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- These are the preliminary docs for the VLT autodialer. The autodialer
- requires VLT version 4.718, the rexxarplib.library (tested with version
- 2.3), and ARexx 1.06 or better. This is designed to work with 2400 baud
- Hayes compatible modems that send back the text messages. (Tested with a
- supra 2400)
- This file is copyright 1990, Dan Sugalski. It may be redistributed with
- the archive in which it appears, which may be freely redistributed but
- not sold for profit, so long as that archive has not been altered from the
- original.
-
- The autodialer requires at least one file in your s: directory. This
- file must be named "VLTPhone". It contains the names, phone numbers, modem
- settings and macro fienames of the systems you call. The format is:
-
- Name Phone_Number Macro_Filename Parity Strip_bit_8
-
- fields are delineated by spaces. This means no spaces in the BBS name. (A
- mod for this is left as an exercise for the reader ;)
- The phone number field can be anything your modem will accept. It is
- preceded by an "ATDT" to the modem. Again, no spaces.
- The macro filename is the name of a macro in your rexx directory that
- is called when a connection is made. The extension *Must* be ".vlt". So if
- you had "Bix" in the macro filename slot, the macro "Rexx:bix.vlt" will be
- called and run. Execution is async, and after the macro is started, the
- autodialer exits and goes away.
- Parity is passed straight through to VLT's Parity command. Most common
- is 8N1. Your mielage may vary. I reccomend putting this entry in every line
- of your phone file to make sure you and the host system are communicating
- properly.
- Strip is also passed on to VLT, to the Strip command. This will strip
- out the high bit (bit eight) on all non-filetransfer communication to your
- host system. Use N for most BBS' ('specially those sending IBM graphics)
- and Y when using Tymnet.
- You may leave out any field except the name and Phone number. If one
- field is left out, however, all the rest of the fields for that line must
- also be left out.
-
- Both a dummy macro and a working Bix/Tymnet macro are included
- (sans password) as examples.
-
-