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─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERM 128
─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥PRODUCTIONS AND ╥'YKANDAR ╦ORRA'TI
├OPYRIGHT 1987
╟REETINGS! ┘OU HAVE ACQUIRED ─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL ╥ELEASE 1.0 FOR THE ├OMMODORE
128 AND 1670 MODEM, WHAT MAY BE THE MOST FLEXABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INSTRUMENT AVAILABLE FOR UNDER $100 FOR THIS, OR PERHAPS ANY OTHER,
MICROCOMPUTER.
╞EATURES INCLUDE:
3/1200 BAUD OPERATION.
╘RUE ┴╙├╔╔ OPERATION.
╔┬═ ┴╙├╔╔ OPERATION.
├OMMODORE ┴╙├╔╔ (╨ETSKII) OPERATION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ╧├╟ OR
"╟RAPHICS" MODE.
┴╘┴╙├╔╔ OPERATION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ┴TARI ╟RAPHICS MODE.
┴ BUILT IN TELEPHONE BOOK WHICH NOT ONLY REMEMBERS TELEPHONE NUMBERS,
BUT LOGON ╔─S, PASSWORDS, BAUD RATE, DUPLEX, NAME OF SYSTEM,
┴╬─! WHICH GRAPHICS MODE SHOULD BE IN USE. ╔T ALSO AUTOMATICALLY
ASSIGNS YOUR LOGON ╔─ TO ╨╞KEY 1 AND YOUR PASSWORD TO ╨╞KEY 2
WHEN YOU AUTODIAL A SYSTEM, AND IT KEEPS CALLING UNTIL IT GETS
A CARRIER.
┴ ╙IDE╦ICK "╬OTE├ARD" FACILITY, CALLABLE AT ANY TIME.
┴ ╙IDE╦ICK "╬AMELIST" FACILITY, CALLABLE AT ANY TIME.
╪═╧─┼═ PROTOCALL UPLOAD AND DOWNLOADING.
┴ CAPTURE BUFFER.
┴ USER-DEFINEABLE KEYBOARD; ALL BUT THE ╙╚╔╞╘, ├OMMODORE, ├ONTROL,
╥╒╬╙╘╧╨, ┴╠╘, ├APS ╠OCK, ╚┼╠╨ AND 40/80 KEYS MAY BE REDEFINED
TO ┴╬┘╘╚╔╬╟.
┴╙├╔╔ FILE DUMPS; COMPOSE MESSAGES OFFLINE AND "UPLOAD" THEM DIRECTLY
INTO MESSAGE BASES, SAVING ONLINE TIME AND MONEY.
├OMPLETE ─╧╙ ACCESS AND DIRECTORY CALLS.
├OMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE TRANSLATION MATRIX; WITH THE BUILT IN TABLE
EDITOR, YOU CAN CREATE ANY TRANSLATION TABLE YOU NEED (FOR
ADVANCED USERS ONLY).
╘HIS PROGRAMME IS DISTRIBUTED IN ╒╬├╧═╨╔╠┼─ ╞╧╥═. ╒NLESS YOU WISH TO USE
THE CAPTURE BUFFER AT 1200 BAUD, IT DOES ╬╧╘ NEED TO BE COMPILED TO RUN
PROPERLY! ╔T WILL MAINTAIN 1200 BAUD AND ANY TRANSLATION MATRIX WITHOUT
COMPILATION. ╞EEL FREE TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS, BUT PLEASE DO >╬╧╘<
DISTRIBUTE COPIES OF THIS PROGRAMME WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN MODIFIED!
─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥PRODUCTIONS WILL TAKE ╬╧ RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FUNCTIONALITY (OR
LACK THEREOF) OF MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THIS SOFTWARE. ─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥PRODUCTIONS
MAKES NO WARRENTY OR GUARANTEE, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, FOR THE SUITABILITY
OF THIS PROGRAMME.
─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL IS ╙╚┴╥┼╫┴╥┼. ╔F YOU LIKE IT, PLEASE SEND $10 TO:
╥'YKANDAR ╦ORRA'TI
╘RANSYLVANIA ╒NIVERSITY
╠EXINGTON, ╦┘ 40508
╘HOSE WHO SEND $10 WILL BE REGISTERED AND AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE THE NEXT
VERSION FREE OF CHARGE. ╘HEY WILL ALSO RECEIVE EXTENDED DOCUMENTATION,
WHICH INCLUDES OPERATION HELP FOR MANY DIFFERENT ┬┬╙ SYSTEMS AND ONLINE
SERVICES SUCH AS ├-╬┼╘, ╥┬┬╙-╨├, AND ╔╙/╘╒.
╘HE ┼XECUTIVE ╧PTION:
╘HOSE WHO SEND $20 TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS WILL BE SENT THE "┼XECUTIVE
─OCUMENTATION ╨ACKAGE" AND AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE THE NEXT ╘╫╧ VERSIONS FREE
OF CHARGE. ╘HE ┼XECUTIVE PACKAGE INCLUDES A HANDSOME THREE-RINGED BINDER
CONTAINING EVERY SCRAP OF INFORMATION THAT EXISTS ABOUT THIS PROGRAMME,
ALONG WITH OPERATIONS TIPS AND SOURCE CODE MODIFICATION INFORMATION.
╚OW TO GET *╞╥┼┼* UPGRADES:
╘HOSE WHO SEND IN ┴╠╥┼┴─┘ ├╧─┼─ UPGRADES WHICH WE END UP USING WILL GET THE
NEXT TWO VERSIONS OF ─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL FREE OF CHARGE. ┴LSO, DESPITE A GREAT
DEAL OF TESTING, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE (SHUDDER) ┬╒╟╙ IN
─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL. ╞IND ONE, BE THE FIRST TO REPORT IT IN, AND GET AN
UPGRADE FOR ONLY THREE DOLLARS (OUR DISKETTE SHIPPING COST).
┴ ╞EW ╧PERATIONS ╬OTES:
─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL USES ╥┼╠┴╘╔╓┼ ╞╔╠┼╙ FOR THE ╬OTE├ARD FEATURE. ╔F YOU
HAVE A 1571 DISK DRIVE WITH ╧╠─ ╥╧═S, ╒╙┼ ╧╬╠┘ ╙╔╬╟╠┼-╙╔─┼─ ─╔╙╦-
┼╘╘┼╙ WITH THIS FUNCTION! ╘HERE IS AN ACKNOWLEDGED ┬╒╟ IN THE
OLDER 1571 DISK DRIVES WHICH CAUSES RELATIVE FILES TO
MALFUNCTION. ┴ ├╧╬├┼╥╘┼─ ┼╞╞╧╥╘ HAS BEEN MADE TO ╨╥┼╓┼╬╘ THESE
MALFUNCTIONS WITHIN THE ╬OTE├ARD SOFTWARE ITSELF, AND SO FAR
NO PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURED; BUT BE WARNED.
─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL MAY BE COMPILED ╧╬╠┘ BY COMPILERS WHICH RECOGNIZE
THE ╘╥┴╨ FEATURE AND ┴╠╠╧╫ USE OF THE ╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨ KEY. ┴NY COMPILER
WHICH DISABLES THIS KEY WILL ╬╧╘ PRODUCE WORKING CODE.
─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL WAS PROUDLY WRITTEN BY ╥'YKANDAR ╦ORRA'TI ON A
├OMMODORE 128 USING A 1571 DISK DRIVE IN PURE, NEVER-INTENDED-
TO-BE-COMPILED ┬┴╙╔├. ╔T STARTED OUT AS AN EXPERIMENT TO SEE
WHETHER 1200 BAUD COULD BE MAINTAINED IN PURE ┬┴╙╔├, AFTER HAVING
GOTTEN FED UP WITH LOUSY COMPILED CODE WHICH COULDN'T DO IT.
├ALL ╔╙/╘╒, THE ONLY FREE INTERACTIVE SYSTEM IN THE ╒╙. ╞IVE LINES,
300 BAUD ONLY. (606) 233-8801 THROUGH (606) 233-8805, LOGON
COMMAND /╔─ ┬┬╙ - SYSTEM SPONSORED BY ╘RANSYLVANIA ╒NIVERSITY
IN ╠EXINGTON, ╦ENTUCKY; SYSTEM SOFTWARE BY ╥'YKANDAR ╦ORRA'TI
AND ┼LVEN ╬ATIONAL ╥ESISTANCE ╞RONT ╨ROGRAMMING.
─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL ╫╔╠╠ BE UPGRADED. ╞EATURES WHICH WE WILL BE
ATTEMPTING TO ADD; ╨╒╬╘┼╥ FILE TRANSFER, A FASTER CAPTURE BUFFER,
USER-DEFINABLE "HELP" FOR USE WITH SPECIFIC SYSTEMS (THUS LETTING
YOU STORE YOUR OWN ╚┼╠╨ SHEETS FOR DIFFERENT SYSTEMS ON YOUR OWN
DISKETTE), ┴╬╙╔ GRAPHICS RECOGNITION, ─╓╧╥┴╦ KEYBOARD OPTION,
AND A ╫HOLE ╠OT ╧F ╧THER ╬EAT ╘HINGS.
╙IMPLE ─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL ╒SE
╞OR FULL DOCUMENTATION, REGISTER! ╨LEASE! ╘HANK YOU.
╘O ╥╒╬ ─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL, PLACE YOUR SYSTEM IN 80 COLUMN MODE, PUT THE
DISSOLVED ARCHIVE DISKETTE INTO DISK DRIVE EIGHT AND ENTER:
╥╒╬ "─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥"
╔F YOU HAVE A 1541 DISK DRIVE, SHAME ON YOU. ┬E PREPARED TO WAIT WHILE
ROUGHLY 100 BLOCKS OF CODE LOADS. ╔F YOU FORGOT TO PUT YOUR SYSTEM INTO 80
COLUMN MODE, DON'T WORRY; ─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL WILL SENSE THIS, ASK YOU TO FLIP
YOUR MONITOR INTO 80 COLUMN MODE, AND THEN SWITCH OVER FOR YOU.
─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL WILL THEN CREATE THE PURE ┴╙├╔╔ TRANSLATION MATRIX,
AND PLACE YOU IN ╘┼╥╔═╔╬┴╠ MODE, 1200 BAUD, ╞╒╠╠ DUPLEX. ┘OU MAY DIRECTLY
CONTROL THE MODEM HERE THROUGH ┴╘ COMMAND IF YOU WISH.
╘O PULL DOWN THE MAIN MENU:
╨RESS ╥╒╬╙╘╧╨. ╘HE WORD "[├OMMAND]" WILL APPEAR. ╨RESS ╥╒╬╙╘╧╨ AGAIN,
AND THE MAIN MENU WILL APPEAR. ╒SE THE ARROW KEYS TO SELECT ANY OPTION, AND
THEN PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ TO ACTIVATE THAT OPTION.
═AIN ═ENU OPTIONS:
┴UTODIAL/1670
┼DIT TELEPHONE BOOK
╘OGGLE ┬┴╒─ RATE
╘OGGLE ─╒╨╠┼╪
─ISK DIRECTORY
─EFINE FUNCTION KEYS (NOTE: ONE, TWO, AND SEVEN ARE RESERVED)
─╧╙ WEDGE
╒PLOAD SLOW ┴╙├╔╔
╞ORCE NON-TYPABLE CHARACTER
╘ERMINAL MODE
╪═╧─┼═ FILE TRANSFER
╥EDEFINE KEYBOARD KEY
├APTURE BUFFER
╠OAD KEYBOARD
┼DIT TRANSLATION TABLES
╘O PULL DOWN ╙IDE╦ICK OPTIONS:
╨RESS ╥╒╬╙╘╧╨. ╘HE WORD "[├OMMAND]" WILL APPEAR. ╚OLD DOWN THE
├OMMODORE KEY AND PRESS 1 FOR THE ╬AME╠IST, OR 2 FOR THE ╬OTE├ARD UTILITY.
╨RESSING ANY OTHER KEY AFTER THE FIRST ╥╒╬╙╘╧╨ WILL CAUSE THE
"[├OMMAND]" PROMPT TO DISAPPEAR AND THAT CHARACTER TO BE SENT TO THE REMOTE
SYSTEM AS THOUGH YOU HAD NEVER PRESSED ╥╒╬╙╘╧╨.
─╔┴╠╔╬╟ ├╧══┴╬─╙:
╨RESS ╠ TO LOAD THE TELEPHONE BOOK.
╒SE THE ARROW KEYS TO MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE CORRECT SYSTEM.
╨RESS ┼╬╘┼╥ TO DIAL. ╫HILE DIALING, PRESSING ┴ WILL CAUSE THE
DIALING TO BE CANCELLED; PRESSING ANY OTHER KEY WILL CAUSE
AN IMMEDIATE REDIAL. ╨RESS ╥╒╬╙╘╧╨ TO RETURN TO THE MAIN
MENU.
╘┼╠┼╨╚╧╬┼ ┬╧╧╦ ┼─╔╘╔╬╟ ├╧══┴╬─╙:
╨RESS ╠ TO LOAD THE TELEPHONE BOOK.
╨RESS ╙ TO SAVE (OR REPLACE) THE TELEPHONE BOOK.
╒SE THE ARROW KEYS TO MOVE THE CURSOR TO A NUMBER AND PRESS
┼╬╘┼╥. ╘HE CURSOR WILL MOVE RIGHT; TYPE THE SYSTEM NAME,
OR PRESS ┼╬╘┼╥ TO LEAVE THE ENTRY AS IT IS. ╘HE CURSOR WILL
THEN MOVE TO THE ┬┴╒─ RATE, THEN THE ─╒╨╠┼╪, AND TELEPHONE
NUMBER. ┘OU WILL THEN BE ASKED FOR THE KEYBOARD (GRAPHICS
SET) TYPE; SELECTIONS CURRENTLY ARE ┴╙├╔╔, ╔┬═, ╧├╟/╨ETSKII,
AND ┴╘┴╙├╔╔. ╫HEN IT DOUBT, SELECT ┴╙├╔╔ - NOTE THAT THIS
═╒╙╘ BE ENTERED IN UPPER CASE! ╠AST YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR
YOUR PASSWORD. ┴DDED OR CHANGED ENTRIES WILL ╬╧╘
AUTOMATICALLY BE SAVED TO DISKETTE! ┘OU MUST USE THE ╙AVE
OPTION AFTER YOU HAVE ENTERED THE SYSTEMS YOU WISH TO HAVE
IN YOUR TELEPHONE BOOK.
╨RESS ╥╒╬╙╘╧╨ TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU.
╘╧╟╟╠╔╬╟ ┬┴╒─ ╥┴╘┼:
╙ELECTING THIS OPTION WILL PUT THE MODEM IN 300 BAUD IF YOU ARE
CURRENTLY AT 1200, AND WILL PUT YOU AT 1200 IF YOU ARE AT
300 BAUD.
╘╧╟╟╠╔╬╟ ─╒╨╠┼╪:
╙ELECTING THIS OPTION WIL PUT THE MODEM IN ╚┴╠╞ DUPLEX MODE IF
CURRENTLY IN ╞╒╠╠ DUPLEX MODE, AND VICE VERSA. ┴LMOST EVERY
SYSTEM RUNS IN ╞╒╠╠ DUPLEX. ┼XCEPTIONS ARE ╟┼NIE AND ╔╙/╘╒.
─╔╙╦ ─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘:
╙ELECTING THIS OPTION WILL CAUSE A DIRECTORY OF THE CURRENT
DISKETTE TO BE DISPLAYED.
─┼╞╔╬┼ ╞╒╬├╘╔╧╬ ╦┼┘╙:
╙ELECTING THIS OPTION WILL LET YOU REDEFINE YOUR FUNCTION KEYS;
PRESS THE NUMBER OF THE KEY TO REDEFINE, THEN ENTER THE
DEFINITION. ╦EYS 1, 2, AND 7 ARE ╥┼╙┼╥╓┼─; THERE IS NO WAY
TO SAVE FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS TO DISKETTE.
─╧╙ ╫┼─╟┼:
╙ELECTING THIS OPTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO ENTER A DIRECT ─╧╙
COMMAND SUCH AS "╙0:FILENAME" (TO SCRATCH "FILENAME"), OR
"╬0:DISKNAME,ID" (TO FORMAT A DISKETTE).
╒╨╠╧┴─ ╙╠╧╫ ┴╙├╔╔:
╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO SEND A FILE SLOWLY THROUGH THE MODEM
TO A REMOTE SYSTEM, AND IS USEFUL WHEN POSTING MESSAGES YOU
COMPOSED USING A WORD PROCESSOR. ┼NTER THE FILENAME AND SIT
BACK; ─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REST.
╞╧╥├┼ ╬╧╬-╘┘╨┴┬╠┼ ├╚┴╥┴├╘┼╥:
╒SE THIS TO SEND ANY CHARACTER TO THE MODEM WHICH CANNOT BE SENT
FROM THE KEYBOARD, SUCH AS ├╚╥$(255) OR ├╚╥$(127). ┼NTER THE
┴╙├ VALUE OF THE CHARACTER TO SEND AND PRESS ┼╬╘┼╥. ╘HAT
CHARACTER WILL BE SENT.
╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠ ═╧─┼:
╥ETURN TO TERMINAL EMULATION, ╔.┼. WHERE YOU WERE WHEN YOU FIRST
RAN ─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL.
╪═╧─┼═ ╞╔╠┼ ╘╥┴╬╙╞┼╥:
╒PLOAD OR DOWNLOAD A FILE FROM A REMOTE SYSTEM; COMMANDS ARE
SELF-EXPLANITORY.
╥┼─┼╞╔╬┼ ╦┼┘┬╧┴╥─ ╦┼┘:
╥EDEFINE ┴╬┘ KEY ON THE KEYBOARD TO WHATEVER CHARACTER STRING YOU
WISH. ╥┼╘╒╥╬ COULD THEREFORE BECOME "╚╔ ╘╚┼╥┼," ┼╙├ COULD
BECOME ├ONTROL-┌┼╪<┼╬╘┼╥> (USEFUL ON ─┼├ SYSTEMS USING ┼─╘).
├┴╨╘╒╥┼ ┬╒╞╞┼╥:
├URRENTLY THIS SHOULD BE USED ╧╬╠┘ AT 300 BAUD. ╔T WILL FUNCTION
AT 1200 BAUD BUT WILL ╠╧╙┼ ├╚┴╥┴├╘┼╥╙.
╠╧┴─ ╦┼┘┬╧┴╥─:
╠OAD ONE OF THE GRAPHICS KEYBOARDS FROM DISKETTE, SUCH AS ┴╙├╔╔,
╔┬═ ┴╙├╔╔, ╧├╟/╨ETSKII, OR ┴╘┴╙├╔╔.
┼─╔╘ ╘╥┴╬╙╠┴╘╔╧╬ ╘┴┬╠┼╙:
═AKE YOUR OWN GRAPHICS KEYBOARD. ╒SE THE ARROW KEYS TO SELECT
WHICH PART OF THE MATRIX TO EDIT, THEN ╥┼╘╒╥╬ TO MAKE
CHANGES. ╞╧╥ ┴─╓┴╬├┼─ ╒╙┼╥╙ ╧╬╠┘. ┼NTER ╙ TO SAVE THE
CHANGED KEYBOARD.
╙IDE╦ICK ╧PTION ╧NE; ╬AME╠IST:
┴LLOWS YOU TO KEEP LISTS OF PEOPLE, THEIR LOGON ╔─S OR HANDLES,
AND WHICH SERVICE OR ┬┬╙ THEY USE.
╠ TO ╠OAD A ╬AME╠IST FILE; ─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL WILL ASK "╫HICH?"
┴NY CHARACTER WHICH MAY LEGALLY BE PART OF A FILENAME MAY
BE THE NAME OF THE ╬AME╠IST FILE.
╙ TO ╙AVE A ╬AME╠IST FILE; ─┴╫╬╙╘┴╥TERMINAL WILL AGAIN ASK
"╫HICH?" AND THE SAME CONSTRAINTS APPLY AS WITH ╠OAD.
╘O CHANGE AN ENTRY, MOVE THE CURSOR TO THAT ENTRY AND PRESS
┼╬╘┼╥, JUST AS WITH THE ╨╚╧╬┼┬╧╧╦. ╘HEN ENTER THE NEW
DATA.
╨RESS ╥╒╬╙╘╧╨ TO RETURN TO TERMINAL MODE.
╙IDE╦ICK ╧PTION ╘WO; ╬OTE├ARD:
┴LLOWS YOU TO KEEP "SETS OF NOTECARDS" ON YOUR DISKETTE. ╒SEFUL
TO KEEP TRACK OF ASSORTED NOTES; THE COMMANDS ARE EXPLAINED
WITHIN THE OPTION.
╨RESS ╥╒╬╙╘╧╨ TO RETURN TO TERMINAL MODE.