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Terminius 2.0 ReadMe.1st file
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Welcome to Terminus, the long awaited replacement to JR-Comm 1.02a.
This archive represents two years of development of which one year was
spent beta testing over 30 releases by over 40 people. They have my
deepest gratitude for putting up with me for the duration.
Although I sincerly think that this program is quite reliable it
most likely still contains a few bugs being that it is the first
release. Hopefully, they're few and minor, if not, they will be
corrected shortly as the reports come in.
Two items that are missing from this initial release are the
JR-Comm to Terminus phonebook converter and a basic host script.
I've not had time to finish the utility yet, I plan to have it done
shortly and will post it seperately once it is finished. Registered
versions will not ship until the utility is done either, figure on a
few weeks for that to get done and the registered version to be
released.
The host script was planned on being developed simultaneously
with the debugging of the script interpeter. Things got sidetracked
and I never got around to completing it. The host.scp file that's
included with this archive is a script fragment that handles user
login, nothing more. If you would like to "adopt" the host script
I'd appreciate the help, just ask so that I know not to duplicate
your efforts.
Installing Terminus
-------------------
This archive should be dearchived to a blank floppy named
"TerminusMaster". You will also need a copy of Commodore's
Installer utility to use the provided installation scripts. Two
basic scripts are present, one for hard disk installation and one
for creating a boot/work floppy disk set for use on a floppy based
system. The script is able to create 1.3, 2.04 and 2.1 boot disks.
Registering Terminus
--------------------
Please be aware that the registered version of Terminus will not
be available for download from the support BBS. You will need to
receive a disk in the mail with the registered version as each copy
of the program is serialized. You will also need the original copy of
the program for use with a patch program that will be released
electronically when needed to handle updates to the program as they
become available. This will cut down on the cost of calling the
support BBS or returning your disk for each new release as was the
case with JR-Comm.
Registered JR-Comm users can upgrade to Terminus for a fee of $10US
plus a small fee for shipping. First-time users can register Terminus
for $40US plus shipping as well.
I can no longer provide for printed output due to the size of the
user manual. I am looking into commercial printing services to get a
small format, bound manual.
Credit cards are still out of my reach. All attempts at getting a
merchant account have been unseccessful so far. I'm still trying
though.
I'm also trying to locate some distribution contacts in Europe and
Australia so that people overseas don't have to get penalized by the
high cost of converting local currency to US funds.
I'll post more info about these things in the coming weeks once the
initial release has settled down.
Future plans for Terminus
-------------------------
I've already outlined the addition of several major features that
will be added to Terminus. These items will be added prior to moving
over to a WB2.0-only version of Terminus.
Tentative plans are:
2.1 - Add RIP support. RIP is an acronym for Remote Image Protocol
that is gaining popularity in the IBM PC world and is the
intended graphics replacement for SkyPix which was dropped
from Terminus.
2.2 - Add Hydra protocol. Hydra is the only publically documented
full-duplex transfer protocol that I've come in contact with
so far. It originated on the IBM PC and hopefully has some
support there.
2.3 - Tokenize the script interpeter for faster execution.
2.4 - Add a full implementation of Super Kermit with Sliding
Windows.
Additional features may appear with each release, but these are
the major items that I have slated for development at this time.
-jack-