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╤╫╦╥╥128 ╔NTRODUCTORY ─OCUMENTATION
─ECEMBER 1993
╨ROGRAM BY : ╥OD ╟ASSON ╥┼┘╬┼╠╠┴, ╙OUTH ┴USTRALIA
─OCUMENTATION BY: ═ARK ─OWSETT ╙┘─╬┼┘, ╬EW ╙OUTH ╫ALES
╔╬─┼╪
<BBS-ID> 3
<BBS-ID>.═╙╟ 3
<BBS-ID>.╤╫╦ 3
<BBS-ID>.╥┼╨ 3
┴FTER LEAVING ╤╫╦╥╥ 3
┴╥├ 2
┴RCHIVES 2
┴REA ╙ELECTION 2
┴╥╩ 2
├═─ DEVICES 1
├OMPATIBLE ╨ACKERS 2
├ONFERENCE ╙ELECTION 2
├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ 3
├╙-─╧╙ 1,3
├╙╪01 1
├╙╪128.═╠ 1
┼XTERNAL ╨ACKERS 3
┼XTERNAL PROGRAMS 1
╚OW TO GET THE MAIL 2
╔NTRODUCTION TO ╧╠╥ OPERATION 1
╠╚┴, ╠╚┌ 1,2
═AIL PACKETS 2
═AIL ERRORS 3
═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ 3
╧THER SYSTEM ╧╠╥S 1
╨ACKET ╘YPE 2
╨ACKING 1
╨ACKING OPTIONS 2
╨┴╦ 2
╨╦╨┴╦, ╨╦┌╔╨ 2
╨ROTOCOL, ╘RANSFER 2
╤╨╪ 1,3
╤╙╧ 3
╤╫╦ PACKETS 2
╥┴═─╧╙ 1
╙ELECTING ├ONFERENCES / ┴REAS 2
╙ENDING THE MAIL 3
╘EXT EDITING 1
╘RANSFER ╨ROTOCOL 2
╒NPACKING THE ═AIL 1,3
╒N┌╔╨ 1
╫HAT DO YOU NEED? 1
╫HAT DO YOU DO WITH THE PACKET? 3
╫HY DO YOU NEED IT? 2
╫HY READ MAIL OFF-LINE? 1
┌╔╨ 1,2
╘HIS SECTION OF THE DOCUMENTATION IS AIMED SOLEY AT USERS WHO HAVE
NOT BEEN INVOLVED WITH ╤╫╦ OFF-LINE MAIL READING BEFORE. ┼XPERIENCED
USERS SHOULD PROCEED STRAIGHT TO THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THE PROGRAM.
╘HE ONLY ╬┼╫ INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN THIS FILE IS A LIST OF ╔┬═
PACKERS AND THEIR COMPATIBLE ├┬═ UNPACKERS.
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╔NTRODUCTORY ─OCUMENTATION
╫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.
╔NTRODUCTION TO ╧╠╥ OPERATION ON THE ├128
=========================================
╧FF-LINE READERS (╧╠╥) ON ANY PLATFORM ARE GENERALLY NOT A STAND-ALONE
PROGRAM. ╧N A ├╨/═ OR ═╙-─╧╙ COMPUTER THEY WILL GENERALLY BE SUPPORTED
BY AN EXTERNAL PROGRAM FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS:
╒NPACKING, ╘EXT EDITING AND ╨ACKING
WITH THE ╧╠╥ ONLY SUPPLYING THE READING OPTIONS AND SUPPLYING
FORMATTING INFORMATION FOR THE REPLIES WHICH ARE WRITTEN AND EDITED
THROUGH THE EXTERNAL EDITOR. ┬ECAUSE THE ├128 / 64 OPERATING SYSTEM
DOES NOT EASILY ALLOW PROGRAMS TO CALL EACH OTHER AND PASS INFORMATION
BETWEEN EACH OTHER AS EASILY AS OTHER PLATFORMS WHICH WERE DESIGNED
FROM INCEPTION AS DISK-BASED SYSTEMS ╤╫╦╥╥128 SUPPLIES UP TO 3 OUT OF 4
OF THE ABOVE OPTIONS, ALLOWING YOU TO READ, EDIT/WRITE AND IF REQUIRED
╨ACK YOUR REPLIES. ╘HE PROGRAM PACKAGE ALSO INCLUDES ╤╨╪ BY ╥USSELL
╨RATER WHICH YOU CAN USE AS AN UNPACKER BUT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY
REQUIRED AS IT IS POSSIBLE AND MAY BE DESIRABLE TO USE AN EXTERNAL
PROGRAM SUCH AS ├╙-─╧╙ TO SUPPLY BOTH ╨ACKING AND ╒NPACKING FUNCTIONS
DEPENDING ON THE PACKING METHODS SUPPORTED BY YOUR ┬┬╙.
╫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). ═OST ├┬═ DISK DRIVES SHOULD WORK
BUT THE LARGER CAPACITY IT HAS THE LARGER THE MAIL PACKET YOU CAN COPE
WITH. ╘HE PROGRAM HAS BEEN TESTED WITH 1570, 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 ┌╔╨ PACKER. ╘HIS IS A ╙╘╧╥┼ ONLY ┌╔╨PER BUT
WILL COMPRESS A SERIES OF REPLIES AS LONG AS YOU HAVE 1 BLOCK FREE ON
THE DISK. ╔F YOU WISH TO USE A COMPRESSION PACKER SUCH AS ├╙┴╥├ OR ╠╚┴
YOU ARE FREE TO DO SO.
╬OTE: ╤╫╦╥╥ COMES WITH A "BOOT" PROGRAM CALLED ╤╨╪. ╘HIS REQUIRES THE
USE OF THE ├╙╪128.═╠ FILE FROM THE ├╙╪01 PACKAGE, WHICH CANNOT BE
SUPPLIED WITH THIS PACKAGE FOR COPYRIGHT REASONS. ╤╨╪ HOWEVER DOES A
BIT MORE THAN UNARC YOUR MAIL AND BOOT ╤╫╦╥╥, IT IS ALSO USED TO ALLOW
┴UTO╔NDEXING OF THE MAIL PACKET AND TO ACCEPT THE DRIVES SET IN THE
─┼╞┴╒╠╘ FILE OF ╤╫╦╥╥.
╨AGE 1
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╔NTRODUCTORY ─OCUMENTATION
╙EE THE ╤╨╪ DOCUMENTATION FILE 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.
╚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 : ╤╫╦ (OTHERS WILL BE OFFERED);
╨ROTOCOL : ╙ELECT YOUR FAVOURITE TRANSFER PROTOCOL
COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR TERMINAL PROGRAM;
┴REA ╙ELECTION : ╙ELECT HERE THE MAIL ┴REAS, OR ├ONFERENCES, 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.
├OMPATIBLE ╨ACKER ╘YPES
=======================
╘HE FOLLOWING ╔┬═ PACKERS SHOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SPECIFIED ├┬═
UNPACKER:
╔┬═ ├┬═ FILE NAME ═ODE
------------ ------------- ----
╠╚┴RC 1.13 (╠╚-1) ╠╚╪ ├╙-─╧╙
╠╚┴ 2.XX (╠╚-5, ╠╚-6) ╨═┴╒╘╧┼.├╧═ ├╨/═
╨╦╨┴╦ 3.61 ))(( ├╙╪01 64 OR 128
┴╥├ 6.02 ))(( ├╙╪┴╥├ ├╙-─╧╙
┴╥├ 6.01 ?? ├╨/═
╨╦┌╔╨ 1.1X )--( ╒╬┌╔╨64 64 (V1.00 OR 1.01)
(OR JUST ┌╔╨) ( ┬╓╒╬┌╔╨ ├╙-─╧╙
( ╒╬┌╔╨.├╧═ ├╨/═
┴╥╩ ├╨═╒╬┴╥╩.┴╥╦ ├╨/═
╬OTES: 1: ╔F USING ╒╬┌╔╨ IN OTHER THAN ├╨/═ MODE TURN ├╥├ CHECKING ╧╞╞
IF POSSIBLE. ╘HE FILES WILL PROBABLY GIVE A ├╥├ ERROR EVEN IF DISSOLVED
CORRECTLY.
2: ╨╦╨┴╦ IS ╬╧╘ THE SAME AS ╨┴╦. ╫E DO NOT HAVE A ╨┴╦ COMPATIBLE
UNPACKER.
3: ╠╧╫┼╥ VERSION NUMBERS OF THE ╔┬═ PROGRAMS ARE USUALLY ╧╦ TOO,
BUT NOT HIGHER.
4: ╔ CAN'T VERIFY ALL THIS INFORMATION BUT IT HAS BEEN SUPPLIED
BY VARIOUS USERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ╞IDONET ├┬═ ECHO. ╘HANKS FOLKS.
╧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.
╨AGE 2
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╔NTRODUCTORY ─OCUMENTATION
╘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-ID>.╤╫╦. ╘HIS IS THE SAME
AT EACH DOWNLOAD IN MOST CASES SO YOU WILL HAVE TO DELETE OR RENAME
PREVIOUS PACKETS BEFORE DOWNLOADING A NEW ONE UNLESS YOUR TERMINAL
PROGRAM AUTOMATICALLY RE-NAMES OR OVERWRITES DUPLICATE DOWNLOADS. ╤╙╧
(ON ╘┬┬╙ SYSTEMS) WILL RECOGNISE IF YOU DOWNLOAD MORE THAN ONE PACKET A
DAY AND SUPPLY A DIFFERENT FILE NAME IN THIS CASE. (╥OD'S NOTE: ╔
NEVER KNEW THIS ═ARK?)
<BBS-ID> IS A VARIABLE FOR EACH ┬┬╙ DEFINED BY THE ╙YSOP AND CONTAINED
IN THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE. ╘HIS VARIABLE IS USED A LOT WITHIN ╤╫╦╥╥ AND
WITH ╤╫╦ PACKETS GENERALLY SO GET USED TO SEEING IT IN THESE DOCUMENTS!
:-)
┘OU NOW HAVE TO EXIT YOUR TERMINAL PROGRAM AND SWITCH TO THE ╤╫╦╥╥128
PACKAGE OF FILES.
╒NPACKING THE MAIL
------------------
╘HE PREFERRED METHOD OF PACKING /UNPACKING PACKETS IS TO USE THE
FILES INCLUDED WITH THE ╤╫╦╥╥128 SET OF FILES, PREFERABLY ╤╨╪.
╔F USING A PACKER RATHER THAN ┴╥├ OR IF YOU WISH TO USE ├╙─╧╙'
├╙┴╥├ REFER TO THE RELEVANT ├╙-─╧╙ DOCS FOR ADDITIONAL HELP.
╞ROM THE <BBS-ID>.╤╫╦ PACKET ALL YOU REQUIRE ARE TWO FILES,
═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ AND ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘. ╘HESE NAMES ARE STANDARD AND CANNOT BE
CHANGED OTHERWISE ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FIND THEM (THESE NAMES ═╒╙╘
BE IN LOWER CASE ON YOUR DISK).
╙EE SEPARATE DOCUMENTATION FOR THE OPERATION OF ╤╨╪ AND ╤╫╦╥╥128.
┴FTER LEAVING ╤╫╦╥╥128
======================
╒SING ┼XTERNAL ╨ACKERS
----------------------
╔F YOU WISH TO USE AN ┼XTERNAL PACKER, USING THE <╠>INK OPTION IN
╤╫╦╥╥, YOU WILL FIND ON EXITING ╤╫╦╥╥ A FILE CALLED <BBS-ID>.═╙╟. ─╧
╬╧╘ CHANGE THIS FILE NAME. ┘OU WILL THEN NEED TO LOAD ├╙-─╧╙ OR ANOTHER
PACKER TYPE PROGRAM TO CREATE THE PACKED ╥┼╨LY FILE CALLED
<BBS-ID>.╥┼╨. ╔F YOU USE THE <┌>IP OPTION WITHIN ╤╫╦╥╥ THIS IS THE FILE
YOU WILL FIND WHEN EXITING.
╙ENDING THE MAIL
----------------
┘OU SHOULD NOW HAVE A FILE CALLED <BBS-ID>.╥┼╨. ┘OU MAY NOW RE-BOOT
YOUR TERMINAL PROGRAM, RING THE ┬┬╙, GO INTO THE ╧FFLINE ═AIL AREA AND
UPLOAD YOUR PACKAGE.
╫ATCH THE PROGRESS OF THE ╧FFLINE PACKET AS YOU UPLOAD IT AS THE
╧FFLINE MAIL MODULE ON THE ┬┬╙ WILL GENERALLY (BUT NOT ALWAYS) REPORT
ERRORS IF THEY OCCUR. ╔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.
╨AGE 3
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╔NTRODUCTORY ─OCUMENTATION
┼VEN IF THE ┬┬╙ DOESN'T GIVE PROGRESS REPORTS IT SHOULD AT LEAST GIVE
YOU AN '╒PLOAD IS ╧╦' OR '╒PLOAD ┼RROR' TYPE MESSAGE. ╔F ITS ALL ╧╦
YOU'VE FINISHED!
┼ASY WASN'T IT....
╨AGE 4
