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- StayComm 2.0
- A memory resident communications program
- using Hayes protocol modems
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- By Charles P. Staats
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- Any modem (300 - 2400) that uses "Hayes" compatible
- command and response codes. (Using Comm Port 1)
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- MS-DOS/PC-DOS Operating System 2.0 or greater,
- 128k of System Memory.
- (StayComm uses 56k of System Memory)
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- LOADING AND ACTIVATING
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- To load StayComm issue the command STAYCOMM. After a few seconds StayComm
- will read the dialing directory and install itself into memory. Once in
- memory no other disk access is needed.
- To activate StayComm use (Alt-F9). Note: StayComm will not activate while the
- screen is in the graphics mode.
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- Main Menu Selections
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- <A>larm - ON
- This was added for the night owls who do Telecommunications and don't want to
- wakeup the whole family. The Alarm is a bleep when a connection is made, or
- a file transfer is done. The default is ON, using <A>larm the menu will then
- show <A>larm - OFF.
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- <D>ownload a file
- After starting a download procedure on the remote system exit to the main menu
- by using the command CTRL-E. Select <D>ownload a file for a selection of
- protocols. You will have a choice of Ascii, Xmodem CRC, Xmodem CHECKSUM or
- Ymodem.
- After your selection you will be prompted for the filename. If you enter the
- name of a file that already exists you will be asked whether or not to
- overwrite it.
- After your selection of a protocol and a filename a window will open which
- displays various info regarding the transfer. When the transfer is complete,
- or an abort is sensed, the alarm will sound and the proper messages will be
- displayed.
- Ascii downloads are somewhat different from the other protocols in several
- ways. First, no transfer window is displayed. When the transfer starts you
- will be returned to the terminal mode. Second, the transfer will continue
- until the command CTRL-X is given.
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- <U>pload a file
- After starting a upload procedure on the remote system exit to the main menu
- by using the command CTRL-E. Select <U>pload a file for a selection of
- protocols. You will have a choice of Ascii, Xmodem CRC, Xmodem CHECKSUM or
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- After your selection you will be prompted for the filename. If you enter the
- name of a file that does not exist, the upload will be aborted.
- After your selection of a protocol and a filename a window will open which
- displays various info regarding the transfer. When the transfer is complete,
- or an abort is sensed, the alarm will sound and the proper messages will be
- displayed.
- Ascii uploads are somewhat different from the other protocols in several ways.
- Before the upload starts you will have a choice of using a DELAY during
- the transfer. Use the DELAY option if inserting text into a message editor.
- This transfer is slowed down so not to overflow the editor. For normal
- transfers use no delay.
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- <T>erminal
- Most of your communicating will take place here . To exit and return to the
- main menu use CTRL-E. Also StayComm supports the keys F1-F10 for other
- options while in the terminal mode, they are the following.
- Colors in Terminal Mode
- Background
- F1 - Black
- F2 - Red
- F3 - Green
- F4 - Yellow
- F5 - Blue
- F6 - Magenta
- F7 - Cyan
- F8 - White
- F9 - This is used to switch
- from the standard screen
- mode (BIOS), to the Dos screen
- mode. If the Ansi.sys is
- installed Staycomm will support
- both Ansi color and screen formatting
- commands. The default is the
- standard mode.
- F10 - Clears the screen. Also can be used for
- activating colors when offline.
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- Foreground
- Alt F1 - Black
- Alt F2 - Red
- Alt F3 - Green
- Alt F4 - Yellow
- Alt F5 - Blue
- Alt F6 - Magenta
- Alt F7 - Cyan
- Alt F8 - White
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- <M>ake a call
- This option will give you a choice of <M>anual or <D>irectory.
- <M>anual will take your number (14 digits) and dial the modem and try
- to make a connection. If a connection is made, StayComm will go into
- the terminal mode. If no connection, it will hang the modem up and reset
- itself.
- <D>irectory will open a window with up to 20 phone numbers displayed,
- and a menu at the bottom of the screen.
- The <D>irectory menu has the following sub commands.
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- <D>ial a number will take a entry from 1-20 and dial that phone number in
- the directory and attempt a connection.
- <R>edial will take the last number that was dialed and attempt to make a call.
- Also you have option to exit StayComm during the pause period between redial
- attempts, and time between attempts. If you choose to use the exit option,
- StayComm will exit and return you to your program or Dos during the pause
- period. When the pause period is over, StayComm will stop all program
- operations and attempt a redial. This will repeat until a connection is
- made, or a Ctrl-X is used during the redial attempt. If the exit
- option is not used, a small window will open showing a timer with time
- left before a redial.
- <C>hange is used for adding or changing the phone directory.
- <Q>uit will return you back to the Main Menu.
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- <H>ang up the phone
- This will drop the phone line with the modem command and also by dropping DTR
- with the RS-232.
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- <C>onfigure the modem
- Use this option to set your modem. You will have the choice of the the mode,
- Answer or Originate. And also the baud rate, 300 - 2400. Default is
- Originate, 1200 baud. Staycomm will switch word lengths, and stop bits
- automatically.
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- <R>emove from memory
- This selection will terminate StayComm and remove it from memory. This must be
- used with care. If StayComm was loaded between programs removing it will leave
- a hole in memory.
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- <E>xit StayComm
- This option will return back to the program that was running before StayComm
- was activated, or Dos.
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- Send comments to me at CompuServe, User ID: 72747,2474. Or Delphi, Username
- name KITCAR.
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- StayComm is written in and compiled with Turbo Pascal 3.0 by Borland
- International. The source code includes the use of some of the special
- extensions available in TURBO 3.0.
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- SPECIAL THANKS to Randy Comeau for beta testing StayComm and the suggestions
- to make it what it is.
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- Note: Most of the hardware and software names are trademarks or trade
- names of specific manufacturers.
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