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╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠ ╧╬┼, ╓ERSION 8 - ─ECEMBER/87
╓ERSION 8 IS A MAJOR REWRITE OF THIS COMMUNICATION PROGRAM FOR THE ├OMMODORE
64. ╔T IS DISTRIBUTED AS 'SHAREWARE'. ╨LEASE PASS ON A FRIEND. ╔F YOU FIND
THE PROGRAM USEFUL, PLEASE MAKE A SMALL DONATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT FUND. ╫ITH
YOUR SUPPORT, WE CAN GO ON IMPROVING THE FEATURES AND THE EASE OF USE.
╨LEASE SEND DONATIONS, CRITICISM AND SUGGESTIONS TO: ╨HIL ╦EMP
118 ═ORIN ═AZE
┼DMONTON
┴LBERTA ╘6╦ 1╓1
├┴╬┴─┴
╬OW, HIT F7 TO VIEW THE NEXT PAGE..........
╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠1.8 - ╒SING THE ╚ELP ╞ILES
╘HIS AND THE OTHER 'HELP' FILES ARE SIMPLY TEXT DATA WHICH CAN BE LOADED
INTO THE MAIN BUFFER AREA AND VIEWED THERE. ╘HE TEXT CAN ALSO BE PRINTED;
TO DO THIS SIMPLY VIEW THE FIRST 'PAGE' OF TEXT, POSITION THE CURSOR AT TOP
LEFT, AND HIT THE F4 KEY.
╘HE TEXT IS ARRANGED IN 'PAGES' FOR EASY VIEWING.
╘O VIEW THE NEXT 'PAGE' HIT THE F7 KEY
╘O BACK UP TO THE PREVIOUS PAGE, HIT F5
╘O RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU OF ╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠ ╧╬┼, HIT F3.
MORE... ╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠1.8 - ─ESIGN ┴IM
╘HIS PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO COVER A WIDE RANGE OF TELECOMMUNICATION NEEDS
FOR USERS OF THE ├OMMODORE 64. ═ANY DIFFERENT MODEMS AND DISK DRIVES MAY BE
USED. ╞ILE TRANSFERS MAY BE DONE USING A VARIETY OF ERROR-CHECKING PROTOCOLS.
╘HERE ARE A RANGE OF DISPLAY FORMATS, TO SUIT INDIVIDUAL NEED AND TASTE.
╘O ACHIEVE THE MANY OPTIONS, THERE ARE A LOT OF 'SUBROUTINE' FILES. ╧NLY THE
PROGRAM CODE ACTUALLY NEEDED IS LOADED INTO MEMORY. ╘HIS LEAVES A LARGE
MEMORY BUFFER FOR LOGGING AN ONLINE SESSION.
╚IT F7 FOR NEXT PAGE, F5 FOR PREVIOUS........
╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠1.8 - ╨ROGRAM ╞ILES
╘HERE ARE MANY OF THESE. ┼XCEPT FOR THE MAIN PROGRAM, THEY ALL HAVE NAMES
STARTING WITH '╘18'. ╘HEY MAY BE COPIED BY ANY SIMPLE COPY PROGRAM.
┴ CUSTOMIZED COPY OF THE MAIN PROGRAM MAY BE CREATED ANY TIME YOU ╠╧┴─ AND
╥╒╬ ╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠1.8; THE COPY MAY HAVE ANY NAME YOU WISH. ╔F YOU HAVE CHOSEN ANY
FILE TRANSFER OR TERMINAL DISPLAY ROUTINES DURING CUSTOMIZATION, THEN THE
ROUTINES WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY LOADED WHEN THE CUSTOMIZED COPY IS ╥╒╬. ╙O,
A COPY OF THE ROUTINES MUST BE PRESENT ON THE SAME DISK AS THE CUSTOMIZED
MAIN PROGRAM.
MORE... ╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠1.8 - ╞UTURE ╧PTIONS
┼VEN MORE MODEMS, DISPLAY FORMS, AND FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOLS COULD BE
SUPPORTED, SIMPLY BY ADDING FURTHER ROUTINES. ┴DVANTAGE COULD BE TAKEN OF
EXPANDED MEMORY FOR THE 64. ╘HE FILE DISPLAY/EDIT FEATURE (USED TO DISPLAY
THIS TEXT) IS PRIMITIVE, AND COULD BE IMPROVED; THERE ARE MANY POSSIBILITIES.
╞UTURE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DRIVEN BY THE NEEDS OF THE USERS - AS EXPRESSED
BY THE DONATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS RECEIVED. ╨HIL ╦EMP ─ECEMBER 1987 ╘╚┼ ┼╬─.