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- [ AimCik v0.8 User Manual ]
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- [ Legal stuff ]
-
- Palpa, the original developer of the country Hungary, has officially signed
- over AimCik and all of its source code/resources to CyberBrain Computing
- ©1999-2000. We are the sole developers for AimCik and Palpa no longer has
- anything to do with AimCik.
-
- ANY SOURCE CODE that was priorly released, may NOT BE USED without direct
- permission from Neil A. Palumbo/CyberBrain Computing at
- amiaim@cyberbraincomputing.com. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
-
- This software is freeware. That means you don't have to pay money to use full
- functionality of this software.
-
- You may FREELY distribute this software, but you may NEVER upload it to a
- public ftp site, like AmiNet, etc. The only way of getting the latest version
- is downloading it from cyberbraincomputing.com/AmiAIM.
-
- We at CyberBrain Computing reject any liability or responsibility for damages
- or loss of data directly or indirectly caused by this software!
-
-
-
- [ Introduction ]
-
- AmiAIM is the one and only AIM (America Online's Instant Messenger) client
- for AmigaOS 3.xx. There are a lot of people using AIM, and it has been
- available since March 1999 for the Amiga. We hope it'll be useful for you in
- its beginning stages of development and continuing development through the
- year 2000.
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-
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- [ Requirements ]
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- * Will not work with Amiga OS 1.xx
- * Tested but not guaranteed with Amiga OS 2.xx
- * Needs AmigaOS 3.xx or higher
- * Miami 3.xx or higher
- * MUI 3.8 or higher
- * NList.mcc
- * An AIM account ( http://www.aol.com/aim )
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- [ Contents ]
-
- Installation is very straight-forward. An install script will be released in
- the next beta release. Just copy the contents, for now,of the archive to
- wherever-you-like.
-
- The files in the archive are:
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- * AmiAIM : Program.
- * Manual : This document.
- * History : New Features of all Aimcik versions, plus recent bugs.
- * amiaim.cfg : Configuration file.
- * buddies.cfg : Your buddy list.
- * sounds/ : Sound samples for alerts.
- * rexx/ : Rexx script(s) for Aimcik. (NEW)
- * libs/ : .library
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-
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- [ Installation ]
-
- Installation is very straight-forward. An install script will be released in
- a near beta release. Just copy the contents, for now, of the archive to
- wherever-you-like. A Rexx directory is to be created within the directory
- where you place AmiAIM.
-
- *Quickstart Install*
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- Start AmiAIM from shell or Workbench. Since this is your first time, a
- preferences requester appears and asks your account information. Type
- your screenname and password which you have taken from http://www.aol.com/aim
- Click the 'Save' button to save your account information.
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- When main window appears, click the 'Add Buddy' button, then type one of your
- friend's screenname or nickname that they use on AOL. You can add unlimited
- number of buddies. You can select 'Save Buddy List' from menu to save your
- list of nicknames.
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- Now click 'Online' button. Wait until 'You are NOW Online!' message appears.
- If you see a '+' mark in front of a buddy name, that buddy is online now,
- and you can send messages to him (or her).
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- Chat is simple. Just click on the buddy name which you want to send a message,
- and type your message in the string gadget, then press return key.
-
- Double-click on a buddy name brings a new window for that buddy.
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- Click 'Online' button again to log off from AIM server.
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- You can change sound alerts from 'sounds' page of preferences window. Since
- AmiAIM uses datatype.library for playing, they can be any file format (wav,
- au, aiff, iff...) as long as its datatype is installed.
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- [ FAQ ]
-
- * What does "AmiAIM mean?
-
- The Aim means AOL Instant Messenger and, of course, the Ami means Amiga :)
-
-
- * Does it work on UAE ?
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- No it doesn't! Use serial emulation + Miami instead of the buggy bsdsocket
- emulation.
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- [ Arexx Commands ]
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- LOGIN
- LOGOFF
- SENDIM screenname/A message/A
- WHOAMI
- BUDDY
- ADDBUDDY screenname/A
- SAYREXX message/A
- ISONLINE
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- [ Todo List ]
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- (not in this order)
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- * cleaner source code
- * amigaguide documentation
- * better documentation
- * away/back modes
- * buddylist save requester on exit
- * message history
- * improved html parser
- * more arexx commands
- * importing/exporting orginal aim config files
- * using treelist.mcc instead of nlist.mcc for buddy list
- * working 'save buffer' option in all windows
- * and all the other IBM functions, but not right away :)
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- [ Acknowledgements ]
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- A BIG Thank You to:
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- * Palpa for releasing development to CyberBrain Computing
- * All users of AimCik, for sticking with us in AmiAIM
- * All beta-testers for AmiAIM
- * Timothy La Forest for Amiga Development with CyberBrain Computing
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- [ Author ]
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- CyberBrain Computing ©1999-2000
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- WebSite : http://cyberbraincomputing.com/amiaim
- Support : amiaim@cyberbraincomputing.com
- Bug Reports : aimbugs@cyberbraincomputing.com
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- former developer Palpa ©1999
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