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- ;;01-01-88 PHN.DOC (v3.1)
- 01/26/88
- Eric Gans
- French Dep't UCLA
- Los Angeles, CA 90024
-
- Version 3.1
- Will now rewrite phone list after deletion.
-
- Version 3.0
- Improved dialing procedure: you no longer have to turn off
- the modem.
-
- PHN is a dialer for the Kaypro 10 that can be used on other
- systems to maintain a list of phone numbers.
-
- * * *
-
- PHN allows you to maintain an alphabetical phone list. It is
- its own data file and so loads and responds to commands very
- fast. Any changes made to the phone list are saved to disk
- within the file, and a BAK file is made of the previous version.
-
- The dialer was written for the Kaypro-10 using an Anchor
- Mark XII (1200/300) modem, the codes of which are Hayes-
- compatible. Since specific port addresses are used (I wouldn't
- trust CP/M to handle these), the dialer won't work with another
- machine. (If anyone has suggestions for generalizing the program,
- I'd be happy to oblige.)
-
- The phone code may be any set of up to 7 characters; the
- phone number has a maximum of 14 (enough for 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx).
- Any letters and other signs may be entered within the phone
- number area (e.g. 555-9999x123); the dialer will check for
- undialable characters. Lowercase letters in the code section
- will be folded to upper case.
-
- to set a code: blurk=123-4567
- clear a code: blurk=
- get a number: blurk
- = 123-4567 <-- program output
- list all #'s: =
- send list to printer: $
- erase all numbers: #
- help message: ?
- CR to exit program
-
- dialing: either *<code> or +<type in number>
-
- Thus if your list contains ZAP =555-5555
- you can dial the number by entering either *zap or +555-5555
-
-
- There is no "garbage collection" for killed codes, but at 21
- bytes per number, the file will remain small unless you have a
- few thousand numbers to call. The phone list is in alphabetized
- columns.