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====== Telemate 4.12 ============================== Order Form ====== Please send cheque or money order payable to "White River Software" in US or CAD. Overseas order in money order, please. (Note that the current postage from US to Canada is $0.40.) For multi-user licenses, please contact us. White River Software P.O.Box 73031 Limeridge Mall Postal Outlet Hamilton, Ont. L9A 5H7 Canada --------------------------------------------------------------------- Qty. Item US/CAD Amount ___ Telemate Registration @ $49/$55 $________ (with latest version and document on disk, and the registration number that remove the ending screen) ___ GIFLink Registration @ $30/$35 $________ (Look! A X/Y/Zmodem/QuickB external protocol driver that displays transmitting GIF images in SuperVGA 256 colors!) ___ GIFLITE Registration @ $30/$35 $________ (A GIF-to-GIF Compressor that reduces GIF size by 30% and yet preserves the same quality and resolution!) Less $10 discount if you order any two or $20 discount if you order all three $(______) Shipping and handling outside US and Canada @ $4 $________ Subtotal $________ Ontario resident please add Prov. Sales Tax (8%) $________ Canadian resident please add Goods & Services Tax (7%) $________ Total US$________/CAD$________ Disk size: [ ] 5.25 [ ] 3.5 (Please check one) Name ____________________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Country _____________________ Phone (______)_____________________ Comments ____________________________________________________________ ===================================================================== ====== Telemate 4.12 ======================= Credit Card Order ====== For MasterCard or Visa card order, please call the Public (Software) Library at 1-800-2424-775 or 1-713-524-6394 (order only please) and ask for TELEMATE or by writing to Public (Software) Library P.O. Box 35705 Houston, TX 77235-5705 USA --------------------------------------------------------------------- Qty. Item Amount ___ Telemate Registration in 5.25 disk @ US $49 $________ (with latest version and document on disk, and the registration number that remove the ending screen) ___ Telemate Registration in 3.5 disk @ US $49 $________ (with latest version and document on disk, and the registration number that remove the ending screen) Shipping and handling outside US and Canada @ US $4 $________ Total US$________ Name ____________________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Country _____________________ Phone (______)_____________________ Card # _______________________________ Expiry date________________ Name of cardholder___________________________________________________ Signature____________________________________________________________ ===================================================================== ===== Telemate German Edition ============ Bestellformular ===== Bitte senden Sie Ihre Bestellung zusammen mit einem Scheck, Bargeld oder unter Angabe Ihrer Kreditkarte (Visa, EUROCARD oder MasterCard) an die unten stehende Adresse. Wenn Sie eine Multi-User-Lizenz möchten, setzen Sie sich mit uns in Verbindung. MicroServe GmbH Postfach 13 68 D-28860 Lilienthal (bis 30.6.93 gilt die alte Postleitzahl 2804) Tel: 04298/30557 Fax: 04298/30558 M.I.X Support Mailbox: 04298/30086 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Anzahl Artikel DM Betrag ___ Telemate deutsche Vollversion, DM 249,00 DM________ Komplettpaket mit ausführlichem Handbuch ___ GIFLink Registrierung DM 65,00 DM________ (Ein X/Y/Zmodem/QuickB externer Protokoll- treiber, der während der Übertragung GIF-Bilder in SuperVGA 256 Farben zeigt.) Aktuelle Version und Anleitung auf Diskette. ___ GIFLITE Registrierung DM 65,00 DM________ (Ein GIF-zu-GIF Komprimierer, komprimiert bis zu 30% bei gleichbleibender Qualität und Auflösung!) ___ Telemate Registrierung, engl.Version DM 99,00 DM________ (with latest version and document on disk, and the registration number that remove the ending screen) DM 10,00 Rabatt, wenn Sie zwei Programme oder DM 20,00 Rabatt, wenn Sie alle drei Programme bestellen - DM(______) Versandpauschale DM 5,00, außerhalb der EG DM 10,00 DM________ Für Versand per Nachnahme zzgl. DM 3,00, außerhalb der EG zzgl. DM 6,00 DM________ Gesamtbetrag DM________ Diskettenformat: [ ] 5,25" [ ] 3,5" (Bitte wählen Sie eins) Name ________________________________________________________ Adresse ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Land _____________________ Telefon (______) _________________ Ich zahle per: Nachnahme [ ] beiliegendem Scheck [ ] beiliegendem Bargeld [ ] VISA Card [ ] EUROCARD/MasterCard [ ] Verfalldatum ___________ Karten-Nr.:_____________________ Karteninhaber __________________ Datum _______________ Unterschrift ______________________________ ▌█████████ ▌██████ ▌█▌ ▌██████ ▌█████████▌ ▌███████▌ ▌█████████ ▌██████ ▌█▌ ▌█ ▌█▌ ▌█ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█ ▌█▌ ▌█ ▌█▌ ▌█ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█ ▌█▌ ▌█████▌ ▌█▌ ▌█████▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌▌████▌ ▌█▌ ▌█████▌ ▌█▌ ▌█ ▌█▌ ▌█ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█ ▌█▌ ▌█ ▌█▌ ▌█ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█ ▌█▌ ▌██████ ▌██████ ▌██████ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌█▌ ▌██████ Version 4.12 By Tsung Hu, White River Software Copyright (c) 1988-1993 White River Software. All rights reserved. TELEMATE TABLE OF CONTENTS i TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 What's Special? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 REGISTRATION 2 License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Multi-user License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 International Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Evaluation Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 GETTING STARTED 4 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Installing Telemate on a Floppy Disk System . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Installing Telemate on a Hard Disk System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 THE INSTALLATION PROGRAM 6 Com Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Alarm Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Window Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Back Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Selecting Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Ending your installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 EXECUTING TELEMATE 14 Executing Telemate on a Dual 360K Floppy Disk System . . . . . . . 14 Executing Telemate on a 720K or 1.2M Floppy Disk System . . . . . . 15 Executing Telemate on a Hard Disk System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Command Line Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Terminal Option /T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Already Online Option /O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 No Init Option /N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Auto Dial Option /D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Full Screen Option /F [Alt -] . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Windows Compatibility Option /W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Load Phone Directory /= . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Auto Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 IF YOU HAVE A MOUSE 17 Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Three Button Mice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Two Button Mice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Window Borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 The Scroll Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 TELEMATE TABLE OF CONTENTS ii USING TELEMATE'S WINDOWS [Alt W] 19 Opening a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Selecting a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Pull Down Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Zooming a Window . . . [Alt Z] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Moving a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Resizing a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Closing a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 GETTING HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT 21 SYSTEM FUNCTIONS 22 DOS Command . . . . . . [Alt R] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Jumping to DOS . . . . [Alt J] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 File Directory . . . . [Alt F] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Clipboard . . . . . . . [Alt K] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Printing a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Exiting Telemate . . . [Alt X] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 THE DIAL WINDOW [Alt D] 25 Directory Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Dialing Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 The Dial Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Save Dial List . . . . [F2] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Load Phone Directory . [F3] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Find . . . . . . . . . [F4] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Next . . . . . . . . . [F5] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Quick Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Edit . . . . . . . . . [F6] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Goto . . . . . . . . . [F7] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Manual Dial . . . . . . [F8] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Revise Script . . . . . [F9] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Append Entries . . . . [F10] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Remove Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Hang Up . . . . . . . . [Alt H] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Learning Script . . . . [Alt N] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Phone Entry Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Phone Entry Dialog (Second Page) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 THE TERMINAL WINDOW [Alt T] 32 The Terminal Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Sending files . . . . . [Page Up] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 The Protocol Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 The File Input Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 The File Transfer Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Receiving Files . . . . [Page Down] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Logging Sessions . . . [Alt L] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using Scripts . . . . . [Alt S] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Learning Script . . . . [Alt N] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Pasting . . . . . . . . [Alt P] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Quoting . . . . . . . . [Alt Q] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Image Files . . . . . . [Alt I] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Command Stack . . . . . [Alt Y] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Chat Mode . . . . . . . [Alt C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Originate Mode . . . . [Alt G] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Answer Mode . . . . . . [Alt A] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 TELEMATE TABLE OF CONTENTS iii Doorway Mode . . . . . [Alt =] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Hang Up . . . . . . . . [Alt H] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Clear Text . . . . . . [Ctrl Home] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Break Signal . . . . . [Ctrl End] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Printer Log . . . . . . [Ctrl PrtSc] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 THE EDIT WINDOW [Alt E] 38 Status Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Moving Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Deleting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 CUA Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Wordstar Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 The Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Mark . . . . . . . . . [F10] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Copy . . . . . . . . . [Alt C] [Shift Alt C] . . . . . . . . . . . 40 cUt . . . . . . . . . [Alt U] [Shift Alt U] . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Tag . . . . . . . . . [Alt G] [Shift Alt G] . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Paste . . . . . . . . . [Alt P] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Quote . . . . . . . . . [Alt Q] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Write . . . . . . . . . [Alt A] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 New . . . . . . . . . . [Alt N] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Saving Files . . . . . [F2] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Loading Files . . . . . [F3] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Find . . . . . . . . . [F4] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Next . . . . . . . . . [F5] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Replace . . . . . . . . [F6] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Goto . . . . . . . . . [F7] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Filter . . . . . . . . [F8] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Reformat . . . . . . . [F9] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Auto Indent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Backup Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Macro Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 THE VIEW WINDOW [Alt V] 44 The View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Quote . . . . . . . . . [Alt Q] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 THE BACK WINDOW [Alt B] [Center] [Ctrl Up]/[Ctrl Down] 45 The Back Scroll Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Write . . . . . . . . . [Alt A] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Quote . . . . . . . . . [Alt Q] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Scroll Lock . . . . . . [Scroll Lock] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Capture . . . . . . . . [Ins] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Clear . . . . . . . . . [Alt N] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 THE MACRO WINDOW [Alt M] 47 The Macro Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 The Keypad Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 The Alt-Keypad Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 The Keyboard Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 The Macro Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 The Macro Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Defining Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Macro Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 The '^-' Keystroke Simulation Macro Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 TELEMATE TABLE OF CONTENTS iv The '^=' Hot Key Macro Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 The '^\' Run Script Macro Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Redefining the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Loading and Saving Macros, Keypads and Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 52 THE OPTION DIALOGS [Alt O] 53 The Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Saving and Loading Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Saving Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 How to Make Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 General Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Mouse & Keyboard Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Dial Setup Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Directory Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Terminal Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Communication Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Protocol Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 External Protocol Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 APPENDIX A: KEYBOARD SCAN CODE 70 APPENDIX B: KEYBOARD ASSIGNMENT IN TERMINAL EMULATION 71 APPENDIX C: FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOLS 73 APPENDIX D: DEFINING EXTERNAL PROTOCOLS 75 APPENDIX E: USAGE LOG 76 APPENDIX F: THE PHONE DIRECTORY 77 APPENDIX G: MEMORY MANAGEMENT 78 How Telemate uses EGA/VGA video RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Optimizing Memory Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Running under DOS 5.0 and 6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Running under QEMM386.SYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Running under DESQView/386 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Running under Windows 386 Enhanced Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 APPENDIX H: ERROR MESSAGES 81 APPENDIX I: TELEMATE SUPPORT BBS 82 APPENDIX J: PRODUCT LINE 83 What is GIFLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 What is GIFLITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 INDEX 84 TELEMATE INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── In the past, I have used several communication packages but was not satisfied. Each one lacked basic features which I considered essential to telecommunications, so I decided to write my own. I hope that you find Telemate useful and support it. What's Special? Integrated Environment: Telemate is much more than a communications program. Telemate is a flexible, full featured environment, with an interface that is easy to learn and use. An editor, viewer and mouse support are built into Telemate. All of these features are accessible from menus and keyboard. Multithreading: Telemate has multithreading (or internal multitasking) built-in. While you are dialing or downloading, you can prepare messages, view files, or scroll back to the last connection. You can have them all at the same time, running in their own windows. Mouse Support: While the other communication programs still require a mouse-menu TSR to emulate their function keys, Telemate considers the mouse as an integral part of its design, providing a smooth user interface, regardless of the input method you prefer. Built-in Editor and Viewer: The editor allows you to prepare your messages, edit documents or type letters. And the viewer can display files without disturbing the editor. Back Scroll: The very large back scroll buffer works just like an editor. Portions of the buffer can be saved to disk. By pressing just a few keys, you can tag file name, quote a message and search the buffer for matches. Clipboard: Through the clipboard, you can cut and paste text among windows. You can prepare a message in the editor and then copy or paste it to the terminal, or you can tag file names from the back scroll buffer and paste them to the terminal. File Transfer Protocols: Telemate has the most popular protocols built-in, including Zmodem, Ymodem-G, Xmodem, Kermit and CompuServe QuickB. In addition, there are eight slots for external protocols. Easy-to-learn Script Language: Writing a Telemate script program is as simple as writing a BASIC program. If you don't have any programming experience, the Learn Script mode can generate script files for you. Enhanced Video support: Without any additional hardware, Telemate lets you select a screen height from 25 to 32 lines on your normal CGA adapter and 7 choices of screen height on an EGA or VGA adapter. TELEMATE REGISTRATION 2 REGISTRATION ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Telemate is NOT FREE. You MUST REGISTER after the 30-day evaluation period. Telemate is a Shareware product. It is distributed through public access channels so that prospective buyers can have the opportunity to evaluate the product before making a decision to buy. If you decide to use this software, then you are under both legal and moral obligations to register it with the author. It is fully protected by State, Federal and International copyright laws. If you continue to use Telemate after the 30-day evaluation period you must register it. Registration Fee : US$ 49 / CAD$ 55 To register your copy of Telemate, fill in the order form and mail it along with your cheque or money order in US or CAD funds to the address indicated in the form. Because of the high service charge to collect cheques from overseas, we only accept overseas orders in the form of international money order. For MasterCard or Visa card order, please call the Public (Software) Library (PSL) at 1-800-2424-775 or 1-713-524-6394 (order only please) or by writing PSL; P.O. Box 35705; Houston, TX 77235-5705. For technical support, please call our Support BBSs listed in the appendix. CompuServe users can register Telemate with CompuServe's new shareware registration service. GO SWREG and search for Telemate. When you register, you will receive the program diskettes of the the latest version and your registration number. Registration entitles you continue using the current version and all future versions. The registration number will remove any annoying functions in the unregistered version of any Telemate releases. As a registered user, you can write to us or call the support BBS's if you have any questions or problems. We appreciate suggestions and ideas. Most new Telemate features come from user feedback. License You are free to copy and distribute Telemate for NON-COMMERCIAL use IF: NO FEE IS CHARGED FOR USE, COPYING OR DISTRIBUTION, AND IT IS NOT MODIFIED IN ANY WAY. Computer user groups or clubs may make copies of Telemate and distribute to members for a fee that covers copying and other administrative costs. Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) that operate through subscription fees may post Telemate for download by its subscribers. TELEMATE REGISTRATION 3 Shareware vendor may distribute Telemate, which includes the utility programs and the documents, for a fee under US$8 which covers copying and other administrative costs. Otherwise, distributors have to obtain written permission from the author. CD-ROM producers have to obtain a written permission from the author. Multi-user License We offers multi-user licenses to schools, companies and other associations. Orders for less than 10 users include the same amount of Telemate programs on disk. For orders of more than 10 users, a master copy of Telemate is provided and the licensee is responsible for copying the disks. The prices are as follows: Number of Users: Price (US) Discount 1 - 10 @ $ 49 (no discount) 11 - 20 @ $ 45 10 % 21 - 50 @ $ 40 20 % 51 - 100 @ $ 35 30 % 100+ $ 5000 (one time fee) International Editions Telemate is also available in German and other European languages from our dealer in Germany. Please call MicroServe GmbH for details. MicroServe GmbH Postfach 1368 Tel: +49 (04298)30 557 2804 Lilienthal Fax: +49 (04298)30 558 Germany BBS: +49 (04298)30 086 Evaluation Diskettes Telemate is distributed on three diskettes which contain the current version of Telemate and its companion utility programs. These diskettes are available for $5 per copy. This fee covers the cost of diskettes, postage, and handling but does not include registration. Disclaimer This program is provided AS IS without any warranty, expressed or implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular use. Trademarks Telemate, GIFLink and GIFLITE are trademarks of White River Software. Many specific products found in this manual are trademarks of specific companies. TELEMATE GETTING STARTED 4 GETTING STARTED ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Requirements Telemate requires an IBM PC/AT/fully compatible computer, PC-DOS or MS-DOS version 3.00 or greater, a minimum of 500K of memory and a modem. (Actually, a modem is optional. Telemate can be used to connect two computers directly via a cable or a null modem.) Optional: Telemate makes full use of a mouse if present and runs on Monochrome, CGA, EGA or VGA systems. Up to 8MB expanded memory (EMS 3.2 or up) and 8MB extended memory with XMS driver is supported. IMPORTANT: Before doing anything else, MAKE A COPY of the disk(s) containing the Telemate program. Store the original copy in a safe place and use the copy as your working diskette. Installing Telemate on a Floppy Disk System Installation for a floppy disk system is simple. Unpack the working copies of the Telemate disks to different diskettes (do not use the originals for this). Then do the following: 1) Put the Telemate disk #1 in drive A 2) Type TMINST and press [Enter] to run the installation program. Installing Telemate on a Hard Disk System The following steps show how to install Telemate on the C drive of your hard disk drive. You can use any other drive by substituting the letter of your drive in place of C in the example below. 1) Check to be sure you are logged on the C drive and on the root directory. To be sure you are at the root directory type CD \. 2) Make a subdirectory for the Telemate files by typing MD \TM. If you already have a directory you wish to use for Telemate, change to that directory and skip to step 4. 3) Change to the Telemate directory by typing CD \TM . 4) Place the Telemate disk #1 in drive A and copy the Telemate files to this directory by typing COPY A:\*.* C:\TM 5) Place the disk #2 in drive A and copy the Telemate files to this directory by typing COPY A:\*.* C:\TM 6) (For 3.5 inch disk users, skip to Step 7.) Place the disk #3 in drive A and copy the Telemate files to this directory by typing COPY A:\*.* C:\TM TELEMATE GETTING STARTED 5 7) Remove the disk in drive A and type CD \TM to go to the Telemate directory. 8) To start the installation program, type TMINST and press [Enter]. To help Telemate locate the configuration file that TMINST creates, add the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file: SET TMCFG=C:\TM\TM.CFG This will enable Telemate to run from any directory or from a menu system. If your COMMAND.COM is not located in the root directory, you should also include the line SET COMSPEC=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM in AUTOEXEC.BAT, assuming COMMAND.COM is in the C:\DOS directory. TELEMATE THE INSTALLATION PROGRAM 6 THE INSTALLATION PROGRAM ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The installation program TMINST.EXE, creates the configuration file TM.CFG and the phone directory TM.FON. Some options must be defined before you run Telemate. Two examples are the memory usage and the window colors. Some options can be defined after installation using the Option dialogs inside Telemate. When you first run TM.EXE, it will automatically chain to TMINST.EXE so that you can setup the options. If you want to change some options later, you can run TMINST.EXE separately. Once you have started the installation program the following will appear on your screen. ┌─── Main Menu ────┐ │ COM Parameter │ │ Display │ │ Mouse │ │ Printer │ │ Memory │ │ Alarm Song │ │ Menu Bar │ │ Menu │ │ Help Window │ │ Dial Window │ │ Terminal Window │ │ Transfer Window │ │ Edit Window │ │ View Window │ │ Back Window │ │ Macro Window │ │ Stack Window │ │ Dos Window │ │ Option Dialog │ │ End Installation │ └──────────────────┘ Com Parameter ┌── COM Para ──┐ │ COM Port │ When you select "Com Parameter", a second │ Baud Rate │ menu appears for you to indicate how │ Parity │ Telemate will work with your equipment. │ Data Bits │ │ Stop Bits │ │ Dial Prefix │ │ Dial Suffix │ │ Protocol │ │ Flow Control │ │ Base Address │ │ IRQ │ │ Interrupt │ └──────────────┘ TELEMATE THE INSTALLATION PROGRAM 7 Com Port ┌───────┐ │ COM 1 │ Telemate supports the use of up to 8 COM │ COM 2 │ ports. Most users have their modems │ COM 3 │ connected to COM1 or COM2. │ COM 4 │ │ COM 5 │ You should refer to the computer and modem │ COM 6 │ documentation for the COM port you are │ COM 7 │ using. │ COM 8 │ └───────┘ Baud Rate ┌────────┐ Baud rate refers to the speed at which │ 300 │ communications take place. Check your modem │ 1200 │ manual if you are unsure which speed it is. │ 2400 │ │ 4800 │ Most modems use 2400 baud. High speed │ 9600 │ modems use a baud rate from 9600 to 38400. │ 19200 │ If your high speed modem has a 14400 bps │ 38400 │ or higher throughput, you should use 19200 │ 57600 │ or 38400 baud in Telemate and lock the │ 115200 │ transfer rate in your modem. Please check └────────┘ your modem manual for locking transfer rate. Parity ┌───────┐ The vast majority of BBS's are set up for │ None │ no parity with 8 data bits. │ Odd │ │ Even │ Some online services use even parity and │ Space │ 7 data bits. │ Mark │ └───────┘ Data Bits / Stop Bits ┌─────┐ ┌─────┐ Data bits refers to how much data is sent │ 7 │ │ 1 │ before a stop bit is sent. Data is normally │ 8 │ │ 2 │ sent in chunks of 9 bits, 8 data bits and └─────┘ └─────┘ 1 stop bit. Dial Prefixes and Dial Suffixes ┌───────────────┐ │ ATDT │ Dial Prefixes refer to the string Telemate │ ATDP │ sends just prior to dialing a number. │ ATDT │ If you have a pulse phone, (check with your │ ATDT 9, │ phone company if you are not sure) choose └───────────────┘ "ATDP". If you have touch tone phone service, then select "ATDT". Dial Suffixes refer to the signal Telemate sends after the phone number. Usually, it is simply a carriage return: "^M". The content of the prefixes and suffixes can be modified in Option/Dial Setup dialog in Telemate at any time. TELEMATE THE INSTALLATION PROGRAM 8 Protocol ┌────────────────┐ │ Zmodem │ Protocol refers to the method Telemate │ Ymodem │ uses to transfer data. This option allows │ Ymodem-G │ you to choose a default protocol, but │ Batch Ymodem │ you can use any of the protocols. The │ Xmodem │ default setting is only your first choice. │ Xmodem-1K │ │ Xmodem Relaxed │ Zmodem is recommended because it is both │ Telink │ fast and reliable. A description of the │ SEAlink │ protocols can be found in the appendix. │ Modem7 │ │ Kermit │ │ CIS Quick B │ │ ASCII │ └────────────────┘ Flow control ┌────────────────┐ XON/XOFF software flow control is usually │ XON/XOFF OFF │ used by networks while the RTS/CTS hardware │ RTS/CTS OFF │ control is used by high speed modems. │ 16550 FIFO ON │ └────────────────┘ If the modem is an error correcting modem, such as an MNP modem, RTS/CTS should be ON, XON/XOFF should be off. 16550 FIFO refers to the First In/First Out data buffer of NS16550AN UART chip. If your serial adapter is equipped with this chip, you should turn it ON. This will prevent data overruns caused by disk access or the overhead of the multitasker. Base Address, IRQ & Interrupt The default setting for COM1 to COM4 is probably suitable for most modems. For details on the setting of your modem, please refer to the modem's documentation. Normally, the interrupt number is the IRQ number plus 8. For example, IRQ 5 uses the interrupt number 13. High IRQ from 8 to 15 use the interrupt numbers from 112 to 119. For example, IRQ 9 uses the interrupt number 113. The setting being selected corresponds to the current COM port you have chosen. You can use different settings for the other COM ports by selecting the "other COM port" item from the menu. If the setting for your modem is not shown in the menu, you can modify the following line in the configuration file, TM.CFG. COMx=3f8,12,4 The first item is the base address, the second is the interrupt number and the third the IRQ number. TELEMATE THE INSTALLATION PROGRAM 9 Displays ┌──── Display ─────┐ Telemate supports a variety of video │ Video Type │ displays. You can use Telemate with Mono, │ Video Height │ CGA, EGA or VGA adapters. │ Video Cache OFF │ │ Scroll Bar ON │ Telemate allows you to choose from 4 video │ Snow Check OFF │ types: Default determines what adapter you │ Date Format │ have and adjusts accordingly. If you are └──────────────────┘ using a CGA with a black and white monitor, you should choose B&W to override the color setup. If you are using a laptop, LCD may suit you better. Video Height ┌────────────────┐ Telemate lets you choose from a variety of │ 25 │ video heights. Video height refers to the │ 26 CGA,EGA,VGA │ number of lines of text on your screen. │ 27 CGA,EGA,VGA │ 28 lines is recommended: 1 line for │ 28 CGA,EGA,VGA │ the menu bar, 1 for the bottom status │ 29 CGA │ line and 26 for the text. │ 30 CGA │ │ 31 CGA │ Note: The Terminal window has at least │ 32 CGA │ 24 lines, though only 23 lines may be │ 35 EGA,VGA │ visible. The window will shift up or │ 40 VGA │ down automatically to adjust to the │ 43 EGA,VGA │ visible region. │ 50 EGA,VGA │ └────────────────┘ Video Cache, Scroll Bar, Snow Check and Date Format On systems with a slower screen update rate, such as MS Windows or a slower computer, Video Cache should be ON and Telemate only update the screen after scrolling several lines. This improves system performance although the screen may appear a little jumpy. ┌─── Display ──────┐ Telemate uses a graphical scroll bar that │ Video Type │ allows you to scroll through files using a │ Video Height │ mouse. If you don't plan to use a mouse │ Video Cache OFF │ with Telemate you may wish to turn this │ Scroll Bar ON │ feature off. │ Snow Check OFF │ │ Date Format │ Original CGA display adapters exhibit 'snow' └──────────────────┘ while accessing the video memory. In this case, the Snow Check option should be ON. Newer CGA adapters do not have this problem and display speed will be improved if this option is OFF. Note: This option applies to CGA only. Telemate supports 9 date formats which can be divided into 3 groups. The first group uses '-' as the separator, the second uses the '/' and the third uses '.'. These formats should support virtually any country. TELEMATE THE INSTALLATION PROGRAM 10 Mouse ┌─── Mouse ───┐ Telemate is designed to work intuitively │ Mouse Type │ with a mouse. To insure that Telemate works │ Mouse Port │ properly with your mouse, you must select │ Mouse Speed │ what kind of mouse you are using, what port └─────────────┘ it is connected to, and whether you want to use acceleration or not. Mouse Type ┌──────────────┐ │ None │ Telemate supports two types of mice, but │ Mouse System │ almost every mouse emulates one of │ MS Mouse │ the two, and many emulate both. └──────────────┘ Mouse Port ┌───────┐ Mouse port refers to which serial port │ None │ your MouseSystem mouse is connected to. │ COM 1 │ If your mouse is a Microsoft mouse, │ COM 2 │ there is no need to select a port because └───────┘ the mouse driver will detect it. Mouse Speed ┌────────┐ If you find that the mouse cursor is too │ Fast │ fast, you can slow it down by selecting │ Medium │ the Slow option. To move the cursor faster, │ Slow │ select the Fast option. If your mouse is a └────────┘ Microsoft mouse, there is no need to use this option because the mouse driver allows you to set the speed. Printer ┌───────┐ Telemate supports both printer ports. │ LPT 1 │ Most users have their pointer connected │ LPT 2 │ to LPT 1. └───────┘ Memory Telemate will make use of extended and/or expanded memory if present in your system. This reduces the conventional memory requirements. Refer to the appendix for a description of these memory specifications and details on optimizing the memory usage. ┌─── Memory ────┐ If the Xms Himem options is ON, Telemate will │ Xms Himem ON │ use the 64K in the High Memory Area as │ Xms Limit │ conventional memory. The High Memory Area │ Ems Limit │ is available only if you have more than 1MB │ EGA/VGA Ram │ of RAM and the XMS driver HIMEM.SYS is └───────────────┘ installed TELEMATE THE INSTALLATION PROGRAM 11 XMS Limit ┌──────┐ You can limit the usage of extended memory │ 0K │ by selecting a lower value. │ 16K │ │ 32K │ If you are not sure how much extended │ 48K │ memory you have, simply select 8M and │ 64K │ Telemate will use as much extended memory │ 80K │ as possible. │ 128K │ │ 256K │ If you want to specify an XMS limit that is │ 512K │ not listed in this menu, you can modify the │ 1M │ line: │ 2M │ XmsLimit=8096 │ 4M │ in the configuration file (TM.CFG) to the │ 8M │ amount of memory you want. └──────┘ EMS Limit ┌──────┐ Telemate can address up to 8M bytes of EMS │ 0K │ memory. It supports both EMS 3.2 or above. │ 16K │ If you are not sure how much expanded │ 32K │ memory you have, simply select 8M and │ 48K │ Telemate use will use as much memory as │ 64K │ possible. │ 80K │ │ 128K │ If you want to specify an EMS limit that │ 256K │ is not listed in this menu you can modify │ 512K │ the line: │ 1M │ EmsLimit=8096 │ 2M │ in your configuration file (TM.CFG) to the │ 4M │ the amount of memory you want. Make sure │ 8M │ that the amount is a multiple of 16. └──────┘ Whatever you specify will be rounded down to the nearest multiple of 16. EGA/VGA Ram ┌─── Memory ────┐ When Telemate is running in 43 or 50 line │ Xms Himem ON │ mode, about 30K extra memory is required to │ Xms Limit │ store the windows. One place to obtain │ Ems Limit ┌─────┐ additional memory is from the EGA/VGA │ EGA/VGA Ram│ 0K │ adapter because it is equipped with 64K to └─────────── │ 32K │ 512K of RAM. │ 64K │ With 32K selected, Telemate will use 8 └─────┘ pages of video memory for video buffer and data storage. If 64K is selected, 16 pages of video memory is used. However, this setup is not compatible with any memory resident programs because the address of the video buffer is changed. Unless Telemate is in 43 or 50 line mode and you are very low on memory, the 32K mode should be selected for compatibility. Please refer to the appendix for more information. TELEMATE THE INSTALLATION PROGRAM 12 If Telemate is running under Windows, DESQView or in 132 column mode, this option is automatically set to 0K in order to maintain compatibility. Alarm Song ┌────── Alarm Song ───────┐ If you find that the default │ Play Song ON │ alarm song, buzzer, is too │ Buzzer │ boring or not loud enough, │ Addams Family │ you can change it to one of │ Auld Lang Syne │ the songs listed in the alarm │ Beverly Hills Cop │ song menu. │ Beverly Hillbillies │ │ Deck the Halls │ If the first item, Play Song, │ Flight of the Bumblebee │ is turned to ON, the song will │ Folk Song │ be played when you select it. │ I'm A Little Teapot │ If this option is OFF, the │ James Bond Theme │ installation program will │ Jeopardy Theme │ remain silent. │ Leave it to Beaver │ │ London Bridge │ │ Maple Leaf Rag │ │ My Darling Clementine │ │ Ramblin' Wreck │ │ The Entertainer │ │ Violin Sonata #6 │ │ Well-Tempered Clavier │ │ William Tell Overture │ └─────────────────────────┘ Window Displays The remaining options allow you to change the color and size of the windows. If you have a black and white monitor the only setting that you can change is the Zoom option. If you have a color monitor you can customize the colors of every portion of every window to suit your tastes. We will use one type of window to illustrate. ┌──── Edit ─────┐ When you select a window to change, a small │ Normal Text │ menu appears to allow you to change the │ Border │ colors of the various elements that │ Marked Text │ constitute that window. In the Edit window │ Status Line │ you can alter the color of the normal text, │ Error Message │ the window border, marked text, the status │ Zoom OFF │ line, and the error message. │ Indent OFF │ │ Backup OFF │ The Zoom option lets you select whether the └───────────────┘ window should initially appear at full size. TELEMATE THE INSTALLATION PROGRAM 13 Selecting Color ┌───── Color Pattern ──────┐ │ │ │ x x x x x x x x │ Of course none of colors │ x x x x x x x x │ or patterns show up on │ x x x x x x x x │ this black & white page, │ x x x x x x x x │ but we hope you get the │ x x x x x x x x │ general idea. │ x x x x x x x x │ │ x x x x x x x x │ A sample window on the │ x x x x x x x x │ the other side of the │ x x x x x x x x │ screen shows the actual │┌───┐x x x x x x x │ effect of the color. ││ x │x x x x x x x │ │└───┘x x x x x x x │ │ x x x x x x x x │ └──────────────────────────┘ Several options are unique to their menu and are described below. Edit Menu If the Indent option is on, the editor will start in Auto-indent mode. In this mode, pressing [Enter] will place the cursor at the first non- blank column instead of the beginning of the line. This is useful for programming Telemate scripts or source code in other languages. If the Backup option is on, the editor will make a backup copy, of the file being edited when the file is saved. The extension .BAK will be used. Back Menu If the Scroll Lock option is on, the cursor in the Back window will stay at the previous position when the Back window is being brought to the top of the screen. If this option is off, Telemate will start at the bottom of the Back window instead. If the Capture option is on, incoming data will be put to the back scroll buffer. If you are using a floppy system, this option should be turned off to prevent disk access. Ending your installation ┌──── End ────┐ │ Save Setup │ The last choice you have to make is whether │ Abort │ to abort or save the changes to the └─────────────┘ configuration file. Your installation is complete. You are now ready to run Telemate. TELEMATE EXECUTING TELEMATE 14 EXECUTING TELEMATE ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Telemate requires the following files for ANSI-BBS terminal emulation. TM.EXE - Telemate main program TM.OVL - overlay module TM.CFG - configuration file TM.RES - resource file TM.FON - phone directory TM.MEM - memo field (if any) ANSI.MAC - ANSI terminal macro ANSI.PAD - ANSI terminal keypad If you run script files, the following files are necessary. TMS.EXE - the script compiler *.SCR - the script you write *.TMS - the compiled script generated by TMS.EXE Four temporary files may be created while Telemate is running and will be deleted when Telemate exits. It is very important that at least 128 Kbytes of disk space is available for these files. If the 'Swap to disk' option is on, another 128K is required. TM.VM? - virtual memory in disk TM.SWP - image of the swap portion (in DOS shell) TMCLIP.$$$ - image of clipboard for printing A???????. - image of the Telemate (in Max DOS shell) Executing Telemate on a Dual 360K Floppy Disk System The following suggestions will help in using Telemate on computers that are not equipped with a hard drive. When using a floppy disk system, you should set the back scroll line limit to 50 or 100 so that no disk access is required for capture Otherwise, these disk accesses will slow down Telemate's operation and cause data to be lost. Enabling the XON/XOFF flow control may help prevent this from happening. You should not remove or change the diskette in drive A: because Telemate requires disk space as virtual memory. The overlay module of Telemate is on the diskette too. Caution: Changing the diskette in drive A: may corrupted the file directory of the new diskette. Define the 'Virtual Memory Directory' to 'A:\' and limit the number of files on the floppy. Do not change the disk indicated in the virtual memory directory. A:\ TM.OVL, TM.CFG, TM.FON, TM.MEM, TM.CFG, TM.RES, ANSI.MAC, ANSI.PAD, TMS.EXE, *.SCR, *.TMS B:\ TM.EXE TELEMATE EXECUTING TELEMATE 15 After setting up the files on the diskettes, you should 1) Place Telemate disk #1 in the A: drive and disk #2 in the B: drive. 2) Type B:TM on the DOS command line since the main program TM.EXE is in disk #2. After loading Telemate, you may replace disk #2 with a working disk for downloading, file editing or other purposes. Executing Telemate on a 720 or 1.2M Floppy Disk System Like the 360K floppy disk system, you should make as much space as possible for the virtual memory directory. You may put the TM.EXE in A: since there should be enough memory. The documents should not be included. If you have only two floppy drives, you should place a blank disk in drive B: and set the 'Virtual Memory Directory' to 'B:\'. Executing Telemate on a Hard Disk System To execute Telemate on a hard disk system 1) Type CD \TM to change to the Telemate directory 2) Type TM on the DOS command line Command Line Options Telemate accepts several command line options. These options tell Telemate to carry out certain commands when the program is loaded. Below is a description of these options: Terminal Option /T If the Terminal Option is used, Telemate starts at the Terminal window instead of the Dial window. Already Online Option /O If you have already been online before executing Telemate, you should use 'TM /O' at the DOS prompt to start Telemate. The modem initialization string is not sent. In addition, the current COM port parameters are used. No Init Option /N Similar to the '/O' option, except that it uses the COM port parameters as specified in the configuration file. TELEMATE EXECUTING TELEMATE 16 Auto Dial Option /D Telemate starts dialing automatically using the saved dial list after sending the modem initialization string. Full Screen Option /F [Alt -] If the Full Screen Option is on, the menu bar is hidden. If you are editing a file and need the extra line, this option gives you back that extra line. Pressing [Alt -] in Telemate toggles the status line and the menu bar. On some foreign keyboards, [Alt +] is the equivalent key. Windows Compatibility Option /W If this option is on, Telemate will enable the transmit interrupt under Windows for high speed transmission. By default, Telemate does not use the transmit interrupt when running under Windows because it may lock up some computers completely. This option can be added to the TELEMATE.PIF if Telemate can run with it under Windows. Load Phone Directory /=<.FON phone directory> To load a different phone directory on the command line, the name of the phone directory should be placed after the '/=' command switch. For example, typing "TM /=NEW" will load the NEW.FON and NEW.MEM files to the Dial window. Auto Script <.SCR script file> To execute a script file automatically, the name of the script file should be placed after the "TM" on the command line. For example, typing "TM host" at the DOS command line starts Telemate and runs the Host mode. TELEMATE IF YOU HAVE A MOUSE 17 IF YOU HAVE A MOUSE ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The keyboard and mouse are considered primary input devices. All functions can be accessed with a keyboard as well as a mouse. You can use Telemate's power and shortcut keys to speed through all functions. If you do have a mouse, you will find Telemate extremely easy and even fun to use. Telemate can operate with either a two-button or three-button mouse that is compatible with the Microsoft driver or a MouseSystem's mouse. To use a MouseSystem compatible mouse with Telemate, simply start the program. There is no need to load a mouse driver. If your mouse is a Microsoft or compatible, you will need to load your mouse driver program before starting Telemate. Terminology Clicking: refers to depressing the mouse button one time and releasing. Double-Clicking: the action of clicking the mouse button twice, very quickly. This is usually used to indicate an action or selection. Dragging: means to hold the mouse button down while moving the mouse, thus "dragging" something on screen to a different screen position. Pointing: refers to moving the mouse so that the mouse cursor rests on or "points" at something on screen. Three Button Mice A three button mouse operates in the following manner: Left Button (the main button): MARK text in the Edit, View, and Back windows. SELECT in pull down Menus and the Dial & Macro windows. CUT and PASTE text in the Terminal window. Middle Button: works like the [Esc] key. Right Button: COPY and PASTE text between the other windows and the Terminal window. Two Button Mice If your mouse has only two buttons, the left button is the main button and the right button becomes the [Esc] button. TELEMATE IF YOU HAVE A MOUSE 18 The Window Borders In Telemate, the window borders are mouse sensitive. Clicking the main mouse key on the window borders performs various functions: Top Border : Move window Top-Left corner : Close window Top-Right corner : Zoom window Bottom-Right corner : Resize window Bottom Border: Scroll horizontally Right Border: Scroll vertically The Scroll Bar When the scroll bar option is turned on, the top window has enlarged right and bottom borders, called scroll bars. To scroll vertically with the mouse, point at the "scroll box" (the dark box inside the scroll bar) and while holding down the left mouse button, drag it to a position in the scroll bar that corresponds to the general location in the file you wish to display. The same process can be used to scroll horizontally in a file using the dark box on the bottom scroll bar. To scroll one line or one character at a time, click on the arrows at either end of the scroll bars. To scroll one page at a time, click on the region between the scroll box and the arrows at end of the scroll bar. TELEMATE USING THE TELEMATE'S WINDOWS 19 USING THE TELEMATE WINDOWS [Alt W] ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Telemate uses windows to present various kinds of information and perform different functions. The major windows are listed in the menu bar on the top of the screen. They are: Dial, Terminal, Edit, View, Back and Macro. The current time is displayed in the upper right corner. The following is a description of how to interact with the window and menu system in Telemate. The first paragraph of each section describes keyboard use. The following paragraph begins with the word "Mouse:" and describes the equivalent methods using the mouse. You should be aware that some ALT-key commands have different meanings in different windows. Opening a Window Each major window in Telemate has an accompanying pull down menu. To use a window, simply type the first letter of the window's name while holding down the [Alt] key. For example, to use the Edit window type [Alt E]. Mouse: With the mouse cursor on the name of the window, click the left button to activate the window. Selecting a Window When a window is already on the screen, pressing the [Alt] key and the first letter of the window's name moves that window to the top and makes it the active window. Mouse: You can select a window by moving the mouse cursor inside the window and clicking. Pull Down Menus Typing the Alt-letter sequence twice brings up the pull down menu for the corresponding window. For example, if you press the [Alt E] twice, the first press causes the Edit window to appear, the second brings up the Edit menu. Mouse: With the window open, click on the Window menu a second time and the pull down menu appears. Zooming a Window [Alt Z] Zooming a window can be accomplished in two ways. The fastest method is to hit the [Alt Z] key. Immediately, the top window fills the screen. Invoking the Window menu by pressing [Alt W], and selecting the Zoom command have the same effect. Mouse: Clicking the mouse on the upper right corner of the window will invoke the Zoom command. TELEMATE USING THE TELEMATE'S WINDOWS 20 Moving a Window When you have more than one window open at a time, windows may become covered. If you want to check the information behind the top window, you can move the window to a new position on the screen. To move a window, press the [Alt W] key to open the Window menu and select the Move command. The window border is highlighted and you can use the cursor keys to indicate the new position. Press [Enter] to move the window to this location. Mouse: Position the mouse cursor on the top border of the window border. Drag the outline of the window to the position desired and release. The window appears at the new location. Resizing a Window To change the size of a window, open the Window menu by pressing [Alt W]. Now select the Resize option. Again the Window border is highlighted and you can use the cursor keys to resize it. Press the [Enter] key to effect the resize. Mouse: Position the mouse cursor on the lower right hand corner of the window border. Drag the outline of the window until the outline is the size you desire, then release. Closing a Window To close a window, press the [Esc] key. Mouse: Hitting the [Esc] button or clicking on the upper left corner of the border close the window. TELEMATE GETTING HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT 21 GETTING HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT [F1] ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Whenever you need Help, press [F1] and a context sensitive help window appears on screen. Mouse: Point at the '≡' symbol on the left end of the main menu bar and click. Usually there is more help available than can be shown in the window. Press [PgDn] for more details and [F1] again for the next help topic. ╔═══════════════════════════════ Help ═════════════════════════════╗ ║ Line 350 Col 1 Total 501 TM.HLP HELP ║ ║ Back [PgDn] for more, F1 for next topic] ║ ║ ---- ║ ║ Find text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [F4] ║ ║ Repeat last find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [F5] ║ ║ Go to a specified line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [F7] ║ ║ Filter - strip high bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [F8] ║ ║ Reformat paragraph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [F9] ║ ║ Mark/Unmark text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [F10] ║ ║ Copy marked text to clipboard . . . . . . . . . . .[Alt C] ║ ║ Copy marked text to clipboard and delete it . . . .[Alt U] ║ ║ Tag file names to clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . .[Alt G] ║ ║ Write (append) marked text to file . . . . . . . .[Alt A] ║ ║ Delete marked text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Del] ║ ║ ║ ║ The amount of text the Back Scroll window can handle can ║ ╠══════════════════════════════ Status ════════════════════════════╣ ║ Name: User To User Script: PCBOARD ║ ║ Memo: Telemate support BBS File Log: Off ║ ║ Alarm: File transfer complete Printer Log: On ║ ║ Free Memory:128034 bytes Date: 2-12-1989 Online: 00:11:02 ║ ║ Port: COM1:2400N81,ANSI Time: 4:25:06pm Offline: 00:08:55 ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ The lower portion of the Help window is the Status window: Name: Name of the phone directory entry to which you are connected. Memo: The memo of directory entry you have connected. Alarm: The last message displayed in the Alarm dialog. Free Memory: Number of bytes of free memory. Port: COM port, parameters and terminal emulation. Script: The name of the script file or "Off" if none. File Log: The name of the log file or "Off" if none. Printer Log: "On" if Telemate is logging the session to the printer. Date: Today's date. Time: Current time. Online: Time currently online. Offline: Time currently offline. TELEMATE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS 22 SYSTEM FUNCTIONS ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── There are several functions that do not belong to any task and have their own window or dialog. DOS Command [Alt R] This is a full screen DOS command function. Several DOS commands can be executed without shelling to DOS and three commands are added. If an external command or a program name is entered, Telemate will shell to DOS, execute it and return as quickly as possible. The screen is preserved and shown in the DOS window. This window also stores the last 10 commands. You can recall them by pressing [Up] key. The [Left] and [Right] keys allow you to edit the command line. ╒═══════════════╤════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ │ Command │ Description │ ├───────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ A:,B:, .... │ Change drive │ │ CD │ Change directory │ │ CLS │ Clear DOS window │ │ COPY │ Copy files (excluding '+' and /A/B option) │ │ DEL,ERASE │ Delete files │ │ DIR │ Display directory │ │ REN,RENAME │ Rename a file (single file) │ │ TYPE │ Type a file │ ├───────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ MOVE │ Move files among directories or disk │ │ INS, INSIDE │ Display content of a ZIP, PAK, ARC, LZH, │ │ │ ARJ or ZOO files │ │ ; │ Quick DOS shell (no swapping) │ │ ;command │ Quick execute command (no swapping) │ ╘═══════════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ The COPY command does not accept parameters such as '/a', '/b' and it does not support CON as a file. The DEL command supports the '/p' option. The DIR command only supports the '/p' and '/w' options. The REN command can only rename one file at a time. In the cases that one or more options are not supported, Telemate will shell to DOS automatically and execute the command. If there is enough memory, no swapping will be performed so that a simple DOS command can be executed as quickly as possible. The INS command accepts '/p' as a parameter which pauses when the screen is full. TELEMATE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS 23 Some example DOS commands and their effects: ╒═════════════════════╤══════════════════════════════════════════╕ │ Example │ Description │ ├─────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ MOVE \DL\*.* \UL │ Different directory │ │ MOVE C:\*.ZIP D:\DL │ Different drive │ ├─────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ INS TM*.ZIP │ Search all TM*.ZIP │ │ INS *.ZI? │ Search all *.ZI? files, including │ │ │ xxxxxxxx.ZI1, xxxxxxxx.ZI2, etc. │ │ INSIDE * /P │ Without the extension, it searches all │ │ │ ZIP, PAK, ARC, LZH, ARJ and ZOO files │ │ │ and pauses when the screen is full │ ├─────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ; │ Jump to DOS (no swapping) │ │ ;CHKDSK │ Run CHKDSK (no swapping) │ ├─────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ TMPHONE │ Run TMPHONE (swap if options on) │ ╘═════════════════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════╛ Jumping to DOS [Alt J] Pressing [Alt J] lets you jump to a DOS shell. The DOS prompt is visible and any DOS command or program can be executed. To return to Telemate, type 'EXIT' and press the Enter key. File Directory [Alt F] The File Directory function (or File dialog) is used to load or save files. There are two ways to specify the file you want to load using the keyboard: 1) Type the name of the file or directory in the text box, then press [Enter]. 2) Press the [Tab] key to move the cursor to the file list box, then use the arrow keys to move through the list box until the file or the directory you want is highlighted. Press [Enter] to select the file or change to the directory. Mouse: Point at the file name you want to load in the list box, then double-click the mouse button. When uploading files, you can select multiple files by pressing [Spacebar] in the file list box. Mouse: For multiple files, point at the file name and click the mouse button while holding down the [Shift] key. TELEMATE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS 24 When the File dialog appears, the file names and directories are displayed in columns in the list box. If you select the 'Display All Information' option, you can show all of the information for these files. This information includes the size, transfer time, and the file's date and time. Mouse: Point at the check box with the title: 'Display All Information' and click the mouse button. [BackSpace] clears the entire File Name field if it is the first key pressed. Otherwise, it deletes the character at the left of the cursor. To delete the last character, you can press [End] first and then [BackSpace]. [Ctrl Y] clears the entire File Name field. You may type in the full DOS path and file name. [Ctrl Left] clears the filename portion. Pressing [Ctrl Left] again will clear the preceding directory. [Up Arrow] in the file name box recalls the name of the last file you worked with. Mouse: Clicking the File Name box also recalls the names of files. Clicking on a directory changes to that directory. Clipboard [Alt K] This command lets you view, print the contents of, or tag the file names inside the clipboard. When the print function is selected, the clipboard contents will be saved in a temporary file named TMCLIP.$$$ in the virtual memory directory. Printing Files The Print file function allows you to print a text file while other tasks are running. You can select this in the Window menu and choose the name of the file to print. Telemate sends the indicated file to the printer. Exiting Telemate [Alt X] To exit Telemate and return to DOS, press [Alt X] or select the Exit command in the Window menu. TELEMATE THE DIAL WINDOW 25 THE DIAL WINDOW [Alt D] ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── When Telemate is first loaded, the phone directory appears on the screen unless you override it using the '/T', '/O' or '/N' command line option. The phone directory can hold up to 1000 entries and you can have multiple directories. The default is 100 entries. You can change this size with the phone directory maintenance program TMPHONE.EXE. Directory Functions A phone directory entry consists of: Name, Password, Phone number, Script, Log, Parameters, Total, Last Connect date, and Memo. Not all fields are displayed on the screen in the Dial Window. You can press the [Right] or [Left] keys to display other fields. [Esc]: The [Esc] key hides the Dial window. [Space]: [Spacebar] toggles the entry under the dial bar. A check mark is placed next to the selected entries. Typing the number corresponding to the directory entry also selects the entry. You may enter more than one choice by separating each with a space. Press [Enter] to accept the choice and begin dialing. [Enter]: The directory entry you previously chose reappears. Press [Enter] again to redial. To change the entry simply type in the number of the entry you wish to dial. [Ins]: Pressing the [Ins] key clears the dial list, inserts the entry under the dial bar and quickly starts dialing. [Left], [Right]: The complete phone directory is wider than the screen. Pressing the [Left] or [Right] keys will show portions of the directory not currently on screen. [Home], [End]: These keys move the dial bar to the directory's first and last entries respectively. The [Ctrl PgUp] and [Ctrl PgDn] are equivalent to [Home] and [End] respectively. [Up], [Page Up]; [Down], [Page Down]: Using the up and down arrows moves the dial bar to the previous or next entry. The [PgUp] and [PgDn] keys move through the directory one page at a time. Mouse: Clicking on a directory entry sends that entry to the dial list. Clicking once in the top portion of the Dial window or double clicking an entry will start dialing. Dialing Functions After you have selected the numbers, Telemate starts dialing and the top section of the Dial window lists the following functions: TELEMATE THE DIAL WINDOW 26 Attempt #: This shows the current number of attempts made to reach a certain number. You can define the maximum number of attempts that Telemate should perform through the Options/Dial Setup dialog. Elapsed Time: The first number listed is the amount of time which has elapsed on this attempt. The second number is the amount of time Telemate waits before terminating the attempt. Telemate continues to dial a number until a connection is made, the process is canceled, or the break string is received. You can change the dial time by pressing the [+] or [-] keys. Last Attempt: A message appears in this area which gives the result of the last dialing attempt. [+], [-]: These keys adjust the amount of time in seconds Telemate will wait while attempting to make a connection. [Space]: This key cancels the current attempt and recycles to the next entry in the dial list. [Esc]: Pressing the [Esc] key cancels the dialing process. [Enter]: Pressing [Enter] has the same effect as [Esc] except that the line is not disconnected. This is useful when making voice calls: when the connection is made, you can pick up the phone and press [Enter] to begin talking. [Del]: This key deletes the current entry from the dial list. [Ins]: This key inserts the entry under the dial bar at the end of the dial list. Mouse: While dialing, a click will perform a recycle function. The Dial Menu In the Dial window, pressing [Alt D] again displays the menu: ╒════════════════════════════╕ │ Save dial list F2 │ │ Load directory F3 │ To invoke one of these │ Find F4 │ functions press the │ Next F5 │ key(s) indicated on the │ Edit F6 │ right side of the menu. │ Goto F7 │ │ Manual dial F8 │ │ Revise script F9 │ │ Append entries F10 │ │ Remove entry │ │ ────────────────────────── │ │ Hang Up Alt-H │ │ Learn script Alt-N │ ╘════════════════════════════╛ TELEMATE THE DIAL WINDOW 27 Save Dial List [F2] [F2] saves the dial list state to the configuration file. The next time you run Telemate, the dial list is restored. This also saves your phone directory window display. For example, if you want Telemate to display the directory password fields in all sessions, scroll sideways until the password field is visible, then press [F2]. Load Phone Directory [F3] Telemate allows you to access multiple phone directories using the [F3] key. Find [F4] Selecting this item, you will see the prompt "Find: _". Type in the text you wish to find. The search is not case sensitive. To search the entire directory, press the [Home] key. This will show the beginning of the directory allowing you to search all entries. Next [F5] Pressing [F5] finds the next occurrence of the text found. Quick Find [A] - [Z] When you hit a letter key, the dial bar will jump to the next entry starting with that letter. For example, [D] finds the entry starting with the letter 'D'. Edit [F6] Selecting the Edit function allows you to modify your phone directory. Pressing [F6] brings the entry under the dial bar to the Phone Entry dialog shown at the end of this section. Goto [F7] When you select this option, you are prompted with "Goto # _". Type in the entry number you wish to see and press [Enter]. This is very useful for large directories. Typing in "150" quickly takes you to entry #150. Manual Dial [F8] Choosing this option causes the following to appear at the top of the Dial window: "Manual Dial: _". Type in the phone number you wish to reach exactly as if you were dialing it from your phone. When you are finished, press [Enter] and Telemate will dial the number for you using the current dial prefix and suffix. Revise Script [F9] This function calls the editor to load the script file shown in the script field. If the editor is already in use, you will be asked if you want to save the file being edited. TELEMATE THE DIAL WINDOW 28 Append Entries [F10] This function appends 10 entries to the phone directory so that new entries can be added. To add more than 10 entries, use the phone maintenance program TMPHONE.EXE. Remove Entry This function clears the entry under the selection bar. Hang Up [Alt H] This function hangs up the phone. Learn Script [Alt N] Selecting this function will enter the learn script mode using the script file in the script field. Telemate will enter learn script mode automatically if the related script file is not found. Caution: Any existing script file will be erased if you start a learn script sequence. Phone Entry Dialog ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Name ______________________________ Password _______________ │ │ Phone ____________________ Script ________ │ │ Memo ______________________________ Log ________ │ │ │ │ ┌ Baud Rate ────┐ ┌ Parity ────┐ ┌ COM Port ────┐ ┌ Prefix ──────┐ │ │ │ ( ) Default │ │ (*) None │ │ (*) Default │ │ (*) Default │ │ │ │ ( ) 300 │ │ ( ) Even │ │ ( ) COM1 │ │ ( ) 1 │ │ │ │ ( ) 1200 │ │ ( ) Odd │ │ ( ) COM2 │ │ ( ) 2 │ │ │ │ ( ) 2400 │ │ ( ) Space │ │ ( ) COM3 │ │ ( ) 3 │ │ │ │ ( ) 4800 │ │ ( ) Mark │ │ ( ) COM4 │ │ ( ) 4 │ │ │ │ ( ) 9600 │ └────────────┘ │ ( ) COM5 │ └──────────────┘ │ │ │ ( ) 19200 │ ┌ Data Bits ─┐ │ ( ) COM6 │ ┌ Suffix ──────┐ │ │ │ (*) 38400 │ │ ( ) 7 │ │ ( ) COM7 │ │ (*) Default │ │ │ │ ( ) 57600 │ │ (*) 8 │ │ ( ) COM8 │ │ ( ) 1 │ │ │ │ ( ) 115200 │ └────────────┘ └──────────────┘ │ ( ) 2 │ │ │ └───────────────┘ ┌ Stop Bits ─┐ │ ( ) 3 │ │ │ │ (*) 1 │ │ ( ) 4 │ │ │ │ ( ) 2 │ └──────────────┘ │ │ └────────────┘ ╔═══════════╗ ┌────────┐ │ │ ║ Next Page ║ │ Cancel │ │ │ ╚═══════════╝ └────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ For a detailed description on using dialog, please refer to 'How to Make Changes' in the 'THE OPTION DIALOGS' section. Note: You can copy [Alt C] the name and phone number from the Back window and paste [Alt P] it into the corresponding field. TELEMATE THE DIAL WINDOW 29 Name: Type in the name of the remote system. Phone: Type in the phone number needed to make the connection. If the number has extra information, place them in the dial prefix and dial suffix setup fields. Memo: This space allows you to enter a reminder to yourself. It can include any information you need that contains less than 30 characters. Password: Telemate helps you keep track of your passwords by making them part of your phone directory. Type in the password you use with the specific BBS. Telemate uses a special keyboard macro '^&' assigned to the [F3] key by default. This macro relates the [F3] key to the password field in the phone directory. You can send your password to a BBS by pressing [F3]. Script: A script is a program which Telemate automatically executes once the connection is made. Scripts are useful for automatically logging onto a remote system. Specify the script file name, without the extension. If the script you specified does not exist in the script directory, Telemate will start a Learn Script sequence when the connection is made. Log: Telemate allows you to have individual log files for each directory entry. Type in the name of the log file, without the extension. When you open the log file, Telemate appends the incoming text to the file you have designated. Port: Port refers to the communications port to which your modem is attached. Telemate supports up to 8 different ports. If this option is set to 'Default', Telemate will use the current COM port. Note that you should use 'Default' only if all the entries are using 'Default'. Baud Rate: Baud rate refers to the speed used to transfer data. If this option is set to 'Default', Telemate will use the current baud rate. Note that you should use 'Default' only if all the entries are using 'Default'. Otherwise, the 'non-default' entries will influence the 'Default' entries. Parity: The vast majority of BBS's are set up for no parity. Some online service uses Even parity. Data Bits and Stop Bits: Data bits refers to how many bits of data are sent before a stop bit is sent. Data is normally sent in chunks of 9 bits; 8 data bits and 1 stop bit. When you press [Enter], Telemate takes you to the next option screen. You can press [Esc] to cancel the changes. Dial Prefix: Dial prefix is the string to be sent before the phone number. Normally, pulse phone uses a prefix "ATDP" and touch-tone phone uses "ATDT". You can define the content of the prefix and the suffix in the Options/Dial Setup dialog. If this option is set to 'Default', Telemate will use the current dial prefix. Note that you should use 'Default' only if all the entries are using 'Default'. TELEMATE THE DIAL WINDOW 30 Dial Suffix: Dial suffix is the string to be sent after the phone number. Usually it is simply a carriage return. But some phone companies required that a phone card number follow the phone number. The card number should be put in the suffix. If this option is set to 'Default', Telemate will use the current dial suffix. Note that you should use 'Default' only if all the entries are using 'Default'. Phone Entry Dialog (Second Page) ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌ Terminal ─────┐ ┌ Toggles ─────────────┐ ┌ Protocol ───────┐ │ │ │ (*) ANSI │ │ [ ] Add Line Feed │ │ ( ) Zmodem │ │ │ │ ( ) Avatar │ │ [ ] Add Return │ │ ( ) Ymodem │ │ │ │ ( ) Prism │ │ [ ] Auto Log │ │ (*) Ymodem-G │ │ │ │ ( ) TTY │ │ [X] Auto Wrap │ │ ( ) Ymodem-B │ │ │ │ ( ) VT52 │ │ [X] Destructive BS │ │ ( ) Xmodem │ │ │ │ ( ) VT102 │ │ [X] Guess Initial │ │ ( ) Xmodem-R │ │ │ └───────────────┘ │ [ ] Local Echo │ │ ( ) Xmodem-1K │ │ │ ┌ Connection ───┐ │ [ ] Long Distance │ │ ( ) Telink │ │ │ │ ( ) BIOS │ │ [ ] Strip High Bit │ │ ( ) SEAlink │ │ │ │ ( ) Computer │ └──────────────────────┘ │ ( ) Modem7 │ │ │ │ ( ) Fossil │ ┌ File Tag Seperator ──┐ │ ( ) Kermit │ │ │ │ (*) Modem │ │ ( ) Space │ │ ( ) CIS QB │ │ │ └───────────────┘ │ (*) Carriage Return │ │ ( ) ASCII │ │ │ │ ( ) Comma ',' │ │ ( ) External _ │ │ │ └──────────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘ │ │ ╔════╗ ┌────────┐ │ │ ║ OK ║ │ Cancel │ │ │ ╚════╝ └────────┘ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Terminal: Telemate gives you the choice of the six terminal emulations: ANSI, Avatar, Prism, TTY, VT52 and VT102. Connection: Normally, the connection is Modem. If the COM port is linked to a host computer directly through a cable, then you should select Computer. In this mode, Telemate does not check the carrier signal and no phone number is dialed. BIOS connection only supports up to 9600 baud but you may experience data loss at 2400 or higher. FOSSIL driver supports up to 38400 baud. If there is any conflict, Telemate will switch to Modem connection automatically. Add Line Feed: Usually, most BBS's add a line feed automatically at the end of each line of data. If the BBS referenced in this entry does not add line feeds, you can the have Telemate add a line feed to the end of each line received. Add Return: If this options is on, a carriage return [Ctrl M] is supplied after a line feed is received. Auto Log: If this option is turned on, the log file will be opened automatically once the connection is made and closed when the carrier signal is lost. TELEMATE THE DIAL WINDOW 31 Auto Wrap: If this option is turned on, after a character reaches column 80, the next character is wrapped to the new line. Otherwise, the cursor stays at column 80. Destructive BS: If this option is on, backspace [Ctrl H] will destroy the character on the left. Otherwise, backspace only moves the cursor to the left. Guess Initial: If this option is turned on, Telemate scans the incoming data and looks for 'From:' or 'Name:' and remembers the initials of the following name. If there is any chance of a wrong guess, the guessing initials will be cleared. Local Echo: When turned on, the character typed at the keyboard is displayed on screen. This is sometimes referred to as half duplex. Most BBS's echo the character you type. This is called full duplex. In this case, you should leave this option off. Otherwise, the character will appear twice on the screen. Long Distance: You should turn on this option if the phone number is not a local call. This field will help utility programs such as TMSTAT.EXE to analyze your long distance phone bill. Strip High Bit: If this option is on, the 8th bit of the incoming data will be filtered out. This option is very useful when the actual link is 7E1 but you use 8N1 as COM parameter. File Tag Separator: The tag feature allows you to select the file names in the marked text and put them into the clipboard. The file names are separated by the tag separator which can be a space, a carriage return or a comma depending on the remote system you are using. Protocol: Different BBS's offer different protocols. You should select the one you use most on that BBS as the default protocol. If you choose 'External', you must specify a letter in the edit box on the right. See the appendix for more details on protocols. TELEMATE THE TERMINAL WINDOW 32 THE TERMINAL WINDOW [Alt T] ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The Terminal is the heart of any communications program. It is where the actual communication with other computers is carried out. The Terminal Menu ╒════════════════════════╕ │ Send PgUp │ │ Receive PgDn │ │ Log session Alt-L │ │ Script Alt-S │ │ learn script Alt-N │ │ ────────────────────── │ │ Paste Alt-P │ │ Quote Alt-Q │ │ Image Alt-I │ │ Command stack Alt-Y │ │ ────────────────────── │ │ Chat mode Alt-C │ │ Originate mode Alt-G │ │ Answer mode Alt-A │ │ Doorway mode Alt-= │ │ ────────────────────── │ │ Hang up Alt-H │ │ Clear text c-Home │ │ Break signal c-End │ │ printer log c-PrtSc │ ╘════════════════════════╛ Sending files [PgUp] After you have made your connection and told the other computer or BBS that you are going to upload a file, choose the send files option from the Terminal menu. You will then see the protocol menu: ╒═════════════════════╕ Select the protocol you wish │ Zmodem Z │ to use to send the file(s). │ Ymodem Y │ │ Ymodem-G G │ A brief discussion of the │ Batch Ymodem B │ various types of protocols │ Xmodem X │ and what they do can be found │ Xmodem-1K O │ in the appendix. │ Xmodem Relaxed R │ │ Telink T │ │ SEAlink S │ Note: The 8 external protocols │ Modem7 M │ can be setup in the Options/ │ Kermit K │ External Protocol dialog. │ CIS Quick B C │ │ ASCII A │ ╘═════════════════════╛ TELEMATE THE TERMINAL WINDOW 33 The File Input Box ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Enter filename(s) to send, [Enter] for directory │ │ │ │ a:\tm400-1.zip b:\tm490-?.zip │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Once you have chosen the protocol you wish to use, you then enter the name of file(s) you wish to send. Enter the complete DOS path and file name. If you do not include the path, Telemate will search the upload path. If you are not sure of the filename, press [Enter] and a File dialog will appear. In the file list box, you can press [Spacebar] to select multiple files. The File Transfer Window The File Transfer window keeps you informed regarding the progress of an Upload or Download. When batch information is available, an extended transfer window appears showing the total bytes and total transfer time. ╔═════════ Zmodem Upload ══════════╗ ║ ║ ║ File name : SAMPLE.ZIP ║ ║ Bytes to send : 40960 ║ ║ Bytes sent : 27648 ║ ║ Transfer time : 00:05:42 ║ Notes on the ║ Time remaining : 00:02:51 ║ progress of the ║ Error correction : CRC-32 ║ upload and any ║ Number of errors : 1 ║ problems appear ║ Average CPS rate : 125 ║ here -------> ║ > Retry from 1024 ║ Graphic of -----> ║ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒─────────── 67% ║ upload progress ║ ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════╝ Receiving Files [PgDn] To download or receive a file with Telemate, you follow much the same procedure as when you send files. As in uploading, a protocol menu appears after you press [PgDn]. Select the protocol you want to use. If the protocol requires a file name, the File Input Box will appear. Logging Sessions [Alt L] This function will record the incoming text into a disk file. If the 'Log Filter' option is enabled, all control codes will be filtered out. If the 'Log Heading' option is turned on, a brief message is inserted to the log file indicating the date and time the log is open. Log files usually use the extension .LOG. Pressing [Alt L] again closes the log file. TELEMATE THE TERMINAL WINDOW 34 Using Scripts [Alt S] A script file is a text file containing a series of instructions which are usually automated functions such as a logon script. Script files end with the extension .SCR for the source file, and .TMS for the compiled file. Telemate comes with its own script language. The file TMSCRIPT.DOC contains a detailed discussion of Telemate's script language. If the compiled script file does not exist or is not up to date, Telemate will execute the script compiler TMS.EXE to compile the SCR file into a compiled format which it can use. To terminate the execution of the script, press [Alt S] again. Learning Script [Alt N] If you are not familiar with writing script files, let Telemate write one for you. To do this, press [Alt N] and enter a new name. This script name should end in the extension .SCR. Telemate now remembers the characters you type. It automatically generates a script file and stops learning when you press [Alt N] again or when the connection breaks. The generated file may not perform exactly the way you like, and require modifications before it is used. Pasting and Quoting Telemate allows you to mark and copy text while in the Edit, View and Back windows. Marked text is copied to the clipboard. Once the text is copied to the clipboard, the Terminal window can handle it in one of two ways: Pasting [Alt P] Pasting text sends the contents of the clipboard to the remote system. If the expand blank line option is turned on and blank lines are encountered, the blank lines are expanded to lines containing a space. This is very similar to an ASCII upload. If you want to send a prepared message to the remote system, you can use this function instead of an ASCII upload. Quoting [Alt Q] [Alt Q] functions almost the same as [Alt P]. [Alt Q] is designed for quoting messages into BBS message areas and the quote prefix is added to each line. To quote a message, mark the text from the Back window and Copy to the clipboard. Then position the cursor where you want the text to go in the remote system and hit [Alt Q]. The quoted message is reformatted to line up with the quote margin. If the Initial Guessing option is enabled, the '@' character in the quote prefix is replaced with the initials of the closest name. TELEMATE THE TERMINAL WINDOW 35 Image Files [Alt I] The current screen can be captured into a file with this function. Command Stack [Alt Y] The command stack provides a convenient way to recall the previously entered commands or prepare a short note. You can use the command stack in several ways: ╒════════════════╤═══════════════════════════════════════════════╕ │ Function │ Description │ ├────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Recall command │ It stores the previous commands that were │ │ │ typed in the Terminal window. These commands │ │ │ can be recalled by pressing [Alt Y] [Up]. │ ├────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Type-ahead │ Some systems are charged by connect time. │ │ │ While you are waiting for a command prompt, │ │ │ you can type the next command here and │ │ │ simply press [Enter] when the prompt appears. │ ├────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Chat mode │ Allows you to type and edit an entire line │ │ │ before sending it to the remote system. │ │ │ This works like a line based chat mode. │ ├────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Prepare short │ You can prepare a short multi-line message │ │ note │ in this window. See the following example. │ ╘════════════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════╛ For example, to write a three line note, you could type the following: [Ctrl Home]THIS IS THE FIRST LINE [Ctrl Enter] THIS IS THE SECOND ONE [Ctrl Enter] THIS IS THE LAST ONE [Ctrl Enter] [Up] [Up] [Up] [Enter] [Enter] [Enter] The [Ctrl Home] clears the window and lets you start from the top. The [Ctrl Enter] performs a line feed but does not send the line. To send these lines, you move the cursor to the first line and press [Enter] three times. Copy and Paste functions are also allowed in this window. The Copy [Alt C] function copies the current line to the clipboard. The Paste [Alt P] function pastes the clipboard text to the window. If there is more than one line in the clipboard, text will be inserted until the cursor reaches the bottom of the window. TELEMATE THE TERMINAL WINDOW 36 Chat Mode [Alt C] The chat mode splits the screen for online conversations. Text coming from the remote system appears on the top half of the screen. Characters you type appear on the lower half of the screen and are sent to the remote system immediately. To terminate the chat mode, press [Alt C] again. To edit the line before sending it to the remote system, use the Command Stack [Alt Y] function instead. Originate Mode [Alt G] This is the "normal" mode. You use this mode to call a BBS or a remote system. The communication originates from your computer terminal. When you start Telemate, you are in this mode. If you are in Answer Mode, you can press [Alt G] to switch back to Originate mode by sending the Modem Init string to the modem. Answer Mode [Alt A] When you select Answer mode you tell Telemate to send the Auto Answer string to the modem which turns on the modem's Auto Answer feature. The modem then answers the phone for you. Pressing [Alt G] returns you to Originate mode. NOTE: Auto answer is designed to receive calls from other computers. It does not handle voice calls. Doorway Mode [Alt =] When you select Doorway mode, Telemate sends the keyboard scan code when a key is pressed. That means not only the ASCII characters can be sent, but also the function keys and [Alt] keys. For example, if the [Alt T] is pressed, the keyboard scan code is sent to the remote system and Telemate's Terminal menu will not appear. To terminate Doorway mode, press [Alt =] again or use your mouse to select the Doorway mode item. The Doorway program requires all 25 lines in the Terminal window, so you should press [Alt -] to toggle the menu bar and the status line off. On some foreign keyboards, [Alt accent '] is equivalent to [Alt =]. Hang Up [Alt H] Pressing [Alt H] hangs up the phone by sending the Modem Hangup string. Including the "^#" macro symbol in this string drops the DTR signal which is the fastest way to hang up the phone. If the Confirm Hang Up option is on, you will be prompted to verify this action. Clear Text [Ctrl Home] This function clears the screen and resets Telemate to its default colors. TELEMATE THE TERMINAL WINDOW 37 Break Signal [Ctrl End] A break is a space between signals on the line. It is often used to get the attention of the remote system with which you are communicating. Pressing [Ctrl End] sends the break signal to the remote system. Printer Log [Ctrl PrtSc] This feature sends all of your communication activity to the printer. If you need a hardcopy of an on-screen conversation, turning this feature on will log all activity to the printer as it occurs. Pressing [Ctrl PrtSc] a second time turns logging off. TELEMATE THE EDIT WINDOW 38 THE EDIT WINDOW [Alt E] ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Telemate multithreading ability is best demonstrated in the editing and backscroll area. You can transfer files in the background while simultaneously editing a file in the foreground. To begin editing, press [Alt E] or click the mouse on the Edit item in the menu bar which brings up the Edit window. Status Line The first line of the Edit window is the Status line. It consists of six items: Line 6 Col 1 Total 74 Insert FEB89.LTR Marking \ / \ / | | | Cursor Location Total # of Mode File Appears by line and lines in indicator Name when column number the file. marking When the editor is in the Insert mode, new characters you enter move text to the right. Pressing the [Ins] key changes between Insert and Overwrite modes. In Overwrite mode, new text replaces existing text. While you are in this mode, the word "Insert" is not shown on the status line. Moving Around The following keys can be used to move quickly around the Edit window: Vertical Movement Horizontal Movement [Up] Up one line [Left] Left one space [Down] Down one line [Right] Right one space [PgUp] Up one screen [Ctrl Left] Left one word [PgDn] Down one screen [Ctrl Right] Right one word [Ctrl Home] Top of screen [Home] Beginning of line [Ctrl End] Bottom of screen [End] End of line [Ctrl PgUp] Top of file [Ctrl PgDn] End of file Deleting Text You can delete text in the Edit window in the following ways: [Del] deletes character at the cursor or block [BackSpace] deletes character to the left [Ctrl T] deletes word right [Ctrl Y] deletes an entire line [Ctrl Q]+[Ctrl Y] deletes from the cursor to end of line Use the Mark [F10] and the [Del] key to delete larger blocks of text. Telemate will verify with: "Do you want to delete the block? (Y/N)". TELEMATE THE EDIT WINDOW 39 CUA Conventions Telemate supports the CUA interface standards for marking and copying text. You can use the [Shift] key in conjunction with the cursor- movement keys to select text. [Ctrl Insert] copies the marked text to the clipboard [Ctrl Del] cuts the marked text to the clipboard [Shift Insert] pastes the marked text from the clipboard Normally, the contents of the clipboard is erased before copying or cutting. If you press [Ctrl Insert] or [Ctrl Del] while holding down the [Shift] key, the clipboard will not be erased and the marked text is appended to the existing clipboard contents instead. Note: The CUA guideline uses [Shift Del] to cut the text but Telemate uses [Ctrl Del] to allow for the [Shift] combo described above. Wordstar Conventions Telemate also supports several Wordstar key combinations in its editor: [^E] Up one line [^S] Left one space [^X] Down one line [^D] Right one space [^R] Up one screen [^A] Left one word [^C] Down one screen [^F] Right one word [^Q^E] Top of screen [^Q^S] Begin of line [^Q^X] Bottom of screen [^Q^D] End of line [^Q^R] Top of file [^Q^F] Find [^Q^C] Bottom of file [^Q^A] Replace [^G] Del character [^L] Repeat Find/Replace [^T] Del word right [^Y] Delete line [^Q^Y] Del to End of line Margins The left margin in the Edit window is a fixed margin and cannot be changed. To change the right margin, use the Options/General dialog. Telemate performs a word wrap when characters reach the right margin. When you are writing scripts or programs, set the right margin to a larger value (e.g. 200) to prevent word wrap. TELEMATE THE EDIT WINDOW 40 The Edit Menu ╒═════════════════╕ │ Mark F10 │ These functions are available through the │ Copy Alt-C │ Edit menu or by using the shortcut keys. To │ cUt Alt-U │ access the menu, press [Alt E] a second time. │ Tag Alt-G │ │ Paste Alt-P │ │ Quote Alt-Q │ │ Write Alt-A │ │ ─────────────── │ │ New Alt-N │ │ Save F2 │ │ Load F3 │ │ ─────────────── │ │ Find F4 │ │ Next F5 │ │ Replace F6 │ │ Goto F7 │ │ filter F8 │ │ reformat F9 │ │ ─────────────── │ │ √Auto Indent │ │ Backup Source │ ╘═════════════════╛ Mark [F10] Before you can work with a block of text you must first define where the text block begins and ends. Press [F10] once and use the cursor keys to highlight the text you want copied. Pressing [F10] again unmarks the selected text. Mouse: Pressing the left button of your mouse and dragging the mouse over the desired text quickly marks large blocks of text. Copy [Alt C] [Shift Alt C] Once the text is marked, press [Alt C] to copy the marked text in the clipboard. The text in the clipboard can then be pasted or quoted into other windows or to other portions of the file. If you hold down the [Shift] key while you press [Alt C], the marked text will be appended to the existing contents of the clipboard. Mouse: Holding down the [Shift] key while selecting the Copy item from the menu has the same effect as [Shift Alt C]. cUt [Alt U] [Shift Alt U] The cUt function allows you to move marked text from the file you are editing. As with the Copy option, text must first be marked using [F10] before it can be cut. The cut text can be pasted into other sections of the file using the paste feature. If you hold down the [Shift] key while you press [Alt U], the marked text will be appended to the existing contents of the clipboard. TELEMATE THE EDIT WINDOW 41 Mouse: Holding down the [Shift] key while selecting the cUt item from the menu has the same effect as [Shift Alt U]. Tag [Alt G] [Shift Alt G] The tag feature allows you to select the file names in the marked text and put them into the clipboard. The file names are separated by the tag separator which can be a space, a carriage return or a comma. If you hold down the [Shift] key while you press [Alt G], the file names will be appended to the clipboard without erasing the clipboard. This function is very useful when you want to download a filename shown on the screen. Mouse: Holding down the [Shift] key while selecting the Tag item from the menu has the same effect as [Shift Alt G]. Paste [Alt P] Text that is contained in the clipboard can be pasted [Alt P] into another window, another section of the same file, or into an entirely different file. After marking and copying the text, position the cursor where you want the text to go and press [Alt P]. The text is pasted at the new location. You can use the cut function with paste to move text within a file. If you wish to copy text to a new file, mark and copy the text first. Then load the new file and position the cursor where you want the text to be placed, and press [Alt P]. Quote [Alt Q] [Alt Q] functions much the same as [Alt P]. [Alt Q] is designed for quoting text into BBS message areas. This function allows you to prepare messages with quotations in the Edit window. Quoting text is exactly like pasting except that every line is preceded by the quote prefix. The text is reformatted to line up with the quote margin. Write [Alt A] The Write function allows you to write or append the marked text to a file. New [Alt N] Pressing [Alt N] starts a new edit file. If the file in the editor has been edited, you will be asked if you want to save the file first. Saving Files [F2] [F2] brings up the File dialog and you can type in the name of the file you want to save to. Loading Files [F3] Loading files is very similar to saving a file. The [F3] key loads a file to the Edit window. TELEMATE THE EDIT WINDOW 42 Find [F4] When you select this function, you see the "Find: _" prompt. Type in the text you wish to find or press [Up] to recall the last search string. This function is not case sensitive. For example, "big" finds "BIG" or "BiG", etc. Next [F5] Pressing [F5] finds/replaces the next occurrence of the find text. Replace [F6] When you select this option you are prompted with the "Find: _" prompt. After typing in the text to find, you see "Replace with: _". Type in the text that should replace any text that is found. When a match is found, you are asked "Replace [Yes,No,Replace All,Quit] ? _". Press 'Y' to confirm the replacement, 'N' to ignore, 'Q' to abort or 'R' to repeat the replacement until no more text is found or [Esc] is pressed. Goto [F7] Invoking the Goto command causes "Goto #" to appear in the upper left corner of the View window. Type in the line number you wish to go to. Filter [F8] Some word processors, such as WordStar, use the 8th bit for special purposes. You can filter out the 8th bit by pressing [F8]. The 8th bit is hidden but not removed. Reformat [F9] To reformat a paragraph, move the cursor to the beginning of the paragraph and press [F9]. You can change the right margin setting through the Options/General dialog. By holding down the [F9] key, Telemate continues to reformat until it is released. Auto Indent If this option is on, when [Enter] is pressed, the cursor will be placed at the first non-blank position of the previous line. This option is useful when you are using the editor for programming. If Auto Indent is off, the cursor will be moved to the beginning of each line. Backup Source If this option is on, a backup copy with the extension .BAK will be produced when an edited file is saved. TELEMATE THE EDIT WINDOW 43 Macro Keys The editor recognizes the following keys as macro keys. Function key: [F11] , [F12] Alt key: [Alt F1] - [Alt F12] Shift key: [Shift F1] - [Shift F12] Ctrl key: [Ctrl F1] - [Ctrl F12] Alt Number: [Alt 1] - [Alt 0] If the macro symbol '^M' is included in these keys, it will be translated to a carriage return. Other macro symbol are not translated. TELEMATE THE VIEW WINDOW 44 THE VIEW WINDOW [Alt V] ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── When the View item is selected from the menu bar, the File dialog will appear. Select the file you want to view. Moving around in the View window is the same as in the Edit window. However, Wordstar conventions are not accepted. Instead, characters typed in the View window are forwarded to the Terminal window. This gives you the ability to issue a command to the remote system without leaving the View window. The View Menu ╒═════════════════╕ When the View window is open, pressing │ Mark F10 │ [Alt V] invokes the View menu. To choose │ Copy Alt-C │ a function, press the key indicated on │ Tag Alt-G │ the right side of the menu. │ Quote Alt-Q │ │ Write Alt-A │ All functions operate just as in the │ ─────────────── │ Edit window, except for the Quote function. │ New Alt-N │ │ Load F3 │ │ ─────────────── │ │ Find F4 │ │ Next F5 │ │ Goto F7 │ │ filter F8 │ ╘═════════════════╛ Quote [Alt Q] When you select this function, the marked text will be quoted to the terminal instead of being pasted into the View window. TELEMATE THE BACK WINDOW 45 THE BACK WINDOW [Alt B] [CENTER] [CTRL UP]/[CTRL DOWN] ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Effective telecommunications require constant access to information. At certain points in your communications session, you may need access to information that previously passed through your screen. You can recall this information using the Back (scroll) window. You can open this window by pressing [Alt B], [Center] (the FIVE key in the keypad), [Ctrl Up] or by clicking the mouse button on the Back item in the menu bar. The optional [Center] or [Ctrl Up] keys, combined with the [Scroll Lock] key, provide a convenient way of accessing the back scroll buffer. When the Back window is already on the screen, pressing [Center] again or [Ctrl Down] hides the window as if [Esc] were pressed. Characters typed in the Back window are forwarded to the Terminal window as if they were typed in the Terminal window. This allows you to operate in both windows at the same time. The number of lines that the back scroll buffer can contain is controlled by the setting in the Options/General dialog. The Back Scroll Menu ╒═════════════════╕ │ Mark F10 │ The Back menu is almost identical to the │ Copy Alt-C │ Edit menu. These functions are described │ cUt Alt-U │ in the Edit menu section. │ Tag Alt-G │ │ Quote Alt-Q │ The Quote functions works slightly │ Write Alt-A │ different and the Write function has │ ─────────────── │ a new meaning in this window. │ Find F4 │ │ Next F5 │ │ Goto F7 │ │ filter F8 │ │ ─────────────── │ │ √Scroll Lock │ │ √Capture Ins │ │ Clear Alt-N │ ╘═════════════════╛ Write [Alt A] There are two ways to record a communications session. One way is to open a log file at the beginning of a session which records the entire session. The second way is to use the Write function in the Back window. When you see information that you want to keep, simply mark it and write (append) it to a file. TELEMATE THE BACK WINDOW 46 Quote [Alt Q] [Alt Q] is designed for quoting text into BBS message areas. While you are in the Back window, you can place the cursor at the message you are replying to and press [F10] to start marking. Then you can move the cursor to the end of the message and hit [Alt Q]. The marked text is sent to the remote system with the quote prefix leading each line. If a line is longer than the quote margin, it will be reformatted to line up at the quote margin. Scroll Lock [Scroll Lock] When the Back window receives information, the window's cursor will normally move to the location of the most recently received text. To keep the cursor locked at a particular position, press the [Scroll Lock] key. The [Scroll Lock] key can be pressed at any time to toggle this option. The 'SLK' indicator will be displayed on the status line if this option is enabled. Note: Turning on or off the LED light on the keyboard may cause data overrun in some computers. Telemate controls the state of the LED and switches only if the COM port is idle for a certain time. As a result, the LED may not reflect the current status. You should check the 'SLK' item on the status line instead. Capture [Ins] If this option is on, the incoming data is put into the back scroll buffer. As Telemate stores the back scroll buffer to disk, it may affect performance on a floppy disk system. In this case, turn the Capture function off or set a smaller value to the Back Scroll Limit in the Options/General dialog. Clear [Alt N] This function clears the back scroll buffer. TELEMATE THE MACRO WINDOW 47 THE MACRO WINDOW [Alt M] ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Telemate lets you assign text to a single keystroke so that the text is sent to the remote system when the macro key is pressed. This is called a keyboard macro. When macros are used properly, they can save you from typing many unnecessary keystrokes. Pressing [Alt M] the first time brings up the Macro window. Pressing [Alt M] twice displays the Macro menu. Telemate keeps four key definition tables in memory at all times, the macro table, keypad table, the alt-keypad table and the keyboard table. The Macro Table The macro table contains all of the function keys and the shifted function keys. For example, [F2], [Ctrl F2], [Shift F2] and [Alt F2]. When a terminal is selected, the corresponding macro table is loaded. For example, if the VT102 terminal is selected, the VT102.MAC macro table is loaded. By default, the [F1] key is the help key, but you can redefine it to suit your needs. The Keypad Table The keypad table contains key assignments for terminal emulations. Each terminal type has its own keypad definition file. When a new terminal is selected, the corresponding keypad table is loaded. The keypad keys that can be defined include the following keys: [BackSpace] [Grey /] [Home] [Up] [PgUp] [Ctrl PgUp] [Grey *] [Ctrl Left] [Left] [Right] [Ctrl Right] [Grey -] [End] [Down] [PgDn] [Ctrl PgDn] [Grey +] [Ins] [Del] [Enter] By default, the [PgUp] key is the upload key and the [PgDn] key is the download key, but you can redefine them to suit your needs. The Alt-Keypad Table The 101-keyboard has an extra set of cursor keys. They are known as the alternate keypad. To define these keys you must turn on the Enhanced Keyboard option under the Options/Mouse & Keyboard dialog. The Keyboard Table This is sometimes called the translation table because it changes the incoming or outgoing characters to another value. For every character in the ASCII set, the table defines what it should be changed to. This table allows you to completely redefine your keyboard when using Telemate. TELEMATE THE MACRO WINDOW 48 The Macro Window The Macro window displays the first four characters of the macro definition. These macros are designed so that they can be accessed by pointing with the mouse and clicking. They can also be invoked by pressing the indicated key(s). ╔═══════════════════════════════════╗ The keys in the ║ N1 │ N9 │ Enter │ Home ║ The keys in upper left are ║ N2 │ N0 │ Space │ End ║ the 3 top- the [Alt]+[No.s ║ N3 │ Ctrl-C │ BackSp │ C-PgUp ║ right cols. 0 to 9]. ║ N4 │ Ctrl-K │ Escape │ C-PgDn ║ are constants. ║ N5 │ Ctrl-S │ Up │ C-Left ║ They are for The lower left ║ N6 │ Ctrl-Q │ Down │ C-Rght ║ use with the macros are the ║ N7 │ Ctrl-X │ Left │ Insert ║ mouse. If you Function keys. ║ N8 │ Ctrl-Z │ Right │ Delete ║ need to send a ║────────┼────────┼────────┼────────║ Ctrl-C, point The A1, A2, A3, ║ F1 │ A1 a 1^│ S1 a 11│ C1 a 21║ with the mouse etc. column ║ F2 ^CS~│ A2 a 2^│ S2 a 12│ C2 a 22║ at Ctrl-C and refers to the ║ F3 ^&^M│ A3 a 3^│ S3 a 13│ C3 a 23║ click. [Alt] +[Fn Key] ║ F4 │ A4 a 4^│ S4 a 14│ C4 a 24║ combinations. ║ F5 m^M │ A5 a 5^│ S5 a 15│ C5 a 25║ The lower ║ F6 f^M │ A6 a 6^│ S6 a 16│ C6 a 26║ right column The 3rd column ║ F7 =^M │ A7 a 7^│ S7 a 17│ C7 a 27║ refers to the has the [Shift] ║ F8 a^M │ A8 a 8^│ S8 a 18│ C8 a 28║ [Ctrl] + +[Fn Key] ║ F9 rnn^│ A9 a 9^│ S9 a 19│ C9 a 29║ [Fn Key] combinations. ║F10 n^M │A10 a 10│S10 a 20│C10 a 30║ combinations. ║F11 │A11 │S11 │C11 ║ ║F12 │A12 │S12 │C12 ║ ╚════════╧════════╧════════╧════════╝ The Macro Menu ╒════════════════╕ │ Function key │ Press [Alt M] when in the Macro │ Alt key │ window and the pull down menu appears. │ Shift key │ It is divided into two sections: │ Ctrl key │ the top section is for key definitions, │ alt Number │ The lower is for loading and saving │ Keypad │ macros. │ alT keypad │ │ Keyboard │ Function key: refers to the keys F1-F12 │ ───────────────│ Alt key: [Alt] + the keys F1-F12 │ Load macro │ Shift key: [Shift] + the keys F1-F12 │ Save macro │ Ctrl key: [Ctrl] + the keys F1-F12 │ Load keypad │ Alt Number: [Alt] + numbers 0-9 │ Save keypad │ Keypad: Numeric keypad │ Load keyboard │ Alt Keypad: The alternate keypad │ Save keyboard │ Keyboard: The Qwerty Keyboard, ABC, etc. ╘════════════════╛ TELEMATE THE MACRO WINDOW 49 Defining Macros To define a macro, select the type of keys you wish to redefine. A macro definition window will open as shown: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Ctrl-F1 TYPE IN BESIDE EACH KEY__________ │ │ Ctrl-F2 COMBINATION THE TEXT YOU WANT THAT__ │ │ Ctrl-F3 KEY COMBINATION TO SEND._______ │ │ Ctrl-F4 ______________________________________ │ │ Ctrl-F5 ______________________________________ │ │ Ctrl-F6 IF YOU WANT Ctrl-F10 TO SEND THE_____ │ │ Ctrl-F7 NAME "Snigglefritz" THEN YOU WOULD___ │ │ Ctrl-F8 TYPE "Snigglefritz" NEXT TO Ctrl-F10__ │ │ Ctrl-F9 LIKE THIS:__________________ │ │ Ctrl-F10 Snigglefritz__________________________ │ │ Ctrl-F11 ______________________________________ │ │ Ctrl-F12 ______________________________________ │ │ │ │ ╔════╗ ┌────────┐ │ │ ║ OK ║ │ Cancel │ │ │ ╚════╝ └────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Macro Symbols In addition to accepting standard alphanumeric text, Telemate also uses certain symbols which when passed through the phone lines perform specific functions. For example, the character "^M" in a macro translates to [Enter] on the other end. Below is a table of symbols you can include in your macros: ╒════════╤═════════════════╕ ╒════════╤════════════════════════╕ │ Symbol │ ASCII │ │ Symbol │ Function │ ├────────┼─────────────────┤ ├────────┼────────────────────────┤ │ ^@ │ Null │ │ ~ │ Pause 0.5 second │ │ ^A │ Ctrl A │ │ ^# │ Drop DTR │ │ ... │ │ │ ^% │ Send break signal │ │ ^M │ Carriage Return │ │ ^$ │ Send memo │ │ ^J │ Line feed │ │ ^& │ Send password │ │ ^L │ Form feed │ │ ^* │ Send hang up string │ │ ... │ ... │ │ ^( │ Send init string │ │ ^Z │ Ctrl Z │ │ ^) │ Send answer string │ │ ^[ │ Esc │ │ ^- │ Keystroke simulation * │ │ ^^ │ ^ │ │ ^= │ Execute command * │ │ ^~ │ ~ │ │ ^\ │ Run script file * │ ╘════════╧═════════════════╛ ╘════════╧════════════════════════╛ * These macro symbols must appear at the beginning of the macro. TELEMATE THE MACRO WINDOW 50 The '^-' Keystroke Simulation Macro Symbol This macro symbol simulates keystrokes as if they are generated by the keyboard, including [Alt] keys. It must appear at the beginning of the macro. The syntax is: '^-' [keystroke] [keystroke] [...] The following rules apply to [keystroke]: 1. Normal character: For normal characters, there is no special prefix character. For example, "^-abc" generates the characters "abc". 2. Control character: For control characters from [Ctrl A] (ASCII 1) to [Ctrl Z] (ASCII 26) and [Esc] (ASCII 27), the '^' character is used as the prefix character. For example, "^-Robinson^M^[" generates the word "Robinson" followed by an [Enter] and then an [Esc]. Note: in the Terminal window, "^H" is not the same as the [BackSpace] key, "^H" generates the character ASCII 8. [BackSpace] generates the string defined in the keypad table. 3. The ^ character itself: Two consecutive '^' generates one '^' character. For example, "^-^^" generates a '^'. 4. [Alt] and function key: An [Alt] or function key is represented by an accent '`' followed by the keyboard scan code in 4 hexadecimal characters. The keyboard scan code list is shown in the appendix. 5. The accent ` character itself: Two consecutive accent ` generates one accent ` character. For example, "^-``" generates a `. Caution: An accent character is a <`>, not a <'>. For example, the macro sequence "^-`1200`2e00`1400`1900" generates [Alt E] [Alt C] [Alt T] [Alt P] which switches to the editor, copies the marked text to the clipboard, switches to the terminal and pastes the contents of the clipboard to the remote system. There are certain limitations on the other macro symbols that you can use. The macro symbols that are supported are '^A' - '^Z', '^[' and '^^'. All other symbols are interpreted as if they are typed from the keyboard. For example, '^~' generates '^~', '~' generates '~' (not pause 0.5 second) and '^#' generates '^#' instead of dropping DTR. For example, the sequence "^-^@^~~^#^%^$^&^*^(^)^-^=^\" generates exactly "^@^~~^#^%^$^&^*^(^)^-^=^\". If you want a special macro symbol to work, you have to put it in another function key and generate the scan code for that function key. The '^-' macro symbol can nest function keys. For example, suppose the [F3] key is defined as "^&^M" which sends the password and then a carriage return. You can define "^-Robinson^M`3d00^[^[^[" which send the word "Robinson", an [Enter], an [F3] key and then three [Esc] keys. TELEMATE THE MACRO WINDOW 51 Note: You should avoid using the [Shift Fn] key to simulate the Copy [Alt C], Cut [Alt U] and Tag [Alt G] keys because it will result in [Shift Alt C], [Shift Alt U] and [Shift Alt G] respectively and the clipboard is not cleared before adding new data. On the other hand, you must use the [Shift Fn] key to produce the keys [Shift Alt C], [Shift Alt U] and [Shift Alt G]. The '^=' Hot Key Macro Symbol With the hot key macro symbol, you can define DOS commands or external protocols for all of the function keys. This macro symbol must appear at the beginning of the macro. The syntax is: '^=' [command] ['^='] ['^M'] ['^['] [command] can be a DOS command, external editor, external protocol, a batch file or whatever is required. ['^='] is optional. If specified, it will be converted to baud rate and COM port information in the same order as those parameters passed to an external protocol. ['^M'] is optional. If specified, it forces the command to execute immediately. Otherwise, the command line dialog [Alt R] will prompt you for more information. ['^['] is optional. If specified after the ^M above, the DOS window will be hidden after the command is executed. This symbol has no effect on commands used with the /P (pause) option. ╒═════════════════════╤══════════════════════════════════════════╕ │ Example │ Description │ ├─────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ^=COPY │ Brings you to the DOS command window and │ │ (without ^M) │ prompts you for more information. │ ├─────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ^=DIR *.SCR^M^[ │ Shells to DOS and displays all *.SCR │ │ (with ^M) │ files. The '^M' forces the execution │ │ │ of the command, then hides the window. │ ├─────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ^=MLINK-D ^=^M │ Works exactly the same as an external │ │ (with another ^= │ protocol by passing baud rate and │ │ and ^M) │ COM port information to the batch file │ │ │ MLINK-D.BAT. │ ├─────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ^=MLINK-U ^= │ Brings you to the DOS command window │ │ (with another ^=) │ and waits for the file name. │ ╘═════════════════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════╛ TELEMATE THE MACRO WINDOW 52 The '^\' Run Script Macro Symbol With this macro symbol, a script file can be started by pressing one function key. For example, if you define [F10] as "^\HOST", then the file HOST.SCR in the script directory will be run by pressing [F10]. This macro symbol must appear at the beginning of the macro. Redefining the Keyboard Sometimes it is necessary for certain incoming or outgoing characters to be changed to another value or stripped altogether. For this purpose, Telemate provides an incoming and an outgoing character 'keyboard table'. For each character in the ASCII set, the table defines what the character should be changed to. By default, no character translation is performed. Suppose that both incoming and outgoing translations are enabled and the following translation is required: Original In Out ═══════════════════════ 65:A » 65:B » 65:C When the character 'A' is received from the remote system, the character 'B' is displayed on the screen. When the character 'A' is typed from the keyboard, the character 'C' is sent to the remote system. Loading and Saving Macros, Keypads and Keyboards Although you can only have a limited number of macros active at any one time, Telemate gives you access to an unlimited number of macros. You can store one set of macros in one file and have a completely different set in a different macro file. These files can be saved and loaded whenever you need them using the Macro menu. Once you have defined some macros, you must save them. To do this, access the Macro menu, then highlight the "Save Macro" option and press [Enter]. Telemate uses the default extension .MAC for macro, .PAD for keypad and .KEY for keyboard files. To load a macro, keypad or keyboard file, select the appropriate option from the Macro menu. The File dialog opens and displays the files with the corresponding extension (.MAC, .PAD, or .KEY). You can then select the file you want to load. TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 53 THE OPTION DIALOGS [Alt O] ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The Options dialog allows you to quickly change many of Telemate options. When you have made your changes, you can save them to the configuration file so they automatically load with your next session. The Options Menu ╒═════════════════════╕ │ General │ │ Mouse & keyboard │ │ Dial setup │ │ dIrectory │ │ Terminal │ │ Communication │ │ Protocol │ │ External Protocol │ │ ─────────────────── │ │ Load options │ │ Save windows │ │ Save options │ ╘═════════════════════╛ Through the Options menu you can affect how Telemate operates in 8 areas: General Dialog: includes such things as your display setup, scroll buffer size, delays, sounds and alarms. Mouse & Keyboard Dialog: includes mouse setup and enhanced keyboard selection. Dial Setup Dialog: allows you to change dial prefixes, time, dial cancel string, and pause time between dialing attempts. Directory Dialog: sets the default directories for the main Telemate files, Upload and Download directories, as well as the Edit, View, Write, Script, Image and Log directories. Terminal Dialog: allows you to select the type of terminal Telemate emulates. Related information such as line feeds, local echo and the type of connection you are using can also be configured here. Communication Dialog: allows you to alter the strings or signals Telemate sends to initialize your modem, hang up the phone, turn on the auto- answer feature, etc. You may also change your communications port, baud rate, parity, and other COM parameters through this menu. Protocol Dialog: allows you to select the ASCII, Kermit and Zmodem options and other general protocol features. External Protocol Dialog: allows you to set up the external protocols. NOTE: Most of Telemate's default settings should be sufficient. On the other hand, don't be afraid to experiment with some of the items. TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 54 Saving and Loading Options When you select the Save or Load menu item, Telemate displays the File dialog. By default, files which have the extension .CFG are shown. Saving Windows When you select this function, the position of all windows will be saved to the configuration file. How to Make Changes When a dialog box is open, pressing the [Tab], [Shift Tab] or using the arrow keys moves the cursor between fields. ╒════════════════╤══════════════════════╕ │ Key │ Function │ ├────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Tab │ Next group │ │ Shift Tab │ Previous group │ │ Down │ Next item │ │ Up │ Previous item │ │ Spacebar │ Turn on/off option │ │ Enter │ Accept changes │ │ Esc │ Abort changes │ ╘════════════════╧══════════════════════╛ There are 3 types of fields in a dialog box: Circular Buttons: ┌─ Mouse Type ───────┐ │ ( ) None │ │ ( ) MicroSoft │ │ (*) MouseSystem │ └────────────────────┘ Circular buttons refer to black dots inside parenthesis ( ) that you see in the Mouse selection box above. Press [Spacebar] and the button jumps from button to button. Only one item can be selected in each group. Check Boxes: ┌──────────────────────┐ │ [X] Music │ │ [ ] Bell │ └──────────────────────┘ Some options are simple yes or no choices. These appear as a pair of brackets: [ ]. Press the [Spacebar] and an 'X' appears in the brackets like this: [X]. This condition indicates "yes, I want this option turned on". An empty bracket means "No." TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 55 Text Boxes: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Download Directory C:\TM\DOWNLOAD\_______ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Some options require you to enter text as your choice. You can use [Ins] to toggle the insert mode, [Ctrl Y] or [Ctrl Left] to erase the whole field, [Alt P] to paste text from the clipboard and [Alt C] to copy text to the clipboard. TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 56 General Dialog ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌ DOS Shell ───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ [X] Swap Telemate to EMS/XMS │ │ │ │ [X] Swap Telemate to Disk │ │ │ │ [ ] Maximum DOS Shell │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ ┌ Display ─────────────────┐ ┌ Log ──────────────────┐ │ │ │ [X] Scroll Bars │ │ [X] Log Filter │ │ │ │ [X] Menu Bar │ │ [ ] Log Heading │ │ │ │ [X] Status Line │ │ [X] Usage Log │ │ │ │ [ ] 24 Hour Format │ └───────────────────────┘ │ │ │ Date Format 0 │ ┌ Sound ────────────────┐ │ │ │ Scroll Back 100_ │ │ [X] Music │ │ │ │ Editor Margin 65_ │ │ [X] Bell │ │ │ │ Message Pause 1_ │ │ [ ] External Alarm │ │ │ │ Error Pause 3_ │ │ Alarm Sound 3_ │ │ │ │ Screen Saver 10 │ │ Alarm Time 3_ │ │ │ └──────────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────┘ │ │ ╔════╗ ┌────────┐ │ │ ║ OK ║ │ Cancel │ │ │ ╚════╝ └────────┘ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Swap Telemate To EMS/XMS: When this option is on, Telemate will swap itself to XMS or EMS while jumping to DOS and, therefore, leaves the most memory for the DOS shell. If both XMS and EMS memory are present, Telemate will swap to XMS if there is enough memory. If the swap is not successful, Telemate will swap to EMS memory. Swap Telemate To Disk: Similar to the "Swap Telemate To EMS/XMS", Telemate will swap itself to a disk file named TM.SWP in the virtual memory directory while jumping to DOS if this option is on. If both the 'Swap' options are on, Telemate will swap to XMS/EMS when there is enough memory. If the swap is not successful, Telemate will swap to disk. Maximum Dos Shell: This option must be used with the 'Swap' options above. When it is turned on, Telemate occupies only 5K bytes in the main memory so that you have the maximum DOS shell possible to run other applications. One problem with this is that Telemate will disable the COM port and incoming data will be lost since the routine to handle the transmission is no longer in memory. If RTS/CTS flow control is used, Telemate will lower the RTS signal to prevent data loss. If this option is off, Telemate will only swap part of itself out to allow for continued transmission until the buffer is full. Scroll Bars: If this option is on, the top window displays scroll bars for mouse use. For a detailed description of scroll bars and mouse operations, refer to the section "IF YOU HAVE A MOUSE". Menu Bar: If this option is on, a menu bar is shown on the top line of the screen. If you have a mouse, you can click on an item in the menu bar to access the corresponding window or menu. TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 57 Status Line: If this option is on, a status line is shown on the bottom of the screen. The status line provides immediate information on terminal emulation, baud rate, parity, data bits, stop bits, COM port, script file, log file, printer status and the current remote system. Note: Pressing [Alt -] toggles the status line and the menu bar. On some foreign keyboards, [Alt +] is the equivalent key. 24 Hour Format: If this option is on, time is displayed in 24-hour format. Otherwise, it is displayed in 12-hour format. Date Format: Telemate supports 9 date formats which can be divided into 3 groups. The first group uses '-' as the separator, the second uses the '/' and the third '.'. The codes are as follows: 0: MM-DD-YY 1: DD-MM-YY 2: YY-MM-DD 3: MM/DD/YY 4: DD/MM/YY 5: YY/MM/DD 6: MM.DD.YY 7: DD.MM.YY 8: YY.MM.DD Note: This date format does not affect the date format used in the script language. Scroll Back Limit: This is the number of lines the scroll back buffer can contain. Setting the limit to 0 will disable the scroll back function and minimizes the size of the virtual memory file. On a floppy disk system, this value should be 100 or less to reduce disk access and speed up the display. Editor Margin: This is the right margin of the editor. The words you type beyond this margin are wrapped to the next line. The margin also bounds the right side during reformatting. Message Pause: This is the amount of time, in seconds, that the Message Box appears when displayed. Error Pause: This is the amount of time, in seconds, that the Error Box appears when an error is encountered. Screen Saver: This is the amount of time, in minutes, that Telemate will wait for keyboard or mouse input before activating the screen saver. A message is displayed in random locations on the screen when the screen saver is active. A zero in this field will disable the screen saver feature. Pressing the [Alt `] key activates the screen saver immediately. On some foreign keyboards, [Alt `] is equivalent to pressing [Alt] together with the key left of the [1] key. Note: The [Alt `] key is only available if the Enhanced Keyboard option is turned ON under the Options/Mouse & Keyboard dialog. Log Filter: If this option is on, all of the control codes are filtered out while the communication session is recorded. Log Heading: If this option is on, a brief message is inserted into the log file which indicates the date and time the log is opened. Usage Log: If this option is on, actions such as connecting to a remote system, upload/download status, and online/offline status, are recorded in the TM.USE file. TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 58 Music: Some BBS's send ANSI music instructions via phone line. If this options is turned on, Telemate interprets those instructions and plays the music. Bell: The ASCII code 7 is the bell code. To keep Telemate silent, turn off this option. External Alarm: If turned on, the batch file TMALARM.BAT will be executed as an external alarm under the following conditions: 1. Both Alarm Sound and Alarm Time are greater than 0. 2. You are in the Terminal, Dial or Stack windows. Five parameters are passed to the batch file as %1, %2, %3, %4 and %5. They are %1 = Alarm Type = 0 if Transfer success = 1 if Transfer failure = 2 if Connected to a BBS = 3 if Script alarm = 4 if Warning (e.g. not enough disk space) %2 = Alarm Sound (no. of seconds the alarm should sound) %3 = Alarm Time (no. of seconds the alarm should display) %4 = BBS # connected to %5 = Current baud rate (300 to 115200) Alarm Sound: This is the amount of time, in seconds, that the alarm song plays when the Alarm appears. To turn off the alarm sound, set this value to 0. Alarm Time: This is the amount of time, in seconds, that the Alarm dialog will be displayed. Setting the value to 0 turns off the visible Alarm dialog box. TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 59 Mouse & Keyboard Dialog ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌ Mouse Type ──────┐ ┌ Port ─────┐ ┌ Speed ──────┐ │ │ │ ( ) None │ │ (*) None │ │ ( ) Slow │ │ │ │ (*) MicroSoft │ │ ( ) COM1 │ │ (*) Medium │ │ │ │ ( ) MouseSystem │ │ ( ) COM2 │ │ ( ) Fast │ │ │ └──────────────────┘ └───────────┘ └─────────────┘ │ │ │ │ [ ] Swap Left/Right Buttons ╔════╗ ┌────────┐ │ │ ║ OK ║ │ Cancel │ │ │ [ ] Enhanced keyboard ╚════╝ └────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Mouse Type: Telemate supports Microsoft and MouseSystem mice. Almost every mouse emulates one of these two, and many emulate both. Mouse Port: This refers to the serial port your mouse is connected to. This option only applies to MouseSystem mouse. If your mouse is a Microsoft mouse, there is no need to select a port. Due to the PC's architecture, you cannot have a mouse on COM1 and a modem on COM3, or a mouse on COM2 and a modem on COM4. But you can put a mouse on COM1 and a modem on COM2, or a mouse on COM2 and a modem on COM3, etc. Mouse Speed: If the mouse pointer seems to move too slow or too fast, you can adjust the speed with this option. This option only applies to MouseSystem mouse. If your mouse is a Microsoft mouse, you should use the mouse driver to adjust the speed. Swap Left/Right Buttons: If this option is on, the function of the left and right buttons is exchanged. Enhanced Keyboard: If this option is off, the alternate keypad of the 101- keyboard is used as the normal keypad. If this option is on, the alternate keypad uses the separate definition. You should turn on this option only if you have an AT BIOS. The XT BIOS does not support the enhanced keyboard function call. TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 60 Dial Setup Dialog ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌ Dial Prefix ─────────────────┐ ┌ Connect String ────────┐ │ │ │ (*) 1 AT DT_______________ │ │ CONNECT_____________ │ │ │ │ ( ) 2 AT DP_______________ │ │ ____________________ │ │ │ │ ( ) 3 AT DT_______________ │ │ ____________________ │ │ │ │ ( ) 4 ATDT 9,_____________ │ │ ____________________ │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────┘ └────────────────────────┘ │ │ ┌ Dial Suffix ─────────────────┐ ┌ Busy String ───────────┐ │ │ │ (*) 1 ^M__________________ │ │ NO CARRIER__________ │ │ │ │ ( ) 2 ^M__________________ │ │ BUSY________________ │ │ │ │ ( ) 3 ^M__________________ │ │ VOICE_______________ │ │ │ │ ( ) 4 ^M__________________ │ │ NO DIAL TONE________ │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────┘ └────────────────────────┘ │ │ Break String RING^M____ [ ] Auto Baud Detect │ │ Cancel String ^M________ [X] Auto Redial │ │ Dial Time 35_ [X] Multiple line │ │ Redial Pause 2__ ╔════╗ ┌────────┐ │ │ Redial Attempt 0__ ║ OK ║ │ Cancel │ │ │ ╚════╝ └────────┘ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Dial Prefix: Dial prefix is the string to be sent before the phone number. Normally, a pulse phone uses the prefix "ATDP" and a touch-tone phone uses "ATDT". Note that there is a pointer in the Phone Entry dialog pointing to one of the prefixes. Dial Suffix: The dial suffix is the string to be sent after the phone number. Usually it is simply a carriage return. But some phone companies offer a phone card which requires that the phone card number follow the phone number. This number should be put in the suffix. Note that there is a pointer in the Phone Entry dialog pointing to one of the suffixes. Connect Strings: These are the strings which the modem sends upon getting a connection, (e.g. "CONNECT"). There is no need to define different strings for different baud rates. The extra connect strings are intended for connection with some communication services. Busy Strings: These are the four strings which the modem sends when it has failed to make a connection while dialing (e.g. "NO CARRIER"). Break String: When this string is received while dialing, the redial cycle is broken. For example, if someone calls you when you are dialing out, the modem reports RING and the redial cycle is broken. Cancel String: This is the string Telemate should send to the modem to cancel the dialing attempt, for example, the carriage return "^M". Dial Time: This is the number of seconds that Telemate should wait for a connection while dialing. Redial Pause: This is the number of seconds that Telemate should wait between attempts while dialing. TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 61 Redial Attempt: This is the number of times that Telemate should perform the dialing procedure. Setting this number to 0 will allow the redial attempts to go on until aborted manually or until a connection. Auto Baud Detect: If this option is turned on, Telemate checks the modem connect string for a baud rate indication and switches to the new baud rate. This options only works with Hayes compatible modems. Auto Redial: If this option is turned on, Telemate will automatically redial the current dial list upon carrier drop. To use this function, the carrier signal must reflect the actual online status. Multiple Line: If this option is on and a connection is made, the board names identical to or similar to the one just connected are removed from the dial list. Similar board names are compared by checking all but the last 5 characters. In addition, the board names must be longer than 10 characters. TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 62 Directory Dialog ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Telemate C:\TM\__________________________________ │ │ Upload C:\TM\UL\;C:\QWK\_______________________ │ │ Download C:\TM\DL\;\QWK\(*.QW?);\PIC\(*.GIF,*.PCX) │ │ Script C:\TM\__________________________________ │ │ Edit C:\ED\__________________________________ │ │ View C:\ED\__________________________________ │ │ Write C:\ED\__________________________________ │ │ Image C:\TM\__________________________________ │ │ Log C:\TM\__________________________________ │ │ Virtual Memory C:\_____________________________________ │ │ │ │ ╔════╗ ┌────────┐ │ │ ║ OK ║ │ Cancel │ │ │ ╚════╝ └────────┘ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ DOS's ability to make and use subdirectories provides an effective way to manage your files. Below are suggested subdirectories and the files which should be placed in those directories. Telemate allows you to define multiple upload directories by adding ';' between the directories. If a file is not found in the first directory, Telemate will search the second and so on. If the file name contains wildcard characters, the search will stop when a match is found. For example, specifying *.* will only upload all the files in C:\TM\UL\ in the example above. Multiple download directories can also be defined by adding ';' between the directories with the wildcard between '(' and ')'. You can specify multiple wildcards for the same directory by adding ',' between the wildcards. In the example above, *.QW? files are put into the \QWK\ directory, *.GIF and *.PCX are put into the \PIC\ directory, and all other files are put into the C:\TM\DL\ directory. There should be at least 128K free in the virtual memory directory and at least 256K free if you have the "Swap Telemate to Disk" option turned on. You need to have at least 512K available if you have the "Maximum DOS shell" option turned on. Hard disk system: Dir Name Directory Files -------- --------- -------------------------------------- Telemate C:\TM\ *.FON, *.MEM, *.MAC, *.KEY, *.PAD, TM.HLP, TM.CFG, TM.RES, TM*.EXE, *.BAT Upload C:\TM\UL\ Download C:\TM\DL\ Script C:\TM\ *.SCR, *.TMS Edit C:\ED\ View C:\ED\ TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 63 Write C:\ED\ Image C:\TM\ *.IMG Log C:\TM\ *.LOG, TM.USE Virtual- C:\ TM.VM, TM.SWP, TMCLIP.$$$ memory Floppy disk system: You must not remove the diskette in drive A: because this is where Telemate stores data and loads the overlay. The main program TM.EXE should be put in drive B:. If you don't need the help function, you can remove the help file TM.HLP. Dir Name Directory Files -------- --------- ---------------------------------- Telemate A:\ *.FON, *.MEM, *.MAC, *.KEY, *.PAD, TM.HLP, TM.CFG, TM.RES, TMS.EXE Upload B:\ Download B:\ Script A:\ *.SCR, *.TMS Edit A:\ View A:\ Write A:\ Log A:\ *.LOG, TM.USE Virtual- A:\ TM.VM, TM.SWP, TMCLIP.$$$ memory B:\ TM.EXE TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 64 Terminal Dialog ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌ Terminal ────────┐ ┌ File Tag Separator ─────────┐ │ │ │ (*) ANSI │ │ (*) Space │ │ │ │ ( ) Avatar │ │ ( ) Carriage Return │ │ │ │ ( ) Prism │ │ ( ) Comma ',' │ │ │ │ ( ) TTY │ └─────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ ( ) VT52 │ ┌ Quote ──────────────────────┐ │ │ │ ( ) VT102 │ │ [X] Initial (@) Guessing │ │ │ └──────────────────┘ │ Prefix @>________ │ │ │ ┌ Connection ──────┐ │ Margin 70_ │ │ │ │ ( ) BIOS │ └─────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ ( ) Computer │ ┌ Toggles ────────────────────┐ │ │ │ ( ) Fossil │ │ [ ] Add Line Feed │ │ │ │ (*) Modem │ │ [ ] Add Return │ │ │ └──────────────────┘ │ [ ] Auto Wrap │ │ │ ┌ Flow Control ────┐ │ [X] Confirm Hang Up │ │ │ │ [ ] XON/XOFF │ │ [ ] Destructive BS │ │ │ │ [X] RTS/CTS │ │ [ ] Local Echo │ │ │ └──────────────────┘ │ [ ] Strip High Bit │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────┘ │ │ ╔════╗ ┌────────┐ │ │ ║ OK ║ │ Cancel │ │ │ ╚════╝ └────────┘ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Terminal: Telemate gives you the choice of six terminal types: ANSI, Avatar, Prism, TTY, VT102 and VT52. When a terminal type is selected, the corresponding macro file (.MAC) and keypad file (.PAD) is loaded. For example, VT102.MAC and VT102.PAD is loaded when VT102 is selected. Connection: Normally, the connection should be Modem. Since Telemate determines online and offline status by inspecting the carrier signal of the modem, you should not force the carrier signal to always high or always low. If the COM port is linked to a host computer directly via a cable or a null modem, you should select Computer, and Telemate will not check the carrier signal. A connection is assumed and the phone number will not be dialed. You can also select BIOS or FOSSIL driver. BIOS only supports up to 9600 baud but you may experience data loss at 2400 or higher. BIOS connection does not support RTS/CTS flow control. FOSSIL driver supports up to 38400 baud. If the baud rate is over the limit, Telemate will automatically switch to Modem connection. XON/XOFF flow control: When this option is on, XOFF [Ctrl S] causes the terminal to stop transmitting characters until a XON [Ctrl Q] is received. RTS/CTS flow control: High speed modems use hardware handshaking to control the flow of data. If your modem supports hardware flow control, this option should be on. BIOS connection does not support RTS/CTS flow control. TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 65 File Tag Separator: The tag feature allows you to select the file names in the marked text and put them into the clipboard. The file names are separated by the tag separator which can be a space, a carriage return or a comma depending on the remote system you are using. Initial Guessing: If this option is turned on, Telemate scans the incoming data and looks for 'From:' or 'Name:' and remembers the initials of the name that follows. If there is any chance of an incorrect guess, the guessing initial will be cleared. Quote Prefix: This is the string to be sent before each quoted line. If the character '@' is in the string, it is replaced by the guessing initial if the Initial Guessing feature is enabled. Otherwise, it is ignored. Quote Margin: This field defines the right margin which the quote function will use to reformat the quoted text. Add Line Feed: Some BBS's do not add a line feed at the end of each line of data. In this situation, you should turn this option on to add line feeds. Add Return: If this option is on, a carriage return [Ctrl M] is supplied after a line feed is received. Auto Wrap: If this option is on and a character reaches column 80, the cursor is wrapped to a new line. Otherwise, the cursor stays at column 80. Confirm Hang Up: If this option is on and the hangup command [Alt H] is issued, you will be asked for confirmation. Destructive Backspace: If this option is on, backspace [Ctrl H] will destroy the character on the left. Otherwise, backspace only moves the cursor to the left. Local Echo: If the remote system does not send the characters you typed back, you should turn this on and the characters you type are echoed to the terminal automatically. Strip High Bit: If this option is on, the 8th bit of the incoming data will be filtered out. This option is very useful when the actual link is 7E1 but you use 8N1 as COM parameter. TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 66 Communication Dialog ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Modem Init String ATZ^M_________________________________ │ │ Modem Hangup String ^#~~~+++~~~AT H0^M~___________________ │ │ Auto Answer String ~~~+++~~~AT S0=1^M~___________________ │ │ Answer Back String ______________________________________ │ │ │ │ ┌ Baud Rate ──┐ ┌ Parity ────┐ ┌ Data Bits ┐ ┌ COM Port ─┐ │ │ │ ( ) 300 │ │ (*) None │ │ ( ) 7 │ │ (*) COM1 │ │ │ │ ( ) 1200 │ │ ( ) Even │ │ (*) 8 │ │ ( ) COM2 │ │ │ │ ( ) 2400 │ │ ( ) Odd │ └───────────┘ │ ( ) COM3 │ │ │ │ ( ) 4800 │ │ ( ) Space │ ┌ Stop Bits ┐ │ ( ) COM4 │ │ │ │ ( ) 9600 │ │ ( ) Mark │ │ (*) 1 │ │ ( ) COM5 │ │ │ │ ( ) 19200 │ └────────────┘ │ ( ) 2 │ │ ( ) COM6 │ │ │ │ (*) 38400 │ └───────────┘ │ ( ) COM7 │ │ │ │ ( ) 57600 │ │ ( ) COM8 │ │ │ │ ( ) 115200 │ ╔════╗ ┌────────┐ └───────────┘ │ │ └─────────────┘ ║ OK ║ │ Cancel │ │ │ ╚════╝ └────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Modem Init String: This string is sent to the modem when Telemate starts in or switches to the originate mode. The '^(' macro symbol is attached to this string. Modem HangUp String: This string is sent to the modem to hang up the phone. The '^*' macro symbol refers to this string. The '^#' macro symbol should be included in this string so that it will drop DTR to hangup. Auto Answer String: This string is sent to the modem when Telemate switches to Answer mode. The '^)' macro symbol refers to this string. Answer Back string: This string is sent to the remote system when the ASCII code ENQ is received. However, this string will not be sent if CIS Quick B transfers are selected because ENQ is used as part of that protocol. Baud Rate: This is the speed at which communications take place. Check your modem manual if you are not sure what speeds are supported. Parity: Parity is a form of error checking. You can choose between None, Even, Odd, Mark and Space. The majority of BBS's are set up for No parity. Data Bits and Stop Bits: Data bits refers to how many bits of data are sent before a stop bit is sent. Most BBS's use 8 data bits and 1 stop bit. Port: Port refers to the communications port to which your modem is attached. Telemate supports up to 8 different ports. TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 67 Protocol Dialog ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌ General ───────────────────┐ ┌ Paste/ASCII Upload ───────────┐ │ │ │ [X] Filename Guessing │ │ [X] Expand Blank Line │ │ │ │ [X] Check Disk Space │ │ Line Pacing 0_ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────┘ │ Char Pacing 0_ │ │ │ ┌ Zmodem ────────────────────┐ │ Pace Character 0__ │ │ │ │ [ ] Recovery │ └───────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ [X] Auto-Download │ ┌ Macro/Script ─────────────────┐ │ │ │ [ ] ASCII-Upload │ │ Extended Pacing 0_ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────────────┘ │ │ ┌ Kermit ────────────────────┐ ┌ ASCII ────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Control Quote Char 35_ │ │ Upload Download │ │ │ │ Start Of Packet Char 1__ │ │ [ ] [ ] Strip High Bit │ │ │ │ End Of Line Char 13_ │ │ [ ] [ ] Translation │ │ │ │ Padding Char 0__ │ │ [ ] [ ] Strip CR │ │ │ │ Number Of Pad 0_ │ │ [ ] [ ] Strip LF │ │ │ │ Max Packet Size 80 │ │ [ ] [ ] Add CR Before LF │ │ │ │ 8th Quote Char 0__ │ │ [ ] [ ] Add LF After CR │ │ │ └────────────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────────────┘ │ │ ╔════╗ ┌────────┐ │ │ ║ OK ║ │ Cancel │ │ │ ╚════╝ └────────┘ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Filename Guessing: Some protocols, such as Xmodem, require you to supply a download file name. If this option is on, Telemate guesses the possible file name based on the incoming text and puts it in the file selection box. Check Disk Space: If this option is on, a warning message is displayed when the size of the file to be downloaded is larger than the amount of free disk space. If this message appears, use the MOVE function in the DOS command window [Alt R] to make room for the downloaded file. Zmodem Recovery: When this is on, Zmodem resumes an aborted transfer at a later time. A date check is performed to ensure it is an interrupted transfer. If the date check fail, the newly received file will be renamed instead of resumed. Zmodem Auto-Download: If this option is on, Telemate automatically takes over the file reception without any user interaction. Zmodem ASCII-Upload: If this option is on, Telemate sends the remote system a signal to indicate that the file is an ASCII file and requires end-of-line conversion. Caution: This option should be turned off unless the remote system requests it to be turned on. Otherwise, the upload will not be successful. Kermit Options: Please refer to the document of the host computer for the details of this option. TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 68 Expand Blank Line: If this is on and a blank line is received, Telemate adds a space to that line. This option is used during ASCII transfers with pasting or quoting. This is very useful for systems that assume a blank line means "end of message" when pasting a message to most bulletin boards. Line/Character Pacing: When pasting or quoting to the remote system during ASCII transfers, it may be necessary to wait between each character or each line. Line pace is the amount of time, in 1/20 seconds, that Telemate should wait after sending each line. Character pace is the amount of time that Telemate should wait between each character. Pace Character: During an ASCII upload or when pasting marked text, some remote systems send a special character, such as ASCII 13, when they are ready to receive the next line. This character is called a pace character. If this value is 0, Telemate uploads/pastes without waiting for a pace character. Extended Pacing: Similar to character pacing, an extended pace is the time delay, in 1/20 seconds, that Telemate should wait between each character in a macro or in a string PUT by a script file. ASCII Upload/Download: A number of options are available for ASCII transfers. If 'Strip High Bit' is on, the 8th bit will be stripped. If 'Translation' is on, the keyboard table will be used to translate the incoming or outgoing characters. If 'Strip CR' is on, the carriage return character is rejected. If 'Strip LF' is on, the line feed character is rejected. If 'Add CR before LF' is on, the carriage return character is inserted before the line feed character. If 'Add LF after CR' is on, the line feed character is inserted after the carriage return character. TELEMATE THE OPTION DIALOG 69 External Protocol Dialog ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Protocol Upload Download Prompt Auto-Download │ │ Name Key Batch Batch DL Name Sequence │ │ ──────── ─── ──────── ──────── ─────── ───────────── │ │ 1. ________ _ ________ ________ [ ] _____________ │ │ 2. ________ _ ________ ________ [ ] _____________ │ │ 3. ________ _ ________ ________ [ ] _____________ │ │ 4. ________ _ ________ ________ [ ] _____________ │ │ 5. ________ _ ________ ________ [ ] _____________ │ │ 6. ________ _ ________ ________ [ ] _____________ │ │ 7. ________ _ ________ ________ [ ] _____________ │ │ 8. ________ _ ________ ________ [ ] _____________ │ │ │ │ ╔════╗ ┌────────┐ │ │ ║ OK ║ │ Cancel │ │ │ ╚════╝ └────────┘ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Protocol Name: This is the name of the corresponding external protocol. Key: This is the key used to invoke the corresponding external protocol in the protocol menu. Upload Batch: This is file name of the batch file for uploading with the corresponding external protocol. For details on the format of this batch file, please refer to the appendix. Download Batch: This is the file name of the batch file for downloading with the corresponding external protocol. For details on the format of this batch file, please refer to the appendix. Prompt Download Name: If this option is on, you will be asked to enter a filename before downloading with the corresponding external protocol. Auto-Download Sequence: New external protocols have the ability to start the download automatically by detecting a specific data sequence. Telemate scans the incoming data for the auto-download sequence and executes the corresponding external protocol. This feature is disabled if 'Prompt Download Name' option is ON or the Terminal window, Command Stack window or the Chat window is not the top window. The carriage return '^M' and line feed '^J' character must not present in the sequence. The following are protocols that support this feature and their auto-download sequence. GIFLink / Zmodem *^XB00 Bimodem ^H ^H ^H ^H ^H ^H HS/Link HS*^BR Puma ^V^H^V^H^VPuma^V^H^V^H^V Mpt ^V^H^V^H^VMpt ^V^H^V^H^V Note: To use an external Zmodem driver, you must turn off the Zmodem Auto-download option in the Options/Protocol dialog. Otherwise, the internal Zmodem will be used. TELEMATE APPENDIX A: KEYBOARD SCAN CODE 70 APPENDIX A: KEYBOARD SCAN CODE ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The following are the keyboard scan codes used by the "^-" keyboard simulation macro symbol. All numbers are in hexadecimal form. The numbers in parenthesis represent the scan codes for keys on the alternate keypad. [F1] 3B00 [Shift F1] 5400 [Ctrl F1] 5E00 [Alt F1] 6800 [F2] 3C00 [Shift F2] 5500 [Ctrl F2] 5F00 [Alt F2] 6900 [F3] 3D00 [Shift F3] 5600 [Ctrl F3] 6000 [Alt F3] 6A00 [F4] 3E00 [Shift F4] 5700 [Ctrl F4] 6100 [Alt F4] 6B00 [F5] 3F00 [Shift F5] 5800 [Ctrl F5] 6200 [Alt F5] 6C00 [F6] 4000 [Shift F6] 5900 [Ctrl F6] 6300 [Alt F6] 6D00 [F7] 4100 [Shift F7] 5A00 [Ctrl F7] 6400 [Alt F7] 6E00 [F8] 4200 [Shift F8] 5B00 [Ctrl F8] 6500 [Alt F8] 6F00 [F9] 4300 [Shift F9] 5C00 [Ctrl F9] 6600 [Alt F9] 7000 [F10] 4400 [Shift F10] 5D00 [Ctrl F10] 6700 [Alt F10] 7100 [F11] 8500 [Shift F11] 8700 [Ctrl F11] 8900 [Alt F11] 8B00 [F12] 8600 [Shift F12] 8800 [Ctrl F12] 8A00 [Alt F12] 8C00 [Alt A] 1E00 [Home] 4700 (47E0) [Alt 1] 7800 [Alt B] 3000 [Up] 4800 (48E0) [Alt 2] 7900 [Alt C] 2E00 [PgUp] 4900 (49E0) [Alt 3] 7A00 [Alt D] 2000 [Left] 4B00 (4BE0) [Alt 4] 7B00 [Alt E] 1200 [Center] 4C00 [Alt 5] 7C00 [Alt F] 2100 [Right] 4D00 (4DE0) [Alt 6] 7D00 [Alt G] 2200 [End] 4F00 (4FE0) [Alt 7] 7E00 [Alt H] 2300 [Down] 5000 (50E0) [Alt 8] 7F00 [Alt I] 1700 [PgDn] 5100 (51E0) [Alt 9] 8000 [Alt J] 2400 [BackSpace] 0E08 [Alt 0] 8100 [Alt K] 2500 [Insert] 5200 (52E0) [Alt -] 8200 [Alt L] 2600 [Delete] 5300 (53E0) [Alt =] 8300 [Alt M] 3200 [Ctrl PrtSc] 7200 [Alt N] 3100 [Ctrl Left] 7300 [Alt O] 1800 [Ctrl Right] 7400 [Alt P] 1900 [Ctrl End] 7500 [Alt Q] 1000 [Ctrl PgDn] 7600 [Alt R] 1300 [Ctrl Home] 7700 [Alt S] 1F00 [Ctrl PgUp] 8400 [Alt T] 1400 [Ctrl Up] 8D00 [Alt U] 1600 [Ctrl Down] 9100 [Alt V] 2F00 [Ctrl Ins] 9200 [Alt W] 1100 [Ctrl Del] 9300 [Alt X] 2D00 [Grey /] E02F [Alt Y] 1500 [Grey *] 372A [Alt Z] 2C00 [Grey -] 4A2D [Grey +] 4E2B [Grey Enter] E00D TELEMATE APPENDIX B: KEYBOARD ASSIGNMENT IN TERMINAL EMULATION 71 APPENDIX B: KEYBOARD ASSIGNMENT IN TERMINAL EMULATIONS ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── VT102 & VT52 TERMINAL EMULATIONS The pre-defined keyboard layout is best suited for 101-key keyboard with the alternate keypad. 84-key keyboard users may have to redefine a few keys. The keyboard layout for the actual VT102 and VT52 keyboard is as follows: ┌───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐ │ PF1 │ PF2 │ PF3 │ PF4 │ │ │ │ │ │ ├───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ 7 │ 8 │ 9 │ - │ │ │ │ │ │ ├───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ 4 │ 5 │ 6 │ , │ │ │ │ │ │ ├───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ E │ │ │ │ │ N │ ├───────┴───────┼───────┤ T │ │ 0 │ . │ E │ │ │ │ R │ └───────────────┴───────┴───────┘ In the following chart, the keys on the 101-key keyboard are mapped to the keys shown in parenthesis. In Telemate, the [5] key is reserved for Backscroll and cannot be redefined. The [Ctrl Up] is used to emulate the [5] key in the actual terminal. ┌───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐ ┌───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐ │ Num │ / │ * │ - │ │ F1 │ F2 │ F3 │ F4 │ │ Lock │ (PF1) │ (PF2) │ (-) │ │ (PF1) │ (PF2) │ (PF3) │ (PF4) │ ├───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ └───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘ │ 7 │ 8 │ 9 │ │ │ (7) │ (8) │ (9) │ + │ ├───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ ┌───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐ │ 4 │ 5 │ 6 │ (,) │ │ F5 │ F6 │ F7 │ F8 │ │ (4) │ │ (6) │ │ │ (up) │ (down)│ (left)│(right)│ ├───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ └───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘ │ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ E (E │ │ (1) │ (2) │ (3) │ N N │ ├───────┴───────┼───────┤ T T │ ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ │ 0 │ . │ E E │ │Ctrl Up│ │ F10 │ │ (0) │ (.) │ R R)│ │ (5) │ │ (del) │ └───────────────┴───────┴───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ On the 101-key keyboard, there is an extra set of cursor keys. These are pre-defined to emulate the associated functions. The 84-key keyboard does not have the extra cursor keys. As a result, the [F5] - [F8] keys are used to emulate the arrow keys and [F10] is used to emulate the [Del] key. TELEMATE APPENDIX B: KEYBOARD ASSIGNMENT IN TERMINAL EMULATION 72 By default, the [BackSpace] key is defined as ASCII 8 [Ctrl H]. Some terminals require the [BackSpace] to be defined as ASCII 127. You can redefine the [BackSpace] key under the Macro/Keypad dialog. Or you can copy the keypad file VT102DEL.PAD to VT102.PAD. TELEMATE APPENDIX C: FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOLS 73 APPENDIX C: FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOLS ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Xmodem: This was once the most popular protocol in use, but it is being replaced by quicker and more reliable protocols. Error checking is done with checksum or Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC). Xmodem-1K: This is a variation of Xmodem which uses blocks that may be 128 bytes or 1024 bytes in size. Some BBS software refers to Xmodem-1K as Ymodem. Ymodem sends the name, size and date of the file but Xmodem-1K does not. If the file name 'UNKNOWN.$$$' shows in the File Transfer window during a Ymodem transfer, it is likely that the BBS software is using Xmodem-1K. In this case, you should select Telemate's Xmodem-1K protocol. Relaxed Xmodem: This is the same as Xmodem except that it has a longer delay time. This is for use with remote services that can not tolerate strict timing during Xmodem transfers. Ymodem: This is an Xmodem variation which uses blocks that may be 128 bytes or 1024 bytes in size and maintains the correct name, size, and date. Batch Ymodem: This protocol is a variation on Ymodem, which allows several files to be sent during each transfer. Also refer as True Ymodem. Ymodem-G: This protocol is a variation on Batch Ymodem. It achieves very high transfer rates by sending blocks one after another without waiting for acknowledgement. However, this requires an error-free link such as an error-correcting modem or null modem cable between two computers. If an error is detected by the receiver, the transfer is aborted. Ymodem-G supports the transfer of multiple files. Zmodem: This advanced protocol is both fast and reliable, and offers many features. Zmodem can transfer a group of files in one batch, while keeping the exact file size and dates. Zmodem detects and recovers from errors quickly. Zmodem Recovery can resume an aborted transfer. And it has the ability to skip the receiving file. Telink: It is basically the Xmodem protocol using CRC checking. A header block is sent before the file indicating its name, size, and date. This protocol supports the transfer of multiple files. SEAlink: SEAlink is an advanced version of Xmodem developed by System Enhancement Associates. It is a sliding window protocol. SEAlink passes a name, size, and the date of the transferred file and allows multiple files to be sent. Modem7: This format is similar to Xmodem. It passes the file name before starting the transfer and is common on CP/M systems. This protocol allows more than one file to be sent at a time. Kermit: This protocol is designed to permit computers of different types to send files to each other. Almost any computer using Kermit can be set up to send files to another computer using Kermit. TELEMATE APPENDIX C: FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOLS 74 CIS Quick B: This protocol is used only on the CompuServe Information Service (CIS). It is particularly suited for the networks used in accessing CIS, which have large turnaround delays. Both sending and receiving in a CIS Quick B transfer are totally controlled by Compuserve. Therefore, you should select this protocol before telling CIS what files to transfer. To assure this, setup the phone entry for CIS so that each time it is connected to CIS, the protocol will be used as the default. If you select this protocol in the transfer menu, Telemate displays the message "CIS Quick B ready" and monitors the incoming data for the auto-transfer sequence. If you want to use this protocol, you should connect to CIS using the 8N1 COM parameter and have the "Strip High Bit" option turned on. ASCII: This protocol acts as if the sender is typing the characters and the receiver is recording them. No error detection is provided with this protocol. Although you can use this protocol to upload a message, it is suggested that you use the Paste [Alt P] command to send the prepared message. TELEMATE APPENDIX D: DEFINING EXTERNAL PROTOCOLS 75 APPENDIX D: DEFINING EXTERNAL PROTOCOLS ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Telemate allows users to define as many as 8 external protocols using DOS batch files. Some external protocol drivers require a large amount of memory, so you should turn on the 'Swap Telemate to XMS/EMS', 'Swap Telemate to disk' and 'Maximum DOS Shell' options. When the external protocol is selected, Telemate executes the batch file and passes 3 or more parameters to it. Sometimes the third parameter is blank. Parameter Description ───────── ─────────── %1 the baud rate %2 the com port number (1 - 8) %3 the first file to transfer %4 the second file to transfer .. ... The batch file should call a driver program for the protocol, using the supplied parameters. For example, the batch file for an upload may contain the command: GIFLINK -b%1 -p%2 sz %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 NOTE: You can find various protocol drivers in many public BBS's. TELEMATE APPENDIX E: USAGE LOG 76 APPENDIX E: USAGE LOG ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── As you use Telemate on a daily basis, Telemate keeps a record of your communications activities. This record is stored in a file called TM.USE. Below is an excerpt from a TM.USE file. This file is divided into three parts: Note: The text shown in brackets [ ] are explanatory notes and are not actually from the TM.USE file. TIME DATE DESCRIPTION [COMMENTS] -------- ------- ---------------------- 22:52:53 1-24-89 Begin session [Telemate is loaded] 22:57:24 1-24-89 Online [Carrier found] 22:57:30 1-24-89 Connect to CompuServe [Remote system name] 23:10:34 1-24-89 Offline [Carrier lost] 23:11:32 1-24-89 Online 23:11:38 1-24-89 Connect to SouthWest Connect 23:36:37 1-24-89 Receive-Z TM200-1.ZIP (171K) success, transfer .. [Zmodem successfully received the file TM200-1.ZIP] 23:37:16 1-24-89 Offline 23:37:39 1-24-89 End session [Exit to DOS] Telemate comes with a small program called TMSTAT.EXE. TMSTAT.EXE takes the information in TM.USE and produces a useful statistical report on your usage of Telemate. For details, please refer to TMSTAT.DOC. TELEMATE APPENDIX F: THE PHONE DIRECTORY 77 APPENDIX F: THE PHONE DIRECTORY ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The Telemate utility program, TMPHONE.EXE helps you maintain the phone directory. It changes the size of the phone directory, inserts entries, deletes entries, reorders entries, sorts directories, clears the total, zaps connect dates, changes the phone directory size and prints the directory. To maintain a phone directory, at the DOS command line, type the following: TMPHONE [<name of phone directory>] and press [Enter]. If no phone directory name is supplied, TM.FON and TM.MEM will be used in the maintenance program. The phone directory files can be modified with a text editor. However, you will cause you to lose track of the memo field. Therefore, you should always use this utility program to maintain the phone directory. The file TMFON.H contains the format of the phone directory so that you can write your own maintenance program or even a conversion program. Each entry in the phone directory requires 131 bytes. The number of entries in a directory can be calculated with the following formula: (file size of the phone directory) / 131 TELEMATE APPENDIX G: MEMORY MANAGEMENT 78 APPENDIX G: MEMORY MANAGEMENT ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── How Telemate uses EGA/VGA video RAM Telemate can use EGA/VGA video RAM as data storage. EGA and VGA adapters provide 32K video memory in text mode. The 32K video buffer begins at address B8000. Telemate can double the size of the video buffer to 64K by moving the video buffer starting address to A0000 and uses the extra 32K to store data. Unfortunately, the 64K mode is not compatible with any pop-up memory resident programs because the address of the video buffer is changed. Unless you are very low on memory, the 32K mode should be selected for compatibility. If Telemate is running under DESQView, Windows or in 132 columns mode, only the first page, i.e. EGA/VGA Ram=0, is used for maximum compatibility. Optimizing Memory Usage 640K Conventional + 384K Extended Memory You should set up a RAM disk in the extended memory. DOS's VDISK.SYS can use the extended memory if the following line is included in your CONFIG.SYS file: DEVICE=VDISK.SYS /e /s384 This will create a RAM drive (e.g. D:). You MUST then define the 'Virtual Memory Directory' to 'D:\' in the Options/Directory dialog. 640K Conventional + 1M or more Extended Memory You should install the XMS driver HIMEM.SYS by adding the line: DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS. Telemate uses the first 64K High Memory Area as if it were conventional memory and the rest to store data and the program image during the DOS shell. This may take up to 768K. The remaining 384K can be used to set up a disk cache. For example, Microsoft's SmartDrive, SMARTDRV.SYS, is compatible with HIMEM.SYS. To do this, make sure the following lines are in your CONFIG.SYS file: FILES=20 BUFFERS=5 SHELL=COMMAND.COM /p /e:1000 DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=SMARTDRV.SYS 384 TELEMATE APPENDIX G: MEMORY MANAGEMENT 79 640K Conventional + 1M or more Extended Memory and Expanded Memory Some computers come with an Expanded Memory Manager, such as EMM412C.SYS, which can turn part of the Extended Memory into Expanded Memory. You should include both HIMEM.SYS and EMMxxxx.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS file. Telemate uses the 64K High Memory Area and 48K Expanded Memory as if they were conventional memory. A disk cache will improve the overall performance of your system. The following lines in the CONFIG.SYS file assumes that you split the 1M (1024K) Extended Memory into 704K Expanded Memory, 64K High Memory Area and a 256K disk cache: FILES=20 BUFFERS=5 SHELL=COMMAND.COM /p /e:1000 DEVICE=EMM412C.SYS 704 DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=SMARTDRV.SYS 256 The parameter '704' may vary for different Expanded Memory Managers. For example, the command line for QEMM.SYS should be DEVICE=QEMM.SYS EXTMEM=320 which defines 320K as Extended memory. 640K Conventional + 1M or more Expanded Memory Some systems allow only Expanded Memory. In this case the CONFIG.SYS file will look like this: FILES=20 BUFFERS=5 SHELL=COMMAND.COM /p /e:1000 DEVICE=EMM412C.SYS DEVICE=SMARTDRV.SYS /a256 Note that the '/a' after SMARTDRV.SYS tells SmartDrive to use Expanded Memory. Running under DOS 5.0 and 6.0 Telemate is fully compatible with DOS 5.0 and 6.0. However, some PC's do not report correct information to HIMEM.SYS and cause problems if you load DOS to high memory. If you have DOS=HIGH in your CONFIG.SYS, you should run TMINST.EXE and try the following setup conditions one by one: Xms Himem OFF Xms Limit 0 Ems Limit 0 EGA/VGA RAM 0 Normally, Telemate disables the use of extra memory automatically when it detects any conflict. However, if the hardware does not report correct information, you have to disable them manually. TELEMATE APPENDIX G: MEMORY MANAGEMENT 80 Running under QEMM386.SYS Sophisticated 386 Memory Managers, such as QEMM386.SYS, will optimize the usage of memory. However, this may cause other problems. If you are not sure, run TMINST.EXE and try the following setup conditions one by one: Ems Limit 0 Xms Himem OFF Xms Limit 0 EGA/VGA RAM 0 Consult the manual for your 386 memory manager and check if there is any potential incompatibility problem with your hardware. For example, if you have a SCSI drive, you should use the DISKBUF parameter and the EXCLUDE parameter. Running under DESQView/386 If you run Telemate under DESQView with QEMM.SYS, you SHOULD NOT include HIMEM.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS. Apparently DESQView requests the High Memory Area via QEMM.SYS and conflicts with HIMEM.SYS. The CONFIG.SYS will look like this: FILES=20 BUFFERS=5 SHELL=COMMAND.COM /p /e:1000 DEVICE=QEMM.SYS DEVICE=SMARTDRV.SYS /a256 Please refer to TM-PIF.DVP file for a sample PIF setup for DV386. Running under Windows 386 Enhanced Mode With Windows 3.1, you can use a mouse with Telemate even if it is running in a window. You MUST tell Telemate to use a Microsoft Mouse under the Options/Mouse & Keyboard dialog and you should add the following command line to your CONFIG.SYS file: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\MOUSE.SYS Note: The MouseSystem mouse setting will not allow Telemate to use the mouse in Windows 3.1. Please refer to TELEMATE.PIF for a sample PIF setup for Windows 386 Enhanced Mode. To improve transfer performance, you should edit all the PIF and change all foreground and background priorities to 25 which should yeild a faster turnaround time. TELEMATE APPENDIX H: ERROR MESSAGES 81 APPENDIX H: ERROR MESSAGES ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The most common error messages are the following: Cannot open configuration file If the configuration file TM.CFG is not in the current directory, Telemate will display this message. If you see this message, you should use TMINST.EXE to generate a new configuration file and set the DOS environment string 'TMCFG' to the directory containing the new TM.CFG. For example, if the Telemate directory is "C:\TM" then the following line should be added to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file: SET TMCFG=C:\TM\TM.CFG Problem opening resource file If the resource file TM.RES is not in the Telemate directory or the resource file is out-dated, Telemate will display this message. If the directory is incorrect, you can edit TM.CFG and locate the line DirTelemate="" and add the Telemate directory to it. Then make sure that the file TM.RES is in the Telemate directory. Cannot open TM.FON The phone directory TM.FON is not in the Telemate directory or has not been created. Execute TMINST.EXE and copy TM.FON to the Telemate directory if necessary. Not enough memory to open dialog When you encounter this message, you are very low in memory and you should exit Telemate immediately and restart Telemate with the '/O' or '/N' command line option. RTS/CTS flow control is turned off because CTS is off When Telemate starts, it checks the RTS/CTS option with the hardware. If the RTS/CTS option is on but the CTS signal is off, Telemate will turn off the RTS/CTS option if the CTS signal is still off after 10 seconds. Otherwise, no communications can go through the line. This message indicates that you may not have your modem turned on or your modem/cable does not have a CTS line. TMS Compile error This error message may appear for one of two reasons. . An error is detected in the script file. . There is not enough memory to execute TMS.EXE. Youshould exit Telemate and compile the script file in DOS command line. The script compiler will give you detailed information so that you can locate the error in your script file. TELEMATE APPENDIX I: TELEMATE SUPPORT BBS 82 APPENDIX I: TELEMATE SUPPORT BBS ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── We appreciate suggestions and ideas. Most new Telemate features come from user feedback. In order to provide a mean of support, we have made an agreement with several Bulletin Board Systems. The following BBS's will have the latest version of Telemate and a Telemate message area. Board Phone Number Network Baud Location ─────────────────── ──────────── ──────── ──────── ─────────────── Land of the Gypsy's 503-297-0626 RelayNet 14400V32 Oregon USA Late Night BBS 315-564-5700 Genesis 14400DS New York USA PC Connect 416-733-9052 SmartNet 2400 Toronto Canada User To User #1 214-492-6565 RelayNet 14400DS Dallas USA User To User #2 214-492-5695 FidoNet 9600V32 Dallas USA If you have questions, problems or suggestions, you can leave messages to 'WINFRED HU' on these Telemate Support BBS's. Echomail conferences have been set up by these BBS's in FidoEcho, GDNet, ILink, IntelecNet, RelayNet and SmartNet. Ask your sysop to join them. For the international editions, you may contact MicroServe Information eXchange at Board Phone Number Network Baud Location ───────────────── ──────────── ───────── ──────── ─────────────── M.I.X. BBS +49-4298-30086 UUCP 9600 V32 Lilienthal FRG In addition, you can reach the author on the following networks: CompuServe [72070,3515] InterNet 72070.3515@compuserve.com I want to express my appreciation to William Pendergast and Kevin Carr of User To User, John Scarfone of PC Connect, Avery Wegg of SouthWest Connect, Carter Downer of PRISM software, Nancy Porter of Land of the Gypsy's for their generous support. I am grateful to Chris Brinker and Michael Cody of Home Plate BBS for starting the Telemate FidoEcho. Also I thank Marko Kohtala of Airline BBS for his contribution and, of course, our registered users, distribution sites and all beta testers. Finally, special thanks to Ralf Brown's SPAWNO routines that make the maximum DOS shell function possible. TELEMATE APPENDIX J: PRODUCT LINE 83 APPENDIX J: PRODUCT LINE ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If you enjoy this Shareware, we invite you to try out the rest of our high quality Sharewares. We produce top rated programs and those who try them love them. And we believe you will like them too. You will find our Sharewares under the following file names (or similar ones if an update is available). Telemate TM412-1.ZIP TM412-2.ZIP TM412-3.ZIP TM412-4.ZIP GIFLink GIFLK112.ZIP GIFLITE GIFLT200.ZIP If you cannot find them in a local BBS, you can find them in our Support BBS's and most large BBS's: PC Connect: Toronto, Canada (416)733-9052 2400 Land of the Gypsy's: Oregon, USA (503)297-0626 14400V.32 User To User #1: Dallas, USA (214)492-6565 USR-HST/ds User To User #2: Dallas, USA (214)492-5695 9600 V.32 What is GIFLink GIFLink is an easy to use protocol driver that allows you to view the transmitting GIF images in stunning SuperVGA graphics. And it is the first protocol driver that uses full screen computer graphics in SuperVGA mode. GIFLink supports most of the popular file transfer protocols such as Zmodem, Batch Ymodem, Ymodem-G, Xmodem and CompuServe QuickB. If the files being transmitted are not GIF images, GIFLink will work just like as a normal protocol driver. So GIFLink will transmitted any files, not just GIF images. GIFLink also has a special VIEW mode so that you can look at the received GIF images in a slideshow format or preview the images you are going to sent. What is GIFLITE GIFLITE is a high quality GIF-to-GIF image compression program. It compresses the GIF files so that they will require much less disk space yet still preserve the same quality and resolution. With GIFLITE, digitized GIF images can be further compressed by an average of 30%. What makes GIFLITE special is that the resulting GIF files are almost identical to the original file. Human eyes can hardly tell them apart. GIFLITE conforms to both GIF87a and GIF89a standards. All non-image information is preserved in the resulting GIF files. The compressed images can be read by standard GIF decoders, such as VPIC v4+, CSHOW v8.3+ and GIFLink. TELEMATE INDEX 84 INDEX ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [Alt `], 57 ASCII code, 49 [Alt -], 16, 36, 57 ASCII protocol, 73 [Alt =], 36 ASCII transfer, 68 [Alt A], 36, 41, 45 Add CR before LF, [Alt B], 45 Add LF after CR, [Alt C], 36, 40 Strip CR, [Alt D], 25 Strip high bit, [Alt E], 38 Strip LF, [Alt F], 23 Translation, [Alt G], 36, 41 Auto answer string, 36, 66 [Alt H], 28, 36 Auto baud detect, 61 [Alt I], 35 Auto dial option, 15 [Alt J], 23 Auto download sequence, 69 [Alt K], 24 Auto indent, 12, 42 [Alt L], 33 Auto log, 30 [Alt M], 47 Auto redial, 61 [Alt N], 34, 41, 46 Auto script, 16 [Alt O], 53 Auto wrap, 31, 65 [Alt P], 34, 41 [Alt Q], 34, 41, 44, 46 B [Alt S], 34 [Alt T], 32 Back window, 45 [Alt U], 40 Backup source, 13, 42 [Alt V], 44 Batch upload, 33 [Alt W], 19 Batch Ymodem protocol, 73 [Alt X], 24 Baud rate, 7, 29, 66 [Alt Y], 35 Bell, 58 [Alt Z], 19 Break signal, 37, 49 [Center], 45 Break string, 60 [Ctrl Up], 45 Busy strings, 60 [Ctrl Down], 45 [Ctrl Left], 24 C [Scroll Lock], 46 [Shift Alt C], 40 Cancel string, 60 [Shift Alt G], 41 Capture, 13, 46 [Shift Alt U], 40 Carrier signal, 30, 61, 64 16550 FIFO, 8 CD, 22 12/24 hour format, 57 CGA, 1, 9 Character pacing, 68 A Chat mode [Alt C], 36 Check boxes, 54 Add line feed, 30, 65 Check disk space, 67 Add return, 30, 65 Circular buttons, 54 Alarm, 21, 58 CIS Quick B protocol, 74 Alarm song, 12 Clear backscroll buffer, 46 Alarm sound, 58 Clear text, 36 Alarm time, 58 Clipboard, 24 Already online options, 15 Closing window, 20 Alt-keypad table, 47 CLS, 22 Append entries, 28 Connect Strings, 60 Answer mode, 36 Color, 13 Answer back string, 66 Com parameter, 6, 29, 66 TELEMATE INDEX 85 Com port, 7, 21, 66 E Command line options, 15 Command stack, 35 Edit, 38 Communication dialog, 66 Edit directory, 62 Confirm hang up, 65 Edit menu, 12, 40 Connection, 30, 64 Edit window, 38 COPY, 22 Editor margin, 30, 39, 57 Copy, 34, 40 EGA, 1, 9, 78 cUt, 40 EMS, 1, 11, 78 EMS Limit, 11 D Enhanced keyboard, 46, 59 ERASE, 22 Data bits, 7, 29, 66 Error messages, 81 Date format, 9, 57 Error pause, 55 Default baud rate, 29 Evaluation disks, 3 Default COM port, 29 Executing Telemate, 14 DEL, 22 Exiting Telemate, 24 Deleting text, 38 Expand blank line, 34, 68 Desqview, 80 Expanded memory, 1, 11, 78 Destructive Backspace, 31, 65 Extended memory, 1, 10, 78 Dial menu, 26 Extended pacing, 68 Dial options, 60 External alarm, 58 Dial prefix, 7, 29, 60 External protocol dialog, 69 Dial setup dialog, 60 External protocols, 73 Dial suffix, 7, 30, 60 Dial time, 60 F Dial window, 25 Dialing functions, 26 File directory, 23 DIR, 22 Filename guessing, 67 Directory dialog, 62 Filter, 42 Directory functions, 25 Find, 27, 42 Directories and files, 62 Format of phone directory, 77 Disclaimer, 3 Full screen option, 16 Doorway mode, 36 DOS command window, 22 G CD COPY General dialog, 56 CLS General options, 56 DIR GIFLink, 83 DEL GIFLITE, 83 ERASE Goto, 27, 42 INS, INSIDE Guess initial, 31 MOVE REN, RENAME H TYPE Download batch, 69 Hang up, 28, 36, 49, 50, 65 Download directory, 62 Help, 21 Downloading files, 33 Hot key macro symbol, 51 TELEMATE INDEX 86 I Message pause, 53 Modem init string, 49, 66 Image directory, 62 Modem hangup string, 49, 66 Image file, 35 Modem7 protocol, 73 Initial guessing, 31, 34, 65 Monochrome, 9 Installation program, 6 Mouse, 1, 10, 17, 59 INS, INSIDE, 22 Mouse port, 10, 59 International edition, 3, 82 Mouse type, 10, 59 Mouse speed, 10, 59 J MOVE, 22 Moving windows, 19 Jump to DOS, 23 Multiple line, 61 Multiple upload directories, 62 K Multiple download directories, 62 Multithreading, 1 Kermit protocol, 67, 73 Multi-user license, 3 Key (external protocol), 69 Music, 58 Keyboard table, 47 Keypad table, 47 N Keystroke macro symbol, 50 Name (external protocol), 69 L New, 41 Next, 27, 42 Learning script, 28, 34 License, 2 O Line pacing, 68 Load phone directory, 16, 27 Opening a Window, 19 Loading files, 41 Option dialogs, 53 Loading macros, 52 Originate mode, 36, 49 Loading options, 54 Local echo, 31, 65 P Log directory, 62 Log filter, 33, 57 Pace character, 68 Log heading, 33, 57 Parity, 7, 29, 66 Logging sessions, 33 Password, 29, 49 Long distance, 31 Paste, 34, 41 Phone directory, 77 M Clear total Copy entry Macro menu, 48 Create new directory Macro symbols, 49 Delete entry Macro table, 47 Insert entry Macro window, 48 Print directory Manual dial, 27 Reorder entries Margins, 39, 57 Sort directory Mark, 40 Zap connect date Maximum DOS shell, 56 Printer log, 21, 37 Memo, 21, 29 Printing files, 24 Menu, 19 Prompt download name, 69 Menu bar, 19, 56 Protocol, 8, 31, 67 Protocol dialog, 57 TELEMATE INDEX 87 Q T Quote, 34, 41, 44, 45 Tag, 24, 41 Quick Find, 27 Tag separator, 41, 65 Quote margin, 34, 46, 65 Telemate directory, 62 Quote prefix, 34, 46, 65 Telink protocol, 73 Terminal command stack, 35 R Terminal dialog, 64 Terminal types, 30, 64 Recalling command, 35 Terminal window, 32 Receiving files, 33 Text Boxes, 55 Redefining the keyboard, 52 TMPhone, 27, 77 Redial attempt, 61 TMStat, 31, 76 Redial pause, 60 Translation, 47 Reformat, 42 Transferring files, 32, 33 Registration, 2 TYPE, 22 Relaxed Xmodem protocol, 73 Type ahead, 35 REN, RENAME, 22 Replace, 42 U Resizing windows, 20 Revise script, 27 Upload batch, 69 RTS/CTS flow control, 8, 64 Upload directory, 62 Uploading files, 32 S Usage log, 57, 76 Using scripts, 34 Save dial list, 27 Saving files, 41 V Saving keyboards, 52 Saving keypads, 52 VGA, 1, 9, 78 Saving macros, 52 Video cache, 9 Scroll lock, 46 Video displays, 9 Saving options, 54 Video height, 9 Saving Windows, 54 Video RAM, 1, 11, 78 Screen saver, 57 View directory, 62 Script, 34 View window, 44 Script compile error, 81 Virtual memory, 1, 62, 78 Script directory, 62 Scroll bars, 9, 18, 56 W Scroll back limit, 57 SEAlink protocol, 73 Windows, 19 Selecting windows, 19 Closing Sending files, 32 Moving Shareware, 2 Resizing Snow checking, 9 Selecting Status line, 38, 57 Starting Strip high bit, 31, 65 Zooming Stop bits, 7, 29, 66 Windows Compatibility Option, 16 Support BBS, 82 Wordstar convention, 39 Swap left/right buttons, 59 Write, 41, 45 Swap Telemate to disk, 56 Write directory, 62 Swap Telemate to Xms/Ems, 56 TELEMATE INDEX 88 X Xmodem protocol, 73 Xmodem protocol, Relaxed, 73 Xmodem-1K protocol, 73 XMS, 1, 10, 78 XMS himem, 10 XMS limit, 10 XON/XOFF flow control, 8, 64 Y Ymodem protocol, 73 Ymodem protocol, Batch, 73 Ymodem-G protocol, 73 Z Zooming windows, 19 Zmodem protocol, 73 Zmodem ascii-upload, 67 Zmodem auto-download, 67 Zmodem recovery, 67