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DigiTerm Ver1.5 for Win95
Northern Electronics - Douglas Southcott
Documentation
Ready for tomorrow's technology today!
With DigiTerm, You can access data service networks
such as Compuserve, Canada Remote Systems, or MCI. You never
have to see a terminal window - simply have DigiTerm call
the service, do it's thing, and hang up.
Registration:
DigiTerm is SHAREWARE, as such there are some items
which do not work until you register the program. These
include the host mode, external protocols, and Zmodem.
Registering will turn all these features on, as well as get
rid of the annoying nag screen. The price to register
DigiTerm is currently U.S. $39.99.
Canadian Orders:
I will accept Canadian money orders, or cheques,
however cheques will need to clear your bank before I send
out the key keys to you. Orders with money orders will be
sent out the same day.
Send orders to:
Mr. Douglas Southcott
Northern Electronics
47 James Street
Barrie, Ontario L4M 6Y3
U.S. Orders:
The U.S. registration site is BMT Micro. Through them
you can use your VISA, MasterCard, Discover, or Acceptance
cards. They also have a 10 line BBS (Fido 1:3628/11) for
online credit card orders.
The numbers for BMT Micro are:
Line: 1-800-414-4268 [for orders only]
Fax: (910) 350-2937
BBS (910) 350-8061 [10 lines, all 14.4]
The Programer's Guild BBS at (705)733-5055 is the
support BBS for any questions regarding the software. My
FIDO address is 1:252/128.
Either site can send you the keyfiles, or you can call
in to pick them up. These will activate all the features.
They also keep up on the newest releases of DigiTerm, which
you can file request at any time.
Menu Items - How to
File Menu
Open & Close Capture
The default extension is .txt.
Both Open Capture and Close Capture should be self
explanatory for anyone who has used any kind of a terminal
program before. They simply start (and stop) whatever you
see on the screen going to a file you can review later. That
way you can capture all the lists of new files, review them
when you're off-line, then have the machine call the BBS
back in the middle of the night automatically and grab the
files you've put into a list. Then have it log off that BBS
and call the next one in the script file to get the files
you want from there. More on this later in the section on
Script files.
File Manager (Ctl+M)
The Built-in file manager lets you run your other
software while you're on-line with the terminal program. You
can have the software running foreground or background,
minimized, maximized, etc. You can run DOS or Windows apps.
and the terminal program will do the time slicing for you.
You should not loose any files in transfer because you were
running a different application at the same time as long as
you run the app through the terminal program.
Hot Keys - Getting to the File Manager can be done by
pressing Alt+F then M, by clicking on the File menu followed
by clicking on File Manager, or by using the Ctl+M
combination to bring it up on screen in one quick shot.
Ctl+M is the fastest and easiest of the methods.
You can access any drive - even over a network - then
select any directory and file. The selected file shows up in
(of all places) under the title "Selected Dir. or File". The
chosen file can then be edited, erased, copied, or moved. A
Selected directory can be deleted. As you change drives and
directories, delete files, toast off directories, etc. the
appropriate windows on the file manager are updated
automatically.
Make Directory:
Where "Selected Dir. or File" is on the File Manager
you can type for example;
a:\temp then click on Make Dir. to create the directory
named temp on a: drive. I tried my best to make the program
as self explanatory as possible.
Kill Directory:
Where it says "Selected Dir. or File" on the File
Manager you can type in the name of the directory you want
to get rid of then click on Kill Dir. to get rid of it. You
will be prompted to be sure you REALLY did want to get rid
of that directory.
Copy or Move Files:
Click on any file and it shows up in "Selected Dir. or
File". Then, where the form says "Selected Dir. or Dest."
type in the drive and path where you want the file copied or
moved to. Clicking on "copy" will of course copy the file
and leave the origional where it was at. Clicking on "move"
will move the file to the new location and delete the file
from the starting location.
Example: Move a:\tp9\ati.cfg to a:\
Click on the drive, then the dir. to see the files,
click on the ati.cfg file so it shows up under
"Selected Dir. or File"
Go to "Selected Dir. or Dest" and type in a:\
Then click on the Move button.
The file ati.cfg has now been moved from the a:\tp9
directory to the root of a: drive. It's that easy.
To make it easier to find the file you wanted the file
manager has the ability to show only the files with
extensions you want to see in the files list box. You can
show all, only .exe., etc., or the files with whatever
extension you want. Clicking on the dot below *.com then
typing in the box beside it *.grp will show only the files
with the .grp extension. The are so many really exotic
extensions I could have had the listing go on forever, the
easiest way to do it and to allow the best use of screen
space was to simply allow the user to put in whatever
extension they wanted to look for if it wasn't already in
the short list.
Any file listed in "Selected File" can be run
foreground, background, etc. You can also run DOS apps by
clicking on "Run DOS app" You then type in the path and
filename of the program you want to run and hit enter to run
it.
When you choose to erase files or delete directories
you will be prompted to be sure you really did want to do
that.
Edit Menu:
Cut & Paste: You can now use the clipboard with the modem port the same as with any other Windows item.
The hotkeys are Ctl+C for copy to the clipboard and Ctl+P for paste from the clipboard to the modem port.
This could have alot of uses: sending out a pretyped letter , a fancy ansi, to grab descriptions, etc. you see on
screen. The list goes on to whatever you want to use it for.
Setup:
Port:
Clicking on Port will bring up a form where you choose
your port, baud rate, etc. Ports are currently limited to 1
to 4 and speeds up to 57,600 Baud (Not many people currently
go faster than that right now).
Terminal:
This will bring up a form where you can choose your
foreground and background colors, your font, font size (good
if you have bad eyesight), bold, etc. You can also say
whether your monitor is color, gray scale, or monochrome.
You can use any font that you have installed under Windows
but you should try to be sure you use one like "terminal"
that allows the use of upper ASCII characters.
Modem:
This brings up a form where you can choose from over
445 modems. Don't worry - if you pick the wrong one it WILL
tell you! Scroll up and down to pick your make of modem,
then choose the particular model. Type in your port number
and click OK and you're all set with the factory settings.
Included modem strings are available for Zyxel, Zoom, Boca,
Cardinal, etc. etc. From the modem form you can choose to
edit your settings, add a modem, and pack the database.
Edit Settings:
You can change the make, model, init strings, etc.
Clicking on OK will save your altered settings to the
database.
Add a Modem:
Design your own fancy strings for your modem and save
them to the database. Looking at some of the choices (or
your modem's manual) could help you figure better settings
than those in the available database.
Delete Modem:
This deletes the currently highlighted modem under
"mode