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╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.5 ─OCUMENTATION
╩UNE 1993
╨ROGRAM BY : ╥OD ╟ASSON ╥┼┘╬┼╠╠┴, ╙OUTH ┴USTRALIA
─OCUMENTATION BY: ═ARK ─OWSETT ╙┘─╬┼┘, ╬EW ╙OUTH ╫ALES
(BUTCHERED BY ╥OD ╟ASSON)
├╧╬╘┼╬╘╙
╫┴╥╬╔╬╟╙ & SUGGESTIONS .......................................... 1
╫HAT DO YOU NEED ╤╫╦╥╥128 FOR? .................................. 2
╫HAT DO YOU NEED TO USE IT? ..................................... 2
╚OW DO YOU GET THE MAIL PACKET? ................................. 3
╫HAT DO YOU DO WITH THE .╤╫╦ MAIL PACKET? ....................... 3
╒NPACKING THE MAIL .............................................. 3
╙TARTING ╤╫╦╥╥128 ............................................... 3
╒SING ╤╫╦╥╥128 .................................................. 4
╧PENING ═ENU .................................................... 5
╥EADING ═ESSAGES ................................................ 6
═ESSAGE HEADER INFORMATION ...................................... 6
╥┼┴─ ├OMMANDS ................................................... 7
╥┼╨╠┘ING TO A ═ESSAGE ........................................... 8
╘HE ┼DITORS ...................................................... 9
╥┼╨╠┘ ├OMMANDS .................................................. 10
┼╬╘┼╥ING A ═ESSAGE .............................................. 12
┼NTERING ╬ETMAIL ................................................ 12
╒SING ═╦╤WK OR ╙UPER┬┬╙ ..................................... 13
╒SING ┼ZY╤WK OR ═AXIMUS ...................................... 13
╒SING ╨├┬OARD (├AM-MAIL) ..................................... 13
╒SING ╤╙╧/╘┬┬╙ ............................................... 13
┴UTO-NETMAIL .................................................... 14
╨ACKING THE MAIL ................................................ 15
╙ENDING THE MAIL ................................................ 15
╥EADING WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN ................................... 15
╧PTIONS ......................................................... 16
├OLOURS ...................................................... 16
╞-╦EYS ....................................................... 16
╘AGLINES ..................................................... 17
╨RINTER ...................................................... 17
╨┴╠/╬╘╙├ ..................................................... 17
─╧╙ SUPPORT (AND COMMAND STRUCTURES)............................. 18
╙UPPORTING ╨ROGRAMS ............................................. 19
╘┴╟╘╚╔┼╞ .................................................... 19
╤╨╪ (UNPACKER/BOOT PROGRAM) ................................ 19
├ONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTING ....................................... 20
╥EGISTRATION & ─ISTRIBUTION ..................................... 22
╞ILES/FILENAMES/FILETYPES ...................................... 23
─RIVE USAGE ..................................................... 24
├ONTACT ┴DDRESSES ............................................... 24
╟LOSSARY ........................................................ 25
╔NDEX ........................................................... 26
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.5 ─OCUMENTATION
╫┴╥╬╔╬╟╙ & SUGGESTIONS
======================
╘HE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE KNOWN OR POSSIBLE TRAPS WITHIN ╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.
╔NDEX FILES:
-----------
- ╔NDEX FILES ARE DEPENDENT ON THE FILE REMAINING ON THE DISK FOR WHICH
THE INDEX (.╬─╪) FILE WAS WRITTEN. ╔F YOU MOVE THE .─┴╘ FILES TO
ANOTHER DISK THE INDICES ARE NO LONGER RELEVANT. - ╔NDICES FROM EARLIER
VERSIONS OF ╤╫╦╥╥128 ARE ╬╧╘ COMPATIBLE WITH VERSION 3.5.
├═─ ╒SERS NOTES:
---------------
- ╘HE *.─┴╘ FILES MUST BE IN A ROOT DIRECTORY, NOT IN A SUB-DIRECTORY.
╧THER FILES MAY BE STORED IN SUB-DIRECTORIES.
─ISK DRIVES:
--------------
- ┘OU MAY CHANGE ANY OF THE DISKS IN ANY OF THE DRIVES AT ANY TIME
PROVIDED THERE IS NO DISK ACTIVITY IN PROGRESS. ╔T IS THE USER'S
RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THE CORRECT DISKS ARE IN THE CORRECT
DRIVE WHEN REQUIRED. ╔T IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU DO NOT CHANGE
THE DISK IN THE ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ OR ╥┼╨╠┘ DRIVES. ╘HERE IS A PROBLEM WITH
DETECTING ─╔╙╦ ╞╒╠╠ ON FLOPPY SYSTEMS WHEN SAVING FILES AS IS COMMON
WITH MANY OTHER PROGRAMS. ╘HIS ERROR WILL CAUSE THE PROGRAM TO CRASH ):
╞ILE USEAGE AND CURRENCY:
------------------------
- ┼ACH ┬┬╙ HANDLES IT'S CONTROL.DAT FILE IN IT'S OWN WAY. ╬EVER ATTEMPT
TO USE THE CONTROL.DAT FILE FROM ONE ┬┬╙ TO CREATE A REPLY PACKET FOR
ANOTHER SYSTEM. - ╬EVER USE AN "OLD" CONTROL.DAT FILE WITH A NEWER MAIL
PACKET. - ┴VOID UPLOADING ANY REPLY PACKET THAT WAS CREATED WITH A
CONTROL.DAT FILE MORE THAN A FEW DAYS OLD. ╘RY TO UPLOAD YOUR REPLIES
PREFERABLY THE SAME DAY BUT NO LATER THAN THE DAY AFTER.
═AIL PACKET SIZE:
----------------
- ╫HEN SETTING UP THE MAIL PACKET YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE CONSIDER
THE DRIVE CAPACITY YOU HAVE. ╧N AVERAGE OVER A LARGE PACKET 1 MESSAGE
EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY 1.6 BLOCKS OF .╤╫╦ (.┴╥├) FILE AND 3.5 BLOCKS
OF ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ FILE WHEN UNPACKED. ╘HIS MEANS A 300 MESSAGE PACKET
WILL GIVE AND .┴╥├ FILE OF 498 BLOCKS WHICH WILL UNPACK OVER 1000
BLOCKS(!) OF ═┼╙╙┴╟┼.─┴╘ PLUS SOMETHING LIKE 10 BLOCKS OF OTHER FILES.
┴ 1541 SHOULD HANDLE ROUGHLY 150 MESSAGE PACKETS AND A 1571 330 MESSAGE
PACKETS BUT THIS WILL LEAVE VERY LITTLE OVERHEAD IF BY SOME CHANCE THEY
ARE ALL LARGE MESSAGES. ┴LSO IF YOU ONLY HAVE A SINGLE DRIVE TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT THAT WILL NEED ROOM ON THE DISK TO DE-ARC THE PACKET AND REMAIN
WITHIN THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF THE DISK. ╤╫╦╥╥128 V3 REQUIRES SEVERAL
BLOCKS FREE TO WRITE ITS .╬─╪ FILES (5 BYTES PER MESSAGE PLUS 20 BYTES
FOR SYSTEM POINTERS). ╔ DE-┴╥├ TO A HARD DRIVE BUT DOWNLOAD TO FLOPPY
SO USE A PACKET SIZE OF 600 MESSAGES WHICH WILL FIT COMFORTABLY ON A
1571 DISK IN COMPRESSED FORM.
╬UMBER OF CONFERENCES:
---------------------
- ╘HERE IS A PHYSICAL LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF CONFERENCE NAMES CAN BE
HELD IN MEMORY. ╔N ORDER TO AVOID LOCK UPS THIS HAS BEEN LIMITED TO
1024 AND IF YOUR ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE HOLDS MORE THAN THIS THEN ONLY THE
FIRST 1024 WILL BE DISPLAYED. ╤╫╦╥╥128 V3 WILL HANDLE ALMOST ALL
CONFERENCE NUMBERS UP TO 65536, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CONFERENCES
NUMBERED 8192 THROUGH TO 8447. ╘HIS IS DUE TO A QUIRK IN THE ╤╫╦ FORMAT
╨AGE 1
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.5 ─OCUMENTATION
AND ALMOST ALL OTHER ╤╫╦ READERS WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. ╔F A
MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE READING IS OUTSIDE THE 1024 LIMIT IT WILL SIMPLY
BE FLAGGED AS AN "UNKNOWN" CONFERENCE. ┘OU MAY ╥┼╨╠┘ TO THESE MESSAGES
AND THEY WILL BE SENT TO THE CORRECT CONFERENCE. ╚OWEVER YOU WILL BE
UNABLE TO ╙┼╠┼├╘ THESE CONFERENCES FOR READING OR ENTERING MESSAGES.
╬OTE: ╔F THE FULL 1024 CONFERENCES ARE LOADED YOU WILL ONLY HAVE APPROX
10K OF MEMORY TO HOLD ANY PARTICULAR MESSAGE ┴╬─ YOUR REPLY. ╘HIS
MEMORY IS RAPIDLY USED UP SO IT IS SUGGESTED THAT WHERE YOU HAVE THE
OPTION YOU AVOID DOWNLOADING THE FULL CONFERENCE LIST WITH YOUR MAIL
PACKET.
╫HAT DO YOU NEED ╤╫╦╥╥128 FOR?
==============================
╤╫╦╥╥128 IS A 128 ╬ATIVE MODE ╧FFLINE MESSAGE READER FOR THOSE ┬┬╙
MAIL ADDICTS OUT THERE WITH ├128S. ╔T ENABLES THE USER TO READ, REPLY
TO AND ORIGINATE ┬┬╙ MAIL WHILE OFFLINE AND HAS A RANGE OF FEATURES TO
ASSIST IN THIS PROCESS. ╔T HAS BEEN DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO HAVE NO
MESSAGE PACKET SIZE LIMITATION APART FROM THE DISK SPACE AVAILABLE.
╫HY READ MAIL OFFLINE? ╞OR A COUPLE OF POSSIBLE REASONS:
1/ ╥EDUCTION IN 'PHONE BILLS FOR LONG DISTANCE CALLS AS
DOWNLOADING AND UPLOADING MAIL PACKETS IS MUCH MORE TIME EFFICIENT;
2/ ╥EDUCING ACCESS TIME ON SINGLE LINE ┬┬╙' GIVING OTHER USERS
MORE CHANCE OF GETTING ON OR ALLOWING MORE ACCESS TO MAIL AREAS IF YOU
ONLY HAVE A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME AVAILABLE TO YOU ON THE BOARD. ╙OME
╙┘╙╧╨S ALLOW DISCOUNTED TIME RATES TO ╧FFLINE MAIL USERS AS IT IMPROVES
THEIR MESSAGE BASE WITHOUT TYING LINES UP AS MUCH;
3/ ╥EDUCING THE TIME THE COMPUTER TIES UP YOUR 'PHONE. ┘OU CAN
RING SOMEONE ┴╬─ ANSWER YOUR MAIL AT THE SAME TIME. ╘HE MOST POPULAR
REASON IS PROBABLY THE FIRST BUT THE OTHERS ARE ALSO USEFUL.
╫HAT DO YOU NEED TO USE IT?
===========================
┘OU WILL NEED AN 80 COLUMN MONITOR, ├128 AND A DISK DRIVE (SORRY
BUT IT WON'T RUN IN 40 COLUMN MODE). ┴NY DISK DRIVE SHOULD WORK BUT THE
LARGER CAPACITY IT HAS THE LARGER THE MAIL PACKET YOU CAN COPE WITH.
╘HE PROGRAM HAS BEEN TESTED WITH 1571, 1581, ├═─ ╚ARD AND ╥┴═╠INK
DRIVES AND WILL ALSO MAKE USE OF UP TO FOUR PREDEFINED DRIVES PLUS ANY
OTHER ONLINE DRIVE VIA ─╧╙ COMMANDS. ╤╫╦╥╥128 IS *╬╧╘* COMPATIBLE WITH
╥┴═─╧╙.
┘OU WILL ALSO NEED A MEANS OF CREATING AND DISSOLVING ╔┬═ STYLE
ARCHIVES.
╘HE PREFERRED METHOD IS TO USE ├HRIS ╙MEET'S ├╙╪01 PROGRAM, HOWEVER
╒NZIP64, ┬╓UNZIP, ├╙╪┴╥├ AND ╠╚╪ ARE ALL SUITABLE.
╤╫╦╥╥ FEATURES ITS OWN INBUILT ┴╥├ AND ┌╔╨ PACKERS. ╘HESE ARE ╙╘╧╥┼
ONLY, AND LIMITED TO 60K FILES (240 DISK BLOCKS). ╔F YOU WISH TO USE A
COMPRESSION PACKER SUCH AS ├╙┴╥├ OR ╠╚┴ YOU ARE FREE TO DO SO.
╬OTE: ╤WKRR COMES WITH A "BOOT" PROGRAM CALLED ╤╨╪. ╘HIS REQUIRES THE
USE OF ├╙╪01 (NOT SUPPLIED WITH THIS PACKAGE). ╤╨╪ HOWEVER DOES A BIT
MORE THAN UNARC YOUR MAIL AND BOOT ╤╫╦╥╥, IT IS ALSO USED TO ALLOW
ACTIVE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTING. (╙EE THE SECTION ON ╤╨╪ FOR MORE INFO).
┴S WELL AS ╤╫╦╥╥ AND A SUITABLE UNPACKER YOU ALSO NEED A ╤╫╦ FORMAT
MAIL PACKET. (┬EFORE YOU MAKE A WABBIT PIE YOU MUST FIRST CATCH YOUR
WABBIT). ╤╫╦ IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF ╔┬═ ┬┬╙ MAIL PACKETS AND IS FAIRLY
COMMON WITH MOST ┬┬╙'S. ╔F IT IS NOT VISIBLE ON YOUR ┬┬╙ ASK YOUR ╙┘╙╧╨
ABOUT IT AS IN CAN BE EASILY ADDED TO MOST ┬┬╙ AND THERE ARE ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR SOME ╔┬═ ┬┬╙'S.
╨AGE 2
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.5 ─OCUMENTATION
╚OW DO YOU GET THE MAIL PACKET?
===============================
╠OG ONTO YOUR FAVOURITE ┬┬╙ AND ENTER THE OFFLINE MAIL READER
AREA. ┘OU WILL NEED TO DO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SETTING UP IN THIS AREA
SETTING UP AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS:
╨ACKING ╧PTION : ┴╥├, ┌╔╨ OR ╠┌╚; (┴╥├ PREFERRED);
╨ACKET ╘YPE : ╤╫╦;
╨ROTOCOL : ╙ELECT YOUR FAVOURITE COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR
TERMINAL PROGRAM;
┴REA ╙ELECTION : ╙ELECT HERE THE MAIL AREAS FROM WHICH YOU
WISH TO RECEIVE MAIL. ╘HIS IS OFTEN A
SEPARATE OPTION TO THE ├OMBINED ╥EAD OPTION.
┘OU WILL PROBABLY FIND MANY OTHER OPTIONS INCLUDING SELECTION OF
THE NUMBER OF MESSAGES YOU WISH TO ALLOW IN EACH PACKET, INCLUSION OF
NEWS BULLETINS, NEW FILES LISTS AND OTHER THINGS. ╘HERE MAY BE A HELP
FILE AVAILABLE ON THE ┬┬╙ TO EXPLAIN THE OPTIONS AND THEIR USES.
╧NCE THESE OPTIONS HAVE BEEN SET TO YOUR PREFERENCE YOU SHOULD THEN
DOWNLOAD THE MAIL PACKET USING YOUR FAVORITE TRANSFER PROTOCOL. ╔F YOU
DON'T KNOW HOW TO DOWNLOAD THEN READ THE DOCS FOR YOUR TERMINAL
PROGRAM.
╘HE ┬┬╙ WILL GIVE YOU THE NAME OF THE FILE TO DOWNLOAD.
╫HAT DO YOU DO WITH THE .╤╫╦ MAIL PACKET?
=========================================
┘OU SHOULD NOW HAVE A FILE CALLED <BBS-NAME>.╤╫╦. ╘HIS IS THE SAME
AT EACH DOWNLOAD SO YOU WILL HAVE TO DELETE OR RENAME PREVIOUS PACKETS
BEFORE DOWNLOADING A NEW ONE UNLESS YOUR TERMINAL PROGRAM AUTOMATICALLY
RE-NAMES DUPLICATE DOWNLOADS. ┘OU NOW HAVE TO EXIT YOUR TERMINAL
PROGRAM AND SWITCH TO THE ╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.5 PACKAGE OF FILES.
╒NPACKING THE MAIL
------------------
╘HE PREFERRED METHOD OF PACKING /UNPACKING PACKETS IS TO USE THE
FILES INCLUDED IN THE ╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.5 SET OF FILES.
╔F USING A PACKER RATHER THAN ┴╥├ OR IF YOU WISH TO USE ├╙─╧╙'
├╙┴╥├ REFER TO THE REVELENT ├╙-─╧╙ DOCS FOR ADDITIONAL HELP. ╬╧╘┼: IF
USING ├╙─╧╙ YOU WILL NEED TO ISSUE A ├╧╠─ COMMAND BEFORE LOADING
╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.5 DUE TO MEMORY CONFLICTIONS.
╙TARTING ╤╫╦╥╥128
=================
╬╧╘┼ ╫┼╠╠: ╔F USING ╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.5 AND WISHING TO CONVERT IT TO
REGISTERED FORM WITH INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY ╥OD ╟ASSON FOR THE FIRST
TIME ┼╬╙╒╥┼ YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ON REGISTRATION LATER IN THE
DOCUMENTATION BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS OPERATION. ╔F YOU ATTEMPT TO
REGISTER IT INCORRECTLY DISK DATA CAN BE LOST.
╘HE INSTRUCTIONS THAT FOLLOW WILL ASSUME YOU ARE USING THE
INCLUDED ┴╥├ / DE┴╥├ FUNCTIONS. ┬EFORE RUNNING ╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.5 OBTAIN THE
FILE ├╙╪01 AND AFTER EXTRACTING IT COPY THE FILE CALLED ├╙╪128.═╠ TO
YOUR ╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.5 DISK AND THEN LOAD THE PROGRAM PROVIDED CALLED ╤╨╪.
╘HIS PROGRAM WILL OFFER SEVERAL DEFAULTS FOR THE VARIOUS DRIVES AND
MAIL PACKET FILENAME. ╘HE FILENAME AT LEAST WILL BE UNSUITABLE SO PRESS
<╬>O AND ENTER YOUR NEW FILE NAME (AND/OR DRIVES). ╙EE THE SECTION ON
╤╨╪ FOR INFO ON HOW TO MAKE *YOUR* PREFERENCES AS THE DEFAULTS.
╧NE OF THE OPTIONS OF ╤╨╪ IS ═┴╪╔═╒╙ ╦╠╒─╟┼. ╘HIS HAS BEEN INCLUDED
BECAUSE MAIL PACKETS FROM THESE SYSTEMS CAN CAUSE ├╙╪01 TO ABORT WITH
AN ERROR AFTER EXTRACTING THE LAST FILE IN THE PACKET. ╘HIS HAS BEEN
╨AGE 3
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.5 ─OCUMENTATION
KNOWN TO CAUSE PROBLEMS TO ╥AMLINK OWENERS, BUT AS A GENERAL RULE IS
HARMLESS. ╔T SHOULD HOWEVER BE AVOIDED BECAUSE IT CAN NEGATE THE
BENEFITS THAT LAUNCHING ╤╫╦╥╥ FROM ╤╨╪ GIVES, NAMELY THE ACTIVE
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTING.
╨ERFORMING THIS KLUDGE ON MAIL PACKETS THAT DON'T NEED IT, OR ON AN
ALREADY KLUDGED PACKET WILL CAUSE NO HARM.
╤╨╪ WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY ╥USSELL ╨RATER AND HAS BEEN MODIFIED
BY ╥OD TO BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ╤╫╦╥╥ PROGRAM. ╧NCE ╤╨╪ IS
CONFIGURED YOU ARE READY TO UNPACK AND READ/REPLY TO YOUR MAIL.
╘HE MAIL PACKET (ARCHIVE) THAT YOU DOWNLOAD WILL CONTAIN SEVERAL FILES.
╘HE ONLY ONES OF INTEREST ARE THE ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ AND ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILES.
╘HERE WILL ALSO BE SEVERAL .╬─╪ FILES. ╘HESE ARE NOT REQUIRED BY ╤╫╦╥╥
HOWEVER, THEIR EXISTENCE IS CHECKED BY ╤╨╪ AND INFORMATION PASSED ON TO
╤╫╦╥╥ FROM THEM.
╔F USING AN ALTERNATIVE UNPACKER PLEASE SEE THE SECTION ON ╤╨╪ TO
DECIDE WHETHER YOU WISH TO USE THE .╬─╪ FILES.
╒SING ╤╫╦╥╥
-----------
╔F USING ╤╨╪ THEN ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL LOAD AND RUN WITH NO FURTHER INPUT.
╧THERWISE SIMPLY LOAD AND RUN ╤╫╦╥╥ AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER PROGRAM.
╤╫╦╥╥ WILL THEN ASK FOR SEVERAL INPUTS, NAMELY:
═ESSAGES ─RIVE - ╘HIS IS WHERE YOUR ─┴╘ FILES ARE
╥EPLY ─RIVE - ╫HERE YOUR REPLIES ARE TO BE STORED.
╒SER DRIVE. - ╘HIS IS WHERE ALL OTHER TEXT INPUT/OUTPUT IS
PERFORMED.
╔F ╤╫╦╥╥ HAS BEEN LAUNCHED FROM ╤╨╪ THESE THESE OPTIONS ARE BYPASSED
AND THOSE DEFINED BY ╤╨╪ WILL BE USED. ╔F YOU DO WISH TO MANUALLY
SELECT THE DRIVES AT THIS POINT THEN DEFINE DRIVE #0 AS YOUR SELECTION
IN ╤╨╪.
─RIVE SELECTION IS VIA CURSOR MOVEMENTS.
╤╫╦╥╥ WILL THEN SCAN ALL OF YOUR DRIVES (DEFINED OR NOT) LOOKING FOR A
├═─ DRIVE WITH ╥╘├ (REAL TIME CLOCK). ╔F ONE IS FOUND THEN THIS DATA IS
EXTRACTED AND USED BY ╤╫╦╥╥ OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO ENTER
THIS INFORMATION.
╘HE TIME SHOULD BE ENTERED IN 12 HOUR FORMAT WITHOUT PUNCTUATION, EG 1
PM BECOMES 0100. ╧NCE THE ACTUAL TIME IS ENTERED YOU WILL BE ASKED ┴═
OR ╨═ AND SELECTING THE FIRST LETTER WILL COMPLETE THE TIME SET. ┴ DATE
IS THEN DISPLAYED WITH A CURSOR OVER THE LEFT HAND END. ╘HIS DATE IS
THAT FOUND IN THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE AND YOU CAN ONLY CHANGE THE ─┴┘
NUMBERS. ╘HIS SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM AS ANY REPLIES YOU PRODUCE SHOULD
REALLY BE UPLOADED WITHIN A DAY OR TWO OF THE DOWNLOAD. ╘HE EXCEPTION
IS IF YOU DOWNLOAD A PACKET ON THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH, IN THIS CASE
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PUT IN A FALSE DATE. ╘HE DATE IS NOT CHECKED IN
DETAIL FOR ACCURACY AND THINGS LIKE 30 ╞EB 93 CAN BE ENTERED ALTHOUGH
DATES GREATER THAN 31 CANNOT BE ENTERED. ╬OTE THAT THIS MIGHT CAUSE
MAIL REJECTION BY SOME ═AIL DOORS SO IT IS BEST TO STICK TO 'LEGAL'
DATES.
╘HERE IS NO EDIT FUNCTION AVAILABLE WHEN ENTERING THE TIME AND DATE.
╨AGE 4
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.5 ─OCUMENTATION
╧PENING ═ENU
============
╧NCE YOU HAVE FINISHED THE INITIAL SET-UP THE SCREEN FRAMES WILL
BE DRAWN AND THE DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE DISPLAYED IN
THE MAIN BOX AND EITHER A SHORT MENU OR A ╙HAREWARE REMINDER NOTICE
WILL BE DISPLAYED DEPENDING ON THE STATE OF REGISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM
YOU ARE RUNNING. ╔F THE ╙HAREWARE MESSAGE IS PRESENT PRESSING ANY KEY A
FEW TIMES TO STEP THROUGH THE MESSAGES WILL BRING UP THE FIRST MENU
(┬UT YOU WILL OF COURSE REGISTER, WON'T YOU!). ╘HESE OPTIONS WILL NOT
NECESSARILY ALL APPEAR AT ONCE AS THEY WILL ONLY BE DISPLAYED WHEN YOU
REACH A POINT IN THE PROGRAM WHERE THEY ARE USEABLE AND CONSIST OF:
┼<X>IT <╥>EAD ┴LL <═>ARKED <╙>ELECT ├ONF. <├>ONTINUE CREATE <╔>NDEXES
┬RIEFLY THESE OPTIONS GIVE YOU THE FOLLOWING CHOICES:
┼<╪>IT
╘HIS OPTION GIVES A SHORT MENU AFTER WRITING MESSAGE INDEX FILES
TO THE DISK. ╘HESE INDICES ALLOW RAPID ACCESS TO SPECIFIC MESSAGES AT A
LATER READING SESSION, LEAVES A BOOKMARK OF THE LAST MESSAGE YOU READ
TO ALLOW THE <├>ONTINUE OPTION TO WORK AND RETAINS <═>ARKED MESSAGE
INFORMATION.
╘HE ┼╪╔╘ MENU CONSISTS OF:
<┬>ASIC <╨>ACK REPLIES <╥>UN ├╙─╧╙
┴DDITIONAL OPTIONS ARE ╙╚╔╞╘-╨ OR ╙╚╔╞╘-┬ WHICH OPERATE AS DESCRIBED
BELOW.
<┬>ASIC : EXITS THE PROGRAM. ╔F ╙╚╔╞╘-┬ IS USED THEN A COLD RESET
WILL BE PERFORMED.
<╨>ACK REPLIES : ╨ACKS THE REPLY PACKET IN ┴╥├ OR ┌╔╨ FORMAT USING
THE FILE NAME PROVIDED BY THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE. ╔F ╙╚╔╞╘-╨ IS USED A
COLD RESET WILL BE PERFORMED ON COMPLETION OF THE PACKING.
╘HE PACKERS INCLUDED IN THE ╤╫╦╥╥ PROGRAM ARE ╙╘╧╥┼ ONLY AND LIMITED TO
A MAXIMUM FILE SIZE OF 60 K OR 240 DISK BLOCKS.
<╥>UN ├╙─╧╙ : ╔SSUES ╥╒╬"╙╚┼╠╠" COMMAND TO THE ╤╫╦╥╥ BOOT DRIVE TO
ALLOW ├╙─╧╙ TO BE BOOTED TO USE COMPRESSION PACKERS.
┬ACK TO THE ╧PENING ═ENU OPTIONS:
<╥>EAD ALL
╙TARTS READING MESSAGES FROM THE START OF THE PACKET;
<═>ARKED
╘HIS OPTION WILL ONLY BE DISPLAYED INITIALLY IF AN INDEX FILE HAS
BEEN FOUND FOR THE MAIL PACKET CREATED DURING A PREVIOUS SESSION OR
<*>MARKED DURING THE CURRENT SESSION. ╔T LETS YOU READ JUST THE
<*>MARKED MESSAGES.
<╙>ELECT ├ONF.(ERENCE) (─ISABLED IN UNREGISTERED VERSIONS).
┴LLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE TO READ THE MAIL FROM ONE SPECIFIC
CONFERENCE. ╫HEN THIS IS SELECTED THE ├ONFERENCES AVAILABLE ON THE ┬┬╙
WILL BE LISTED ALONG WITH A REFERENCE NUMBER AND YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR
THE NUMBER OF THE CONFERENCE YOU WANT AT THE END OF THE LIST. ╘O ESCAPE
FROM THIS WITHOUT SELECTING AN AREA PRESS ╙╘╧╨ OR ENTER A BLANK
CONFERENCE NUMBER. ╔F THE FILE HAS NOT BEEN INDEXED THERE WILL BE A
DELAY WHILE THE PROGRAM SEARCHES FOR THE MESSAGES FROM THE SELECTED
CONFERENCE. ╔F YOU SELECT THIS OPTION IT IS SHOWN WHILE YOU ARE
READING MESSAGES WITH A '>' SYMBOL TO THE LEFT OF THE WORD '┴REA:' IN
THE MESSAGE HEADER TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE LOCKED INTO THIS
CONFERENCE.
╨AGE 5
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.5 ─OCUMENTATION
<├>ONTINUE
╫ILL ONLY BE DISPLAYED IF THE MESSAGE PACKET HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN
ACCESSED BY ╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.5 AND AN INDEX FILE HAS BEEN WRITTEN. ╔T ALLOWS
YOU TO CONTINUE READING A PACKET FROM WHERE YOU LEFT OFF.
├REATE <╔>NDEXES
╘HIS ALLOWS YOU JUST TO INDEX THE MESSAGE PACKET WITHOUT READING
IT IF YOU SO DESIRE. ┘OU DO NOT ╬┼┼─ TO SELECT IT AS THE INDEX IS
CREATED PROGRESSIVELY AS YOU READ THROUGH THE PACKET. ╘HIS OPTION WILL
NOT BE DISPLAYED IF THE WHOLE PACKET HAS BEEN INDEXED.
╥EADING ═ESSAGES
================
╧NCE YOU'VE MADE A SELECTION FROM THE FIRST MENU THE FIRST MESSAGE
THAT MATCHES THE SELECTED READ CRITERIA IN THE PACKET WILL BE DISPLAYED
WITH A MENU OF OPTIONS SHOWN BELOW IT. ╘HIS MENU IS:
<╬>XT <╨>RV <┴>GN <┼>NTR <╞>WD <╥>PLY E<╪>PRT
<╧>PTS <*> <═SG#> <@> <╙> <$> <#> <╤>
╙OME KEYS ARE USEABLE THAT ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE MENU. ╘HESE ARE; THE
┼SCAPE KEY (FAR LEFT TOP OF YOUR KEYBOARD - HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS
┼╙├) WHICH ABORTS READING A MESSAGE; AND <╙╨┴├┼> OR <╥┼╘╒╥╬> WHICH WILL
MOVE TO THE NEXT MESSAGE ╔╬ ╘╚┼ ╙┼╠┼├╘┼─ ╥┼┴─╔╬╟ ─╔╥┼├╘╔╧╬. ╘HIS
DIRECTION IS DISPLAYED IN THE TOP LEFT OF THE SCREEN TO THE LEFT OF THE
MESSAGE NUMBER, AN ╒P ARROW FOR FORWARD AND A ─OWN ARROW FOR BACKWARDS.
╘HE ┼╙├ KEY CAN BE USED AT ANY TIME, ANY OTHER OPTION CAN ONLY BE
SELECTED WHILE THE APPROPRIATE MENU IS ON THE SCREEN.
╧THER OPTIONS AVAILABLE ONLY ON ╥EGISTERED VERSIONS ARE:
╙╚╔╞╘┼─ ┼, ╞ AND ╥. ╘HESE WORK IN THE SAME WAY AS ┼NTER, ╞ORWARD AND
╥EPLY EXCEPT THAT YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO CHANGE YOUR NAME IN THE ╞ROM:
FIELD TO AN ALIAS.
╬╧╘┼ THE FOLLOWING:
1/ ┼VEN THOUGH YOU HAVE CHANGED THE NAME THE ┬┬╙ MAY CHANGE IT
BACK ON UPLOAD TO YOUR 'REAL' NAME OR PERHAPS REJECT THE MESSAGE;
2/ ┴╠╔┴╙┼╙ ┴╥┼ ╬╧╘ ╟┼╬┼╥┴╠╠┘ ╨┼╥═╔╘╘┼─ ╔╬ ╞╔─╧ ┼├╚╧┼╙. ╘HERE ARE
EXCEPTIONS TO THIS BUT CHECK WITH EITHER YOUR ╙┘╙╧╨ OR THE AREA'S
═ODERATOR.
═ESSAGE HEADER INFORMATION
--------------------------
╘HE MESSAGE HEADER AREA WHICH IS DISPLAYED AT THE TOP OF THE
SCREEN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, WORKING LEFT TO RIGHT AND
TOP TO BOTTOM:
'═SG :' ╘HE MESSAGE NUMBER OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE IN YOUR PACKET.
╘HIS DOES NOT RELATE TO ANY MESSAGE NUMBERS USED ON YOUR ┬┬╙. ┬ETWEEN
THE '═SG' AND THE COLON THERE IS AN UP OR DOWN ARROW DISPLAYING THE
CURRENT READING DIRECTION, ╙EE <╬>EXT, <╨>REVIOUS FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON THIS;
'─ATE :' ╘HE DATE THE MESSAGE YOU ARE READING WAS ENTERED;
'╘IME :' ╘HE TIME THE MESSAGE YOU ARE READING WAS ENTERED;
╘OP RIGHT IS DISPLAYED THE CURRENT TIME AND DATE BASED ON THE
INFORMATION ENTERED BY YOU OR EXTRACTED FROM A ├═─ ╥╘├. ╔F THIS RUNS
FAST (OR SLOW?) SEE THE SECTION IN ╧PTIONS HEADED ╬╙╘├ / ╨┴╠;
'┴REA :' ╘HE NAME OF THE CONFERENCE FROM WHICH THE MESSAGE CAME. ╔F
THIS APPEARS AS '>┴REA :' THEN YOU HAVE <╙>ELECTED THIS CONFERENCE AND
MESSAGES FROM OTHER CONFERENCES WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED.
(╙EE <╙>ELECT ├ONF. IN OPENING MENU)
'╘O :' ╘HE ADDRESSEE OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE;
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'╞ROM :' ╘HE AUTHOR OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE;
'╙TATUS :' ─ISPLAYS THE STATUS OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE, I.E. WHETHER IT
IS ╥EAD/╒NREAD AND ╨UBLIC/╨RIVATE. ╔F IT IS IN THE FORMAT '╙TATUS*:'
THEN YOU HAVE <*>MARKED THIS MESSAGE;
'╙UBJ :' ╘HE SUBJECT OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE. ╔F YOU <╥>EPLY TO THIS
MESSAGE THEN THE SUBJECT OF YOUR MESSAGE WILL DEFAULT TO THE CONTENTS
OF THIS FIELD.
╠ASTLY IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE HEADER WINDOW THERE IS AN
UNIDENTIFIED NUMBER LIKE '10/458'. ╘HIS IS THE SIZE OF THE CURRENT
MESSAGE IN ╠INES/┬YTES.
╥┼┴─ ├OMMANDS
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═ESSAGES ARE DISPLAYED ONE SCREENFUL (PAGE) AT A TIME, WITH
<╨AGE BREAK> SHOWN IN THE BOTTOM WINDOW OF THE SCREEN IF THE END OF THE
MESSAGE IS NOT VISIBLE. ┴NY KEY EXCEPT ┼╙├ OR ╙╘╧╨ WILL TAKE YOU TO THE
NEXT 'PAGE'.
┼╙├ : ╘HIS KEY WILL ABORT THE READING OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE. ╔T CAN BE
USED FOR INSTANCE IF YOU'VE READ THE FIRST PAGE AND DECIDED ITS NOT
INTERESTING TO YOU. ╨RESSING IT WHILE THE <╨AGE BREAK> MESSAGE IS
DISPLAYED WILL BRING UP THE ╥┼┴─ MENU, PRESSING IT AGAIN WILL MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT MESSAGE IN THE DIRECTION SHOWN AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.
(HINT: TO "SCAN" ALL MESSAGES JUST KEEP PRESSING ┼╙├)
<╬>XT : ╬EXT. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO READ THE NEXT HIGHER NUMBER MESSAGE
AND ESTABLISH A READING DIRECTION OF FORWARDS IF IT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN
BACKWARDS.
<╨>RV : ╨REVIOUS. ╘HIS COMMAND WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE PREVIOUS
MESSAGE AND ESTABLISH THE DIRECTION OF READING AS BACKWARDS. ╧NCE <╨>
HAS BEEN SELECTED YOU MUST USE <╬>EXT TO READ THE NEXT MESSAGE TO
RE-ESTABLISH THE READING DIRECTION AS FORWARD IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WISH
TO DO.
<┴>GN : ┴GAIN. ╥E-DISPLAYS THE CURRENT MESSAGE.
<┼>NTR : ┼NTER. ┴LLOWS YOU TO ENTER A MESSAGE IN ANY MAIL AREA. ╙EE
┼╬╘┼╥ING A ═ESSAGE.
<╞>WD : ╞ORWARD. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO REPLY TO A MESSAGE BUT FORWARD THE
REPLY TO ANOTHER MESSAGE AREA. ╘HIS CAN BE USED TO REPLY VIA ╬ET═AIL TO
A MESSAGE IN A ╞IDO AREA OR TO REPLY IN ╨RIVATE MAIL TO A ╨UBLIC
MESSAGE. ╧PTIONS ARE THE SAME AS REPLY EXCEPT THAT A MESSAGE AREA MUST
BE SELECTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ┼NTER A MESSAGE. ╘HIS OPTION IS
DISABLED IN ╒NREGISTERED VERSIONS.
<╥>PLY : ╥EPLY. ┼NTER THE ╥EPLY TO A MESSAGE IN THE CURRENT AREA - ╙EE
╥┼╨╠┘ING TO A ═ESSAGE.
E<╪>PRT: ┼XPORT. ╙ENDS THE CURRENT MESSAGE AS A ├┬═ ╙┼╤ FILE TO THE
╒╙┼╥ DISK DRIVE. ┘OU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR A FILE NAME. ╘HE DEFAULT NAME
BEING THE LAST NAME USED (OR 'FILENAME' IF NO PREVIOUS NAME HAS BEEN
SPECIFIED). ┴ CHECK FOR PRE-EXISTING FILES IS MADE AND IF FOUND YOU
HAVE THE OPTION TO REPLACE IT, APPEND TO IT OR ABORT THE OPERATION. ┴
BLANK LINE WILL ALSO ABORT. ┼NTERING A '$' WILL DISPLAY THE DISK
DIRECTORY (WITH PATTERN MATCHING). ╙EE THE ─╧╙ FOR MORE INFO.
E<╪>PORT IS NOT AVAILABLE ON UNREGISTERED COPIES OF THE PROGRAM.
<╧>PTIONS : ╘HIS KEY LEADS TO THE ╧╨╘╔╧╬╙ MENU (╙EE ╧╨╘╔╧╬╙).
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<*> (┴STERISK) : ═ARK/UNMARK MESSAGES. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO MARK MESSAGES
FOR LATER READING OR REPLYING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE <═>ARKED OPTION
ON THE FIRST MENU. ╔F YOU HAVE MARKED A MESSAGE IT IS SHOWN BY AN
ASTERISK '*' SYMBOL TO THE RIGHT OF THE WORD '╙TATUS' IN THE MESSAGE
HEADER. ╨RESSING '*' THE FIRST TIME MARKS IT AND PRESSING IT AGAIN
╒╬MARKS IT.
<═SG#> : ┘OU CAN ENTER ANY MESSAGE NUMBER DIRECTLY. ╔F THE MESSAGE
PACKET HAS BEEN INDEXED TO OR BEYOND THE NUMBER SELECTED IT WILL BE
IMMEDIATELY DISPLAYED, OTHERWISE INDEXING WILL BE CARRIED OUT UNTIL THE
DESIRED NUMBER IS FOUND. ╬OTE THAT IF YOU HAVE SELECTED TO READ A
SPECIFIC CONFERENCE RATHER THAN ╥┼┴─ ┴╠╠ AND THE SELECTED NUMBER IS NOT
PART OF THE CURRENT CONFERENCE'S MAIL THE NEAREST ACCEPTABLE MESSAGE
WILL BE DISPLAYED. IE IF YOU SELECT MESSAGE #1 BUT THE LOWEST NUMBER IN
THE SELECTED CONFERENCE IS #20 THEN THAT WILL BE THE DISPLAYED MESSAGE.
╔F YOU HAVE SELECTED A SPECIFIC CONFERENCE THEN THIS IS DISPLAYED BY A
'>' TO THE LEFT OF THE WORD '┴REA:' IN THE MESSAGE HEADER AREA TO
INDICATE THAT YOU ARE LOCKED IN THIS CONFERENCE.
<@> : ─OS FUNCTIONS. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER A ─╧╙ COMMAND WHICH
WILL ACT ON THE ╒╙┼╥ DRIVE; OR TO CHANGE THE SELECTED ╒╙┼╥ DRIVE.
(╙EE ─╧╙)
<$> : ─IRECTORY. ─ISPLAYS THE DIRECTORY OF THE CURRENT ╒╙┼╥ DRIVE.
(╙EE ─╧╙). ╬OTE TO THAT WHEN ENTERING A MESSAGE YOU DO NOT NEED TO
PRESS THE ╙╚╔╞╘ KEY, THE LOGO OR CONTROL KEY IS USED INSTEAD.
<╙>TORE : ╙AVES THE TEXT OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE TO THE ╥┼╨╠┘ DISK IN A
═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ FORMAT, BUT USING THE NAME ╙═┴╠╠.─┴╘. ╘HIS IS USEFUL IF
YOU WISH TO STORE THE MESSAGE FOR LATER REPLYING AND HAVE NO FURTHER
NEED FOR THE ENTIRE ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ FILE. ╬OTE: ╘O ACCESS THIS ╙═┴╠╠.─┴╘
FILE YOU MUST SCRATCH THE ORIGINAL ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ FILE AND RENAME THE
╙═┴╠╠.─┴╘ TO ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘, RETAINING THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE ON THE DISK.
╘HIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF "WITTLE" FUNCTION USED IN THE QWIKREAD
PROGRAM IN EARLIER RELEASES.
╬╧╘┼: ╤WIKREAD SHOULD ╬╧╘ BE USED WITH ╤╫╦╥╥ ╓3.X - IT HAS A BUG THAT
MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS.
<#> ╨RINT : ╘HIS KEY WILL PRINT THE CURRENT MESSAGE TO YOUR PRINTER.
THE PROGRAM WILL TEST FOR THE PRESENCE OF A PRINTER ALTHOUGH ╔ FIND
THAT WITH MY SET-UP THIS DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK AND IT WILL OFTEN 'PRINT'
THE MESSAGE HEADER TO THE SCREEN.
╬OTE: ╘HE PRINTER IS ASSUMED TO BE DEVICE #4. ╔T IS OPENED WITH A
SECONDARY ADDRESS OF #7. (╞UTURE VERSIONS WILL HAVE THIS USER
SELECTABLE, MEANWHILE IF THESE CAUSE A PROBLEM CONTACT ╥OD FOR A
SUITABLE POKE)
<╤> ╤UIT : ╫ILL RETURN YOU TO THE OPENING MENU TO ALLOW YOU TO SELECT A
DIFFERENT METHOD OF READING OR TO EXIT THE PROGRAM COMPLETELY TO ┬┴╙╔├.
╥┼╨╠┘ING TO A MESSAGE
=====================
╧N SELECTING <╥>EPLY THE PROGRAM WILL SET UP A MESSAGE HEADER FOR
YOU WITH YOUR NAME / HANDLE IN THE ╞ROM: FIELD, THE AUTHOR OF THE
CURRENT MESSAGE IN THE ╘O: FIELD AND THE ╙UBJ: THE SUBJECT OF THE
CURRENT MESSAGE IN IT WITH THE CURSOR OVER THE NAME IN THE ╘O: FIELD SO
THAT YOU CAN EDIT IT IF YOU WISH. ╔F NOT JUST PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬> AND YOU
WILL GO TO THE NEXT FIELD, THE ╙UBJ: FIELD. ╔F YOU LEAVE BOTH THESE
FIELDS BLANK THE MESSAGE WILL BE HEADED ╘O: ┴LL, ╙UBJ: ╬OTHING IN
PARTICULAR. ┴FTER THAT YOU ARE ASKED WHETHER OR NOT TO FLAG THE MESSAGE
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AS ╨RIVATE. ╫HEN ┼╬╘┼╥ING A MESSAGE THE DEFAULT IS USUALLY PUBLIC. ╫HEN
╥┼╨╠┘ING THE DEFAULT IS THE SAME AS THE MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE REPLYING
TO. ├HANGE THIS FLAG WITH CAUTION.
┬┼ ╫┴╥╬┼─ - FLAGGING IT AS ╨RIVATE HERE WILL NOT ALWAYS ENSURE IT IS
POSTED ON THE ┬┬╙ AS PRIVATE, IF IT IS IN A ╨UBLIC ═ESSAGE ╧NLY AREA IT
MAY BE RE-FLAGGED TO PUBLIC BY THE ┬┬╙ CAUSING POTENTIAL EMBARRASSMENT!
╘HE REVERSE MAY ALSO APPLY BUT IS OBVIOUSLY LESS LIKELY TO CAUSE A
PROBLEM :-).
╙OME ┬┬╙ MAY REJECT MESSAGES WHICH ARE INAPPROPRIATELY FLAGGED FOR A
PARTICULAR AREA, THE ═╦╤WK MAILER DOES THIS BY RE-POSTING THE MESSAGE
TO THE SENDER IN PRIVATE MAIL, NOT A BAD SOLUTION AS THE POSSIBILITY OF
EMBARRASSMENT IS REDUCED AND IT IS QUICKLY APPARENT THAT A PROBLEM HAS
BEEN CAUSED.
╬OTE: ╤╫╦╥╥ ╓3.5 MAKES AN "INTELLIGENT" DECISION AS TO WHETHER A
MESSAGE IS PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, BASED ON THE CONFERENCE NAME AND THE
MESSAGE YOU ARE REPLYING TO. ╔T WILL OFFER THIS AS THE DEFAULT FLAG
SETTING. ┴S A GENERAL RULE IT SHOULD RARELY NEED CHANGING.
╧╦ SO YOU'VE SAID ┘ES OR ╬O TO ╨RIVATE.
╘HE CURSOR NOW MOVES DOWN TO THE BODY OF THE MESSAGE, STARTING
YOUR MESSAGE AUTOMATICALLY FOR YOU WITH TWO WORDS, THE SALUTATION
(DEFAULT '╚I') CONTAINED IN THE ╞╦┼┘ FILES AND THE FIRST PART OF THE
ADDRESSEE'S NAME, HOPEFULLY THEIR FIRST NAME. ╬OW YOU CAN CARRY ON AND
TYPE YOUR REPLY.
╘HE ┼DITORS
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╘HERE ARE TWO EDITORS USED FOR ENTERING INFORMATION INTO ╤╫╦╥╥128.
╘HIS IS A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE OPERATION OF BOTH.
╠INE ┼DITOR
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╘HE LINE EDITOR IS USED FOR ENTERING FILE NAMES, ╘O:, ╞ROM: AND
╙UBJ: FIELDS, TAGLINES AND FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS.
╘HE INSERT AND DELETE KEYS FUNCTION AS DESCRIBED BELOW AND IF A
DEFAULT IS OFFERED BUT NOT REQUIRED THEN PRESSING THE SPACE BAR BEFORE
ANY OTHER INPUT WILL CLEAR THE FIELD TO ALLOW ENTRY OF THE NEW DATA OR
BLANK THE FIELD TO ALLOW THE OPERATION TO BE ABORTED. ╘HE CURSOR KEYS
OPERATE LEFT AND RIGHT IN THE USUAL SENSE. ├URSOR UP OR THE ╚OME KEY
WILL MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE START OF THE STRING AND CURSOR DOWN OR
╙HIFT/╚OME WILL MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE END OF THE STRING.
╞ULL ╙CREEN ┼DITOR
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╘HE ╞ULL ╙CREEN ┼DITOR IS USED TO ENTER MESSAGE TEXT WHEN ┼╬╘┼╥ING
OR ╥┼╨╠┘ING TO MESSAGES. ╘HE EDITOR IN V3 HAS WORD-WRAP CAPABILITY,
WITH THE LIMITATION THAT WORDWRAP ╧╬╠┘ OCCURS AS TEXT IS ENTERED AND
WHEN THE LAST CHARACTER ON A LINE IS OTHER THAN A SPACE. ╔F YOU INSERT
OR DELETE TEXT AND THIS FORCES WORDS TO BE BROKEN OVER THE SCREEN
BOUNDARY THESE WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY WRAP. ╔F YOU ARE INSERTING TEXT
AND CROSS THE RIGHT SCREEN MARGIN THE WORDWRAP WILL INSERT A BLANK LINE
AND WORDWRAP ONTO THAT RATHER THAN MOVING THE TEXT ON THE NEXT LINE
(AND THE NEXT, AND THE NEXT ...) RIGHT.
╘HE ╔╬╙┼╥╘ KEY OPERATES IN THE NORMAL SENSE AS IT DOES IN ┬┴╙╔├,
IE A SPACE IS INSERTED AT THE CURSOR LOCATION AND THE CURSOR REMAINS IN
THE SAME PLACE WHILE THE TEXT IS MOVED RIGHT. ╘HE ─┼╠┼╘┼ KEY FUNCTIONS
AS A DUAL BACKSPACE AND DELETE KEY. ╔N THE MIDDLE OF THE TEXT CHARACTER
AT THE CURSOR POSITION IS DELETED WITH THE TEXT TO THE RIGHT BEING
MOVED LEFT AND THE CURSOR STAYING IN THE SAME POSITION. ┴T THE END OF A
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TEXT LINE (OR SCREEN) IT WILL BACKSPACE DELETING THE PRECEDING
CHARACTER.
╘HE ├URSOR KEYS OPERATE AS YOU'D EXPECT WITH THE FOLLOWING ENHANCEMENTS
WHEN PRESSED WITH THE SHIFT KEY:
╒P - ╨AGE (SCREEN) UP. ╠EFT - ╘OP OF PAGE (SAME AS HOME)
─OWN - ╨AGE (SCREEN) DOWN. ╥IGHT - ┬OTTOM OF PAGE. (SCREEN).
═ESSAGES ARE ENTERED USING THE FULL SCREEN EDITOR AND HAS A MENU
THAT IS BOUGHT UP BY PRESSING EITHER THE ├OMMODORE ╠OGO (├=) OR ├ONTROL
KEYS AND WHICH GIVES YOU THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS :
<┴>BRT <─>EL <╔>NS <╘>OP <┬>TM <╥>D
I<═>PT E<╪>PT <╤>TE <╙>VE <├>PY <╓><$@╧#╫>
╥EFERRED TO HEREAFTER AS THE ╥EPLY MENU.
╘HESE OPTIONS ARE SELECTED BY HOLDING DOWN EITHER THE ├OMMODORE
╠OGO (├=) KEY OR THE ├ONTROL KEY AND PRESSING THE DESIRED OPTION.
╬╧╘┼: 1/ ─UE TO AN ODDITY IN THE ├128 OPERATING SYSTEM ├ONTROL-╙
AND ├ONTROL-╤ DO NOT AT PRESENT WORK SO YOU MUST USE ├=╙ OR ├=╤, BUT
ALL THE OTHERS WILL WORK WITH EITHER THE ╠OGO OR ├ONTROL KEYS.
2/ I<═>PORT), E<╪>PORT, <├>OPY AND ╫>RITE ARE DISABLED IN
╒NREGISTERED VERSIONS.
┘OU WILL NOTICE THAT WHEN EITHER THE ╠OGO OR ├ONTROL KEYS ARE
PRESSED A TAGLINE IS DISPLAYED IN THE BOTTOM WINDOW OF THE SCREEN. ╘HE
TAGLINE THAT IS DISPLAYED WHEN YOU SAVE THE MESSAGE WILL BE APPENDED TO
THE MESSAGE AS A ╞IDO FORMAT TAGLINE. ╘HESE TAGLINES TOGGLE THROUGH THE
AVAILABLE CHOICES EACH TIME EITHER THE ╠OGO OR ├ONTROL KEY IS PRESSED
TO GIVE A DEGREE OF RANDOMNESS BUT STILL ALLOWING SPECIFIC TAGLINES TO
BE USED IF REQUIRED. ╙EE ╧PTIONS MENU / ╘AGLINES FOR MORE INFORMATION.
(╞OR UNREGISTERED VERSIONS THE INTERNAL ╤╫╦╥╥128 TAGLINE IS ALWAYS
USED, EVEN THOUGH THE OTHERS CAN BE LOADED/SAVED AND EDITED).
╘HE MESSAGE EDITOR FEATURES A SIDE WINDOW CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING:
- A ONE HOUR MESSAGE TIMER THAT IS ZEROED WHENEVER YOU START TO
ENTER A MESSAGE;
- THE CURRENT LINE AND COLUMN CURSOR POSITION;
╬OTE: ╤╫╦╥╥ LIMITS THE COLUMN WIDTH TO 72 CHARACTERS. ╘HIS CONFORMS
WITH ╤╫╦ SPECIFICATIONS AND WILL AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF YOUR ┬┬╙
REFORMATING YOUR MESSAGES WHEN UPLOADED.
- A BUFFER COUNTER. ╫HEN THIS REACHES ZERO YOU WILL BE GIVEN A
WARNING. ┘OU MAY ENTER APPROX 500 BYTES AFTER THIS WARNING, BUT YOU RUN
THE RISK OF CORRUPTING YOUR MESSAGE OR CRASHING THE PROGRAM. ┼NTER DATA
AFTER THIS WARNING AT YOUR OWN RISK.
╤╫╦╥╥ USES 4 MAIN BUFFERS THAT ARE DYNAMICALLY ASSIGNED AND THE ACTUAL
SPACE AVAILABLE TO YOU DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF CONFERENCES (╙EE
╫┴╥╬╔╬╟╙) IN YOUR MESSAGE PACKET AND THE SIZE OF THE LAST READ MESSAGE.
╘HE INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN IS STORED IN ITS OWN BUFFER SO THE BUFFER
SPACE INDICATED WILL NOT CHANGE UNTIL TEXT MOVES OFF THE SCREEN.
╥┼╨╠┘ ├OMMANDS
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<┴>BRT : ┴BORT. ╘HIS ABORTS THE REPLY OPTION AND RETURNS YOU TO THE
MESSAGE YOU WERE READING WHEN YOU SELECTED THE ╥┼╨╠┘ OPTION.
<─>EL OR <┘> : ─ELETE ╠INE. ╚ERE YOU CAN DELETE A LINE WHICH IS EITHER
BLANK OR CONTAINS TEXT. ╘HE LINE THE CURSOR IS ON IS DELETED AND TEXT
BELOW SCROLLED UP. ╘HE CURSOR WILL REAPPEAR ON WHAT WAS THE LINE BELOW
ITS POSITION IN THE SAME COLUMN. ╘HE '┘' OPTION IS INCLUDED TO CONFORM
WITH OTHER SOFTWARE THAT OFFERS A ├ONTROL-┘ LINE DELETE.
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<╔>NS : ╔NSERT ╠INE FUNCTION. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO INSERT BLANK LINES
ONE LINE AT A TIME. ╘HE LINE IS INSERTED AT THE LINE THE CURSOR IS
CURRENTLY ON AND THE CURSOR AND THE TEXT ON THE SAME LINE AND LINES
BELOW MOVE DOWN ONE LINE.
<╘>OP : ╘AKES YOU TO THE TOP OF THE MESSAGE. (┴S DOES ╙╚╔╞╘-╚╧═┼)
<┬>TM : ╘╚╔╙ ╔╙ ┴╬ ╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘ ├╧══┴╬─.
┬OTTOM. ╘AKES YOU TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MESSAGE. ┴PART FROM DOING
THIS SIMPLE THING THIS COMMAND ALSO RECALCULATES THE LINE NUMBERS AND
RESETS VARIOUS POINTERS. ╔F ANYTHING LOOKS WRONG ON THE SCREEN, E.G.
LINE NUMBERS NOT SHOWN AS CORRECT, TEXT APPEARS TO HAVE VANISHED, ETC
THIS COMMAND ╙╚╧╒╠─ RESET THINGS. ┘OU CAN ALMOST CONSIDER IT A '╨ANIC'
╦EY. ╘HE <┬> COMMAND IS AUTOMATICALLY PERFORMED PRIOR TO <╙>AVING AND
AFTER <╔>MPORTING OR <╤>UOTING.
╬OTE: ╔F THE BORDERS BECOME CORRUPT FOR ANY REASON THESE MUST BE
RESTORED VIA THE ├╧╠╧╒╥ OPTIONS.
<╥>D : ╥EAD. ╥EAD A TEXT FILE FROM THE ╒╙┼╥ OR ANOTHER DISK (SEE
─╧╙). ╘HIS HAS NO EFFECT ON THE MESSAGE BEING WRITTEN. ╒SEFUL FOR
READING FILE CONTENTS PRIOR TO IMPORTING.
I<═>PT : ╔MPORT. ╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO IMPORT A TEXT FILE FROM YOUR
╒╙┼╥ DISK TO INCLUDE IN A MESSAGE. ╫HEN YOU CHOOSE THIS YOU WILL BE
ASKED IF YOU WISH TO IMPORT AN <┴>╙├╔╔ OR <╨>ETSCII (DEFAULTS TO
<╨>ETSCII) FILE AND APPROPRIATE CONVERSION WILL BE CARRIED OUT. ╘HE
IMPORTED SECTION OF THE MESSAGE HAS A HEADER AND FOOTER ADDED
AUTOMATICALLY TO DELINEATE IT AND IS INSERTED INTO THE MESSAGE ON THE
LINE BELOW THE CURSOR. ╘EXT IMPORT CAN BE ABORTED BY PRESSING THE STOP
KEY. ╔T WILL AUTOMATICALLY ABORT WHEN THE BUFFER FILLS.
E<╪>PT : ┼XPORTS THE MESSAGE BEING CREATED TO THE ╒╙┼╥ DISK. ╙IMILAR TO
THE ┼XPORT OPTION ON THE READ MENU.
<╤>TE : ╤UOTE. ╘HIS ENABLES YOU TO QUOTE BACK TO THE PERSON SOME OF
THEIR OWN MESSAGE SO THAT THEY'VE GOT ╙╧═┼ IDEA OF WHAT YOU ARE
REFERRING TO! ╞IDO╬ET PROTOCOL SUGGESTS THAT YOU QUOTE ENOUGH OF THE
MESSAGE TO MAKE SENSE BUT NO MORE THAN YOU HAVE TO AS SOMEONE HAS TO
PAY FOR THE TEXT YOU ENTER TO BE TRANSFERRED AROUND THE WORLD. ╥EMEMBER
TOO IF REPLYING ON AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK THAT BY THE TIME THE
ADDRESSEE RECEIVES IT IT COULD BE 10 DAYS SINCE HE OR SHE ENTERED THE
ORIGINAL.. ╧N SELECTING <╤>UOTE ONE LINE OF THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE WILL
BE LISTED IN A WINDOW. ╘HE MENU '╙ELECT: <┼╬╘┼╥> <╤>UIT <UP-ARROW>
<DOWN-ARROW>' WILL APPEAR. ╨RESSING <┼╬╘┼╥> OR <╥┼╘╒╥╬> WILL ENTER THIS
LINE AS A QUOTE IN YOUR MESSAGE PRECEDED BY THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S
INITIALS AND A '>' SIGN SO THAT IT IS RECOGNISABLE AS A QUOTE. ╘HE
CURSOR KEYS WILL MOVE YOU UP OR DOWN A LINE AND PRESSING '╤' WILL
RETURN YOU TO YOUR MESSAGE. ╘HE ╤UOTED TEXT WILL APPEAR INSERTED IN THE
MESSAGE IN THE LINE BELOW THE CURSOR.
╤UOTED TEXT WILL WRAP WHEN IT EXTENDS PAST THE RIGHT HAND MARGIN.
╔T DOES THIS BY BREAKING ANY LINE LONGER THAN 72 CHARACTERS INTO HALF
AND PLACING THE QUOTEE'S INITIALS AND THE '>' SYMBOL AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE NEW LINE AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL LINE. ╔T WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
'SECOND GENERATION' QUOTES, I.E. WHERE YOU ARE QUOTING SOMEBODY'S QUOTE
BOTH SETS OF INITIALS WILL BE PLACED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LINE EVEN
WHEN TEXT WRAP TAKES PLACE.
<╙>VE : ╙AVE. ╘HIS ╙AVES THE MESSAGE TO YOUR ╥┼╨╠┘ DISK USING A FILE
NAME PREFIX SUPPLIED BY THE ┬┬╙ ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE AND THE EXTENSION
'.═╙╟'. ╘HIS IS THE FILE TO BE PACKED AND UPLOADED TO YOUR ┬┬╙. ╫HEN
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YOU SAVE THE FIRST MESSAGE IN EACH SESSION THE PROGRAM WILL CHECK FOR
THE EXISTENCE OF A DUPLICATE FILE NAME. ╔F THIS IS FOUND YOU WILL BE
ASKED IF YOU WISH TO <╥>EPLACE IT, <┴>PPEND TO IT OR <╤>UIT THE SAVING
OF THE MESSAGE. ╙UBSEQUENT REPLIES WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY APPENDED TO
THE FIRST REPLY TO CREATE YOUR REPLY FILE. ╔F YOU ┴BORT THE SAVING OF
THE MESSAGE THE MESSAGE IS NOT LOST, YOU WILL BE PUT BACK INTO THE
MESSAGE EDITOR SO THAT YOU CAN RECTIFY THINGS (RENAME THE OLD FILE,
ETC) AND THEN <╙>AVE THE MESSAGE AGAIN.
╬╧╘┼ YOU CANNOT SAVE A MESSAGE UNTIL AT LEAST 10 CHARACTERS HAVE
BEEN TYPED INTO IT. ╘HIS IS A SAFETY CATCH TO ENSURE THAT BLANK
MESSAGES OR ╤UOTES WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TEXT ARE NOT SAVED. ╘EXT
AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED, ╤UOTED OR ╔MPORTED DOES NOT COUNT. (╚OLDING THE
SPACE BAR, AND ╞╦┼┘ INPUT DOES).
<├>PY : ├OPY. <╙>AVES THE EXISTING MESSAGE AND THEN PROMPTS YOU TO
SELECT ANOTHER CONFERENCE AREA AND THEN ENTER THE ╘O: AND ╙UBJ: FIELDS
IN THE MESSAGE HEADER. ┴FTER YOU HAVE DONE THIS YOU CAN MAKE ANY
CHANGES YOU WISH TO AND THEN <╙>AVE OR <├>OPY THE MESSAGE. ┘OU CAN ├OPY
A MESSAGE AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WISH.
╘HIS IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL TO SEND THE SAME NETMAIL TO SEVERAL
DIFFERENT PEOPLE, OR TO SEND THE SAME MESSAGE VIA A PUBLIC ECHO AND
NETMAIL.
<╓> : ╓IEW. ┴LLOWS YOU TO ╓IEW A MESSAGE YOU ARE WRITING IN THE SAME
FORMAT AS IT WILL BE READ, COMPLETE WITH PAGE BREAKS & HIGHLIGHTED
QUOTES, ETC.
<$> ─IRECTORY
<@> ─╧╙ COMMANDS AS IN THE ╥┼┴─ MENU.
<╧> ╧PTIONS
<#> : ╨RINTS THE CREATED MESSAGE TO THE PRINTER.
<╫> : ╫RITE. ╙AVES THE CREATED MESSAGE TO THE ╒╙┼╥ DISK WITHOUT THE
HEADER INFORMATION. (┼XPORT WITHOUT THE MESSAGE HEADER). ╒SEFUL IF YOU
TYPE A MESSAGE AND WISH TO KEEP A COPY FOR LATER USE.
┼╬╘┼╥ING A ═ESSAGE
==================
┴S WAS MENTIONED IN THE ╥EADING ═ESSAGES SECTION PRESSING <┼> AT THE
MENU IN THAT AREA ALLOWS YOU TO ┼NTER A MESSAGE OTHER THAN A REPLY.
╫HEN YOU SELECT THIS YOU WILL BE SHOWN A LIST OF ALL THE MESSAGE AREAS
CONTAINED IN THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE YOU ARE USING. ╘HESE WILL BE LISTED
WITH THE NAME AND NUMBER THE ╙┘╙╧╨ HAS ASSIGNED IT. ┴NY LEGITIMATE
CONFERENCE NUMBER CAN BE ENTERED AT ANY TIME. ╙TOP OR ┼╙├ WILL ABORT
THE OPERATION. ┴FTER THIS HAS BEEN DONE ENTER THE ┴DDRESSEE'S NAME AND
MESSAGE SUBJECT.
╧NCE THE INFORMATION ABOVE HAS BEEN ENTERED YOU WILL BE PUT INTO A
MESSAGE CREATION AREA BASICALLY THE SAME AS THE ╥EPLY OPTIONS EXCEPT
THAT YOU WON'T HAVE A <╤>UOTE OPTION AVAILABLE.
┼NTERING ╬ETMAIL
----------------
┴LTHOUGH THE .╤╫╦ MAIL PACKET SYSTEM WAS NOT DESIGNED TO COPE WITH
THE ODDITIES OF ╬ET═AIL SUCH MESSAGES CAN EASILY BE SENT WITH MOST ┬┬╙
SOFTWARE.
╘HE FOLLOWING NOTES MAY HELP IF YOU WISH TO ATTEMPT IT MANUALLY AS
A LOT OF ┬┬╙' SEEM TO FOLLOW ONE OF THE DESCRIBED METHODS TO ALLOW
╬ET═AIL.
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╬╧╘┼: ╥EGARDLESS 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?).
╒SING ═╦╤WK OR ╙UPER┬┬╙ (═╦╤WK)
--------------------------------
╘HESE SYSTEMS WILL INTERPRET THE ╙UBJECT OF THE MESSAGE AS
CONTAINING A DESTINATION ADDRESS IF IT STARTS WITH A '@' SIGN. ═AIL
SENT THIS WAY CAN ALSO BE FLAGGED AS ├RASH, ╔MMEDIATE OR ─IRECT ╬ETMAIL
AS REQUIRED BY ADDING ├╥┴╙╚, ╔══ AND / OR ─╔╥ TO THE ADDRESS. ┴ NORMAL
SUBJECT CAN BE ADDED TO AN OUT-GOING ╬ETMAIL MESSAGE BY PUTTING '╙UBJ:
<SUBJECT TEXT>' ON THE FIRST LINE OF THE MESSAGE. ╘HE MESSAGE SHOULD
THEN LOOK LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE:
╘O :╥OD ╟ASSON
╞ROM:═ARK ─OWSETT
╙UBJ:@3:800/851
--<END OF HEADER - BEGINNING OF MESSAGE TEXT >--
╙UBJ:╬ETMAIL TEST.
╟'DAY ╥OD, (REST OF MESSAGE)
╘HE RECEIVING ┬┬╙ WILL DO THE REST.
╒SING ┼ZY╤WK OR ═AXIMUS (╤MAIL #1)
----------------------------------
╘HESE SYSTEMS WILL ACCEPT ╬ETMAIL PROVIDED THE ADDRESS IS INCLUDED
AS THE ╞╔╥╙╘ LINE OF THE MESSAGE LIKE THIS:
╘O :╥OD ╟ASSON
╞ROM:═ARK ─OWSETT
╙UBJ:╬ETMAIL ╘EST
--<END OF HEADER - BEGINNING OF MESSAGE TEXT >--
╘O:3:800/851
╟'DAY ╥OD, --< ═ESSAGE TEXT >--
╘HE RECEIVING ┬┬╙ WILL DO THE REST.
╨├┬OARD (├AM-═AIL) (╤MAIL #2)
------------------------------
╘HIS IS SIMILAR TO ┼ZY╤WK OR ═AXIMUS, BUT THE "╘O:" TEXT SHOULD BE
REPLACED WITH "@>" :
╘O :╥OD ╟ASSON
╞ROM:═ARK ─OWSETT
╙UBJ:╬ETMAIL ╘EST
--<END OF HEADER - BEGINNING OF MESSAGE TEXT >--
@>3:800/851
╟'DAY ╥OD, --< ═ESSAGE TEXT >--
╘HE RECEIVING ┬┬╙ WILL DO THE REST.
╤╙╧/╘┬┬╙ (╤╙╧/╘┬┬╙)
--------------------
╘WO FORMATS ARE AVAILABLE, THE FIRST IS IN THE ╘╧: FIELD PLACE THE
PERSONS NAME FOLLOWED BY @<FIDO ADDRESS>, EG:
╘O :╥OD ╟ASSON @3:800/851
╞ROM:═ARK ─OWSETT
╙UBJ:╬ETMAIL ╘EST
--<END OF HEADER - BEGINNING OF MESSAGE TEXT >--
╟'DAY ╥OD, --< ═ESSAGE TEXT >--
╘HE PROBLEM WITH THIS FORMAT IS THAT THE FIELD IS LIMITED TO 25
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CHARACTERS. ╔T MAY NOT BE LONG ENOUGH TO HOLD BOTH THE NAME AND
ADDRESS.
┬ECAUSE OF THIS ╤╙╧ ALSO ALLOWS AN ALTERNATE FORMAT. ╧NCE AGAIN IT
INVOLVES PLACING THE FIDO ADDRESS ON THE FIRST MESSAGE LINE. ╔N THIS
INSTANCE THOUGH IT SHOULD SIMPLY BE PRECEDED WITH '@' EG:
╘O :╥OD ╟ASSON
╞ROM:═ARK ─OWSETT
╙UBJ:╬ETMAIL ╘EST
--<END OF HEADER - BEGINNING OF MESSAGE TEXT >--
@3:800/851
╟'DAY ╥OD, --< ═ESSAGE TEXT >--
╘HE RECEIVING ┬┬╙ WILL DO THE REST.
╬╧╘┼: ╘HIS IS THE FORMAT USED BY THE ┴UTO-NET ROUTINES OF ╤╫╦╥╥.
┴UTO-╬ETMAIL
------------
╤╫╦╥╥ ╓3.5 HAS THE ABILITY TO HANDLE THE NETMAIL FORMATTING
AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDED ONE OF THE ABOVE METHODS ARE USED.
┬EFORE ╤╫╦╥╥ CAN DO THIS THOUGH IT NEEDS TO KNOW 3 THINGS.
1. ╘HE NAME OF YOUR ┬┬╙. ╔T GETS THIS AUTOMATICALLY FROM THE
CONTROL.DAT FILE.
2. ╘HE NETMAIL CONFERENCE.
3. ╘HE FORMAT REQUIRED. (═╦╤WK, ╤MAIL #1, ╤MAIL #2 OR ╤╙╧/╘┬┬╙)
╘HE CONFERENCE AND FORMAT ARE DEFINED BY ENTERING ╙╚╔╞╘-╬ AT ANY TIME
THE AVAILABLE CONFERENCES ARE LISTED. ╘HIS WILL CAUSE THE CONFERENCES
TO BE RE-LISTED WITH THE SELECTION PROMPT FLASHING. ╙IMPLY ENTER THE
NUMBER OF YOUR ┬┬╙'S NETMAIL CONFERENCE.
┘OU WILL THEN BE ASKED TO SELECT ONE OF THE 4 FORMATS. ┼NTERING A #0
WILL CANCEL THE AUTO-NET ROUTINES.
╘HIS INFORMATION IS THEN SAVED TO THE ╤╫╦╥╥ BOOT DISK USING THE NAME
┬┬╙╔─.NET. ╘HIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY LOADED WHENEVER ╤╫╦╥╥ IS RE-RUN
AND THE ┬┬╙╔─ MATCHES THAT OF THE CURRENT MAIL PACKET SO YOU ONLY NEED
DEFINE IT ONCE FOR EACH ┬┬╙ YOU USE. (UNLESS YOUR SYSOP CHANGES THE
CONFERENCE NUMBERS).
╧NCE THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN DEFINED OR LOADED, ANY MESSAGE, WHETHER
IT BE A REPLY, ENTERED, OR FORWARDED INTO THIS CONFERENCE WILL
AUTOMATICALLY BE TREATED AS PRIVATE NETMAIL.
╞URTHERMORE, WITH THIS DEFINED YOU CAN SELECT THE NETMAIL CONFERENCE BY
ENTERING AN UNSHIFTED 'N' AT ANY OF THE CONFERENCE SELECTION PROMPTS.
┼NTERING MESSAGES VIA THE AUTO-NET ROUTINES IS SIMILAR TO ANY OTHER
MESSAGE. ╘HE EXCEPTION BEING THAT RATHER THAN THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE PROMPT
THE MESSAGE IS ASSUMED TO BE PRIVATE AND YOU ARE PROMPTED FOR A NETMAIL
(DESTINATION) ADDRESS. ╔F NO NET-MAIL ADDRESS IS GIVEN THE MESSAGE WILL
BE TREATED AS ANY OTHER MESSAGE.
╤╫╦╥╥ WILL SCAN THE LAST MESSAGE READ FOR A DEFAULT FIDO ADDRESS. ╘HIS
IS USUALLY THAT OF THE ╧RIGIN LINE, BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ORIGIN
LINE IT WILL USE ANY OTHER VALID ADDRESS FORMAT IT FINDS.
╤╫╦╥╥ MAKES NO ATTEMPT TO CHECK YOUR INPUT HERE, IT IS UP TO YOU TO
SUPPLY A LEGAL ADDRESS.
╫HILST ENTERING A MESSAGE VIA THE AUTO-NETMAIL ROUTINES THE DESTINATION
ADDRESS AND NETMAIL FORMAT WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE
SCREEN.
╘HAT IS ALL THERE IS TO IT. ╘HE APPROPRIATE FORMATTING IS PERFORMED
WHEN THE MESSAGE IS SAVED.
╬OTE: ╧THER FORMATS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AS THEY BECOME KNOWN TO ME.
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╨ACKING THE MAIL
================
╧NCE YOU HAVE READ AND REPLIED TO ALL YOUR MAIL IT IS TIME TO PACK IT
AND UPLOAD THE FINAL PACKET TO YOUR ┬┬╙.
╬OTE: ╔F YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED WITH YOUR REPLIES THEN DO NOT PACK THEM
AT THIS STAGE. ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL ALLOW YOU TO ADD ADDITIONAL REPLIES TO THE
PACKET IN A FUTURE SESSION. ┘OU CANNOT ADD TO A PACKED REPLY PACKET.
╞ROM THE ╥EAD MENU, PRESS <╤> TO QUIT TO THE EXIT MENU.
╞ROM HERE YOU CAN EXIT TO ┬┴╙╔├, ╨ACK YOUR REPLIES, BOOT ├╙-─╧╙ OR
PERFORM A COLD RESET.
╔F YOU SELECT <╨>ACK YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE CHOICE OF ┴╥├ OR ┌╔╨. ┴S A
GENERAL RULE USE THE SAME FORMAT THAT YOU DOWNLOADED. ╚OWEVER *MOST*
┬┬╙ SOFTWARE WILL DETERMINE THE PACKER USED WHEN YOU UPLOAD THE FILE
WITH NO FURTHER INTERVENTION FROM YOU, SO EITHER FORMAT WILL DO.
╤╫╦╥╥ WILL HANDLE REPLY PACKETS UP TO 60K OR 240 DISK BLOCKS. ╔T WILL
ABORT IF THIS SIZE IS EXCEEDED.
╔N ORDER TO SAVE DISK SPACE ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL GIVE THE OPTION TO SCRATCH THE
.═╙╟ FILE ┬┼╞╧╥┼ SAVING THE ╥┼╨ FILE. ╘HIS WILL AVOID DISK FULL ERRORS.
╘HE ╥┼╨ FILE WILL USUALLY BE THE SAME SIZE AS THE .═╙╟ FILE, ALTHOUGH
IT MAY OCCASIONALLY BE 1 BLOCK LONGER. (DUE TO THE ARCHIVE HEADERS)
╔F DISK SPACE ISN'T A PROBLEM ╔ SUGGEST THAT YOU NOT SCRATCH THE ═╙╟
FILE, AS THIS MAY BE USEFUL IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS.
╔F USING AN EXTERNAL PACKER YOU NEED SIMPLY TO PACK THE SINGLE FILE
┬┬╙╔─.═╙╟ AND RENAME IT TO ┬┬╙╔─.╥┼╨ BEFORE UPLOADING.
╙ENDING THE MAIL
----------------
┘OU WILL NOW BE LEFT WITH A FILE CALLED ┬┬╙╔─.╥┼╨. ┘OU MAY NOW RE-BOOT
YOUR TERMINAL PROGRAM, RING THE ┬┬╙, GO INTO THE ╧FFLINE ═AIL AREA AND
UPLOAD YOUR PACKAGE! ┼ASY WASN'T IT??
╫ATCH THE PROGRESS OF THE ╧FFLINE PACKET AS YOU UPLOAD IT AS THE
╧FFLINE MAIL MODULE ON THE ┬┬╙ WILL NORMALLY REPORT ERRORS IF THEY
OCCUR, BUT THEY WON'T STAY ON THE SCREEN FOR LONG. ╔F NEW TO THE SYSTEM
TURN YOUR TERMINAL BUFFER ON BEFORE THE UPLOAD SO THAT MESSAGES CAN BE
EXAMINED LATER. ╔F ITS ALL ╧╦ IT WILL PROBABLY REPORT AT LEAST THE
NUMBER OF MESSAGES RECEIVED AND POSSIBLY THE AREAS THEY WERE SENT TO
AND OTHER INFORMATION TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT ALL WORKED. ═╦╤WK REPORTS
FOR EACH MESSAGE THE AREA NUMBER AND SUBJECT TOGETHER WITH ANY ERROR
REPORTS - COMMONLY '═ESSAGE MOVED TO ─EFAULT AREA' IF FOR SOME REASON
THE MESSAGE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN THE AREA YOU WANTED IT. ╨OSSIBLE
CAUSES ARE:
1) ╨UBLIC MAIL IN A ╨RIVATE AREA OR VICE VERSA;
2) ╬ETMAIL WITHOUT A LEGAL ADDRESS OR SUFFICIENT ╬ETMAIL CREDIT.
╥EADING WHAT YOU ╫ROTE
======================
╙O YOU WANT TO READ YOUR OWN PACKET? ┘OU CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU WROTE
OR YOU JUST WANT TO CHECK THE PACKET TO MAKE SURE ITS READABLE? ╔TS
ACTUALLY EASY .. ┴LL YOU NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE THAT
YOU WERE USING WHEN YOU WROTE IT IS ON THE SAME DISK AS THE .═╙╟ PACKET
ITSELF. ╞IRST RENAME THE .═╙╟ PACKET TO ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ AND THEN BOOT
╤╫╦╥╥128. ┘OU WILL NOW BE ABLE TO READ YOUR CREATED PACKET AS IF IT WAS
A PACKET THAT YOU HAD DOWNLOADED. ╘HIS IS *NOT* REALLY A PLANNED
FUNCTION OF THE PROGRAM (SORT OF A BY-PRODUCT). ╔T IS PURELY A
DE-BUGGING AID THAT CAN BE USED TO CHECK THE VALIDITY OF YOUR REPLY
PACKET. ─O NOT ATTEMPT TO EDIT YOUR REPLY PACKET AND DO NOT REPLY TO
THESE REPLIES. ┘OU ├┴╬ USE THE EXPORT/PRINT OPTIONS ON THIS FILE IF YOU
WISH. ╔T COMES IN HANDY AT TIMES, E.G. A MESSAGE THAT HAS BEEN SAVED
BUT THAT YOU NEED TO EDIT COULD BE E<╪>PORTED AND THEN, AFTER YOU HAVE
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SET UP TO RE-READ THE ╧╥╔╟╔╬┴╠ PACKET, I<═>PORTED AND THEN EDITED. ═IND
YOU IT MIGHT BE SIMPLER TO RETYPE IT! <╬OTE FROM ╥OD. ╬OT IF YOU
REGULARLY SEND 200-300 LINE MESSAGES AS ╔ DO)!
╔T IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO <╥>EAD YOUR REPLY FILE FROM THE EDITOR. ┴LTHOUGH
THE FORMATTING WILL BE SCREWED THE TEXT IS READABLE (SELECT ┴╙├╔╔
INPUT).
╧PTIONS
=======
╨RESSING THE <╧> KEY ON MENUS WHERE IT IS AVAILABLE BRINGS UP THE
FOLLOWING MENU:
<├>OLOURS <╞>KEYS <╘>AGLINES <╨>RINTER <╬>STC/╨AL <╤>UIT
╘HESE ALLOW EDITING/SAVING OF THE AREAS MENTIONED AND WORK IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER:
<├>OLOURS
┴LLOWS THE LOADING, EDITING AND SAVING OF THE VARIOUS COLOURS USED
WITHIN THE PROGRAM. ╘HESE ARE SAVED IN A FILE CALLED ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙.
╘HERE CAN ONLY BE ONE OF THESE FILES AT ANY ONE TIME. ╠OADING THE
├OLOUR FILE IS HANDY AS WHEN IT IS LOADED THE WINDOW FRAMES ON THE
SCREEN ARE RE-DRAWN SO THIS IS A USEFUL METHOD OF RESURRECTING THE
BORDERS IF THEY BECOME CORRUPTED. ╘HE COLOUR AREAS THAT CAN BE SELECTED
ARE:
0 = BACKGROUND
1 = BORDER
2 = ╚EADER TEXT
3 = HEADER DATA
4 = ═ESSAGE TEXT
5 = ═ESSAGE HIGHLIGHT
(QUOTED TEXT. ┴NY LINE WITH A ">" IN THE FIRST 5 PLACES)
6 = ├LOCK
7 = ╘AGLINES (┴NY LINE STARTING WITH "...")
8 = ╧RIGIN LINES (┴NY LINE STARTING WITH " * ╧RIGIN:")
9 = ╤╫╦╥╥128 IDENTIFIER
(┴NY LINE WITH "╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓" STARTING IN POSITION 4 OR 5)
╙ELECTING THE APPROPRIATE KEY TOGGLES THROUGH THE AVAILABLE
COLOURS.
╬╧╘┼: ┴NY TEXT WHICH IS IN BACKGROUND COLOUR WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED AS
PART OF THE MESSAGE. ╘HIS CAN BE USED AS A METHOD OF STRIPPING
╘AGLINES/ORIGIN LINES ETC. IF REQUIRED AS YOUR READ YOUR MAIL.
(╘AGLINE ADDICTS CAN SET ALL COLOURS EXCEPT TAGLINES TO THE BACKGROUND
COLOUR AND READ NOTHING BUT TAGLINES.) ;-)
╘HE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE ALSO HOLDS THE DATA FOR ╨┴╠ ╬╙╘├, THE PRINTER
SETTING AND THE DISK DRIVE SELECTIONS CURRENT WHEN THE COLOURS ARE
SAVED.
╫ITHIN THE NEXT TWO AREAS, ╘AGLINES AND ╞UNCTION ╦EYS, THERE CAN
BE MULTIPLE FILES SAVED IN EACH CATEGORY AS LONG AS THE FILENAME PREFIX
IS MAINTAINED. ┴S LONG AS YOU DO YOUR EDITING WITHIN THE PROGRAM THIS
WILL BE DONE AUTOMATICALLY. ╔F YOU WISH TO PLACE A CARRIAGE RETURN
WITHIN A ╞UNCTION ╦EY DEFINITION USE AN UP-ARROW ''. ┬ECAUSE OF THIS
THIS CHARACTER IS NOT AVAILABLE AS PART OF ONE OF YOUR DEFINITIONS.
╘HE ─EFAULT FILE NAMES SPECIFIED BELOW ARE LOADED WHEN THE PROGRAM
IS FIRST RUN.
<╞>KEYS ┴LLOWS THE LOADING, EDITING AND SAVING OF ╞UNCTION ╦EY
DEFINITIONS THAT CAN BE USED FOR AUTOMATIC TEXT ENTRY SUCH AS SIGNOFFS.
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─EFINITIONS CAN BE UP TO 55 CHARACTERS LONG. ┴LSO THE <╙>ALUTATION USED
WHEN YOU ┼NTER OR ╥EPLY TO A MESSAGE IS STORED IN THIS FILE AND CAN BE
EDITED FROM THE DEFAULT,'╚I'. ╔F YOU WISH TO DISABLE THIS FEATURE ENTER
A SPACE FOLLOWED BY ANY OTHER CHARACTER IN THE ╙ALUTATION DEFINITION.
╞ILE NAME PREFIX IS ╤╫╦╦. AND THE DEFAULT FILE NAME IS ╤╫╦╦.╦┼┘╙. ╘HE
'$' OPTION WILL GIVE A DIRECTORY OF THE ╞KEY FILES ONLY.
<╘>AGLINES
┴LLOWS THE <╠>OADING, <╙>AVING, <┼>DITING, <╓>IEWING, <╥>OTATION OR
<├>APTURE ╘AGLINES. ╘HE <$> OPTION WILL GIVE YOU A DIRECTORY OF TAGLINE
FILES ONLY. ╘HESE ARE SAVED IN FILES PREFIXED ╤╫╦╘. AND THE DEFAULT
FILE ╤╫╦╘.╘┴╟╠╔╬┼╙. ╘EN TAGLINES, NUMBERED 0 TO 9, CAN BE SAVED IN EACH
FILE AND ADDITIONALLY THE LAST TAGLINE READ CAN BE <├>APTURED. ╫HEN
<├>APTURE IS SELECTED YOU ARE ASKED TO SELECT A NUMBER BETWEEN 0 AND 9
AND THE LAST READ TAGLINE IS ENTERED INTO THE SPECIFIED POSITION. ╔T IS
RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REDEFINE THE ╘AGLINES BEFORE STARTING TO USE THE
PROGRAM TO AVOID SAVING MESSAGES WITH ╘AGLINE 1, ╘AGLINE 2 ETC..
┴S WELL AS THE USER DEFINED TAGLINES THERE ARE 3 OTHERS ALWAYS
AVAILABLE. ╘HESE ARE 'NONE' WHICH WILL CAUSE THE MESSAGE TO BE SAVED
WITHOUT ANY TAGLINE, THE LAST READ TAGLINE AND THE INTERNAL TAGLINE
'╤╫╦╥╥ ╧FFLINE READ 'N' REPLY WITH A ├128'. ╔F THE PROGRAM IS
UNREGISTERED THEN THE INTERNAL ONE IS THE ONLY ONE WHICH WILL BE USED.
╬╧╘┼: ╔T IS POSSIBLE THAT THE LAST TAGLINE READ, WHICH IS ONE OF THE
OPTIONS YOU HAVE WHEN SAVING THE MESSAGE, IS NOT A TRUE TAGLINE AS SOME
PEOPLE TEND TO USE TAGLINE FORMAT (PREFIXED BY ...) AS THEIR SIGNATURE.
╘HE <╥>OTATE OPTION ROTATES THE TAGLINES THROUGH THE ├URRENT
SELECTION. ╘HIS HAS THE SAME EFFECT AS PRESSING ├ONTROL OR ├= ╠OGO
WHILE EDITING A MESSAGE BUT IS FASTER.
<╨>RINTER ╘HIS GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO SWITCH BETWEEN A ├┬═
COMPATIBLE PRINTER AND A ┴╙├╔╔ (┼PSON EMULATION) PRINTER. ╘HIS IS SAVED
WITH THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE. ╘HE PRINTER FILE IS OPENED AS DEVICE #4
WITH A SECONDARY ADDRESS OF #7.
<╬>TSC/╨AL ╘HIS ALLOWS THE USER TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ╬╘╙├ AND ╨┴╠
SETUPS. ╘HIS *SHOULD* AUTO-DETECT CORRECTLY FROM LOCATION $0┴03 BUT ╥OD
HAS FOUND SOME PROBLEMS WITH ONE OF HIS ├128S. ╔F THE SCREEN CLOCK IS
RUNNING AT VISIBLY THE WRONG SPEED CHECK THIS SETTING. ╘HIS SELECTION
IS SAVED WITH THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE.
<╤>UIT ╥ETURNS TO THE ╥┼╨╠┘ MENU.
╨AGE 17
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<@> ─╧╙ COMMANDS
================
<@> ╘HIS OPTION WILL DISPLAY A SHORT LINE INDICATING <D>RIVE CHANGE,
THE CURRENT ╒╙┼╥ DRIVE NUMBER PLUS AN INPUT PROMPT. ╒NLESS OTHERWISE
SPECIFIED ALL DOS COMMANDS WILL GO TO THIS (USER) DRIVE. ┴LL LEGAL ├┬═
─╧╙ COMMANDS ARE ACCEPTED, SUCH AS S:FILENAME TO SCRATCH THE FILE
R:NEWNAME=OLDNAME TO RENAME FILES ETC.
┼NTERING A '@' AT THIS POINT WILL CAUSE THE ERROR CHANNEL TO BE READ
AND DISPLAYED, LIKEWISE A '$' WILL DISPLAY THE DIRECTORY. ╔F A DRIVE
╧╘╚┼╥ THAN THE ╒╙┼╥ DRIVE IS REQUIRED FOR ANY DISK OPERATION THEN
SIMPLY APPEND THE COMMAND/FUNCTION WITH A COMMA FOLLOWED BY THE DEVICE
NUMBER. ╚ENCE 'S:FILENAME,10' WILL SCRATCH THE FILE ON DRIVE 10.
╠IKEWISE '$,11' WILL DISPLAY THE DIRECTORY ON DRIVE 11 AND '@,12' WILL
READ THE ERROR CHANNEL ON DRIVE #12.
╨ATTERN MATCHING IS ALLOWED, AS ARE DRIVE SPECIFIERS (MAINLY FOR ├═─
OWNERS UNLESS ANYONE OUT THERE HAS A 1572 <G>). ╘HE '*' PATTERN MATCH
CHARACTER IS AUTOMATICALLY ADDED AT THE END OF THE FILENAME (FOR
DIRECTORY OPERATIONS). ╞OR INSTANCE ENTERING '$:A' (OR EVEN '$A') WILL
DISPLAY ALL FILES ╙╘┴╥╘╔╬╟ WITH "A".
┼NTERING '$A,10' WILL DISPLAY THE SAME FILES FROM DRIVE #10
('$0:NAME,DV' IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE), ╔F A DRIVE SPECIFIER IS USED IT MUST
BE DELIMITED BY A COLON. ╞OR INSTANCE '$3:A,10' WILL DISPLAY ALL THE
"A" FILES FROM PARTITION #3 ON DEVICE #10. ┘OU MAY ALSO SPECIFY FILE
TYPES WITH THIS STRING SO THAT.. '$4:QW=P,9' WILL DISPLAY PROGRAM FILES
STARTING WITH "QW" IN PARTITION #4 ON DRIVE #9 AND '$4:QW=S,9' WILL
DISPLAY ONLY THE SEQUENTIAL FILES. ╘HIS SAME FORMAT IS ALSO AVAILABLE
FROM ANY OF THE FILENAME PROMPTS SO IT IS EASILY POSSIBLE TO IMPORT OR
READ A TEXT FILE FROM ANY DRIVE OR PARTITION. ╠IKEWISE, THE ╘AGLINES
AND ╞KEY FILES CAN ALSO BE LOADED SAVED FROM A DRIVE OTHER THAN THE
SYSTEM (BOOT) DRIVE.
╬╧╘┼ 1: ╫ITH THESE (TAGLINES, FKEYS) FILES THEIR RELEVANT PREFIXES ARE
AUTOMATICALLY ADDED.
┴T THIS STAGE ├═─ DATE STAMPED DIRECTORY LISTINGS ARE NOT SUPPORTED.
╬╧╘┼ 2: ╫HEN THE OPTION TO REPLACE AN EXISTING FILE IS GIVEN THEN THE
├┬═ SAVE-WITH-REPLACE ('@') COMMAND IS USED. ╘HIS COMMAND IS KNOWN TO
BE BUGGY WITH THE ORIGINAL ╥╧═ CHIPS. ╘O ALLEVIATE THESE PROBLEMS A
DRIVE SPECIFIER IS ALWAYS USED BY ╤╫╦╥╥. ╘HAT IS '@0:FILENAME' IS WHAT
IS ACTUALLY SENT TO THE DRIVE (UNLESS YOU HAVE SPECIFIED A DIFFERENT
DRIVE/PARTITION).
╔F YOU HAVE OLDER ╥╧═╙ OR STILL DON'T TRUST SAVE-WITH-REPLACE THEN ╔
SUGGEST YOU SCRATCH THE ORIGINAL FILE VIA THE ─╧╙ COMMANDS.
╨AGE 18
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.5 ─OCUMENTATION
╙UPPORTING ╨ROGRAMS & ╞ILES
===========================
(C) 1993 BY ╥USSELL ╨RATER
╞OR USE WITH ╤╫╦╥╥128
├╧╨┘╥╔╟╚╘ ╙╘┴╘┼═┼╬╘:
╘HE PROGRAMS ╤╨╪ AND ╘AGTHIEF ARE THE ORIGINAL WORK OF ╥USSELL
╨RATER. ┴LL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED. ╘HEY MAY BE DISTRIBUTED FREELY SO LONG
AS THEY ARE UNALTERED AND NO CHARGE IS MADE.
╘┴╟╘╚╔┼╞: ╘HIS IS A STAND ALONE ╞REEWARE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS YOU TO
CONVERT A ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ ╙┼╤ (TEXT) FILE OF TAGLINES INTO A FORMAT FOR USE
WITH ╤╫╦╥╥. ╙EE THE SEPARATE .DOC FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
╤╫╦ ╨ACKET ┼XTRACTOR
╤╨╪:
╤╨╪ IS DESIGNED TO DRIVE ├╙╪128.═╠ ((C) ├HRIS ╙MEETS) TO PAINLESSLY
EXTRACT THE .─┴╘ AND INDEX FILES FROM AN ┴╥├ED ╤╫╦ STYLE OFF LINE MAIL
PACKET. ├╙╪128.═╠ MAY BE HAD IN THE DISTRIBUTION FILE CALLED ├╙╪01.╙─┴.
╬O PART OF ├╙╪01.╙─┴ SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED IN ANY BUT THE ORIGINAL FORM
WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED CONSENT OF THE CURRENT COPYRIGHT HOLDER.
╔╬╙╘┴╠╠┴╘╔╧╬: ┴S DELIVERED ╤╨╪ WILL NOT HAVE THE CORRECT DEFAULT ╤╫╦
FILE NAMES AND MAY NOT BE CONFIGURED WITH YOUR CHOICE OF DISK DEVICE
NUMBERS. ┴ PROVISION IS MADE FOR YOU TO CONFIGURE THESE AS YOU LIKE
THEM.
╞IRST LOAD ╤╨╪ AND ╠╔╙╘ LINE 100. ┘OU WILL SEE THAT THE ╤╫╦ PACKET
NAME THAT IS USED MOST CAN BE ENTERED IN ╥$.
──: ─EFAULT DISK DEVICE WILL BE PEEKED FROM A LOCATION WHICH SHOWS THE
LAST DEVICE YOU ACCESSED. ├╙╪128.═╠ WILL NORMALLY BE LOADED FROM THAT
DEVICE.
─╔: ╔NPUT DEVICE. ╫HERE ╤╨╪ WILL EXPECT THE ┬┬╙╔─.╤╫╦ FILE TO BE.
─╨: ╧UTPUT DEVICE. ╫HERE IT WILL SEND THE FILES AS IT DE┴╥├S THEM.
─╤: ╘HE DEVICE WHERE IT WILL ATTEMPT TO FIND ╤╫╦╥╥128 AFTER THE
FILES ARE ALL DISSOLVED.
─╥: ╤WKRR'S ╥EPLY DRIVE.
─╒: ╤WKRR'S ╒SER DRIVE
╬OTE: ╙ETTING THESE LAST TWO DRIVES AS #0 WILL CAUSE ╤╫╦╥╥ TO PROMPT
FOR THEM.
┘OU MUST SET ╥$ TO BE WHAT YOUR USUAL ╤╫╦ PACKET IS NAMED. ┘OU MAY
SET ANY OR ALL OF THE DEVICE NUMBERS TO MATCH YOUR SETUP. ╙IMPLY TYPE
OVER THE ─X WITH 08, 09, OR WHATEVER YOU LIKE.
╦╠$: ═AXIMUS KLUDGE - KL$="Y" PERFORM KLUDGE OR KL$="N" FOR NO KLUDGE.
╚IT THE ╥ETURN KEY TO ENTER YOUR CHOICES AND RESAVE THE FILE.
╥╒╬ ╘╔═┼: ╫HEN ╥╒╬, ╤╨╪ WILL LOAD IT'S ═╠ PART (├╙╪128.═╠) THEN SHOW
YOU WHAT DEFAULTS YOU HAVE SET UP. ╔F YOU ACCEPT THE DEFAULTS THE
PROGRAM WILL RUN TO COMPLETION WITH NO FARTHER INPUT FROM YOU. ╤╨╪ WILL
EVEN BOOT ╤╫╦╥╥128 FOR YOU, SO YOU CAN GO GET A FRESH CUPPA WHILE IT
WORKS.
┴FTER THE CURRENT DEFAULTS ARE SHOWN, YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU
ACCEPT. ╚IT ANY KEY OTHER THAN "N" TO ACCEPT. ╔F YOU'VE GOTTEN A PACKET
FROM SOME OTHER ┬┬╙ THAN NORMAL OR YOU WANT TO USE DIFFERENT DRIVES,
HIT "N". ┘OU WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER WHATEVER YOU LIKE FOR EACH
DEFAULT. ╫HEN FINISHED, YOU WILL BE OFFERED THE ┴CCEPT ┘/N AGAIN SO YOU
CAN STILL CORRECT ANY ERRORS. ╫HEN IT'S LIKE YOU WANT IT, HIT RETURN,
SPACE OR WHATEVER AND YOUR WISHES WILL BE OBEYED.
├HANGES ENTERED IN THIS WAY DO NOT BECOME A PERMANENT PART OF THE
PROGRAM.
╨AGE 19
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.5 ─OCUMENTATION
╦LUDGE:
─UE TO THE PADDING USED BY ═AXIMUS SOFTWARE AND SOME TERMINAL
PROGRAMS ╤╨╪ MAY ABORT WITH AN ERROR AFTER EXTRACTING THE LAST FILE. ╘O
AVOID THIS ERROR AN OPTION "═AXIMUS KLUDGE" IS INCLUDED. ┴LTHOUGH THIS
ERROR DOESN'T HURT, IT WILL PREVENT ╤╨╪ FROM LOADING ╤╫╦╥╥, THUS
NEGATING THE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTING. ╔F YOUR MAIL PACKETS DON'T HAVE
THIS PROBLEM THEN SET THE KLUDGE OPTION TO ╬╧.
╦LUDGING MAIL PACKETS THAT DON'T NEED IT WILL CAUSE NO PROBLEM BUT IT
WILL INCREASE THE TIME TO UNPACK THE MAIL.
╚IGHLIGHTING ├ONFERENCES
------------------------
┴S WELL AS MAKING UNPACKING OF MAIL EASY, ╤╨╪ HAS ANOTHER FUNCTION.
╫HILST IT IS UNPACKING THE .─┴╘ FILES IT WILL STORE .╬─╪ DATA TO ALLOW
ACTIVE CONFERENCES TO BE HIGHLIGHTED IN ╤╫╦╥╥128.
╔F YOU USE AN UNPACKER OTHER THAN ╤╨╪/├╙╪01 AND WISH TO MAINTAIN THIS
HIGHLIGHTING THEN THE FOLLOWING MUST BE DUPLICATED:
╘HE ╤╨╪ IDENTIFIER SHOULD BE POKED INTO LOCATIONS $B00,$B01,$B02
╘HE IDENTIFIER ITSELF IS "QPX" (#81, #80, #88)
10 A=DEC("B00")
20 POKE A,81 : POKE A+1,80: POKE A+2,88
╘HIS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY THE DEFAULT DRIVES IN THE ORDER OF:
═ESSAGES DRIVE
╒SER DRIVE
╥EPLY DRIVE.
╘HE DRIVES MUST BE ONLINE AND ONLY VALID DEVICE NUMBERS MAY BE USED
(8-16), WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT IF THEY ARE DEFINED AS DRIVE #0 THEN
╤╫╦╥╥ WILL PROMPT FOR THEM, OTHERWISE YOUR DEFAULTS WILL BE USED.
30 POKE A+3, 8 :REM MESSAGE DRIVE #8.
40 POKE A+4, 0 :REM LET ╤╫╦╥╥ PROMPT FOR THIS (╒╙┼╥) DRIVE.
50 POKE A+5, 9 :REM ╥EPLY DRIVE#9.
╘HE NEXT BYTE SHOULD CONTAIN THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE CONFERENCES.
┬ASICALLY THIS IS THE NUMBER OF .╬─╪ FILES IN YOUR MAIL PACKET
EXCLUDING THE PERSONAL.╬─╪ OR OTHER "SPECIAL" .╬─╪ FILES. ╘HIS CAN BE
ANY NUMBER FROM 1 TO 255 ╔T WILL DEPEND ENTIRELY ON WHAT IS IN ANY
PARTICULAR PACKET.
60 POKE A+6, X :REM X = NUMBER OF ACTIVE CONFERENCES.
╞OR EACH ACTIVE CONFERENCE YOU MUST ALSO STORE A TWO BYTE NUMBER
CORRESPONDING TO EACH ACTIVE CONFERENCE. ╘HIS IS IN LO BYTE HI BYTE
FORMAT STARTING AT $0C00.
╚OW YOU OBTAIN THESE NUMBERS IS UP TO YOU.
70 B=DEC("0C00")
80 POKE B, <CONF#1 LOBYTE> : POKE B+1, <CONF#1 HIBYTE> : B=B+2
90 POKE B, <CONF#2 LOBYTE> : POKE B+1, <CONF#2 HIBYTE> : B=B+2
ETC ETC ETC
╞INALLY YOUR UNPACKER MUST BOOT ╤╫╦╥╥.
100 RUN "QWKRR128 V*",U(DV)
╨AGE 20
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.5 ─OCUMENTATION
╙IMPLY POKING THIS DATA THEN TRYING TO LOAD OR RUN ╤╫╦╥╥ FROM THE
KEYBOARD WILL CORRUPT YOUR ╤╨╪ IDENTIFIER IN $B00 THUS MAKING ALL THE
OTHER DATA USELESS.
╧NCE THIS DATA HAS BEEN POKED, AND ╤╫╦╥╥ LOADED AND RUN THE DATA WILL
BE STORED ALONG WITH THE OTHER ╤╫╔╦.╬─╪ DATA, THUS YOU CAN QUIT AND
RE-RUN ╤╫╦╥╥ WITHOUT THE LOSS OF THESE FUNCTIONS. ╚OWEVER IN THIS CASE
╤╫╦╥╥ WILL ALWAYS PROMPT YOU FOR THE DRIVE NUMBERS, USING YOUR POKED
DRIVES AS THE DEFAULT.
╬╧╘┼: ╘HERE IS NO NEED TO PERFORM THIS FOR ╤╫╦╥╥ TO WORK. ┘OU CAN
SIMPLY UNPACK YOU MAIL WITH ANY SUITABLE MEANS AND RUN ╤╫╦╥╥ WITH NO
PROBLEMS. ╘HE ONLY REAL DIFFERENCE BEING THAT THE ACTIVE CONFERENCES
ARE NOT HIGHLIGHTED. ╙OME ┬┬╙'S ONLY SUPPLY THE ACTIVE CONFERENCE NAMES
IN THE CONTROL.DAT FILE ANYWAY. ╘HIS BEING THE CASE THEN THESE POKES
WILL GIVE YOU NO BENEFITS WHATSOEVER.
╔F YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS INFORMATION PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO CONTACT ME. (╥OD)
╨AGE 21
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.5 ─OCUMENTATION
╥EGISTRATION & ─ISTRIBUTION
===========================
╘HE PROGRAM VERSION DISTRIBUTED IS ╒╬REGISTERED AND MAY BE
DISTRIBUTED FURTHER. ╘HERE IS A SHORT PROGRAM CALLED ╥┼╟╤╫╦╥╥ WHICH,
WITH INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY ╥OD ╟ASSON, IS USED TO CONVERT THE
DISTRIBUTED PROGRAM TO A PERSONALLY REGISTERED ONE WHICH, AS WITH
PREVIOUS VERSIONS, WILL ONLY BEHAVE AS REGISTERED IF THE CORRECT NAME
IS FOUND IN THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE. ╘O PERMIT YOU TO REGISTER THE PROGRAM
╥OD NOW ONLY HAS TO SEND YOU TWO CODES WHICH ARE THEN USED AS DESCRIBED
BELOW TO ALLOW REMOTE VALIDATION BY ╥OD AFTER YOUR REGISTRATION HAS
BEEN RECEIVED.
╥EAD THROUGH THESE NOTES BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO REGISTER YOUR COPY.
╘HE REGISTRATION MODULE WILL ASK YOU FOR A REGISTRATION CODE WHICH
╥OD WILL SUPPLY AND WHICH WILL BE A 12 DIGIT NUMBER. ╧NCE THIS IS
ENTERED A CONFIRMATION CODE WILL BE DISPLAYED WHICH CONSISTS OF 4
NUMBERS AND TWO LETTERS. ╘HIS MUST BE COMPARED WITH THE CONFIRMATION
CODE SUPPLIED TO YOU BY ╥OD. ╔F THIS IS CORRECT PRESS <┘>ES, ANY OTHER
KEY WILL ABORT. ╔F IT IS INCORRECT THEN DOUBLE CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION
NUMBER BEFORE CONTACTING ╥OD FOR HELP.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘: NEVER PRESS '┘' IF THE CONFIRMATION IS NOT CORRECT. ╘HIS
PROGRAM DOES DIRECT DISK WRITES. ╥OD WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANY DISK CORRUPTION IF THE CONFIRMATION CODE IS INCORRECT.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
╘HIS MODULE WORKS BY MODIFYING THE ACTUAL ╤╫╦╥╥128 PROGRAM. ╔T
WILL MODIFY THE FIRST PROGRAM ON DISK STARTING WITH "QWKRR128 V". ╬╧╘┼:
╔T WILL QUITE HAPPILY ATTEMPT TO MODIFY EARLIER VERSIONS OF ╤╫╦╥╥128 OR
ANY OTHER FILE STARTING WITH THE SAME STRING, CAUSING CORRUPTION. ╧NLY
USE THIS PROGRAM ON V3.1 OR LATER. ╘HIS RELEASE IS V3.5.
╘HE PROGRAM WILL ABORT IF A ╤╫╦╥╥128 PROGRAM ISN'T FOUND.
├═─ OWNERS PLEASE NOTE: ╥┼╟╤╫╦╥╥ WILL ONLY WORK ON A ╤╫╦╥╥ FILE STORED
IN ROOT DIRECTORIES.
╘HE PLAN IS THAT ALL FUTURE ╤╫╦╥╥128 RELEASES WILL CONFORM TO THIS
STANDARD SO THAT ANY REGISTERED USER WILL BE ABLE TO UPGRADE FUTURE
RELEASES USING THE SAME PROGRAM AND CODES OR IF THEIR ORIGINAL COPY
BECOMES CORRUPTED THEY CAN DOWNLOAD ANOTHER COPY AND REGISTER IT
WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. ╘HE ONLY TIME THE PROTECTION SCHEME AND/OR CODES
WILL BE ALTERED IS IF/WHEN PIRATED/HACKED COPIES OF THE PROGRAM ARE
FOUND FLOATING AROUND. ╞OR THIS REASON IT IS IN YOUR OWN BEST INTEREST
TO NOT DISTRIBUTE A REGISTERED COPY OF THE PROGRAM, OR TO DIVULGE YOU
OWN REGISTRATION CODES TO ANY OTHER PERSON. ┴LTHOUGH DOING EITHER OF
THESE IS HARMLESS WITHIN THEMSELVES, IT WILL MAKE THE CODE EASIER TO
CRACK.
╒NFORTUNATELY WITH THIS SYSTEM IT IS NOW NOT POSSIBLE TO HAVE
MULTIPLE REGISTRATIONS WITHIN THE ONE PROGRAM. ╫HERE MULTIPLE
REGISTRATIONS ARE REQUIRED (EG, ╥OD ╟ASSON - ╥ODNEY ╟ASSON) THE
REGISTERED USER WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH BOTH SETS OF CODES AND THE USER
CAN DECIDE ON HOW THEY USE THEM.
┴ REGISTERED COPY OF ╤╫╦╥╥128 CAN BE IDENTIFIED IF YOU LOAD AND
LIST IT. ╔F THE PROGRAM IS UNREGISTERED ALL YOU WILL SEE IS A SINGLE
LINE IN REVERSE TEXT READING "╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.╪ (├) ╥.╟┴╙╙╧╬ 1992/3". ┴
REGISTERED COPY WILL DISPLAY THE SAME LINE, BUT UNDERNEATH (IN NORMAL
TEXT) WILL BE DISPLAYED THE CONFIRMATION CODE APPLICABLE TO THE PERSON
WHO REGISTERED IT.
╬OTE: ╙EE SEPARATE REGISTRATION FORM FOR DETAILS ON COSTS ETC).
╨AGE 22
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.5 ─OCUMENTATION
╞ILES AND FILETYPES.
--------------------
╘HIS IS A QUICK RUNDOWN OF THE VARIOUS FILENAMES YOU WILL COME ACROSS
WHILE USING ╤╫╦╥╥128. (NOTE: ┬┬╙╔─ IS A VARIABLE NAME, THE ACTUAL NAME
IS SUPPLIED BY YOUR ┬┬╙).
┬┬╙╔─.╤╫╦ (PRG/SEQ) - ╘HIS IS THE MAIL FILE YOU DOWNLOAD FROM THE ┬┬╙.
╘HIS IS AN ARCHIVED FILE CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING SUB FILES.
═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ (PRG/SEQ)
├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ (PRG/SEQ)
╘HESE ARE THE TWO THAT ╤╫╦╥╥ ╥┼╤╒╔╥┼╙.
╘HERE WILL ALSO BE SEVERAL FILES CALLED ╪╪╪.╬─╪. (PRG/SEQ)
╘HESE FILES NEED NOT BE EXTRACTED, BUT THEIR EXISTENCE IS USED BY ╤╨╪
AND ╤╫╦╥╥ TO HIGHLIGHT ACTIVE CONFERENCES (IE, CONFERENCES WITH
MESSAGES IN THEM)
╘HERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL OTHER FILES, EG DOOR.ID, WELCOME AND GOODBYE.
╬ONE OF THESE ARE REQUIRED.
┬┬╙╔─.═╙╟. (SEQ) ╘HIS IS YOUR "RAW" REPLY FILE. ┴LL REPLIES AND ENTERED
MESSAGES ARE STORED HERE. ╤╫╦╥╥ CREATES AND ACCESSES THIS FILE WITH NO
USER INTERVENTION.
┬┬╙╔─.╥┼╨. (PRG) ╘HE IS THE "COMPLETED" REPLY FILE THAT YOU UPLOAD TO
THE ┬┬╙.
╔F USING THE INBUILT PACKERS THEN ╤╫╦╥╥ HANDLES THIS.
╔F USING ANOTHER PACKER THEN YOU MUST PACK THE FILE ┬┬╙╔─.═╙╟ AND CALL
THE ╨┴├╦┼─ FILE ┬┬╙╔─.╥┼╨.
╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘. ┘OU MUST ╬╧╘ CHANGE THE NAME OF THE .═╙╟ FILE ITSELF.
┬┬╙╔─.NET. (USR) ╚OLDS THE NETMAIL CONFERENCE AND FORMAT REQUIRED FOR
ANY PARTICULAR ┬┬╙.
╘HIS FILE IS SEARCHED FOR AND LOADED WHENEVER ╤╫╦╥╥ IS RUN.
(SEE ┴UTO-NETMAIL FOR MORE DETAILS)
╤╫╔╦.╬─╪. (USR) ╘HIS IS ALSO CREATED BY ╤╫╦╥╥. ╔T HOLDS THE DATA FOR
MESSAGE POINTERS, AND THE ACTIVE CONFERENCES IF ╤╨╪ WAS USED TO UNPACK
MAIL.
╤╫╔╦.╬─╪ IS ONLY VALID FOR THE CURRENT MAIL PACKET AND DISK ON WHICH IT
WAS CREATED ON. ┴ NEW (UPDATED) ╤╫╔╦.╬─╪ FILE IS SAVED WHENEVER YOU
QUIT THE PROGRAM.
╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙. (USR) ╘HIS FILE CONTAINS YOUR COLOUR PREFERENCES, PRINTER
TYPE, ╨┴╠/╬╘╙├ SETTING, AND THE CURRENT DRIVES NUMBERS. ╔T LOADS WHEN
╤╫╦╥╥ IS FIRST RUN.
╤╫╦╦.FILENAME (SEQ) - ╚OLDS YOUR ╞KEY DEFINITIONS.
╤╫╦╘.FILENAME (SEQ) - ╚OLDS YOUR ╘AGLINE FILES
╘HERE MAY BE AS MANY OF THESE FILES AS YOU WISH. ╤╫╦╥╥ EXPECTS TO FIND
THEM ON THE SAME DRIVE YOU BOOT ╤╫╦╥╥ FROM.
╘HE DEFAULT NAMES ╤╫╦╦.╦┼┘╙ AND ╤╫╦╘.╘┴╟╠╔╬┼╙ ARE SEARCHED FOR AND
LOADED WHEN ╤╫╦╥╥ IS FIRST RUN.
╙═┴╠╠.─┴╘ (SEQ) ╘HIS IS A UTILITY TYPE FILE THAT ╤╫╦╥╥ CREATES WHEN YOU
<╙>TORE MESSAGES. ╔T USES THE SAME FORMAT AS THE MESSAGES.DAT FILE, AND
IS USEFUL FOR BREAKING A LARGE MAIL PACKET DOWN TO A SMALLER PACKET FOR
LATER USE. ╙═┴╠╠.─┴╘ MUST BE RENAMED TO MESSAGES.DAT BEFORE IT CAN BE
USED. ┘OU SHOULD ALSO USE THE SAME CONTROL.DAT FILE THAT WAS USED WHEN
THE FILE WAS CREATED.
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─RIVE USAGE
-----------
╤╫╦╥╥ USES 4 PREDEFINED DRIVES FOR ITS VARIOUS INPUT/OUTPUT FUNCTIONS:
╘HE DRIVES ARE:
╤╫╦╥╥ DRIVE:
╘HIS SHOULD CONTAIN ALL THE SYSTEM FILES, SUCH AS ╞KEYS, TAGLINES,
┬┬╙╔─.╬┼╘ FILES AND ╤╫╦.─EFAULTS.
╔F YOU WISH TO BOOT ├╙-─╧╙ ON EXIT, THEN ├╙-─╧╙ SHOULD ALSO BE ON THIS
DRIVE.
┴FTER INITIAL STARTUP THE DISK IN THIS DRIVE CAN BE SWAPPED FOR A DISK
OF TAGLINES AND/OR FKEYS DEFINITIONS. ╘HE ONLY OTHER TIME ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL
ACCESS THIS DRIVE IS TO FOR THE DEFAULTS FILE (COLOURS), ┬┬╙╔─.╬┼╘
FILES (ONLY WHEN REDEFINED), AND FOR BOOTING ├╙-─╧╙ UPON EXITTING.
╥┼╨╠┘ ─RIVE:
╘HIS IS WHERE ╤╫╦╥╥ STORES YOUR REPLYS (BBSID.MSG) AND LOOKS FOR THEM
WHEN PACKING. ╔T ALSO STORES YOUR ╥┼╨ FILE ON THIS DRIVE. ╔T IS
RECOMMENDED THAT YOU NOT CHANGE THE DISK IN THIS DRIVE.
╒╙┼╥ ─RIVE:
╘HIS IS WHERE ALL GENERAL INPUT/OUTPUT IS PERFORMED, SUCH AS E<╪>ORTED
MESSAGES AND <╫>RITE FILES. ╘HIS DRIVE CAN BE RE-SELECTED AT ANY TIME
VIA THE ─╧╙ OPTIONS.
═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙ ─RIVE:
╘HIS DRIVE IS WHERE ╤╫╦╥╥ EXPECTS TO FIND THE ─┴╘ FILES. ╔T ALSO STORES
THE ╤╫╔╦.╬─╪ FILES HERE. ╞OR THIS REASON YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LEAVE
SEVERAL BLOCKS FREE (╧N A FLOPPY SYSTEM 10 BLOCKS WILL BE SUFFICIENT).
┘OU SHOULD NEVER REMOVE THE DISK FROM THIS DRIVE (OR BE SURE TO REPLACE
IT BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO READ ANOTHER MESSAGE).
---OOO╧╧╧OOO---
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╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.5 ─OCUMENTATION
╟LOSSARY.
=========
┴╥├
┴N ┴╥├HIVE FILE CONTAINING ONE OR SEVERAL COMPRESSED FILES.
╘HIS TERM MUST BE USED WITH CAUTION IN THE ├OMMODORE 8 BIT WORLD AS
THERE ARE TWO INCOMPATIBLE FORMS OF ┴╥├ AVAILABLE TO US. ╘HE ORIGINAL
'├┬═' ┴╥├ CAN ONLY BE USED ON ├128 AND ├=64 COMPUTERS AND THIS IS NOT
COMPATIBLE WITH ANY OTHER OPERATING SYSTEM. ╘HE OTHER FORM OF ┴╥├ WAS
ORIGINALLY ONLY FOR ═╙-─╧╙ OPERATING SYSTEMS BUT HAS BECOME MORE WIDELY
USED. ╘HERE ARE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO DISSOLVE AND CREATE THESE .┴╥├S
ON BOTH ├128 AND ├=64 COMPUTERS.
┬╓┌╔╨/┬╓╒╬┌╔╨
╨╦┌╔╨ V1 COMPATIBLE ┌╔╨ AND ╒╬┌╔╨ PROGRAMS WRITTEN BY ┬RUCE
╓RIELING TO RUN UNDER ├╙─╧╙.
├╙┴╥├/├╙╪┴╥├
╨ROGRAM OPTIONS AVAILABLE UNDER ├╙─╧╙ TO DISSOLVE AND CREATE
╔┬═ STYLE .┴╥├S. ├╙╪┴╥├, THE DE┴╥├ING MODULE IS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY IN
A PACKAGE THAT CONTAINS CODE TO RUN IN BOTH 64 AND 128 MODES. ╘HE ┴╥├
MODULES CAN ONLY BE RUN IN 128 MODE UNDER ├╙─╧╙ '╙╚┼╠╠'.
├╙─╧╙
┴ VERY FLEXIBLE ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼ OPERATING SYSTEM WRITTEN FOR THE ├128
BY ├HRIS ╙MEETS. ╔T HAS AS SIMILAR COMMAND STRUCTURE TO ═╙-─╧╙ AND THE
ABILITY TO RUN A WIDE SERIES OF COMMANDS THAT CAN BE INSTALLED IN THE
╥AMDISK, EITHER HELD IN A ╥┼╒ OR INTERNALLY IN 128 ╥┴═. ├OMMON COMMANDS
ARE :
╘┘╨┼ ├╧╨┘ ├╧═╨(ARE) ETC
├╙╪01
┴ ├64/128 STAND ALONE PROGRAM BY ├HRIS ╙MEETS THAT ALLOWS ╔┬═
┴╥├ FILES TO BE DISSOLVED ONLY. (╚IGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR USE WITH ╤╫╦╥╥
AND REQUIRED BY ╤╨╪).
╒╬┌╔╨64
┴ ├64 PROGRAM BY ┬ILL ╠UCIER TO ╒╬┌╔╨ ╔┬═ STYLE ┌╔╨╙.
(FASTER THAN ┬╓╒╬┌╔╨).
╘┴╟╘╚╔┼╞
┴ PROGRAM BY ╥USSELL ╨RATER TO CONVERT TEXT TAGLINE FILES TO
╤╫╦╥╥
FORMAT ╤╫╦╘.* FILES. ╙EPARATE .─╧├ FILE INCLUDED.
╤╨╪
┴ UTILITY PROGRAM BY ╥USSELL ╨RATER TO DE┴╥├ .╤╫╦
PACKETS FOR ╤╫╦╥╥.
╤╫╦
┴ COMMON ═╙-─╧╙ BASED ┬┬╙ MAIL PACKET FORMAT. ╘HERE ARE OTHERS
SUCH AS ╪╥╙ AND ┬LUEWAVE. ╤╫╦╥╥128 ONLY SUPPORTS .╤╫╦
PACKETS.
╤╫╦╥╥128
╘HE ┬EST ├128 ╤╫╦ MAIL READER IN THE WORLD.
(APOLOGIES TO ╔SMAEL ├ORDEIRO) ;-)
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╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.5 ─OCUMENTATION
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@ (─╧╙) 18 ─EFAULTS, ╨┴╠/╬╘╙├ 23
# (╨RINT) 8 ─EFAULTS, ╨RINTER 23
$ (DIRECTORY) 8, 18 ─ELETE CHARACTER 10
* (MARK/UNMARK) 8 ─ELETE LINE 10
┴BORT 10 ─IRECTORY 8, 18
┴GAIN 7 ─ISK DRIVES 1, 24
┴LIASES 6 ─ISTRIBUTION 22
┴RC 3, 25 ─╧╙ COMMANDS 8, 18
┴RCHIVES 3 ─RIVE SELECTION 18
┴REA SELECTION 5 ─RIVE USAGE 24
┴SCII IMPORT 11 ┼DITOR, ╠INE 9
┴UTO-╬ETMAIL 14 ┼DITOR, ╙CREEN 9
┬ASIC 5, 8 ┼NTERING MESSAGES 7, 12
┬┬─╔─.═╙╟ 23 ┼RRORS (═AXIMUS KLUDGE) 20
┬┬╙╔─.╬┼╘ 23 ┼╙├ (ESCAPE) 7
┬┬╙╔─.╤╫╦ 23 ┼XIT 5
┬┬╙╔─.╥┼╨ 23 ┼XIT MENU 5
┬OTTOM OF TEXT 11 ┼XPORT 7 , 11
┬UFFER SIZE 10 ┼ZY╤WK-NETMAIL 13
┬╓UNZIP 25 ╞ILENAMES 23
┬╓┌╔╨ 25 ╞ILES 1, 23
┬YTES (MESSAGE SIZE) 7 ╞ILETYPES 23
┬YTES FREE 10 ╞KEYS 16
├AM-═AIL-╬ETMAIL 13 ╞KEYS FROM DIFFERENT DRIVES 18
├APTURE TAGLINES 17 ╞LAGGING MESSAGES 9
├═─ ╬OTES 1, 4, 22 ╞ORWARDING REPLIES 7
├OLD RESET 5 ╞ROM 7
├OLOURS 16 ╞╙┼ 9
├OLUMN WIDTH 10 ╞ULL ╙CREEN ┼DITOR 9
├OMMANDS, ╥EAD 7 ╟LOSSARY 25
├ONFERENCE ╚IGHLIGHTING 20 ╚EADER INFORMATION 6
├ONFERENCE LIMITS 1 ╚I 9, 17
├ONFERENCE ╙ELECTION 5 ╚IGHLIGHTING CONFERENCES 2, 20
├ONFLICTS/├╙-─╧╙ 3 ╚OME 11
├ONTACT ADDRESSES 24 ╚OW TO GET THE MAIL 3
├ONTINUE 6 ╔MPORT 11
├ONTROL KEY 10 ╔NDEX FILES 1 , 6
├ONTROL.DAT 4 ╔NSERT CHARACTER 9
├OPY 12 ╔NSERT LINE 11
├ORRUPTION 11 ╦LUDGE ═AXIMUS 3, 20
├REATING ╔NDEXES 6 ╠╚┴ 2
├REDITS 24 ╠IMITATIONS 1
├╙-─╧╙ 2, 5, 25 ╠INE EDITOR 9
├╙┴╥├ 25 ╠INES, MESSAGE 7
├╙╪01 2, 3, 25 ╠OGO KEY 10
├╙╪┴╥├ 25 ╠┌╚ 3
├╘╥╠-┘ 10 ═AIL ERRORS 15
├URSOR POSITION 10 ═AIL PACKETS 3
─┴╘ FILES 1 ═ARKED MESSAGES 5
─ATE 4 ═ARKING MESSAGES 8
─EFAULT ├OLOURS 16 ═AXIMUS ╦LUDGE 3, 20
─EFAULTS, ├OLOURS 23 ═AXIMUS-NETMAIL 13
─EFAULTS, ─RIVES 23 ═ENU, EXIT 5
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═ENU, OPENING 5 ╥EADING DIRECTION 6
═ENU, OPTIONS 16 ╥EADING INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES 8
═ENU, ╥EAD 6 ╥EADING ═ESSAGES 6
═ENU, REPLY 10 ╥EADING YOUR REPLIES 15
═ESSAGE HEADER 6 ╥EGISTRATION 22
═ESSAGES ─RIVE 24 ╥EPLY COMMANDS 10
═ESSAGES.DAT 4 ╥EPLY DRIVE 24
═╦╤WK-NETMAIL 13 ╥EPLY MENU 10
═SG# 6, 8 ╥EPLYING TO MESSAGES 7, 8
═ULTIPLE REGISTRATIONS 22 ╥ESTORE SCREEN 16
╬─╪ FILES 4, 23 ╥OTATE TAGLINES 17
╬ETMAIL 12 ╥╘├ 4
╬ETMAIL-┼ZY╤WK 13 ╙ALUTATION 9, 17
╬ETMAIL-═AXIMUS 13 ╙AVING REPLIES 11
╬ETMAIL-═╦╤WK 13 ╙┬┬╙-NETMAIL 13
╬ETMAIL-╨├┬OARD (├AM-═AIL) 13 ╙CREEN ┼DITOR 9
╬ETMAIL-╤╙╧ 13 ╙ELECTING ├ONFERENCES 5
╬ETMAIL-╙┬┬╙ 13 ╙ENDING THE MAIL 15
╬ETMAIL-╘┬┬╙ 13 ╙HIFT HOME. 11
╬EXT 7 ╙MALL.DAT 8, 23
╬╘╙├ 17 ╙TARTING ╤╫╦╥╥ 3
╧PENING MENU 5 ╙TATUS 7
╧PTIONS 7, 16 ╙TORING MESSAGES 8
╨ACKET SIZE 1 ╙TRIPPING LINES 16
╨ACKING REPLIES 5, 15 ╙UBJECT 7
╨┴╠ 17 ╙UGGESTIONS 2
╨ANIC 11 ╙UPER┬┬╙-NETMAIL 13
╨ATTERN MATCHING 18 ╙UPPORT PROGRAMS 19
╨├┬OARD-╬ETMAIL 13 ╘AGLINES 10, 17
╨ETASCII IMPORT 11 ╘AGLINES (CAPTURING) 17
╨REVIOUS 7 ╘AGLINES FROM OTHER DRIVES 18
╨RINTER 8 ╘AGLINES, ROTATE 17
╨RINTER DEFAULTS 17, 23 ╘AGTHIEF 19, 25
╨RIVATE 9 ╘┬┬╙-╬ETMAIL 13
╨ROTOCOL 3 ╘IME 6
╨UBLIC 9 ╘IME (SETTING) 4
╤╨╪ 2, 3, 25 ╘IMER 10
╤╨╪ (MAIN> 19 ╘IMERS (╨┴╠/╬╘╙├) 17
╤╨╪ ╔DENTIFIER 20 ╘O 6
╤╙╧-╬ETMAIL 13 ╘OP OF TEXT 11
╤UIT 8 ╒NPACKING 2
╤UOTING 11 ╒NREGISTERED 5, 7, 10, 22
╤╫╔╦.╬─╪ 23 ╒N┌IP 2
╤WIKREAD 8 ╒NZIP64 25
╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ 16, 23 ╒SER ─RIVE. 24
╤╫╦╦.<NAME> 17, 23 ╒SING ┴LIASES 6
╤╫╦╥╥ DRIVE 24 ╒SING ╤╫╦╥╥ 4
╤╫╦╥╥ ╒SAGE 4 ╓IEW 12
╤╫╦╘.<NAME> 17, 23 ╫ARNINGS 2, 9, 22
╥EAD ├OMMANDS 7 ╫HAT DO YOU NEED 2
╥EAD ═ENU 6 ╫HY DO YOU NEED IT 2
╥EAD TEXT FROM DISK 11 ╫RITE COMMAND 12
╥EADING ALL 5 ┌IP 2, 3, 25
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