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╘HE DOCUMENTION FILE CONTAINED WITH THIS PACKAGE RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO ╓1.0
OF ╤╫╦╥╥128 (A PRE-RELEASE VERSION).
╘HIS FILE DETAILS A COUPLE OF MINOR CHANGES & BUG FIXES PERTINENT TO ╓1.1
╫HERE POSSIBLE ╔ WILL QUOTE PAGE NUMBERS FROM THE DOC FILE.
╨AGE 1. ─ISK USAGE (NOTE#1)
╤╫╦╥╥ WILL NOW PROMPT YOU TO RE-INSERT YOUR REPLY DISK INTO THE DRIVE IF
YOU HAVE CHANGED IT (RATHER THAN ABORT WITH "FILE NOT FOUND").
╨AGE 1. ╞UNCTION KEY PROGRAMMING.
┴ CHECK IS NOW MADE ON THE STRING LENGTH SO THE PROGRAM WILL NO LONGER ABORT
IF YOU EXCEED THE 255 BYTE LIMIT. ╘HE LIMIT STILL EXISTS THOUGH.
╨AGE 3/4.
╔F YOU WISH TO USE NORMAL ├╙─╧╙ COMMANDS (EG FOR MULTIPLE DRIVES OR A
DIFFERENT DRIVE ARANGEMENT YOU SHOULD REMOVE THE LINE "ARC" FROM THE
AUTOEXEC FILE.
╨AGE 4. ╒SING THE ├╙─╧╙ MODULE SUPPLIED DOES ╬╧╘ CAUSE PROBLEMS WHEN BOOTED
FROM ╤╫╦╥╥128. ╘HE OPPOSITE IS NOT THE CASE, YOU SHOULD NOT BOOT ╤╫╦╥╥128
FROM WITHIN ├╙─╧╙. ╘HE PROGRAM WILL LOCK UP AFTER IT STARTS READING THE FIRST
MESSAGE.
╘HOSE OF YOU THAT ALREADY USE ├╙─╧╙ SHOULD CONSIDER USING THE MODULE SUPPLIED
ANYWAY. ╔T IS FAR SMALLER THAN WHAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE USING (THEREFORE
FASTER TO LOAD). ╔T SEEMS SILLY TO ME TO LOAD A 300+ BLOCK RAMDISK TO PERFORM
A SINGLE TASK.
╔F YOU DO USE THE MODULE SUPPLIED AND YOU NOMINATE YOUR BOOT DRIVE AS THE
DESTINATION DRIVE YOUR CAN <╤>UIT ╤╫╦╥╥, BOOT THE ├╙─╧╙ MODULE AND PACK
YOUR REPLIES WITH ONLY TWO KEY PRESSES (THANKS TO THE AUTOEXEC AND "ARC"
BATCH FILE).
╨AGE 9.
╫HEN ENTERING A MESSAGE YOU GET THE SAME SALUTATION AS YOU DO WHEN REPLYING
TO A MESSAGE.
╨AGE 10.
╥EADING WHAT YOU WROTE.
╘HIS IS *NOT* REALLY A FUNCTION OF THE PROGRAM (SORT OF A BY-PRODUCT).
╔T WAS/IS PURELY A DE-BUGGING AID THAT CAN BE USED TO CHECK THE VALIDITY
OF YOUR REPLY PACKET. ─O NOT ATTEMPT TO EDIT THIS FILE AND DO NOT REPLY TO
THESE REPLY'S (WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO ╔ DON'T KNOW).
┘OU CAN USE THE EXPORT/PRINT OPTIONS ON THIS FILE IF YOU WISH. ╔T COMES IN
HANDY AT TIMES.
╨AGE 13. ├╙┴╥├1750
╘HIS MODULE IS ╬╧╘ INCULED WITH THIS PACKAGE.
╘HE ONLY ├╙─╧╙ COMMANDS PERTINENT TO THIS PACKAGE ARE:
╘┘╨┼ ├╙┴╥├ ├╙╪┴╥├ ├╧╠─ AND THE WEDGE COMMANDS.
╨AGES 9/10 - ┼NTERING NETMAIL.
╘HE DETAILS GIVEN HERE ARE FOR SYSTEM USING ═╦╤WK ONLY.
╔F YOUR ┬┬╙ USES ╤MAIL (ALMOST ALL ┬┬╙'S RUNNING ═┴╪╔═╒╙ SOFTWARE, AS WELL
AS SOME OTHERS). THEN SENDING NETMAIL IS EVEN EASIER.
┴LL YOU NEED DO IS ENTER THE PERSONS NAME AND SUBJECT AS YOU NORMALLY WOULD
THEN ON THE ╞╔╥╙╘ LINE OF TEXT YOU PLACE THE WORDS "╘╧:" FOLLOWED BY THE
FIDO ADDRESS. EG.
╘O :╥OD ╟ASSON
╞ROM :═ARK ─OWSETT
╙UBJ :╬ETMAIL TEST
---- < END OF HEADER - BEGINNING OF MESSAGE TEXT > ---
╘╧:3:713/888
╘HE RECIEVING ┬┬╙ WILL DO THE REST.
╬OTE. REGARDLESS WHAT SYSTEM YOUR ┬┬╙ USES YOU ═╒╙╘ SELECT THE CORRECT
AREA FOR NETMAIL. ╘HIS IS USUALLY IDENTIFIED AS ╬ETMAIL, ═ATRIX-MAIL OR
SOMETHING SIMILAR. ┘OU SHOULD ALSO FLAG THE MESSAGE AS PRIVATE OR THE ┬┬╙
MAY REJECT IT (WHY SEND A PUBLIC NETMAIL MESSAGE?).
╓2 OF ╤╫╦╥╥ (IF ╔ EVER RELEASE SUCH A VERSION) WILL ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY
THE DIFFERENT FORMATS AND DO IT ALL FOR YOU.
╔F YOUR ┬┬╙ USES A DIFFERENT FORMAT OR A DIFFERENT DOOR THEN PLEASE SEND
ME MAIL WITH THE DETAILS. ╔ WILL TRY TO INCLUDE ALL VARIATIONS.
╨AGE 17. - ╙CANNING MESSAGES.
┴S A GENERAL RULE (UNLESS YOU ARE ╓┼╥┘ QUICK) YOU CANNOT READ A MESSAGE
THAT "CATCHES YOUR EYE". ╘HE ABORT WILL DISPLAY THE ╬┼╪╘ MESSAGE IN MOST
CASES.
┴ VERY LATE ADDITION TO THIS FUNCTION (ACTUALLY ╔ WASN'T EVEN GOING TO
INCLUDE IT IN THIS RELEASE) IS THAT WHEN SKIPPING MESSAGES THE PROGRAM
WILL PAUSE AT ANY MESSAGES TO OR FROM YOU, GIVING YOU OPORTUNITY TO READ
IT OR CONTINUE THE SCAN. ╚OWEVER WHEN ╔ INCLUDED THIS ╔ DISCOVERED ╔ BROKE
SOMETHING ELSE <SOB>. ╔F YOU SCANNED PASSED THE LAST MESSAGE THE PROGRAM
WOULD ABORT. ╔ HAVE "PATCHED" THIS UP (NOT VERY PRETTELY ╔ MIGHT ADD) BUT
AT LEAST IT DOESN'T ABORT. ╔ DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT A COMPLETE FIX AS THESE
ROUTINES ARE BUT THE EMBRYO OF A MORE SOPHISTICATED MESSAGE FLAGGING/RETRIEVING
SYSTEM.
┴LSO INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE IS A SHORT PROGRAM BY ═ARK ─OWSETT.
╔ FORGET WHAT ═ARK ORIGINALLY CALLED IT, BUT IS INCLUDED HERE UNDER THE NAME
"MAILSCRATCH".
╘HE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO SIMPLY SCRATCH YOUR OLD MAIL FILES IN ORDER
TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW BATCH. ╔ HAVE FOUND THIS LITTLE PROGRAM QUITE USEFUL.
╔ HOPE YOU DO TO.
╔ *THINK* THAT COVERS ALL THE CHANGES BETWEEN ╓1.0 & V1.1.
╔F YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS YOU CAN SEND 'EM TO ME AT THE
ADDRESS THAT YOU WILL UNDOUBTABLY GET SICK OF SEEING. ╥OD ╟ASSON
90 ╚ILLIERS ╥D.
╥EYNELLA
╙┴ 5161
┴USTRALIA.
─ON'T FORGET TO SEND YOUR $10 SHARWARE DONATION (BARELY ENOUGH TO COVER
THE COST OF THE DISK AND POSTAGE).