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Telemate 4.11     17 June, 1993
===============================

Telemate 4.11 is now available in the following BBSs as TM411-1.ZIP,
TM411-2.ZIP, TM411-3.ZIP and TM411-4.ZIP or .ARJ's.

 Land of the Gypsy's  Oregon,   USA    ---- 503-297-0626 14400 V32bis
 Late Night BBS  (*)  New York, USA    ---- 315-564-5700 14400 HST/ds
 PC Connect      (*)  Toronto,  Canada ---- 416-733-9052  2400
 User To User #1      Dallas,   USA    ---- 214-492-6565 14400 HST/ds
 User To User #2      Dallas,   USA    ---- 214-492-5695  9600 V32

 (*) Real name logon only. "Telemate Telemate" logon not supported.

In CompuServe, you will find TM4111.ZIP, TM4112.ZIP, TM4113.ZIP and
TM4114.ZIP in IBMCOM forum Library 3/Comm program.

In Internet, you can obtain TM411-1.ZIP, TM411-2.ZIP, TM411-3.ZIP and
TM411-4.ZIP in MSDOS directory of WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL [192.88.110.20]
through FTP.

All ZIP files are compressed using PKZIP v2.04g and come with
an Authenticity Verification with our name and address in it.

The phone directory SUPPORT.FON is added so that you can access our
support BBS and distribute sites easier.


How to Register
===============

You can now register Telemate with your credit card through the Public
(Software) Library at 1-800-2424-775 or 1-713-524-6394 (order only
please) or write to

           Public (Software) Library
           P.O. Box 35705
           Houston, TX 77235-5705
           USA

For cheque or money order registration, please send it to

           White River Software
           P.O.Box 73031
           Limeridge Mall Postal Outlet
           Hamilton, Ont. L9A 5H7
           Canada

CompuServe users can register Telemate and GIFLink through CompuServe's
new shareware registration service. Please go to the SWREG forum and
search for Telemate and GIFLink.

Telemate Germany edition is also available from MicroServe GmbH. Please
refer to the registration form for more details.

           MicroServe GmbH
           Postfach 13 68
           D-28860 Lilienthal (bis 30.6.93 gilt die alte Postleitzahl 2804)
           Germany
           Tel: [phone]
           Fax: [phone]   M.I.X Support Mailbox: 04298/30086


Distribution Sites
==================

Thank you for many generous sysops, we are expanding our distribution
network. On most distribution sites, you can simply log on with the
user name 'Telemate Telemate' and the password 'telemate'. Then you
will be able to download the Telemate files at the first call. You can
also F'REQ from them with the magic name 'TELEMATE'. The following
distirbution sites are listed in the phone directory SUPPORT.FON.

 ----- DISTRIBUTE SITE -----
 Coastline File Exchange         [phone]     14400 V32bis
 Egghead's Place                 [phone]     16800 V32bis/HST
 Jesus Is Lord BBS               [phone]      9600 V32bis
 Midwest BBS                     [phone]      9600 V32
 The Abyss                       [phone]      9600 V32
 The Agency BBS                  [phone]     14400 V32bis
 The Bloom County                [phone]     14400 V32bis
 The Freq Shop BBS               [phone]     14400 V32bis/HST
 The Agency BBS                  [phone]     14400 V32bis
 The Hideaway!                   [phone]     14400 V32bis
 The Quantum BBS                 [phone]     14400 V32bis

 ----- FIDONET F'REQ -----
 Coastline File Exchange         Fido 1:102/517
 Egghead's Place                 Fido 1:2410/297
 Land of the Gypsy's             Fido 1:105/18
 The Agency BBS                  Fido 1:372/51
 The Bloom County                Fido 1:2410/400
 The Freq Shop BBS               Fido 1:2201/29
 The Hideaway!                   Fido 1:2330/4
 The Quantum BBS                 Fido 1:261/1098


Installing a new Telemate
=========================

The following steps show how to install Telemate on the C drive of your
hard disk drive. You can use any other drive by substituting the letter
of your drive in place of C in the example below.

 1) Make a subdirectory for the Telemate files by typing MD \TM.
 2) Change to the Telemate directory by typing CD \TM.
 3) Copy all Telemate files to C:\TM.
 4) Start the installation program TMINST.EXE and set up your Telemate.

Now you are ready to run Telemate TM.EXE.


Upgrading from v3.xx and v4.00 to v4.11
=======================================

    Upgrading from v3.xx and 4.00 is sample, you can replace the following
    files with the new ones

        TM.EXE          the main program
        TM.OVL          the main program (overlay)
        TM.RES          the resource file
        TM.HLP          the help file
        TMINST.EXE      the installation program
        HOST.SCR        the host script (inside HOST.EXE)
        HCONFIG.SCR     the host configuration script (inside HOST.EXE)

    Then run "UPGRADE TM.CFG" to upgrade your configuration file to the
    new format.

    The old script files (both *.SCR and *.TMS) are compatible with the
    new ones. However, a v4.11 script may not run correctly in an older
    version if the script contains the new "QUERY QUOTESTRING, ..." and
    "SET QUOTESTRING, ..." commands.

    If you want to use the GIFLink X/Y/Zmodem/QuickB protocol driver,
    you should also copy

        GIFLINK.EXE     the main GIFLink program
        GIFLINK.DOC     the document
        GKZ-U.BAT       the upload batch file for GIFLink's Zmodem
        GKZ-D.BAT       the download batch file for GIFLink's Zmodem
        GK-QB.BAT       the upload and download batch file for QuickB
        TM.CFG          the new TM.CFG with GIFLink defined


What's new in Telemate
======================

. Multiple upload directories can be defined by adding ';' between the
  directories. If a file is not found in the first directory, Telemate
  will search the second and so on. If the file name contains wildcard
  characters, the search will stop when a match is found. For example,
  if the upload directory is
    C:\TM\UL\;C:\QWK\
  specifying *.* will only upload all the files in C:\TM\UL\.

. Multiple download directories can be defined by adding ';' between
  the directories with the wildcard between '(' and ')'. You can
  specify multiple wildcards for the same directory by adding ','
  between the wildcards. For example, if the download directory is
    C:\TM\DL\;C:\QWK\(*.QW?);C:\PIC\(*.GIF,*.PCX)
  *.QW? files are put into the C:\QWK\ directory, *.GIF and *.PCX
  are put into the C:\PIC\ directory, and all other files are put
  into the C:\TM\DL\ directory.

. Batch upload status.
. Batch Zmodem download status (if remote protocol drivers transmit the
  information, such drivers include DSZ and GSZ).
. High IRQ support, run TMINST.EXE to select IRQ number and interrupt
  number.
. Initial guessing supports "By: ".
. Hot key to the screen saver [Alt `].
. Add remaining transfer time in the screen saver.
. Video Cache option which update the screen every several lines (best
  for Windows, OS/2 or slower machine with high speed modem).
. Give up timeslice to OS/2 and Windows directly if not downloading.
. Remove "phantom drive" from the file directory dialog.
. Avatar emulation now turns off XON/XOFF flow control automatically.
. VGA 40 line screen height.

. TMScript adds two commands:
    SET QUOTESTRING, "..."
    QUERY QUOTESTRING, "..."
. WIDTH.SCR is added to help setting up 132 column mode.
. The host script is modified to adopt multiple directories. However, only
  the first directory is used.
. The host script now produces three usage logs:
    "Host: Begin session"
    "Host: Connect to user name"
    "Host: End session"

. TMSTAT calcuates total host session time.


What's fixed
============

. Auto Redial function did not work correctly if the user hangs up
  manually and the modem hangup string contains a delay.
. The Clear Screen toggle in phone directory did not work the same way
  the Clear Screen function worked.
. Zmodem recovery with date check is fixed, previously it may
  not recover even if the date check pass.
. File name conversion did not convert ".login"-type file to a valid
  DOS file name.
. Extended pacing did not work.
. The Log Filter did not strip off ASCII 0.
. The Save function in the editor caused a share violation if the
  Backup Source option is turned off.
. The Cut item was in the View menu.
. The DIR command in the DOS command window might display a false label.
. The INS command in the DOS command window did not work with ARJ 2.39.
. The screen update function did not work correctly under DesqView.
. Keystroke macro did not work when dialing.
. A bug in TMScript STRINS command is fixed.
. The READ command in TMScript can now read a string up to 512 bytes.
. The name of a printed phone directory produced by TMPHONE had one
  character missing.


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Telemate 4.00     5 January, 1993
=================================

What's new in Telemate
======================

. Quick dial: Pressing [Ins] in the dial window replaces the dial
  list with the entry under the dial bar and starts dialing.

. When it is dialing, the [Ins] key inserts the entry under the dial
  bar to the end of the dial list. This allows you to easily add
  entries to the dial list without stopping the dialing process.

. Quick search in the Dial window no longer needs the [Ctrl] key.
  For example, pressing the [D] key now jumps to the next entry that
  start with a 'D'.

. The phone entry dialog allows an external protocol to be defined
  as the default protocol.

. VT102 now have an improved transparent print routine.

. VT102 supports <esc>[<ascii code>g, a non-standard code that
  display <ascii code> as the ASCII character.

. Select multiple files with [Spacebar] in MULTIPLE directories when
  uploading.

. In the file dialog, the whole file name field is erased if the
  first input character is '\'. This allows you to input a full path
  name quickly.

. Zmodem download adds a Skip function. If you select the Skip button
  after you press [Esc], the current file is skipped and the next file
  begins immediately without interrupting the download process.

. A date check is added to Zmodem recovery. A file with a different
  date (e.g. a QWK mail package) will not be resumed but will be
  renamed.

. New entries in the DSZ.LOG are imported to TM.USE automatically after
  an external protocol is called and the SUCCESS variable in TMScript
  reports the correct status.

. Backspace is stripped from the log file when the Log Filter is on.

. The first 2 characters are used in the guessed initial if the
  person's name has only one word.

. The default TM.CFG now have CTS/RTS flow control turned on and have
  GIFLink set up as protocol 'F' for Zmodem and 'Q' for CIS QuickB.

. More DesqView friendly, Telemate will give up control to the
  multitasker when it is idle.

. Host script allows open and close system.

. RTS/CTS is now ON by default in TM.CFG


What's fixed
============

. The /N option did not work if /T is used as well.
. When the dial list was deleted, a random number appeared in
  the dial list.
. A closed log file was not saved into disk until the user exited
  Telemate.
. Ymodem-G did not send files smaller than 1024 bytes.
. DOS command window did not allow ASCII 128-255 characters.
. Space was not allowed in the password macro.
. Set AddLineFeed did not work in script.
. Query LastCall did not return the actual date of the last call.


Introducing GIFLink
===================

In this release, we introduce GIFLink - a X/Y/Zmodem/QuickB protocol
driver that displays transmitting GIF images in stunning SuperVGA
graphics! It is the first protocol driver that uses full screen computer
graphics in SuperVGA mode.

GIFLink is distributed with Telemate as the 4th package and it is also
available as a stand-alone Shareware. Telemate registered users are
entitled to a special discount for GIFLink registration.

. When transfering GIF files, GIFLink shows the GIF images in the
  optimal size so that the full image always fits in the screen. It
  also displays a number of useful information such as COM port, baud
  rate, estimated transfer time, average cps, image resolutions, etc.

. GIFLink supports most of the popular file transfer protocols such as
  Zmodem, Batch Ymodem, Ymodem-G, Ymodem, Xmodem and CompuServe QuickB.
  If the files being transmitted are not GIF images, GIFLink will work
  just like a normal protocol driver. So GIFLink will transmit any
  files, not just GIF images.

. Not only can GIFLink shows the GIF images while you are transmitting
  them, it has a special VIEW mode so that you can look at the received
  GIF images in a slideshow format or preview the images you are going
  to sent.

. Almost all SuperVGA adapters and VESA compatible adapters are
  supported in 256 color mode or 64 grey-scale level up to 1024x768.
  Standard VGA is also allowed in 16 grey-scale level.

. GIFLink supports connection through its own COM interrupt routine,
  FOSSIL driver or BIOS INT 14H, 16550 FIFO, non-standard COM port
  address and IRQ, slow handshake and many more options.

. GIFLink provides direct Telemate support and optionally reads TM.CFG
  and writes TM.USE. Most DSZ environment variables are accepted as
  well.