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^b^fTHE COMPLETE MANUAL WILL BE RELEASED TOGETHER WITH 1.00^n
THESE DOCS HAVE NOT BEEN SPELL-CHECKED
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^bT E R M I N A T E^n
^m─────────────────^n
Copyright 1992-93 by Bo Bendtsen
All rights reserved
Welcome to the Terminate online manual system. The system is designed so
anybody can add comments and change the language as easy as possible.
In almost every menu you are able to press F1 to get help for the current
menu. If you want to change the help file, you can see the filename at the
bottom to the right. To speed up things you can press F to find a keyword
you can enter. This function will only search forward so if you want to
search the entire helpfile, you must press HOME first. I have chosen
this way of online help, because then the entire manual can be loaded
directly from the menus where it is needed. You can run the MANUAL.EXE,
which will compile all the help files into one big manual without
colorcodes, and then you can print it out. This way you don't have to
waste space on your harddisk on both help files and a manual, you can
always delete TERMINAT.DOC and run MANUAL.EXE program later.
^hTERMINAT ?^n will give you a list of all available parameters.
You are now standing in terminal mode and has configurated the system.
If you have not configurated Terminate press Alt-O and F1 in the menus
where you need more help.
^hEditing input fields^n
When you start editing a field/number/string, you can continue on the
previous field by pressing cursor left/right, then the field will change
color and will append new characters, if you just start typing the old
characters will be removed and place the cursor on position 1.
Terminate will remember your last 10 fields you have typed. That
can be used if you type something new in a field and want to change
it back, just edit the field again and press ^hCURSOR-UP^n or DOWN,
you are now able to cycle between the last 10 fields. In every input
field where all characters are allowed, you can also press ^hAlt-A^n
it will bring up the character selector, which will show all characters
from #0..#255. If you want a return sign just move to #13 and press
return. To see all 10 string press ^hAlt-F9^n from terminal mode.
This help part will run through all commands reachable from Terminal
mode and give some good tips and tricks, it is advised if you read the
entire part of this if you are not familiar with modems and communication
programs.
If you are an advanced user you can probably guess what most functions
are used for and settle for the quick reference at Alt-Z and the help
lines at the buttom line in the menus.
^hMouse^n
The mouse system in Terminate will give you some nice features and allow
you to actually move around easily in menus and start download without
even touching the keyboard. You must have installed a mouse driver, like
MOUSE.COM v8.20 (MicroSoft) or LMOUSE.COM v6.10 (LogiTech) or simular.
Old mouse drivers may conflict with the communication driver, so if your
screen messes up, try turning off the mouse and see if that works, then
try using another mouse driver.
In menus pressing left button will be the same as pressing return on that
line, right button will simulate the escape key and will leave the menu.
In terminal mode left button on an empty line will send a return
(Ascii 13). Right button on an empty line will send a space (Ascii 32)
Pressing on any character on the terminal screen, will send the
character as you typed it yourself. You do not have to hit the character
directly, if you press on a blank place, Terminate will find the nearest
character on the screen and send that instead of the space.
The mouse can be turned on/off in the Toggles menu.
Send 'F'
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ScreenLine = ' M Messages F Files '
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Send 'M' Send 's'
Pressing right button in the statusline will allow you to toggle between
3 different statusbars, allowing you to send all possible characters.
If you hold down one of the buttons, and mark a piece of the line, the
marked piece will be send to the modem. Useful if a BBS program wants
you to type an areaname the shown on the screen.
^bAlt-A^n
Calls the external editor, could be Q.EXE (Qedit) or whatever editor
you might like to start.
^bAlt-B^n (^hShift-CursorUp^n, ^hAlt-CursorUp^n)
Scrollback buffer. Terminate will save the last incoming screen in
a special buffer. The size of the buffer can be set in the configuration
you should descrease it if you are running short of memory. Both Text
and colors are saved in this buffer.
^bAlt-C^n
Clears screen, sets default colors and cleans up.
^bAlt-D^n
The dialing directory. From here you can store all you phonenumber and
all kind of information. The phonebook also holds information on how much
your phonebill will be for each month one year back.
^bAlt-E^n
Toggles local echo. Local echo is sometimes also called ^hDUPLEX^n.
Local echo off = Full duplex
Local echo on = Half duplex
When local echo is on, the characters will echo onto the screen. If you
have a modem connected, you will see the characters 2 times every time
you press a key. You normally always use local echo off (Full duplex)
^bAlt-F^n
The filemanager, will take care of you every need managing files,
directories, calling external utilities. It has almost every function
that Norton Commander has and a little more.
^bAlt-G^n
Scripts are not ready yet
^bAlt-H^n
Hangs up the phone. The way to hangup is determined in the modem & dialing
menu. You can also set a toggle so you will be asked to confirm hangup,
before actually hanging up.
^bAlt-I^n
Screen image. Will save the current screen in the capture file. Default
called TERMINAT.CAP. You can define other capture files for each
phonebook entry and the current capture file will always be used to save
images.
^bAlt-J^n
Calls COMMAND.COM (COMSPEC) and invokes a dos-shell, you can set
Terminate up to not swap out memory first. Type ^hEXIT^n to return.
^bAlt-K^n
String grabber. Grabs any string and saves it in the history strings.
You can adjust the grab size by pressing Shift and move cursor keys
right or left. You can use this function EVERYWHERE in Terminate.
So if you call a system, and wants to remember a phonenumber: Grab
the number, go into the phonebook, add a new entry, edit phonenumber,
press cursor up the recall the grabbed number. With this function
you will save thousands of small pieces of paper on your desk.
^bAlt-L^n
Opens or closes the current capture file, the capture files can be
defined for each phonebook entry. If you define a capture file and
call a system, the capture file will be opened at connect. You can turn
the auto-capture system off by pressing Alt-0 and turn it off allways
in Toggles. You can also force Terminate to always overwrite old capture
files by turning on a toggle.
^bAlt-M^n
^m╒╡^t Miscellaneous functions ^m╞╕
│ ^nSend ^bm^nodem init string ^m│
│ ^nSend ^ba^nuto-answer string ^m│
│ ^b2^n5 lines ^m│
│ ^b4^n3/50 lines ^m│
├───────────────────────────┤
│ ^bS ^nTseng 4000 100x40 ^m│
│ ^bO ^nXGA 132x25 ^m│
│ ^bE ^nReset 80x25 ^m│
├───────────────────────────┤
│ ^bH^nostmode ^m│
│ ^bC^nhoose char to send ^m│
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^bm^n Initialize modem again
^ba^n Pick up phone (send the auto answer string)
^b2^n Switch to 25 lines screen mode
^b4^n If EGA then switch to 43 lines, if VGA then 50 lines
^bS^n Startup screen mode if using custom screen modes
^bO^n Another definable screen mode
^bE^n Mode to use when exiting Terminate and using custom mode
^bH^n Startup hostmode, look in configuration for more information
You can also start the hostmode directly: TERMINAT /HOST
^bC^n Choose a char from the ascii selector to send directly to port
^bAlt-N^n
Sends the user name from the current user profile. You will normally use
this function places where Terminate could not log in automatically.
^bAlt-O^n
All the configuration menus.
^bAlt-P^n
Quick change of device, comport, baudrate, databits, parity, stopbit.
You can also save the chosen setup directly as the default startup
settings.
^bAlt-Q^n
Quits current autologin script. If you see a flashing ^h^fA^n in the
statusline and Terminate did not login probably. You should try correcting
the login scripts in the configuration menus or turn them off.
^bAlt-R^n
Download Paths. Terminate has 3 download paths available. At startup
number 1 will always be default. But you can change this manually or
change it for each phone entry.
^bAlt-S^n
Send password. If you have called up a system then the password from
the phonebook is send. If that password will be blank then the default
password from the current userprofile will be send.
^bAlt-T^n
Change the current terminal emulation. The first one called
'Avatar/0* with Ansi-BBS fallback' could be used on most systems to
allow you both to run Avatar and ANSI at the same time. Terminal
emulation is the functions the handle how the control codes and colors,
are processed and printed on the screen.
^bAlt-U^n
System information. Will tell you many many thing about your system.
Which multitasker, processor, graphics card, etc.
^bAlt-V^n
Enter a DOS command manually. You can turn off swapping in the
configuration if you don't want to swap first.
^bAlt-W^n
Translate editor. Handles how characters are changed before they are
send to the remote system or what to change before printing the character
on the screen. The function is mostly used when calling Host machines
or systems that cannot handle 8-bit characters.
^bAlt-Y^n
Chat mode. When having a connect with another Terminate and you press
Alt-Y. Terminate will send '**EMSI_CHTF5D4'+#13 to the other end. This is
normally used by IEMSI sessions, but a Terminate will change in the
other end automatically, also when NOT in IEMSI mode. When you press
Alt-Y again to exit chatmode the string '**EMSI_TCH3C60'+#13 will be
send to the other end and the other end will also exit the chatter.
Chatmode works just like a terminal emulation so you can use all other
functions while you are chatting, like starting to upload/download.
^bAlt-X^n
Exit Terminate. A function you hopefully only will use once a day :-)
If you are online (Carrier detected) you will be asked what to do.
Exit, Hangup & exit or not exit. You can also turn on a toggle that
will ask you if you are sure you want to exit Terminate.
^bAlt-Z^n
Quick reference menu. Here you can see a short description of all
functions. And see which functions that are ^hOn^n or ^hOff^n.
^bAlt-=^n
Load a keyboard table. The key on the keyboard can change on some
international keyboards. It is the key next to the ^hBACKSPACE^n
hold down Alt and press the = (the key to the right of the backspace).
Keyboards can be customized in the configuration. You can setup a
default keyboard for each terminal emulation, but you can also
specify a keyboard file to be loaded for each phonebook entry.
^bCtrl-End^n
Will send a break to the other end. Break are rarely used anymore, but
Terminate will both detect and send breaks. A break is a condition in
which the data line is filled with zero bits for as long as it takes
to send one character. Some switchboards will need a break to hangup
the line. It can also be used to reset the buffers in your modem, if
the modem has been setup to act that way. But still if you are not an
advanced user you will never use this.
^bScrollLock^n
Doorway mode. This is a special mode to allow you to send keyboard
scan codes, instead of normal ascii characters. The statusline will
be removed so the entire screen can be used. If you need to use a
menu, you must first disable Doorway mode, use the menu and enable
Doorway mode again. The reason is that when you press for example
Alt-O then scancode for Alt-O is send and the remote site can use
the Alt-O as a key pressed at the remote site. The technical idea
behind this Doorway mode is quite simple.
If normal ascii character then send character
else if special key send a Ascii 0, send scancode.
^bPageDown^n
Download. Here you can select which protocol you want to use for the
filetransfer. Download means recieve file. A file-protocol is a way
of sending/recieving data so the remote site and we can transfer
files between the 2 sites. Zmodem is used on most system and is the
to use for normal users.
^bPageUp^n
Upload. When you want to send a file to the remote site, you will have
to use a file protocol. First you will be placed in the filemanager.
From here you can select file or files (if the file-protocol allows batch
transfers, meaning more than 1 file at the time). Just press ^hRETURN^n on
the selected file then the transfer will start. If you are using a batch
protocol, lets say zmodem, then you can select several files by marking
the files first. You can select files in both windows.
^hAlt-1..Alt-0 is toggles that can be set permanent in the configuration^n
^bAlt-1^n
Turns beeps/alarms/alerts on/off
^bAlt-2^n
Turns ANSI music on/off. If any remote site have ANSI music they will
be played. Terminate support full ANSI music. Pressing Alt-2 while
music is playing will reset the music buffer.
^bAlt-3^n
Turn the statusline on/off. You can select in Emulation setup if you
do not want to have the statusline, but since the statusline gives you
important information you should not need to turn it off.
^bAlt-4^n
The usage log is normally always turned on at startup, so you later can
see where you have called and which files you have downloaded. But you
can turn it off here, if there is a reason for not having something logged.
^bAlt-5^n
You can add linefeeds when Terminate recieves a carriage return (ascii 13).
This is normally not used and should default always be turned off.
^bAlt-6^n
Turn on/off IEMSI logins. The IEMSI logins will allow you to fast login to
systems that supports IEMSI (RemoteAccess, SuperBBS, Maximus, EzyCom).
You can setup options to rescan files, screen clear etc. before calling
the system. Look in the Users/IEMSI setup for more information.
^bAlt-7^n
Toggle if you want the statusline to show information about the CTRL-keys
This can be turned off if you think it is annoying that it changes all the
time, if you use the CTRL key a lot in terminal mode. You can turn this
off in the configuration.
^bAlt-8^n
Turn on/off information in statusline about the Alt-F1..Alt-F10 keys.
There is normally no reason for turning this off, but you can do that
if you like.
^bAlt-9^n
Turn on/off information about the Ctrl-Shift-F1, which will show you
the short term of your external utilities. There is no reason for
turning this off.
^bAlt-0^n
Auto capture on/off. If you have defined a capture file for the phonebook
entry you have dialed, the capture file will be opened automatically at
connect. If you don't want to capture anything you can turn the auto
function off.
^bAlt-F1^n
Will toggle the information in the statusline to the left.
The startup setting and how to change on connect can be setup in
configuration. It has 3 states.
^hAlt-Z for help^n Just help information
^hdsrdtr cd sdrd ctsrtsri^n Modem lights, capital letters mean
that the line is high. If cd is in
big letters 'CD' then carrier detect
on the modem is high (red/on).
^hSystem name^n Name of the system called or manual
if the connection was not made by the
dialer.
^bAlt-F2^n
Will toggle the information in the statusline to the right.
The startup setting and how to change on connect can be setup in
configuration. It has 3 states.
^hTime^n Current local time
^hOnline time^n How many minutes you have been online
^hCosts^n How much money have you used this call
^bAlt-F3^n
Pause. Many systems will log you off if you don't do anything for 2-3
minutes. This function will allow you to send a predefined character
every X second, to make the system in the other end think you are active.
The default is to send a RETURN (ascii 13) every 30 second. This is
usefull if the doorbell rings and you have just been connected to a
very busy system, which you have tried to get into the last hour. And
now you will not risk getting logged off.
^bAlt-F4^n
Will show you the same information as you see just right after an IEMSI
connection. It will tell you exactly which BBS system and version number
the remote is running. Also the system name, sysop name, location and
what the local time at the remote place.
^bAlt-F5^n
File tagger. This function will identify possible filenames anywhere on
the screen. You can tag the files you want to download, then you will not
have to write the name down on paper. You can also use the scrollback
buffer ^hAlt-B^n and tag files from there.
^bAlt-F6^n
Tagmenu. When you have tagged some files, and selected protocol at the
remote site, then you will normally be asked about the files to download.
The tagmenu have stored all the files you wanted and will send the
filenames, so you will not have to do this manually. The tagmenu has also
many many more functions.
^bAlt-F7^n
Point system. The point system is a system were you can send/get mail or
files. It can connect to any other program using a mailer that has EMSI.
At the present time: Frontdoor, d'Bridge, Binkley, Portal of Power etc.
Note that you will not actually get online to the system, but only connect
to the other ends mail system. From here you can ^hrequest^n files from
that system, without even getting online. You can also write a netmail
directly to sysops. But please refer to the point manual for more.
^bAlt-F8^n
System searcher, will allow you to scan a predefined list of numbers.
You could take a BBS list and let Terminate find out if the systems
still are available.
^bAlt-F9^n
History strings.
Here you can edit, send old strings to the modem. Everytime you edit
a string anywhere in Terminate, the last strings will be saved and
you can recall old string in an input field, by pressing Cursor Up/Down.
You can also turn on command history, which will allow you in terminal
mode to save every line you type. RETURN will edit the strings, and
SPACE will send the string to the modem.
^bAlt-F10^n
CD Audio player. If you have an audio CD, and have installed MSCDEX
(Microsoft CD Extension). Then you will be able to play normal music
CD's. You can view the start and length of every number on the CD.
^hNETWORK^n
To use Terminate on a network drive you must set the file to be shareable.
With Novell you can use the FLAG command. ^hFLAG TERMINAT.EXE sro^n, then
the file will be set to shareable/readonly.
On networks that does not support sharing directly like Lantastic, you
must load the SHARE.EXE on the server ONLY. A lot of people think they
must load SHARE.EXE on the work stations also. But this is a mistake!!!!
SHARE.EXE should only be loaded on machines that allow others to access
the harddisk. So if you have a workstation that only access the server,
you should NEVER waste memory on loading SHARE.EXE. Unfortunately a lot
of programmers has misunderstood this idea and demands that SHARE is
present.
The only problem that occurs when running Terminate from several stations
at one time is that you cannot write to the same logfile. This can be
helped by either turning the logfile off or set an environment variabel
in your AUTOEXEC.BAT like this
SET NET=1
Then define TERMINA%NET%.LOG then when opening the logfile TERMINA1.LOG
will be used. If SET NET=2 then TERMINA2.LOG etc. will be used.
Note that Terminate always will replace environment variabels with the
correct values.
You can also use different configuration files using this system.
TERMINAT /C:TERMINA%NET%.CFG
Then TERMINA1.CFG will be used for this station, if SET NET=2 then
TERMINA2.CFG will be used. If you are a network administrator then i bet
you have had these problems with configuration files many times before,
but this should solve any problem that you might get.
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Terminate may NEVER be sold by people that sells shareware for profits,
unless they have a written permission from the author.
Terminate may not be placed in any software library, unless written
permision from the author. You may place Terminate on free discs you
send out to customers.
To get all this short: No one other than Bo Bendtsen and the registration
sites may charge money for TERMINATE.
Special thanks to the following in alphabetical order.
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Bj¢rn L¢ndahl Information on how the point system should work
Carsten Milling Language consultant
Colin O'brien For making the final startup screen
Erik Andersen For selling me cheap hardware
Finn Johansen 1000 ideas. (^h^fAt least^n) and moral support
Gregory P. Smith For making the Avatar module
Jesper Larsen For all his very good ideas
Keld R. Hansen Sourcecodes and information
Lars Nyby For making nice tunes
Mads Storm Garf, Barp, Gnyf etc.
Michael Rochman It is expensive calling from US
Pia M¢ller For accepting my endless coding hours.
Preben Eriksen For making Terminate demos
Shin Do Juku My martial arts club, Shin Do Ken Kempo (Kungfu)
S¢ren Ager Sourcecodes and for staying in Danenet
Thomas Bj¢rk For ideas, bugfixes, complaints
Turbo Power For making Async professional
And lots of other people for supporting this product. I will never claim
that I have gotten all the ideas, off course a lot, but the main reason
that Terminate has so many features is all those (maybe you?), that has
demanded options and features.
The following products are trademarked
Product Author
───────────────────── ────────────────────────────────────────────
Binkley Bit Bucket
Frontdoor Joho
Norton Commander Peter Norton
PCPLUS/Procomm DataStorm Technologies
Pavatar Gregory P. Smith
Portal of Power JydeTeam
Qmodem The Forbin Project Inc. / Mustang Software
Telemate White River Software
Telix DeltaComm Dev.
Terminate Bo Bendtsen
d'Bridge Chris Irwin