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Category 8, Topic 18 Message 36 Fri Feb 18, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) There is a new, vastly expanded AutoLog overlay very nearly ready for version 2.04 of RTCMaster. This new overlay has many powerful new capabilities, giving RTCMaster a multi-layered scripting capability. This new language will enable you to execute your scripts at a specified time.... dial in to GEnie, read and buffer your mail, read and buffer new BB messages... none of this is new to RTCMaster. However, now you will be able to print your buffer, send replies to mail or BB posts, upload files from your system, and download files from GEnie using any of the currently available RTCMaster protocols, including Ymodem. The learning curve for the new script language is as steep as you want to make it. All of the scripts you are currently using or have developed will be backward compatible with the new AutoLog, and can be easily modified to make use of the new features. The new script language is just that... a programming language, but I have tried to make it as mnemonic as possible. Do you want to print your buffer.... the script directive is: ^.print Do you want to create your own expect/response strings. The script direcive is: ^.query "expect string" reply "response string" There will be demo scripts included for your use which you may find more powerful even than what you need. You may create some more powerful than we envisioned when developing the script language. Watch for details on adding this power to your online time. egb ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 37 Sat Feb 19, 1994 S.CLEMENTS [Krazy Kat] (Forwarded) Y'know, at the rate I pass on comments for my friend, I should just give him my GEnie account and be done with it! :-) To wit: "Regarding REU's and RAMLinks: "I personally have used an REU in the Pass-Thru instead of the RAM port. This was advantageous because I could then remove the large, bulky REU whenever it was not needed, and not need to worry about damaging any components. You see, one cannot remove an REU that is connected to the RAM Port because it is continuously powered. You have to unplug everything before removal, thus destroying any data you had in the RAMLink. But you CAN remove any device connected to the Pass-Thru Port, so long as the computer is turned off. "By the way, I now have a desk with a very low monitor shelf. This prevents an REU from plugging vertically into the RAMLink. Does anybody sell extender cables anymore? Or is this arrangement unsafe? " -------------- He doesn't have a chequing account, and his credit card has to come from his family back east, so I guess he's a mooch until then. I yi yi. - Krazy ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 38 Sat Feb 19, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] (Forwarded) Glad to see all the interest in my problem. I wish it belong to someone else, however. When I have said the RTCM script was giving me a Successful Termination message at the same place I mean it is happening during the same case #. The message is never the same as I never capture the same ones. The buffer is open and there is never any evidence of a 1 ? or any line noise. I haven't botheered to upload a buffer because there isn't anything to see. I will make a new script with the category order changed, the alt M 1 ? included and the buffer open from the beginning to see what happens. My capture tonight, incidently, made it all the way to the last BB and was capturing its messages when I got the Script Terminated Successfully message. It kept scrolling with the buffer open so I did manage to get all the messages for a change. I know it sounds impossible but, this program is jumping cases without any noticeable prompts. I want use the P alt M 1 ? suggestion as I don't see the P. Has anyone figured out why I get scrolling on each BB without telling it to? Thanks agin for the interest. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 39 Sat Feb 19, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) Krazy: KK> I now have a desk with a very low monitor shelf. This prevents KK> an REU from plugging vertically into the RAMLink This is exactly why I do things the way I do them. I doubt if I would do things differently even if it were not the case tho. I rarely need the REU except when making SFX's, and the more I store in the RL, the more I stand to lose in event of a catastrophe. Since I got the battery I have not lost anything in the last few power outages, but I still do not trust anything 100%... not even disk drives. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 40 Sat Feb 19, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) Dick: Just to show you what I'm talking about, your message tripped up my script... Here is the last line of the BB part of the script... RK> message is never the same as I never capture the same ones. The RK> buffer is open and there is never any evidence of a 1_? I added the _ char so others won't get tripped up by it like I did, but you can see what I mean. That was the last line of the BB that got into my buffer. From there my script reads and buffers the new uploads, which I got. RK> make a new script with the category order changed, the alt M 1 RK> ? included and the buffer open from the beginning to see what RK> happens. I kind of think the way you have the buffer opening and closing is fine. You only buffer the messages and not the intros, etc. RK> made it all the way to the last BB and was capturing its RK> messages when I got the Script Terminated Successfully RK> message. It kept scrolling with the buffer open This buffer would have proven useful I think if you could identify when it was the script terminated... i.e. which message in which cat. Then I could look at that message for clues. RK> it sounds impossible but, this program is jumping cases without RK> any noticeable prompts. I have seen things happen that *should* have been impossible, and which I was not initially able to duplicate. Most of them, Mark has found and passed along. The problem I have consistently had is no problem. I call with your script, go through every BB, reading all new messages in all new topics, and the only minor annoyance, which I addressed, was having to set the scroll in every BB. The way I did it, which I assume you have done at some time or another, was go to the settings section on page 900 and set my page length to 0. That makes the scroll setting permanant. You can check to see if that is where you have it by going there and checking your setting. You don't see the 'p' in the BB's you attend because you have set your prompts at none. I do too. But in the future I'm going to put on at least the alt-m so I cut down on even more snags. It would have saved me from your post. :) I sure would like to see what you see. My system works entirely too well with your script. That investment RT is a good 1/2 hour itself after a few days not reading the posts. aaaaiiiiiiiiii! ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 41 Sun Feb 20, 1994 H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded) Krazy Kat, > [stuff deleted by me] Does anybody sell extender > cables anymore? Or is this arrangement unsafe? " I used to use the Tenex Extender Cable in exactly this configuration. The nice thing with the Tenex cable is that if you do not need its entire length, you can easilly cut it shorter (something worthwhile to avoid REU timing probs). In fact, I had another Tenex Extender coming out of the pass-thru port, for a SwiftLink that was flush on top of a flat REU. Howie ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 42 Thu Feb 24, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] (Forwarded) my sincere apologies to all of those whom my mentioning the prompt I am using in my RTCM script has caused their script to terminate when their script got to my message. It want be done agin. E.G.- It looks like adding the RETURN to my script prompt has approved things a little. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 43 Fri Feb 25, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) RK: No big deal wrt the 1_? prompts on my part. Just one of those things! :) I know there are others it bothers more, but I have to say that if adding that <cr> helped things, it convinces me even more that you are getting snagged by a message or messages with the prompt in it. Glad it has improved, and I say again, that is an impressive logon script! Does a lot in a little bit of script. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 44 Sun Feb 27, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] (Forwarded) EG You are more gracious than most regarding my commenting about the 1-?. You should get my E-Mail (g). Well I tried a new script today with the Alt-m 1-? for prompts. It made it through the last BBS but while in the middle of a message read, the buffer filled, RTCM did a DMA buffer save and when it came back a SCript Termination Successfully message appeared. The remaining messages were captured OK. I haven't been noticing but maybe the problem is with the DMA save. I will keep trying and advise. What version are you using and is there a new one available yet? I am using 2.02. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 45 Sun Feb 27, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) Dick: RK> You should get my E-Mail LOL! I see a lot of Email, but when someone has done that to me w/the script too frequently, I just say...'Howie... cut that out!'. hahahaha RK> a DMA buffer save and when it came back a SCript Termination RK> Successfully message appeared How many buffers have been saved when this happens? The same number all the time? What has really thrown me throughout all of this is that the script is satisfied that it did what you told it to do. That and the fact that I can't duplicate your results. The only difference in mine is that I'm reading all new messages in all the topics, which is way more, I'm sure, than you are reading. When I run it, it has taken about 1/2 hour in the investment rt alone... about 10 or 15 mins in the others combined. At least you are getting all the information... There is nothing wrong with your script tho. I have used it twice with the same result, once with normal 1581 save and once with DMA, and had no problem either time. There is one thing else different, tho, since you mentioned: RK> What version are you using and is there a new one available RK> yet? I am using 2.02. I am using 2.04. Version 2.03 was uploaded and tested and delayed for several reasons. I then did a pretty big upgrade of my assembler and needed to test it, thus came 2.04, and 2.03 was never released. I wonder if that could be the answer? However, future releases will be under different circumstances which have not been made public as yet, tho I don't think it will be too long. When it is, there will be a whole new script language you will be able to play with, backward compatible with the scripts you have now. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 46 Mon Feb 28, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] (Forwarded) EG The script terminated after the first DMA save. I only captured a little over one buffer full. So you are using V2.04! You must have improved something- or it is just my computer. I am looking forward to the new version. I sure like these DMA buffer saves and the the ease of making scripts. My other main problem is it logging on. It never makes it passed the HHHHHH about 80% of the time. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 47 Wed Mar 02, 1994 K.PEINDL (Forwarded) Hi Ed well I used my new found REU with the RTCM and was impressed with the DMA function saving the buffer. But I to had a problem after it save the buffer I got a successful scrip and it sign me off. I was only done with the first buffer and had to logon again to finish. Otherwise it work great. I have a 256K REU and had it configure to that. Bye! Ken. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 48 Thu Mar 03, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded Perhaps it is something to do w/2.02 then. I don't use it and until earlier last week did not even have a copy. You are usinh mailbboff right, ken? That is why I bet you got signed off. I'll have to give that a try tomorrow or Friday or Saturday. That 2.02 thing had not occurred to me until Dick brought it up and the changes to that part of RTCM were very minimal. &( ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 49 Sun Mar 20, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] (Forwarded) E.G. I tried the RTCM script 6 times. It worked OK the 4 times the buffer didn't fill. The two times the buffer filled the script terminated after it completed the DMA save. It appears now that all the previous problems were caused by the DMA save. Something in the program cause the script to terminate after a DMA save is completed. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 50 Sun Mar 20, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) Dick: RK> appears now that all the previous problems were caused by the RK> DMA save. Someting in the program cause the script to RK> terminate after a DMA save is completed I am kind of inclined to agree with you, based also on Ken Peindl's experience. However, 2.04 does not do this, at least not to me, which is why I was not able to duplicate the error. I am taking that to mean that I already found, fixed, and forgot about whatever was wrong. I can't imagine what it is though. I think next time I'm off, I'm going to find and fire up a copy of 2.02 to see if I can duplicate your experience just for one more verification. However, didn't you tell me you had the same trouble when using RAMDOS? Maybe I remember that wrong. The only change I recall making to that routine was to add stop-key polling to allow you to escape the auto-increment of the filenames when your increment was quite a bit removed from the filenames on disk. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 51 Thu Mar 31, 1994 M.KIRBY2 (Forwarded) This may sound like a stupid question but, where can I find the RTC master program for the 128? I can't find it even in the library that baers it's name , unless it was uploaded under a missleading filename. Answer me here or in E-mail, as you please. Thank you. @s ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 52 Sat Apr 30, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] (orwarded) RTCM is definetely advancing to the next case of a script when it returns from a DMA save. A quick fix is to repeat the case in the script in the area a full buffer nomally occurs. This has worked for me every time so far. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 53 Sun May 01, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) Dick: That is a nice piece of detective work. It does seem to me that the master sleuth, Mark, mentioned something about instances where a case was advanced improperly. I forget what it was just now tho. I can suggest a different way to do this... just hope I can make it clear here... This assumes that each case has a clear cut exit trap. If so, perhaps the case that is being improperly jumped to can specify a jump back to the previous one. This may all be moot because I was unable to duplicate the problem in version 2.04, which kind of indicates to me that I found whatever the problem was and fixed it. I have been swamped with stuff around here, not to mention changes in my work schedule and some responsibilities added. It has prevented me from doing further work on the script language for 2.04, but when I was working 100% on it, these are some of the features successfully tested by me: Upload/Download in all of the available protocols Posting of messages/replies to the BB Posting of mail replies The language is quite powerful, including looping functions, variables, error testing, conditional operations, tracing execution, etc. The thing I have to do to really nail it down is probably the hardest part of any programs that I write, namely documenting it. This is my achilles heel. Provide the power and no easy way for people to use it. Watch for all of this. In the meantime, save the scripts you wrote that gave you problems. If you upgrade to 2.04, I am sure you will find they will run perfectly for you. They did for me. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 54 Fri May 27, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) Just testing the script language of RTCMaster 2.04. So far, this script has downloaded 3 files, uploaded 1, and posted a message elsewhere in the BB. After this, it is going to the GEmail section and clutter my mailbox with words of praise for the man I love. :) >>> me <<< ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 55 Fri May 27, 1994 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) lol :D ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 56 Mon May 30, 1994 L.SCHONDER [C128.LOU] (Forwarded) Oh no Ed! Junk Mail!!! LOL!!!! :D ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 57 Mon May 30, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) That probably accounts for about 75% of my posts anyway. hahaha ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 58 Mon May 30, 1994 THE.OUTLAW (Forwarded) Ed: I am testing your script language with this demo file you made for RTCMaster 2.04. I have to say I'm VERY impressed, and have decided to sit down and write you a check immediately for $1000. It is a mere pittance in the context of your immeasurable contribution to my computing pleasure. And you know, somehow I keep feeling it is not enough. I have considered offering you my first-born, but my husband/wife is convinced that you are so modest you would never accept, and in fact, may even be offended. Again, please accept my sincere thanks (and my check) as some small means of conveying my gratitude. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 59 Thu Jun 02, 1994 L.SCHONDER [C128.LOU] (Forwarded) A thousand bucks!!! That's what I call a Shareware fee!!!! Wow!!! ;) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 60 Sat Jul 30, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] (Forwarded) Received my RTCM V2.04 today. Looks like it still has the logon problem 2.02 had. It very seldom gets pass the HHHH in my script. Something new is that after getting a manual dial connect I try a script execute and get an 'incorrect format, renter' at the pass,ID prompt. [C [CThe same script works OK with V2.02. Got any suggestions? I am using an Aprotek C24 Minimodem, incidently. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 61 Sat Jul 30, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] (Forwarded) Is there a way to slow down (pause) the transmission of the pass and ID? ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 62 Sun Jul 31, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) Dick: RK> RTCM V2.04 today. Looks like it still has the logon problem RK> 2.02 had. RK> It very seldom gets pass the HHHH in my script I thought the only problem you had w/2.02 was the premature exit from the scripts. RK> after getting a manual dial connect I try a script execute and RK> get an 'incorrect format, renter' at the pass,ID prompt. I just have to ask 1 question before I try to guess what is causing this. When you got the new disk, did you copy your 'dflt.mysetup' over to the new disk? It sounds like this might be the problem if you didn't. The script contains the telephone number, but it does not contain your password and ID. That is stored in the dflt. file. I get the same errors when I'm testing and using the dflt.mysetup that comes with the package. It is a space or something in the userid/password fields, and that is what gets sent, which GEnie sees as an incorrect logon id or password. RK> It very seldom gets pass the HHHH in my script. If it is getting that far, that means it is dialing and detecting carrier... least that is what it sounds like. If you have not copied over your configuration file that you had been using, try that and see if it makes a difference. Also, did you have to make any changes to the boot program? If so, you may have to make the same changes to the boot program. And I can't say what changes occurred between 2.02 and 2.04 in the boot. I know I can't run RTCMaster 2.04 using the boot from 2.02. That is kind of weird because I didn't think I had made any changes that were 'visible' on that level, but I know what happened when I tried to do the boot. Note especially any changes you might have made to the modem init string. Try to make sure the boot is set up exactly as you had it set up for the previous version. If this doesn't turn out to be it, upload the script and I'll try it out with my copy, also 2.04. That should tell a story as well if it works (or doesn't) for me. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 63 Sun Jul 31, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) BTW, Dick, I know you had to have done this, but the script actually would need to have the telephone number you use installed. I misstated that in the previous post. Once you do this and save it, it will stay there, but it is (I believe) the number I use initially. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 64 Sun Jul 31, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] (Forwarded) I had two problems with RTCM V2.02. 1. It very seldom logged on to GENIE via a script. It acted like GENIE wasn't seeing the HHHHH's. The HHHH's would be sent and I got F'F back. The same thing happens with V2.04. I took V2.04 and went by the old docs and created a new setup i.e. a new dflt.mysetup file. All numbers and passwords have ben entered and I have actually gotten through two calls via an executed script. The script I am using is the same as I previously uploaded to you. I took it and loaded it into the new Scriptmaster program and stepped through it and saved it to the new disk. I have not transfered any v2.02 files to the V2.04 disk. I also had to create a new EZ.BOOT file. The old instructions seem to cover everything OK but the line numbers differ somewhat in the boot program which comes with the disk. Having a space or two makes sense as a posible problem cause. I will look for that. 2. During the execution of a script a step would be skipped whenever a buffer was filled and a DMA save resulted. I have not been able to see if this has been correccted in V2.04 as I haven't gotten a full buffer yet. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 65 Sun Jul 31, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) Dick: RK> The same thing happens with V2.04. I took V2.04 and went bythe RK> old docs and created a new setup i.e. a new dflt.mysetup file. RK> All numbers and passwords have ben entered and I have actually RK> gotten through two calls via an executed script. Ok, try this.... try changing the carrier delay in defaults. Try adjusting it up first, then if that doesn't work, adjusting it down. The fact that it has worked twice kind of tells me that this is a problem that requires tweaking the right delay. I really am going to have to find one of those modems somewhere cheap and buy it so I can try to duplicate these things. I am going to start watching in earnest. I just don't want to spend $50 for another 2400 baud modem just for that reason. RK> I also had to create a new EZ.BOOT file. The old instructions RK> seem to cover everything OK but the line numbers differ RK> somewhat in the boot program which comes with the disk. There were changes made and things added, but I thought that I did an updated instruction file to set it up. RK> 2. During the execution of a script a step would be skipped RK> whenever a buffer was filled and a DMA save resulted. Right! I was never able to duplicate this, but Mark was. I ran your script tho with 2.04 and it worked perfectly every time, whether DMA or RAMDOS, so I'm confident this is ok. When you are doing a logon script, watch the status line to see 1] if smiley shows up just prior to the 'hhhhh's being sent, and if there is any kind of noticable delay before they get sent once he appears. You will have to check the docs to see which position I'm talking about in the status line because there are 3 different places, depending on what you have set up, in which he can appear. One is immediately after the clock/timer, which indicates you are running a script. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 66 Sun Jul 31, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] (Forwarded) Don't bother buying another modem. I don't think the problem can be blamed on that. Desterm and Dialog scripts have always worked without any problem on my modem. It has to be something in the software, I believe. If the problem was one of carrier delay then the script would never send the HHHH's --- isn't this correct? The script is sending the HHHH's OK. Genie just acts like it doesn't see them. I redid the HHHH's and password in my script to hopefully get rid of any spaces. It didn't sem to change anything. I have a Ctrl-A C E before my password in the script. I have taken them out in a script to see if that could be causing GENIE not to see the password correctly. I couldn't get the logon to fail just now with three tries so it is an intermittant problem of some nature. I am a long way off in Florida in an area subject to a lot of rain, especially this month, and noisy circuits due to electrical storms which may complicate things. Thanks for the help. When can we expect some docs? ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 67 Sun Jul 31, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) Dick: RK> Don't bother buying another modem. I don't think the problem RK> can be blamed on that. RK> Desterm and Dialog scripts have always worked without any RK> problem on my modem. It has to be something in the software I don't think you understood what I meant. I never meant that it is a problem with the modem. I *meant* that I need to get one so that I can test with it. I'm not blaming the modem... just wishing I had one for this reason. RK> If the problem was one of carrier delay then the script would RK> never send the HHHH's --- isn't this correct? No, that isn't correct. If, for example, the delay is too long, even if the h's got sent, GEnie would not acknowledge them. Try logging on manually and waiting too long to type in the hhhhh.... you will see the f'f you mention, and at that point, there is simply nothing you can do but log off and try again. RK> I redid the HHHH's and password in my script to hopefully get RK> rid of any spaces. It didn't sem to change anything Do you have your password hard-coded in your script? I don't know if extraneous spaces in the 'hhhhh' would make any difference, but it might in the password or user id, but then, I have mine in my dflt. files so that I can safely upload my scripts. RK> Ctrl-A C E before my password in the script. I have taken them RK> out in a script to see if that could be causing GENIE not to RK> see the password correctly. That shouldn't matter. I use that or similar combinations in all of my scripts. You can leave them in there. RK> I couldn't get the logon to fail just now with three tries so RK> it is an intermittant problem of some nature. RK> I am a long way off in Florida in an area subject to a lot of RK> rain, especially this month, and noisy circuits due to RK> electrical storms I don't know that the latter causes the former, tho it may, as you say, complicate things at least on occasion. Also, is there a particular time when this stuff happens, for example earlier in the evening as opposed to later in the evening? I'm thinking about GEnie being slow to respond, which would again point to the carrier delay. Do you ue tone or pulse. I use the carrier delay setting to compensate for the speed of tone dialing. Pulse dialing takes a good bit longer. Tone dialing gets the dialing done quickly, and the delay attempts to synch RTCMaster's carrier detection routine with the appearance of the carrier. That is why I suggested the delay adjustment. Ken Peindl, who lives near me, has the same modem as you and reported the same DMA problem you did, but none of the others. As I said, I am going to have to locate one of these modems and do my testing with it also to see if I can track this down and stamp it out. The intermittent nature of it is going to make it hard. But the problem is not in the scripts or anything like that. It has to be something isolated right at the dialing and carrier detection routine. The fact that it works sometimes makes this difficult. If you can, pay attention to all things (time of day, delay settings, etc.) when it fails to connect. I'll work with it. It is just hard when I can't duplicate it, and I doubt anyone here uses scripts more times a day than I do. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 68 Sun Aug 07, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] (Forwarded) I got a successful logon and script execution today with V2.04. the DMA save worked great also. How do I delete the auto-script load and get the LOAD SCRIPT (y/n) prompt to come up at start up like V2.02 works? ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 69 Sun Aug 07, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) Dick: RK> I got a successful logon and script execution today with V2.04. RK> the DMA save worked great also. Great! Now you can see why I had such difficulty trying to understand the difficulty you were having when I tried to duplicate it. :) RK> How do I delete the auto-script load and get the RK> LOAD SCRIPT (y/n) prompt to come up at start up Load the AutoLog overlay. Then load a script normally with that overlay. (Ctrl-M then CTRL-L the enter the name of the overlay you want to do this to). This will load the script, and it will start to auto-execute. When it does, press STOP to stop the process. When stopped, go back into AutoLog (CTRL-M) and select slot-m to modify the script. Then just follow the prompts. One will ask if you want the script to auto-execute. Just change the entry to 'n' and that will do what you want. I would recommend saving it under a different name, at least until you are sure the save was good. At that point, you can delete one copy or do whatever you like. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 70 Sun Aug 07, 1994 CBM-MARK (Forwarded) > RK> LOAD SCRIPT (y/n) prompt to come up at start up eb> Load the AutoLog overlay. Then load a script normally with eb> that overlay. Ed, that still won't get back the "Load Script Y/N" prompt when you first boot up RTCM will it? Isn't it line #380 in the EZ.BOOT file that specifies the script filename that is loaded on boot up? Removing the filename and just leaving an empty quote will give you back that "Load Script..." prompt won't it? The reason for all the questions is because I can't find my RTCM docs and my EZ.BOOT file I have modified and am not real sure what used to be in there ;> Mark ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 71 Mon Aug 08, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) Mark: duhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I'm sure glad you are paying attention not only to the answers but to the questions as well. You are (as usual) right. Dick, whatever line in the script that sets up the overlay, and Mark says line 380, just remove the file name from inside the quotes. Leave anything else on that line alone. Just remove the 'scrp.#####' filename. This will do what you want. I have an uncanny talent for taking the simple question and making a difficult (and sometimes wrong) answer for it. Thanks Mark! ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 72 Mon Aug 08, 1994 CBM-MARK (Forwarded) ;D You're Welcome, Ed! ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 73 Wed Aug 17, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] (Forwarded) E.G. My logon problem with RTCM sort of looks like a loading problem if that is possible. Several tries this past week produced the following. WHen I can't log on it doesn't matter what I do therafter I can't make it log on. Dial with subsequent execution of the script doesn't work for instance. If I reset the computer and reload I have been able to get on every time. It would take maybe three or four resets/reloads in some cases, however. Hopes this helps. I have tried increasing the carrier delay- no help. Haven't gotten around to trying less carrier delay. Thanks. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 74 Wed Aug 17, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] (Forwarded) E.G. A suggested improvement for future versions of RTCM. While doing an autosave to disk mode message save session I filled up a disk and RTCM ended up continuing the message read with the buffer filled. Consequently I missed several messages while I was getting things stopped. A better way would be for RTCM to display a disk full message and stop until prompted to give one a chance to load another disk or whatever.