╫E FIRST CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT FOR ┬IG ╟ULP WHEN WE FOUND THAT OUR
NEWLY PURCHASED 2400 BAUD MODEMS DID NOT WORK WITH ANY OF THE 2400 BAUD TERMINALSOFTWARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THE ├-64. ┼RROR RATES OF 50-75% WERE NOT
UNCOMMON.
┴FTER SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF A 2400 BAUD PATCH WE DID EXTENSIVE TESTING
OF FILE TRANSFERS WITH SEVERAL POPULAR TERMINAL PROGRAMS. ╨UNTER AND ╪-MODEM
PROTOCALS WERE USED. ╘O OUR CHAGRIN DOUBLING THE BAUD RATE PRODUCED A MERE
15-25% DECREASE IN FILE TRANSFER TIME.
╞URTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT, DURING A FILE TRANSFER AT 1200 OR 2400
BAUD, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE TIME IS SPENT READING/WRITING TO THE DRIVE
AND HANDSHAKING BETWEEN BLOCKS.
╫ITH ┬IG ╟ULP DRIVE READ/WRITE TIME HAS BEEN CUT BY AS MUCH AS 80%.
╚ANDSHAKING HAS BEEN MINIMIZED AND BY USING LARGE TRANSFER BLOCK SIZE IT IS
EVEN FURTHER REDUCED. ┴T 2400 BAUD, DISK TO DISK TRANSFER RATES GREATER THAN 40
BLOCKS PER MINUTE ARE POSSIBLE. ┴T 1200 BAUD, RATES APPROACHING 25 BLOCKS PER
MINUTE ARE POSSIBLE.
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┬IG ╟ULP WAS DESIGNED WITH EASE OF OPERATION IN MIND.
╠╧┴─╔╬╟: ╘YPE ╠╧┴─"┬╔╟ ╟╒╠╨ ╓3",DEVICE # THEN HIT RETURN. ╧NCE THE ╥┼┴─┘ PROMPTIS DISPLAYED, ╘YPE ╥╒╬ THEN HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╘HE ML FILE WILL BE LOADED. ┘OU SHOULD
THEN BE PRESENTED WITH THE ═AIN ═ENU. ═OST OF THESE FUNCTIONS ARE SELF-
EXPLANATORY.
╙┼╬─╔╬╟ ┴ ╞╔╠┼: ╧NCE YOU ARE CONNECTED AND IN TERMINAL MODE SIMPLY HIT ├╠╥.
╘HIS BRINGS YOU BACK TO THE ═AIN ═ENU. ╙ET THE TRANSFER BLOCK SIZE (# OF DISK
BLOCKS SENT BETWEEN HANDSHAKES) USING THE "├" COMMAND. ├HECK THE DRIVE NUMBER
SELECTED AND CHANGE IT AS DESIRED USING THE "╬" COMMAND. ╔NSERT THE DISK
CONTAINING THE FILE(S) TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE DRIVE SELECTED. ╚IT "╙" FOR
SEND. ╘HE DISK DIRECTORY WILL BE READ AND THEN DISPLAYED WITH THE ╙ELECT ═ENU.
╒SE THE CURSOR KEYS TO MOVE TO THE FILENAMES YOU WISH TO TRANSFER, HIT THE
SPACE BAR TO SELECT THE FILE. ╧NCE YOU HAVE FINISHED SELECTING, HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬.
┬IG ╟ULP WILL READ THE FILES INTO BUFFER, 128 BLOCKS AT A TIME, ALONG WITH
THE NECESSARY DIRECTORY INFORMATION. ╔T WILL THEN TRANSFER THE FILES TO THE
RECEIVING END AND DO ANOTHER READ. ╘HIS CYCLE CONTINUES UNTIL THE ENTIRE
TRANSFER IS COMPLETE.
╧N THE LAST PASS, ONCE THE RECEIVING END IS FINISHED WRITING, BOTH ENDS WILL╟╧╬╟ AND GO TO TERMINAL MODE. ╔F THE STATUS DISPLAY INDICATES MORE BLOCKS
TRANSFERRED THAN WERE ACTUALLY CONTAINED IN THE FILES, THIS IS DUE TO THE
DIRECTORY INFORMATION BEING SENT.
╥┼├┼╔╓╔╬╟ ┴ ╞╔╠┼: ╧NCE CONNECTED IN ╘ERMINAL MODE HIT "├╠╥" TO RETURN TO THE
═AIN ═ENU. ╔NSURE THE PROPER DRIVE IS SELECTED AND A DISK WITH SUFFICIENT
SPACE HAS BEEN INSERTED. ─ON'T WORRY ABOUT THE BLOCK SIZE, THE SENDING END
CONTROLS THAT AUTOMATICALLY. ╬OW HIT "╥" FOR RECEIVE AND WAIT FOR THE ╟╧╬╟
INDICATING ╘RANSFER ├OMPLETE.
┼╪╔╘╔╬╟ ╘╧ ┬┴╙╔├: ╒SE THE "╪" KEY TO EXIT IF YOU PLAN TO RUN ┬IG ╟ULP AGAIN.
╔F YOU ARE GOING TO RUN OTHER PROGRAMS RESET YOUR COMPUTER, "╪" DOESN'T RESET
ALL OF BASIC'S VALUES.
╞╒╬├╘╔╧╬ ╦┼┘╙: ╔N TERMINAL MODE THE FUNCTION KEYS ARE PREPROGRAMMED AS FOLLOWS:
╞1 - ╟REETS FROM THE ┴VENGERS
O ╞3 - ╫AREZ ╟ALORE(CR)
╞5 - ╘HE ╬ETWORK(CR)
╞7 - ├ITY OF ╘HIEVES(CR)
╞6 - ╔'M GONE.(CR)
╞8 - ┴╘─╘
├╒╙╘╧═╔┌╔╬╟: ╔F YOU WANT TO CUSTOMIZE ┬IG ╟ULP SO IT LOADS UP WITH THE
CONFIGURATION YOU DESIRE LIST AND CHANGE THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS. ╘HEN SAVE ┬IG
╟ULP TO DISK. ╬EXT TIME YOU LOAD ┬IG ╟ULP IT WILL BE SET THE WAY YOU SELECTED.
╠INE 170 - ─╓ = ─EFAULT ─RIVE #
╠INE 180 - ┬╥ = ─EFAULT ┬AUD ╥ATE
╠INES 6000-6050 = ╞UNCTION ╦EY DEFINITIONS
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1. ┴T 2400 BAUD, IF YOU EXPERIENCE ABNORMALLY HIGH ERROR RATES, HANG-UP AND
CALL BACK. ╠INE QUALITY CAN VARY DRAMATICALLY BETWEEN CALLS.
2. ╫HEN TRANSFERRING LONG DISTANCE, 1200 BAUD IS PROBABLY THE BEST BET. 2400 ONTHE ├-64 SUFFERS GREATLY ON LONGHAUL TRANSFERS. ╥┼═┼═┬┼╥: 1200 WITH ┬IG ╟ULP IS AS FAST AS 2400 WITH ╪-MODEM ON THE ├-64.
3. ┬IG ╟ULP IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT.:
├-64, ├-128 AND ├128─ (IN ├-64 MODE)
1650/60/70, ╚AYES ╙MARTMODEM AND ╚AYES COMPATIBLES (I.E.┴VATEX 1200
AND 2400, ╨RACTICAL ╨ERIPHERALS, ETC.), AND ─IGITAL ─╞224 MODEM.
1541, 1571, AND 1581 COMPATIBLES.
4. ╘HIS PROGRAM WAS RELEASED BY ╘HE ┴VENGERS AND ─ISTRIBUTED WIDELY ├ALL ╘HE ┴VENGER ┬OARDS