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- ProComm Plus Test Drive 1.0
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- There are a few things to help your use of ProComm Plus Test Drive in Host
- Mode. To allow users to access the SHELL and ABORT commands (the latter will
- cause ProComm to exit Host Mode), you need to change the '0' following user
- names and passwords to '1' in the file PCPLUS.USR. This file is created as
- soon as someone logs onto the Host Mode, and can be changed with an ASCII
- editor such as E88.
-
- To create a welcoming message for callers, use an ASCII editor and name the
- file PCPLUS.NWS. It will pause when the screen is full. I have included a
- sample welcome message file.
-
- There is no HELP file for callers in Host Mode (the Alt-Z HELP file is for
- the Sysop); you can create your own HELP file with an ASCII editor under the
- name PCPLUS.HHP. This will display when the HELP command is entered, and will
- pause when the screen is full. I have included a sample HELP file I have
- written.
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- As Sysop, you can logon to Host Mode with the F2 key; you can either logon
- as Sysop or under a user name. For the latter, answer 'N' when asked if you
- want to logon as SYSOP.
-
- If you change the current directory before going into Host Mode (so that
- callers will not access the directory with all your ProComm+ files) be sure to
- move all the Host Mode files to that directory (i.e., PCPLUS.HDR, PCPLUS.HHP,
- PCPLUS.HST, PCPLUS.MSG, PCPLUS.NWS, and PCPLUS.USR) so that they will be
- accessed by callers.
-
- ProComm will create a log of all uploaded files, with descriptions, under
- the name of PCPLUS.ULD. This will be located in whatever is the current
- directory while you are in Host Mode.
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- Finally, be warned that use of the program FASTPC.ARC to speed-up your
- ProComm Plus TD screens may eliminate your ability to logon to your own Host
- Mode either as Sysop or with a username. When I tried it, pressing F2 merely
- moved the cursor around the screen. None of the other ProComm screens seemed
- to be affected by this, and they DID appear noticeably more quickly. Use of
- the program FIX PCP.ARC (to eliminate the ProComm Plus Test Drive opening
- advertisement) had no ill effects, and worked as promised. PCPLUSRT.ARC, to
- sort the phone directory, also worked without incident.
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