrd ctsrtsri^n Modem lights: capital letters mean
that the line is high. If cd is in
big letters:'CD', then carrier detect
on the modem is high (red/on).
^bSystem Name^n Name of the system called or `Manual' if
connection was not made via the dialer.
^bCurrent device^n Which device is in use.
^hAlt-F2^n Status right
Will toggle the information in the statusline to the right.
The startup setting and how to change on connect can be setup in
configuration. It has 6 states:
^bTime^n Current local time
^bOnline time^n Online time in mm:ss format
^bCosts^n How much money you have used this call
^bOnline time^n Online time in hh:mm format
^bSecondary currency^n Show costs in secondary currency
^bCursor position^n Show x,y position of cursor on screen
^hAlt-F3^n Pause function
Pause. Many systems will log you off if you don't do anything for 2-3
minutes. This function will allow you to send a predefined character every
x seconds, to make the system at the other end think you are active. The
default is to send a RETURN (ASCII 13) every 30 seconds. This is useful if
the doorbell rings and you have just connected to a very busy system, which
would take hours to get back onto, if you didn't have Terminate.
^hAlt-F4^n IEMSI information
Will show you the same information as you see just right after an IEMSI
connection. It will tell you exactly which BBS system and version number
the remote is running. Also the system name, sysop name, location and what
the local time is at the remote location.
^hAlt-F5^n File tagger
This function will identify possible filenames anywhere on the
screen. You can tag the files you want to download so you don't need to
write them down on paper. You can also use the scrollback buffer ^hAlt-B^n
and tag files from there.
^hAlt-F6^n Tagmenu
When you have tagged some files, and selected a protocol at the
remote site, then you will normally be asked which files to download.
The tagmenu will have stored all the files you want and will then send the
filenames, so you will not have to do this manually. The tagmenu has many,
many more functions such as tagging from file lists.
^hAlt-F7^n Point system
The point system is a system were you can send/get mail or
files. It can connect to any other program using a mailer that has EMSI.
At the present time: Frontdoor, d'Bridge, Binkley, Portal of Power etc.
Note that you will not actually get online to the system, but only connect
to the remote mail system. From here you can ^hrequest^n files from
that system, without even getting online. You can also write a netmail
message directly to sysops. But please, refer to the point manual for
more.
^hAlt-F8^n Hostmode
For more information about the hostmode, see the section about hostmode
or enter hostmode and press F1.
^hAlt-F9^n History strings
Here you can edit or send old strings to the modem. Every time you edit
a string anywhere in Terminate, the last string will be saved and you can
recall old strings in an input field, by pressing Cursor Up/Down.
RETURN will edit the strings, and SPACE will send the string to the modem.
Here also the description for files is saved when uploading and a FILES.BBS
/DESCRIPT.ION file exists. You can also save and load the last 16 history
strings. If you have a FILES.BBS/DESCRIPT.ION file in the same directory as
the files, Terminate can find the description and import from the line
where the description for the file is found and the subsequent 16 lines
(Only FILES.BBS and in case of several description lines). When pressing
'I', the filemanager will be called, just find the file and press
'RETURN' with the cursor positioned above the filename.
^hAlt-F10^n CD Audio player
If you have an audio CD-ROM, and have installed MSCDEX
(Microsoft CD Extension). Then you will be able to play normal music CD's.
You can view the start and length of every track on the CD.
^hAlt-F11^n External editor
Calls the external editor. This could be Q.EXE (Qedit) or whatever editor
you might like to use.
^hAlt-F12^n Fax manager.
See the documentation for the fax manager.
^hNETWORK^n
To use Terminate on a network drive you must set the file to be shareable.
With Novell you can use the FLAG command. ^hFLAG TERMINAT.EXE srw^n, then
the file will be set to shareable.
On networks that do not support sharing directly (eg Lantastic), you
must load SHARE.EXE on the server ONLY. A lot of people think they must
load SHARE.EXE on the work stations also. But this is a mistake!!!!
SHARE.EXE should only be loaded on machines that allow others to access the
hard disk. So if you have a workstation that only accesses the server, you
should NEVER waste memory on loading SHARE.EXE. Unfortunately a lot of
programmers have misunderstood this idea and demand that SHARE is present.
The only problems that occur when running Terminate from several stations
at one time is that you cannot write to the same logfile and use the same
swapfile. This can be helped by either turning the logfile off or setting
an environment variable in your AUTOEXEC.BAT like this:
SET NET=1
Then define TERMINA%NET%.LOG. When opening the logfile TERMINA1.LOG
will be used. If SET NET=2 then TERMINA2.LOG etc. will be used.
Note that Terminate will always replace environment variables with the
correct values. The same goes for the swapfile.
You can also use different configuration files using this system.
TERMINAT /C:TERMINA%NET%.CFG
Then TERMINA1.CFG will be used for this station, if SET NET=2 then
TERMINA2.CFG will be used. If you are a network administrator then I bet
you have had these problems with configuration files many times before,
but this should solve any problems that you might get.
^hTerminate Thesaurus^n
The word Terminate does in our case mean to come to an end of a dataline,
but in other cases the word can have different meanings:
abort, bring or come to an end, cease, close, complete, conclude, cut off,
discontinue, end, expire, finish, issue, lapse, put an end to, result,
run out, stop, wind up.