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LiveWire 2.0 RELEASE
This package contains both DOS and OS/2 executables. March 22, 1993
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Welcome to LiveWire 2.0 and LiveWire 2.0/THREADED!
Quite a few changes have occured since the official release of
LiveWire 1.0. This document will describe LiveWire 2.0 briefly,
then detail these changes made since release 1.0.
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OS/2 2.0/.1 SUPPORT ADDED!
LiveWire has been ported to OS/2 2.0 and is in this package as LWOS2.EXE.
This program is a true 32-bit multi-threaded port of the DOS version of
OS/2. This is my first attempt at creating an OS/2 program, and I found
it fairly easy. I was able to set up a working DOS / OS/2 shared code base
using Borland C++ within a week.
FILES
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LiveWire for OS/2 (called 2.0/THREAD) has configuration and phone files
which are completely interchangable with the DOS version. In addition,
LiveWire under OS/2 can still read the DOS version of Qmodem, Telix,
Procomm+, and Boyan's phone directories. In order to try out this feature,
simply load the file from the phone directory. LiveWire is smart enough
to figure out the phone file's format and read it in.
PERFORMANCE
===========
On my 486-33mhz a 1000cps Zmodem download took up about 20% of my
CPU time on the pulse. Other programs ran at their normal pace.
BUGS
====
I expect LiveWire to be relatively bug free, but any bug reports
can be sent to my email address(es) below.
MISSING FEATURES
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The DOS version of LiveWire has network support. None is included
in the OS/2 version.
The OS/2 version of LiveWire has no support for communication over
a named pipe. If there are a lot of people who need this capability,
I will add it.
I would like to be able to have the OS/2 version of LiveWire spawn
off a DOS external protocol program. Unfortunately, this seems
impossible since the DOS program must have access to the COM port
and if LiveWire releases the communications line OS/2 automatically
causes the phone to hang up by turning off DTR.
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FOR ALL VERSIONS:
For the last year and a half I've been working on LiveWire Communications
in my spare time. When I'm not programming I'm studying computer science
as a sophomore at UC Irvine.
I'm glad you're taking time to examine and enjoy my efforts. Let detail
a few reasons why I am proud of this software. LiveWire supports:
* Easy first time configuration including:
- Auto baud rate detection
- Reads/Modifies Qmodem, Boyan, Telix, and Procomm dialing directories
- Automatically searches your hard drive for external protocols and
installs them
* Useful features such as:
- Fully redefinable commands, keys, and macros
- Support for four popular keysets: Qmodem, Boyan, Procomm+, and Telix
- Command menu which automatically reflects the keyset you're using
- Easy pull-down menu configuration
- Support for 8 communications ports up to 115200 bps
- External text editor (DOS) that uses wordstar-like commands
- Easy setup of up to 20 external protocols
* Such amenities you'd come to expect from a comm program such as:
- A full-featured dialing directory
- A script programming language
- A script learn feature
- Support for ANSI, VT100, and Basic Avatar emulations
- Internal Zmodem
I hope you enjoy LiveWire 2.0 as much as I enjoyed writing it and getting
positive feedback from my beta testers and users. Thanks guys! I wouldn't
be here without ya!
Les Novell
lnovell@bonnie.ics.uci.edu
PRODIGY ID:JWWJ64A
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Since LiveWire 1.0 the following changes have been made:
* New communications routines that support ports 1 through 8 directly
* Communications routines now work correctly with 9600+ baud modems
* Increased terminal speed to eliminate missed characters at high baud rates
* A full-featured script language
* Script learning
* A host mode written using LiveWire script (It's fully modifiable!)
* VT-100 emulation added
* Improved scroll back support
- Color was removed to save 40k RAM
- Block features allow you to save a portion of the
scroll-back or quote it in a message
- Faster scrolling
* Support for new Qmodem phone directory format
* Reorganization of dialing directory commands
THANK YOU: To all the users of LiveWire (or Go) Communications who have
provided feedback and/or registered.
If you have LiveWire on your system already you should erase the old
LW.CFG and LW.MAC files so they can be rebuilt in their new formats.
Sorry guys, I didn't make the old formats compatible...
Les
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The following contains information not included in the manual:
1. To run the host mode, unzip the file HOST.ZIP and execute that script
inside of LiveWire. To test the host locally, send it a parameter of 1.
2. To view the documentationm, unzip the file LWDOC.ZIP. It contains three
files:
LW2.DOC The actual documentation for LiveWire 2.0
SCRTUT.DOC A quick script tutorial for the inexperienced user. This
covers how an average user can utilize scripts using the
script learn feature built into LiveWire 2.0.
SCRREF.DOC Script Reference manual which lists all of the commands
available to a script programmer. Includes examples and
explanations.
3. LiveWire will now automatically detect and ask you if you want to add
a phone number to the phone directory if it sees the number and name
of a BBS in the following format:
:::>BBS Name <#>xxx-xxxx
If this number is already in the dialing directory, it will be ignored.
4. You can now add protocols for LiveWire to find with its automatic
external protocol detection.
To do this, simply make a file with the extension of .EXT containing
the following information:
Protocol Name <-- Name of the protocol to be shown in the window
PROTOCOL.EXE <-- Executable filename. You MUST include the extension
P <-- Hotkey to start protocol
1 <-- 1=Ask for receive filename / 0 = don't ask
SEND CMND LINE PARM <-- Parameters to pass protocol upon sending
RCV CMND LINE PARMS <-- Parameters to pass protocol upon receiving
AUTOSTART <-- Autostart file receive string
Place this .EXT file in the LiveWire directory. Note that there should
only be ONE PROTOCOL PER .EXT FILE.
The following % commands can be placed in the send/receive parameters:
%0 = Port (1, 2, etc)
%1 = Baud Rate (300, 1200, 2400, etc)
%2 = Filename (and/or path)
5. For mouse support, run LWMOUSE.BAT to start LiveWire
6. A new macro command has been added:
{PASSWORD}
the {PASSWORD} command, when placed in a macro, will send the contents
of the Password field of the currently connected to system, and then an
ENTER. This makes use of the password field and provides a way to quickly
send macroized passwords, even if they are different for each BBS.
7. DSZ.COM, included on this diskette, provides Zmodem and Ymodem file
transfers. This program is NOT free. It is shareware software written
by Omen Technology. I've received permission to include an UNREGISTERED
copy of DSZ with LiveWire. Since this program is not registered, it does
not allow you to download to a directory other than the LiveWire directory.
This does not serioulsy cripple the functionality of DSZ, but is included
as a reminder that you should register DSZ. For registration information,
read the file MAILER.
8. I thought I'd better put this in FYI.. When shelling to DOS or running
an external protocol, LiveWire needs to have a copy of COMMAND.COM
accessible. Make sure COMMAND.COM is either in COMSPEC, the PATH, or
the current directory.