home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
SPACE 1
/
SPACE - Library 1 - Volume 1.iso
/
telecomm
/
295
/
vterm4
/
transfer.doc
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1992-03-02
|
5KB
|
95 lines
Brief docs for TRANSFER.ACC
(Complete docs and WXYTR/TRANSFER program and support files are available
on my BBS in TRANS127.ARC - Van)
TRANSFER.ACC DESK ACCESSORY
VT-52 Emulation:
Click on VT-52 and the screen will be cleared and you will be able to manually
send and recieve data just like the emulator.acc. You can also use F1 to
capture incoming data (into a file, no buffer), and F10 will close the file.
Additionally, the arrow keys will send VT-52 type codes (esc-A for uparrow,
etc.) and the Clr/Home key will send a break (if you have SET 1:0,7:8, this
will get back to Telenet). Undo exits the emulator (the screen will be lost).
Characters with their 8th bit set will be displayed in reverse video.
Port Setting:
Click on Config, then set the baud rate, parity, etc. you desire.
If you have a resource construction set, you can change the preselected
configuration by setting the buttons you want to default in the .rsc file.
Otherwise this information is not saved when changed and the port will be
set upon boot-up to 1200, 8n1, no-flow, but will probabaly be overridden
by any communications program.
Phone (chatting):
Click on phone, any recieved characters will be displayed in the top window,
and any characters you type will be sent AND be displayed in the bottom
window. Wordwrap is implemented. This is useful if calling a friend instead
of a BBS.
Up/Downloading:
1. click on send if you want to send, or recieve if you want to recieve.
if sending...
2. click on the variant, Xmodem, Ymodem, Ymodem 1K (for Forem type systems),
or Accelerate. WXmodem will automatically be detected from Xmodem.
3. if your reciever is out of spec, and requires either CRC or Checksum
click on the Force Option. (some Atari 8 bit machines require these).
4. if you are sending many files, or one in batch, click batch, otherwise
click OK. If you wish to abort, click cancel.
5. a File Selector box will appear. Click on each file you want - and click
on OK, If sending batch, click on OK for each file, then on cancel to
start the batch send.
6. A box will appear giving a last chance to cancel, otherwise you may choose
to send a yes/no to the BBS to start the transfer. This way you can stop
at "READY FOR TRANSFER (Y/N)?" on citadels, then provide the "Y", or at
"is the file longer than XXX bytes" on Forem (send N<cr>) so you will have
more time to use the selector boxes.
7. the file(s) will be sent - the progress will appear in a dialog box with
alert boxes upon completion. The length of the file will be displayed.
if receiving...
2. click on WXmodem if you desire this protocol (or SEAlink).
3. if using X/Y modem, click on "quick & dirty" if you are downloading small
files on a reliable line - it will send the ack early, but will cancel
the transfer if even one bad block is found.
4. Click on Force Checksum if you don't want CRC to be tried (for some out
of spec programs). Click overwrite if you wish recieved files to
replace existing files if the filenames are the same. (Some Atari 8 bit)
5. Click Batch for batch transfers, or OK - a batch transfer will force batch
mode in either case (required for SEAlink).
6. A File selector box will appear. Select the directory for the files to
go into, and the name the file should take if it is not a batch transfer
(a default name if Batch is not working from the senders end).
7. A box will appear giving a last chance to cancel, otherwise you may choose
to send a yes/no to the BBS to start the transfer. This way you can stop
at "READY FOR TRANSFER (Y/N)?" on citadels, then provide the "Y" from this
dialog box.
8. A dialog box will monitor the progress, with alert boxes when done or
aborted. In batch, the expected length of the file will be displayed.
NOTE: The ABORT button on the progress dialog functions only with the mouse.
Move the mouse into the box and click. Hold the button down - it
may take several seconds to be recognized.
SEAlink has been added as a recieve option. Simply select it as you would
WXmodem recieve, and always specify batch and proceed as for batch.
Config will allow you to set the port. It comes up as 1200 baud, 8 bits,
no parity, 1 stop. You can change it to what is needed.
VT-52 emulation has been added. It does the normal ASCII keyboard, and in
addition sends the proper codes for the arrow keys, and the Clr/Home will
send a Break condition. F1 will open a file and capture any data (up to
4K) recieved so far, and any additional until F10 or Undo is pressed.
F10 simply closes the file, Undo will also exit.