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================================================================= X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XXX XXXXX XXXXXXX THIS SHEET IS PROVIDED TO HELP YOU ALIGN YOUR PRINTER PAPER ALIGN PAPER TO HAVE A SMALL MARGIN ABOVE THE TOP, AND BELOW THE BOTTOM, ROW OF "=" CHARACTERS. XXXXXXX XXXXX XXX X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XXX X ================================================================= ============== AUTORTTY - SAMPLE PROGRAM (AUTOSMPL.EXE) ============== ======================= IMPORTANT NOTE ======================= THIS PROGRAM DOES -NOT- SUPPORT INTELLIGENT TERMINALS SUCH AS THE PK-232 ENCLOSED IS YOUR "AUTORTTY" SAMPLE PROGRAM (NAMED: "AUTOSMPL.EXE"). THE DOCUMENTATION FILE IS LOCATED IN THE SUB-DIRECTORY CALLED, DOC-FILE. THE "SAMPLRTY.DOC" FILE CAN BE PRINTED USING YOUR MS-DOS "PRINT" PROGRAM. THE FIRST PAGE HAS TOP AND BOTTOM EQUAL SIGNS "=" TO HELP YOU ALIGN THE PAPER IN YOUR PRINTER. PLEASE NOTE: A NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS HAVE BEEN DISABLED IN THE ENCLOSED SAMPLE PROGRAM. THE RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT BUFFERS ARE LIMITED TO 5K EACH, THE NORMAL BUFFER SIZE IS 65,500 BYTE FOR EACH. THE INFO SCREENS WITHIN THE PROGRAM HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED, HENCE, IT WILL GIVE THE VALUE 65,500. YOU CAN -NOT- SAVE THE TRANSMIT BUFFER, WITHIN THE EDITOR, IN THE SAMPLE PROGRAM. AUTO-PIX (THE "PIXBOX" MODULE) IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SAMPLE VERSION. AUTO-SAVE (SENDING RECEIVED TEXT TO DISK) HAS ALSO BEEN DISABLED. YOU CAN SAVE THE "LIMITED" RECEIVE BUFFER TO DISK VIA F4 KEY. IMPORTANT MESSAGE: YOU CAN ACTUALLY RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT WITH THE ENCLOSED SAMPLE PROGRAM, BE AWARE THAT THE ENCODED CALLSIGN FOR "CWID" AND "OWNER VERIFICATION" HAVE THE LETTERS "S-A-M-P-L-E" (WITHOUT THE HYPHENS) EMBEDDED IN THE PROGRAM. WHAT THIS MEANS IS: IF YOU PRESS CONTROL I TO SEND THE CWID (OR YOU ARE IN TRANSMIT MODE OVER 9 MINUTES), IT WILL SEND THE LETTERS "S A M P L E". IF YOU TRANSMIT OVER 300 CHARACTERS AND ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO RECEIVE, IT WILL INFORM YOU TO SEND PROPER ID. THE ENCLOSED, SAMPLE, PROGRAM REQUIRES YOU TO SEND THE LETTERS "SAMPLE". IN THE ACTUAL PROGRAM, YOU WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SEND, AT LEAST, YOUR CALLSIGN BEFORE YOU CAN EXIT TRANSMIT MODE (NORMALLY YOU WOULD SEND THE STATION YOU'RE WORKING AND YOUR CALL IN THE ID) EITHER WAY, YOU COULD THEN ENTER THE <CTRL> E TO EXIT TRANSMIT MODE AND RETURN TO RECEIVE. REMEMBER, THE RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT (PIX) BUFFERS ARE LIMITED TO 5000 CHARACTERS IN THIS SAMPLE PROGRAM. IF YOU ENCOUNTER SCREEN INTERFERENCE WHEN USING A "CGA" VIDEO ADAPTER, YOU WILL HAVE TO USE THE /SNOW COMMAND LINE SWITCH WITH THE PROGRAM NAME WHEN YOU BRING-UP THE PROGRAM. IF YOU HAVE A MONOCHROME (COMPOSITE) MONITOR ON YOUR COLOR VIDEO CARD, YOU WILL HAVE TO USE THE /COMP (COMPOSITE MONOCHROME) COMMAND LINE SWITCH. YOU CAN USE EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE SWITCHES IF NECESSARY. EXAMPLE: AUTOSMPL /SNOW /COMP<RETURN> THE ABOVE EXAMPLE INCLUDES BOTH SWITCHES - USE ONLY THE ONES YOU ACTUALLY NEED. TO PROPERLY INSTALL THE PROGRAM AND SET THE PARAMETERS IN THE CONFIGURATION SCREENS, PRINT-OUT THE DOC FILE "SAMPLRTY.DOC" AND FOLLOW THE INFORMATION UNDER INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION PAGES. RS-232 PIN- OUT INFORMATION (THE PROGRAM USES) IS ALSO INCLUDED IN "SAMPLRTY.DOC". THE OTHER PAGE, INCLUDED HERE, GIVES INFORMATION REGARDING THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY FOR RUNNING "AUTOSMPL.EXE" PROGRAM, AS WELL AS A LIST OF MANY OF IT'S MAJOR FEATURES. WALTER E. BESS, JR. (K8LC) -- PRECISION ELECTRONICS 1525 KARIN STREET -- IRONTON, OHIO 45638 ** AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ** THIS PROGRAM DOES -NOT- SUPPORT INTELLIGENT TERMINALS SUCH AS THE PK-232 REQUIREMENTS: IBM OR COMPATIBLE COMPUTER - USING MS-DOS 2.1 OR HIGHER. FREE MEMORY REQUIRED TO RUN: 391K FOR AUTORTTY - 410K FOR AUTO-PIX === ABOVE REQUIREMENTS MAY CHANGE WITH LATER VERSIONS OF PROGRAM/S === THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS MOST (BUT NOT ALL) OF THE POPULAR VIDEO ADAPTERS USED IN IBM, AND COMPATIBLE, COMPUTERS. THE /SNOW COMMAND LINE SWITCH IS PROVIDED TO HANDLE THE "SNOW" PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED WITH SOME CGA VIDEO ADAPTERS. THE /COMP COMMAND LINE SWITCH MUST BE USED IF YOU ARE USING A COMPOSITE VIDEO MONITOR (MONOCHROME) ON YOUR COLOR VIDEO ADAPTER. SOME OF THE FEATURES OF AUTORTTY: * 45-75-110-135-300 BAUD - EITHER BAUDOT (5 LEVEL) OR ASCII (8/7 LEVEL) * FULL USER CONFIGURATION - WHICH IS SAVED TO DISK AND USED AT STARTUP. * RECEIVE BUFFER SIZE IS 65,500 BYTE - WHEN FULL WILL CONTAIN LAST 65.5K * ABILITY TO SAVE THE RECEIVE BUFFER TO DISK - AT ANY TIME. * AUTO-SAVE -ECHOES RECEIVED TEXT TO A DISKFILE, UP TO DISK CAPACITY. * PRINT ECHO - <CTRL> P - RECEIVE TEXT (AND XMIT PIX) ECHO TO PRINTER. * PROGRAM WILL -NOT- HANGUP IF PRINTER IS TAKEN OFF LINE FOR ANY REASON. * SUPPORTS PARALLEL PRINTERS: LPT1-2-3 -AND- SERIAL PRINTERS: COM1-2-3 * USES A FULL 65,500 BYTE BUFFER TO: LOAD - EDIT AND TRANSMIT YOUR PIX * THE ABOVE BUFFER CAN ALSO BE LOADED FROM THE RECEIVE BUFFER (OR BLOCK) * THE "AUTOEDIT" MODULE, FOR EDITING THE XMIT (PIX) BUFFER, INCLUDES ALL THE FEATURES NECESSARY TO CREATE OR MAINTAIN YOUR PIX FILES. * THE ABILITY TO SEND PART (FILL) OF A PIX FROM THE XMIT (PIX) BUFFER. * LINE ONE WILL DISPLAY FILENAME LOADED IN BUFFER - AND FILL LINES SET. * 10 (1K BYTE) MESSAGE PORTS - 9 SAVABLE TO DISK - LOADED IN AT STARTUP. * ABILITY TO NEST MESSAGE PORT CALLS - MAKES IT EASY TO "BUILD" YOUR ID. * MESSAGE PORT #1 CAN BE MODIFIED WITHOUT ENTERING PORT EDIT MODE. * TERMINAL UNIT CAN USE EITHER COM1 OR COM2 SERIAL PORT. * 3000 BYTE TYPE AHEAD BUFFER - MUCH LARGER THAN ACTUALLY NEEDED. * TRANSMIT "BREAK" MODE - ALLOWS YOU TO ANSWER A QUERY WITHOUT SENDING YOUR TYPE AHEAD BUFFER. (VERY HANDY) * VIEW BUFFERS MODE - TO ALLOW YOU TO QUICKLY LOOK THROUGH THE BUFFERS * BLOCK MODE - ALLOWS YOU TO "MARK" A BLOCK TO RESEND, SAVE OR DELETE IT * HELP SCREENS AVAILABLE FOR MOST MODES - GIVES BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS. * AUTOMATIC CW-ID - EVERY 9 MINUTES - OR CAN BE SENT WITH <CTRL> I. * DISPLAY A DISK DIRECTORY FROM WITHIN PROGRAM (USES YOUR PATH INPUT). YOU WILL STILL HAVE 6 LINES OF RECEIVE TEXT TO VIEW. YOU CAN ALSO SELECT: LOAD XMIT (PIX) BUFFER MODE -AND- DELETE A FILE MODE WHILE YOU VIEW THE DIRECTORY. * INPUT OF A SEPARATE PATH FOR EACH PROGRAM MODE (USING CONFIGURATION) YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THE DEFAULT PATH WHEN NECESSARY. * ABILITY TO CLEAR: TYPE AHEAD, RECEIVE AND XMIT (PIX) BUFFERS. * DELETE A DISKFILE FROM WITHIN THE PROGRAM. * PRINT MODE WHICH ALLOWS PRINTING FROM EITHER THE RECEIVE OR XMIT (PIX) BUFFERS. YOU CAN PRINT ALL OR PART (FILL) OF EITHER BUFFER AND HAVE THE OPTION TO "AUTO LINEFEED" WHICH WILL SPREAD OUT OVERLINES IN A PIX * AUTO-PIX VERSION OF AUTORTTY - THE AUTO-PIX MODE IS A COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC "PIXBOX" MODULE WITHIN "AUTORTTY". IT ALLOWS OTHERS (AFTER GIVING YOUR SYSTEM CALLUP) TO LOG ON YOUR SYSTEM, GET DISK AND PIXFILE NUMBERS, READ YOUR PIX FILES, GET PART (FILL) OF A PIXFILE (AFTER GIVING START AND END LINE NUMBERS), LEAVE (SAVE) A SHORT MESSAGE FOR YOU -AND- OTHER FUNCTIONS RELATED TO RTTY PIX GATHERING. * "AUTORTTY" ALWAYS SENDS THE PROPER END-OF-LINE SEQUENCE FOR RTTY PIX. * SEVERAL SPECIAL PIX FILE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS INCLUDED WITH EACH PROG. WALTER E. BESS, JR. (K8LC) -- PRECISION ELECTRONICS 1525 KARIN STREET -- IRONTON, OHIO 45638 ============== AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX VERSION OF PROGRAM ============== THE ENCLOSED SAMPLE PROGRAM IS OF THE BASIC "AUTORTTY" RTTY PROGRAM, ALTHOUGH WRITTEN FROM THE GROUND UP FOR USE WITH RTTY (PIX) PICTURES, IT CONTAINS ABOUT ANY FUNCTION NECESSARY FOR YOUR AMATEUR RADIO, STANDARD, RTTY COMMUNICATION NEEDS. NOTE: THIS ISN'T A CONTEST PROGRAM. AS MENTIONED ON THE LAST PAGE, AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX IS A "PIXBOX" TYPE PROGRAM. WHICH MEANS IT IS SIMILAR TO A "MAILBOX" PROGRAM (IN THAT YOU LOG ON AND SEND IT COMMANDS) BUT CAN'T BE DIRECTLY USED AS A MAILBOX. ALTHOUGH IT DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOMEONE SEND YOU A MESSAGE, AND SAVE IT TO DISK, THERE ARE NO FUNCTIONS TO SEARCH FOR "MAIL". THE MESSAGE SAVE, IN THIS PROGRAM, IS ONLY THERE SO YOUR "PIXBOX" USERS CAN LEAVE YOU A MESSAGE. ONCE CALLED UP, BY SENDING THE REQUIRED CALL-UP CODE, A USER WILL BE PROMPTED TO GIVE THEIR CALLSIGN THREE TIMES, SEPARATE EACH WITH A SPACE, AND IF EVERYTHING GOES OKAY, THEY WILL ENTER "AUTO-PIX" MODE. AFTER GETTING LOGGED ON, THE USER CAN GIVE VARIOUS COMMANDS WHICH ALLOWS HIM/HER TO RECEIVE PIX SENT FROM THE PIXFILE DISK DRIVE AS GIVEN IN THE PROGRAM CONFIGURATION. THE FULL AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX PROGRAM IS REALLY DESIGNED FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SIZABLE RTTY PIX LIBRARIES AND PLAN ON HAVING A SYSTEM THAT OTHERS CAN ACCESS AND RECEIVE PIX FROM THEIR PIX LIBRARY. THIS PROGRAM ALSO ALLOWS USERS TO ISSUE A "//FILL" COMMAND AND RECEIVE PART OF A PIX FILE. THE USER ENTERS BOTH THE START AND END LINE NUMBERS FOR THE FILL. THERE ARE MANY COMMANDS WITHIN AUTO-PIX, ALL DESIGNED WITH THE USER'S EASE OF USE IN MIND. ======================================================================== THE "AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX" PROGRAMS ARE NOW READY FOR SHIPMENT. THE INTRODUCTORY PRICE OF "AUTORTTY" AND "AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX" PROGRAMS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS (NOTE: THE PRICES ARE IN U.S FUNDS): AUTORTTY (COMPLETE RTTY WITHOUT AUTO-PIX "PIXBOX" MODULE) - $ 65.00 AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX (COMPLETE RTTY WITH "PIXBOX" PROG) ------ $125.00 YOU MUST INCLUDE PRIORITY MAIL POSTAGE FOR THE ABOVE PROGRAMS POSTAGE PAYMENT REQUIRED: U.S.: AUTORTTY AND AUTO-PIX PROGRAMS ----------------------------- $ 3.50 CANADA: AUTORTTY AND AUTO-PIX PROGRAMS ----------------------------- $ 4.00 TO AVOID THE TWO TO THREE WEEK "PERSONAL CHECK" DELAY, IN SHIPPING YOUR PROGRAM, SEND YOUR ORDER WITH FUNDS BY CASHIER'S CHECK OR MONEY ORDER. U.S. ORDERS: THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE OFFERS A "COD" OPTION, BUT IT HAS A FEE OF $4.00, THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL POSTAGE FOR SENDING THE PROGRAM. THE POSTAL SERVICE ALSO CHANGES YOU FOR A MONEY ORDER FOR YOUR RETURN. I FEEL THIS IS JUST TOO HIGH AND WOULD PREFER NOT TO USE IT TO ORDER EITHER OF THE PROGRAMS, USE THE ORDER FORM BELOW. ------------------------------ CUT HERE -------------------------------- PRECISION ELECTRONICS 1525 KARIN STREET - P.O. BOX 764 IRONTON, OHIO 45638 USA PHONE: 1-614-532-6111 ======================================================================== FULL NAME: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AMATEUR CALL: DATE: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDRESS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL ADDRESS (IF NECESSARY): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITY, STATE, ZIP: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ===== THE AMOUNTS BELOW ARE IN U.S. FUNDS ===== ===== NON U.S AMATEURS - MAKE APPROPIATE MONETARY CONVERSION ===== MARK DISK SIZE YOU PREFER FOR PROGRAM DISK(S). ____ 5 1/4 360K ____ 5 1/4 1.2M(HD) ____ 3 1/2 720K ____ 3 1/2 1.44M - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _____ AUTORTTY (BASIC RTTY PROGRAM WITHOUT AUTO-PIX) --- $______________ ----- AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX (FULL RTTY AND PIXBOX PROG.) --- $______________ OHIO RESIDENTS -MUST- INCLUDE 6% SALES TAX ON ORDER ---- $_____________ YOU -MUST- INCLUDE SHIPPING WITH YOUR ORDER. U.S. RATE: $ 3.50 PER PROGRAM CANADIAN RATE: 4.00 PER PROGRAM POSTAGE INCLUDED: $_____________ TOTAL ENCLOSED: $______________ AVOID THE 2 TO 3 WEEK PERSONAL CHECK DELAY SEND CASHIER'S CHECK OR MONEY ORDER SORRY, NO COD'S AT PRESENT - U.S. POSTAL SERVICE COD JUST TO HIGH TO USE SEND YOUR REMITTANCE TO: WALTER E. BESS, JR. K8LC PRECISION ELECTRONICS 1525 KARIN STREET - P.O. BOX 764 IRONTON, OHIO 45638 USA ------------------------------ CUT HERE -------------------------------- SAMPLE PROGRAM OF "AUTORTTY" - RTTY PIX PROGRAM BY K8LC A NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS, OF THE FULL PROGRAM, HAVE BEEN DISABLED IN THIS SAMPLE VERSION "AUTOSMPL.EXE" THE FOLLOWING MANUAL IS THE COMPLETE MANUAL PROVIDED WITH "AUTORTTY" THE MANUAL FOR THE "AUTO-PIX", AUTOMATED "PIXBOX" MODULE, HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENTATION ============== CONTENTS ============== INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------- SEC 1 P --- 1 SERIAL PORT INFORMATION -------------------------- SEC 1 P --- 2 PROGRAM INSTALLATION ----------------------------- SEC 1 P --- 3 PROGRAM CONFIGURATION ---------------------------- SEC 1 P - 4-6 CREATING AND EDITING MESSAGE PORTS --------------- SEC 1 P --- 7 "FUNNY" CHARACTERS IN COL 80 --------------------- SEC 1 P --- 8 RECEIVE MODE (INFO) ------------------------------ SEC 1 P --- 9 TYPE AHEAD BUFFER USE ---------------------------- SEC 1 P --- 8 "BREAK" TRANSMIT MODE OPERATION ------------------ SEC 1 P --- 8 SEC 2 P --- 1 AUTO-SAVE (RECV TEXT TO DISK) MODE --------------- SEC 1 P -- 11 BLOCK MODE OPERATION ----------------------------- SEC 1 P -- 11 KEYS ------- SEC 2 P - 6-7 PRINT MODE USE ----------------------------------- SEC 1 P -- 12 (TO HAVE INCOMING TEXT ECHO TO PRINTER - SEE PRINT ECHO PAGE III) RTTY BAUD RATE AND MODE (IN BAUD INSTEAD OF WPM) - SEC 1 P -- 12 SEC 2 P --- 5 TOGGLING BETWEEN BAUDOT AND ASCII MODE ----------- SEC 1 P -- 12 SEC 2 P --- 5 DATE/TIME INPUT FOR XMIT FROM TYPE AHEAD --------- SEC 1 P -- 12 SEC 2 P --- 6 SENDING FILES ENTERED IN THE TYPE AHEAD BUFFER --- SEC 1 P -- 13 (BEST EXPLAINED IN SECTION 2) SEC 2 P - 5-6 LOADING AND SENDING THE PIX XMIT BUFFER ---------- SEC 1 P -- 13 SEC 2 P --- 2 EDITING TRANSMIT (PIX) BUFFER -------------------- SEC 1 P 14-17 PREPARING AND SENDING PART (FILL) OF A PIX FILE -- SEC 1 P -- 13 SEC 2 P --- 3 USING "SHELL" MODE (TEMPORARY PRG EXIT TO "DOS") - SEC 1 P -- 12 SEC 2 P --- 4 EXIT THE AUTORTTY PROGRAM ------------------------ SEC 1 P -- 13 SEC 2 P --- 5 CORRECTING A MESSED UP SCREEN (SEC-1 P-9) -------- SEC 1 P --- 9 <ALT> F1 - SCREEN REDRAW) SEC 2 P --- 1 AUTO-PIX MODE - ALL INFO FOR THIS MODE IS IN SECTION 3 OF MANUALS (SECTION 3 HAS ITS OWN CONTENTS) (I) ====== LIST OF FUNCTIONS AND THEIR KEY ASSIGNMENTS ====== ================================================================= FUNCTION --------------------- ASSIGNED KEY/S ---- LOCATION ----- ================================================================= HELP/INFO ------------------------- F1 ----------- SEC 2 P --- 1 BREAK XMIT MODE -------------- <SHIFT> F1 -------- SEC 1 P --- 8 SEC 2 P --- 1 PROGRAM CONFIGURATION -------- <CTRL> F1 --------- SEC 1 P --- 4 SEC 2 P --- 1 REDRAW RECEIVE SCREEN -------- <ALT> F1 ---------- SEC 1 P --- 9 (READ NOTES IN SEC 1 PAGE 9 ABOUT REDRAW) SEC 2 P --- 1 FORCE LETTERS IN BAUDOT RECV ---- F2 / <CTRL> R -- SEC 2 P - 1-2 BREAK (IMMEDIATE) FROM XMIT TO RECV - F2/<CTRL>R - SEC 2 P - 1-2 TYPE AHEAD TRANSMIT MODE ------ <SFT> F2/<CTL> T - SEC 1 P --- 8 SEC 2 P --- 2 LOAD XMIT (PIX) BUFFER -------------- F3 --------- SEC 1 P -- 13 SEC 2 P --- 2 SENDING PIX FROM LOADED BUFFER ----- <SHIFT> F3 -- SEC 1 P -- 13 SEC 2 P --- 2 EDITING THE TRANSMIT (PIX) BUFFER --- <CTRL> F3 -- SEC 1 P 14-17 ("AUTOEDIT" MODULE) SEC 2 P --- 2 SENDING PIX ENTERED IN TYPE AHEAD ---- <CTRL> F -- SEC 1 P -- 12 SEC 2 P - 4-5 FILL (PART PIX) LINE ENTRY ------------ F7 ------- SEC 1 P -- 13 SEC 2 P --- 3 SENDING FILL ---------------------- <SHIFT> F7 --- SEC 1 P -- 13 SEC 2 P --- 3 SAVING RECEIVE BUFFER TO DISK ---------- F4 ------ SEC 1 P --- 9 SEC 2 P --- 2 CREATING AND EDITING MESSAGE PORTS - F5 (THEN "M") SEC 1 P --- 7 SEC 2 P - 2-3 NESTING MESSAGE PORTS ------------ <ALT> 1 - 0 --- SEC 1 P --- 7 SEC 2 P --- 8 DISPLAY OF DISK DIRECTORY ------- F5 (THEN "D") -- SEC 1 P -- 10 EDIT/VIEW INFORMATION ------------------ F5 ------ SEC 1 P -- 10 SEC 2 P --- 2 BLOCK MODE (MARKING AND OPTIONS) ------- F8 ------ SEC 1 P -- 11 SEC 2 P --- 3 (CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) (II) ===== LIST OF FUNCTIONS AND THEIR KEY ASSIGNMENTS (CONT.) ====== ================================================================= FUNCTION --------------------- ASSIGNED KEY/S ---- LOCATION ----- ================================================================= PRINTING MODE (NOT PRINT ECHO) --------- F9 ------ SEC 1 P -- 12 SEC 2 P --- 3 PRINT ECHO (RX ALSO GOING TO PRN) ---- <CTRL> P -- SEC 1 P --- 9 SEC 2 P --- 5 AUTO-SAVE (RX ALSO GOING TO DISK) ---- <CTRL> F9 - SEC 1 P -- 11 SEC 2 P --- 3 CLOSING AUTO-SAVE --------------------- <ALT> F9 - SEC 1 P -- 11 SEC 2 P --- 4 AUTO-PIX (AUTO-PIX VER. PROGRAM) ------- F10 ----- SEC 2 P --- 4 (AUTO-PIX INFO IN SECTION 3 - HAS ITS OWN CONTENTS)SEC 3 ( ALL ) AUTO-PIX (PRINT LOGFILE) (A-P ONLY) - <SHIFT> F10 -SEC 2 P --- 4 (AUTO-PIX INFO IN SECTION 3 - HAS ITS OWN CONTENTS)SEC 3 ( ALL ) EXIT PROGRAM (TEMPORARY) TO DOS ------ <ALT> F10 - SEC 1 P -- 12 SEC 2 P --- 4 EXIT PROGRAM (FINAL) --------- <CTRL> O-<CTRL> U - SEC 1 P -- 13 SEC 2 P --- 5 BAUD RATE (CHANGE) ------------------ <CTRL> B --- SEC 1 P -- 12 SEC 2 P --- 5 RTTY MODE (CHANGE BAUDOT-ASCII) ----- <CTRL> V --- SEC 1 P -- 12 SEC 2 P --- 5 ASCII (TOGGLE 8 BIT/7 BIT) ---------- <CTRL> A --- SEC 1 P -- 12 SEC 2 P --- 5 PIX SENDING FROM TYPE AHEAD ENTRY --- <CTRL> F --- SEC 1 P -- 13 (BEST EXPLAINED IN SECTION 2) SEC 2 P - 5-6 "BELL" CHARACTER (SENDING) ---------- <CTRL> G --- SEC 2 P --- 6 DATE/TIME (SENDING) ----------------- <CTRL> D --- SEC 2 P --- 6 CWID (SENDING) ---------------------- <CTRL> I --- SEC 2 P --- 6 CLEAR A LINE FROM TYPE AHEAD OR MSG - <CTRL> Y --- SEC 2 P --- 6 MARKING THE END OF YOUR TYPE ENTRY -- <CTRL> E --- SEC 1 P --- 8 (USE THIS AT THE VERY END OF YOUR CURRENT XMISSION)SEC 2 P --- 6 ADDING A CALL TO MESSAGE PORT #1 ----- <ALT> A --- SEC 1 P --- 7 SEC 2 P --- 7 REMOVING A CALL FROM MESSAGE PORT #1 - <ALT> R --- SEC 1 P --- 7 SEC 2 P --- 7 (CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) (III) ===== LIST OF FUNCTIONS AND THEIR KEY ASSIGNMENTS (CONT.) ====== ================================================================= FUNCTION --------------------- ASSIGNED KEY/S ---- LOCATION ----- ================================================================= CLEARING ALL CALLS FROM MSG PORT #1 --- <ALT> C -- SEC 1 P --- 7 SEC 2 P --- 7 ================================================================== KEYS USED IN "AUTOEDIT" ARE GIVEN ON PAGES 14 - 17 OF THIS MANUAL ================================================================== = THE FOLLOWING ARE KEYS USED WITHIN EDIT/VIEW AND BLOCK MODES = ^Q/HOME - ^Z/END - ^W/PAGEUP - ^X/PAGEDOWN ------- SEC 2 P - 6-7 ======== THE FOLLOWING ARE KEYS USED WITHIN BLOCK MODE ======== <CTRL> B - <CTRL> E - ALL <ARROW KEYS> ----------- SEC 2 P - 6-7 (IV) AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX INFORMATION MANUAL SECTION 1 ============= INTRODUCTION TO AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX ============== THIS PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED, FROM THE GROUND UP, FOR RTTY PIX ENTHUSIASTS. MOST PROGRAMS WRITTEN IN THE PAST HAVE EITHER IGNORED RTTY PIX ALTOGETHER, OR HAVE ONLY COVERED PART, OF MANY, SPECIAL DEMANDS RTTY PIX SENDING, AND RECEIVING, IMPOSE ON A PROGRAM. AUTORTTY HANDLES THE SPECIAL NEEDS FOR OVERLINED PIX - AND THE ABILITY TO "EXPLODE" THOSE LINES IN A PRINTOUT. THE PROGRAM WILL NOT "HANG-UP" IF YOUR PRINTER RUNS OUT OF PAPER, YOU TAKE IT OFF LINE OR ANY ERROR CONDITION THAT MAY OCCUR. THIS PROGRAM NOT ONLY TAKES OUT ANY EXTRA CARRIAGE RETURNS SENT WITH A SINGLE LINEFEED, IT REMOVES ALL UNNECESSARY CARRIAGE RETURNS. IF YOU RECEIVE 10 CR/LF PAIRS - THIS PROGRAM WILL STORE ONE CR AND 10 LFS. YOU DO HAVE THE AN OPTION WHICH WILL RETAIN CR'S SENT WITH MULITPLE CR/LF PAIRS, IF THEY ARE TRANSMITTED. WHEN THIS PROGRAM SENDS A PIX FILE - IT ALWAYS SENDS A THREE CONTROL CHARACTER END-OF-LINE SEQUENCE. ON A FULL "NEW-LINE" THIS PROGRAM SENDS (1) CR/LF PAIR - THEN THE CONTROL CHARACTER OF THE FIRST PRINTABLE CHARACTER IN THE LINE (A LTRS FOR A <SPACE> OR OTHER "LETTER" CHARACTER - A FIGS FOR A "FIGURE" CHARACTER). ON AN OVERLINE, THIS PROGRAM SENDS TWO CARRIAGE RETURNS AND THE CONTROL CHARACTER OF THE FIRST PRINTABLE CHARACTER IN THE LINE, AS MENTIONED ABOVE. THIS WILL KEEP THE OLD MECHANICAL MACHINES FROM STAYING IN FIGS, IF THEY GET OUT OF STEP WITH THE PIX BEING SENT, WHICH CONTAIN ONLY "LETTERS" CHARACTERS. IF YOU DO GET OUT OF STEP, IT WILL ONLY BE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT LINE. TRANSMIT (PIX) BUFFER EDITING IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN BOTH AUTORTTY AND THE AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX COMBO PROGRAMS. THE "AUTOEDIT" MODULE CONTAINS ALL OF THE FUNTIONS NECESSARY FOR EDITING AND CREATING RTTY PIX - OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT REQUIRES AN ASCII TEXT EDITOR. THIS PROGRAM IS NOT ONLY A FINE PROGRAM FOR RTTY PIX - IT IS A VERY NICE PROGRAM TO USE FOR GENERAL RAG-CHEWING QSO'S. AUTORTTY CONTAINS MOST OF THE MAJOR FEATURES OF OTHER RTTY PROGRAMS AND MANY THE OTHERS DON'T. THERE ARE FUNCTIONS THIS PROGRAM DOESN'T INCLUDE SUCH AS CW AND COMMANDS FOR A "SMART" INTERFACE (TU), BUT FOR THE AVID PIX LOVER THIS PROGRAM SHOULD FILL MANY VOIDS OTHERS LEAVE. THERE ARE MANY OTHER FEATURES AVAILABLE WITH AUTORTTY, THOSE ARE BEST LEARNED BY ACTUALLY USING THE PROGRAM AND READING ABOUT THEM IN THE REST OF THIS MANUAL. IF YOU PURCHASED THE FULL AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX PROGRAM, YOU HAVE THE FINEST AUTOMATED "PIXBOX" PROGRAM AVAILABLE TODAY - BAR NONE... PLEASE NOTE: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REGISTER YOUR NEW AUTORTTY (OR AUTORTTY/AUTO- PIX COMBO) PROGRAM. I HAVE RETAINED ALL INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR NAME, AMATEUR CALL, FULL ADDRESS, VERSION NUMBER AND DATE OF YOUR PROGRAM. HAPPY PIX'N WALTER E. BESS, JR., K8LC PRECISION ELECTRONICS 1525 KARIN STREET - P.O BOX 764 IRONTON, OHIO 45638 PHONE: 1-614-532-6111 1 ========= INTERFACE (SERIAL) PORT INFO FOR AUTORTTY ========== THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS EITHER COM1 OR COM2 AS THE SERIAL PORT FOR CONNECTION TO YOUR INTERFACE (TU). (DEFAULT IS COM2) IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS PROGRAM DOES -NOT- SUPPORT SPECIAL COMMANDS REQUIRED BY MOST "SMART" TERMINALS. UNLESS YOUR "INTELLIGENT" TERMINAL UNIT HAS A WAY TO PASS DATA BOTH WAYS, WITHOUT MODIFICATION, AND YOU CAN USE THE THE RS-232 LINES AS LISTED BELOW, THIS PROGRAM MAY GIVE UNSATISFACTORY RESULTS. PINOUTS FOR YOUR RS-232 ARE AS FOLLOWS: DB-9 PLUG DB-25 PLUG INPUT FROM RECEIVER ------------------- 2 ------- 3 OUTPUT TO TRANSMITTER ----------------- 3 ------- 2 SIGNAL GROUND ------------------------- 5 ------- 7 PTT (PUSH TO TALK LINE) --------------- 7 ------- 4 CWID LINE ----------------------------- 4 ------- 20 IF YOU ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS OF SIGNALS BEING REVERSED (SUCH AS HAVING THE XMITTER KEYED WHEN THE PROGRAM IS SHOWING RECEIVE) YOU CAN INVERT THE SIGNAL VOLTAGE BY ADDING EITHER AN IC INVERTER OR A SIMPLE TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS ALONG THESE LINES - CONTACT ME - I HAVE SEVERAL CIRCUITS YOU MAY BE ABLE TO USE. IF YOU ARE USING A COMPUTER WITH 2 SERIAL PORTS THAT USE THE DB-25 PIN CONNECTOR, YOU MAY EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM OF THE INPUT AND OUTPUT LINES BEING REVERSED. THEY USE TWO FORMATS FOR THIS PLUG (MAY ALSO EXIST WITH THE 9 PIN - ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT ENCOUNTERED IT), THEY USUALLY HAVE ONE FEMALE AND ONE MALE CONNECTOR FOR THEM. THE TWO FORMATS ARE "DCE" (DATA COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT) AND "DTE" (DATA TERMINAL EQUIPMENT). THE ONLY SOLUTION HERE IS TO OPEN YOUR CABLE (OR CONNECTOR) AND ACTUALLY SWITCH THE WIRES ON PINS 2 AND 3. IF YOUR TERMINAL UNIT DOES NOT SUPPORT "CW ID" YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BUILD A SMALL (SIMPLE) CIRCUIT TO HAVE THE CWID LINE KEY YOUR SPACE TONE, OR SPACE SHIFT (IF YOU ARE USING FSK). I CAN SUPPLY YOU WITH SEVERAL CIRCUITS THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM, IF NECESSARY. 2 ============== INSTALLATION ============== FIRST, MAKE A BACKUP COPY OF THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM DISK AND PUT THE ORIGINAL IN A SAFE PLACE. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN IN THE "DOS" MANUAL REGARDING YOUR COPY -OR- DISKCOPY COMMANDS. IMPORTANT NOTE: IF YOU ARE USING A COMPOSITE VIDEO (MONOCHROME) MONITOR ON YOU COLOR VIDEO ADAPTER, YOU -MUST- USE THE /COMP COMMAND LINE SWITCH WHEN YOU WANT TO BRING UP AUTORTTY. THIS WILL ENABLE THE PROGRAM TO SELECT THE PROPER VIDEO MEMORY ATTRIBUTES FOR A MONOCHROME MONITOR AND STILL USE THE "COLOR" VIDEO MEMORY AREA. THIS SWITCH WILL BE IN ADDITION TO THE /SNOW SWITCH (EXPLAINED BELOW). IF YOU ONLY NEED THE COMPOSITE SWITCH YOUR COMMAND LINE IS: AUTORTTY /COMP<RETURN>. IF YOU REQUIRE BOTH: AUTORTTY /SNOW /COMP<RETURN>. THE SWITCHES NEED NOT BE IN THIS ORDER. TO INSTALL, JUST COPY THE "AUTORTTY.EXE" FILE INTO THE SUBDIRECTORY YOU WANT TO RUN THE PROGRAM FROM. THEN (WHEN IN THE AUTORTTY DIRECTORY) ENTER: AUTORTTY<RETURN>, THIS WILL BRING-UP YOUR NEW AUTORTTY PROGRAM. AUTORTTY COMES UP WITH CAPS LOCK = ON, YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE A UTILITY FOR THAT PURPOSE. THE FIRST TIME THE PROGRAM IS "BOOTED" IT CREATES TWO DISKFILES IN YOUR DEFAULT DIRECTORY PATH (THE PATH YOU SHOULD HAVE THE PROGRAM IN), ONE IS CALLED "RTYCONFG.DAT" AND THE SECOND IS CALLED "MSG-PORTS.DAT". THE FIRST FILE WILL CONTAIN A NUMBER OF DEFAULTS FOR THE PROGRAM OPTIONS, THE SECOND HAS ALL OF THE INFO FOR YOUR 9 (USER CONFIGURABLE) MESSAGE PORTS. IF YOU HAVE AN EARLY CGA VIDEO ADAPTER AND ARE EXPERIENCING SNOW, OR OTHER INTERFERENCE, ON YOUR MONITOR - YOU WILL HAVE TO USE THE /SNOW COMMAND LINE SWITCH WHENEVER YOU BRING-UP AUTORTTY. USE THE FOLLOWING, IF THE /SNOW SWITCH IS NECESSARY: AUTORTTY /SNOW<RETURN>. SEE ABOVE REGARDING A COMPOSITE VIDEO MONITOR (IF IT APPLIES TO YOU). NOTE: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REGISTER YOUR NEW AUTORTTY OR AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX PROGRAM. I HAVE ALREADY FILED ALL OF YOUR PROGRAM INFORMATION, AS WELL AS YOUR NAME, FULL ADDRESS AND HAM CALL. IF YOU CHANGE YOUR AMATEUR CALL - I WILL UPDATE YOUR PROGRAM AT NO CHARGE (IF YOU HAVE THE CURRENT VERSION). IF YOU HAVE A PREVIOUS VERSION, YOU WILL BE CHARGED THE UPDATE CHARGE AND RECEIVE THE LATEST VERSION WITH YOUR NEW CALL SIGN IN IT. 3 ============== CONFIGURATION ============== PRESS, AND HOLD, THE <CTRL> KEY WHILE YOU PRESS THE F1 FUNCTION KEY, THIS BRINGS UP THE FIRST OF FIVE CONFIGURATION SCREENS. NOTE: CONFIGURATION SCREENS #4 AND #5 ARE FOR USE WITH "AUTO-PIX" MODULE ONLY. IF YOU PURCHASED THE BASIC "AUTORTTY" PROGRAM, YOU DO NOT GIVE INPUT ON SCREENS 4 AND 5. YOU SHOULD RUN THROUGH ALL OF THE CONFIGURATION THAT PERTAINS TO YOUR PREFERENCE AND HARDWARE. YOU SHOULD GO THROUGH ALL FIVE SCREENS (USING PAGEUP OR PAGEDOWN) AND SELECT THE THE OPTIONS YOU WANT FROM THE "TOGGLE" OPTIONS ON THE FIRST TWO SCREENS. INPUT YOUR PREFERENCE FOR THE VARIOUS "PATH" OPTIONS, ON SCREENS 3 AND 4. SCREEN 5 HAS TWO INPUTS FOR OPTIONAL MESSAGES TO BE SENT DURING WELCOME AND EXIT ROUTINES IN AUTO-PIX MODE. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE A MESSAGE, JUST LEAVE THEM BLANK. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF CONFIGURATION OPTIONS. 1. BAUD RATE USED FOR PROGRAM STARTUP - SELECT THE BAUD RATE THAT YOU WANT THE PROGRAM TO USE WHEN FIRST "BOOTED". 2. MODE USED FOR PROGRAM STARTUP - SELECT THE RTTY MODE TO BE USED WITH ABOVE BAUD RATE AT STARTUP. 3. YOUR TIME ZONE - SELECT THE TIME ZONE YOU LIVE IN, THIS IS USED FOR SENDING DATE/TIME IN TYPE TRANSMIT AND WITH THE LOG ON/OFF INFO FOR AUTO-PIX. 4. TYPE OF TIME - SELECT EITHER DAYLITE-SAVING OR STANDARD. 5. RETAIN A CARRIAGE RETURN WITH EACH LINE-FEED RECEIVED (IF SENT). THIS PROGRAM DEFAULTS TO REMOVING "ALL" UN-NECESSARY CARRIAGE RETURNS RECEIVED. WHAT THIS MEANS IS: IF YOU RECEIVE CR/CR/CR/LF - THE PROGRAM SAVES ONLY -ONE- CARRIAGE RETURN - CR/LF. BY THE SAME TOKEN, IF THE PROGRAM RECEIVES TEN CARRIAGE RETURN LINE-FEED PAIRS: 10 CR/LF'S, IT DEFAULTS TO SAVE ONLY THE FIRST CARRIAGE RETURN AND THEN 10 LINE-FEEDS. IF YOU PREFER TO SAVE A CARRIAGE RETURN WITH EACH LINE-FEED - PRESS THE SPACE BAR TO TOGGLE YOUR SELECTION FROM "NO" TO "YES". 6. SERIAL PORT USED FOR INTERFACE - SELECT THE SERIAL (COM) PORT YOU ARE USING WITH YOUR RTTY INTERFACE (TERMINAL UNIT). EITHER COM-1 OR COM-2 IS SUPPORTED. 7. PRINTER PORT - SELECT THE PORT YOU WANT ANY PRINTER OUTPUT TO GO. THIS IS USUALLY LPT1 (FOR PARALLEL PRINTERS). IF YOU HAVE OTHER PARALLEL PRINTERS AND WANT TO USE ONE OF THOSE - JUST SELECT THE PROPER PORT. IF YOU HAVE A SERIAL PRINTER, SELECT THE COM PORT YOU HAVE IT CONNECTED TO. IMPORTANT: DO -NOT- HAVE THE SAME "SERIAL" PORT SELECTED FOR BOTH THE RTTY INTERFACE (ITEM 6 ABOVE) AND A "SERIAL" PRINTER (ITEM 7 ABOVE). 4 8. HAVE BORDER AROUND DISPLAY SCREEN - (FOR EGA AND VGA ONLY) - THE PROGRAM FIRST BOOTS WITH A BORDER - FOR THOSE DISPLAYS THAT WILL SUPPORT IT. IF YOU PREFER NOT TO HAVE A BORDER, JUST PRESS <SPACE> TO TOGGLE IT TO "NO". NOTE: WHEN USING BORDER ON - SOME SCREEN SAVERS (BLANKERS) WILL ONLY REMOVE THE VISIBLE PROGRAM FROM THE DISPLAY AND LEAVES THE SCREEN ENTIRELY A DIM WHITE (GRAY). IF YOU HAVE SUCH A SCREEN SAVER - YOU WILL HAVE TO SET THE BORDER TO OFF TO BLANK THE SCREEN. SOME SCREEN SAVERS WILL NOT PERMIT TRANSMITTING WHILE BLANKED. 9. DISPLAY OPTIONS MENU FOR SHIFT KEY - AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE NOTICED, THIS PROGRAM DISPLAYS THE OPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNSHIFTED STATE, <SHIFT>, <CTRL> AND <ALT> KEYS. IF YOU USE THE SHIFT KEY A LOT AND ARE DISTRACTED BY THE CHANGING STATUS LINE (LINE 25), YOU CAN CHANGE THIS OPTION TO "NO" - THIS WILL DISABLE THE CHANGE FOR THE <SHIFT> KEY. 10. ECHO TYPED CHARACTERS AND MESSAGE PORTS TO RECV BUFFER - MANY PEOPLE LIKE TO HAVE WHAT THEY TYPE TO BE ECHOED TO THE RECEIVE BUFFER AND RECEIVE SCREEN. IF YOU WANT THIS, TOGGLE THE SELECTION TO "YES". THE ABOVE OPTIONS ARE ALL "TOGGLE" SELECTIONS. THIS MEANS YOU SET THE CURSOR ON THE LINE YOU WANT TO CHANGE AND PRESS <SPACE> KEY TO TOGGLE THROUGH YOUR CHOICES. THE FOLLOWING ARE OPTIONS WHICH REQUIRE INPUT FROM YOU. 11. DISK TO XMIT BUFF PATH - THIS WILL BE THE "DEFAULT" PATH USED WHEN YOU WANT TO LOAD THE XMIT (PIX) BUFFER FROM DISK. YOU ARE NOT "BOUND" BY THIS SELECTION - AFTER PRESSING F3 AND GETTING THE PROMPT ON LINE 17, YOU CAN USE THE BACKSPACE (OR DELETE) KEY TO BACKUP AND ENTER ANOTHER PATH, WHEN NECESSARY, THEN THE DISKFILE NAME. NOTE: YOU CAN USE WILDCARDS WITHIN THE FILENAME YOU INPUT ABOVE. 12. RECV BUFF TO DISK PATH - AGAIN, THIS WILL BE THE "DEFAULT" PATH DISPLAYED WHEN YOU PRESS F4 TO SAVE THE RECEIVE BUFFER TO DISK. YOU CAN BACKSPACE AND ENTER ANOTHER IF YOU WISH. NO WILDCARDS HERE - PLEASE. 13. AUTO_SAVE DRIVE PATH - THIS WILL BE THE "DEFAULT" PATH DISPLAYED WHEN YOU PRESS <CTRL> F9 (AUTO_SAVE MODE) - TO ENTER THE FILENAME USED TO SAVE ALL RECEIVED TEXT TO. AGAIN YOU CAN BACKUP AND CHANGE IT. 14. DIRECTORY SEARCH PATH - THIS IS THE "DEFAULT" PATH USED WHEN YOU ENTER F5 (EDIT/VIEW MODE) AND SELECT "D" FOR DISPLAY DIRECTORY. IT CAN BE CHANGED TO. 15. DELETE DISK FILE PATH - THE "DEFAULT" PATH USED IN THE PROMPT WHEN YOU SELECT <CTRL> F6 (DELETE FILE MODE). THIS IS CHANGEABLE ALSO. = THE FOLLOWING ARE FOR USE WITH AUTO-PIX PROGRAM VERSION ONLY = ====== STARTING ON NEXT PAGE ====== = READ INFORMATION FOLLOWING THE AUTO-PIX CONFIGURE OPTIONS = 5 = THE FOLLOWING ARE FOR USE WITH AUTO-PIX PROGRAM VERSION ONLY = 16. AUTO_PIX ON ERROR PATH - THIS WILL BE THE PATH THAT WILL CONTAIN FILES THAT FOR SOME REASON COULDN'T BE SAVED IN THEIR PROPER PATH, DURING AUTO-PIX MODE. THIS CAN BE CAUSED BY A DISK FULL ERROR OR OTHER ERROR CONDITION. AT THIS TIME ONLY THE LOGFILE SAVE USES THIS PATH IN AN EMERGENCY. 17. AUTO_PIX LOGFILE PATH - THIS IS THE PATH USED WHEN AUTO-PIX SAVES LOGGING INFORMATION TO DISK - FOR SYSTEM USERS. ALL OF THE LOGFILE DISK FILENAMES WILL HAVE THE FORM: MM-DD-YY NO EXTENSION. 18. AUTO_PIX USER_MSG PATH - THIS IS THE PATH ANY USER MESSAGES, SENT TO YOU, WILL BE STORED UNDER. 19. AUTO_PIX XMIT DRV PATH - THIS IS THE PATH WHICH AUTO-PIX WILL USE TO ACCESS THE "PIX" FILES SELECTED BY YOUR SYSTEM USERS. IT CAN BE JUST A FLOPPY DRIVE SUCH AS B:\ - OR AN ENTIRE PATH TO YOUR HARD DRIVE SUBDIRECTORY WHERE YOU WANT USERS TO ACCESS LIKE E:\XMAS-PIX\. 20. AUTO_PIX CALL-UP CODE - YOU ENTER THE SUFFIX YOU WANT USED FOR YOUR AUTO-PIX CALL-UP CODE - ALL - AUTO-PIX PROGRAM CALL-UP CODES WILL BEGIN WITH "PIX" - LIKE MINE - PIX8LC. 21. SPECIAL OR HOLIDAY MESSAGE TO BE SENT DURING THE "WELCOME" MESSAGE IN AUTO-PIX. LEAVE COMPLETELY BLANK IF YOU DO NOT WANT ANYTHING SENT. 22. SPECIAL OR HOLIDAY MESSAGE TO BE SENT DURING THE SIGN-OFF (EXIT) MESSAGE IN AUTO-PIX. LEAVE COMPLETELY BLANK IF YOU DO NOT WANT ANYTHING SENT. ALL OF THE USER INPUT OPTIONS CAN BE CHANGED BY RE-ENTERING THEM AND EDITING - THEN PRESS <RETURN> TO GO BACK TO LINE SELECTION. WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED WITH YOUR CONFIGURATION, PRESS <RETURN> AND YOUR SELECTIONS WILL BE SAVED TO DISK. YOU'LL THEN BE ASKED IF YOU WANT TO USE THE OPTIONS YOU JUST SELECTED, YOU PROBABLY WILL WANT TO USE THEM - SO PRESS "Y" TO INDICATE YES. UNLESS YOU CHANGE YOUR SYSTEM IN SOME WAY OR YOUR TIME CHANGES (DAYLITE/STANDARD) - THIS SHOULD BE THE ONLY TIME YOU WILL NEED TO RUN THE "COMPLETE" CONFIGURATION. THE VALUES YOU HAVE SELECTED WERE SAVED TO DISK AND WILL BE INPUT INTO THE PROPER VARIABLES EACH TIME THE PROGRAM STARTS-UP. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CHANGE EVERYTHING WHEN YOU MODIFY YOUR CONFIGURATION, JUST CHANGE THE ONE OR TWO ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED, THEN PRESS <RETURN> AND THOSE CHANGES WILL BE SAVED TO DISK. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A CHANGE ONLY USED DURING THE CURRENT SESSION, PRESS ESCAPE KEY <ESC> INSTEAD OF <RETURN>, THIS EXITS THE CONFIGURATION SCREENS AND ASKS WHETHER YOU WANT TO USE THE CHANGES YOU MADE DURING THE CURRENT SESSION - JUST PRESS "Y" AND YOU WILL USE THOSE CHANGES ONLY DURING THE CURRENT SESSION. 6 =========== CREATING AND EDITING MESSAGE PORTS =========== PRESS F5, THIS WILL BRING UP A MENU FOR THE EDIT/VIEW MODE. SELECT THE EDIT MESSAGE PORTS OPTION, BY PRESSING "M". YOU WILL THEN BE PROMPTED FOR THE MESSAGE PORT NUMBER. YOU USE ANY OF THE NUMBER KEYS LOCATED ABOVE THE NORMAL ALPHABET KEYS (NOT THE ONES ON YOUR KEYPAD). IT WILL DISPLAY A WINDOW FOR YOU TO INPUT YOUR INFO INTO THAT MESSAGE PORT. WHEN YOU FINISH EITHER CREATING OR EDITING THAT MESSAGE PORT, PRESS <ESC> KEY, YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WANT THOSE CHANGES SAVED TO DISK - YOU PROBABLY WILL - SO PRESS "Y" FOR YES. FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS TO CREATE OR EDIT ANY MESSAGE PORTS YOU WILL BE USING. YOU CAN ALSO NEST A ANOTHER MESSAGE PORT CALL WITHIN YOUR INPUT TO THE CURRENT MESSAGE PORT. YOU INPUT A NESTED MESSAGE PORT BY PRESSING, AND HOLDING, THE <ALT> KEY WHILE PRESSING ANY OF THE MESSAGE PORT NUMBER KEYS. (ONES ABOVE THE NORMAL "LETTER" KEYS - NOT THE KEYPAD) THIS VERSION OF "AUTORTTY" SUPPORTS ONLY A "BACKSPACE" TYPE OF EDITING. THE DELETE KEY HAS THE SAME ACTION AS THE BACKSPACE WHEN EDITING YOUR TYPE AHEAD AND MESSAGE PORTS. PLEASE NOTE: THE TRANSMIT (PIX) BUFFER EDITING SUPPORTS COMPLETE EDITING USING ALL EDITING AND ARROW KEYS. YOU CAN DELETE A WHOLE LINE BY PRESSING THE <CTRL> AND "Y" KEY COMBINATION. TO INPUT A MESSAGE PORT IN THE TYPE AHEAD BUFFER, YOU PRESS (AND HOLD) THE <ALT> KEY WHILE PRESSING THE NUMBER KEY OF THE PORT YOU WANT TO INPUT. (AGAIN - DO NOT USE KEYPAD KEYS) IMPORTANT: NEVER HAVE A MESSAGE PORT CALL ITSELF - OR ANY OTHER THAT MAKES A CALL TO A MESSAGE PORT THAT WILL CREATE A "LOOP". THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF A MESSAGE PORT IS 1000 CHARACTERS. NOTE: MESSAGE PORT ZERO (0) WILL ALWAYS BE INITIALIZED TO CONTAIN 40 RY'S AND A CR/LF PAIR. AT PROGRAM START-UP. YOU CAN EDIT PORT 0 BUT IT WILL NEVER BE SAVED TO DISK, AS THE OTHERS ARE. NOTE: MESSAGE PORT #1 IS A SPECIAL PURPOSE MESSAGE PORT, READ BELOW. NESTING A CALL TO MESSAGE PORT #1 MAKES IT EASY TO CONSTRUCT THE SEQUENCE OF PORTS CALLED FOR STATION ID SENT DURING EXCHANGES IN A QSO. MESSAGE PORT #1 SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR THIS PURPOSE. YOU CAN CLEAR MES-SAGE PORT #1 BY PRESSING <ALT> C - IT WILL PROMPT TO VERIFY YOU WANT TO CLEAR MESSAGE PORT #1. TO ADD A CALL TO MESSAGE PORT #1 - PRESS <ALT> A - IT WILL PROMPT (ON LINE 17) FOR THE CALL SIGN TO ADD, DO NOT ADD A LEADING OR TRAILING SPACE - ONE TRAILING SPACE IS ADDED BY PROGRAM. YOU CAN REMOVE A CALL SIGN FROM MESSAGE PORT #1 BY PRESSING <ALT> R, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED (AGAIN ON LINE 17) FOR THE CALL SIGN TO REMOVE - IF IT IS UNABLE TO FIND THE CALL - IT WILL DISPLAY A MESSAGE TO THAT EFFECT ON LINE 17. I CALL MESSAGE PORT #1 FROM WITHIN MESSAGE PORT #2 - THEN ADD "DE K8LC, WALT, IRONTON, OHIO"(CR/LF). (CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) 7 THIS WAY YOU ONLY HAVE TO GIVE MESSAGE PORT #2 IN THE TYPE AHEAD BUFFER. WHEN MESSAGE PORT #2 IS CALLED, THE FIRST THING IT DOES IS SEND MESSAGE PORT #1 - THEN SENDS THE REMAINDER OF MESSAGE PORT #2. IMPORTANT NOTE: ALTHOUGH AUTORTTY SAVES, AND USES, THE DEFAULT PATH DURING PROGRAM START-UP AND WHEN RETURNING FROM A "SHELL" TO YOUR DOS, IT MAY BE SAFER TO RETURN TO THE RTTY PROGRAM DEFAULT DIRECTORY BEFORE ENTERING: EXIT<RETURN> TO RETURN TO THE PROGRAM. ======= WHAT ARE THOSE FUNNY CHARACTERS IN COLUMN 80? ======= A NOTE ABOUT THOSE "FUNNY" CHARACTERS IN COLUMN 80: AS YOU HAVE PROBABLY NOTICED BY NOW, I DO NOT DISPLAY THE END OF LINE SEQUENCE RIGHT AFTER ANY TEXT YOU HAVE RECEIVED OR TYPED INTO VARIOUS BUFFERS. I HAVE ALWAYS USED, AND RECOMMEND, "WORDSTAR BY MICROPRO CORP." AS A FIRST RATE PIX FILE EDITOR, AND HAVE TRIED TO KEEP THE SCREEN LOOKING THE SAME, FOR EASE OF USE. IT ALSO MAKES FOR A "CLEAN" PIX WHEN YOU ARE RECEIVING ONE. JUST REMEMBER A "-" INDICATES A CARRIAGE RETURN, A "J" INDICATES A LINEFEED AND A "<" INDICATES A CARRIAGE RETURN / LINEFEED PAIR. =========== TYPING INTO THE XMIT TYPE AHEAD BUFFER =========== YOU ENTER TEXT TO TRANSMIT IN THE SAME FORM YOU USED TO CREATE YOUR MESSAGE PORTS. IT SUPPORTS THE SAME "BACKSPACE" TYPE EDITING AND WHOLE LINE DELETE WITH THE <CTRL> Y KEY COMBINATION. THIS TYPE AHEAD BUFFER HAS A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 3000 CHARACTERS. THIS SHOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ANY CONVERSATION QSO. IF YOU TRANSMIT MORE THAN 300 CHARACTERS WITHOUT SENDING YOUR CALL (FOR IDENTIFICATION) THE PROGRAM PROMPTS YOU TO INPUT PROPER ID AND THEN TO PRESS <CTRL> E KEY. THE <CTRL> E KEY SHOULD ALWAYS BE USED AT THE VERY END OF A BUFFER YOU ARE PLANNING TO XMIT, (AFTER ANY MESSAGE PORT INFO USED FOR ID AND THE K'S WE USUALLY SEND). WHEN THE PROGRAM ENCOUNTERS <CTRL> E, IT WILL SCROLL UP THE TYPE AHEAD WINDOW AND PLACE THE CURSOR IN COLUMN 1 - IT ALSO SENDS A CARRIAGE RETURN LINEFEED PAIR, HOLDS FOR A SHORT DELAY AND THEN SWITCHES YOUR RIG (AND PROGRAM) BACK TO RECEIVE MODE. TO ACTUALLY TRANSMIT THE BUFFER YOU JUST CREATED, PRESS <CTRL> T OR <SHIFT> F2 KEY COMBINATIONS THIS WILL KEY YOUR TRANSMITTER AND BEGIN SENDING YOUR TYPE AHEAD BUFFER. WHEN THE TRANSMIT CATCHES UP TO YOUR TYPING - YOU WILL STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT A TYPO (IN THE WORD YOU ARE ENTERING) BY JUST PRESSING BACKSPACE OR DELETE TO GO BACK TO THE ERROR THEN ENTER THE CORRECTION. THIS IS CALLED "XMIT BY THE WORD" WHICH MEANS THE WORD YOU ARE ENTERING WILL NOT BE SENT UNTIL YOU PRESS THE <SPACE> AFTER IT. MESSAGE PORTS ARE ENTERED BY PRESSING AND HOLDING <ALT> AND PRESSING THE NORMAL NUMBER KEY (NOT KEYPAD NUMBERS) OF THE MESSAGE PORT YOU WANT TO SEND. 8 ============== USING "BREAK" TRANSMIT MODE ============== THERE WILL BE TIMES, AFTER TYPING IN A LOT OF TEXT TO USE FOR YOUR NEXT TRANSMISSION, THAT SOMEONE WILL ASK YOU A QUESTION THAT DEMANDS AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SEND THE WHOLE BUFFER YOU HAVE TYPED, YOU CAN ELECT TO USE THE "BREAK" TRANSMIT MODE. WHEN YOU PRESS <SHIFT> F1 THE TYPE AHEAD WINDOW IS "SAVED" AND CLEARED. THE TRANSMITTER IS KEYED ON - AND YOU ARE READY TO ENTER THE TEXT TO BE SENT. AT THE END YOU CAN ENTER YOUR ID INFO AND PRESS THE NORMAL <CTRL> E KEY TO RETURN TO RECEIVE - OR YOU MAY ELECT TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE NORMAL TYPE AHEAD MODE WITHOUT GOING BACK THROUGH RECEIVE - YOU CAN DO THIS BY PRESSING <CTRL> T OR <SHIFT> F2. ============== NORMAL RECEIVE MODE ============== WHEN THE PROGRAM IS "BOOTED" IT COMES UP IN THE NORMAL RECEIVE MODE, AT WHATEVER BAUD RATE AND MODE YOU SELECTED DURING PROGRAM CONFIGURATION. WHILE YOU ARE IN QSO - MANY TIMES YOU WILL BE BUSY TYPING AHEAD FOR YOUR NEXT TRANSMISSION - SOMETHING IS SENT AND BY THE TIME YOU LOOK UP, ITS SCROLLING OFF THE SCREEN. IF THIS HAPPENS, YOU CAN PRESS THE F5 KEY TO BRING-UP THE EDIT/VIEW MODE MENU. BY PRESSING "R" YOU WILL SELECT THE RECEIVE BUFFER, THE SCREEN THEN DISPLAYS YOUR RECEIVE BUFFER STARTING AT THE BEGINNING. YOU CAN PRESS PAGEDOWN OR PAGEUP TO MOVE THROUGH THE BUFFER, OR HOME/END KEYS TO JUMP TO THE BEGINNING OR END, RESPECTIVELY, OF THAT BUFFER. IN THIS WAY YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAD BEEN SENT. WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED LOOKING PRESS: <ESCAPE> AND YOU WILL RETURN TO THE EDIT/VIEW MENU, THEN PRESS <ESCAPE> AGAIN TO RETURN TO NORMAL RECEIVE MODE. YOU CAN ALSO USE THE "BLOCK" MODE TO LOOK THRU THE BUFFER AND MARK A BLOCK TO TRANSMIT, SAVE TO DISK OR DELETE (FROM THE RECEIVE BUFFER). YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO SAVE THE RECEIVE BUFFER TO DISK, TO DO THIS PRESS: F4 - A PROMPT IS DISPLAYED, ON LINE 17, FOR A FILENAME TO BE USED TO SAVE THE BUFFER UNDER. ANOTHER OPTION AVAILABLE TO YOU, IN THE BLOCK MODE, IS THE ABILITY TO MARK A "BLOCK" OF RECEIVE BUFFER, YOU CAN THEN PRINT (PRINT MODE IS SELECTED BY PRESSING F9 FROM NORMAL RECEIVE MODE), DELETE OR TRANSMIT THAT BLOCK. YOU CAN BEGIN "PRINT ECHO" MODE, TO SEND RECEIVED CHARACTERS TO YOUR PRINTER, BY PRESSING <CTRL> P - IT WILL DISPLAY THE PRINT ECHO MESSAGE ON 16. IF YOU DON'T GET THE PRINT ECHO MESSAGE AND INSTEAD YOU HEAR A BEEP, YOUR PRINTER IS PROBABLY OFF LINE - NOT TURNED ON - OR IN SOME ERROR CONDITION. THERE'S AN OPTION IN THE CONFIGURATION SCREENS THAT WILL ALLOW ALL TYPE AHEAD CHARACTERS, MESSAGE PORTS AND BLOCK SENDING TO BE ECHOED TO THE RECEIVE SCREEN AND, AT THE SAME TIME, INTO THE RECEIVE BUFFER. IF YOU DESIRE THIS - BE SURE TO SELECT THAT OPTION IN THE CONFIGURATION. IMPORTANT NOTE: THERE ARE, RARE, OCCASIONS THE PROGRAM MAY MISS AN INTERRUPT OR SOME OTHER TIMED EVENT, WHEN THIS HAPPENS ANY NUMBER OF WEIRD THINGS CAN BEFALL THE PROGRAM. ANYTIME SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT CAUSES THE SCREEN TO GET MESSED UP - ALWAYS TRY THE <ALT> F1 REDRAW - MOST OF THE TIME THE NEW SCREEN WILL BE REDRAWN CORRECTLY. IT MAKE TAKE SEVERAL TRYS TO ACCOMPLISH THE CORRECT REDRAW. IF THE REDRAW DOESN'T CORRECT YOUR SCREEN PROBLEM - TRY GOING INTO OTHER MODES AND RETURNING, BEFORE REBOOTING. 9 ============== USING EDIT/VIEW MODE ============== PRESSING F5 WILL BRING-UP THE EDIT/VIEW MENU IN THE UPPER AREA OF THE RECEIVE WINDOW. YOU HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO YOU IN THIS MODE. THE FIRST IS "EDIT MESSAGE PORT", ENTERING "M" WILL TAKE YOU INTO THIS MODE. THE NEXT WINDOW WILL PROMPT YOU FOR THE MESSAGE PORT NUMBER YOU WISH TO EDIT (OR CREATE). USING THE NORMAL NUMBER KEYS (NOT THOSE ON THE KEYPAD) ENTER THE PORT NUMBER YOU NEED TO WORK WITH. AFTER MAKING YOUR SELECTION AS TO PORT NUMBER TO USE - YOUR DISPLAY WILL NOW HAVE A WINDOW WHICH YOU WILL USE TO INPUT YOU MESSAGE. ENTERING CHARACTERS AND EDITING USES THE SAME -BACKSPACE ONLY- FORMAT AS YOU USE IN THE TYPE AHEAD AND BREAK MODES. FULL EDITING WILL BE PROVIDED IN A LATER VERSION OF AUTORTTY. AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOU MESSAGE, PRESS <ESC> - YOU ARE THEN PROMPTED IF YOU WANT THE MESSAGE PORT SAVED TO DISK - SELECT "Y" OTHERWISE PRESS "N" OR <ESC>. YOUR SECOND OPTION IN EDIT/VIEW IS TO VIEW EITHER THE RECEIVE OR TRANSMIT (PIX) BUFFER. USING EITHER "R" OR "T" (FOR RECEIVE, TRANSMIT RESPECTIVELY) YOU SELECT THE BUFFER YOU WANT TO USE. YOU CAN MOVE THROUGH THE BUFFER USING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING KEYS: HOME - TAKES YOU TO THE BEGINNING OF BUFFER, END - TAKES YOU TO THE END OF BUFFER, PAGEUP - TAKES YOU UP A PAGE (SCREEN), PAGEDN - TAKES YOU DOWN A PAGE (SCREEN). WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED LOOKING THROUGH THE BUFFER - PRESS <ESC>, THIS TAKES YOU BACK TO THE EDIT/VIEW MENU. THE THIRD OPTION IS TO DISPLAY A DISK DIRECTORY. PRESS "D" WILL BRING UP A WINDOW WHICH PROMPTS FOR A PATH (DRIVE\SUB-DIRS\). AFTER ENTERING YOUR DESIRED PATH (ENTERING NOTHING WILL NOT DISPLAY DEFAULT) PRESS <RETURN> AND THE "SORTED" DIRECTORY IS DISPLAYED IN THE SAME WINDOW YOU HAVE BEEN USING. YOU USE PAGEUP/PAGEDN TO MOVE THROUGH THE LIST OF FILES DISPLAYED, AGAIN, HOME/END KEYS ARE SUPPORTED. PRESS <ESC> WILL RETURN YOU TO THE EDIT/VIEW MENU. TO RETURN TO NORMAL RECEIVE MODE - PRESS: <ESC> OR SHIFT F5. THE RECEIVE SCREEN IS COMPLETELY UPDATED. 10 ============== USING THE BLOCK MODE OPTION ============== PRESSING F8 BRINGS UP BLOCK MODE MENU, HERE YOU CAN SELECT BETWEEN XMIT SENT BUFFER (THIS BUFFER HAS THE LAST 1120 BYTE OF TEXT YOU HAVE SENT FROM THE KEYBOARD) OR THE RECEIVE BUFFER (THIS BUFFER HAS A MAXIMUM OF 65,500 CHARACTERS). THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS ON THIS MENU ARE THE DELETE BLOCK FROM RECEIVE BUFFER AND SAVING THE BLOCK TO DISK. TO MARK A BLOCK TO BE USED - FIRST SELECT THE BUFFER YOU WANT TO USE USING EITHER THE "T" OR "R" KEY. THE XMIT SENT BUFFER IS COMPLETELY DISPLAYED ON ONE SCREEN, THE RECEIVE BUFFER CAN CONTAIN MANY DISPLAY SCREENS (PAGES). USE THE ARROW KEYS TO MOVE THE CURSOR AROUND THE SCREEN AS NEEDED. TO MARK THE BEGINNING OF A BLOCK - PLACE THE CURSOR ON THE CHARACTER THAT WILL BE THE STARTING POINT OF THE BLOCK - THEN PRESS <CTRL> B. THAT CHARACTER WILL THEN BE DISPLAYED IN REVERSE VIDEO. MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE VERY END OF THE BLOCK YOU WANT TO SELECT AND PRESS <CTRL> E IF YOU ARE IN THE XMIT SENT BUFFER - THE ENTIRE BLOCK IS DISPLAYED IN REVERSE VIDEO, OTHERWISE THE END CHARACTER WILL ALSO BE DISPLAYED IN REVERSE VIDEO. PRESSING EITHER <CTRL> B OR <CTRL> E ACTUALLY TOGGLES THE BLOCK POINTER ON AND OFF. IF, AFTER YOU HAVE SELECTED A BEGINNING OR END, YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR SELECTION - JUST PRESS THE KEY THAT SELECTS THE POINTER YOU WANT TO CHANGE (<CTRL> B = START OR <CRTL> E = END) AND PRESS THAT KEY AGAIN. THE FIRST KEY PRESS WILL CLEAR THE ORIGINAL POINTER (EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT ON IT WITH THE CURSOR), PRESSING IT THE SECOND TIME WILL SELECT THAT POINTER AGAIN AT WHATEVER CURSOR POSITION YOU MAY BE ON AT THE TIME. YOU ARE NOW READY TO EXIT TO THE MENU, YOU MUST PRESS THE F8 KEY (PRESSING <ESCAPE> WILL RETURN YOU TO THE MENU - BUT CLEARS ANY BLOCK MARKERS THAT YOU MAY HAVE SELECTED). USING F8 TO EXIT THE BUFFER WILL SAVE THE POINTERS YOU HAVE SELECTED. THIS BLOCK IS NOW READY FOR YOU TO DO WITH AS YOU WISH (SAVE,DELETE,PRINT OR RE-SEND). NOTE: ALL KEY ASSIGNMENTS FOR BLOCK MODE ARE GIVEN ON PAGES: 5 & 6 OF: SECTION 2 - PROGRAM KEY ASSIGNMENTS. ============== USING AUTO-SAVE MODE ============== SINCE THE RECEIVE BUFFER IS LIMITED TO HOLDING THE LAST 65,500 CHARACTERS, SAVING EVERYTHING THAT MAY BE SENT FOR LONG PERIODS IS IMPOSSIBLE USING IT. THIS IS WHERE "AUTO-SAVE" COMES IN, BY SELECTING THIS MODE, EVERYTHING RECEIVED IS "ECHOED" TO A DISKFILE. BY PRESSING <CTRL> F9 - YOU WILL BE PROMPTED (ON LINE 17) FOR A FILENAME TO SAVE THE RECEIVED CHARACTERS UNDER. THE AMOUNT OF RECEIVED TEXT IS ONLY LIMITED BY THE DISK SIZE. IMPORTANT NOTE: FILES SAVED USING AUTO-SAVE MAY BE MUCH LARGER THAN CAN BE LOADED INTO PIX BUFFER TO EDIT. IF THIS IS THE CASE, YOU WILL HAVE TO USE AN OUTSIDE WORD PROCESSOR TO EDIT THE FILE. NOTE: IF YOU HAVE A COLOR MONITOR, LINE 25 (THE OPTION/INFO LINE) WILL HAVE A CYAN (AQUA) COLOR BACKGROUND. MONO USERS SHOULD HAVE "NORMAL" VIDEO. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK BY PRESSING <CTRL> F9 TO SEE IF YOU ARE IN "AUTO-SAVE" MODE - BY PRESSING THOSE KEYS (WHEN YOU ARE IN AUTO-SAVE) A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED INDICATING YOU ARE ALREADY IN "AUTO-SAVE" MODE. TO CLOSE FILE, PRESS <ALT> F9. 11 ============== USING PRINT MODE ============== PRESSING F9 - DISPLAYS THE PRINT MENU (IF YOUR PRINTER IS ON LINE AND NOT IN SOME ERROR CONDITION). HERE YOU CAN SELECT BETWEEN PIX XMIT BUFFER, RECEIVE BUFFER OR A RECEIVE BLOCK. AFTER SELECTING THE BUFFER, YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF EITHER PRINTING THE WHOLE FILE OR PART OF A FILE (FILL). YOU CAN ALSO TOGGLE BETWEEN AUTO-LINEFEED OR NORMAL PRINTING. USING AUTO- LINEFEED WILL SPREAD OUT AN OVERLINE TO MAKE SEEING "DINGS" IN A PIX EASIER TO SPOT. USING THIS PRINT MODE YOU CAN PRINT A DISKFILE FROM THE XMIT (PIX) BUFFER WHILE VIEWING THE NORMAL RECEIVE MODE SCREEN. YOU WILL NOT LOSE ANY RECEIVE OR PRINTER CHARACTERS BY DOING THIS. ============== USING "SHELL" MODE ============== BY PRESSING <ALT> F10 YOU CAN SHELL OUT OF THE PROGRAM TO YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM (THE FILE STORED UNDER THE COMSPEC ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE). IF YOU LIMIT YOUR "OUT OF PROGRAM TIME" TO 20 MINUTES OR LESS, YOU WILL NOT LOSE ANY RECEIVE CHARACTERS. WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED USING THE SHELL JUST ENTER: EXIT<RETURN> - AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE PROGRAM WITH THE SCREEN COMPLETELY UPDATED. THIS SELECTION IS AVAILABLE IN EITHER NORMAL RECEIVE MODE, OR IN THE -TYPE AHEAD- XMIT MODE. IMPORTANT NOTE: ALTHOUGH AUTORTTY SAVES THE DEFAULT PATH DURING PROGRAM START-UP, FOR INTERNAL FILE SAVES (LIKE MSG PORTS, ETC.), IT MAY BE SAFER HAVE THE PATH SET TO THE PROGRAM DEFAULT BEFORE RETURNING FROM YOUR "SHELL" MODE, ALTHOOGH I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM BY RETURNING TO THE PROGRAM FROM ANOTHER PATH. IMPORTANT NOTE: NEVER CALL-UP A PROGRAM FROM THIS SHELL THAT WILL MODIFY THE SERIAL PORT YOU ARE USING FOR YOUR INTERFACE. ============== BAUD RATE - RTTY MODE SELECTION ============== TO TOGGLE BETWEEN FIXED BAUD RATES (45-75-110-135-300) YOU JUST PRESS <CTRL> B. TO TOGGLE BETWEEN ASCII AND BAUDOT JUST PRESS <CTRL> V. IF YOU ARE IN ASCII MODE - YOU CAN TOGGLE BETWEEN ASCII8 (8 LEVEL) AND ASCII 7 (7 LEVEL) BY PRESSING <CTRL> A. THESE SELECTIONS WORK ONLY IN RECEIVE MODE. ============== SENDING DATE/TIME AND CWID ============== PRESS <CTRL> D TO SEND THE CURRENT DATE/TIME. THIS CAN BE ENTERED INTO THE TYPE AHEAD BUFFER AS WELL - AND WILL BE SENT WHEN THE XMIT ROUTINE COMES TO IT. PRESS <CTRL> I TO SEND A CWID. THIS IS NOT STORED IN THE TYPE AHEAD, SO IT IS ONLY AVAILABLE WHEN THE TYPE AHEAD BUFFER IS EMPTY (CAUGHT UP TO YOUR TYPING). AUTORTTY WILL AUTOMATICALLY SEND YOUR CWID EVERY NINE MINUTES, WHETHER IN PIX OR FILL MODE OR JUST SENDING TEXT IN A QSO. IT WILL EVEN ID IF YOU ARE ON THE PHONE AND THE RIG IS SITTING THERE IN "MARK" TONE. 12 ======= SENDING FILES ENTERED IN THE TYPE AHEAD BUFFER ======= WHEN YOU FIRST ENTER <CTRL> F THE NEXT INPUT MUST BE A VALID FILENAME. YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY SPACES BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS IN THE FILESPEC (DRIVE/PATH/FILENAME). YOU END YOUR FILESPEC ENTRY BY PRESSING <CTRL> F - A SECOND TIME. (NEVER ALLOW THE FILENAME BETWEEN THE CONTROL F CHARACTERS TO WRAP TO ANOTHER LINE) SEE AN EXAMPLE OF THIS AND FURTHER INFORMATION IN THE PROGRAM KEY ASSIGNMENTS AREA OF THIS MANUAL, SECTION2. ========== LOADING AND TRAMSMITTING THE PIX XMIT BUFFER ========= BY PRESSING F3 - YOU WILL BRING UP A MENU IN THE UPPER WINDOW GIVING YOU THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO YOU FOR LOADING THE TRANSMIT (PIX) BUFFER. THOSE OPTIONS ARE: 1. LOAD BUFFER FROM DISK, 2. LOAD BUFFER FROM THE RECEIVE BUFFER (THE CURRENT CONTENTS), 3. LOAD BUFFER FROM A "BLOCK" SELECTED FROM THE RECEIVE BUFFER. WHEN LOADING FROM DISK, YOU MUST INPUT THE COMPLETE FILESPEC (DRIVE:\PATH\FILENAME) OF THE DISKFILE TO BE LOADED INTO THE PIX XMIT BUFFER. THE FILENAME WILL BE DISPLAYED ON LINE ONE. IF YOU NEED TO EDIT THE FILE BEFORE SENDING, PRESS <CTRL> F3 AND YOU WILL ENTER "AUTOEDIT", THE EDITOR MODULE. WHEN LOADING FROM EITHER OF THE RECEIVE BUFFER OPTIONS, THE NAME DISPLAYED ON LINE ONE WILL REFLECT WHICH OPTION YOU USED. IF YOU PLAN ON SAVING AND/OR EDITING THE TRANSMIT BUFFER, PRESS <CTRL> F3. IF YOU PREVIOUSLY LOADED THE BUFFER FROM THE RECEIVE BUFFER OR BLOCK - YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR A COMPLETE FILESPEC (DRIVE:\PATH\FILENAME) YOU WANT THE BUFFER SAVED UNDER. AFTER GIVING AN ACCEPTABLE FILESPEC, YOU WILL ENTER THE TRANSMIT (PIX) BUFFER EDITOR "AUTOEDIT". NOTE: FOR INFORMATION ON USING "AUTOEDIT", THE TRANSMIT (PIX) BUFFER EDITING MODULE, SEE NEXT PAGE. WHEN YOU ARE IN XMIT MODE, YOU CAN TRANSMIT THE PIX BY PRESSING <SHIFT> F3, THIS WILL HALT YOUR TYPE AHEAD SENDING - SO IT SHOULD ONLY BE SELECTED WHEN YOUR TYPE AHEAD BUFFER IS EMPTY (AS INDICATED BY THE TYPE BUFF SIZE ON LINE 18). ========== PREPARING AND SENDING PART (FILL) OF A PIX =========== WHEN THE XMIT BUFFER IS LOADED, PRESS F7 - YOU WILL BE PROMPTED (ON LINE 17) FOR BOTH THE START AND END FILL LINES. AFTER YOU HAVE GIVEN YOUR INPUT, IT WILL BE DISPLAYED BESIDE THE PIX NUMBER ON LINE ONE. YOU CAN TRANSMIT THE "FILL" FROM YOUR NORMAL TYPE AHEAD MODE BY PRESSING <SHIFT> F7. AGAIN YOUR TYPE AHEAD BUFFER SHOULD BE EMPTY WHEN ENTERING THIS THIS MODE. ============== EXITING YOUR AUTORTTY PROGRAM ============== TO EXIT AUTORTTY, PRESS <CTRL> O - A MESSAGE WILL APPEAR ON LINE 25 INFORMING YOU TO PRESS <CTRL> U TO EXIT OR ANY OTHER TO CONTINUE IN THE PROGRAM. 13 ======= USING "AUTOEDIT" TRANSMIT (PIX) BUFFER EDITOR ======= AFTER LOADING THE TRANSMIT (PIX) BUFFER, USING THE F3 COMMAND, YOU CAN ENTER THE EDIT BUFFER MODE BY PRESSING <CTRL> F3. IF YOU PREVIOUSLY LOADED THE BUFFER FROM EITHER OF THE RECEIVE BUFFER OPTIONS, YOU WILL FIRST BE PROMPTED FOR A COMPLETE FILESPEC (DRIVE:\PATH\FILENAME) TO SAVE THE BUFFER UNDER. THE EDITOR WILL COMPLETELY FILL YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN. NOTE: ALL RECEIVED DATA IS STILL BEING SAVED IN THE RECEIVE BUFFER AND WILL BE DISPLAYED WHEN YOU EXIT (BY PRESSING <ESCAPE>) THE EDITOR. LINE (1) HAS THE EDITOR NAME "AUTOEDIT" ALONG WITH THE FILENAME OF THE FILE WHICH IS DISPLAYED. LINE (24) SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF "FREE" BUFFER SPACE - THE ACTUAL ROW OF THE FILE THE CURSOR IS ON (OVERLINES ARE NOT COUNTED) - THE COLUMN WITHIN THE ROW THE CURSOR IS ON (EACH ROW CAN BE AS LONG AS 225 CHARACTERS, ALTHOUGH NOT RECOMMENDED, ITS THERE SO YOU CAN USE BACKSPACE AND DELETE MODES WHICH APPEND LINES TOGETHER). ADDITIONALLY, LINE (24) HAS AN INDICATOR TO INFORM WHETHER YOU ARE IN INSERT (OPENS A LINE UP TO "INSERT" CHARACTERS TYPED WITHIN IT) OR OVERWRITE (NEW CHARACTERS ARE ENTERED "OVER" THE OLD TEXT) MODE. THE LETTERS "INS" STAND FOR INSERT MODE - "OVR" INDICATES OVERWRITE MODE, THE CURSOR ALSO INDICATES WHICH MODE YOU ARE IN. AN UNDERLINE CURSOR INDICATES "INSERT" MODE - A BLOCK CURSOR INDICATES "OVERWRITE" MODE. YOU TOGGLE BETWEEN THESE MODES BY PRESSING <INSERT> KEY. LASTLY, LINE (24) DISPLAYS THE SIZE OF THE FILE YOU ARE EDITING, THIS IS UPDATED (AS IS THE BUFFER FREE) - WHEN YOU ENTER OR DELETE CHARACTERS. LINE (25) DISPLAYS THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE EDITOR. HELP - PRESS F1 - WILL DISPLAY A SCREEN OF KEY ASSIGNMENTS USED. PRESSING F3 (IN NORMAL EDIT MODE) - WILL PROMPT YOU FOR A COMPLETE FILESPEC (DRIVE:\PATH\FILENAME) OF THE DISKFILE YOU WANT TO "INSERT" AT THE CURRENT CURSOR POSITION. PRESSING F4 (IN NORMAL EDIT MODE) - WILL SAVE THE BUFFER TO DISK, USING THE FILESPEC YOU ENTERED PREVIOUSLY. THE PROGRAM AUTOMATICALLY RENAMES THE CURRENT FILE WITH A ".BAK" EXTENSION, THEN SAVES THE CURRENT BUFFER CONTENTS USING THE NORMAL FILENAME. IF, FOR SOME REASON, IT CAN NOT SAVE THE FILE AT THE CURRENT FILESPEC - YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR ANOTHER FILESPEC TO SAVE THE BUFFER UNDER. PRESSING F4 (IN BLOCK MODE) - WILL PROMPT YOU FOR A COMPLETE FILESPEC (DRIVE:\PATH\FILENAME) WHICH WILL BE USED WHEN SAVING THE "MARKED" BLOCK. PRESSING F8 TOGGLES BLOCK MODE (ON/OFF). WHEN ON, YOU CAN MARK THE BEGINNING AND END OF A "BLOCK" OF TEXT TO EITHER DELETE OR COPY TO ANOTHER LOCATION. YOU SELECT THE "BLOCK START" BY FIRST PLACING THE CURSOR AT THE POINT YOU WANT THE BLOCK TO START - THEN PRESS <CTRL> B. BY THE SAME TOKEN, YOU SELECT THE "BLOCK END" BY PLACING THE CURSOR AT THE POINT YOU WANT THE BLOCK TO END - THEN PRESS <CTRL> E. WHEN YOU MAKE THESE SELECTIONS, RIGHT AND LEFT POINTING TRIANGLES ARE "INSERTED" IN THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS (EVERYTHING WITHIN THESE "TRIANGLES" ARE IN THE SELECTED BLOCK - INCLUDING ANY END-OF-LINE CHARACTERS). IF YOU (CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) 14 === USING "AUTOEDIT" TRANSMIT (PIX) BUFFER EDITOR (CONT.) === MAKE A MISTAKE IN SELECTING A BLOCK MARKER - JUST PRESS THAT KEY SEQUENCE AGAIN AND THE MARKER WILL BE CLEARED FROM THE SCREEN. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE "ON" THE MARKER TO CLEAR IT - EVEN IF THE MARKER HAS SCROLLED OFF THE SCREEN, IT WILL BE CLEARED, IF YOU HAVE THE CURSOR AT THE NEW POSITION - JUST PRESS THE PROPER BLOCK SELECTING KEYS AGAIN AND IT WILL BE MARKED. LINE 25 SHOWS IF YOU HAVE A BLOCK MARKER SET OR CLEARED. PRESSING F8 A SECOND TIME WILL EXIT BLOCK MODE. YOU ONLY HAVE THREE OPTIONS AVAILABLE IN BLOCK MODE: 1. <CTRL> D - TO DELETE THE "MARKED" BLOCK, 2. <CTRL> O - TO COPY THE "MARKED" BLOCK, STARTING AT THE CURRENT CURSOR POSITION. YOU CAN'T HAVE THE CURSOR INSIDE THE BLOCK WHEN YOU SELECT "COPY". 3. F4 - SAVES CURRENT MARKED BLOCK (PROMPTS FOR FILESPEC). IMPORTANT NOTE: IF YOU ATTEMPT TO DELETE A BLOCK THAT IS LARGER THAN 10K BYTE, YOU WILL GET A MESSAGE WINDOW WHICH EXPLAINS THAT THE BLOCK YOU HAVE SELECTED IS OVER 10K AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO "UNDELETE" IT. THE WINDOW THEN PROMPTS, ASKING IF YOU WANT TO DELETE THE BLOCK ANYWAY. ---- KEYS SUPPORTED WITHIN "AUTOEDIT" ---- F1 - HELP - DISPLAYS A SCREEN WHICH CONTAINS ALL OF THE KEY ASSIGNMENTS USED WITHIN THE EDITOR. F3 (NORMAL EDIT MODE) - PROMPTS FOR A COMPLETE FILESPEC (DRIVE:\PATH\FILENAME) OF THE FILE TO BE INSERTED AT THE CURRENT CURSOR POSITION. F4 (NORMAL EDIT) - SAVES BUFFER - SEE PREVIOUS PAGE. F4 (BLOCK MODE) - PROMPTS FOR A COMPLETE FILESPEC (DRIVE:\PATH\ FILENAME) FOR SAVING CURRENT BLOCK TO DISK. F8 - TOGGLES ENTER/EXIT OF BLOCK MODE (LINE 24 WILL SHOW IF IN BLOCK MODE OR NORMAL EDIT MODE). <CTRL>B - TOGGLES SET/CLEAR OF START OF BLOCK (IN BLOCK MODE). <CTRL>E - TOGGLES SET/CLEAR OF END OF BLOCK (IN BLOCK MODE). <BACKSPACE> WILL "DELETE" AS THE CURSOR MOVES BACK TO THE LEFT. IF YOU ARE IN COLUMN ONE - PRESSING BACKSPACE WILL CAUSE THE CURRENT LINE TO BE APPENDED TO THE LINE ABOVE (AFTER REMOVING THE PREVIOUS LINE'S END-OF-LINE CHARACTER/S). <DELETE> WILL "DELETE" CHARACTERS TO THE RIGHT OF THE CURSOR AS THEY ARE "PULLED" TO THE CURSOR. IF YOU HAVE THE CURSOR AT THE END OF A LINE - IT WILL "PULL" THE NEXT LINE UP AND APPEND IT TO THE CURRENT LINE (AFTER REMOVING THE CURRENT LINE'S END-OF-LINE CHARACTER/S). <ARROW> KEYS - ALL ARROW KEYS ARE SUPPORTED. LINES LONGER THAN THE CURRENTLY DISPLAYED 79 CHARACTERS (AS INDICATED BY A "+" IN COLUMN 80) WILL BE DISPLAYED, AS THE CURSOR REACHES COLUMN 80, BY (CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) 15 === USING "AUTOEDIT" TRANSMIT (PIX) BUFFER EDITOR (CONT.) === HAVING THE SCREEN "SCROLL" TO THE RIGHT. IT WILL JUMP IN 20 CHARACTER INCREMENTS AS YOU MOVE THE CURSOR FARTHER TO THE RIGHT (OR LEFT - IF YOU ARE MOVING BACK TO THE BEGINNING). YOU CAN SCROLL THROUGH THE FILE BY HOLDING DOWN EITHER THE "UP" OR "DOWN" ARROW KEYS. THE SCREEN WILL SHIFT RIGHT AS THE CURSOR, OR CHARACTERS, ARE ENTERED IN COLUMN 80 - IT WILL SHIFT LEFT AS YOU MOVE THE CURSOR (OR BACKSPACE) LEFT FROM COLUMN 1 (UNLESS YOU ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT LINE). <HOME> KEY - MOVES THE CURSOR TO THE BEGINNING OF ITS LINE. <CTRL><HOME> MOVES THE CURSOR TO THE UPPER LEFT OF THE CURRENT SCREEN. <END> KEY - MOVES THE CURSOR TO THE END OF ITS LINE. <CTRL><END> MOVES THE CURSOR TO THE END OF THE LAST LINE ON THE CURRENT SCREEN. <PAGEUP> KEY - MOVES THE CURRENT DISPLAY SCREEN "UP" BY 20 LINES. <CTRL><PAGEUP> KEY - TAKES YOU TO THE BEGINNING OF THE FILE. <PAGEDOWN> KEY - MOVES THE CURRENT DISPLAY SCREEN "DOWN" BY 20 LINES. <CTRL><PAGEDOWN> KEY - TAKES YOU TO THE END OF THE FILE. <RETURN> - WILL INSERT A CARRIAGE RETURN/LINEFEED PAIR AS THE END-OF-LINE CHARACTERS. <CTRL> M - WILL INSERT A CARRIAGE RETURN ONLY AS THE END-OF-LINE CHARACTER. <CTRL> J - WILL INSERT A LINE WHICH HAS ONLY A LINEFEED AS THE END-OF-LINE CHARACTER. <CTRL> Y - DELETES THE "WHOLE" LINE THE CURSOR IS ON. HOLDING THESE KEYS DOWN WILL KEEP SCROLLING UP THE FILE AND DELETING LINES AS IT GOES. IF YOU USE THIS FEATURE, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE CURSOR ON LINE ONE - THIS WAY YOU HAVE THE REST OF THE SCREEN TO VIEW AS IT DELETES. ON FAST COMPUTERS, YOU CAN GET DELETE LINES VERY QUICKLY - SO BE VARY CAREFUL. <CTRL> R - WILL RESTORE THE "LAST" LINE WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY DELETED WITH THE COMMAND ABOVE. <ALT> R - WILL RESTORE THE LAST BLOCK DELETED (IF THAT DELETED BLOCK WAS LESS THAN 10K) AT THE CURRENT CURSOR POSITION. <CTRL> N - INSERTS A LINE AT THE CURRENT CURSOR POSITIONS - WITH A CARRIAGE RETURN/LINEFEED END-OF-LINE. <ESCAPE> KEY - WILL EXIT THE EDIT MODE AND RETURN YOU TO THE NORMAL RECEIVE RTTY SCREEN. IF THE FILE HAS CHANGED SINCE YOU LAST SAVED, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED WITH THE OPTIONS TO EITHER "SAVE AND EXIT" OR "EXIT WITHOUT SAVE". (CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) 16 THE DISPLAY OF EACH LINE'S END-OF-LINE CHARACTER/S IS THE SAME IN THE EDITOR AS IT IS IN THE REST OF THE PROGRAM. A "<" IN COLUMN 80 INDICATES A CARRIAGE RETURN/LINEFEED PAIR. A "-" IN COLUMN 80 STANDS FOR A CARRIAGE RETURN ONLY. A "J" IN COLUMN 80 INDICATES A LINEFEED ONLY. A "+" INDICATES A LINE THAT IS LONGER THAN, THE DISPLAYED, 79 CHARACTERS. IF YOU HAVE A COLOR MONITOR, THE LINE WHICH HAS THE CURSOR WILL BE DISPLAYED IN "YELLOW". 17 AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX KEY ASSIGNMENTS SECTION 2 FUNCTION KEY ASSIGNMENTS FOR K8LC AUTORTTY PROGRAM VERSION 1.X ------ <CTRL> & <ALT> KEY ASSIGNMENTS ALSO INCLUDED ------ F1 - - - - - HELP/INFO --- OFFERS MULTIPLE SCREENS WHICH EXPLAIN HELP/KEYS ALL KEY ASSIGNMENTS USED BY THIS PROGRAM. THE INFO GIVEN IS JUST A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THEIR USE. <SHIFT> F1 - FROM RECEIVE MODE, THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO GO INTO A "BREAK" BREAK-XMIT TRANSMIT MODE. YOUR NORMAL TYPE AHEAD WINDOW WILL BE SAVED AND THEN CLEARED. YOU ARE NOW IN TRANSMIT BREAK MODE AS THE LINE ABOVE THE TYPE BUFFER WINDOW WILL INDICATE. YOU CAN GO DIRECTLY FROM THIS TRANSMIT MODE TO THE NORMAL TYPE AHEAD XMIT MODE BY PRESSING <SHIFT> F2 OR <CTRL> T. THE NORMAL EXIT WILL BE BY USING THE CTRL E (AT END OF TEXT YOU WANT SENT) OR WITH F2 OR <CTRL> R (PRESS TWICE FROM TYPE XMIT GOES TO RECEIVE - PRESS THREE TIMES TO ABORT PIX BUFFER SENDING - SUCH AS SENDING A PIX OR FILL - AND RETURNS TO TYPE XMIT MODE). <CTRL> F1 -- BRINGS UP THE FIRST, OF FIVE, PROGRAM CONFIGURATION OPTION SCREENS. THIS FIRST SCREEN COVERS: THE BAUD RATE AND RTTY MODE THE PROGRAM WILL STARTUP IN. YOUR TIME ZONE, WHETHER ITS DAYLIGHT SAVING OR STANDARD TIME AND LASTLY IF YOU WANT TO RETAIN A CR SENT WITH A CR/LF PAIR (IF SENT). THE NEXT SCREEN INCLUDES INPUT OFTHE SERIAL PORT YOU ARE USING FOR YOUR INTERFACE AND OTHER VARIABLES NEEDED FOR PROPER PROGRAM OPERATION. THE NEXT TWO SCREENS HAVE THE DEFAULT "PATHS" USED BY THE VARIOUS PROGRAM FUNCTIONS. SCREEN 5 HAS TWO INPUTS WHICH ARE USED TO SEND SPECIAL INFO OR HOLIDAY GREETINGS - THE FIRST IS SENT DURING THE WELCOME MESSAGE, THE SECOND IS SENT DURING LOG-OFF. IMPORTANT: <CTRL>F1 SHOULD BE THE VERY FIRST THING YOU DO AFTER INSTALLING "AUTORTTY" ON YOUR COMPUTER. <ALT> F1 - - REDRAWS THE RECEIVE WINDOW AND STATUS LINES. IF, FOR SOME REASON, YOUR RECEIVE WINDOW OR STATUS LINES BECOME MESSED UP, PRESSING <ALT> F1 SHOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. EVEN IF THE SCREEN GETS MESSED UP, YOUR RECEIVE BUFFER SHOULD CONTAIN THE CORRECT DATA. ALWAYS TRY THIS FUNCTION, ALONG WITH TRYING TO GO TO SOME OTHER MODE AND RETURN, BEFORE REBOOTING THE PROGRAM. MOST OF THE TIME THIS FUNCTION SHOULD GIVE SATISFACTORY RESULTS. F2 - - - - - IN RECEIVE MODE, THIS COMMAND PUTS THE PROGRAM IN (OR CTRL R) "LTRS" RECEIVE, JUST IN-CASE YOUR "28" GETS STUCK IN IN RECV IT "FIGS". IN TRANSMIT MODE (IF CURRENTLY SENDING FORCES LTRS YOUR TYPE AHEAD BUFFER, SENDING A PIX OR FILL) THIS SELECTION WILL GIVE YOU IMMEDIATE BREAKOUT OF TRANSMIT MODE. (F2 INFO CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) 1 === F2 INFORMATION CONTINUED === IN XMIT IT NOTE: YOU WILL HAVE TO PRESS F2 TWICE TO ABORT FORCES END NORMAL TYPE TRANSMIT AND THREE TIMES TO ABORT A PIX XMIT AND OR FILL. (A SAFE GUARD AGAINST ACCIDENTAL ABORT) RETURNS TO ANY CHARACTERS LEFT IN THE XMIT BUFFER WILL BE SENT RECEIVE THE NEXT TIME YOU USE XMIT MODE. TO AVOID SENDING THE REMAINDER OF A BUFFER - YOU SHOULD USE THE NORMAL RETURN TO RECEIVE <CTRL> E. USING THIS AT THE END OF "EVERYTHING" YOU PLAN TO XMIT, THE PROGRAM WILL AUTOMATICALLY SEND A CARRIAGE RETURN LINEFEED PAIR, THEN SCROLL UP THE TYPE AHEAD SCREEN AND PLACES CURSOR. YOU ARE THEN READY TO START ENTERING YOUR TEXT AGAIN. <SHIFT> F2 - GOES FROM RECEIVE MODE TO TRANSMIT MODE - OR FROM (OR CTRL T) TRANSMIT BREAK MODE TO NORMAL TYPE AHEAD TRANSMIT RX TO TX MODE. THERE IS A CONFIGURATION OPTION ALLOWING YOUR TYPE & MESSAGE PORT XMIT TO BE ECHOED TO THE RECEIVE SCREEN AND PUT IN THE RECV BUFF. F3 - - - - - DISPLAYS A MENU (ON UPPER WINDOW) GIVING THE LOAD PIX OPTIONS FOR LOADING THE TRANSMIT (PIX) BUFFER. IF XMIT BUFFER LOADING FROM A DISK FILE, YOU -MUST- ENTER THE COMPLETE FILESPEC (DRIVE\PATH\FILENAME) OF THE FILE YOU WANT LOADED IN THE TRANSMIT BUFFER. IF YOU WANT TO USE SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE DISPLAYED DEFAULT, JUST USE EITHER BACKSPACE OR DELETE (DELETE = BACKSPACE IN RTTY PRG) TO CLEAR THE DEFAULT AND TYPE IN YOUR INPUT. THIS FUNCTION IS AVAILABLE WHILE VIEWING A DIRECTORY BROUGHT UP BY F5 - (EDIT VIEW MODE) WITH "D" SELECTED. YOUR OTHER OPTIONS ARE LOADING THE TRANSMIT BUFFER WITH THE CURRENT CONTENTS OF THE RECEIVE BUFFER, OR FROM A SELECTED "BLOCK" OF THE RECEIVE BUFFER. <SHIFT> F3 - WHEN IN TRANSMIT MODE, THIS WILL SEND THE DISKFILE XMIT PIX THAT WAS LOADED WITH THE ABOVE F3 COMMAND. <CTRL> F3 -- ENTERS "AUTOEDIT" MODULE -- FOR EDITING THE TRANSMIT AUTOEDIT (PIX) BUFFER. THIS FUNCTION ALLOWS "FULL" EDITING OF THE BUFFER. FOR COMPLETE DETAILS, SEE SECTION 1 MANUAL - PAGES 14-16. F4 - - - - - PROMPTS (ON LINE 17) FOR A FILESPEC (DRIVE:\PATH\- SAVE RECV FILENAME) THAT WILL BE USED TO SAVE THE RECEIVE BUFFER TO BUFFER UNDER. IF THE FILE EXISTS, IT WILL ASK IF DISK YOU WANT TO OVER-WRITE THE EXISTING FILE. <SHIFT> F4 - USE THIS WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED ENTERING ALL OF YOUR (OR CTRL E) INPUT IN THE TYPE AHEAD (OR BREAK) BUFFER. SEE <CTRL> E FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION ON THIS ENTRY. F5 - - - - - DISPLAYS THE EDIT/VIEW MENU IN A WINDOW THAT IS EDIT OF MSG OPENED UP IN THE UPPER RECEIVE WINDOW. YOU WILL PORTS AND STILL HAVE 6 LINES OF RECEIVE TEXT DISPLAYED. YOU VIEW TX & HAVE THE OPTIONS OF EDITING YOUR MESSAGE PORTS, RX BUFFERS VIEWING THE RECEIVE AND XMIT (PIX) BUFFERS AND & DIR DISPLAYING A DIRECTORY. 2 F6 - - - - - DISPLAYS INFO (ON LINE 25) ABOUT CLEARING THE CLRS RX,TX, VARIOUS BUFFS. PRESS: "R" TO CLEAR RECEIVE - "T" TO PIX BUFFS CLEAR TYPE AHEAD - "P" TO CLEAR THE PIX BUFFER. <CTRL> F6 -- PROMPTS (ON LINE 17) FOR A FILESPEC (DRIVE:\PATH\- DELETES A FILENAME) WHICH WILL BE DELETED - IT WILL ASK FOR DISKFILE VERIFICATION BEFORE ACTUALLY DELETING THE FILE. THIS FUNCTION IS AVAILABLE WHILE YOU ARE VIEWING A DIRECTORY BROUGHT UP BY F5 (EDIT/VIEW MODE) WITH "D" SELECTED. F7 - - - - - PROMPTS (ON LINE 17) FOR BOTH THE START LINE AND INPUT PIX END LINE NUMBERS USED FOR SENDING PART OF A FILE FILL LINES (FILL). TRANSMIT BUFFER MUST BE LOADED BEFORE THIS FUNCTION WILL OPERATE. <SHIFT> F7 - TRANSMITS THE "FILL" SELECTED WITH THE F7 FUNCTION XMIT ABOVE ABOVE. YOU MUST BE IN TRANSMIT MODE BEFORE THIS PIX FILL THIS SELECTION WILL WORK. IF YOU WANT TO SEND TO THE END OF A PIX - PICK A LINE NUMBER GREATER THAN THE NUMBER IN PIX - I USE 999. F8 - - - - - BRINGS UP THE MENU FOR "BLOCK" MODE. YOU HAVE THE BLOCK MODE OPTIONS TO MARK A BLOCK EITHER IN YOUR KEYBOARD MARK BLOCK (TYPE SENT) BUFFER OR RECEIVE BUFFER. YOU CAN XMIT IN RECEIVE/ THE "MARKED" BLOCK, WHILE IN NORMAL XMIT (TYPE TYPE AHEAD AHEAD) MODE BY PRESSING <SHIFT> F8. THIS XMIT WILL BUFFERS HALT NORMAL TYPE AHEAD SENDING - SO USE THIS MODE WHEN YOUR TYPE BUFFER INDICATES ZERO. ANOTHER OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO DELETE THE BLOCK FROM THE RECEIVE BUFFER - OR SAVE THE BLOCK TO DISK. YOU CAN ALSO PRINT THE BLOCK BY CALLING UP THE PRINT MODE (F9) AND SELECT "PRINT BLOCK". <SHIFT> F8 - TRANSMITS THE SELECTED BLOCK -- THIS FUNCTION ONLY XMITS BLOCK WORKS WHEN YOU ARE IN TRANSMIT (TYPE AHEAD) MODE. F9 - - - - - DISPLAYS THE PRINTING OPTION MENU. YOU CAN PRINT PRINTING ALL OR PART OF EITHER THE XMIT (PIX) BUFFER OR THE OPTION RECEIVE BUFFER. IT ALSO HAS THE OPTION TO ENABLE MENU "AUTO LINEFEED" WHICH WILL SPREAD OUT THE OVERLINES SO YOU CAN BETTER SEE A PROBLEM THAT MAY REQUIRE EDITING. YOU CAN ALSO PRINT THE "MARKED" BLOCK FROM THE RECEIVE BUFFER. PRINTER ERRORS SHOULD NOT NOT "HANG-UP" THE PROGRAM. <CTRL> F9 -- PROMPTS (ON LINE 17) FOR THE FILESPEC TO ACCEPT AUTO-SAVE, THE CHARACTERS RECEIVED. IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON SAVES ALL BEING AWAY FOR A NUMBER OF HOURS - YOU CAN SELECT CHARACTERS THIS MODE TO HAVE "EVERYTHING" RECEIVED IN A DISK RECEIVED TO FILE. YOU CAN LATER GO THIS FILE WITH A WORD A SELECTED PROCESSOR AND EXTRACT ANY TEXT, OR PIX FILE, YOU DISKFILE WANT TO KEEP. YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO VIEW THE RECEIVED TEXT AND USE MOST OF THE OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THIS PROGRAM, SUCH AS TRANSMIT, WHILE YOU ARE IN AUTO-SAVE. COLOR MONITOR USERS: LINE 25 (OPTION/INFO LINE) WILL HAVE A CYAN BACKGROUND INSTEAD OF WHITE WHEN IN AUTO-SAVE MODE. MONO USERS: LINE 25 SHOULD BE IN REVERSE VIDEO. 3 <ALT> F9 - - THIS CLOSES THE FILE OPENED BY THE ABOVE COMMAND CLOSES A-S AND RETURNS TO THE NORMAL PROGRAM MODE. F10 - - - - IF YOU HAVE THE FULL AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX PROGRAM: AUTO-PIX PRESSING THIS KEY THREE TIMES, YOU WILL ENTER "AUTO- MODE PIX" MODE. PRESSING THIS KEY THREE TIMES FROM WITHIN "AUTO-PIX" WILL EXIT THAT MODE AND RETURN YOU TO THE NORMAL PROGRAM MODE. THIS MODE WILL NOT FUNCTION IF YOU ARE IN AUTO-SAVE. <SHIFT> F10 - IF YOU HAVE THE FULL AUTORTTY/AUTO-PIX PROGRAM: PRINTS LOG- THIS SELECTION WILL PRODUCE A PRINT-OUT OF THE FILE FROM LOGFILE CREATED BY THE "AUTO-PIX" MODE. YOU SHOULD AUTO-PIX RUN THIS ONCE A MONTH TO KEEP A RECORD OF SYSTEM LOGFILES USAGE. COPY THE FILES TO A FLOPPY FOR SAFE KEEPING, THEN DELETE THE FILES FROM THE LOGFILE DEFAULT PATH. THIS WILL SPEED-UP THE LOG OFF PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE USING A FLOPPY FOR THE DEFAULT LOGFILE PATH. <ALT> F10 -- SHELLS OUT TO THE PROGRAM THAT IS NAMED IN THE SHELL TO ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE "COMSPEC" - THIS IS USUALLY "COMSPEC" YOUR VERSION OF MS-DOS UNLESS YOU ARE USING AN ALTERNATE OPERATING SYSTEM. IF YOU KEEP YOUR "SHELL" TIME LESS THAN 20 MINUTES - YOU SHOULDN'T LOSE ANY RECEIVE CHARACTERS (BASED ON 100 WPM BAUDOT). WHEN IN THE SHELL YOU CAN RUN OTHER PROGRAMS (IF THEY WILL FIT IN MEMORY) OR OTHER COMMAND LINE OPERATIONS. 4 <CTRL> & <ALT> KEY ASSIGNMENTS FOR "AUTORTTY" PRG VERSION 1.X CTRL B - - - TOGGLES THROUGH THE VARIOUS BAUD RATES SUPPORTED BY THIS PROGRAM. THOSE ARE 45 - 75 - 110 - 135 - 300. YOU MUST BE IN RECEIVE MODE TO USE THIS FUNCTION. CTRL V - - - TOGGLES BETWEEN BAUDOT AND ASCII MODES. THE DEF- AULT ASCII MODE USES THE 8 BIT DATA FORMAT. YOU CAN SWITCH BETWEEN ASCII8 AND ASCII7 BY USING THE CTRL A SHOWN BELOW. CTRL A - - - IN ASCII MODE - THIS TOGGLES BETWEEN ASCII8 AND ASCII7. CTRL O - - - PRESS TO EXIT PROGRAM -- YOU ARE PROMPTED (ON LINE 25) TO EITHER PRESS CONTROL U (TO EXIT PROGRAM AND RETURN TO DOS) OR TO PRESS ANY OTHER KEY TO RETURN TO PROGRAM. CTRL P - - - TOGGLES PRINTER ECHO ON/OFF. THIS CAN BE SELECTED DURING NORMAL RECEIVE MODE, AS WELL AS, WHEN YOU ARE IN ANY XMIT MODE. WHEN ON, ALL RECEIVED TEXT IS ECHOED TO THE PRINTER (USING ANY PORT -SERIAL OR PARALLEL- ) YOU SELECTED DURING PROGRAM CONFIGURATION. IF YOU TAKE THE PRINTER OFF LINE OR IT RUNS OUT OF PAPER, OR ANY OTHER MALFUNCTION, THE PROGRAM WILL -AUTOMATICALLY- TURN OFF THE PRINT ECHO FEATURE. THIS KEEPS THE PROGRAM FROM "HANGING UP". NOTE: IF PRESSING THIS KEY DOES -NOT- GIVE THE PRINT ECHO MESSAGE ON EITHER LINE 16 OR 18 (RECV OR XMIT) YOUR PRINTER MAY BE OFF LINE (OR NOT TURNED ON) OR MAYBE OUT OF PAPER OR ANY OTHER ERROR THAT WILL NOT ALLOW PRINTING. YOU WILL GET A "BEEP" TO LET YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG. CTRL F - - - ALLOWS LOADING AND SENDING OF A DISKFILE (PIX) FROM WITHIN THE NORMAL TRANSMIT TYPE AHEAD BUFFER. TO USE THIS FUNCTION: PRESS CTRL F (THIS DISPLAYS ƒ) THEN ENTER THE FILESPEC (DRIVE\PATH\FILENAME) PRESS CTRL F (THIS DISPLAYS ANOTHER ƒ). NOTE: DO -NOT- HAVE ANY SPACES BETWEEN THE CTRL F CHARACTERS. YOU MUST INCLUDE DRIVE AND ANY SUBDIRS. IF THE TRANSMIT HAS CAUGHT UP TO YOU AND YOU BEGIN ENTERING DATA AFTER THE FIRST CTRL F -- THEN YOU DECIDE YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEND A FILE AFTER ALL - JUST BACKUP TO THE FIRST CTRL F AND ENTER THE SECOND CTRL F. WHEN THE PROGRAM ENCOUNTERS THE SECOND CTRL F - IT TRYS TO OPEN THE FILE TO SEND - NOT FINDING ONE - IT, HARMLESSLY, EXITS BACK TO THE NORMAL TYPE AHEAD MODE, JUST LIKE BEFORE YOU ENTERED THE FIRST CTRL F. IMPORTANT: THEY MUST BE USED IN PAIRS. DON'T WRAP A FILENAME TO ANOTHER ROW, ENTER <RETURN> THEN THE COMPLETE ENTRY YOU CAN ENTER ANY NUMBER OF DISKFILES IN THIS MANNER, EACH WILL BE LOADED AND SENT AS IT COMES UP IN THE TYPE AHEAD BUFFER. EXAMPLE: ƒB:1234-1P.PIXƒƒB:1235-1P.PIXƒ - SENDS TWO FILES. (<CTRL> F INFO CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) 5 CTRL F - - - (CONTINUED): IF YOU ARE GETTING NEAR COLUMN 60, ENTER <RETURN> TO GO TO NEXT ROW BEFORE ENTERING ANOTHER SELECTION. EXAMPLE: THIS IS A TYPE AHEAD LINE BEFORE 1ST CRTL F<RETURN> ƒC:\NEW-PIX\GUD-NUDE.PIXƒ NOTE: NEVER ALLOW A LINE WRAP BETWEEN THE TWO CTRL F'S CTRL G - - - SENDS THE "BELL" - IT IS DISPLAYED WITH THE "MUSIC NOTE". CTRL D - - - SENDS THE DATE/TIME - IT IS DISPLAYED WITH "SUN" CHARACTER. CTRL I - - - TRANSMITS A CWID - IN TRANSMIT MODE. CTRL R - - - SEE INFORMATION FOR F2. CTRL T - - - SEE INFORMATION FOR <SHIFT> F2 CTRL Y - - - CLEARS A LINE FROM EITHER TYPE AHEAD OR MESSAGE PORT EDIT. CTRL E - - - ENTER THIS AT -END- OF ALL TEXT YOU WANT TO SEND (OR<SFT>F4) (INCLUDING ANY MESSAGE PORTS, YOU ARE USING TO INDICATE THE END OF THE CURRENT XMISSION. AFTER THIS CHARACTER IS ENTERED THE PROGRAM WILL NOT ALLOW ANYMORE CHARACTERS TO BE ENTERED IN HE KEYBOARD BUFFER. YOU CAN USE THE <BACKSPACE> OR <DELETE> KEYS TO REMOVE THIS "CHARACTER" AND AGAIN INPUT MORE TEXT OR MESSAGE PORTS IN THE TYPE AHEAD BUFFER. WHEN THE XMIT ROUTINE ENCOUNTERS THIS CHARACTER, THE PROGRAM WILL SCROLL UP THE TYPE AHEAD BUFFER WINDOW, PLACE CURSOR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LINE (READY FOR YOUR NEXT INPUT) AND RETURN TO THE RECEIVE MODE. CTRL M - - - ENTERING <CTRL> M TRANSLATES TO A CARRIAGE RETURN/- LINEFEED PAIR IN TYPE AHEAD, BREAK AND MESSAGE PORT BUFFER INPUT. CTRL J - - - ENTERING <CTRL> J ALSO TRANSLATES TO A CARRIAGE RETURN/LINEFEED PAIR IN TYPE AHEAD, BREAK AND MESSAGE PORT BUFFER INPUT. ========== KEYS USED INSIDE EDIT/VIEW AND BLOCK MODES ========== HOME/CTRL Q --- TAKES YOU BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE BUFFER YOU ARE IN. THIS KEY HAS NO EFFECT WHEN IN TYPE SENT BUFFER IN BLOCK MODE. END/CTRL Z ---- TAKES YOU TO THE END OF THE BUFFER YOU ARE IN. THIS KEY HAS EFFECT WHEN IN TYPE SENT BUFFER IN BLOCK MODE. (CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) 6 PAGEUP/CTRL W - MOVES UP ONE SCREEN (PAGE) IN THE BUFFER. THIS KEY HAS NO EFFECT IN TYPE SENT BUFFER IN BLOCK MODE. PAGEDN/CTRL X - MOVES DOWN ONE SCREEN (PAGE) IN THE BUFFER. AGAIN, THIS KEY HAS NO EFFECT IN TYPE SENT BUFFER IN BLOCK MODE. <ESC> ESCAPE -- PRESSING THIS KEY WILL EXIT YOU FROM THE BUFFER YOU ARE IN BACK TO EITHER EDIT/VIEW OR BLOCK MODE MENU. NOTE: USING THIS KEY TO LEAVE A BUFFER IN BLOCK MODE WILL -NOT- CREATE A MARKED, GLOBAL, BLOCK YOU CAN USE. ============== KEYS USED EXCLUSIVELY IN BLOCK MODE ============== <ARROW KEYS> - USE THE ARROW KEYS TO PLACE THE CURSOR ON THE CHARACTER THAT IS USED FOR THE START AND END OF YOUR BLOCK. CTRL B -- TOGGLES THE -BEGINNING- (TEMPORARY) BLOCK MARKER WITHIN A BUFFER. IF THE MARKER IS CLEAR - IT WILL MARK (SET) THE BEGINNING OF THE BLOCK. IF THE MARK IS SET - IT WILL BE CLEARED (REGARDLESS OF ITS LOCATION IN THE BUFFER). CTRL E - - TOGGLES THE -END- (TEMPORARY) BLOCK MARKER WITHIN A BUFFER. IF THE MARKER IS CLEAR - IT WILL MARK (SET) THE END OF A BLOCK. A SET MARKER WILL BE CLEARED BY PRESSING IT. HAVING THE ABOVE KEYS TOGGLE IS HANDY IF YOU WISH TO CHANGE A MARKER AND DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO MOVE OFF TO ITS LOCATION TO CLEAR IT. IF YOU SEE A PLACE THAT SHOULD BE THE USED AS MARKER, BUT YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE SET, JUST PRESS BLOCK MARKER KEY (EITHER <CTRL> B OR <CTRL> E) THE ORIGINAL MARKER IS CLEARED. IF THE CURSOR IS ON THE SPOT YOU WANT THE NEW MARKER SET - JUST PRESS WHICH-EVER MARKER KEY THAT HAS TO BE SET. IF THE CURSOR ISN'T ON THE NEW LOCATION, MOVE IT THERE THEN PRESS THE TEMPORARY BLOCK MODE MARKER KEYS <CTRL> B OR <CTRL> E. ============ SPECIAL COMMANDS FOR MESSAGE PORT #1 ============ <ALT> C - - CLEARS MESSAGE PORT #1 - CONFIRMS YOUR CHOICE BEFORE ACTUALLY CLEARING THE PORT. <ALT> A - - ADDS A CALL SIGN TO MESSAGE PORT #1 - DO NOT HAVE ANY SPACES IN YOUR INPUT. (PROMPTS ON LINE 17) THE PROGRAM ADDS A TRAILING SPACE. <ALT> R - - REMOVES A CALL FROM MESSAGE PORT #1 - AGAIN DO NOT HAVE ANY SPACES IN YOUR INPUT. (PROMPTS ON LINE 17) IF THE CALL SIGN CAN NOT BE FOUND, IT WILL INFORM YOU ON LINE 17. (MESSAGE PORT INFORMATION ON NEXT PAGE) 7 --- MESSAGE PORTS --- ALT 1 THRU ALT 0 -- (DO NOT USE KEYS ON KEYPAD) USE TO SELECT MESSAGE PORT, TO SEND, IN TYPE AHEAD OR BREAK BUFFER. WHEN PROMPTED FOR MESSAGE PORT NUMBER IN "EDIT MESSAGE PORT" MODE -- JUST USE THE NORMAL 1 THRU 0. AGAIN, DO NOT USE <ALT> OR THE KEYPAD KEYS, FOR EDITING. YOU CAN NOW GIVE, AS PART OF YOUR INPUT, ANOTHER MESSAGE PORT NUMBER (USING THE <ALT> KEY WITH THE NORMAL NUMBER KEYS (NOT KEYPAD KEYS). --------------------- AS YOU WILL SEE, I HANDLE END-OF-LINE DISPLAY A BIT DIFFERENTLY. COLUMN 80 WILL HAVE: "<" FOR A CR/LF, "-" FOR A CR ONLY, "J" FOR A LINEFEED AND A "+" FOR AN EXTENDED LINE (ONE THAT IS LONGER THAN 79 COLUMNS. I CHOSE THIS METHOD SO YOUR RECEIVED PIX WOULD BE AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE, ON THE SCREEN. WALTER E. BESS, JR. K8LC PRECISION ELECTRONICS 1525 KARIN STREET IRONTON, OHIO 45638 PHONE: 1-614-532-6111 8