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╤╫╦╥╥128 ─OCUMENTATION V 2.0 ╨ROGRAM BY : ╥OD ╟ASSON ╥┼┘╬┼╠╠┴, ╙OUTH ┴USTRALIA ─OCUMENTATION BY: ═ARK ─OWSETT ╙┘─╬┼┘, ╬EW ╙OUTH ╫ALES ├╧╬╘┼╬╘╙ ╫┴╥╬╔╬╟╙ & SUGGESTIONS .......................................... 1 ╫HAT DO YOU NEED ╤╫╦╥╥128 FOR? .................................. 2 ╫HAT DO YOU NEED TO USE IT? ..................................... 2 ╚OW DO ╔ GET THE MAIL PACKET? ................................... 2 ╫HAT DO ╔ DO WITH THE .╤╫╦ MAIL PACKET? ......................... 3 ╒SING ├╙─╧╙ ..................................................... 3 ╙TARTING ╤╫╦╥╥128 ............................................... 4 ╥EADING ═ESSAGES ................................................ 4 ╥┼┴─ ├OMMANDS ................................................... 5 ╥┼╨╠┘ING TO A ═ESSAGE ........................................... 6 ╥┼╨╠┘ ├OMMANDS .................................................. 7 ┼╬╘┼╥ING A ═ESSAGE .............................................. 8 ┼NTERING ╬ETMAIL ................................................ 8 ╒SING ═╦╤WK .................................................. 9 ╤UIT ............................................................ 10 ╥EADING WHAT YOU ╫ROTE .......................................... 10 ╙UPPORTING ╨ROGRAMS ............................................. 11 ═┴╔╠╨╦╘.╙├╥ .................................................. 11 ╤╫╦╥╥.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ ............................................... 11 ┴PPENDICES : ╟LOSSARY ........................................................ 13 ├ONTACT ┴DDRESSES ............................................... 13 ╥EGISTRATION ╞ORM ............................................... 13 ╬╧╘┼ - FOR THOSE UPGRADING FROM V1.? PARAGRAPHS SHOWING CHANGES BETWEEN ╓1 AND V2 HAVE BEEN MARKED WITH +*+ . ╤╫╦╥╥128 V2.0 ─OCUMENTATION ╫┴╥╬╔╬╟╙ & SUGGESTIONS ====================== ╘HE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE KNOWN OR POSSIBLE TRAPS FOR USERS OF ╤╫╦╥╥128. ╥E DISK DRIVE USEAGE: -------------------- 1/ ╧NCE YOU HAVE STARTED READING THE ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ FILE THERE WILL BE A DATA CHANNEL OPEN TO THE SOURCE DISK CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL THE PROGRAM IS <^╤>UIT. ─╧ ╬╧╘ REMOVE THE DISK FROM THIS DRIVE AT ANY TIME WHILST THE DRIVE ACTIVITY ╠┼─ IS ON OR THE PROGRAM WILL MOST PROBABLY CRASH AND YOU COULD CORRUPT DATA. ┘OU CAN CHANGE THE DISK IN THE DESTINATION DRIVE AT ANY TIME PROVIDED IT IS NOT ALSO YOUR SOURCE DRIVE AND WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO SAVE MORE REPLIES YOU WILL BE PROMPTED IF THE CORRECT DESTINATION DISK IS NOT BACK IN THE DRIVE. 2/ ╞OR MAXIMUM SPEED ALWAYS USE YOUR ╞┴╙╘┼╙╘ DRIVE AS THE SOURCE DRIVE AND THE SLOWER DRIVE AS THE ┬╧╧╘/─ESTINATION DRIVE. 3/ ┘OU WILL NEED AT LEAST 100 BLOCKS FREE ON THE SOURCE DRIVE FOR TEMPORARY FILES CREATED BY ╤╫╦╥╥128. ╘HE PROGRAM MAKES NO CHECKS AT PRESENT TO SEE WHAT DISK SPACE IS AVAILABLE - IF THE DISK FILLS THE PROGRAM SHOULD QUIT. 4/ ╔F THE PROGRAM ABORTS FOR ANY REASON IT WILL ATTEMPT TO CORRECTLY CLOSE ALL FILES. ╘HIS CAN'T HOWEVER BE GUARANTEED. ╔F IN DOUBT CHECK YOUR REPLY PACKET BEFORE APPENDING TO IT. ╧╬┼ CORRUPT BYTE IN A MESSAGE HEADER WILL CAUSE ┴╠╠ SUBSEQUENT MESSAGES TO BE REJECTED. ╞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. ╧N THE SAME TOKEN NEVER USE AN "OLD" CONTROL.DAT FILE WITH A NEW MAIL PACKET. ╙OME THINGS MAY HAVE CHANGED SINCE YOUR LAST CALL. ┘OU SHOULD ALSO AVOID UPLOADING ANY REPLY PACKET THAT WAS CREATED WITH A CONTROL.DAT FILE MORE THAN A FEW DAYS OLD. ╘RY TO UPLOAD YOUR REPLIES THE SAME DAY THAT YOU DOWNLOAD THE MAIL. ═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. ╬OT MUCH GOOD IF YOU HAVE A 1541 BUT ╧╦ FOR A 1571. ╥EMEMBER WHEN DOING YOUR CALCULATIONS THE SPACE NEEDED FOR TEMPORARY FILES (SEE 3/ ABOVE). ╥OUGHLY A 1541 SHOULD HANDLE 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. ╬UMBER OF MESSAGES AREAS SELECTED: --------------------------------- +*+ ┴ PROBLEM WILL STILL EXIST WITH ┬┬╙'S THAT ALLOW OVER 255 MESSAGE BASES TO BE SELECTED. ┴LTHOUGH THE PROGRAM WILL NO LONGER CRASH OR LOCK UP AS ╓1 WOULD, IT SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION AS MESSAGES MAY GET TOSSED INTO INCORRECT MESSAGE AREAS. ╥OD HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE A NEARBY ┬┬╙ THAT ALLOWS THIS TO OCCUR AND CONSEQUENTLY IS UNABLE TO DEVISE A FIX. ╔F YOU REGISTER AND FIND THIS LIMITING SEND HIM A SAMPLE MAIL PACKET THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM HE WILL GLADLY LOOK INTO IT FURTHER. ═EMORY CONFLICTIONS WHEN CHANGING PROGRAMS: ------------------------------------------ ╒SING ├╙─╧╙ DOES ╬╧╘ CAUSE PROBLEMS WHEN BOOTED FROM ╤╫╦╥╥128. ╘HE OPPOSITE IS NOT TRUE, YOU SHOULD NOT BOOT ╤╫╦╥╥128 FROM WITHIN ├╙─╧╙. ┼ITHER EXECUTE ├╙─╧╙' ├╧╠─ COMMAND OR ╥┼╙┼╘ YOUR 128. ╞AILURE TO DO THIS WILL CAUSE THE PROGRAM TO LOCK UP AFTER IT STARTS READING THE FIRST MESSAGE. ╨AGE 1 OF 13 ╤╫╦╥╥128 V2.0 ─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. ╫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 MULTIPLE DISK DRIVES IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE. ╥EGRETTABLY DUE TO MEMORY CONFLICTIONS AT THIS STAGE ╤╫╦╥╥128 IS *╬╧╘* COMPATIBLE WITH ╥┴═─╧╙. ┘OU WILL ALSO NEED A METHOD OF DISSOLVING AND CREATING ╔┬═ STYLE ┴╥├ PACKETS AS THIS IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY PACKING METHOD THAT CAN BE USED BY ┬╧╘╚ ═╙-─╧╙ SYSTEMS AND ├128S AND MOST .╤╫╦ SYSTEMS WILL ONLY ALLOW PACKED UP AND DOWNLOADS. ╘HE AUTHOR OF THE PROGRAM RECOMMENDS ├╙─╧╙ BY ├HRIS ╙MEETS. +*+ ╘HE RIGHTS TO ├╙─╧╙ ARE NOW OWNED BY ╨┴╥╙┼├ ╔╬├ OF THE ╒╙┴ WHO ARE APPARENTLY PLANNING TO RELEASE IT AS ╞REEWARE. ╘HE CURRENT OWNERS HAVE REQUESTED THAT WE REFRAIN FROM RELEASING PORTIONS OF ├╙─╧╙ WITH THE ╤╫╦╥╥128 SO NONE IS INCLUDED. ┘OU WILL STILL NEED TO OBTAIN ├╙─╧╙ OR ANOTHER .┴╥├ OR SIMILAR PACKER FOR USE WITH ═╙-─╧╙ ┬┬╙. ╔N ADDITION YOU WILL NEED A MAIL PACKET. ╘HIS MUST BE A .╤╫╦ COMPATIBLE PACKET. .╤╫╦ IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF ╔┬═ ┬┬╙ MAIL PACKETS AND IS FAIRLY COMMON WITH MOST TYPES OF ┬┬╙ BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE IT. ╚OW DO ╔ 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 : ┴╥├; ╨ACKET ╘YPE : ╤╫╦; ╨ROTOCOL : ╙ELECT YOUR FAVOURITE COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR TERMINAL; ┴REA ╙ELECTION : ╙ELECT HERE THE MAIL AREAS YOU WISH TO RECEIVE MAIL FROM. ╘HIS IS USUALLY 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 (SEE WARNING PAGE 1), INCLUSION OF NEWS BULLETINS, NEW FILES LISTS AND OTHER THINGS. ╘HERE SHOULD BE A HELP FILE AVAILABLE ON THE ┬┬╙ TO EXPLAIN THE OPTIONS AND THEIR USE IN THE OFFLINE READER YOU HAVE AVAILABLE. ╨AGE 2 OF 13 ╤╫╦╥╥128 V2.0 ─OCUMENTATION ╫HAT DO ╔ DO WITH THE .╤╫╦ MAIL PACKET? ======================================= ╫HAT HAVE YOU NOW GOT? ┘OU SHOULD HAVE A FILE CALLED <BBS NAME>.╤╫╦. ╬OTE THAT THIS IS THE SAME AT EACH DOWNLOAD SO YOU WILL HAVE TO DELETE OR RENAME PREVIOUS PACKETS BEFORE DOWNLOADING A NEW ONE. ┘OU NOW HAVE TO EXIT YOUR TERMINAL PROGRAM AND BOOT ├╙─╧╙ OR YOUR UN┴╥├ER. ╒SING ├╙─╧╙ ----------- +*+ ╘O QUOTE FROM A LETTER FROM ╩OHN ┬ROWN (╨ARSEC ╔NC) TO ╥OD ╟ASSON DATED 4TH ╩ULY 92: "┬ECAUSE ╔ AM IN AN ONGOING BATTLE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT ARE PIRATING MY MAGAZINES AND SOFTWARE ╔ HAVE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART ABOUT ├╙─╧╙. ╔ WILL REQUEST THAT YOU DO NOT INCLUDE ANY PART OF ├╙─╧╙ OR ┴╥├ IN YOUR ╤╫╦╥╥". ╞OR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, ╨ARSEC HAVE BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO ├╙─╧╙. ╥OD HAS NO INTENTION OF GOING AGAINST ╩OHN'S WISHES SO THAT THE ├╙─╧╙ EXTRACTS INCLUDED IN ╓1.? ARE NO LONGER IN THE ╤╫╦╥╥ PACKAGE. ╨ARSEC WILL BE RE-RELEASING ├╙─╧╙ AS A ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼ PROGRAM, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY GOT THE PROGRAM YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD IT FROM MOST ┬┬╙'S WITH ├OMMODORE SUPPORT. ╒SING ├╙─╧╙ YOU NEED TO USE ├╙╪┴╥├ AS YOUR UN┴╥├ER, *╬╧╘* THE ┴╥├ MODULE WHICH IS SPECIFIC TO ├OMMODORE ┴╥├S AND NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ╔┬═ STYLE FILES. ┬EFORE UN┴╥├ING THE FILE YOU WILL NEED TO RENAME IT TO GIVE IT A .┴╥├ EXTENSION. ═Y PREFERENCE IS FOR A NAME LIKE 23═┴┘92╫╧╫.┴╥├ WHICH WILL REMIND YOU OF THE DATE AND THE BOARD OR MAIL AREA THE MESSAGES ARE FROM. ┴S YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO ╔┬═ COMPATIBLE FILE NAMES HERE YOU CAN USE UP TO 12 ALPHA-NUMERICS BEFORE THE .┴╥├ EXTENSION. ╘HE SYNTAX FOR UN┴╥├ING IT IS THEN : CSXARC 23MAY92WOW ╔F YOU WISH TO USE MULTIPLE DRIVES SELECT THE ─ESTINATION DRIVE AS THE CURRENT DRIVE AND ADD THE DRIVE DESIGNATION PREFIX TO THE ┴╥├ FILE NAME E.G. CSXARC B:23MAY92WOW ╒SING ├╙╪┴╥├ YOU MUST EXTRACT ALL THE FILES FROM THE .┴╥├ BUT TO RUN ╤╫╦╥╥128 YOU ONLY NEED ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ AND ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘. ╘HERE WILL BE SOME OTHER FILES IN THE ┴╥├ INCLUDING *.╬─╪ PATTERNS WHICH ARE PRODUCED BY ╤╫╦ READERS BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED BY ╤╫╦╥╥128. ╔F YOU SELECT BULLETINS TO BE ADDED TO THE PACKET THESE WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET AND NEED TO BE READ BY OTHER MEANS. ╬OW YOU HAVE THE FILES ITS TIME TO GET OUT OF ├╙─╧╙. ╘HERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT ARE SAFE TO USE AND CLEAR THE MEMORY FOR THE NEXT STEP, EITHER THE ├╙─╧╙ 'COLD' COMMAND OR THE TRUSTY RESET BUTTON! +*+ ╥EGULAR USERS OF ├╙─╧╙ MAY WISH TO CONSIDER CREATING A SMALL RAMDISK FILE CONTAINING ONLY THE MINIMUM FILES REQUIRED FOR THESE TASKS. ╔T COULD BE A WASTE OF TIME LOADING A 300+ BLOCK RAMDISK TO PERFORM A SINGLE TASK. ╔F YOU ARE CARRYING OUT REPEATED OPERATIONS HOWEVER AND USE A 17XX ╥┼╒ IT MAY BE FASTER TO USE YOUR ╥AMDISK AS THIS WILL REMAIN INTACT WHILE USING ╤╫╦╥╥128 AND WILL NOT TO BE RELOADED WHEN ├╙─╧╙ IS RE-RUN. ╫HEN YOU'VE FINISHED WITH ╤╫╦╥╥128 YOU THEN NEED TO COMPRESS THE FILE READY FOR UPLOADING BACK TO THE ┬┬╙. ┘OU WILL NEED TO RE-BOOT ├╙─╧╙ TO ACHIEVE THIS. TO CREATE THE ╔┬═ COMPATIBLE ┴╥├ YOU MUST USE ├╙┴╥├ OR ├╙┴╥├1750 IF YOU HAVE AN ╥┼╒. ╨AGE 3 OF 13 ╤╫╦╥╥128 V2.0 ─OCUMENTATION ╘HE COMMAND FORMAT ╔ USE HERE IS: CSARC MAIL *.MSG ╘HIS CREATES A FILE CALLED ═┴╔╠.┴╥├ WHICH MAY NEED TO BE RE-NAMED DEPENDING ON THE TRANSFER PROTOCOL YOU USE. ╔F YOU USE ┘-MODEM OR ANOTHER PROTOCOL THAT TRANSFERS THE FILENAME BEFORE THE FILE THE ┬┬╙ WILL ONLY ACCEPT FILES WITH CORRECT NAMES, SPECIFICALLY <BBS-NAME>.╥┼╨. ╘HIS NAME WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU BY ╤╫╦╥╥128 WHEN YOU EXIT THE PROGRAM. IF YOU USE ╪-MODEM OR A PROTOCOL THAT DOESN'T TRANSFER THE FILE NAME YOU DO NOT NEED TO RENAME IT, JUST REMEMBER WHAT YOU ACTUALLY CALLED IT!! ╙TARTING ╤╫╦╥╥128 ================= ╬OW FOR THE REAL THING :-) ╞OR THIS YOU WILL NEED THE ╤╫╦╥╥128 FILES AND THE DISK WITH THE *.─┴╘ FILES ON. ╥UN ╤╫╦╥╥128 (THIS CAN BE DONE FROM ANY DRIVE) AND IT WILL THEN PROMPT YOU FOR SOURCE AND DESTINATION DRIVES. ╘HE SOURCE DRIVE MUST HOLD THE *.─┴╘ FILES OTHERWISE THE PROGRAM WILL ABORT. ╘HE DRIVES WILL DEFAULT TO THE LAST USED DRIVE, PROBABLY THE DRIVE YOU LOADED ╤╫╦╥╥128 FROM. ┘OU WILL BE THEN PROMPTED FOR THE DATE AND TIME WHICH ARE REQUIRED AS THEY ARE ADDED TO OUT-GOING MAIL WRITTEN DURING THE CURRENT SESSION. ╘HE DATE DEFAULTS TO THAT FOUND IN ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ AND YOU CAN ONLY CHANGE THE ─┴┘. ╘HIS SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM AS ANY REPLIES YOU PRODUCE SHOULD REALLY BE UPLOADED WITHIN A DAY OR TWO OF THE DOWNLOAD. ╘HIS MAY CAUSE PROBLEM THOUGH 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 TIME IS THEN REQUESTED AND SHOULD BE ENTERED IN 24 HOUR FORMAT WITHOUT PUNCTUATION, EG 1 PM BECOMES 1300. ╘HE AUTHOR HAS RELEASED AN "ANNOYWARE" VERSION WHICH WILL REQUIRE YOU TO PASS THROUGH THREE SCREENS OF TEXT INFORMATION AT THIS POINT IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED. ╥EGISTERED COPIES HAVE YOUR ┬┬╙ USER NAME(S) HARD-CODED INTO THEM AND WILL BYPASS THIS STEP ╨╥╧╓╔─┼─ THE USER NAME IN THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE MATCHES THAT HARD-CODED INTO YOUR COPY. ╘HIS MEANS IF YOU PASS A REGISTERED COPY ONTO ANOTHER USER IT WILL IMMEDIATELY ACT LIKE AN UNREGISTERED ONE. ╧N REGISTERED VERSIONS YOU WILL GET A '╨RESS ANY KEY <╔>NFO' PROMPT. ╔F YOU PRESS '╔' YOU WILL GET THE INFORMATION WHICH HAS SOME HELP FOR SETTING UP THE PROGRAM ETC IN IT, PRESSING ANY OTHER KEY WILL PUT YOU INTO THE PROGRAM PROPER. ╥EADING ═ESSAGES ================ ╧NCE YOU'VE GOT PAST ALL THE PREVIOUS STEPS AND PROVIDED THE FILES ARE ALL IN THE LOCATIONS THAT ╤╫╦╥╥128 IS EXPECTING THEM THE FIRST MESSAGE IN THE PACKET WILL BE DISPLAYED WITH A MENU OF OPTIONS SHOWN BELOW IT. ╘HIS MENU IS: <╨>REVIOUS <╬>EXT <╥>EPLY <╞>WD E<╪>PORT <#>PRINT <╙>CAN <^╤>UIT <<*>> ╘HERE ARE SOME KEYS THAT ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE MENU THAT ARE ALSO USEABLE : ╘HESE ARE THE ┼SCAPE KEY (FAR LEFT TOP OF YOUR KEYBOARD - HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS ┼╙├) WHICH ABORTS A MESSAGE AND <╙╨┴├┼> AND <╥┼╘╒╥╬> WHICH ARE BOTH EQUIVALENT TO <╬>EXT. ╘HE ┼╙├ KEY CAN BE USED AT ANY TIME, ANY OTHER OPTION CAN ONLY BE SELECTED WHILE THE APPROPRIATE MENU IS ON THE SCREEN. ╨AGE 4 OF 13 ╤╫╦╥╥128 V2.0 ─OCUMENTATION +*+ ╧THER COMMANDS NOT LISTED FOR MOVING AROUND MESSAGES WHEN EITHER READING OR QUOTING ARE: ├URSOR UP = SCROLL UP 1 LINE; ├URSOR DOWN = SCROLL DOWN ONE LINE; ├URSOR LEFT = PAGE (SCREEN) UP; ├URSOR RIGHT = PAGE (SCREEN) DOWN; ├╠╥/╚╧═┼ = TOP OF PAGE; ╙╚╞╘-├╠╥/╚╧═┼= BOTTOM OF PAGE. ╨LEASE NOTE, THESE KEYS WILL WORK WITH MOST SCREEN OPTIONS, HOWEVER ON SHORT MESSAGES/SCREENS SOME OF THESE KEYS WILL APPEAR TO DO EITHER NOTHING, OR DUPLICATE OF ONE OF THE OTHERS. ╥┼┴─ ├OMMANDS ------------- ┼╙├ ╘HIS KEY IS THE ONLY OPTION THAT WILL OPERATE BEFORE THE MENU IS DISPLAYED AT THE END OF A MESSAGE AND WILL ┴BORT THE READING OF THAT MESSAGE. ╔T CAN BE USED FOR INSTANCE IF YOU'VE READ THE MESSAGE ╙UBJECT AND DECIDED ITS NOT INTERESTING TO YOU. ╬OTE THAT YOU CANNOT RETURN TO AN ABORTED MESSAGE WITHOUT STARTING AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PACKET. <╨>REVIOUS ╘HIS COMMAND WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE PREVIOUS MESSAGE. ╬OTE THAT YOU CAN ONLY GOT BACK UP TO TEN MESSAGES FROM THE HIGHEST NUMBER READ TO DATE AND THAT YOU CANNOT GO BACK TO MESSAGES THAT YOU HAVE ABORTED USING THE ┼╙├ KEY. <╬>EXT OR <╙╨┴├┼> OR <╥┼╘╒╥╬> ╘HIS COMMAND WILL MOVE YOU ON TO THE NEXT MESSAGE. <╥>EPLY ┼NTER THE ╥EPLY TO A MESSAGE AREA - ╙EE ╥┼╨╠┘ING TO A ═ESSAGE. <╞>WD ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO REPLY TO A MESSAGE BUT ALSO CHANGE THE AREA IN WHICH THE MESSAGE WILL BE SENT AND 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. E<╪>PORT ╘HIS COMMAND SENDS THE CURRENT MESSAGE AS A ├┬═ ┴╙├╔╔ FILE TO THE ─ESTINATION DISK DRIVE. ╘HE FILES WILL BE CALLED ┼╪╨╧╥╘.1, ┼╪╨╧╥╘.2 ETC AND THE PROGRAM WILL CHECK FOR PRE-EXISTING FILES AND INCREMENT THE NUMBER AS NECESSARY. ╔ FIND IT EASIEST TO RENAME THE FILES TO GIVE SOME INDICATION OF THEIR CONTENTS AFTER THE MESSAGE READING SESSION. <#>╨RINT ╘HIS KEY WILL PRINT THE CURRENT MESSAGE TO A ├┬═ COMPATIBLE PRINTER. ╬OTE THAT NO CHECK FOR PRINTER AVAILABILITY IS USED SO IF THE PRINTER IS NOT SWITCHED ON AND ONLINE A PROGRAM LOCKUP MAY RESULT. ╨AGE 5 OF 13 ╤╫╦╥╥128 V2.0 ─OCUMENTATION <╙>CAN ╙CAN, OR ╙KIP, GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE MESSAGE PACKET TO A SPECIFIC MESSAGE. ┴S IT DOES SO IT WILL DISPLAY THE HEADING OF EACH MESSAGE, THAT IS THE ╘O: ╞ROM: AND ╙UBJ: FIELDS AND A PRESS OF A KEY WILL INTERRUPT THE SCAN. ╒NLESS YOU ARE ╓┼╥┘ QUICK THE ABORT WILL DISPLAY THE NEXT MESSAGE, NOT THE ONE WHOSE HEADER IS DISPLAYED WHEN YOU ABORT. ╘HE SCAN WILL ALSO PAUSE AUTOMATICALLY AT ANY MESSAGE TO OR FROM YOU AND AT THIS POINT GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, CONTINUE, EXPORT, PRINT OR REPLY. ╘HE MOST COMMON USE FOR ╙CAN WILL PROBABLY BE SKIPPING THROUGH A PACKET THAT YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED READING BUT COULDN'T FINISH AT A PREVIOUS SESSION. ┘OU WILL NEED TO RECORD SUCH MESSAGE NUMBERS MANUALLY, THERE IS NO AUTOMATIC METHOD OF PICKING UP A SESSION WHERE IT WAS INTERRUPTED. <^╤>UIT +*+ ╬OTE THIS KEY IS NOW ╙╚╔╞╘-╤ TO ╤UIT TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF ACCIDENTAL SELECTION. ╘HIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO LEAVE THE PROGRAM. ╤╫╦╥╥128 WILL DO SOME DISK HOUSEKEEPING ON THE ╙OURCE DISK AND PRESENT YOU WITH A MESSAGE ABOUT FILE NAMES FOR THE ╥EPLY PACKET IF YOU HAVE CREATED ONE. * (THE ┴STERISK KEY) ╘HIS KEY ALLOWS YOU TO EDIT THE DEFINITIONS FOR THE ╞UNCTION ╦EYS ╞1 THROUGH TO ╞8 SO THAT THEY CAN BE USED TO ADD STANDARD SIGN-OFFS OR TAGLINES TO YOUR MESSAGES TO REDUCE TYPING EFFORT. ╘HE ONLY KEY THAT HAS A SPECIFIC USE IS ╞8 WHICH HAS A DEFAULT DEFINITION OF '╚I' WHICH IS USED BY THE ╥EPLY FUNCTION. ╘HE DEFINITIONS OF THESE KEYS ARE HELD IN DISK FILES ON THE PROGRAM DISK WITH FILE NAMES STARTING WITH '╤╫╦╥╥╦.'. ╘HE DEFAULT NAME IS ╤╫╦╥╥╦.╦┼┘╙ WHICH IS LOADED BY THE PROGRAM ON RUNNING IT BUT YOU CAN USE ANY EXTENSION SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE SET OF DEFINITIONS IF YOU SO WISH. ╘HESE CAN BE <┼>DITED, <╙>AVED OR <╠>OADED THROUGH THE '*' OPTION, WITH A DIRECTORY OF DEFINITIONS AVAILABLE IF YOU ENTER '$' AT THE LOAD PROMPT. ╘HE DEFINITIONS ARE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 255 CHARACTERS. ┘OU WILL BE GIVEN THE MAXIMUM LENGTH AVAILABLE FOR EACH KEY AS YOU PROGRAM IT. ╥┼╨╠┘ING TO A ═ESSAGE ===================== ╧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: FIELD WILL HAVE '╥E:' AND THE SUBJECT OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE IN IT WITH THE CURSOR OVER IT SO THAT YOU CAN EDIT IT IF YOU WISH. ╔F NOT JUST PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬> AND YOU WILL GO TO THE NEXT PROMPT WHERE YOU SELECT WHETHER OR NOT TO FLAG THE MESSAGE AS ╨RIVATE. ╫HEN ┼╬╘┼╥ING A MESSAGE THE DEFAULT IS ALWAYS 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, ONE ╔ USE REGULARLY DOES THIS BY RE-POSTING THE MESSAGE TO ═┼ 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. ╧╦ SO YOU'VE SAID ┘ES OR ╬O TO ╨RIVATE .. ╨AGE 6 OF 13 ╤╫╦╥╥128 V2.0 ─OCUMENTATION ╘HE CURSOR NOW MOVES DOWN TO THE BODY OF THE MESSAGE, STARTING YOUR MESSAGE FOR YOU WITH TWO WORDS, THE SALUTATION ('╚I') CONTAINED IN THE DEFINITION OF ╞8 AND THE FIRST PART OF THE ADDRESSEE'S NAME, HOPEFULLY THEIR FIRST NAME. ╬OW YOU CAN CARRY ON AND TYPE YOUR REPLY. +*+ ┴LL TEXT INPUT IS IN 80 COLUMN FORMAT, HOWEVER THE SCREEN WIDTH IS ONLY 78 CHARACTERS, THEREFORE TO SEE THE OFF-SCREEN CHARACTERS THE <> KEYS ARE USED FOR A LEFT/RIGHT SHIFT. ╘HE EDITOR PROVIDED HERE IS A FAIRLY SIMPLE ONE WITH A MENU THAT IS BOUGHT UP BY PRESSING ┼╙├, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS : <╤>UOTE <├>ONT <╙>AVE I<═>PORT <┴>BORT <┼>DIT <╔>NSERT <─>ELETE REFERRED TO HEREAFTER AS THE REPLY MENU. ╥┼╨╠┘ ├OMMANDS -------------- <╤>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 PART OF THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE WILL BE LISTED IN A WINDOW WITH A LINE HIGHLIGHTED. ╨RESSING <╥┼╘╒╥╬> 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 OR A PAGE USING THE SAME MEANINGS AS UNDER THE ╥┼┴─ MENU, PRESSING ┼╙├ OR '╤' WILL RETURN YOU TO YOUR MESSAGE MENU. +*+ ╤UOTED TEXT LINES MAY EXCEED 80 CHARACTERS (DUE TO THE INCLUSION OF THE " ╪╪>" PREFIX). ┘OU CAN EDIT THIS LINE THE SAME AS ANY OTHER, HOWEVER WHEN THE MESSAGE IS ╙┴╓┼─ ALL LINES ARE TRUNCATED TO 80 COLUMNS. - ═╧╙╘ SCREEN DISPLAYS WILL APPEAR TO TRUNCATE THESE LINES, HOWEVER THE <├>ONT OPTION WILL DISPLAY SUCH LINES EXTENDED ONTO THE NEXT LINE. <├>ONT ╘HIS COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO CONTINUE ENTERING YOUR MESSAGE AFTER DROPPING OUT TO THE MENU TO CARRY OUT OTHER FUNCTIONS. <╙>AVE ╘HIS ╙AVES THE MESSAGE TO YOUR DESTINATION DISK USING A FILE NAME PREFIX SUPPLIED BY THE ┬┬╙ ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE AND THE EXTENSION '.MSG'. ╫HEN 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 ╧VERWRITE IT, ┴PPEND TO IT OR ┴BORT THE SAVING OF THE MESSAGE. ╙UBSEQUENT REPLIES WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ┴PPENDED TO THE FIRST REPLY TO CREATE YOUR REPLY FILE. I<═>PORT ╘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 FILE AND APPROPRIATE CONVERSION WILL BE CARRIED OUT. ╨AGE 7 OF 13 ╤╫╦╥╥128 V2.0 ─OCUMENTATION <┴>BORT ╘HIS ABORTS THE REPLY OPTION AND RETURNS YOU TO THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE. <┼>DIT +*+ ═ADE A FEW TYPOS?? ): ╘HIS IS USED TO FIX THOSE. ╧N PRESSING ┼ THE CURRENT LINE WILL BE SHOWN IN A WINDOW. ╨RESSING <╥┼╘╒╥╬> WILL SELECT THE LINE SHOWN TO <┼>DIT, THE CURSOR KEYS WILL MOVE YOU UP AND DOWN THE MESSAGE AND ┼╙├ OR <╤> WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE MAIN MENU. ╫HEN YOU SELECT A LINE USING <╥┼╘╒╥╬> YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR TWO STRINGS, FIRSTLY THE ONE YOU WISH TO CHANGE, WHICH IS THEN HIGHLIGHTED IN THE LINE DISPLAYED, AND THEN ITS REPLACEMENT, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY CAUSE THE LINE TO CHANGE ONCE ENTERED. ╔F YOU JUST PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬> FOR THE SEARCH STRING YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE PREVIOUS PROMPT. <╔>NSERT ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO INSERT TEXT (OR BLANK LINES) ON LINE AT A TIME. ╔F AT THIS POINT OR DURING REPLY ENTRY YOU WISH TO ADD A BLANK LINE TO FORMAT YOUR MESSAGE YOU WILL NEED TO PUT AT LEAST ONE SPACE ON IT SO THAT THE EDITOR RECOGNISES IT AS AN INTENTIONAL BLANK LINE AND DOES NOT EXIT THE MESSAGE TO THE MENU. <─>ELETE +*+ ╚ERE YOU CAN DELETE A LINE OR RANGE OF LINES. ╘HE CURRENT LINE WILL BE SHOWN IN A WINDOW AND YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬> TO DELETE THE LINE, CURSOR KEYS TO MOVE UP OR DOWN THE MESSAGE, AND EITHER <╤> OR ┼╙├ TO QUIT BACK TO THE REPLY MENU. ┼╬╘┼╥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 IN A WINDOW WITH THE NAME THE ╙┘╙╧╨ HAS ASSIGNED IT. ═OVE THE HIGHLIGHT BAR TO THE REQUIRED AREA AND PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬> TO SELECT IT. ┴FTER THIS HAS BEEN DONE ENTER THE ┴DDRESSEE'S NAME AND MESSAGE SUBJECT. ╬OTE THAT THERE IS NO WAY WHEN ENTERING MAIL OFFLINE TO CHECK THAT THE ADDRESSEE'S NAME IS VALID AS YOUR ┬┬╙ MAY DO FOR LOCAL CALLS SO CHECK YOU'VE GOT IT RIGHT (:. ╔F YOU ACCIDENTALLY SELECT <┼>NTER YOU WILL NEED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TO THIS POINT AND THEN PRESS ┼╙├ AND THEN <┴>BORT. ╧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 QUOTE OPTION AVAILABLE. (╔ WONDER WHY (: ) ┼NTERING ╬ETMAIL ---------------- ╘HE .╤╫╦ MAIL PACKET SYSTEM WAS NOT DESIGNED TO COPE WITH THE ODDITIES OF ╬ET═AIL ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR OF ═╦╤WK, ONE OF THE MAIL PACKERS AVAILABLE FOR ╥EM┴CCESS ┬┬╙S. ─ESPITE THIS ╬ETMAIL CAN BE SENT AND HAS BEEN TESTED SUCCESSFULLY ON THE SYSTEMS SPECIFIED BELOW. ╘HESE METHODS MAY NOT PERFORM CORRECTLY ON ALL MAIL PACKET HANDLING PROGRAMS. ╥EAD THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR LOCAL SYSTEM! ╬╧╘┼. 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?). ╨AGE 8 OF 13 ╤╫╦╥╥128 V2.0 ─OCUMENTATION ╔N ORDER TO MAKE ╬ETMAIL AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE ROUTINES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED TO TAKE CARE OF SOME SYSTEMS. ─UE TO THE MANY FORMATS BEING USED ╥OD HAS BEEN UNABLE TO INCLUDE ROUTINES TO HANDLE THEM ALL AS HE SIMPLY DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE DIFFERENT MAIL PACKERS AVAILABLE. ┴T THE CURRENT TIME ╤╫╦╥╥128 VERSION 2 WILL HANDLE ╤MAIL, ═K╤WK, AND ╙┬┬╙ SYSTEMS ONLY. ╔F ╥┼╟╔╙╘┼╥┼─ USERS WISH TO FORWARD ╥OD DETAILS ON HOW THEIR ┬┬╙ HANDLES THIS HE WILL GLADLY INCORPORATE THEM IN FUTURE RELEASES. ╧NE OF THE FIRST PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITH SETTING UP 'AUTOMATIC' NETMAIL WAS IN CORRECTLY IDENTIFYING THE NETMAIL AREA. ╘HIS IS BECAUSE IT CAN BE NAMED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE ╙YSOP ON YOUR ┬┬╙. ╬AMES CAN INCLUDE ╬ETMAIL, ╬ET═AIL, ═ATRIX MAIL, ═ATRIX ═AIL, PLUS QUITE A FEW OTHER VARIANTS. ╥OD TOOK THE "EASY" WAY OUT AND ╤╫╦╥╥128 SIMPLY LOOKS FOR THE TEXT "AIL" - THIS DOES APPEAR TO WORK IN MOST SITUATIONS, HOWEVER IF YOUR ╙YSOP CALLS THE NETMAIL AREA SOMETHING LIKE "╨RIVATE-ECHO" THEN IT WILL NOT WORK. ┘OU WILL ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM IF YOUR SYSOP HAS TO AREAS WITH "AIL" IN THE STRING.. EG ╬ETMAIL & LOCAL-MAIL. ╔N EITHER CASE YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO USE THE INBUILT NETMAIL ROUTINES OR TO SIMPLY TREAT THE MESSAGE THE SAME AS ANY OTHER. ╔F YOU SELECT '┘'ES TO USE THE NETMAIL ROUTINES WHEN REPLYING TO OR ┼NTERING ╬ETMAIL YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR A NETMAIL ADDRESS (ALL NETMAIL NEEDS AN ADDRESS FOR WHERE TO SEND THE MESSAGE). ╤╫╦╥╥128 WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE A VALID ADDRESS FROM THE CURRENT MESSAGE BEING READ, AND IF SUCCESSFUL WILL OFFER THIS AS A DEFAULT. ╔F A VALID FIDO ADDRESS FORMAT IS NOT GIVEN THEN THE NETMAIL ROUTINES WILL ABORT, AND THE MESSAGE WILL BE TREATED AS NORMAL. ╨LEASE NOTE, JUST BECAUSE ╤╫╦╥╥128 WILL ACCEPT THE ADDRESS FORMAT IS NO GUARANTEE THAT YOUR ┬┬╙ WILL RECOGNIZE IT AS SUCH, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE IT IS INDEED A VALID ADDRESS. ┴LSO NOTE THAT SOME ┬┬╙'S WILL NOT ALLOW NETMAIL ANYWAY. ┘OU CAN TELL AT A GLANCE WHETHER THE MESSAGE WILL BE SAVED AS A NETMAIL MESSAGE BY LOOKING AT THE ┴╥┼┴ LINE. ╔F IT SAYS ╬ETMAIL TO ┌:╪╪╪/┘┘┘ THEN YOU KNOW IT IS BEING USED. ╔F IT SIMPLY DISPLAYS ╬ETMAIL, THEN THE MESSAGE IS BEING TREATED THE SAME AS ANY OTHER. ╔F THIS IS THE CASE IT WILL PROBABLY BE REJECTED BY YOUR ┬┬╙ UNLESS OF COURSE THE SELECTED MAIL AREA IS ╬╧╘ NETMAIL BUT FOR THE REASONS ABOVE WAS THOUGHT TO BE BY ╤╫╦╥╥128. ┴S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW ╬ETMAIL CAN BE SENT 'MANUALLY' THE NOTES FOR USING ═╦╤WK FROM VERSION 1 DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN RETAINED IN THIS DOCUMENTATION. ╒SING ═╦╤WK ----------- ╘HE ═╦╤WK PACKAGE 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:@3:680/809 --<END OF HEADER - BEGINNING OF MESSAGE TEXT >-- ╙UBJ:╬ETMAIL TEST. ╘HE RECEIVING ┬┬╙ WILL DO THE REST. ╨AGE 9 OF 13 ╤╫╦╥╥128 V2.0 ─OCUMENTATION ╤UIT ==== ╫HEN YOU SELECT <^╤>UIT THE PROGRAM WILL EXIT, CARRYING OUT SOME HOUSEKEEPING ON THE SOURCE DISK, AND THEN WILL PRESENT YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION ON THE MAIL PACKET IT HAS CREATED FOR YOU INCLUDING THE NAME OF THE PACKET IT HAS MADE AND THE WARNING THAT THIS MUST NOT BE CHANGED. ╘HIS IS NOT ╤╒╔╘┼ TRUE, THE ┬┬╙ ╔ USE GIVES ME A PACKET CALLED ╫╧╫-┬┬╙.MSG (THE CASE CHANGE IS INTENTIONAL). ╘HE ├┴╙┼ IS NOT SIGNIFICANT BUT THE FILENAME IS. ┴FTER <^╤>UITING THE ╞UNCTION KEYS WILL BE SET UP TO ALLOW YOU TO USE ╞1 TO RUN ╙╚┼╠╠ TO START ├╙─╧╙, ╞5 TO RE-START ╤╫╦╥╥128 OR ╞3 TO DO A FULL RESET OF THE ├128. ╬OTE THAT IF YOU USE THE ╥E-╥UN ╤╫╦╥╥128 OPTION YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE THE ╤╫╦╥╥.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ AND ╤╫╦╥╥╦.╦┼┘╙ FILES ON THE DISK IN THE BOOT DRIVE (THE DRIVE ╤╫╦╥╥128 WAS LOADED FROM) OR THE DEFAULT VALUES WILL NOT BE SET TO YOUR CHOICES AND THE FUNCTION KEYS WILL BE LEFT SET TO THE ╤UIT VALUES. ╬OW YOU HAVE TO GO OFF AND CREATE AN ╔┬═ COMPATIBLE ┴╥├ TO UPLOAD. ╙EE THE SECTIONS ON ├╙─╧╙ ON HINTS ON HAW TO DO THIS. ─ONE THAT? ╟OOD! ╬OW 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 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 WAS/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 (WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO ╔ DON'T KNOW, ┼NJOY TALKING TO YOURSELF :-) ). ┘OU ├┴╬ USE THE EXPORT/PRINT OPTIONS ON THIS FILE IF YOU WISH. ╔T COMES IN HANDY AT TIMES. EG A MESSAGE THAT HAS BEEN SAVED BUT THAT YOU NEED TO EDIT COULD BE E<╪>PORTED AND THEN, AFTER YOU HAVE SET UP TO RE-READ THE ╧╥╔╟╔╬┴╠ PACKET, I<═>PORTED AND THEN EDITED. ═IND YOU IT MIGHT BE SIMPLER TO RETYPE IT! ╨AGE 10 OF 13 ╤╫╦╥╥128 V2.0 ─OCUMENTATION ╙UPPORTING ╨ROGRAMS & ╞ILES =========================== ═┴╔╠╨╦╘.╙├╥: ---------- ╘HIS SHORT ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM WAS WRITTEN TO SIMPLIFY DELETION OF THE FILES CREATED WHEN A MAIL PACKET WAS DE┴╥├ED AND WAS NO LONGER REQUIRED. ╔T WILL REMOVE ALL THE FILES CREATED OR IF YOU SO SELECT EVERYTHING ┼╪├┼╨╘ THE .─┴╘ FILES YOU NEED TO READ THE PACKET. ┴LL YOU NEED TO DO IS ╥╒╬ '═┴╔╠╨╦╘.╙├╥' AND THEN SELECT THE DISK ╒NIT REQUIRED, ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 16. ╔T WILL THEN ASK ABOUT THE .─┴╘ FILES WITH A DEFAULT SELECTION OF ╬╧. ╔F YOU WISH TO ADD ANY EXTRA FILES YOU FIND REGULARLY THE NAMES ARE STORED IN ─┴╘┴ STATEMENTS AND YOU CAN ADD AS MANY AS YOU WISH AS LONG AS THE LAST LINE REMAINS ─┴╘┴ "┼╬─". ┬E CAUTIOUS THOUGH AS WILD CARD DELETIONS CAN CAUSE HAVOC IF NOT TREATED WITH CARE!! +*+ ╬OTE THAT THIS PROGRAM CAN BE '╔╬╙╘┴╠╠┼─' IN YOUR ├╙─╧╙ RAMDISK AND RUN FROM THERE QUITE SUCCESSFULLY. ╘HIS VERSION WILL NOW ALSO DELETE ANY FILES CREATED BY ╤╫╦╥╥128 AND WHICH WERE NOT DELETED BY THAT PROGRAM FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. +*+ ╤╫╦╥╥.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙: -------------- ╘HIS FILE ALLOWS THE USER TO SET UP PREFERRED DISK UNIT NUMBERS AND COLOURS. ╘HIS A SIMPLE TEXT FILE WHICH CAN BE EDITED WITH ANY TEXT EDITOR (INCLUDING ├╙-─╧╙ IN ╘┼╪╘ MODE) AND LOOKS LIKE : 0 SOURCE DRIVE = USE BOOT DRIVE 0 DESTINATION DRIVE DITTO 1 BACKGROUND - BLACK 154 BORDER - LT.BLUE 153 HEADER TEXT - LT.GREEN 158 HEADER DATA - YELLOW 5 MESSAGE TEXT - WHITE 155 MESSAGE HIGHLIGHT- GREY ╘HIS IS A COPY OF THE FILE INCLUDED WITH THE DISTRIBUTION VERSION OF ╤╫╦╥╥ V2 AND THE INFORMATION IS ENTERED USING THE FOLLOWING VALUES AND RESTRICTIONS: - ╧NLY THE FIRST 3 CHARACTERS IN EACH LINE ARE SIGNIFICANT (THE REST OF THE LINE CAN BE USED FOR COMMENTS). ╘HE 3 CHARACTERS MUST BE A NUMBER; - ╘HE SOURCE/DESTINATION DRIVE CAN BE ANY VALID DRIVE NUMBER. ╔F EITHER ONE OF THESE IS SET TO 0 THEN THE ┬╧╧╘ DRIVE WILL BE USED AS THE DEFAULT. ╬╧╘┼ ╬O MATTER WHAT DRIVES YOU ASSIGN HERE THEY CAN ALWAYS BE CHANGED UPON RUNNING THE PROGRAM; ╙CREEN COLOUR CAN BE ANY VALID CODE FROM 1-16 USING THE SAME VALUES AS THE ┬┴╙╔├ 7 ├╧╠╧╥ COMMAND: 1=BLACK, 2=WHITE, 3=RED, 4=CYAN ETC; ┴LL OTHER COLOURS ARE ├OMMODORE CHARACTER CODES, EG: 5 = WHITE, 28 = RED, 154 = LT.BLUE, 155 = GREY3, ETC ETC. ┴NY INVALID CODES WILL CAUSE THE INTERNAL DEFAULT TO BE USED. ╬╧╘┼ ╘HERE IS NO TEST MADE TO STOP YOU DOING SILLY THINGS LIKE BLACK TEXT ON A BLACK BACKGROUND. ╘HIS IS ┘╧╒╥ RESPONSIBILITY. ╤╫╦╥╥.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ IS ╧╬╠┘ LOADED WHEN THE PROGRAM IS FIRST RUN. ╔F THE FILE IS NOT FOUND ON THE ┬╧╧╘ DISK THEN INTERNAL DEFAULTS WILL BE USED. ╨LEASE NOTE, THAT THE ╥┼-╥╒╬ PROGRAM OPTION (╞5) WHEN EXITING ╤╫╦╥╥128 EXPECTS THE BOOT DISK TO BE BACK IN THE ORIGINAL DRIVE. ╞AILURE TO DO THIS WILL RESULT IN THE INTERNAL DEFAULTS BEING USED. ┴LSO THE FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS WILL HOLD NO USEFUL INFORMATION. ╒NDER ╬╧ CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU RUN THE PROGRAM WITH ANY OF THESE LINES MISSING, OR THE PROGRAM WILL PROBABLY LOCK UP. ---OOO╧╧╧OOO--- ╨AGE 11 OF 13 ┴PPENDICES ---------- ╟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 ORGINALLY ONLY FOR ═╙-─╧╙ OPERATING SYSTEMS BUT HAS BECOME MORE WIDELY USED. ╘HERE ARE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO DISSOLVE THESE .┴╥├S ON BOTH ├128 AND ├=64 COMPUTERS ALTHOUGH THEY CAN ONLY BE CREATED AT PRESENT ON ├128S USING ├╙─╧╙. ├╙┴╥├ / ├╙╪┴╥├ ╨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 ╤╫╦ ┴ COMMON ═╙-─╧╙ BASED ┬┬╙ MAIL PACKET FORMAT. ╘HERE ARE OTHERS SUCH AS ╪╥╙ BUT ╤╫╦╥╥128 AT THE MOMENT ONLY SUPPORTS .╤╫╦ PACKETS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ├ONTACT ADDRESSES ETC ===================== ╨ROGRAM BY : ╥OD ╟ASSON 90 ╚ILLERS ╥OAD ╥┼┘╬┼╠╠┴ ╙┴ 5161 ┴USTRALIA ╘ELEPHONE +61 8 322 2716 ╬ET═AIL 3:680/809 ─OCUMENTATION BY : ═ARK ─OWSETT ╨.╧. ┬OX 227 ╥┴╬─╫╔├╦ ╬╙╫ 2031 ┴USTRALIA ╘ELEPHONE +61 2 399 6549 ╬ET═AIL 3:713/888 ======================================================================= ╨AGE 12 OF 13 ╘O: ╓IDEO├AM ╙ERVICES/╥OD ╟ASSON 90 ╚ILLIERS ╥D. ╥EYNELLA 5161 ╙TH.┴USTRALIA ╨LEASE SUPPLY A REGISTERED COPY OF ╤╫╦╥╥128 AT THE COST OF ┴UST$20.00 (INCLUDING ╨&╨). ╔ ENCLOSE MY CHEQUE/MONEY ORDER IN PAYMENT. 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