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╤╫╦IE V3.1 ─OCS/╨AGE 1
╤╫╦IE V3.1 ─OCS
╨LEASE NOTE: ╘HIS COPY OF ╤╫╦IE IS SHAREWARE. ╔F YOU FIND
IT USEFUL, REGISTER IT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR UPGRADES. ╫ITH
EVERY MESSAGE YOU POST WILL BE A NOTICE THAT YOU ARE USING
SOFTWARE THAT YOU HAVE NOT PAID FOR.
╘O REGISTER, SEND $17 ╒╙ ($19 ╒╙ FOR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS)
TO:
┴RTHUR ═OORE
828 ╬ ╚UDSON ╙T
╧RLANDO, ╞╠ ╒╙┴ 32808-7555
╔NCLUDE THE NAME AND HANDLE YOU USE ONLINE FOR PROPER
REGISTRATION.
╥EACH ME ONLINE FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS:
╞IDONET: ┴RTHUR ═OORE @1:363/225
1:363/91
OR VIA THE ├┬═ ECHO.
╥IME: ┴RTHUR ═OORE VIA ├OMMON OR 64/128 ECHOES.
╔NTERNET: ARTMOORE@STARDUST.OAU.ORG
ARTMOORE@KEN1010.OAU.ORG
╔ CAN ALSO READ THE ├┬═ ╒SENET FEED, BUT CANNOT REPLY.
╔NCLUDED WITH ╤╫╦IE V3.1 ARE:
┬╧╧╘ 3.1 - ╘HE BOOT FILE FOR ╤╫╦IE. ╘HIS PROGRAM LOADS
╤╫╦IE'S REQUIRED FILES (╤╫╦╔┼.╞╧╬╘80, ╤╫╦╔┼ 3.1).
╤╫╦╔┼.╞╧╬╘80 - ╘HIS IS AN ABRIDGED VERSION OF ╞╧╬╘80.┴╬╙╔
╫╔─┼ FROM ╬ICK ╥OSSI'S ╬OVATERM 9.3. ╒SED WITH PERMISSION.
╤╫╦╔┼ 3.1 - ╘HE MAIN PROGRAM.
╤╫╦╔┼.─┼-┴╥├ - ╘HIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ├╙╪.┬┴╙ (FOUND IN
├╙╪01.╙─┴, NOT INCLUDED). ╘HIS WILL AUTOMATE THE DISSOLVING
OF THE NECESSARY FILES FROM THE MAIL PACKET. ╫HILE IT IS
NOT NECESSARY TO USE THIS FILE, IT DOES ALLOW FOR UNATTENDED
OPERATION. ╨LACE THIS ON THE SAME DISK AS ├╙╪01.
╤╫╦╔┼.┌╔╨╨┼╥ - ┼XTERNAL .┌╔╨ STORAGE OF MAIL REPLIES. ╔T
WAS A LAST MINUTE-JOB, BUT A ┌╔╨ ROUTINE WAS INCLUDED IN
V3.1. ╘HIS EXTERNAL VERSION RUNS A BIT QUICKER SINCE IT
MUST ONLY READ THE .MSG ONCE (THE FILE IS BUFFERED IN
MEMORY). ┼XCEPT FOR THE FILE BUFFERING, THIS EXTERNAL
┌╔╨PER IS CODED IDENTICALLY TO THE ROUTINE IN THE MAIN
PROGRAM.
╒╬┌╔╨64 PROBLEMS:
╘O DATE, ╔ HAVE NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH ╒╬┌╔╨64. ╔T SEEMS
FILES ╙╘╧╥┼─ WITHIN THE MAIL PACKET DO NOT UNZIP PROPERLY.
╒SUALLY THE ONLY FILES THAT ARE ╙╘╧╥┼─ ARE .╬─╪ FILES FOR
CONFERENCES WITH VERY FEW MESSAGES IN THEM. ╤╫╦IE WILL
CRASH WHEN READING MESSAGES FROM SUCH CONFERENCES, SO
BEWARE. ═Y PERSONAL ROUTINE FOR TACKLING MAIL IS TO
DOWNLOAD THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND READ/REPLY TO THE
LOCAL MESSAGE GROUPS ONLINE. ╬OTE THAT THIS IS ONLY A
PROBLEM WITH ╒╬┌╔╨64.
├╙╪01 PROBLEMS:
╔ HAVE ONLY RECENTLY DISCOVERED A PROBLEM WITH THE ORIGINAL
╤╫╦╔┼ ─┼-┴╥├ PROGRAM AND THE ╨ROMAIL ╤╫╦ DOOR. ╔T SEEMS
THAT ╨ROMAIL SENDS AN EMPTY FILE FOR CONFERENCES WITH NO
MESSAGES IN THEM. ╫HEN ╔ DE-ARCED A MAIL PACKET TO MY ╥┼╒,
THE DIRECTORY LISTED THESE ZERO-LENGTH FILES AS 257 BLOCKS
LONG, EATING UP DISK SPACE ╤╒╔├╦╠┘. ╘HIS IS ONLY A PROBLEM
WITH ╥┴═─╧╙, HOWEVER ╔'VE FIXED THE CUSTOM DE-ARC ROUTINE TO
REJECT 0 LENGTH FILES.
╫HEN USED AFTER ╬OVATERM, ╔'VE FOUND IT NECESSARY TO EXECUTE
╙┘╙ 64738 (OR PRESS THE RESET KEY IF YOU HAVE ONE). ┘OU
WILL HAVE TO RELOAD ╥┴═─╧╙, HOWEVER (SELECT ╬ TO ╔NITIALIZE
╥AMDISK?).
╒SING ╤╫╦IE
╙╘╧╨! ╔F THE MAIL PACKET HAS NOT BEEN DISSOLVED, YOU MUST
DO SO FIRST!
═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒
╘O SELECT AN OPTION FROM THE MAIN MENU, USE ├╥╙╥ UP/DOWN TO
MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT BAR. ╨RESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ AT THE DESIRED
OPTION:
╥EAD MESSAGES - ╥EAD AND REPLY TO MESSAGES USING THE DEVICE
NUMBERS CURRENTLY SELECTED. ╔F EITHER THE MAILBAG OR
REPLIES DEVICE IS NOT PRESENT, ╤╫╦IE ABORTS THIS FUNCTION.
┼NTER NEW MESSAGE - ╨OST A MESSAGE TO ANY MESSAGE BASE FOUND
THE THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE.
┌╔╨ .MSG PACKET - ╨REPARES YOUR REPLIES FOR UPLOAD TO THE
┬┬╙. .═╙╟ FILES SHOULD NOT BE UPLOADED; ONLY .╥┼╨ FILES
(CREATED BY THIS ROUTINE).
═AILBAG DEVICE - ╨RESSING ╥┼╘╒╥╬ HERE INCREMENTS THE DEVICE
NUMBER TO WHICH ╤╫╦IE WILL LOOK FOR THE MAIL PACKET. ╥ANGES
FROM 8-15.
╥EPLIES DEVICE - ╙AME AS ABOVE. ╘HIS NUMBER SPECIFIES WHERE
╤╫╦IE WILL STORE YOUR OUTGOING POSTS AS WELL AS EXPORTED
MESSAGES.
─╧╙ ╫EDGE - ┼XECUTE ─╧╙ COMMANDS HERE.
╙ET DATE/TIME - ╙ET THE CURRENT DATE AND TIME. ╔F NOT SET,
╤╫╦IE SETS IT TO THE DATE AND TIME THE MAIL PACKET WAS
DOWNLOADED. (╔F YOU READ YOUR MAIL THE SAME DAY YOU DOWNLOAD
IT, THIS SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.)
40/80 COLUMNS - ╥┼╘╒╥╬ TOGGLES THE READ/REPLY OUTPUT TO/FROM
40 OR 80 COLUMNS.
┼XIT - ╥ETURNS TO ┬┴╙╔├
╥┼┴─╔╬╟ ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙:
╧NCE CHOSEN, ╤╫╦IE WILL SCAN THE MAILBAG DEVICE FOR
═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ AND THE .╬─╪ FILES. ╔F ┬╧╘╚ ARE NOT FOUND,
MESSAGES CANNOT BE READ. ┬E SURE THESE FILES ARE ON THE
SAME DISK.
╔F USING A FLOPPY DRIVE, ╤╫╦IE MUST SCAN THE DISK FOR THE
TRACK/SECTOR LAYOUT OF ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ (THIS IS NECESSARY FOR
QUICK LOCATION OF MESSAGES). ╧NCE DONE, ╤╫╦IE GENERATES THE
FILE ╤╫╦╔┼.╠╔╬╦╙, WHICH IS UNIQUE TO EACH DISK AND
═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘. ╘HEREFORE, ╤╫╦╔┼.╠╔╬╦╙ ═╒╙╘ ┬┼ ╥┼═╧╓┼─
WHENEVER A ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ FILE IS DISSOLVED FROM A MAIL
PACKET.
╧NCE COMPLETE, ╤╫╦IE WILL GENERATE A LIST OF CONFERENCES FOR
WHICH MESSAGES EXIST. ┴S WITH THE MAIN MENU, USE THE CURSOR
KEYS TO SELECT THE CONFERENCE YOU WISH TO READ AND SELECT
RETURN. ╙HOULD YOU RECEIVE A "╨┼╥╙╧╬┴╠.╬─╪" FILE, YOU MAY
SELECT ┴LL ╨ERSONAL ═AIL AND ALL MESSAGES POSTED TO YOU CAN
BE READ SEPERATELY. ╘HESE MESSAGES WILL ALSO SHOW UP IN
THEIR NORMAL CONFERENCES.
╧NCE A CONFERENCE IS CHOSEN, ╤╫╦IE FETCHES THE NUMBER OF
MESSAGES IN THE CONFERENCE AND THE LAST-READ MESSAGE
POINTER.
╙ELECT THE DIRECTION YOU WISH TO READ OR TO CONTINUE THE
PREVIOUS READ. ╔F THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF A MESSAGE
GROUP, CHOOSING CONTINUE WILL DO A FORWARD READ STARTING
WITH MESSAGE #1. ╘HE DEFAULT SELECTION IS ├╧╬╘╔╬╒┼.
╔F YOU HAVE SELECTED ╞WD OR ╥EV READ, YOU MUST NOW SELECT
THE MESSAGE NUMBER TO START READING. ╔F ZERO OR A NUMBER
LARGER THAN THE HIGHEST MESSAGE IS SELECTED, THE READ WILL
BE ABORTED AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RE-SELECT THE MESSAGE
BASE OR CHOOSE A DIFFERENT ONE.
╨AUSE AFTER EACH HEADER? ╔F YOU PRESS "Y", ╤╫╦IE WILL
DISPLAY THE MESSAGE HEADERS ONLY. ┴T THIS POINT, YOU MAY
PRESS "╬" TO SKIP TO THE NEXT MESSAGE, "╨" TO READ THE
PREVIOUS MESSAGE. "╔" SENDS YOU TTOO ╔NDEX MODE (SEE BELOW)
AND ╙╘╧╨ QUITS READING. ┴NY OTHER KEY WILL DISPLAY THE
MESSAGE.
╔F YOU DO NOT ANSWER "Y" AT THIS QUESTION, THE DEFAULT ╬O
WILL BE ASSUMED.
╥┼┴─ MODE BEGINS BY CLEARING THE SCREEN AND DISPLAYING THE
MESSAGE HEADER, INCLUDING THE MESSAGE BASE, ╘O, ╞ROM, ─ATE
AND ╙UBJECT INFORMATION. ╨RESS ╬ TO VIEW THE NEXT MESSAGE
IN THE DIRECTION YOU ARE READING, OR ╨ FOR THE PREVIOUS ONE.
╨RESSING ╙╘╧╨ WILL QUIT READING THIS CONFERENCE, SAVE YOUR
LAST READ MESSAGE POINTER AND RETURN YOU TO THE CONFERENCE
MENU.
┴NY OTHER KEY WILL DISPLAY THE MESSAGE ROUGHLY A PAGE AT A
TIME. ╘O SIGNIFY CONTINUED TEXT, A RED ═╧╥┼ PROMPT WILL
SHOW IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER. ╘O VIEW THE NEXT PAGE,
PRESS ANY KEY. ╘O ABORT THE VIEWING OF THE MESSAGE, PRESS
╙╘╧╨.
╔N 40 COLUMN MODE, THE NEXT PAGE OF TEXT WILL SCROLL ONTO
THE SCREEN. ╔N 80 COLUMNS, THE HEADER INFO WILL REMAIN
VISIBLE AS THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SCREEN IS CLEARED. ╘HE
NEXT PAGE OF TEXT WILL THEN APPEAR IN THIS AREA. ╘HIS
CONTINUES, PAGE AT A TIME, UNTIL THE ENTIRE MESSAGE HAS BEEN
READ. ╬╧╘┼: ╔T IS IMPORTANT TO READ THE ┼╬╘╔╥┼ MESSAGE IF
YOU PLAN ON REPLYING TO IT.
╧NCE THE MESSAGE IS COMPLETE, THE MESSAGE MENU APPEARS.
╞ROM IT, YOU MAY CHOOSE TO READ THE ╬EXT MESSAGE IN THE
DIRECTION YOU ARE READING (DEFAULT, JUST HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬), READ
THE ╨REVIOUS MESSAGE, OR READ THE CURRENT MESSAGE ┴GAIN.
╔N ADDITION, YOU MAY ─UMP THE MESSAGE TO THE PRINTER (DEVICE
#4). ╘EXT IS CONVERTED TO ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ AND SHOULD PRINT AS SEEN
IN 80 COLUMNS. ╔F YOU PREFER, SELECT ╪ TO EXPORT THE
MESSAGE TO THE REPLIES DEVICE. ┘OU MAY EXPORT THE MESSAGE
AS ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ FOR LATER VIEWING OR PRINTING. ╔F THE MESSAGE IS
A ╒╒ENCODED POST (COMP.BINARIES.CBM FOR EXAMPLE), YOU ═╒╙╘
EXPORT AS ┴╙├╔╔ TO PRESERVE THE FILE AS ENTERED.
┘OU MAY ALSO ENTER ─╧╙ BY PRESSING @ AT THIS MENU.
╙HOULD YOU REACH THE END OF MESSAGES, ╤╫╦IE WILL TELL YOU.
╨RESSING ╙╘╧╨ SAVES YOUR MESSAGE POINTER AND RETURNS YOU TO
THE CONFERENCE SELECT MENU.
╥┼╨╠┘/┼╬╘┼╥ ╬┼╫ ═┼╙╙┴╟┼
╘O REPLY TO A MESSAGE, CHOOSE ╥ FROM THE MESSAGE MENU. ╘O
ENTER A NEW MESSAGE, SELECT THIS OPTION FROM THE MAIN MENU
OR PRESS ┼ FROM THE MESSAGE MENU.
╔F YOU SELECT THIS OPTION FROM THE MAIN MENU, YOU MUST FIRST
SELECT THE CONFERENCE TO POST THE MESSAGE TO. (╞ROM THE
MESSAGE MENU, ╤╫╦IE SELECTS THE CURRENT BASE AS THE
DEFAULT).
╘O SELECT A CONFERENCE, AGAIN, MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT TO THE
DESIRED CONFERENCE AND PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╔F THE CONFERENCE YOU
DESIRE IS NOT LISTED, SELECT ╬EXT ╨AGE TO VIEW THE REST OF
THE LIST. ╨RESS ╙╘╧╨ TO ABORT.
╬OW YOU WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE ╥EPLY ╚EADER (THIS IS
WHERE YOU WILL BEGIN IF YOU ARE REPLYING TO A MESSAGE OR
ENTERING A NEW MESSAGE WHEN READING). ┘OU MAY CHANGE THE
╘O: NAME, SUBJECT OR CONFERENCE. ╔N ADDITION, YOU MAY SET
THE MESSAGE AS PUBLIC OR PRIVATE (MAIL DOORS USUALLY CHANGE
PRIVATE MESSAGES TO PUBLIC IF THEY ARE POSTED TO
[INTER]NATIONAL ECHOES). ╨RESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ ONCE YOUR CHANGES ARE
COMPLETE.
┼╬╘┼╥╔╬╟ ╘┼╪╘:
╘HE MESSAGE EDITOR ALLOWS FOR ┴╙├╔╔ TEXT (CONVERTED ON
INPUT); UP TO 99 LINES OF 73 CHARACTERS. ╫ORD WRAP IS
AUTOMATIC; ╒SE ╥┼╘╒╥╬ TO FORCE THE END OF LINE. ╥┼╘╒╥╬ ON
A BLANK LINE WILL BRING UP THE ═ESSAGE ┼DIT MENU; TO ENTER
A BLANK LINE IN TEXT, TYPE A SPACE AND ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ┴╙├╔╔
CHARACTERS NOT FOUND ON THE ├= KEYBOARD CAN BE ENTERED AS
FOLLOWS:
╒NDERLINE CHARACTER - LEFT ARROW
╠EFT/╥IGHT ┬RACES - ╙HIFT +, ├= -
├ARET - ╒P ARROW
┬ACK SLASH - ╠IRA
╘ILDE - ╙HIFT- ╒P ARROW
╒SE ─┼╠ AS A RUBOUT KEY. ╘HE ONLY SPECIAL KEY IS ╞1.
╨RESSING ╞1 AS THE ╞╔╥╙╘ ├╚┴╥┴├╘┼╥ IN A LINE WILL SEND THE
STRING:
╧N /DATE/, /FROM: NAME/ SAID TO /TO: NAME/:
╘HE /FIELDS/ WILL BE REPLACED WITH INFO FROM THE LAST
MESSAGE READ. ╘HIS WILL AID CLARITY WHEN QUOTING TEXT.
(┼XPECT MORE KEYS LIKE THIS IN FUTURE VERSIONS!)
═┼╙╙┴╟┼ ┼─╔╘ ═┼╬╒:
╧NCE A BLANK LINE IS ENTERED, ╤╫╦IE'S ═ESSAGE ┼DIT MENU
APPEARS. ╞ROM HERE YOU MAY (╨RESS THE FIRST LETTER FOR EACH
COMMAND):
├ONT - ├ONTINUE ENTERING TEXT.
╔NSERT - ╔NSERT TEXT BEFORE A GIVEN LINE #.
┴ BLANK LINE QUITS INSERT MODE.
─ELETE - ─ELETE A LINE OR RANGE OF LINES.
┼DIT - ┼DIT THE CONTENTS OF A LINE (BELOW).
╠IST - ╠ISTS MESSAGE. ╨RESS/HOLD A KEY TO VIEW LINES.
@-─╧╙ - (╒SE @, NOT ─) ┼NTERS ─╧╙ WEDGE.
╤UOTE - ┴PPEND QUOTED/IMPORTED TEXT (BELOW)
<-╘EXT2 - (╒SE BACK ARROW) ╙WITCH TEXT AREAS (BELOW)
╙AVE - ╙AVE MESSAGE
╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨ - ┴BORT MESSAGE ENTRY.
╔╬╙┼╥╘/─┼╠┼╘┼/┼─╔╘ TEXT: ┼NTERING A VALUE OUT OF RANGE WILL
ABORT THESE FUNCTIONS.
┼─╔╘: ╧NCE A LINE HAS BEEN CHOSEN, ENTER THE OLD STRING OF
CHARACTERS TO CHANGE, THEN THE NEW STRING. ╤╫╦IE WILL ONLY
RECOGNIZE THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF A STRING, SO YOU HAVE TO
EXTEND THE STRING. ╞OR EXAMPLE, TO CHANGE:
╘HIS IS THAT AND THAT IS THIS
TO:
╘HIS IS THAT AND THIS IS THIS
┘OU COULD ENTER "D THAT" AS THE OLD STRING AND "D THIS" AND
THE NEW STRING.
<-╘┼╪╘2 MODE
╫HEN A MESSAGE IS READ, IT'S CONTENTS ARE STORED IN THE
╘┼╪╘2 AREA. ╘HE TEXT IN THIS AREA CAN BE LISTED ONCE YOU
ARE IN ╘┼╪╘2. ┴DDITIONALLY, TEXT CAN BE IMPORTED BY
PRESSING ═ AND SUPPLYING DEVICE #, AND FILENAME. ╧NCE THE
FILE IS FOUND, YOU MUST SPECIFY WHETHER TO TRANSLATE FROM
╨┼╘╙├╔╔ TO ┴╙├╔╔. ├OMMODORE FILES ARE USUALLY ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ AND
NEED CONVERTING. ╚OWEVER, IF YOU ARE IMPORTING A ╒╒ENCODE,
YOU WOULD CHOOSE ╬╧╘ TO TRANSLATE (HOWEVER, WITH A 97 LINE
LIMIT, IT IS UNLIKELY ╒╒ENCODES WILL FIT). ╔F, ONCE YOU
IMPORT A FILE YOU FIND THE UPPER- AND LOWER- CASES REVERSED,
YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE TRANSLATION SET WRONG. ╔MPORT AGAIN
AND TRY OTHERWISE.
╔F AN IMPORTED CHARACTER IS NOT IN PRINTABLE ┴╙├╔╔ RANGE
(E.G. GRAPHICS CHARACTERS), ╤╫╦IE WILL SHOW A "*" IN IT'S
PLACE.
╘O RETURN TO ╘EXT1, PRESS THE BACK ARROW AT THE ╘EXT2 MENU.
╤╒╧╘╔╬╟ TEXT
├HOOSE "╤" TO QUOTE FROM TEXT2. ╙TARTING FROM THE FIRST,
EACH LINE WILL BE DISPLAYED. ╨RESS "┘" TO ADD THIS LINE TO
YOUR MESSAGE, "╬" TO REJECT IT. ╘O QUIT, PRESS ╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨.
╘O MERGE IMPORTED TEXT, USE ALSO THE ╤UOTE OPTION AFTER YOU
HAVE CHOSE I═PORT FROM ╘EXT2.
╙┴╓╔╬╟ YOUR MESSAGE
╧NCE YOUR MESSAGE IS COMPLETE, SELECT "╙" TO WRITE THE FILE
TO DISK. ╘HE MESSAGES ARE WRITTEN TO A ┬┬╙╔─.═╙╟ FILE
(WHERE ┬┬╙╔─ IS THE SAME NAME AS TAKEN FROM THE FILE YOU
DOWNLOADED, IE. ┬┬╙╔─.╤╫╦).
╔F YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND A COPY OF THIS MESSAGE TO SOMEONE
ELSE, YOU DO SO BY SELECTING "Y" AT THE CARBON COPY
QUESTION. ╔F SO, YOU WILL BE SENT TO THE MESSAGE HEADER
MENU, WHERE YOU MAY CHANGE THE ╘╧: AND ├╧╬╞: INFO. ┘OU MAY
FURTHER EDIT THE MESSAGE IF DESIRED. ╧NCE YOU ARE
SATISFIED, ╙AVE THE MESSAGE AGAIN. ╔F MORE COPIES ARE
DESIRED, CONTINUE TO SELECT "┘" AT THE CARBON COPY INQUIRY.
┴┬╧╥╘ MESSAGE ENTRY
╔F YOU DECIDE NOT TO SAVE THE MESSAGE YOU'VE ENTERED, PRESS
╙╘╧╨ AT THE MESSAGE EDITOR MENU TO EXIT.
─╧╙ ╫EDGE
╘O ENTER ─╧╙ COMMANDS, SELECT @ FROM MOST ANYWHERE. ╘HE
CURRENT DRIVE IS REFLECTED IN THE #> PROMPT; TO CHANGE
DRIVES TYPE # FOLLOWED BY THE DESIRED DEVICE. ┼NTER #M OR
#R TO SWITCH TO THE DEFINED MAILBAG OR REPLIES DEVICE. $
PERFORMS A DIRECTORY OF THE CURRENT DRIVE, @ WILL RETURN THE
DRIVE STATUS. ╧THER ─╧╙ COMMANDS (╙0:,╥0:) SHOULD BE
ENTERED IN STANDARD FORMAT.
╘O EXIT ─╧╙, PRESS ╙╘╧╨.
┌╔╨ .MSG PACKET
╧NCE ┴╠╠ OF YOUR REPLIES AND POSTS HAVE BEEN SAVED, SELECT
┌╔╨ .MSG PACKET TO PREPARE THE MESSAGES FOR UPLOAD. ╘HIS
SHOULD BE YOUR FINAL STEP IN USING ╤╫╦IE! ╤╫╦IE WILL PROMPT
YOU FOR THE FILENAME THE MESSAGES ARE UNDER (YOU'LL SEE THIS
EVERYTIME YOU ╙AVE A MESSAGE). ╤╫╦IE REMEMBERS THE LAST ┬┬╙
NAME YOU READ MESSAGES FROM, AND WILL DEFAULT TO THIS NAME.
╘O CHANGE IT, BACKSPACE AND RE-TYPE; OTHERWISE PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬
(╔F NO NAME IS SHOWN, IT MEANS YOU HAVEN'T READ OR WRITTEN
ANY MESSAGES SINCE YOU LOADED UP ╤╫╦IE). ╬EXT, YOU WILL BE
ASKED FOR THE DEVICE TO FIND THIS FILE (╤╫╦IE ASSUMES IT
WILL BE ON THE ╥EPLIES DEVICE, BUT YOU CAN CHANGE IT IF
NECESSARY). ╞INALLY, SPECIFY THE DEVICE TO SEND THE .╥┼╨
FILE (AGAIN, ╤╫╦IE ASSUMES THE ╥EPLIES DEVICE).
╘HE REST IS AUTOMATIC. ┼ACH "." PRINTED REPRESENTS 128
CHARACTERS BEING READ AND PROCESSED. ┼ACH PERIOD DELETED
REPRESENTS 128 CHARACTERS WRITTEN TO THE .╥┼╨ FILE. ╧NCE
DONE, YOU MAY OPT TO SCRATCH THE OLD .═╙╟ FILE (YOU WON'T BE
NEEDING IT ANYMORE). ╘HE .╥┼╨ FILE IS NOW READY TO BE
UPLOADED TO THE ┬┬╙ FROM WHICH YOU DOWNLOADED THE MAIL (YOU
CAN UPLOAD IT IMMEDIATELY, OR WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY). ╔T
IS RECOMMENDED TO UPLOAD THE MAIL WITHIN A WEEK
DOWNLOADING.