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************ * * ********** ********* ********* *********** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *** * ********* ********* * * * * ******** * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * 128 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ************ ************* * ********* * * * * * ╟LOBAL ╫AR ╘ERM 128 ╓.80 ╫RITTEN BY ╙EAN ╨ECK ┴PRIL 1, 1994 ╬EW ╞EATURES: * ╟╫ ═APS ╞╔╬┴╠╠┘ IN COLOR. * ╪MODEM ╒PLOADING. * ╙WIFTLINK ╙UPPORT UP TO 38.4K BAUD. * ╘EXT CUTTING AND PASTING. * ┼CHO ╘OGGLE. * ┬UFFER ╙AVE ABILITY. * ┴BILITY TO LOAD THE BUFFER WITH A PRE-WRITTEN TEXT FILE. * ╚ELP ╙CREEN * ╙EVERAL MINOR PROBLEMS FOUND AND FIXED. * ╬ICER USER INTERFACE INCLUDING NON-DESTRUCTIVE WINDOWS, AND MORE HOTKEYS. ╚ELLO EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE MUCH AWAITED (SNICKER) UPDATE OF ╟LOBAL ╫AR ╘ERM 128. ╫HAT IS ╟LOBAL ╫AR ╘ERM? ┬EFORE DEFINING ╟LOBAL ╫AR ╘ERM, ╔ NEED TO DEFINE WHAT EXACTLY ╟LOBAL ╫AR IS. ╟LOBAL ╫AR IS AN ONLINE GAME THAT IS MUCH LIKE THE BOARD GAME ╥╔╙╦. ╨LAYERS MOVE ARMIES AND ATTACK OTHER PLAYERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO RULE THE WORLD. ╟LOBAL ╫AR ╘ERM ALLOWS YOU TO PLAY THIS GAME MORE QUICKLY BY STORING VITAL INFORMATION INSIDE YOUR COMPUTER WHICH CUTS DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT HAS TO BE SENT OVER YOUR MODEM AND THUS SAVES TIME. ╟╫TERM WAS STARTED SIMPLY TO PLAY ╟LOBAL ╫AR; ╔ DID NOT INTEND ON MAKING IT A COMPETITOR TO THE TOP OF THE LINE ├= 128 TERMINALS. ╚OWEVER, THE PROGRAM HAS GROWN SINCE THEN AND ╔ HAVE ATTEMPTED TO GIVE THIS PROGRAM ENOUGH FEATURES TO ALLOW IT FULFILL MANY OF THE GENERAL USES OF A TERMINAL PROGRAM. ╟╫TERM IS AN 80 COLUMN TERMINAL. ╔T SUPPORTS 300 ,1200 AND 2400 BAUD THROUGH THE NORMAL ╥╙232 PORT OF THE ├OMMODORE 128, AS WELL AS 9600, 14.4K, 19.2K AND 38.4K BAUD FOR SYSTEMS WITH ╙WIFTLINK/─ATAPUMP CARTRIDGE. ╔T IS DESIGNED TO WORK WITH ALL ╚┴┘┼╙ COMPATIBLE MODEMS. ╫HEN YOU RUN ╟╫╘┼╥═ (RUN"GWTERM") IT WILL COME UP WITH AN INTRO SCREEN. ╚ITTING ANY KEY WILL PLACE YOU AT THE MAIN MENU. ╘HE MAIN MENU ALLOWS YOU TO SET THE PARAMETERS OF THE PROGRAM AND IS ALSO WHERE YOU TELL THE PROGRAM WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. ┴SCII TERM. ╘HIS SELECTION PUTS YOU IN THE NORMAL TERMINAL MODE. ╘HIS TERMINAL IS ┴╬╙╔ CAPABLE. ┘OU WILL SEE THE STATUS BAR AT THE BOTTOM. ╫ITHIN THIS PART OF THE TERMINAL YOU HAVE A FEW EXTRA FEATURES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: * THE '╚┼╠╨' KEY WILL GIVE YOU A SCREEN DISPLAYING THE COMMANDS ALLOWED IN THIS MODE. ╨RESSING ANY KEY WILL RETURN YOU TO TERM MODE. * ╘HE '╞1' KEY WILL BRING YOU BACK TO THE MAIN MENU (AS EITHER IT OR ┼╙├APE WILL AT JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE WITHIN THE PROGRAM). * ╘HE '╞3' WILL OPEN AND CLOSE THE BUFFER, A '┬' WILL APPEAR IN THE STATUS BAR WHEN THE BUFFER IS OPEN. * ╘HE STATUS BAR WILL ALSO SHOW A '╙' IF YOU HAVE ╙WIFTLINK TURNED ON. ┴ ┬UFFER ├OUNT IS NOW PART OF THE ╙TATUS ┬AR AS WELL AS A DISPLAY OF THE CURRENTLY ACTIVE DISK DRIVE.. * ╘HE '├= ┼' IS THE TOGGLE FOR ╠OCAL ┼CHO, OR FOR YOU MORE TECHNICAL INDIVIDUALS, THE ─╒╨╠┼╪ TOGGLE. ╒PON HITTING THIS KEY COMBINATION YOU WILL SEE AN ┼ EITHER APPEAR OR DISAPPEAR FROM THE STATUS BAR. ╫HEN THE ┼ IS PRESENT, LOCAL ECHO IS ON (HALF DUPLEX), WHEN THE ┼ IS NOT PRESENT, LOCAL ECHO IS OFF (FULL DUPLEX). ═OST ┬┬╙'S WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR LOCAL ECHO OFF. ╘HIS FEATURE WAS ADDED BECAUSE ╔ GOT AN ACCOUNT ON ╟┼NIE AND THEY LIKE YOU TO HAVE YOUR LOCAL ECHO ON. * ╘HE '├= ─' IS THE HOTKEY TO ─╧╫╬╠╧┴─ A FILE VIA ╪═╧─┼═. ╙EE DOWNLOAD FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS FUNCTION. * ╘HE '├= ╒' IS THE HOTKEY TO ╒╨╠╧┴─ A FILE VIA ╪═╧─┼═. ╙EE ╒PLOAD FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS FUNCTION. * ╘HE '├= ╟' FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO "CUT" OR GRAB TEXT FROM THE SCREEN AND PLACE IT IN A CLIPBOARD FOR LATER TRANSMISSION. ╒PON HITTING '├=╟', THE CURSOR WILL MOVE TO THE HOME POSITION. ═OVE THE CURSOR TO WHERE YOU WISH TO START TO ╟╥┴┬ TEXT FROM, THEN HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╘HE CHARACTER THE CURSOR WAS POSITIONED ON SHOULD NOW BE HIGH- LIGHTED. ═OVE THE CURSOR TO THE END OF THE TEXT YOU WISH TO GRAB AND AGAIN HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╘HE TEXT BETWEEN THE TWO POINTS SHOULD HIGHLIGHT MOMENTARILY AND THEN THE SCREEN WILL RETURN TO HOW IT LOOKED BEFORE YOU HIT '├= ╟'. ╘HE TEXT YOU SELECTED IS NOW ON THE CLIPBOARD AND READY TO BE "╘HROWN" (SEE '├= ╘') * ╘HE '├= ╘' COMMAND 'THROWS' THE TEXT ON THE CLIPBOARD (SEE '├=╟'). ╔F NO TEXT HAS BEEN GRABBED THEN NOTHING WILL HAPPEN. ╧THERWISE THE TEXT IS SENT TO THE ═╧─┼═. * ╘HE '├= ╓' (HOLD THE ├OMMODORE ╦EY AND HIT THE '╓' KEY) WILL ALLOW YOU TO VIEW THE ┬╒╞╞┼╥. ╘HE BUFFER WILL DISPLAY ITS INFORMATION 1 PAGE AT A TIME. ┴T THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE YOU WILL GET A PROMPT ASKING YOU TO PRESS A KEY. ┬Y PRESSING THE ┼╙├┴╨┼ KEY AT THIS PROMPT YOU WILL RETURN TO TERMINAL MODE, ANY OTHER KEY WILL DISPLAY THE NEXT PAGE OF BUFFERED TEXT. * ╘HE '├= ╨' COMBINATION WILL DUMP THE BUFFER TO YOUR PRINTER. (─O NOT USE COMPRESSED MODE ON YOUR PRINTER, AS THE INFO WILL NOT OUTPUT IN AN AESTHETICALLY PLEASING WAY). ┴LSO IF YOU ARE USING A PRINTER THAT IS CONNECTED TO YOUR ├OMMODORE 128 THROUGH A ├ENTRONICS ╔NTERFACE (IE. ╙UPER ╟RAPHIX ╩R, ╙R, ╟OLD, ╟WIZ ┼╘├) YOU MAY WANT TO SET YOUR INTERFACE FOR 1525 EMULATION. ╔T SEEMS THESE ╔┬═ PRINTERS DON'T SEEM TO REALIZE THAT SENDING MORE THAN 80 HORIZONTAL BAR CHARACTERS MEANS TO CONTINUE TO PRINT THEM ON THE NEXT LINE; AT LEAST MY ╬╪1000 DOES NOT, IT JUST MAKES IT ONE LINE. ╘HIS COULD CAUSE OUTPUT OF ┴╬╙╔ SCREENS ETC TO COME OUT LOOKING VERY WEIRD AND SINCE ╟LOBAL ╫AR SCREENS DO CONTAIN LOTS OF HORIZONTAL BARS ETC YOU MAY EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. ╔F YOU DO, TRY THE SUGGESTION ABOVE AND IT DOES NOT WORK THEN CONTACT ME! ╔ CAN ONLY TEST THIS PROGRAM ON MY EQUIPMENT. ┴LTHOUGH ╔ DO HAVE SOME BETA TESTERS NOW, THEY DO NOT REPRESENT EVERY ├128 OWNER. ╨RESSING THE ┼╙├┴╨┼ KEY DURING THE PRINTER DUMP WILL ABORT THE FUNCTION AND RETURN YOU TO TERMINAL MODE. * ╘HE '├= ╙' COMBINATION WILL SAVE THE BUFFER TO THE CURRENTLY ACTIVE DISK DRIVE. ┘OU WILL BE PROMPTED TO INPUT A '╞ILENAME' FOR THE BUFFER FILE. ╘HIS IS THE NAME IT WILL BE CALLED ON THE DISK. ╙IMPLY INPUT THE NAME YOU WISH TO CALL IT AND HIT RETURN, OR IF YOU WISH TO ABORT THE SAVE HIT '┼╙├' AT THIS FILENAME PROMPT. ╘HE FILE WILL BE SAVED AS A SEQUENTIAL FILE IN ├┬═ ┴╙├╔╔ FORMAT. ╘O THE DRIVE YOU HAVE CURRENTLY SET ACTIVE * ╘HE '├= ╠' COMBINATION ALLOWS YOU TO LOAD A SEQUENTIAL FILE INTO THE BUFFER FROM THE CURRENTLY ACTIVE DRIVE. ┘OU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR A FILE NAME. ╔NPUT THE NAME OF THE FILE YOU WISH TO READ INTO THE BUFFER AND IT WILL BE LOADED. ╔F THE FILE IS LARGER THAN THE SIZE OF THE BUFFER, ╟╫TERM WILL READ AS MUCH OF THE FILE AS IT CAN AND STOP, ALLOWING YOU TO VIEW/PRINT ETC WHAT IT WAS ABLE TO FIT. * ╘HE '├= ├' COMBINATION WILL CLEAR THE BUFFER. ╘HERE IS NO ╔─╔╧╘ ├╚┼├╦ ON THIS FUNCTION, MAKE SURE YOU WANT TO ERASE THE BUFFER BEFORE HITTING THIS FUNCTION, BECAUSE ONCE THIS COMMAND IS STARTED, THE BUFFER IS GONE. * ╘HE '├= ╪' KEY COMBINATION WILL TOGGLE THE ACTIVE ─ISK ─EVICE BETWEEN 8 AND 9. ╘HE CURRENTLY ACTIVE DISK DRIVE IS VISIBLE IN THE STATUS BAR, IT IS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT OF THE ┬UFFER ├OUNTER. * ╘HE '├= ┌' COMBINATION WILL SHOW THE DIRECTORY OF THE CURRENTLY ACTIVE DISK DEVICE. * ╘HE '├= ═' COMBINATION PUT YOU IN THE DIALER. (SEE DIALER FOR MORE INFO ON THIS.) * ╘HE '├= ╥' COMBINATION WILL TOGGLE YOU THROUGH VALID BAUD RATES. * ╘HE '╞5' KEY WILL PRINT THE CURRENT SCREEN. ╘HIS IS A GREAT LITTLE TOOL TO HAVE, AS YOU CAN DUMP THE CURRENT ╟╫ MAPS TO PRINTER AND REVIEW THEM LATER TO MAKE YOUR TACTICAL DECISIONS. ╔T IS ALSO GOOD FOR WHEN YOU WISH TO DUMP A MESSAGE WITH AN ADDRESS OR OTHER VITAL INFO IN IT. *** ╬╧╘┼ *** BE SELECTIVE WHEN USING THIS FEATURE, IF POSSIBLE WAIT UNTIL THE ┬┬╙ YOU ARE ON IS AT SOME SORT OF PROMPT STAGE. ╙ELECTING THIS FUNCTION WHILE STILL RECEIVING INFORMATION MAY CAUSE THE INCOMING DATA TO BE LOST OR SCRAMBLED. ╘HE REASON FOR THIS IS A HARDWARE LIMITATION OF THE ├128, ╔ HAVE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF THIS OCCURRING, BUT IT IS STILL A POSSIBILITY. ┴LSO THE PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS LISTED UNDER '├= ╨' APPLY HERE AS WELL. ┬AUD. ╘HIS SELECTION WILL TOGGLE YOU THROUGH THE BAUD RATES 300 TO 2400 IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SWIFTLINK TURNED ON, IF YOU DO HAVE A SWIFTLINK / DATAPUMP AND HAVE ╙╫╔╞╘╠╔╬╦ OPTION SET TO ╧╬ THEN BAUD RATE WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM 300 TO 38.4K. ╔ WOULD SUGGEST NOT SETTING THE BAUD RATE TO 38.4K, FOR YOU MAY EXPERIENCE DATA LOSS AT THIS SPEED, AND ON SOME BOARDS 19.2K MAY ALSO CAUSE DATA LOSS. ╚OWEVER ╔ HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THESE PROBLEMS AT ANY OF THE OTHER BAUD RATES. (╘HIS DATA LOSS PROBLEM WILL BE ADDRESSED IN FUTURE VERSIONS) ├HAT. ╘HIS IS A CHAT MODE, FOR WHEN IN REAL TIME CONFERENCING. ╔T IS VERY USEFUL (┴╬╙╔ ├╧╬╘╥╧╠ ├╧─┼╙ ┴╥┼ *╬╧╘* INTERPRETED HERE, AND IT ALSO HAS NO ┬╒╞╞┼╥ FEATURE) ┴T THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN IS THE TYPE AHEAD BUFFER. ╘HE TERMINAL WILL RECEIVE INCOMING DATA AND DISPLAY IT AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. ┘OU CAN TYPE WHILE RECEIVING AND WHEN YOU ARE READY TO SEND THE INFO HIT THE ╥┼╘╒╥╬ KEY, OR IF YOUR TYPING GETS TOO LONG THE BUFFER WILL AUTOMATICALLY SEND WHAT IS IN IT. ╘HIS FEATURE WAS MAINLY ADDED FOR MAKING REAL TIME CONFERENCING A BIT EASIER, BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY USE. ─OS ╙HELL. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO SEND DOS COMMANDS TO THE CURRENT ACTIVE DRIVE. '┼╙├' AT THE PROMPT WILL RETURN YOU TO THE MAIN MENU, AND BY INPUTTING ONLY THE '$' YOU WILL GET A DIRECTORY OF THE CURRENTLY ACTIVE DRIVE. ─RIVE. ╘HIS TOGGLES YOU BETWEEN DRIVE 8 AND 9 AS THE ACTIVE DRIVE. ─IRECTORY. ╘HIS FUNCTION SHOWS YOU THE DIRECTORY FOR THE CURRENT ACTIVE DRIVE. ─OWNLOAD. ╘HIS IS USED TO DOWNLOAD FILES FROM A ┬┬╙. ╘HE PROTOCOL IS ╙TANDARD ╪MODEM. ┘OU WILL BE PROMPTED TO INPUT A FILENAME AND THEN TO SELECT WHETHER YOU WANT THE FILE TO BE A PROGRAM OR SEQUENTIAL FILE. ╨RESSING '┼╙├' AT EITHER OF THESE PROMPTS RETURNS YOU TO THE MAIN MENU OR THE ┴╬╙╔ ╘┼╥═ DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU CALL THE FUNCTION FROM. ╘EXT. ╘HIS TOGGLES YOU THROUGH THE TEXT COLORS AND ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT THE COLOR YOU LIKE. ┬ACKGROUND. ╘HIS TOGGLES YOU THROUGH THE BACKGROUND COLORS AND ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT THE COLOR YOU LIKE (╔ WOULD SUGGEST KEEPING THE BACKGROUND BLACK WHEN CALLING ┴╬╙╔ BBS'S) ─IALER. ╘HIS IS A MANUAL DIALER. ╔T WILL ASK FOR THE NUMBER YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL. ╔NPUT THE NUMBER AND IT WILL TRY TO CONNECT. ╔F NO CARRIER IS PRESENT AFTER 30 SECONDS THE DIALER WILL HANG UP THE PHONE. ╔F A CARRIER IS DETECTED THE DIALER WILL GO TO THE ┴╙├╔╔ TERM. ╔F YOU WISH TO EXIT THE DIALER, PRESS '┼╙├' AT THE PROMPT. ** ╬╧╘┼** ╔ KNOW ╔ SAID ╔ WOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE THIS DIALER A BIT MORE ADVANCED IN THE NEXT RELEASE, BUT IT DID NOT HAPPEN. ╙ORRY, IT IS AT TOP OF LIST OF THINGS TO ADD, SO HOPEFULLY NEXT RELEASE IT WILL BE... (BOY, THIS IS STARTING TO SOUND LIKE ╚ACKING ═AGAZINE'S 1351 MOUSE ARTICLE.) <<╟RIN>>. ┬LINK. ╘HIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT WHETHER YOU WANT YOUR ├URSOR TO 'BLINK' OR NOT. ├URSOR. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT WHICH TYPE OF CURSOR YOU WOULD LIKE, A BLOCK OR AN UNDERLINE. ═ODE. ╘HIS SELECTION ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE HOW YOU WOULD LIKE THE DIALER FEATURE TO DIAL THE MODEM. ╫ITH ╘╧╬┼ OR ╨╒╠╙┼ DIALING. ╔ WOULD SUGGEST USING ╘╧╬┼ IF YOU HAVE TOUCH TONE SERVICE, IF NOT YOU MUST SET THIS TO ╨╒╠╙┼ FOR THE ─╔┴╠┼╥ TO WORK. ╒PLOAD. ╘HIS SELECTION ALLOWS YOU TO UPLOAD A FILE FROM THE CURRENTLY SELECTED DISK DRIVE VIA THE ╪═╧─┼═ PROTOCOL. ┘OU WILL PROMPTED TO ENTER THE NAME OF THE FILE, ENTER THE NAME AND PRESS RETURN. ┘OU ARE THEN ASKED IF THE FILE IS A ╨ROGRAM OR ╙EQUENTIAL FILE, HIT ╨ OR ╙ RESPECTIVELY AND HIT RETURN. ╚ITTING THE ┼SCAPE KEY AT ANYTIME OF INPUT WILL ABORT THIS FUNCTION ╙WIFTLINK. ╘HIS DETERMINES HOW ╟╫TERM WILL COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR MODEM. ╔F YOU HAVE YOUR MODEM CONNECTED TO YOUR 128 THROUGH A ╙WIFTLINK OR ─ATAPUMP CARTRIDGE MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SET TO ╧╬. ╔F YOU HAVE YOUR MODEM CONNECTED THROUGH THE STANDARD ╥╙232 PORT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS SETTING IS ╧╞╞. ╔NTERFACE. ╘HIS IS FOR ╙╫╔╞╘╠╔╬╦/─┴╘┴╨╒═╨ USERS ONLY. ╔F YOU ARE NOT USING A ╙╫╔╞╘╠╔╬╦/─┴╘┴╨╒═╨ JUST LEAVE THIS OPTION ALONE AND YOU MAY SKIP THE REMAINDER OF THIS PARAGRAPH. ╧K, FOR YOU ╙╠/─╨ OWNERS THIS IS WHERE ╟╫TERM WILL ╟╫TERM WILL COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR ╙╠/─╨. ╔T IS SET UPON RUNNING TO THE ─┼╞┴╒╠╘ ADDRESS THAT THE ╙╠ IS SHIPPED WITH, SO IF YOU HAVE NOT MODIFIED YOUR ╙╠ JUST LEAVE IT AS ─┼. ╞OR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER CHANGED THE INTERFACE PAGE OF YOUR ╙╠/─╨ SIMPLY CHOOSE THIS OPTION UNTIL IT SHOWS THE INTERFACE PAGE YOUR ╙╠ IS SET FOR... THE ╚╔╟╚ ┬┘╘┼ ADDRESS IS DISPLAYED BY THIS OPTION. ─┼ = ─┼00, ─╞ = ─╞00, ─7 = ─700. ╙O JUST SET THIS OCCORDINGLY AND YOU SHOULD BE ╧╦. ╚╧╫┼╓┼╥!!!! ╔ ONLY HAVE 1 ╙WIFTLINK AND ╔ WAS NOT ABOUT TO CANABALIZE IT TO TEST THIS FUNCTION, SO IF YOU HAVE A ╙WIFTLINK SET FOR INTERFACE AT AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN ─┼00 AND AFTER SETTING HIS OPTION THE TERM ACTS WEIRD... ├╧╬╘┴├╘ ═┼. ╔ WILL SEE WHAT ╔ CAN DO. ┼SSENTIALLY ╔ HAD NO BETA TESTERS FOR THIS OPTION, SO ALTHOUGH ╔ HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO ASSURE THE FUNCTION SHOULD WORK FINE, ┬╒╘ ╙HOULD AND ─╧ ARE NOT NECCESSARILY THE SAME THING. ╙O IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM ╨╠┼┴╙┼ ╠┼╘ ═┼ ╦╬╧╫. ═Y THANKS GO OUT TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE: ╘HE ╨EPSI ├OMPANY -- FOR THAT GLORIOUS RIGHT OF PASSAGE OF ═OUNTAIN ─EW, WITHOUT WHICH ╔ WOULD HAVE NEVER SURVIVED COLLEGE THIS FAR, NOR GOTTEN ANY WORK ON THIS PRODUCT DONE AT ALL. ┼D ┬ELL -- ╞OR ALL THE TIPS, AND ALWAYS BEING ABLE TO GIVE ME SOME SORT OF ANSWER WHEN ╔ WAS COMPLETELY PERPLEXED. ├OULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU. ╟ARY ╓ANGELDER -- ╘HOUGH YOU HAVE SINCE GONE TO ANOTHER PLATFORM THE HELP YOU GAVE ME YEARS AGO STILL AFFECTS THIS PROGRAM TODAY. ╟EORGE ╚UG -- ╞OR THE 2400 ╬═╔ ROUTINES. ╥USSEL ╨RATER AND THE ├┬═ AND 128 ┼CHO CREWS, WHEN ALL ELSE FAILED GO TO THE ECHO! ╘HANKS GUYS, AND GALS TOO! ╙AY, ╙YLVIA, WHY HAVE YOU NOT CALLED THE ╨├╟ ┬┬╙ LATELY?? ╦ENNETH ╨EINDL -- ╞OR THE BETA TESTING, A THANKLESS JOB, BUT SOMEONE HAD TO DO IT. (╟IVE IT TO ╦EN, ╚E'LL TRY IT, HE'LL EAT ANYTHING.) ┴ND FINALLY.... ─RUM ROLL ╨LEASE... ╩OHN ═ULCAHY, WHO IN HIS ULTIMATE WISDOM, NOT ONLY UPGRADED FROM AN ┴MIGA TO A 128, BUT CHOSE TO BE A REGISTERED ╟╫TERM OWNER, AND ALSO AN EFFECTIVE ┬┼╘┴ ╘┼╙╘┼╥. ╦NOWN ╨ROBLEMS: ╫ELL, ╔ WOULD LIKE TO SAY THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY NO KNOWN PROBLEMS, BUT ╔ CAN'T. ═╬╨ ═ODEMS CONNECTED VIA THE ╥╙232. ╔F YOU ARE USING A 2400 ┬╨╙ MODEM OR A ╚IGH ╙PEED ═ODEM CONNECTED VIA THE STANDARD ╥╙232 PORT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT EXPERIENCE DATA LOSS DURING LONG STRINGS OF CONTINUOUS INCOMING DATA. ╔F YOU DO HAVE THIS PROBLEM, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MODEM SETTINGS TO ENSURE THAT ALL ═╬╨ COMPRESSION IS TURNED OFF, THE REWRITTEN ╬═╔'S THAT ALLOW THE 128 TO DO 2400 BAUD ARE EXTREMELY TIME SENSITIVE, AND ═╬╨ MAY CAUSE THE TIMING TO BECOME FOULED UP BECAUSE YOU ARE NO LONGER AT 2400 BUT AT A BAUD RATE MARGINALLY ABOVE IT AND THE ╬═╔'S CAN'T KEEP UP. ╔F THIS DOES NOT WORK, PLEASE CONTACT ME. ═INIMODEM ├24 ╧WNERS. ╧NE OF MY BETA TESTERS OWNS A ═INIMODEM ├24, AND CANNOT GET ╟╫TERMS DIALER TO WORK WITH IT. ╫HEN HE TRIES THE DIALER THE MODEM PICKS UP, BUT DOES NOT DIAL. ╔ AM AT A LOSS AS TO WHY THIS IS, BUT IF YOU HAVE A ├24 BEWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND SIMPLY DIAL DIRECTLY WITH THE ┴╘─╘ OR ┴╘─╨ COMMAND IN TERM MODE. ┴S OF MY KNOWLEDGE THESE ARE THE ONLY 'PROBLEMS' THAT THIS VERSION, SO PLEASE, MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THEM. ╔F YOU LIKE THIS PROGRAM, AND USE IT, REGISTER IT. ╔ CAN BE REACHED FOR COMMENTS/COMPLAINTS AND COMPLIMENTS (YES ╔ ─╧ ACCEPT THOSE TOO) VIA THE ╨├╟ ┬┬╙ (412) 396-5483 ╞IDONET 1/129:143, ON ╟┼NIE UNDER THE ACCOUNT ┬┴─├╧ AND IN THE ├OMMODORE 128 OR ├┬═ ╞IDONET ┼CHO'S UNDER MY REAL NAME. ┴ND IF ╙NAIL ═AIL IS YOUR PREFERENCE, THEN SEND ALL COMMENTS/REGISTRATIONS/COMPLAINTS TO: ╙EAN ╨ECK 1169 ╚OLLY ╙TREET ╫ESTMORELAND ├ITY, ╨┴ 15692 ╘HIS PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED ON A FLAT ├OMMODORE 128, WITH A 1571, AND 1581 DRIVE. ┴LL ╩IFFYDOS EQUIPPED. ┴ ╧MNITRONIX ╥╙232 ╔NTERFACE AND ├OMPUTER ─IRECT 2400 ═ODEM, A ╙╦┘╠┼╙ ├ARTRIDGE PORT EXPANDER, A ├═─ ╙WIFTLINK ├ARTRIDGE AND AN ╔╬╞╧╘┼╠ 1414╓╤┼ 14.4K ═ODEM. ┴ STAR ╬╪ 1000 PRINTER WITH ╪ETEC ╙UPER ╟RAPHIX PRINTER INTERFACE. ┴ND A ├OMMODORE 1902 ═ONITOR. ╞UTURE EXPECTED FEATURES: ╨ROVIDED ╔ GET SOME SORT OF RESPONSE TO THIS RELEASE, THE FOLLOWING FEATURES ARE ON THE DRAWING BOARD FOR THE NEXT VERSION: ╥┼╒ ╙UPPORT ┼XPANDED ╨ROTOCOLS INCLUDING ┘MODEM ┼NHANCED ─IALER ╞LOW ├ONTROL, POSSIBLE ╥╘╙/├╘╙. ┬UFFER ╠OG SUPPORT (DUMP BUFFER AUTOMATICALLY TO DISK FILE WHEN FULL) 8K ╫RAPAROUND BUFFER. ┼NHANCEMENT OF ┬UFFER ╓IEW, POSSIBLE BUFFER SCROLLING & EDITING. ┬UFFER TRANSMIT ABILITY. ╧VERLAY ├APABILITY. ╫ANT SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE? ╙UGGEST IT TO ME! ╧R EVEN PLACE A VOTE FOR THE FEATURES YOU WANT TO SEE THE MOST.