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This code and all associated data may be freely exchanged for non-pecuniary
purposes. Services or efforts that compete in any way with services or
products offered commercially by Buckmaster are expressly forbidden.
OSQTH provides an online QTH lookup function for BBS' with
the WA7MBL 'OS' function or it equiv. To install it, copy
OSQTH.COM and OSCFG.BIN to the BBS default directory. Add
OSQTH.COM as the OS funstion server in the BBS config file
for all ports desired. OSCFG.BIN must be modified to match
your system.
Type
DEBUG OSQTH.BIN
to load the file for editing.
The first 10 bytes (starting at 100) are flags.
The first byte is 0 for no Desqview, and 1 for Desqview
The second byte is 0 for no echo to screen, and 1 for echo.
This decides if the local BBS screen will display the CD-ROM
reply. if echo is on, the reply will overwrite the WA7MBL
status line, but will not harm anything doing it.
The next 8 bytes are port flags, starting at 102 for port 1
If your CD ROM drive turns off interrupts to read a sector
(Many do), then incomming characters can be lost unless the
RTS line is dropped on each active port for the duration of
the read. OSQTH will drop RTS on each of the 8 available
ports that have thier coresponding byte flag set to a '1'.
There is no harm in dropping RTS for the CD ROM read even if
it doesn't shut off the interrupts, so it's better to set
the flags just to be safe.
Use the Debug 'E' command to enter parameters. For example,
suspose your system has three active ports, 1,2,3, running
under Desqview, and you want screen echo off. Type in the
following command:
-E 100,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0
The first 1 was for Desqview, the second set echo off, the
next 3 1s were the three ports starting at port 1. Notice I
put zeros in the 5 remaining unused ports.
The next two parameters are text. The first is the FULL
path and file name for the CD-ROM data. The next is the
path only for the drive and directory for the QTH log files,
one per port.
To enter the CD-ROM data file name, type the command: (using
your drive, path, and filename, of course!)
-E 10A,"E:\CALLS\HAMCALL.129",0
Note the trailing 0, it must be there!
To enter the log directory type the command:
-E 15A,"C:\QTHLOGS\",0
Note the trailing 0 again, and the final '\' on the path,
both must be there. The directory specified must exist,
OSQTH won't create it.
Finally, to save the data, type:
-w
and then to exit:
-q
You're done!
For any additional help or information contact WA4ONG at the
WA4ONG BBS in Richmond, VA
This code and all associated data may be freely exchanged for non-pecuniary
purposes. Services or efforts that compete in any way with services or
products offered commercially by Buckmaster are expressly forbidden.