home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Brotikasten
/
BROTCD01.iso
/
c128
/
c158.d64
/
qwkrrv41docs.txt
Wrap
Text File
|
1995-08-09
|
112KB
|
2,311 lines
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
26TH ╩ANUARY 1994
╨ROGRAM BY : ╥OD ╟ASSON ╥┼┘╬┼╠╠┴, ╙OUTH ┴USTRALIA
─OCUMENTATION BY: ═ARK ─OWSETT ╙┘─╬┼┘, ╬EW ╙OUTH ╫ALES
├╧╬╘┼╬╘╙
╬EW ╫ARNINGS & ╙UGGESTIONS ...................................... 1
╧LD ╫ARNINGS & ╙UGGESTIONS ...................................... 1,2
╙TARTING ╤╫╦╥╥128 ............................................... 2
╒SING ╤╫╦╥╥128 .................................................. 3
╟LOBAL ├OMMANDS ................................................. 3
╧PENING ═ENU .................................................... 4
╥EADING ═ESSAGES ................................................ 6
═ESSAGE HEADER INFORMATION ...................................... 6
╥┼┴─ ├OMMANDS ................................................... 7
╘HE ┼DITORS ...................................................... 9
╥┼╨╠┘ING TO A ═ESSAGE ........................................... 10
╥┼╨╠┘ ├OMMANDS .................................................. 11
┼╬╘┼╥ING A ═ESSAGE .............................................. 13
┼NTERING ╬ETMAIL ................................................ 13
┴UTO-╬ETMAIL .................................................... 13
┼XAMPLES OF ╬ETMAIL ╞ORMATS ................................ 14
╨ACKING THE MAIL ................................................ 16
╥EADING WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN ................................... 17
╧PTIONS ......................................................... 17
├OLOURS ...................................................... 17
╘IMER AND ╨┴╠/╬╘╙├ ........................................... 18
╨RINTER ...................................................... 18
├HARACTER ╙ETS ............................................... 18
╞-╦EYS ....................................................... 19
╘AGLINES ..................................................... 19
╘WIT ╠IST .................................................... 21
┴DDRESS BOOK ................................................. 24
╩OYSTICK ..................................................... 7
─╧╙ SUPPORT (AND COMMAND STRUCTURES)............................. 22
╞ILES/FILENAMES/FILETYPES ...................................... 23
─RIVE USAGE ..................................................... 24
╙UPPORTING ╨ROGRAMS ............................................. 25
╥EGISTRATION & ─ISTRIBUTION ..................................... 26
├ONTACT ┴DDRESSES ............................................... 28
╟LOSSARY ........................................................ 29
╔NDEX ........................................................... 30
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╬EW ╫ARNINGS & ╙UGGESTIONS
==========================
─ISPOSABLE ╞ILES
---------------- ┬OTH ╤╨╪ AND ╤╫╦╥╥ NOW TREAT SOME FILES AS DISPOSABLE,
THAT IS IF THEY ARE FOUND ON A DISK AT THE TIME A NEW FILE IS BEING
CREATED THE OLD FILE WILL BE ERASED ╫╔╘╚╧╒╘ ╫┴╥╬╔╬╟. ╘HESE FILES ARE:
├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ & ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ WHICH ARE OVERWRITTEN BY ╤╨╪ AND THE
<BBS-ID>.═╙╟ & <BBS-ID>.╥┼╨ REPLY FILES.
╤╫╔╦.╬─╪ ╞ILES
-------------- ╔NDEX FILES WILL BE CHECKED ON START UP BY ╤╫╦╥╥ AND IF
THE <BBS-ID> AND SOME OTHER CHECKS ARE DIFFERENT TO THAT HELD IN THE
CURRENT ╤╫╔╦.╬─╪ THE OLD ╤╫╔╦.╬─╪ FILE WILL BE IGNORED AND OVERWRITTEN.
╞ILE ├OMPATIBILITY
------------------ ╘HE FOLLOWING FILES USED BY ╤╫╦╥╥ HAVE CHANGED IN
SET UP SINCE EARLIER VERSIONS AND ARE NOT COMPATIBLE BETWEEN VERSIONS:
╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙, ╤╫╔╦.╬─╪, <BBS-ID>.╬┼╘
╘HE FOLLOWING FILES USED BY V4.XX ARE COMPATIBLE WITH V3.XX VERSIONS:
╤╫╦╘.* (ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN A SMALL CHANGE TO ADD ╒NDEFINED TAGS
AND SEE THE SECTION ON ╘AGLINES FOR MORE INFORMATION) & ╤╫╦╞.*
(╞UNCTION KEYS).
├═─ ╒SERS
--------- ╓ERSION 4.1 OR ╤╫╦╥╥ IS THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE SUPPORT FOR
├═─ DEVICE PARTITIONS & SUB-DIRECTORIES. ╙EE ├═─ IN THE INDEX FOR MORE
DETAILS.
╧LD ╫ARNINGS & SUGGESTIONS
==========================
─ISK DRIVES:
--------------
┘OU MAY CHANGE ANY OF THE DISKS IN ANY OF THE DRIVES AT ANY TIME
PROVIDED THERE IS NO DISK ACTIVITY IN PROGRESS. ╔T IS THE USER'S
RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THE CORRECT DISKS ARE IN THE CORRECT
DRIVE WHEN REQUIRED. ╔T IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU DO NOT CHANGE
THE DISK IN THE ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ OR ╥┼╨╠┘ DRIVES.
╞ILE USAGE AND CURRENCY:
------------------------
- ┼ACH ┬┬╙ HANDLES IT'S CONTROL.DAT FILE IN IT'S OWN WAY. ╬EVER ATTEMPT
TO USE THE CONTROL.DAT FILE FROM ONE ┬┬╙ TO CREATE A REPLY PACKET FOR
ANOTHER SYSTEM. - ╬EVER USE AN "OLD" CONTROL.DAT FILE WITH A NEWER MAIL
PACKET. - ┴VOID UPLOADING ANY REPLY PACKET THAT WAS CREATED WITH A
CONTROL.DAT FILE MORE THAN A FEW DAYS OLD. ╘RY TO UPLOAD YOUR REPLIES
PREFERABLY THE SAME DAY BUT NO LATER THAN THE DAY AFTER.
═AIL PACKET SIZE:
----------------
- ╫HEN SETTING UP THE MAIL PACKET YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE CONSIDER
THE DRIVE CAPACITY YOU HAVE. ╧N AVERAGE OVER A LARGE PACKET 1 MESSAGE
EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY 1.6 BLOCKS OF .╤╫╦ (.┴╥├) FILE AND 3.5 BLOCKS
OF ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ FILE WHEN UNPACKED. ╘HIS MEANS A 300 MESSAGE PACKET
WILL GIVE AND .┴╥├ FILE OF 498 BLOCKS WHICH WILL UNPACK OVER 1000
BLOCKS(!) OF ═┼╙╙┴╟┼.─┴╘ PLUS SOMETHING LIKE 10 BLOCKS OF OTHER FILES.
┴ 1541 SHOULD HANDLE ROUGHLY 150 MESSAGE PACKETS AND A 1571 330 MESSAGE
PACKETS BUT THIS WILL LEAVE VERY LITTLE OVERHEAD IF BY SOME CHANCE THEY
ARE ALL LARGE MESSAGES. ┴LSO IF YOU ONLY HAVE A SINGLE DRIVE TAKE INTO
╨AGE 1
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
ACCOUNT THAT WILL NEED ROOM ON THE DISK TO DE-ARC THE PACKET AND REMAIN
WITHIN THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF THE DISK. ╤╫╦╥╥128 V4.1 REQUIRES SEVERAL
BLOCKS FREE TO WRITE ITS .╬─╪ FILES (7 BYTES PER MESSAGE, 4 BYTES PER
CONFERENCE PLUS ABOUT 20 BYTES FOR SYSTEM POINTERS). ╔ DE-┴╥├ TO A HARD
DRIVE BUT DOWNLOAD TO FLOPPY SO USE A PACKET SIZE OF 600 MESSAGES WHICH
WILL FIT COMFORTABLY ON A 1571 DISK IN COMPRESSED FORM.
╬UMBER OF CONFERENCES:
---------------------
- ╘HERE IS A PHYSICAL LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF CONFERENCE NAMES CAN BE
HELD IN MEMORY. ╔N ORDER TO AVOID PROBLEMS THIS HAS BEEN LIMITED TO
1140. ╔F YOUR ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE HOLDS MORE THAN THIS THEN ONLY THE FIRST
1140 WILL BE DISPLAYED. ├ONFERENCES NAMED '╥┼╙┼╥╓┼─' ARE IGNORED.
╤╫╦╥╥128 WILL HANDLE ALMOST ALL CONFERENCE NUMBERS UP TO 65536, WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF CONFERENCES NUMBERED 8192 THROUGH TO 8447. ╘HIS IS DUE
TO A QUIRK IN THE ╤╫╦ FORMAT AND ALMOST ALL OTHER ╤╫╦ READERS WILL HAVE
THE SAME PROBLEM. ╔F A MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE READING IS OUTSIDE THE
LIMIT IT WILL SIMPLY BE FLAGGED AS AN "UNKNOWN" CONFERENCE. ┘OU MAY
╥┼╨╠┘ TO THESE MESSAGES AND THEY WILL BE SENT TO THE CORRECT
CONFERENCE. ╚OWEVER YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO ╙┼╠┼├╘ THESE CONFERENCES FOR
READING OR ENTERING MESSAGES. ╬OTE: ╔F THE FULL 1140 CONFERENCES ARE
LOADED YOU WILL ONLY HAVE APPROX 10K OF MEMORY TO HOLD ANY PARTICULAR
MESSAGE ┴╬─ YOUR REPLY. ╘HIS MEMORY IS RAPIDLY USED UP SO IT IS
SUGGESTED THAT WHERE YOU HAVE THE OPTION YOU AVOID DOWNLOADING THE FULL
CONFERENCE LIST WITH YOUR MAIL PACKET. ╘HIS IS OFTEN AN OPTION OF THE
╤╫╦ MAIL PACKER.
╙TARTING ╤╫╦╥╥128
=================
╬╧╘┼ ╫┼╠╠: ╔F USING ╤╫╦╥╥128 AND WISHING TO CONVERT IT TO
REGISTERED FORM WITH INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY ╥OD ╟ASSON FOR THE FIRST
TIME ┼╬╙╒╥┼ YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ON REGISTRATION LATER IN THE
DOCUMENTATION BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS OPERATION. ╔F YOU ATTEMPT TO
REGISTER IT INCORRECTLY DISK DATA CAN BE LOST.
╘HE INSTRUCTIONS THAT FOLLOW WILL ASSUME YOU ARE USING THE
SUPPORTED DE┴╥├ FUNCTIONS IN THE PROGRAM ╤╨╪. ╘HIS REQUIRES THAT YOU
OBTAIN THE FILE ├╙╪01 AND EXTRACT FROM IT THE FILE CALLED ├╙╪128.═╠.
├OPY THIS FILE TO YOUR ╤╫╦╥╥128 DISK AND THEN LOAD AND RUN ╤╨╪. ╤╨╪
OFFERS SEVERAL DEFAULTS FOR THE VARIOUS DRIVES AND MAIL PACKET
FILENAME. ╘HE FILENAME AT LEAST WILL BE UNSUITABLE SO PRESS <╬>O AND
ENTER YOUR NEW FILE NAME (AND/OR DRIVES). ╙EE THE SEPARATE
DOCUMENTATION ON ╤╨╪ FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO MAKE *YOUR* PREFERENCES
THE DEFAULTS AND THE EXTRA OPTIONS USING THIS PROGRAM TO BOOT ╤╫╦╥╥
PROVIDES.
╧NE OF THE OPTIONS OF ╤╨╪ IS ═┴╪╔═╒╙ ╦╠╒─╟┼. ╘HIS HAS BEEN INCLUDED
BECAUSE MAIL PACKETS FROM THESE OR ┼ZY╤╫╦ SYSTEMS WHEN DOWNLOADED WITH
─ESTERM CAN CAUSE ├╙╪01 TO ABORT WITH AN ERROR AFTER EXTRACTING THE
LAST FILE IN THE PACKET. ╘HIS HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE PROBLEMS TO
╥AMLINK OWNERS, BUT AS A GENERAL RULE IS HARMLESS. ╘HE DISK ERROR,
HOWEVER, CAUSES ╤╨╪ TO QUIT AND IT CAN NEGATE THE BENEFITS THAT
LAUNCHING ╤╫╦╥╥ FROM ╤╨╪ GIVES, NAMELY THE ╒╙┼ ╤╫╦╥╥ ─RIVES AND
┴UTO-╔NDEX OPTIONS.
╨ERFORMING THIS KLUDGE ON MAIL PACKETS THAT DON'T NEED IT, OR ON AN
ALREADY KLUDGED PACKET WILL CAUSE NO HARM.
╤╨╪ WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY ╥USSELL ╨RATER AND HAS BEEN MODIFIED
BY ╥OD TO BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ╤╫╦╥╥ PROGRAM. ╧NCE ╤╨╪ IS
CONFIGURED YOU ARE READY TO UNPACK AND READ/REPLY TO YOUR MAIL.
╘HE MAIL PACKET (ARCHIVE) THAT YOU DOWNLOAD WILL CONTAIN SEVERAL FILES.
╘HE ONLY ONES OF INTEREST ARE THE ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ AND ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILES.
╨AGE 2
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╘HERE WILL ALSO BE SEVERAL .╬─╪ FILES. ╘HESE ARE NOT REQUIRED BY ╤╫╦╥╥.
╤╨╪ WILL PROCESS THEM TO THE EXTENT OF DISPLAYING THE CONFERENCE
NUMBER, NAME AND THE NUMBER OF MESSAGES IN EACH ┬╒╘ THIS INFORMATION IS
NOT USED BY ╤╫╦╥╥.
╒SING ╤╫╦╥╥
-----------
╔F USING ╤╨╪ THEN ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL LOAD AND RUN WITH NO FURTHER INPUT.
╧THERWISE SIMPLY LOAD AND RUN ╤╫╦╥╥ AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER PROGRAM. ╔F
USING A ├═─ DEVICE YOU MUST HAVE THE PARTITION CONTAINING ╤╫╦╥╥ AS THE
'CURRENT' PARTITION. ╧NCE THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN RUN YOU CAN ACCESS OTHER
PARTITIONS AND SUB-DIRECTORIES AS REQUIRED.
╤╫╦╥╥ WILL THEN DISPLAY A DRIVE SELECTION SCREEN SHOWING THE CURRENT
DEFINITIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING DRIVES:
╙YSTEM DRIVE - WHERE ╤╫╦╥╥ ITSELF & ITS SUPPORTING FILES ARE STORED;
═ESSAGES DRIVE - ╘HIS IS WHERE YOUR ─┴╘ FILES ARE SAVED;
╘AGLINES DRIVE - WHERE THE ╤╫╦╘. FILES YOU WISH TO USE ARE STORED.;
╥EPLY DRIVE - ╫HERE YOUR REPLIES ARE TO BE STORED;
╒SER DRIVE - ╘HIS IS WHERE ALL OTHER TEXT INPUT/OUTPUT IS
PERFORMED.
╔F ╤╫╦╥╥ HAS BEEN LAUNCHED FROM ╤╨╪ AND THE '╒SE ╤╫╦╥╥ ─RIVES' IS SET
TO 'Y' THEN THIS SCREEN IS BYPASSED AND THE VALUES STORED IN
╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ ARE ACCEPTED.
╞OR EACH DRIVE LISTED ABOVE THE PROGRAM DISPLAYS A WINDOW CONTAINING
THE ─RIVE USAGE, THE ─RIVE ╬UMBER & TYPE AND THE DISK NAME. ╔F IT IS A
├═─ DEVICE THE ╨ATH NAME CONFIGURED WILL ALSO BE DISPLAYED. ┬ELOW THESE
WINDOWS A MENU IS SHOWN CONTAINING:
<═>ESSAGES <╥>EPLYS <╘>AGLINES <╒>SER ├LOC<╦> <╤>UIT WHEN DONE
╙ELECTING ═, ╥, ╘ OR ╒ ALLOWS YOU TO DEFINE THE <─>RIVE AND, IF A ├═─
DEVICE, THE <╨>ATH, INCLUDING PARTITION NUMBER AND SUB-DIRECTORY NAME,
FOR EACH SET OF FILES NEEDED BY THE PROGRAM. ╘HE ╙YSTEM DRIVE IS SET TO
THE LOCATION THE PROGRAM WAS LOADED FROM.
╘HE SELECTIONS FOR THESE DRIVES CAN BE SAVED PERMANENTLY ONCE SET THE
FIRST TIME BY GOING TO THE <╧>PTIONS MENU AND SELECTING <╙>AVE TO
UPDATE THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE.
╔F A ├═─ DEVICE WITH A ╥╘├ IS AVAILABLE ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL HAVE SCANNED FOR IT
AND SET THE PROGRAM CLOCK FROM IT. ╘HIS INFORMATION IS DISPLAYED IN THE
TOP RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. ╔F THIS NEEDS RE-SETTING IT CAN BE DONE NOW
VIA THE ├LOC<╦> OPTION. ╔F A ╥╘├ EQUIPPED DEVICE IS NOT PRESENT YOU
WILL BE ASKED TO SET THE CLOCK ANYWAY ONCE YOU HAVE EXITED THIS SCREEN.
╧NCE THE DRIVES ARE SELECTED TO YOUR SATISFACTION PRESSING <╤> OR
<╥┼╘╒╥╬> WILL LEAVE THIS SCREEN TO THE NEXT SECTION.
╬╧╘┼: ┘OU MUST HAVE A DISK IN ┼╓┼╥┘ DEVICE OTHERWISE ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL NOT LET
YOU CONTINUE. ╘HE DISK IN THE ╒SER DEVICE CAN BE CHANGED AFTER THIS
SECTION IS COMPLETE.
╧NCE THIS HAS BEEN DONE ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL LOAD ALL THE REQUIRED SUPPORTING
FILES AND THEN DISPLAY THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN YOUR
├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE, SHOWING YOU THE <BBS-ID>, ┬┬╙ ╬AME AND DATE AND TIME
OF THE PACKET AMONGST OTHER ITEMS.
╔F A ╥╘├ WAS NOT DETECTED THE DATE EXTRACTED FROM THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ AND
╨AGE 3
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
THE SYSTEM CLOCK TIME ARE DISPLAYED AND THE CORRECT TIME / DATE IS SET
USING THE CURSOR KEYS, THE LEFT/RIGHT CURSOR MOVE YOU THROUGH THE
VARIOUS FIELDS TO BE SELECTED AND THE UP/DOWN CURSORS CHANGE THE VALUE
IN THE SELECTED FIELD. ╫HEN ALL THIS IS DONE PRESS THE <╥┼╘╒╥╬> KEY TO
ENTER THE SELECTION.
├LOCK/DATE SETTING CAN ALSO BE PERFORMED BY A JOYSTICK IN PORT#2
╟LOBAL ├OMMANDS
===============
╘HE FOLLOWING 3 COMMANDS ARE AVAILABLE FROM MOST MENUS ALTHOUGH THEY
ARE NOT LISTED IN THE DISPLAYED CHOICES:
<@> ─OS COMMANDS
╙EE THE SECTION ON ─╧╙ SUPPORT FOR THE FUNCTIONS AND SYNTAX
AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS OPTION.
<$> ─ISK ─IRECTORY <SURPRISE :-)>
─ISPLAYS THE DISK DIRECTORY FROM THE CURRENT ╒SER DRIVE. ╘HIS
DRIVE CAN BE RE-SPECIFIED THROUGH THE <@> COMMAND IF REQUIRED.
<╧>PTIONS
╘AKES YOU TO THE ╧PTIONS ═ENU, WHERE CONFIGURATION OF COLOURS,
TAGLINES, TWIT LISTS AND MUCH MORE CAN BE DONE. ╙EE THE SECTION HEADED
╧PTIONS ═ENU.
╧PENING ═ENU
============
╧NCE YOU HAVE FINISHED THE INITIAL SET-UP THE SCREEN FRAMES WILL
BE DRAWN AND THE INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE
DISPLAYED IN THE MAIN WINDOW AND EITHER A SHORT MENU OR A ╙HAREWARE
REMINDER NOTICE WILL BE DISPLAYED DEPENDING ON THE STATE OF
REGISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM YOU ARE RUNNING. ╔F THE ╙HAREWARE MESSAGE
IS PRESENT PRESSING ANY KEY A FEW TIMES TO STEP THROUGH THE MESSAGES
WILL BRING UP THE FIRST MENU (┬UT YOU WILL OF COURSE REGISTER, WON'T
YOU!).
╘HIS FIRST MENU WILL BE REFERRED TO AS THE ╧PENING ═ENU FROM HERE ON.
╘HE ╧PENING MENU LOOKS THUS:
<╤>UIT <╥>EAD <┴>REA <┬>ROWSE <╔>NDEX E<─>IT REPS <┼>NTER
╘HESE OPTIONS GIVE YOU THE FOLLOWING CHOICES:
<╤>UIT
╘HIS COMMAND IS ╬┼╓┼╥ A ╤UIT TO ┬ASIC COMMAND BUT ALLOWS YOU TO
MOVE BACK TO THE PREVIOUS MENU. ╞ROM THE ╧PENING ═ENU THIS OPTION GIVES
A SHORT MENU, HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE ┼XIT ═ENU, CONSISTING OF:
<┬>ASIC <┌>IP REPLIES <╠>INK REPLIES <╤>UIT
┴DDITIONAL OPTIONS ARE ╙╚╔╞╘-┬, ┌ OR ╠ WHICH CARRY OUT THE APPROPRIATE
FUNCTION AND ON EXITING THE PROGRAM PERFORM A WARM RESET INSTEAD OF A
├╧╠─ ONE.
╬╧╘┼ THIS IS THE REVERSE OF PREVIOUS VERSIONS.
<╤>UIT TAKES YOU BACK TO THE ╧PENING ═ENU
<┬>ASIC : EXITS THE PROGRAM TO ┬┴╙╔├.
<┌>IP REPLIES : LINKS THE REPLY MESSAGE FILES INTO A REPLY PACKET
IN ┌╔╨ 'STORED' FORMAT USING THE FILE NAME PROVIDED BY THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘
FILE PRODUCING A <BBS-ID>.╥┼╨ FILE READY TO BE UPLOADED. ╬OTE THIS FILE
NAME IS IN UPPER/LOWER CASE AS DETERMINED BY YOUR ┬┬╙.
╘HE PACKER INCLUDED IN THE ╤╫╦╥╥ PROGRAM IS ╙╘╧╥┼ ONLY AND IS CAPABLE
OF ZIPPING AN ENTIRE DISK DISK MINUS ONE BLOCK.
<╠>INK REPLIES : LINKS THE INDIVIDUAL REPLY FILES INTO A SINGLE
FILE CALLED <BBS-ID>.═╙╟ READY TO BE PACKED WITH AN EXTERNAL PACKER
SUCH AS ├╙-─╧╙.
╨AGE 4
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╞OR FURTHER DETAILS RELATING TO ┌╔╨ & ╠╔╬╦ SEE THE SECTION ON ╥EPLYING
TO ═ESSAGES.
┬ACK TO THE ╧PENING ═ENU OPTIONS:
<╥>EAD
╨ROMPTS FOR A NUMBER AT WHICH TO START READING THROUGH THE MAIL
PACKET. ╘HIS NUMBER WILL GENERALLY DEFAULT TO THE LAST MESSAGE READ,
INCLUDING ANY LAST READ POINTER STORED WITH AN INDEX FILE FROM A
PREVIOUS SESSION WITH THE PACKET;
<┴>REA (USED TO BE ╙ELECT ├ONFERENCE) (─ISABLED IN UNREGISTERED
VERSIONS).
┴LLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE TO READ THE MAIL FROM ONE SPECIFIC
CONFERENCE. ╫HEN THIS IS SELECTED THE ├ONFERENCES AVAILABLE ON THE ┬┬╙
WILL BE LISTED ALONG WITH ITS REFERENCE NUMBER AND, IF THE MESSAGE
PACKET HAS BEEN INDEXED BY ╤╫╦╥╥, THE NUMBER OF MESSAGES IN EACH
CONFERENCE. ┘OU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE NUMBER OF THE CONFERENCE YOU WANT
AT THE END OF EACH SCREEN. ╘O ESCAPE FROM THIS WITHOUT SELECTING AN
AREA BLANK THE ENTRY FIELD, USING THE SPACE BAR, AND PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬>.
╘HIS CAUSES ┴╠╠ CONFERENCES TO BE SELECTED.
┴NY INPUT OTHER THAN A BLANK FIELD OR VALID NUMBER WILL DISPLAY THE
NEXT SCREEN OF CONFERENCES IF THERE ARE <MORE> TO BE DISPLAYED, ELSE IT
WILL ABORT THE OPERTAION WITH NO CHANGE TO THE CURRENT SELECTION.
┼NTERING AN "N" AT THIS POINT WILL SELECT YOUR NETMAIL CONFERENCE (IF
DEFINED). ╔F THE FILE HAS NOT BEEN INDEXED THERE WILL BE A DELAY WHILE
THE PROGRAM INDEXES THE MESSAGES TO THE END OF THE SELECTED CONFERENCE.
╬╧╘┼ THAT WHEN INDEXING IS INITIATED BY THE PROGRAM LIKE THIS IT CANNOT
ALWAYS BE INTERRUPTED. ┴FTER YOU HAVE SELECTED THIS OPTION IT IS SHOWN
WHILE YOU ARE READING MESSAGES WITH A '>' SYMBOL TO THE LEFT OF THE
WORD '┴REA:' IN THE MESSAGE HEADER TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE LOCKED
INTO THIS CONFERENCE.
╘O UNLOCK THE SELECTED CONFERENCE TO READ ALL AGAIN ╙ELECT <┴>REA AND
PRESS SPACE TO CLEAR THE FIELD AND THEN <╥┼╘╒╥╬>. ┘OU SHOULD NOW SEE
'┴LL' IN THE ┴REA FIELD WHILE AT THE MENU.
<┬>ROWSE
╙ELECTING THIS ALLOWS YOU TO SELECTIVELY READ MESSAGES. ┘OU WILL
BE OFFERED A MENU CONSISTING OF:
┬ROWSE : <╨>ERSONAL <═>ARKED ╘<╫>IT <╚>EADERS <╒>NREAD <╤>UIT
╬╧╘┼: ╔F A CONFERENCE HAS BEEN SELECTED USING <┴>REA THEN ┬ROWSE WILL
ONLY OPERATE ON THE ACTIVE ├ONFERENCE. ╔T IS PROBABLY BEST IN MOST
CASES TO SELECT ┴╠╠ CONFERENCES BEFORE USING THE ┬ROWSE OPTIONS. ╔F YOU
NEED TO BYPASS THIS RESTRICTION IT CAN BE DONE BY ENTERING THE ═ESSAGE
╬UMBER OF THE DESIRED MESSAGE DIRECTLY. ╘HIS WILL THEN IGNORE THE ┴REA
SELECTION AND ALL OTHER BROWSE FLAGS.
<┬>ROWSE <╨>ERSONAL
╙ELECTING THIS GIVE YOU THE CHOICE OF READING MESSAGES <╘>O YOU,
<╞>ROM YOU OR <┬>OTH. ╘HIS MAY NOT DISPLAY A MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY BUT
WILL OFFER YOU THE ╥EAD ═ENU AND SELECTING <╬>EXT WILL SELECT A MESSAGE
WITH THE APPROPRIATE MATCH.
<┬>ROWSE <═>ARKED MAIL
╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO READ ONLY MAIL MARKED DURING A PREVIOUS
SESSION FOR WHICH THERE IS A VALID INDEX FILE OR DURING THE CURRENT
SESSION. ═ESSAGES ARE MARKED USING EITHER <═>, <*> OR ╩OY#2 FIRE BUTTON
FROM THE ╥EAD ═ENU.
╨AGE 5
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
<┬>ROWSE ╘<╫>IT ═AIL
╘HE ╘<╫>IT OPTION IN ╤╫╦╥╥ IS MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAT JUST AN
IGNORE USER FUNCTION AND IS ABLE TO OPERATE MORE LIKE A ╙EARCH
FUNCTION. ╔T ALLOWS YOU TO DEFINE LISTS OF PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO
IGNORE ╧╥ THAT YOU WANT TO READ IN PREFERENCE TO OTHER USERS OF THE
CONFERENCES. ╘HE LIST OF NAMES FOR ╘WIT PURPOSES ARE DEFINED IN FILES
WITH THE PREFIX ╤╫╦╫. AND ACCESSED THROUGH THE ╧PTIONS ═ENU. ┼ACH FILE
CAN CONTAIN UP TO 10 NAMES. ╘HERE IS ALSO A ╘WIT ═ODE ╞LAG STORED IN
THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE THAT CAN BE SET TO ╥EAD, IGNORE ╞ROM, IGNORE ╘O
AND IGNORE ┬OTH. ╔N UNREGISTERED VERSIONS THIS IS LOCKED TO ╥EAD.
╬AMES IN THE ╘WIT FILE CAN BE EITHER PARTIAL OR FULL, E.G. '═ARK'
WILL 'TWIT' ANYONE WITH ═ARK AS PART OF THEIR NAME.
═ORE ON THIS LATER ON (SEE INDEX).
<┬>ROWSE <╚>EADER
╘HIS OPTION DISPLAYS THE MESSAGE HEADERS, SUBJECT TO THE ┴REA
SELECTION ABOVE. ╔T LISTS TO SCREEN THE ═SG #, 2 FLAGS, THE ╘O: ╞ROM: &
╙UBJECT FIELDS AND THE ├ONFERENCE NAME. ─UE TO SPACE ┴╠╠ FIELDS ARE
TRUNCATED, THE MOST OBVIOUS BEING THE ├ONFERENCE NAME, WHICH IS
TRUNCATED TO 9 CHARACTERS.
╘HE FLAGS SHOWN ARE THE ╤╫╦╥╥ 'LOCAL' FLAGS '+' (READ) AND '═'ARKED.
╙EE THE SECTION ON ╥EADING ═ESSAGES FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE.
╫HEN A PAGE OF 'HEADERS' HAS BEEN LISTED A SHORT MENU IS AVAILABLE. ╘HE
COMMANDS ACCEPTABLE ARE <╬>EXT, <╨>REVIOUS, <═SG#> AND <╤>UIT.
╘HE LISTING OF HEADERS CAN BE ABORTED BY HOLDING THE STOP KEY.
╘HE <═SG#> WILL ALLOW YOU TO ENTER ┴╬┘ MESSAGE NUMBER, EVEN IF NOT
DISPLAYED OR IN A DIFFERENT CONFERENCE, AND THIS ALLOWS YOU TO <═>ARK
THE MESSAGE IF SO REQUIRED. ┘OU CANNOT ═ARK OR ╒NMARK MESSAGES DIRECTLY
FROM THE HEADER DISPLAY. (╥ODS NOTE: THIS IS PLANNED FOR THE NEXT
RELEASE).
╚EADERS WILL ONLY BE DISPLAYED UP TO THE HIGHEST MESSAGE INDEXED.
╒SING THE <┬>ROWSE ╚EADER OPTION ALSO SETS/RESETS ALL ╘WIT FLAGS
ACCORDING TO YOUR CURRENT TWIT LIST.
<┬>ROWSE <╒>NREAD ═AIL
╤╫╦╥╥ FLAGS MESSAGES IN THE PACKET AS YOU READ THEM. ╙ELECTING
<╒>NREAD FROM THE ┬ROWSE MENU WILL DISPLAY ANY MESSAGES YOU MIGHT HAVE
MISSED. ╬OTE THE ╬╧╘┼ ABOVE THOUGH ABOUT SELECTING ┴╠╠ CONFERENCES
BEFORE USING THIS OPTION. ┴LSO THE <╨>REVIOUS MESSAGE OPTION WILL TAKE
YOU TO THE PREVIOUS ╒╬╥┼┴─ MESSAGE, NOT THE ONE YOU JUST READ. ╔F YOU
WISH TO READ THE MESSAGE YOU JUST READ, WHICH IS NOW NO LONGER AN
╒NREAD MESSAGE, YOU CAN ACCESS IT BY ENTERING THE ═ESSAGE ╬UMBER
DIRECTLY.
<┬>ROWSE <╤>UIT
TAKES YOU BACK TO THE ╧PENING ═ENU.
<╔>NDEX
╘HIS ALLOWS YOU JUST TO INDEX THE MESSAGE PACKET WITHOUT READING
IT IF YOU SO DESIRE. ┘OU DO NOT ╬┼┼─ TO SELECT IT AS THE INDEX IS
CREATED PROGRESSIVELY AS YOU READ THROUGH THE PACKET. ╘HIS OPTION WILL
NOT BE DISPLAYED IF THE WHOLE PACKET HAS BEEN INDEXED. ╨RESS ANY KEY TO
HALT THE INDEXING.
╔F ┴UTO-INDEX HAS BEEN SELECTED IN ╤╨╪ THEN THIS FUNCTION WILL BE
CARRIED OUT AUTOMATICALLY.
E<─>IT REPS
╘HIS VERSION IS THE FIRST TO GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO EDIT YOUR REPLIES
AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN SAVED. ╙ELECTING <─> FROM THIS MENU WILL PUT YOU
INTO THE REQUIRED MENU. ╙EE THE SECTION ON ╥EPLYING TO ═ESSAGES FOR
╨AGE 6
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
FURTHER INFORMATION.
<┼>NTER
╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER MESSAGES. ╙EE THE SECTION TITLED
┼NTERING ═ESSAGES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
╥EADING ═ESSAGES
================
╧NCE YOU'VE SELECTED TO READ MAIL FROM THE FIRST MENU THE FIRST
MESSAGE THAT MATCHES THE SELECTED READ CRITERIA IN THE PACKET WILL BE
DISPLAYED WITH A MENU OF OPTIONS SHOWN BELOW IT. ╘HIS MENU, CALLED THE
╥EAD ═ENU, IS:
<╬>XT <╨>REV <┴>GN <╥>PLY <╞>WD E<╪>PRT
<╟>RB <╙>TR <═>RK <═SG#> <#>PT <╤>
╙OME KEYS THAT ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE MENU ARE USEABLE. ╘HESE ARE:
THE ┼SCAPE KEY (FAR LEFT TOP OF YOUR KEYBOARD - HEREAFTER REFERRED TO
AS ┼╙├) WHICH ABORTS READING A MESSAGE AS DOES THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY;
AND <╙╨┴├┼> OR <╥┼╘╒╥╬> WHICH WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT MESSAGE ╔╬ ╘╚┼
╙┼╠┼├╘┼─ ╥┼┴─╔╬╟ ─╔╥┼├╘╔╧╬. ╘HIS DIRECTION IS DISPLAYED IN THE TOP LEFT
OF THE SCREEN TO THE LEFT OF THE MESSAGE NUMBER, AN ╒P ARROW FOR
FORWARD AND A ─OWN ARROW FOR BACKWARDS. ╘HE ┼╙├ AND ╙╘╧╨ KEYS CAN BE
USED AT ANY TIME, ANY OTHER OPTION CAN ONLY BE SELECTED WHILE THE
APPROPRIATE MENU IS ON THE SCREEN.
╧THER OPTIONS AVAILABLE ONLY ON ╥EGISTERED VERSIONS ARE:
╙╚╔╞╘┼─ ┼, ╞ AND ╥. ╘HESE WORK IN THE SAME WAY AS ┼NTER, ╞ORWARD AND
╥EPLY EXCEPT THAT YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO CHANGE YOUR NAME IN THE ╞ROM:
FIELD TO AN ALIAS.
╬╧╘┼ THE FOLLOWING:
1/ ┼VEN THOUGH YOU HAVE CHANGED THE NAME THE ┬┬╙ MAY CHANGE IT
BACK ON UPLOAD TO YOUR 'REAL' NAME OR PERHAPS REJECT THE MESSAGE;
2/ ┴╠╔┴╙┼╙ ┴╥┼ ╬╧╘ ╟┼╬┼╥┴╠╠┘ ╨┼╥═╔╘╘┼─ ╔╬ ╞╔─╧ ┼├╚╧┼╙. ╘HERE ARE
EXCEPTIONS TO THIS BUT CHECK WITH EITHER YOUR ╙┘╙╧╨ OR THE AREA'S
═ODERATOR.
╩OYSTICK CONTROLS
------------------
╫ITH ╤╫╦╥╥ 128 V4.X JOYSTICK CONTROLS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. ╫ITH THE
JOYSTICK IN ╨ORT #2 THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE WHILE READING
MESSAGES:
╩OYSTICK ╥IGHT : <╬>EXT MESSAGE;
╠EFT : <╨>REVIOUS MESSAGE;
╒P : <┴>GAIN;
─OWN : <╥┼╘╒╥╬> I.E. READ PAST A PAGE BREAK OR READ THE NEXT/
PREVIOUS MESSAGE SUBJECT TO READING DIRECTION;
╞IRE : <═>ARK / UNMARK MESSAGE.
╬╧╘┼ : 1: THESE COMMANDS WILL WORK AT A PAGE BREAK OR AT THE BOTTOM OF
EACH MESSAGE WHEN THE MENU IS DISPLAYED. ╚ENCE ╩OY-RIGHT AT A ╨AGE
┬REAK WILL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO THE NEXT MESSAGE.
2: THESE COMMANDS ALSO OPERATE WHEN E─ITING REPLIES EXCEPT THAT
IN THIS CASE THE ╞IRE BUTTON TAKES YOU BACK TO THE ╧PENING ═ENU.
╨AGE 7
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
═ESSAGE HEADER INFORMATION
--------------------------
╘HE MESSAGE HEADER AREA WHICH IS DISPLAYED AT THE TOP OF THE
SCREEN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, WORKING LEFT TO RIGHT AND
TOP TO BOTTOM:
'═SG :' ╘HE MESSAGE NUMBER OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE IN YOUR PACKET.
╘HIS DOES NOT RELATE TO ANY MESSAGE NUMBERS USED ON YOUR ┬┬╙. ┬ETWEEN
THE '═SG' AND THE COLON THERE IS AN UP OR DOWN ARROW DISPLAYING THE
CURRENT READING DIRECTION, ╙EE <╬>EXT, <╨>REVIOUS FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON THIS;
'─ATE :' ╘HE DATE THE MESSAGE YOU ARE READING WAS ENTERED;
'╘IME :' ╘HE TIME THE MESSAGE YOU ARE READING WAS ENTERED;
╧N THE TOP RIGHT IS DISPLAYED THE CURRENT TIME AND DATE BASED ON THE
INFORMATION ENTERED BY YOU OR EXTRACTED FROM A ├═─ ╥╘├. ╔F THIS RUNS
FAST (OR SLOW?) SEE THE SECTION IN ╧PTIONS HEADED ╬╘╙├ / ╨┴╠;
'┴REA :' ╘HE NAME OF THE CONFERENCE FROM WHICH THE MESSAGE CAME. ╔F
THIS APPEARS AS '>┴REA :' THEN YOU HAVE <╙>ELECTED THIS CONFERENCE AND
MESSAGES FROM OTHER CONFERENCES WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED.
(╙EE <╙>ELECT ├ONF. IN OPENING MENU)
'╘O :' ╘HE ADDRESSEE OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE;
'╞ROM :' ╘HE AUTHOR OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE;
'╙TATUS :' ─ISPLAYS THE STATUS OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE. ╘HIS FUNCTION IS
RATHER DIFFERENT TO PREVIOUS VERSIONS AND IS IN THE FORM OF A SERIES OF
FLAGS WHICH IF BLANK LOOKS LIKE -- ---------.
╘HE FIRST TWO FLAGS ARE SET BY ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ AND SHOW WHETHER THE
MESSAGE IS ╨RIVATE WITH A ╨ IN THE FIRST FIELD AND IF IT HAS BEEN
FLAGGED AS ╥EAD ON THE ┬┬╙ WHICH SHOWS AS AN ╥ IN THE SECOND FIELD. ╘HE
REMAINING 9 FLAGS ARE 'LOCAL' FLAGS PRODUCED BY ╤╫╦╥╥ AND STORED IN THE
╤╫╔╦.╬─╪ FILE AND SHOW THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
+--------
┘OU HAVE READ THIS MESSAGE. ╘HIS IS ONLY SET WHEN THE MESSAGE IS
DISPLAYED TO THE END SO WILL NOT BE SET IF YOU USE ┼╙├ TO SKIP A
MESSAGE. ╘HIS FLAG IS USED BY THE ┬ROWSE ╒NREAD OPTION;
-═-------
╘HE MESSAGE HAS BEEN ═ARKED USING THE ═ OR * KEYS;
--╥------
╘HE MESSAGE HAS BEEN ╥EPLIED TO OR ╞ORWARDED;
---╟-----
╘HE MESSAGE HAS BEEN <╟>RABBED. ╙EE THE APPROPRIATE SECTION LATER FOR
MORE
INFORMATION;
----╙----
╘HE MESSAGE HAS BEEN <╙>TORED;
-----#---
╘HE MESSAGE HAS BEEN <#>PRINTED;
------╪--
╘HE MESSAGE HAS BEEN E<╪>PORTED;
-------╘-
╘HE MESSAGE IS ╘O: YOU;
-------╞-
╘HE MESSAGE IS ╞ROM: YOU;
--------T
╘HE MESSAGE IS ╘O: A ╘WIT LISTED PERSON;
--------F
╘HE MESSAGE IS ╞ROM: A ╘WIT LISTED PERSON. ╔F ┬╧╘╚ ╘O: AND ╞ROM: ╘WIT
FLAGS ARE SET THE 'F' FLAG WILL BE DISPLAYED. ╘HIS MEANS IF YOU SELECT
TO READ ONLY ╘O: TWITS AND A MESSAGE IS BOTH ╞ROM: AND ╘O: A TWIT IT
WILL BE SKIPPED.
┴NY COMBINATION OF THESE FLAGS CAN BE SET AT ANY TIME. ╔N MOST OF THE
┬ROWSE MODES THE CURRENT MODE CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY A COLOUR CHANGE OF
╨AGE 8
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
THE RELEVANT FLAG.
'╙UBJ :' ╘HE SUBJECT OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE. ╔F YOU <╥>EPLY TO THIS
MESSAGE THEN THE SUBJECT OF YOUR MESSAGE WILL DEFAULT TO THE CONTENTS
OF THIS FIELD.
╠ASTLY IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE HEADER WINDOW THERE IS AN
UNIDENTIFIED NUMBER LIKE '10/458'. ╘HIS IS THE SIZE OF THE CURRENT
MESSAGE IN ╠INES/┬YTES.
╥┼┴─ ├OMMANDS
-------------
═ESSAGES ARE DISPLAYED ONE SCREEN FULL (PAGE) AT A TIME, WITH
<╨AGE BREAK> SHOWN IN THE BOTTOM WINDOW OF THE SCREEN IF THE END OF THE
MESSAGE IS NOT VISIBLE. ┴NY KEY EXCEPT ┼╙├ OR ╙╘╧╨ WILL TAKE YOU TO THE
NEXT 'PAGE'.
┼╙├ OR ╙╘╧╨: ╘HESE KEYS WILL ABORT THE READING OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE.
╘HEY CAN BE USED FOR INSTANCE IF YOU'VE READ THE FIRST PAGE AND DECIDED
IT IS NOT INTERESTING TO YOU. ╨RESSING EITHER WHILE THE <╨AGE BREAK>
MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED WILL BRING UP THE ╥┼┴─ MENU, PRESSING ┼╙├ AGAIN
WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT MESSAGE IN THE DIRECTION SHOWN AS MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY. ╙╘╧╨ WILL HAVE NO EFFECT. (HINT: TO "SCAN" ALL MESSAGES
JUST KEEP PRESSING ┼╙├, OR USE THE JOYSTICK IN PORT#2)
<╬>EXT : ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO READ THE NEXT HIGHER NUMBER MESSAGE WHICH
MATCHES ANY <┴>REA OR <┬>ROWSE OPTION SELECTED AND ESTABLISHES A
READING DIRECTION OF FORWARDS IF IT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN BACKWARDS.
<╨>REV : ╨REVIOUS. ╘HIS COMMAND WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE PREVIOUS
MESSAGE AND ESTABLISH THE DIRECTION OF READING AS BACKWARDS. ╧NCE <╨>
HAS BEEN SELECTED YOU MUST USE <╬>EXT TO READ THE NEXT HIGHER MESSAGE
TO RE-ESTABLISH THE READING DIRECTION AS FORWARD IF THAT IS WHAT YOU
WISH TO DO.
<┴>GN : ┴GAIN. ╥E-DISPLAYS THE CURRENT MESSAGE.
<╥>PLY : ╥EPLY. ┼NTER THE ╥EPLY TO A MESSAGE IN THE CURRENT AREA - ╙EE
╥┼╨╠┘ING TO A ═ESSAGE.
<╞>WD : ╞ORWARD. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO REPLY TO A MESSAGE BUT FORWARD THE
REPLY TO ANOTHER MESSAGE AREA. ╘HIS CAN BE USED TO REPLY VIA ╬ET═AIL TO
A MESSAGE IN A ╞IDO AREA OR TO REPLY IN ╨RIVATE MAIL TO A ╨UBLIC
MESSAGE. ╧PTIONS ARE THE SAME AS REPLY EXCEPT THAT A MESSAGE AREA MUST
BE SELECTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ┼NTER A MESSAGE. ╘HIS OPTION IS
DISABLED IN ╒NREGISTERED VERSIONS.
E<╪>PT: ┼XPORT. ╙ENDS THE CURRENT MESSAGE AS A ├┬═ ╙┼╤ FILE TO THE ╒╙┼╥
DISK DRIVE. ┘OU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR A FILE NAME. ╘HE DEFAULT NAME
BEING THE LAST NAME USED (OR 'FILENAME' IF NO PREVIOUS NAME HAS BEEN
SPECIFIED). ┴ CHECK FOR PRE-EXISTING FILES IS MADE AND IF FOUND YOU
HAVE THE OPTION TO <╥>EPLACE IT, <┴>PPEND TO IT OR A<┬>ORT THE
OPERATION. ┴ BLANK LINE WILL ALSO ABORT. ┼NTERING A '$' WILL DISPLAY
THE DISK DIRECTORY (WITH PATTERN MATCHING). ╙EE THE ─╧╙ FOR MORE INFO.
╔F <┴>PPENDING, THE CURRENT FILE TYPE IS HONOURED. (IE, IT IS POSSIBLE
TO APPEND TO A ╨╥╟ FILE IF THE NAME MATCHES. ╒SE WITH CAUTION)
E<╪>PORT IS NOT AVAILABLE ON UNREGISTERED COPIES OF THE PROGRAM.
<╟>RB: ╟RAB. ╘HIS OPTION EXPORTS THE MESSAGE TO A FILE ON THE USER
DRIVE CALLED <BBS-ID>.<DATE>. ╔F THIS FILE EXISTS THE NEW MESSAGE WILL
╨AGE 9
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
BE APPENDED TO THE PREVIOUS GRAB WITHOUT ANY PROMPTS. ╘HIS OPTION IS
ONLY AVAILABLE IN ╥EGISTERED VERSIONS.
<╙>TORE : ╙AVES THE TEXT OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE TO THE ╥┼╨╠┘ DISK IN A
═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ FORMAT, BUT USING THE NAME ╙═┴╠╠.─┴╘. ╘HIS IS USEFUL IF
YOU WISH TO STORE THE MESSAGE FOR LATER REPLYING AND HAVE NO FURTHER
NEED FOR THE ENTIRE ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ FILE. ╬OTE: ╘O ACCESS THIS ╙═┴╠╠.─┴╘
FILE YOU MUST SCRATCH THE ORIGINAL ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ FILE AND RENAME THE
╙═┴╠╠.─┴╘ TO ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘, RETAINING THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE ON THE DISK.
<═>RK: ═ARK; OR
<*> (┴STERISK) : ═ARK/UNMARK MESSAGES. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO MARK MESSAGES
FOR LATER READING OR REPLYING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE <═>ARKED OPTION
ON THE ┬ROWSE MENU. ╔F YOU HAVE MARKED A MESSAGE IT IS SHOWN BY AN ═ IN
THE STATUS FLAGS. ╘HE KEYS TOGGLE THE ═ARKED STATUS SO PRESSING '*' OR
'═' MARKS AN UN-MARKED MESSAGE OR UN-MARKS A MARKED ONE. ╨RESSING THE
╞╔╥┼ BUTTON ON JOYSTICK (PORT#2) ALSO MARKS/UNMARKS MESSAGES.
<═SG#> : ┘OU CAN ENTER ANY MESSAGE NUMBER DIRECTLY. ╔F THE MESSAGE
PACKET HAS BEEN INDEXED TO OR BEYOND THE NUMBER SELECTED IT WILL BE
IMMEDIATELY DISPLAYED, OTHERWISE INDEXING WILL BE CARRIED OUT UNTIL THE
DESIRED NUMBER IS FOUND.
╬OTE THAT IF YOU HAVE SELECTED TO READ A SPECIFIC CONFERENCE RATHER
THAN ╥┼┴─ ┴╠╠ AND THE NUMBER ENTERED AT THE ╞╥╧═ ═┼╙╙┴╟┼# PROMPT IS NOT
PART OF THE CURRENT CONFERENCE'S MAIL THE NEAREST ACCEPTABLE MESSAGE
WILL BE DISPLAYED. IE IF YOU SELECT MESSAGE #1 BUT THE LOWEST NUMBER IN
THE SELECTED CONFERENCE IS #20 THEN THAT WILL BE THE DISPLAYED MESSAGE.
╔F YOU HAVE SELECTED A SPECIFIC CONFERENCE THEN THIS IS DISPLAYED BY A
'>' TO THE LEFT OF THE WORD '┴REA:' IN THE MESSAGE HEADER AREA TO
INDICATE THAT YOU ARE LOCKED IN THIS CONFERENCE.
╧NCE YOU HAVE STARTED READING, OR ┬ROWSING, ENTERING A MESSAGE NUMBER
WILL DISPLAY THAT MESSAGE IRRESPECTIVE OF THE ┴REA OR ┬ROWSE MODE
SETTING.
<#> ╨RINT : ╘HIS KEY WILL PRINT THE CURRENT MESSAGE TO YOUR PRINTER.
THE PROGRAM WILL TEST FOR THE PRESENCE OF A PRINTER ALTHOUGH ╔ FIND
THAT WITH MY SET-UP THIS TEST DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK AND IT WILL OFTEN
'PRINT' THE MESSAGE HEADER TO THE SCREEN. (╥OD'S NOTE: ─OES ╓4X STILL
DO THIS ═ARK??)
╬OTE: ╘HE PRINTER IS INITIALLY SET TO DEVICE #4 AND A SECONDARY ADDRESS
OF #7. ╘HIS CAN BE CHANGED VIA THE ╧╨╘╔╧╬╙ MENU, AND WILL BE
LOADED/SAVED WITH THE ─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE, AS WILL THE TYPE OF OUTPUT SENT TO
THE PRINTER (EITHER ╨ETSCII OR 'TRUE' ┴╙├╔╔).
<╤> ╤UIT : ╫ILL RETURN YOU TO THE ╧PENING ═ENU.
╘HE ┼DITORS
===========
╘HERE ARE TWO EDITORS USED FOR ENTERING INFORMATION INTO ╤╫╦╥╥128.
╘HIS IS A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE OPERATION OF BOTH.
╠INE ┼DITOR
-----------
╘HE LINE EDITOR IS USED FOR ENTERING FILE NAMES, ╘O:, ╞ROM: AND
╙UBJ: FIELDS, TAGLINES AND FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS AND ANY OTHER
SINGLE LINE INPUT.
╘HE INSERT AND DELETE KEYS FUNCTION AS DESCRIBED BELOW. ╔F A
DEFAULT IS OFFERED BUT NOT REQUIRED THEN PRESSING THE SPACE BAR BEFORE
ANY OTHER INPUT WILL CLEAR THE FIELD TO ALLOW ENTRY OF THE NEW DATA OR
BLANK THE FIELD TO ALLOW A NULL INPUT OR FOR THE OPERATION TO BE
╨AGE 10
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
ABORTED. ╘HE CURSOR KEYS OPERATE LEFT AND RIGHT IN THE USUAL SENSE.
├URSOR UP OR THE ╚OME KEY WILL MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE START OF THE
STRING AND CURSOR DOWN OR ╙HIFT/╚OME WILL MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE END OF
THE STRING.
╔N SOME CASES (╘AGLINES, ╞UNCTION ╦EYS, ╘WITS, ADDRESSES) ENTERING AN
ASTERISK <*> AS THE ONLY CHARACTER ON THE LINE WILL CAUSE THE ENTRY TO
BE LISTED AS '╒NDEFINED' AND IGNORED BY THE PROGRAM.
╞ULL ╙CREEN ┼DITOR
------------------
╘HE ╞ULL ╙CREEN ┼DITOR IS USED TO ENTER MESSAGE TEXT WHEN ┼╬╘┼╥ING
OR ╥┼╨╠┘ING TO MESSAGES AND HAS WORD-WRAP CAPABILITY.
╘HE ╔╬╙┼╥╘ KEY OPERATES IN THE NORMAL SENSE AS IT DOES IN ┬┴╙╔├,
IE A SPACE IS INSERTED AT THE CURSOR LOCATION AND THE CURSOR REMAINS IN
THE SAME PLACE WHILE THE TEXT IS MOVED RIGHT.
╘HE ┴╠╘ KEY TOGGLES INSERT MODE ON AND OFF. ╘HE MODE IS SHOWN BY
THE CURSOR, WHICH IS AN ╒NDERSCORE IN OVERSTRIKE MODE AND A BLOCK IN
╔NSERT MODE. ╔T IS INITIALLY ╧FF AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MESSAGE.
╘HE INSERT MODE WILL BREAK THE LINE LIKE A ╙HIFT-RETURN IF THE LINE YOU
ARE INSERTING ON FILLS UP (WITH WORD WRAP).
╘HE ─┼╠┼╘┼ KEY FUNCTIONS AS A DUAL BACKSPACE AND DELETE KEY
DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION IN THE TEXT AND THE STATE OF THE ╔NSERT ═ODE.
╔N THE MIDDLE OF THE TEXT AND WITH ╔NSERT ═ODE ╧FF THE CHARACTER AT THE
CURSOR POSITION IS DELETED WITH THE TEXT TO THE RIGHT BEING MOVED LEFT
AND THE CURSOR STAYING IN THE SAME POSITION. ┴T THE END OF A TEXT LINE,
OR SCREEN, OR WHEN ╔NSERT ═ODE IS ╧N, IT WILL BACKSPACE DELETING THE
PRECEDING CHARACTER.
╘HE ├URSOR KEYS OPERATE AS YOU'D EXPECT WITH THE FOLLOWING
ENHANCEMENTS WHEN PRESSED WITH THE SHIFT KEY:
╒P - ╨AGE (SCREEN) UP. ╠EFT - ╘OP OF PAGE (SAME AS HOME)
─OWN - ╨AGE (SCREEN) DOWN. ╥IGHT - ┬OTTOM OF PAGE. (SCREEN).
┴DDITIONALLY IN V4.1 AN OPTION TO BREAK OR ╩OIN LINES HAS BEEN
INTRODUCED, WITH ╙HIFT-<╥┼╘╒╥╬> BREAKING A LINE AT THE CURSOR POSITION
AND ├╘╥╠-╩ OR ├=-╩ JOINING THE LINE BELOW THE CURSOR TO THE LINE THE
CURSOR IS ON, WITH WORD WRAP.
╥┼╨╠┘ING TO A MESSAGE
=====================
╧N SELECTING <╥>EPLY THE PROGRAM WILL SET UP A MESSAGE HEADER FOR
YOU WITH YOUR NAME IN THE ╞ROM: FIELD, THE AUTHOR OF THE CURRENT
MESSAGE IN THE ╘O: FIELD AND THE ╙UBJ: THE SUBJECT OF THE CURRENT
MESSAGE IN IT WITH THE CURSOR OVER THE NAME IN THE ╘O: FIELD SO THAT
YOU CAN EDIT IT IF YOU WISH. ╔F NOT JUST PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬> AND YOU WILL GO
TO THE NEXT FIELD, THE ╙UBJ: FIELD. ╔F YOU LEAVE BOTH THESE FIELDS
BLANK THE MESSAGE WILL BE HEADED ╘O: ┴LL, ╙UBJ: ╬OTHING IN PARTICULAR.
╔F YOU USED ╙HIFT-╥ YOU WILL BE FIRST ASKED FOR THE ╞ROM: NAME, WHICH
WILL DEFAULT TO YOUR REGISTERED NAME BUT ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER AN ALIAS
OR HANDLE.
┘OU WILL BE ASKED WHETHER OR NOT TO FLAG THE MESSAGE AS ╨RIVATE. ╫HEN
┼╬╘┼╥ING A MESSAGE THE DEFAULT IS USUALLY PUBLIC. ╫HEN ╥┼╨╠┘ING THE
DEFAULT IS THE SAME AS THE MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE REPLYING TO. ├HANGE
THIS FLAG WITH CAUTION.
┬┼ ╫┴╥╬┼─ - FLAGGING IT AS ╨RIVATE HERE WILL NOT ALWAYS ENSURE IT IS
POSTED ON THE ┬┬╙ AS PRIVATE, IF IT IS IN A ╨UBLIC ═ESSAGE ╧NLY AREA IT
MAY BE RE-FLAGGED TO PUBLIC BY THE ┬┬╙ CAUSING POTENTIAL EMBARRASSMENT!
╨AGE 11
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╘HE REVERSE MAY ALSO APPLY BUT IS OBVIOUSLY LESS LIKELY TO CAUSE A
PROBLEM :-).
╙OME ┬┬╙ MAY REJECT MESSAGES WHICH ARE INAPPROPRIATELY FLAGGED FOR A
PARTICULAR AREA, THE ═╦╤WK MAILER DOES THIS BY RE-POSTING THE MESSAGE
TO THE SENDER IN PRIVATE MAIL, NOT A BAD SOLUTION AS THE POSSIBILITY OF
EMBARRASSMENT IS REDUCED AND IT IS QUICKLY APPARENT THAT A PROBLEM HAS
BEEN CAUSED.
╬OTE: ╤╫╦╥╥ MAKES AN "INTELLIGENT" DECISION AS TO WHETHER A MESSAGE IS
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, BASED ON THE CONFERENCE NAME AND THE MESSAGE YOU ARE
REPLYING TO. ╔T WILL OFFER THIS AS THE DEFAULT FLAG SETTING. ┴S A
GENERAL RULE IT SHOULD RARELY NEED CHANGING.
╧╦ SO YOU'VE SAID ┘ES OR ╬O TO ╨RIVATE.
╘HE CURSOR NOW MOVES DOWN TO THE BODY OF THE MESSAGE, STARTING
YOUR MESSAGE AUTOMATICALLY FOR YOU WITH TWO WORDS, THE SALUTATION
(DEFAULT '╚I') CONTAINED IN THE ╞╦┼┘ FILES AND THE FIRST PART OF THE
ADDRESSEE'S NAME, HOPEFULLY THEIR FIRST NAME. ╬OW YOU CAN CARRY ON AND
TYPE YOUR REPLY.
╘HE ╥EPLY OR ┼NTER ═ENU
=======================
═ESSAGES ARE ENTERED USING THE FULL SCREEN EDITOR AND HAS A MENU THAT
IS BOUGHT UP BY PRESSING EITHER THE ├OMMODORE ╠OGO (├=) OR ├ONTROL KEYS
AND WHICH GIVES YOU THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS :
<╙>AVE <┴>BORT I<═>PORT E<╪>PORT <╤>UOTE <╓>IEW
<╥>EAD <╫>RITE <#>PRINT <HELP>
╥EFERRED TO HEREAFTER AS THE ╥EPLY ═ENU.
╘HESE OPTIONS ARE SELECTED BY HOLDING DOWN EITHER THE ├OMMODORE
╠OGO (├=) KEY OR THE ├ONTROL KEY AND PRESSING THE DESIRED OPTION. ╔N
RESPONSE TO VARIOUS REQUESTS THESE KEYS ARE NOW NOT BOTH FUNCTIONAL
WITH ALL COMMANDS. ╘HE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS APPLY:
1: ─UE TO AN ODDITY IN THE ├128 OPERATING SYSTEM ├ONTROL-╤ DOES NOT
WORK SO YOU MUST USE ├=╤;
2: <┴>BORT CAN ONLY BE SELECTED WITH ├ONTROL-┴, AND <╙>AVE CAN ONLY BE
SELECTED WITH ├=╙ THIS IS TO HELP AVOID ACCIDENTAL OPERATION.
╔T IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU GET INTO THE HABIT OF USING THE ├= AS THIS
WORKS WITH ALL FUNCTIONS EXCEPT <┴>BORT.
╙OME COMMANDS, SPECIFICALLY I<═>PORT), E<╪>PORT, <├>OPY AND <╫>RITE,
ARE DISABLED IN ╒NREGISTERED VERSIONS.
╨RESSING THE ╚┼╠╨ KEY, EITHER ALONE OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠
OR ├= KEY WILL DISPLAY A LIST OF ┴╠╠ THE EDITOR COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS.
┘OU WILL NOTICE THAT WHEN EITHER THE ╠OGO OR ├ONTROL KEYS ARE
PRESSED A TAGLINE IS DISPLAYED IN THE BOTTOM WINDOW OF THE SCREEN. ╘HE
TAGLINE THAT IS DISPLAYED WHEN YOU SAVE THE MESSAGE WILL GENERALLY BE
APPENDED TO THE MESSAGE AS A ╞IDO FORMAT TAGLINE. ╘HE EXCEPTION BEING
IF YOU HAVE SELECTED THE ╘┴╟╠╔╬┼ MODE AS ═┴╬╒┴╠, ╬╧╬┼ OR ╤╫╦╥╥ ╔─. ╔N
THESE CASES, THE LAST TAGLINE READ WILL BE DISPLAYED. ╔F ╥┴╬─╧═-╦┼┘ OR
╥╧╘┴╘┼-╦┼┘ MODE IS SELECTED THEN A NEW TAGLINE IS DISPLAYED WITH EACH
KEYPRESS. ╙EE ╧PTIONS MENU / ╘AGLINES FOR MORE INFORMATION. ╞OR
UNREGISTERED VERSIONS THE INTERNAL ╤╫╦╥╥128 TAGLINE IS ALWAYS USED,
EVEN THOUGH THE OTHERS ARE DISPLAYED.
╘HE MESSAGE EDITOR FEATURES A SIDE WINDOW CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING:
╨AGE 12
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
- A ONE HOUR MESSAGE TIMER THAT IS ZEROED WHENEVER YOU START TO
ENTER A MESSAGE;
- THE CURRENT LINE AND COLUMN CURSOR POSITION;
╬OTE: ╤╫╦╥╥ CURRENTLY LIMITS THE COLUMN WIDTH TO 72 CHARACTERS. ╘HIS
HELPS TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF YOUR ┬┬╙ REFORMATING YOUR MESSAGES
WHEN UPLOADED.
- A BUFFER COUNTER. ╫HEN THIS REACHES ZERO YOU WILL BE GIVEN A
WARNING. ┘OU MAY ENTER APPROX 500 BYTES AFTER THIS WARNING, BUT YOU RUN
THE RISK OF CORRUPTING YOUR MESSAGE OR CRASHING THE PROGRAM. ┼NTER DATA
AFTER THIS WARNING AT YOUR OWN RISK.
╥┼╨╠┘ ├OMMANDS
--------------
<┴>BORT : ├ONTROL-┴, ┴BORT. ╘HIS ABORTS THE REPLY OPTION AND RETURNS
YOU TO THE MESSAGE YOU WERE READING WHEN YOU SELECTED THE ╥┼╨╠┘ OPTION.
<─> : ─ELETE ╠INE. ╚ERE YOU CAN DELETE A LINE WHICH IS EITHER BLANK OR
CONTAINS TEXT. ╘HE LINE THE CURSOR IS ON IS DELETED AND TEXT BELOW
SCROLLED UP. ╘HE CURSOR WILL REAPPEAR ON WHAT WAS THE LINE BELOW ITS
POSITION IN THE SAME COLUMN.
<┘> ┬LOCK ─ELETE
╨RESSING ├ONTROL-┘ OR ├=┘ STARTS THE ┬LOCK DELETE SEQUENCE. ╘HIS
SELECTS THE LINE THE CURSOR IS ON AS THE START LINE WITH A NOTE IN THE
═ENU LINE SAYING '─ELETE FROM LINE XX TO LINE XX'. ┴S YOU MOVE THE
CURSOR DOWN THE SECOND LINE NUMBER CHANGES. ╨RESSING ├=┘ OR ├ONTROL-┘
AGAIN DELETES THE SELECTED BLOCK. ╨RESSING ANY KEY OTHER THAN CURSOR
MOVEMENT OR <╥┼╘╒╥╬> CANCELS THE OPERATION.
╬OTE: ┘OU CANNOT DELETE "BACKWARDS" - ╘HE ╘╧ LINE MUST BE GREATER OR
EQUAL TO THE ╞╥╧═ LINE. ┴ WARNING BELL IS SOUNDED IF YOU ARE OUT OF
THIS RANGE.
<╨> ╨ASTE
├OMPLEMENTING THE ┬LOCK ─ELETE FUNCTION IS THE ╨ASTE FUNCTION.
╙ELECTING ├=╨ OR ├ONTROL-╨ WILL PASTE THE RESULT OF THE PREVIOUS
├ONTROL-┘ IN AT THE CURSOR LOCATION. ╔F A ├ONTROL-┘ HAS NOT BEEN
CARRIED OUT THIS MAY CAUSE STRANGE EFFECTS AS THE BUFFER IS NOT
INITIALISED BEFORE THE FIRST USE. ─UE TO THIS THE BUFFER WILL USUALLY
STAY INTACT THROUGH A RESET & RE-BOOT ALLOWING YOU TO PASTE BETWEEN
DIFFERENT MAIL PACKETS.
┘OU CAN FREELY PASTE BETWEEN DIFFERENT REPLYS.
╘HERE IS A LIMIT TO THE SIZE OF THIS PASTE BUFFER (ABOUT 10K) AND IF
YOU CUT TEXT LARGER THAN THIS THE EXCESS LINES WILL BE LOST. ╘HERE IS
NO WARNING AS TO THIS OCCURING. (10K IS A LOT TO CUT/PASTE ANYWAY).
<╔> : ╔NSERT ╠INE. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO INSERT BLANK LINES ONE LINE AT A
TIME. ╘HE LINE IS INSERTED AT THE LINE THE CURSOR IS CURRENTLY ON AND
THE CURSOR AND THE TEXT ON THE SAME LINE AND LINES BELOW MOVE DOWN ONE
LINE.
<╘> ╘OP : ╘AKES YOU TO THE TOP OF THE MESSAGE. (┴S DOES ╙╚╔╞╘-╚╧═┼)
<┬> ┬OTTOM : ┬OTTOM. ╘AKES YOU TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MESSAGE AND MOVES
THE BOTTOM OF THE MESSAGE UP TO MID-PAGE.
<╥>EAD : ╥EAD. ╥EAD A TEXT FILE FROM THE ╒╙┼╥ OR ANOTHER DISK (SEE
─╧╙). ╘HIS HAS NO EFFECT ON THE MESSAGE BEING WRITTEN. ╒SEFUL FOR
READING FILE CONTENTS PRIOR TO IMPORTING.
I<═>PORT : ╔MPORT. ╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO IMPORT A TEXT FILE FROM
YOUR ╒╙┼╥ DISK TO INCLUDE IN A MESSAGE. ╫HEN YOU CHOOSE THIS YOU WILL
╨AGE 13
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
BE ASKED IF YOU WISH TO IMPORT AN <┴>╙├╔╔ OR <╨>ETSCII FILE AND
APPROPRIATE CONVERSION WILL BE CARRIED OUT. ╘HE IMPORTED SECTION OF THE
MESSAGE HAS A HEADER AND FOOTER ADDED AUTOMATICALLY TO DELINEATE IT AND
IS INSERTED INTO THE MESSAGE ON THE LINE BELOW THE CURSOR. ╘EXT IMPORT
CAN BE ABORTED BY PRESSING THE STOP KEY. ╔T WILL AUTOMATICALLY ABORT
WHEN THE BUFFER FILLS.
E<╪>PORT : ┼XPORTS THE MESSAGE BEING CREATED TO THE ╒╙┼╥ DISK. ╙IMILAR
TO THE ┼XPORT OPTION ON THE READ MENU.
<╤>UOTE : ├=╤ ╤UOTE. ╘HIS ENABLES YOU TO QUOTE BACK TO THE PERSON SOME
OF THEIR OWN MESSAGE SO THAT THEY'VE GOT ╙╧═┼ IDEA OF WHAT YOU ARE
REFERRING TO! ╞IDO╬ET PROTOCOL SUGGESTS THAT YOU QUOTE ENOUGH OF THE
MESSAGE TO MAKE SENSE BUT NO MORE THAN YOU HAVE TO AS SOMEONE HAS TO
PAY FOR THE TEXT YOU ENTER TO BE TRANSFERRED AROUND THE WORLD. ╥EMEMBER
TOO IF REPLYING ON AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK THAT BY THE TIME THE
ADDRESSEE RECEIVES IT IT COULD BE 10 DAYS SINCE HE OR SHE ENTERED THE
ORIGINAL.. ╧N SELECTING <╤>UOTE ONE LINE OF THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE WILL
BE LISTED IN A WINDOW. ╘HE MENU '╙ELECT: <UP-ARROW> <DOWN-ARROW>
<╥ETURN> <╤>UIT ' WILL APPEAR. ╨RESSING <┼╬╘┼╥> OR <╥┼╘╒╥╬> WILL ENTER
THIS LINE AS A QUOTE IN YOUR MESSAGE PRECEDED BY THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S
INITIALS AND A '>' SIGN SO THAT IT IS RECOGNISABLE AS A QUOTE. ╘HE
CURSOR KEYS WILL MOVE YOU UP OR DOWN A LINE AND PRESSING '╤' WILL
RETURN YOU TO YOUR MESSAGE. ╘HE ╤UOTED TEXT WILL APPEAR INSERTED IN THE
MESSAGE IN THE LINE BELOW THE CURSOR.
╤UOTED TEXT WILL WRAP WHEN IT EXTENDS PAST THE RIGHT HAND MARGIN.
╔T DOES THIS BY BREAKING ANY LINE LONGER THAN 72 CHARACTERS INTO HALF
AND PLACING THE QUOTEE'S INITIALS AND THE '>' SYMBOL AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE NEW LINE AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL LINE. ╔T WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
'SECOND GENERATION' QUOTES, I.E. WHERE YOU ARE QUOTING SOMEBODY'S QUOTE
BOTH SETS OF INITIALS WILL BE PLACED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LINE EVEN
WHEN TEXT WRAP TAKES PLACE.
<╙>AVE : ├=╙ ╙AVE. ╘HIS ╙AVES THE MESSAGE TO YOUR ╥┼╨╠┘ DISK AS AN
INDIVIDUAL FILE USING A FILE NAME PREFIX THE <BBS-ID> SUPPLIED BY THE
┬┬╙ ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE AND THE EXTENSION '.╥XXX' WHERE 'XXX' IS A 3 DIGIT
NUMBER STARTING FROM 001. ╒NLIKE EARLIER VERSIONS SINGLE FILES ARE
CREATED TO ALLOW EDITING OF YOUR REPLIES PRIOR TO CREATING THE UPLOAD
FILE. ╫HEN YOU SAVE THE FIRST MESSAGE IN EACH SESSION THE PROGRAM WILL
CHECK FOR THE EXISTENCE OF AN EXISTING SERIES OF REPLIES INCREMENT THE
NUMBER TO THE NEXT HIGHEST BEFORE SAVING.
╘HESE <BBS-ID>.╥XXX FILES MUST BE CONSECUTIVELY NUMBERED SO DO ╬╧╘
DELETE THESE FILES. ╒SE THE ╦ILL OPTION IN THE ┼DIT ╥EPLY ═ENU IF YOU
WISH TO NOT SEND THEM.
╫HEN YOU SELECT TO ┌IP OR ╠INK REPLIES THESE FILES ARE ANALYSED AND
LINKED TOGETHER IN THE DESIRED FORMAT, DELETING THE INDIVIDUAL FILES AS
THEY ARE PROCESSED TO SAVE DISK SPACE. ╔F YOU SELECT TO <╠>INK THE
FILES A <BBS-ID>.═╙╟ FILE WILL BE CREATED WHICH YOU WILL NEED TO PACK
WITH AN EXTERNAL PACKER. ╞OR EASE OF USE IT IS RECOMMENDED YOU USE THE
<┌>IP OPTION AS THESE WILL BE ACCEPTED BY MOST ┬┬╙'S WITH NO FURTHER
PROCESSING.
<├> : ├OPY. ╙ELECTING THIS OPTION ╙AVES THE EXISTING MESSAGE AND THEN
PROMPTS YOU TO SELECT ANOTHER CONFERENCE AREA AND THEN ENTER THE ╘O:
AND ╙UBJ: FIELDS IN THE MESSAGE HEADER. ┴FTER YOU HAVE DONE THIS YOU
CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES YOU WISH TO AND THEN <╙>AVE OR <├>OPY THE MESSAGE.
┘OU CAN ├OPY A MESSAGE AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WISH.
╘HIS IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL TO SEND THE SAME NETMAIL TO SEVERAL
DIFFERENT PEOPLE, OR TO SEND THE SAME MESSAGE VIA A PUBLIC ECHO AND
NETMAIL.
╨AGE 14
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
<╓>IEW: ┴LLOWS YOU TO ╓IEW A MESSAGE YOU ARE WRITING IN THE SAME FORMAT
AS IT WILL BE READ, COMPLETE WITH PAGE BREAKS & HIGHLIGHTED QUOTES,
ETC.
<$> ─IRECTORY
<@> ─╧╙ COMMANDS AS IN THE ╥┼┴─ MENU EXCEPT THAT YOU DO NOT NEED TO
<╧> ╧PTIONS PRESS SHIFT TO ACCESS THE $, JUST ├╘╥╠ OR ├= AND 4
($).
<#>PRINT : ╨RINTS THE CREATED MESSAGE TO THE PRINTER.
<╫>RITE. ╙AVES THE CREATED MESSAGE TO THE ╒╙┼╥ DISK WITHOUT THE HEADER
INFORMATION. (┼XPORT WITHOUT THE MESSAGE HEADER). ╒SEFUL IF YOU TYPE A
MESSAGE AND WISH TO KEEP A COPY FOR LATER USE, (OR IF YOU WISH TO USE
╤╫╦╥╥ AS A GENERIC TEXT EDITOR).
┼╬╘┼╥ING A ═ESSAGE
==================
┴S WAS MENTIONED EARLIER PRESSING <┼> AT THE ╧PENING ═ENU ALLOWS
YOU TO ┼NTER A MESSAGE OTHER THAN A REPLY. ╫HEN YOU SELECT THIS YOU
WILL BE SHOWN A LIST OF ALL THE MESSAGE AREAS CONTAINED IN THE
├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE YOU ARE USING. ╘HESE WILL BE LISTED WITH THE NAME AND
NUMBER THE ╙┘╙╧╨ HAS ASSIGNED IT. ┴NY LEGITIMATE CONFERENCE NUMBER CAN
BE ENTERED OR '═' (OR ANY OTHER NON-NUMERIC INPUT, EXCEPT '╬') FOR ═ORE
AREAS IF THERE ARE TOO MANY TO DISPLAY ON ONE SCREEN. '╬' WILL SELECT
YOUR PRE-DEFINED A ╬ETMAIL AREA FOR THAT PARTICULAR ┬┬╙. ╙TOP OR ┼╙├ OR
BLANKING THE FILED AND PRESSING <╥┼╘╒╥╬> WILL ABORT THE OPERATION.
┴FTER THIS HAS BEEN DONE ENTER THE ┴DDRESSEE'S NAME AND MESSAGE
SUBJECT.
╧NCE THE INFORMATION ABOVE HAS BEEN ENTERED YOU WILL BE PUT INTO A
MESSAGE CREATION AREA BASICALLY THE SAME AS THE ╥EPLY OPTIONS EXCEPT
THAT YOU WON'T HAVE A <╤>UOTE OPTION AVAILABLE.
┼NTERING ╬ETMAIL
----------------
┴LTHOUGH THE .╤╫╦ MAIL PACKET SYSTEM WAS NOT DESIGNED TO COPE WITH
THE ODDITIES OF ╬ET═AIL SUCH MESSAGES CAN EASILY BE SENT WITH MOST ┬┬╙
SOFTWARE.
┴UTO-╬ETMAIL
------------
╞IRSTLY ╔ RECOMMEND THAT YOU DEFINE YOUR ╬ETMAIL ECHO SO THAT
╤╫╦╥╥ CAN IDENTIFY IT AND KNOWS WHAT FORMAT TO USE. ╘O DO THIS ╙ELECT
THE <╧>PTIONS ═ENU AND THEN <╬>ETMAIL ╞ORMAT. YOU WILL THEN HAVE THE
LIST OF CONFERENCES FROM THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE DISPLAYED AND BE PROMPTED
TO ENTER THE NUMBER FOR ╬ETMAIL. ┴FTER ENTERING THIS YOU WILL BE ASKED
FOR THE ╬ETMAIL FORMAT THAT YOUR ┬┬╙ USES. ├HOOSE FROM A LIST OF:
┴ - ═K╤WK ┬-╙UPER┬┬╙ ├-═AXIMUS ─-╤MAIL ┼-╘OMCAT ╞-╥OSEMAIL
╟-╤╙╧/╘┬┬╙ ╚-├AM-MAIL ╔-┼ZY╤WK ╩-╓ALENCE ╦-╧THER ╠-═ANUAL
╬OTE: 1/ ╥OD WILL MAKE OTHER ╬ETMAIL FORMATS AVAILABLE *╔╞* HE GETS
INFORMATION ON THEM.
2/ ╥EGARDLESS WHAT SYSTEM YOUR ┬┬╙ USES YOU ═╒╙╘ SELECT THE
CORRECT AREA FOR NETMAIL. ╘HIS IS USUALLY IDENTIFIED AS ╬ETMAIL,
═ATRIX-MAIL OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. ┘OU SHOULD ALSO FLAG THE MESSAGE AS
PRIVATE OR THE ┬┬╙ MAY REJECT IT (WHY SEND A PUBLIC NETMAIL MESSAGE?).
╬OTE: ╔F USING THE AUTO-NET ROUTINES OF ╤╫╦╥╥ THEN THE PRIVATE FLAG IS
┴╠╫┴┘╙ SET.
╨AGE 15
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╔F YOUR ┬┬╙' SYSTEM IS NOT SUPPORTED IN THE ABOVE LIST YOU CAN SELECT
╦-╧THER IF THE SOFTWARE REQUIRES THE ADDRESS IN THE FIRST LINE OF THE
MESSAGE. ┘OU WILL THEN BE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE FORMAT REQUIRED,
SUBSITUTING THE ADDRESS LOCATION WITH AN ASTERISK <*>. ╞OR INSTANCE IF
═AXIMUS WAS NOT SUPPORTED YOU WOULD ENTER '╘O:*' AT THIS PROMPT. ┘OU
WILL THEN BE ASKED FOR A '╙IGNATURE' WHICH IS JUST A SHORT LINE OF TEXT
(8 CHARACTERS) WHICH WILL BE DISPLAYED WHEN YOU USE ╬ETMAIL.
╔F YOU SELECT ╠-═ANUAL THEN ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL ASSUME THAT YOU WILL DO ALL THE
MESSY FORMATTING, BUT YOU CAN STILL SELECT IT AS THE ╬ETMAIL CONFERENCE
AND ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL FLAG THE MESSAGES AS ╨RIVATE.
╘HE INFORMATION ON THE ╬ETMAIL IS THEN SAVED TO THE ╤╫╦╥╥ BOOT DISK
USING THE NAME <BBS-ID>.╬┼╘. ╘HIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY LOADED WHENEVER
╤╫╦╥╥ IS RE-RUN AND THE <BBS-ID> MATCHES THAT OF THE CURRENT MAIL
PACKET SO YOU ONLY NEED DEFINE IT ONCE FOR EACH ┬┬╙ YOU USE UNLESS YOUR
SYSOP RE-ORGANISES THE CONFERENCE NUMBERS.
╧NCE THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN DEFINED OR LOADED, ANY MESSAGE, WHETHER
IT BE A REPLY, ENTERED, OR FORWARDED INTO THIS CONFERENCE WILL
AUTOMATICALLY BE TREATED AS PRIVATE NETMAIL. ╞URTHERMORE, WITH THIS
DEFINED YOU CAN SELECT THE NETMAIL CONFERENCE BY ENTERING AN UNSHIFTED
'N' AT ANY OF THE CONFERENCE SELECTION PROMPTS.
┼NTERING MESSAGES VIA THE AUTO-NET ROUTINES IS SIMILAR TO ANY OTHER
MESSAGE. ╘HE EXCEPTION BEING THAT RATHER THAN THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE PROMPT
THE MESSAGE IS ASSUMED TO BE PRIVATE AND YOU ARE PROMPTED FOR A NETMAIL
(DESTINATION) ADDRESS. ╔F NO NET-MAIL ADDRESS IS GIVEN THE MESSAGE WILL
BE TREATED AS ANY OTHER MESSAGE. ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL SCAN THE LAST MESSAGE READ
FOR A DEFAULT FIDO ADDRESS. ╘HIS IS USUALLY THAT OF THE ╧RIGIN LINE,
BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ORIGIN LINE IT WILL USE ANY OTHER VALID
ADDRESS FORMAT IT FINDS. ╤╫╦╥╥ MAKES NO ATTEMPT TO CHECK YOUR INPUT
HERE, IT IS UP TO YOU TO SUPPLY A LEGAL ADDRESS. ╒SING ╤╫╦╥╥'S ┴DDRESS
┬OOK OPTION, DETAILED IN THE ╧PTIONS ═ENU SECTION, WILL HELP ELIMINATE
ADDRESSING ERRORS.
┼NTERING A "?" AT THE ADDRESS PROMPT WILL DISPLAY YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS
BOOK.
╫HILST ENTERING A MESSAGE VIA THE AUTO-NETMAIL ROUTINES THE DESTINATION
ADDRESS AND NETMAIL FORMAT WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE
SCREEN.
╘HAT IS ALL THERE IS TO IT. ╘HE APPROPRIATE FORMATTING IS PERFORMED
WHEN THE MESSAGE IS SAVED.
╘HE FOLLOWING DESCRIBE THE FORMATS FOR SOME OF THE COMMON ┬┬╙
SOFTWARE AND MAY HELP IF YOU WISH TO ATTEMPT IT MANUALLY AS A LOT OF
┬┬╙' SEEM TO FOLLOW ONE OF THE DESCRIBED METHODS TO ALLOW ╬ET═AIL.
╒SING ═╦╤WK OR ╙UPER┬┬╙ (═╦╤WK)
--------------------------------
╘HESE SYSTEMS WILL INTERPRET THE ╙UBJECT OF THE MESSAGE AS
CONTAINING A DESTINATION ADDRESS IF IT STARTS WITH A '@' SIGN. ═AIL
SENT THIS WAY CAN ALSO BE FLAGGED AS ├RASH, ╔MMEDIATE OR ─IRECT ╬ETMAIL
AS REQUIRED BY ADDING ├╥┴╙╚, ╔══ AND / OR ─╔╥ TO THE ADDRESS. ┴ NORMAL
SUBJECT CAN BE ADDED TO AN OUT-GOING ╬ETMAIL MESSAGE BY PUTTING '╙UBJ:
<SUBJECT TEXT>' ON THE FIRST LINE OF THE MESSAGE. ╘HE MESSAGE SHOULD
THEN LOOK LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE:
╘O :╥OD ╟ASSON
╞ROM:═ARK ─OWSETT
╙UBJ:@3:800/851
--<END OF HEADER - BEGINNING OF MESSAGE TEXT >--
╙UBJ:╬ETMAIL TEST.
╟'DAY ╥OD, (REST OF MESSAGE)
╨AGE 16
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╒SING ┼ZY╤WK OR ═AXIMUS (╤MAIL #1)
----------------------------------
╘HESE SYSTEMS WILL ACCEPT ╬ETMAIL PROVIDED THE ADDRESS IS INCLUDED
AS THE ╞╔╥╙╘ LINE OF THE MESSAGE LIKE THIS:
╘O :╥OD ╟ASSON
╞ROM:═ARK ─OWSETT
╙UBJ:╬ETMAIL ╘EST
--<END OF HEADER - BEGINNING OF MESSAGE TEXT >--
╘O:3:800/851
╟'DAY ╥OD, --< ═ESSAGE TEXT >--
╨├┬OARD (├AM-═AIL) (╤MAIL #2)
------------------------------
╘HIS IS SIMILAR TO ┼ZY╤WK OR ═AXIMUS, BUT THE "╘O:" TEXT SHOULD BE
REPLACED WITH "@>" :
╘O :╥OD ╟ASSON
╞ROM:═ARK ─OWSETT
╙UBJ:╬ETMAIL ╘EST
--<END OF HEADER - BEGINNING OF MESSAGE TEXT >--
@>3:800/851
╟'DAY ╥OD, --< ═ESSAGE TEXT >--
╤╙╧/╘┬┬╙ (╤╙╧/╘┬┬╙)
--------------------
╘WO FORMATS ARE AVAILABLE, THE FIRST IS IN THE ╘╧: FIELD PLACE THE
PERSONS NAME FOLLOWED BY @<FIDO ADDRESS>, EG:
╘O :╥OD ╟ASSON @3:800/851
╞ROM:═ARK ─OWSETT
╙UBJ:╬ETMAIL ╘EST
--<END OF HEADER - BEGINNING OF MESSAGE TEXT >--
╟'DAY ╥OD, --< ═ESSAGE TEXT >--
╘HE PROBLEM WITH THIS FORMAT IS THAT THE FIELD IS LIMITED TO 25
CHARACTERS. ╔T MAY NOT BE LONG ENOUGH TO HOLD BOTH THE NAME AND
ADDRESS.
┬ECAUSE OF THIS ╤╙╧ ALSO ALLOWS AN ALTERNATE FORMAT. ╧NCE AGAIN IT
INVOLVES PLACING THE FIDO ADDRESS ON THE FIRST MESSAGE LINE. ╔N THIS
INSTANCE THOUGH IT SHOULD SIMPLY BE PRECEDED WITH '@' EG:
╘O :╥OD ╟ASSON
╞ROM:═ARK ─OWSETT
╙UBJ:╬ETMAIL ╘EST
--<END OF HEADER - BEGINNING OF MESSAGE TEXT >--
@3:800/851
╟'DAY ╥OD, --< ═ESSAGE TEXT >--
╬╧╘┼ 1: ╘HIS IS THE FORMAT USED BY THE ┴UTO-NET ROUTINES OF ╤╫╦╥╥.
2: ╤╙╧ WILL NOT INSERT THE ADDRESSES CORRECTLY UNTIL THE MAIL IS
PROCESSED. ╚ENCE IF YOU READ A MESSAGE YOU HAVE JUST UPLOADED THE
ADDRESSES SHOWN WILL BE ILLEGAL AND/OR WRONG (ON MY ╤╙╧ ┬┬╙ THEY SHOW
AS 3:0/0). ─O NOT PANIC.. ├HECK IT AGAIN TOMORROW AND ALL SHOULD BE ╧╦.
┼DITING ╥EPLIES
===============
╙ELECTING E<─>IT REPS FROM THE ╧PENING ═ENU ALLOWS YOU TO EDIT REPLIES
BEFORE PACKING THEM FOR UPLOADING. ╘O ALLOW THIS EACH REPLY IS SAVED AS
A SEPARATE FILE WITH THE NAME <BBS-ID>.╥XXX WHERE XXX IS A NUMBER FROM
001 UPWARDS.
╫HEN YOU SELECT THIS OPTION ONE OF THE REPLY MESSAGES WILL BE LOADED
FROM DISK (GENERALLY THE LAST MESSAGE SAVED) AND DISPLAYED WITH THE
╘AGLINE IT WAS SAVED WITH DISPLAYED IN THE LOWER WINDOW. ╨RESSING ANY
╨AGE 17
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
KEY WILL BRING UP THE ┼DIT ═ENU OF:
<REP#> <┴>GAIN <╦>ILL <┼>DIT <╬>EXT <╨>REV <╤>UIT
╘HESE OPTIONS PROVIDE FOR:
<REP#> : ╙ELECT A REPLY DIRECTLY BY NUMBER;
<┴>GAIN : ╥E-DISPLAY THE CURRENT REPLY;
<╦>ILL : ╦ILL (DELETE) THE CURRENT REPLY. ╬OTE THIS MESSAGES FILE IS
╬╧╘ DELETED BUT FLAGGED AS KILLED. ┘OU MUST NOT DELETE THE INDIVIDUAL
REPLY FILES OTHERWISE LATER REPLIES WILL NOT BE SENT OUT AS THIS WILL
UPSET THE ┌╔╨PING OR ╠INKING PROCESS. TO ╒N╦ILL A MESSAGE (ONLY IN
╥EGISTERED VERSIONS) YOU MUST ┼DIT IT AND RE-SELECT THE ├ONFERENCE
AREA, ╘O:, ╞ROM: ETC. AND RE-SAVE IT;
<┼>DIT THE CURRENT REPLY. ╘HIS IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN ╥EGISTERED VERSIONS
OF ╤╫╦╥╥. ╘HE PROGRAM WILL ASK YOU FOR THE CONFERENCE NUMBER, WITH THE
ENTERED CONFERENCE AS THE DEFAULT, AND PROMPT FOR RE-ENTRY OF THE
╞ROM:, ╘O: AND ╙UBJ: FIELDS AND THE ╨UBLIC/ ╨RIVATE FLAG BEFORE
ALLOWING YOU TO EDIT THE TEXT. ╔F YOU ├╠┼┴╥ THE CONFERENCE NUMBER USING
THE SPACE BAR THEN ALL THE FIELDS WILL BE ACCEPTED AS ALREADY ENTERED
WITHOUT THE NEED TO PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬> AFTER EACH PROMPT AND TAKE YOU
STRAIGHT TO MESSAGE EDITING.
┘OU WILL ALSO BE ASKED IF YOU WISH TO RELOAD THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE TO
ALLOW QUOTING. ╘HIS WILL NOT HAPPEN IF THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE IS STILL IN
MEMORY OR IF YOU HAVE LOADED A DIFFERENT PACKET (OR IF THE ORIGINAL
╤╫╔╦.╬─╪ FILE IS "LOST".
┴LL EDITING CAN BE CARRIED OUT IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE MESSAGE WAS
ORIGINALLY ENTERED WITH THE SAME MENU OPTIONS AVAILABLE ALLOWING
┼DITING, ├OPYING, ╨RINTING AND ╫RITING OF THE MESSAGE. ╘AGLINES WILL BE
BUFFERED AS THE 'LAST READ' ╘AGLINE FOR RE-USE ALTHOUGH THIS CAN BE
REPLACED FROM A TAGLINE FILE IN THE USUAL MANNER. ╬ETMAIL WILL HAVE THE
FORMATTING RECOGNISED AND USE THE PREVIOUS ADDRESS AS THE DEFAULT
UNLESS YOU DECIDE TO EDIT THIS FIELD.
<╬>EXT & <╨>REVIOUS : MOVE THROUGH THE VARIOUS REPLY FILES;
<╤>UIT : ╥ETURN TO THE ╧PENING ═ENU.
╩OYSTICK CONTROLS
-----------------
╩OYSTICK COMMANDS AVAILABLE WHILE EDITING REPLIES ARE:
╩OYSTICK ╥IGHT : <╬>EXT REPLY
╠EFT : <╨>REVIOUS REPLY
╒P : <┴>GAIN
─OWN : <╥┼╘╒╥╬>
╞IRE : <╤>UIT TO ╧PENING ═ENU
╔F THE JOYSTICK DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK PROPERLY YOU HAVE IT IN THE WRONG
PORT. (USE PORT#2)
╨ACKING THE MAIL
================
╤╫╦╥╥ ╓4.X CREATES INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR EACH REPLY RATHER THAN A SINGLE
.╥┼╨ FILE. ╧NCE YOU HAVE READ AND REPLIED TO ALL YOUR MAIL IT IS TIME
TO JOIN THESE TOGETHER AND UPLOAD THE FINAL PACKET TO YOUR ┬┬╙.
╬╧╘┼: ╔F YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED WITH YOUR REPLIES THEN DO NOT PACK THEM
AT THIS STAGE. ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL ALLOW YOU TO ADD ADDITIONAL REPLIES TO THE
PACKET IN A FUTURE SESSION. ┘OU CANNOT ADD TO A PACKED REPLY PACKET.
╨AGE 18
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╞ROM THE ╥EAD MENU, PRESS <╤> TO QUIT TO THE ╧PENING ═ENU THEN <╤>
AGAIN TO TAKE YOU TO THE ┼XIT ═ENU.
╘HIS MENU OFFERS:
<┬>ASIC <┌>IP REPLIES <╠>INK REPLIES <╤>UIT
╒SING THE NOMINATED KEY WITH THE ╙HIFT KEY CAUSES THE FUNCTION TO BE
CARRIED OUT BUT WITH A WARM RE-BOOT WHEN THE PROGRAM EXITS.
<┬>ASIC : ┼XITS TO BASIC, SAVING AN UPDATED ╔NDEX FILE.
<┌>IP : ┌╔╨ ╙TORES THE MESSAGES, LINKING THEM INTO A SINGLE FILE,
<BBS-ID>.╥┼╨, READY TO UPLOAD TO YOUR ┬┬╙.
<╠>INK : ╠INKS THE FILES INTO <BBS-ID>.═╙╟ FILE TO ALLOW PACKING BY AN
EXTERNAL PACKER TO PRODUCE THE NEEDED <BBS-ID>.╥┼╨ FILE;
<╤>UIT : TAKES YOU BACK TO THE ╧PENING ═ENU.
┬OTH <╠>INK AND <┌>IP DELETE THE INDIVIDUAL MESSAGE FILES AS THEY ARE
PROCESSED ALLOWING THE REPLY FILES TO OCCUPY ALL BUT ONE BLOCK OF THE
╥┼╨╠┘ DISK AND STILL ALLOW A SUCCESSFUL RESULT.
╔F USING AN EXTERNAL PACKER YOU NEED SIMPLY TO PACK THE SINGLE FILE
<BBS-ID>.═╙╟ USING YOUR CHOSEN PACKER. ┘OU MUST ╬╧╘ CHANGE THE NAME OF
THIS FILE PRIOR TO PACKING. ┘OUR PACKED FILE MUST BE CALLED AND
<BBS-ID>.╥┼╨, BUT THIS IS NOT IMPORTANT UNLESS USING AN UPLOAD PROTOCOL
THAT TRANSMITS THIS NAME (SUCH AS ┘-MODEM).
╧PTIONS
=======
╨RESSING THE <╧> KEY FROM MOST MENUS BRINGS UP A FULL SCREEN MENU
WHICH IS MADE UP OF SEVERAL SUB-AREAS. ╘HESE ARE ├OLOURS, ╘IMER,
╨RINTER, ╤╫╦╥╥ ╔─, A LONG ═ISCELLANEOUS LIST AND A SHORT DISK MENU
SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. ╘HESE WILL BE DEALT WITH IN THESE
SUB-DIVISIONS.
├OLOURS
------- ╘HE COLOUR AREAS THAT CAN BE SELECTED ARE:
0 = BACKGROUND
1 = BORDER
2 = ╚EADER TEXT
3 = HEADER DATA
4 = ═ESSAGE TEXT
5 = ═ESSAGE HIGHLIGHT
(QUOTED TEXT. ┴NY LINE WITH A ">" IN THE FIRST 5 PLACES)
6 = ├LOCK
7 = ╘AGLINES (┴NY LINE STARTING WITH "...")
8 = ╧RIGIN LINES (┴NY LINE STARTING WITH " * ╧RIGIN:")
9 = ╤╫╦╥╥128 IDENTIFIER
(┴NY LINE WITH "╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓" STARTING IN POSITION 4 OR 5)
╘HE REASON FOR POSITIONS 4 OR 5 IS TO ALLOW RECOGNITION OF EARLIER
VERSIONS OF ╤╫╦╥╥.
╙ELECTING THE APPROPRIATE KEY TOGGLES THROUGH THE AVAILABLE COLOURS FOR
THAT OPTION. ═ONOCHROME MONITOR USERS NOTE THAT THIS AREA IS EVEN
USEFUL TO YOU, PARTICULARLY THAT THE 'HEADER DATA' MUST CONTRAST THE
'HEADER TEXT' SELECTIONS OR YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO OPERATE THE DISK
DRIVE SELECTIONS AT START-UP EASILY.
╬╧╘┼: ┴NY TEXT WHICH IS IN BACKGROUND COLOUR WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED AS
PART OF THE MESSAGE. ╘HIS CAN BE USED AS A METHOD OF STRIPPING ╘AGLINES
/ ORIGIN LINES ETC. IF REQUIRED AS YOUR READ YOUR MAIL. ╘AGLINE ADDICTS
CAN SET ALL COLOURS EXCEPT TAGLINES TO THE BACKGROUND COLOUR AND READ
NOTHING BUT TAGLINES ;-).
╨AGE 19
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╓─├ ╙YNC & ╙CREEN ╚EIGHT
------------------------
<╓>─├ ╙YNC SETS THE VALUE OF ╥EG7 OF THE ╓─├ CHIP. ╘HIS HAS EFFECTIVELY
ABOUT 11 CHOICES WHICH VARY THE VERTICAL POSITION OF THE SCREEN.
╙CREEN <╚>EIGHT. ╘HIS CAN BE SET TO SUIT A RANGE OF MONITOR TYPES,
PARTICULARLY A PROBLEM WITH ╬╘╙├ DISPLAYS. ╘HIS DEFAULTS TO 28 LINES
FOR ╨┴╠ AND 26 FOR ╬╘╙├.
╬╧╘┼ THAT THESE COMMANDS ARE ALSO EFFECTIVE AT THE DISK DRIVE SET-UP
SCREEN SO IF YOUR ╬╘╙├ SCREEN IS UNREADABLE TOGGLE <╓> OR <╚> UNTIL THE
SCREEN STABILISES. ╘HE DEFAULT SET-UP *SHOULD* BE ╧╦ THOUGH FOR THE
MAJORITY OF SYSTEMS.
╘IMER
-----
╘HE TIMER MENU HAS ONLY TWO OPTIONS:
├LOC<╦> SET : ALLOWS YOU TO RESET THE TIME AND DATE USING THE CURSOR
KEYS OR JOYSTICK AS DESCRIBED EARLIER IN THIS DOCUMENT;
<═>ODE : ╘HIS ALLOWS THE USER TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ╬╘╙├ AND ╨┴╠ CLOCK
RATES. ╔F THE SCREEN CLOCK IS RUNNING AT VISIBLY THE WRONG SPEED CHECK
THIS SETTING. ╘HIS SELECTION IS SAVED WITH THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE.
╨RINTER
-------
╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO SET THE ╨RINTER ╘YPE AS ┴╙├╔╔ (┼PSON EMULATION) OR
╨ETSCII (├┬═ COMPATIBLE), THE ╨RINTER DEVICE NUMBER IN THE RANGE FROM 4
TO 7 AND THE PRINTER OR INTERFACE'S SECONDARY ADDRESS, IN THE RANGE
FROM 0 TO 31. ╘HE NUMBERS INCREMENT ONE EACH TIME THE APPROPRIATE KEY
IS SELECTED.
╘HIS INFORMATION IS SAVED WITH THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE.
╤╫╦╥╥ ╔─
--------
╘HESE OPTIONS ALLOW YOU TO SELECT SOME OF THE FEATURES OF THE ╤╫╦╥╥
TEARLINE SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MESSAGE IN ╥EGISTERED VERSIONS
ONLY.
╙TAM<╨> :ON / OFF. ╘HIS DETERMINES HOW OFTEN THE ╔─ LINE IS ATTACHED TO
THE MESSAGE. ╔F SELECTED ╧N OR IN ╒NREGISTERED VERSIONS IT WILL BE ON
EVERY MESSAGE, IF ╧╞╞ THE ╘EARLINE WILL ONLY BE PUT ON EVERY FIFTH
MESSAGE.
╬OTE: ╔F THIS IS ╧╬ A "+" IS DISPLAYED NEXT TO THE WORD "╘┴╟" WHILE
ENTERING A MESSAGE.
╘<┼>EARLINE: ╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT THE THREE CHARACTER
PREFIX TO THE ╔─ LINE AS THE ORIGINAL ONE OF 3 UNDERSCORES CAUSED
PROBLEMS WITH AT LEAST ONE MAIL SYSTEM'S WORDWRAP SETUP. ┘OU NOW HAVE
THE FOLLOWING TO CHOSE FROM :
3 ╒NDERSCORES, 3 FULLSTOPS, ' * ', '---', '+++' (WONDER WHOSE MODEM
WILL GO INTO COMMAND MODE (: ), 3 SPACES, 3 SLASHES, '/\/', '\/\', 3
CARETS, 3 TILDES, 3 SINGLE QUOTES, '-=-', '===' AND '├OUNT ╘RIBBULA'
'*'.
╘HE SELECTED SETTINGS WILL BE SAVED IN THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE.
═ISCELLANEOUS ╙ELECTIONS:
========================
<├>HARACTER ╙ET
---------------
╘HIS VERSION OF ╤╫╦╥╥ ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE YOUR OWN CHARACTER SET. ╘HE
FORMAT USED IS COMPATIBLE WITH ─IALOGUE 128'S FORMAT OR OF COURSE YOU
╨AGE 20
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
CAN CREATE OR MODIFY YOUR OWN. ╘HERE ARE 3 CHARACTER SETS INCLUDED IN
THE DISTRIBUTION PACKAGE CALLED ╤╫╦├.╙╘─, ╤╫╦├.╙╚╧╥╘ AND ╤╫╦├.╘┴╠╠.
╤╫╦╥╥ DOES NOT SUPPORT A FULL 255 CHARACTER ┴╙├╔╔ SET BUT THIS VERSION
INTRODUCES THE FOLLOWING NEW CHARACTERS:
├HAR ┴╙├╔╔ ╬AME ╦EYPRESS
---------------------------------------------------------
92 BACKSLASH POUND STERLING
94 CARET UP ARROW
95 UNDERLINE LEFT ARROW
96 REVERSED SINGLE QUOTE ╙HIFT POUND
123 LEFT CURLY BRACKET ╙HIFT +
124 ╓ERTICAL BAR ╙HIFT @
125 RIGHT CURLY BRACKET ╙HIFT -
╞UNCTION ╦EYS AND ╘AGLINES
--------------------------
╫ITHIN THE NEXT TWO AREAS, ╘AGLINES AND ╞UNCTION ╦EYS, YOU CAN
HAVE MULTIPLE FILES SAVED IN EACH CATEGORY AS LONG AS THE FILENAME
PREFIX IS MAINTAINED. ┴S LONG AS YOU DO YOUR EDITING WITHIN THE PROGRAM
THIS WILL BE DONE AUTOMATICALLY. ╔F YOU WISH TO PLACE A CARRIAGE RETURN
WITHIN A ╞UNCTION ╦EY DEFINITION (NOT THE TAGLINES THOUGH) USE AN
UP-ARROW ''. ┬ECAUSE OF THIS THIS CHARACTER IS NOT AVAILABLE AS PART OF
ONE OF YOUR DEFINITIONS.
╘HE FILE NAMES CURRENTLY IN USE ARE DISPLAYED BELOW THE MENU
CHOICE. ╔F THIS DIFFERS FROM THAT CONTAINED IN THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE AN
ASTERISK IS SHOWN BEFORE THE FILENAME. ╘HE FILENAMES SPECIFIED IN
╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ ARE LOADED WHEN THE PROGRAM IS FIRST RUN.
<╞>KEYS
-------
┴LLOWS THE LOADING, EDITING AND SAVING OF ╞UNCTION ╦EY DEFINITIONS
THAT CAN BE USED FOR AUTOMATIC TEXT ENTRY SUCH AS SIGNOFFS. ─EFINITIONS
CAN BE UP TO 55 CHARACTERS LONG. ┴LSO THE <╙>ALUTATION USED WHEN YOU
┼NTER OR ╥EPLY TO A MESSAGE IS STORED IN THIS FILE AND CAN BE EDITED
FROM THE DEFAULT,'╚I'. ╔F YOU WISH TO DISABLE THIS FEATURE ENTER AN
ASTERISK ON AS THE ONLY CHARACTER THE ╙ALUTATION DEFINITION AS YOU
WOULD FOR A TAGLINE OR ╞UNCTION KEY DEFINITION. ╔T WILL THEN BE
DISPLAYED AS 'UNDEFINED'. ╞ILE NAME PREFIX IS ╤╫╦╦. AND THE DEFAULT
FILE NAME SUPPLIED IN THIS PACKAGE IS ╤╫╦╦.╦┼┘╙. ╘HE '$' OPTION WILL
GIVE A DIRECTORY OF THE ╞KEY FILES ONLY.
<╘>AGLINES
----------
╘HE ╘AGLINE OPTION IS MUCH EXPANDED OVER PREVIOUS VERSIONS. ┘OU
ARE OFFERED A MENU OF:
<╬>EXT <╨>REV <╠>OAD <╙>AVE <┼>DIT
<╓>IEW <$> <╤>UIT <├>APTURE <═>ODE
<╘> IS ALSO USEABLE. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO REDEFINE THE ─RIVE AND ╨ATH
SETTING FOR THE ╘AGLINE ─RIVE.
╘HE TAGLINES NOW HAVE A PREFERRED FILENAME FORMAT OF ╤╫╦╘.<-NAME->.<XX>
WHERE <-NAME-> CAN BE ANY TEXT UP TO 8 CHARACTERS LONG AND <XX> IS A
NUMBER BETWEEN 01 ┴ND 99, WITH TAGLINES WITH THE SAME <-NAME-> HAVING
CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS STARTING FROM 01. ╬OTE THE LEADING ZERO IS
NECESSARY.
╘EN TAGLINES, NUMBERED 0 TO 9, CAN BE SAVED IN EACH FILE AND
╨AGE 21
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
ADDITIONALLY THE LAST TAGLINE READ CAN BE <├>APTURED.
┴S WELL AS THE USER DEFINED TAGLINES THERE ARE 3 OTHERS ALWAYS
AVAILABLE. ╘HESE ARE 'NONE' WHICH WILL CAUSE THE MESSAGE TO BE SAVED
WITHOUT ANY TAGLINE, THE LAST READ TAGLINE AND THE INTERNAL TAGLINE
'╤╫╦╥╥ ╧FFLINE READ 'N' REPLY WITH A ├128'. ╔F THE PROGRAM IS
UNREGISTERED THEN THE INTERNAL ONE IS THE ONLY ONE WHICH WILL BE USED.
╬╧╘┼: ╔T IS POSSIBLE THAT THE LAST TAGLINE READ, WHICH IS ONE OF THE
OPTIONS YOU HAVE WHEN SAVING THE MESSAGE, IS NOT A TRUE TAGLINE AS SOME
PEOPLE TEND TO USE TAGLINE FORMAT (PREFIXED BY ...) AS THEIR SIGNATURE
OR MAY USE ... AS EMPHASIS IN A MESSAGE. ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL ONLY ALLOW THE
CAPTURE OF THE LAST OCCURRENCE OF THE ... PREFIX IN EACH MESSAGE.
╘AGLINES NOW ALSO SUPPORT THE USE OF ├═─ SUBDIRECTORIES. ╘HE
├URRENT DIRECTORY PATH IS SAVED WITH THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE SO TO SET IT
PERMANENTLY USE THE <╘> COMMAND OR SET THE DRIVE AND PATH FROM THE
FIRST DRIVE SELECTION SCREEN AND THEN SAVE THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE. ╘HIS
WILL ALLOW YOU TO HAVE A WHOLE DISK OR PARTITION OF TAGLINES THAT CAN
BE ACCESSED FROM ANYWHERE ON THE HARD DRIVE, ╥AMLINK, WHATEVER..
╩OYSTICK CONTROL
----------------
╔N ADDITION TO THE KEYS BELOW THE JOYSTICK FUNCTION ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO
SELECT <╬>EXT WITH ╩OYSTICK RIGHT AND <╨>REV WITH JOYSTICK LEFT.
<╬>EXT
<╨>REV
╘HE ╬EXT AND ╨REVIOUS COMMANDS WILL LOAD THE ╬EXT OR ╨REVIOUS
╘AGLINE FILE IN THE SERIES WITH THE CURRENT ╤╫╦╘.<-NAME-> PREFIX
PROVIDED THE NAMING RULES ABOVE ARE ADHERED TO.
<╠>OAD
ASKS FOR A FILENAME TO LOAD, OFFERING THE CURRENT FILE AS DEFAULT.
╙ELECTING <SPACE> TO CLEAR THE FIELD WILL ONLY CLEAR THE FILENAME
EXTENSION NOT THE ╤╫╦╘. PREFIX. ╔F YOU WISH TO CHANGE DIRECTORIES OR
DRIVES USE <╘> FIRST THEN <╠>.
<╙>AVE
╙AVES THE CURRENT SET OF TAGLINES. ╘HIS WILL OFFER THE CURRENT
FILE NAME AS DEFAULT AND IF IT EXISTS WILL ASK YOU TO CONFIRM THAT YOU
WISH TO REPLACE IT.
<┼>DIT
┴LLOWS YOU TO EDIT ANY OF THE NUMBERED TAGLINES, 0 TO 9.
<╓>IEW
╥E-DISPLAYS THE CURRENT SET OF TAGLINES. ╒SE AFTER DISPLAYING A
DIRECTORY.
<$> ─IRECTORY
─ISPLAYS THE LIST OF TAGLINE FILES AVAILABLE ON THE SPECIFIED
DRIVE, PARTITION OR SUB-DIRECTORY.
<╤>UIT
╥ETURNS YOU TO THE PREVIOUS MENU.
<├>APTURE
┴LLOWS YOU TO ADD TAGLINES TO YOUR COLLECTION. ╔T ASKS FOR A
NUMBER <0-9> AND WILL AUTOMATICALLY COPY THE '├URRENT' TAGLINE TO THE
SPECIFIED POSITION.
╨AGE 22
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
<═>ODE
╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE HOW YOU WANT THE TAGLINES TO CHANGE.
╬╧╘┼: THIS INFORMATION IS SAVED WITH THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE NOT THE
TAGLINE FILE.
╘HE CHOICES ARE:
╧FF
╘AGLINES ARE ╧FF. ╬O TAGLINE WILL BE APPENDED TO ANY MESSAGE;
╥OTATE - ╦EY
╫ORKS AS EARLIER VERSIONS. ╘AGLINES WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE
COLLECTION 0 TO 9 THEN ├URRENT, ─EFAULT, ╬ONE AND BACK AROUND AGAIN;
╥OTATE - ╥EPLY
╥OTATES AS ABOVE BUT ONLY CHANGING WITH EACH MESSAGE SAVED;
╥ANDOM - ╦EY
╙ELECTS A TAG AT RANDOM WITH EACH PRESS OF THE ├= OR ├ONTROL KEYS;
╥ANDOM - ╥EPLY
╙ELECTS A TAG AT RANDOM EACH TIME A MESSAGE IS SAVED.
═ANUAL
╘HIS MODE WILL WAIT UNTIL YOU SAVE THE REPLY THEN DISPLAY THE TAGS
FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM. ┘OU CAN ALSO ACCESS THE ╘AGLINE MENU TO LOAD A
DIFFERENT FILE OR CHANGE MODES.
╘<╫>IT ╠IST
-----------
┴╬╧╘╚┼╥ NEW OPTION! (-:
╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO DEFINE A SET OF NAMES THAT CAN EITHER ACT AS A ╓╔╨
LIST OR A ╘WIT LIST DEPENDING ON THE MODE SELECTED. ┴S A ╓╔╨ LIST IT
GIVES YOU A VERY POWERFUL SEARCH OPTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
<┬>ROWSE ╘<╫>IT COMMAND.
╫HEN YOU SELECT ╘<╫>IT FROM THE <╧>PTIONS ═ENU A LIST OF UP TO TEN
NAMES WILL BE DISPLAYED ALONG WITH A MENU. ╘HE NAMES CAN BE FULL NAMES
LIKE '╥OD ╟ASSON' OR PART NAMES LIKE '╟AELYNE' IF YOU WISH TO MATCH A
RANGE OF PEOPLE. ╬OT THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY ╟AELYNES IN THE WORLD (-:
╬╧╘┼: THAT THE NAMES ARE CASE SENSITIVE. ┘OU CAN HAVE MORE THAT ONE
╘WIT FILE AS LONG AS IT STARTS WITH THE ╤╫╦╫. PREFIX.
╘HE MENU DISPLAYED CONSISTS OF:
<╠>OAD <╙>AVE <┼>DIT <╓>IEW <$> <╤>UIT <╥>ESET ╞LAGS <═>ODE
╠OAD, ╙AVE, ┼DIT, ╓IEW, $ (DIRECTORY) AND ╤UIT ALL WORK THE SAME AS IN
THE ╘AGLINES MENU ┼╪├┼╨╘ THAT ├═─ SUB-DIRECTORIES ARE NOT SUPPORTED.
╤╫╦╥╥ EXPECTS YOUR ╤╫╦╫. FILES TO BE ON THE ╤╫╦╥╥ BOOT DRIVE.
<╥>ESET ╞LAGS
╘HE ╘<╫>IT FLAG IN THE MESSAGE HEADER IS SET AS MESSAGES ARE READ
OR INDEXED AND ONLY CLEARED WHEN YOU SELECT THIS MENU OPTION. ╘HIS
MEANS IF YOU HAVE READ SOME MESSAGES OR INDEXED A PACKET AND WISH TO
USE A DIFFERENT ╘<╫>IT FILE OR EDIT THE EXISTING ONE YOU WILL NEED TO
RESET THE FLAGS TO MAKE IT WORK CORRECTLY. ╔F NOT ANY MESSAGES READ /
INDEXED WILL REMAIN FLAGGED AS ╘WITTED EVEN THOUGH THE NAMES MAY NO
LONGER BE IN THE TWIT LIST.
<═>ODE
┴S WITH TAGLINES THE ╘WIT ═ODE ╞LAG IS SAVED IN THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE.
╘HE AVAILABLE MODES ARE:
╨AGE 23
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╥EAD
╘HIS IS THE ONLY MODE AVAILABLE IN ╒NREGISTERED VERSIONS. ╫HEN YOU
SELECT <┬>ROWSE ╘<╫>IT IN THIS MODE ONLY MESSAGES TO OR FROM ╘<╫>ITTED
NAMES WILL BE DISPLAYED. ╫HEN READING MESSAGES NORMALLY ANY NAMES
IDENTIFIED AS 'TWITS' WILL BE DISPLAYED IN A DIFFERENT COLOUR, IN
ADDITION OF COURSE TO THE FLAG DISPLAY ON THE TOP RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN.
╔GNORE - ╘O
╔GNORE - ╞ROM
╔GNORE - BOTH
╙ETTING THESE OPTIONS WILL CAUSE THE APPROPRIATELY FLAGGED
MESSAGES TO BE SKIPPED WHEN ╥EADING NORMALLY.
┘OU CAN HOWEVER READ THESE MESSAGES SEPARATELY BY SELECTING THE
<┬>ROWSE ╘<╫>IT OPTION AS ABOVE. ┴LSO IF YOU SELECT <┬>ROWSE <╨>ERSONAL
THE PERSONAL FLAG WILL OVERRIDE THE ╘WIT ╔GNORE FLAG. (╥OD'S NOTE:
CLOSE YOUR EYES, AND YOU WON'T SEE THEM) :-)
<┴>DDRESS ┬OOK
--------------
╘HE ADDRESS BOOK IS A NEW FUNCTION DESIGNED TO REDUCE ERRORS WHEN
ADDRESSING ╬ET═AIL. ╫HEN YOU SELECT THIS OPTION FROM THE ╧PTIONS ═ENU A
LIST OF ADDRESSES LABELLED ┴ - ┌ WILL BE DISPLAYED WITH A SHORT MENU.
╒SING THE ┼DIT COMMAND YOU CAN ENTER AGAINST EACH LETTER A ╞IDO╬ET (OR
OTHER NETWORK WITH SIMILAR FORMAT) AND A PERSON'S OR ┬┬╙' NAME OR OTHER
IDENTIFIER. ╫HERE POSSIBLE ╔ USE A LETTER THAT WILL BE EASY TO REMEMBER
SUCH AS ╥ FOR ╥OD, ═ FOR ═ODERATOR ETC.
╬╧╘┼: ┴ SEPARATOR MUST BE USED SO THAT ╤╫╦╥╥ CAN DETERMINE THE END OF
THE FIDO ADDRESS AND THE START OF YOUR DESCRIPTOR. ┴N UP ARROW HAS BEEN
DESIGNATED FOR THIS TASK. ╔F NONE IS SPECIFIED THE ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL INSERT
THIS IN PLACE OF THE FIRST SPACE CHARACTER. ╘HIS WILL GENERALLY BE
CORRECT, HOWEVER IF YOU WISH TO SEND ├╥┴╙╚ MAIL WHERE THE "ADDRESS" IS
ALONG THE LINES OF 3:800/851 ├╥┴╙╚ AND YOUR DESCRIPTOR IS "╥OD ╟ASSON"
THEN ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL GET IT WRONG AND TREAT "├╥┴╙╚" AS PART OF YOUR
DESCRIPTOR. ╔N THIS INSTANCE YOUR INPUT MUST INCLUDE THE UPARROW AFTER
THE "CRASH". ┼╟. 3:800/851 ├╥┴╙╚ <UP ARROW> ╥OD ╟ASSON.
╘HESE DEFINITIONS CAN THEN BE SAVED OR LOADED AS NECESSARY. ╘HE FILES
HAVE THE PREFIX ╤╫╦┴.
╘O ACCESS THESE ADDRESSES JUST ENTER THE LETTER AS THE FIRST
CHARACTER WHEN ASKED FOR A ╬ET═AIL ADDRESS OR IF YOU WISH TO LIST THEM
ENTER '?' AS THE FIRST CHARACTER AND THEY WILL BE DISPLAYED SO THAT YOU
CAN CHOOSE.
<╬>ET═AIL ╞ORMAT
----------------
╘HE <╬> OPTION ON THE ╧PTIONS MENU IS HOW YOU DEFINE YOUR
┴UTOMATIC ╬ETMAIL FORMAT. ╙EE THE SECTION ON ╬ETMAIL FOR NOTES ON THIS.
╙HOWN BELOW THIS PROMPT ARE THE ╬ETMAIL FORMAT CHOSEN AND THE NAME OF
THE SPECIFIED ├ONFERENCE AREA.
╬╧╘┼: ╔F THE OPTIONS SCREEN LOOKS CORRUPTED IT IS GENERALLY BECAUSE A
<BBSID>.╬┼╘ FILE FROM A PREVIOUS VERSION OF ╤╫╦╥╥ HAS BEEN LOADED.
╬ETMAIL DEFINITIONS FROM EARLIER VERSIONS ARE ╬╧╘ COMPATIBLE WITH ╓4.X.
─ISK ╔/╧:
---------
╘HE LAST ITEM ON THE ═ISC. ═ENU IS THE ENTRY ─ISK ╔/╧ WITH A NAME
BELOW IT. ╘HIS IS THE DEFAULT FILE NAME FOR EXPORTING AND IMPORTING
MESSAGES ETC AND IS SAVED WITH THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE. ╔T IS SET TO
'FILENAME' BUT WILL CHANGE WITH EACH FILE SAVE OR LOAD OTHER THAN OF A
╨AGE 24
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╤╫╦* FILE SO IF YOU WISH TO CHANGE IT JUST LOAD A FILE WITH THE NAME
REQUIRED AND THEN SAVE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙.
╧PTIONS ─ISK ═ENU
=================
╘HERE IS A SHORT MENU OF DISK OPTIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ╧PTIONS
SCREEN. ╘HIS IS:
<╠>OAD <╙>AVE <$>─IR <@>─OS <╤>UIT
<╠>OAD
╘HERE ARE ╘╫╧ LOAD OPTIONS AVAILABLE. ╨RESSING 'L' WILL DO A
NORMAL LOAD. ╨RESSING ╙╚╔╞╘-╠ WILL FORCE A FULL RE-LOAD OF ALL
DEFAULTS, NOT ONLY THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE AS DETAILED BELOW BUT ALSO ALL
THE IDENTIFIED FILES AS IS DONE WHEN ╤╫╦╥╥ FIRST INITIALISES ITSELF.
╘HE 'L'OAD OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO RELOAD THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE. ╘HIS
FILE CONTAINS ALL THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS SCREEN INCLUDING
THE FILENAMES FOR ├HARACTER ╙ETS, ╞KEYS, ╘AGLINES ETC AND THEIR
ASSOCIATED FLAGS. ╔N ADDITION THE CURRENT DIRECTORY PATH FOR ╘AGLINES
IS SAVED AND THE CURRENT ─ISK DRIVE DEFINITIONS SET AT THE START OF THE
PROGRAM. ╘HERE CAN ONLY BE ONE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE WHICH MUST BE ON THE
╤╫╦╥╥ DRIVE.
╥ELOADING THE DEFAULTS CAN BE HANDY IF THE SCREEN BORDERS BECOME
CORRUPTED AS CARRYING OUT A RELOAD WILL RE-DRAW THEM FOR YOU.
<╙>AVE
╙AVES THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION IN THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE.
<$> ─IR
╘HIS GIVES A DIRECTORY AS DOES THE PROMPT FROM THE ╟LOBAL COMMAND
SET.
<@>─OS
╟IVES ACCESS TO ─OS COMMANDS. ╙EE THE NEXT SECTION FOR DETAILS OF
THE OPERATION.
<╤>UIT ╥ETURNS TO THE ╧PENING ═ENU.
<@> ─╧╙ COMMANDS
================
<@> ╘HIS OPTION WILL DISPLAY THE ╒SER ─RIVE WINDOW SHOWING THE CURRENT
─RIVE AND ╨ATH AND A '>' PROMPT. ╘HIS ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE THE
╒SER ─RIVE AT WILL FOR E<╪>PORT OR I<═>PORT PURPOSES AS ANY CHANGE WILL
BE STORED AS THE ╒SER ─RIVE. ┴LL LEGAL ├┬═ ─╧╙ COMMANDS ARE ACCEPTED,
SUCH AS S:FILENAME TO SCRATCH THE FILE R:NEWNAME=OLDNAME TO RENAME
FILES ETC.
┼NTERING A '@' AT THIS POINT WILL CAUSE THE ERROR CHANNEL TO BE READ
AND DISPLAYED, LIKEWISE A '$' WILL DISPLAY THE DIRECTORY.
╔F A DRIVE ╧╘╚┼╥ THAN THE ╒╙┼╥ DRIVE IS REQUIRED FOR ANY DISK
OPERATION THEN ENTER 'U' AT THE PROMPT. ╘HIS WILL THEN ALLOW YOU TO
SELECT THE ─RIVE AND ╨ATH AS YOU DID WHEN FIRST RUNNING ╤╫╦╥╥.
┴N ALTERNATIVE COMMAND IS 'CU' FOLLOWED BY THE DESIRED NUMBER,
E.G. 'CU9' TO SELECT ╒9 AS THE ╒SER ─RIVE. ╘HIS FOLLOWS THE SAME
PATTERN AS THE ├═─ 'CP' AND 'CD' COMMANDS.
╬╧╘┼ THAT THESE COMMANDS ARE NOW THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE THE DRIVE UNIT
YOU ARE WORKING WITH ONCE INSIDE THE PROGRAM. ╫ITH THIS CHANGE THE
FORMAT COMMAND, ╬0:<FILENAME>,<ID> CAN NOW BE ISSUED FROM THE ╤╫╦╥╥ ─OS
PROMPT.
╨ATTERN MATCHING IS ALLOWED FOR FILENAMES, DIRECTORY LISTINGS ETC,
BUT ╬╧╘ FOR ├═─ PATH NAMES. ╘HE '*' PATTERN MATCH CHARACTER IS
╨AGE 25
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
AUTOMATICALLY ADDED AT THE END OF THE FILENAME FOR DIRECTORY
OPERATIONS. ╞OR INSTANCE ENTERING '$:A' (OR EVEN '$A') WILL DISPLAY ALL
FILES ╙╘┴╥╘╔╬╟ WITH "A". ╔F A DRIVE SPECIFIER IS USED IT MUST BE
DELIMITED BY A COLON. ╞OR INSTANCE '$3:A' WILL DISPLAY ALL THE "A"
FILES FROM PARTITION #3. ┘OU MAY ALSO SPECIFY FILE TYPES WITH THIS
STRING SO THAT.. '$4:QW=P' WILL DISPLAY PROGRAM FILES STARTING WITH
"QW" IN PARTITION #4 AND '$4:QW=S' WILL DISPLAY ONLY THE SEQUENTIAL
FILES.
├═─ DATE STAMPED DIRECTORY LISTINGS ARE NOT SUPPORTED.
╞ILES AND FILETYPES.
--------------------
╘HIS IS A QUICK RUNDOWN OF THE VARIOUS FILENAMES YOU WILL COME ACROSS
WHILE USING ╤╫╦╥╥128. (NOTE: <BBS-ID> IS A VARIABLE NAME, THE ACTUAL
NAME IS SUPPLIED BY YOUR ┬┬╙).
<BBS-ID>.╤╫╦ (PRG/SEQ) - ╘HIS IS THE MAIL FILE YOU DOWNLOAD FROM THE
┬┬╙. ╘HIS IS AN ARCHIVED FILE CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING SUB FILES.
═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ (PRG/SEQ)
├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ (PRG/SEQ)
╘HESE ARE THE TWO THAT ╤╫╦╥╥ ╥┼╤╒╔╥┼╙.
╘HERE WILL ALSO BE SEVERAL FILES CALLED ╪╪╪.╬─╪. (PRG/SEQ) ╘HESE FILES
ARE NOT USED BY ╤╫╦╥╥ AND NEED NOT BE EXTRACTED.
╘HERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL OTHER FILES, EG DOOR.ID, WELCOME AND GOODBYE.
╬ONE OF THESE ARE REQUIRED.
<BBS-ID>.═╙╟ (SEQ) ╘HIS IS THE BASIC ╤╫╦ REPLY FILE. ╘HIS IS CREATED
WHEN YOU USE THE <╠>INK OPTION.
<BBS-ID>.╥┼╨. (PRG) ╘HE IS THE "COMPLETED" OR "PACKED" REPLY FILE THAT
YOU UPLOAD TO THE ┬┬╙.
╔F USING THE INBUILT PACKERS THEN ╤╫╦╥╥ PRODUCES THIS WHEN THE <┌>IP
OPTION IS SELECTED. ╔F USING ANOTHER PACKER THEN YOU MUST PACK THE
<BBS-ID>.═╙╟ FILE PRODUCED BY <╠>INKING AND CALL THE ╨┴├╦┼─ FILE
<BBS-ID>.╥┼╨.
╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘. ┘OU MUST ╬╧╘ CHANGE THE NAME OF THE .═╙╟ FILE ITSELF.
<BBS-ID>.╥XXX
╘HESE ARE THE SERIES OF INDIVIDUAL REPLY MESSAGES THAT ╤╫╦╥╥ PRODUCES.
╘HE NUMBER XXX MUST BE A CONSECUTIVE SERIES STARTING FROM 001 OTHERWISE
YOUR REPLY MESSAGES WILL BE IGNORED BY THE <╠>INKING OR <┌>IPPING
PROCESS.
<BBS-ID>.╬┼╘ (USR) ╚OLDS THE NETMAIL CONFERENCE AND FORMAT REQUIRED FOR
ANY PARTICULAR ┬┬╙. ╘HIS FILE IS SEARCHED FOR AND LOADED WHENEVER ╤╫╦╥╥
IS RUN.
(SEE ┴UTO-NETMAIL FOR MORE DETAILS)
╤╫╔╦.╬─╪. (USR) ╘HIS IS ALSO CREATED BY ╤╫╦╥╥. ╔T HOLDS THE DATA FOR
MESSAGE POINTERS, THE ACTIVE CONFERENCES AND NUMBER OF MESSAGES AND
MESSAGE FLAGS. ╤╫╔╦.╬─╪ IS ONLY VALID FOR THE CURRENT MAIL PACKET AND
DISK ON WHICH IT WAS CREATED ON. ┴ NEW (UPDATED) ╤╫╔╦.╬─╪ FILE IS SAVED
WHENEVER YOU QUIT THE PROGRAM.
╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙. (USR) ╘HIS FILE CONTAINS YOUR ╧PTIONS PREFERENCES
INCLUDING COLOUR, PRINTER TYPE, ╨┴╠/╬╘╙├ SETTING, AND THE CURRENT
DRIVES NUMBERS, PARTITIONS AND PATHS. ╔T LOADS WHEN ╤╫╦╥╥ IS FIRST RUN.
╤╫╦╦.FILENAME (SEQ) - ╚OLDS YOUR ╞KEY DEFINITIONS. ╤╫╦╥╥ EXPECTS TO
╨AGE 26
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
FIND THESE FILES ON THE SAME DRIVE/PARTITION THAT YOU BOOT FROM.
╤╫╦╘.<-NAME->.<XX> (SEQ) - ╚OLDS YOUR ╘AGLINE FILES
╘HERE MAY BE AS MANY OF THESE FILES AS YOU WISH.
╘HE DEFAULT NAMES ╤╫╦╦.╦┼┘╙ AND ╤╫╦╘.╘┴╟╠╔╬┼╙.01 ARE SEARCHED FOR AND
LOADED WHEN ╤╫╦╥╥ IS FIRST RUN.
╙═┴╠╠.─┴╘ (SEQ) ╘HIS IS A UTILITY TYPE FILE THAT ╤╫╦╥╥ CREATES WHEN YOU
<╙>TORE MESSAGES. ╔T USES THE SAME FORMAT AS THE MESSAGES.DAT FILE, AND
IS USEFUL FOR BREAKING A LARGE MAIL PACKET DOWN TO A SMALLER PACKET FOR
LATER USE. ╙═┴╠╠.─┴╘ MUST BE RENAMED TO MESSAGES.DAT BEFORE IT CAN BE
USED. ┘OU SHOULD ALSO USE THE SAME CONTROL.DAT FILE THAT WAS USED WHEN
THE FILE WAS CREATED.
─RIVE USAGE
-----------
╤╫╦╥╥ USES 5 PREDEFINED DRIVES FOR ITS VARIOUS INPUT/OUTPUT FUNCTIONS:
╘HE DRIVES ARE:
╤╫╦╥╥ DRIVE:
╘HIS SHOULD CONTAIN ALL THE SYSTEM FILES, SUCH AS ╞KEYS, <BBS-ID>.╬┼╘
FILES, ADDRESS BOOKS, TWIT LISTS AND ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙. ╘HESE FILES ARE ALL
LOADED WHEN THE PROGRAM INITIALISES AFTER LOADING. ╘HE ONLY OTHER TIME
╤╫╦╥╥ WILL ACCESS THIS DRIVE IS TO LOAD THE DEFAULTS FILE (COLOURS) AND
<BBS-ID>.╬┼╘ FILES (ONLY WHEN REDEFINED) AND ╞KEY FILES.
╥┼╨╠┘ ─RIVE:
╘HIS IS WHERE ╤╫╦╥╥ STORES YOUR REPLIES (<BBS-ID>.╥XXX) AND LOOKS FOR
THEM WHEN PACKING. ╔T ALSO STORES YOUR <BBS-ID>.╥┼╨ FILE ON THIS DRIVE.
╔T IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU NOT CHANGE THE DISK IN THIS DRIVE.
╒╙┼╥ ─RIVE:
╘HIS IS WHERE ALL GENERAL INPUT/OUTPUT IS PERFORMED, SUCH AS E<╪>PORTED
MESSAGES AND <╫>RITE FILES. ╘HIS DRIVE CAN BE RE-SELECTED AT ANY TIME
VIA THE ─╧╙ OPTIONS.
═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙ ─RIVE:
╘HIS DRIVE IS WHERE ╤╫╦╥╥ EXPECTS TO FIND THE ─┴╘ FILES. ╔T ALSO STORES
THE ╤╫╔╦.╬─╪ FILES HERE. ╞OR THIS REASON YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LEAVE
SEVERAL BLOCKS FREE (╧N A FLOPPY SYSTEM 10 BLOCKS WILL BE SUFFICIENT).
┘OU SHOULD NEVER REMOVE THE DISK FROM THIS DRIVE (OR BE SURE TO REPLACE
IT BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO READ ANOTHER MESSAGE).
╘┴╟╠╔╬┼╙ ─RIVE:
╘HIS IS WHERE ╤╫╦╥╥ EXPECTS TO FIND YOUR TAGLINES (SURPRISE) :-)
┴LL OF THESE DRIVE DEFINITIONS AND PATHS, EXCEPT THE ╤╫╦╥╥ (SYSTEM)
DRIVE ARE STORED IN THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE.
╙UPPORTING ╨ROGRAMS & ╞ILES
===========================
(C) 1993 BY ╥USSELL ╨RATER
╞OR USE WITH ╤╫╦╥╥128
├╧╨┘╥╔╟╚╘ ╙╘┴╘┼═┼╬╘:
╘HE PROGRAMS ╤╨╪ AND ╘AGTHIEF ARE THE ORIGINAL WORK OF ╥USSELL
╨RATER. ┴LL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED. ╘HEY MAY BE DISTRIBUTED FREELY SO LONG
AS THEY ARE UNALTERED AND NO CHARGE IS MADE.
╨AGE 27
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╘┴╟╘╚╔┼╞: ╘HIS IS A STAND ALONE ╞REEWARE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS YOU TO
CONVERT A ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ ╙┼╤ (TEXT) FILE OF TAGLINES INTO A FORMAT FOR USE
WITH ╤╫╦╥╥. ╙EE THE SEPARATE .DOC FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
╤╨╪ : ╤╫╦ ╨ACKET ┼XTRACTOR
╤╨╪ IS DESIGNED TO DRIVE ├╙╪128.═╠ ((C) ├HRIS ╙MEETS) TO PAINLESSLY
EXTRACT THE .─┴╘ AND INDEX FILES FROM AN ┴╥├ED ╤╫╦ STYLE OFF LINE MAIL
PACKET. ├╙╪128.═╠ MAY BE HAD IN THE DISTRIBUTION FILE CALLED ├╙╪01.╙─┴.
╬O PART OF ├╙╪01.╙─┴ SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED IN ANY BUT THE ORIGINAL FORM
WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED CONSENT OF THE CURRENT COPYRIGHT HOLDER.
╙EE THE SEPARATE DOCUMENTATION FOR INFORMATION ON CONFIGURING AND
INSTALLING ╤╨╪.
╥EGISTRATION & ─ISTRIBUTION
===========================
╘HE PROGRAM VERSION DISTRIBUTED IS ╒╬REGISTERED AND MAY BE
DISTRIBUTED FURTHER. ╘HERE IS A SHORT PROGRAM CALLED ╥┼╟╤╫╦╥╥ WHICH,
WITH INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY ╥OD ╟ASSON, IS USED TO CONVERT THE
DISTRIBUTED PROGRAM TO A PERSONALLY REGISTERED ONE WHICH, AS WITH
PREVIOUS VERSIONS, WILL ONLY BEHAVE AS REGISTERED IF THE CORRECT NAME
IS FOUND IN THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE. ╘O PERMIT YOU TO REGISTER THE PROGRAM
╥OD NOW ONLY HAS TO SEND YOU THE CODES WHICH ARE THEN USED AS DESCRIBED
BELOW.
** ╥EAD THROUGH THESE NOTES BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO REGISTER YOUR COPY.**
╘HE REGISTRATION MODULE WILL ASK YOU FOR A REGISTRATION CODE WHICH
╥OD WILL SUPPLY. ╧NCE THIS IS ENTERED A CONFIRMATION CODE WILL BE
DISPLAYED WHICH CONSISTS OF 4 NUMBERS AND TWO LETTERS. ╘HIS MUST BE
COMPARED WITH THE CONFIRMATION CODE SUPPLIED TO YOU BY ╥OD. ╔F THIS IS
CORRECT PRESS <┘>ES, ANY OTHER KEY WILL ABORT. ╔F IT IS INCORRECT THEN
DOUBLE CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION NUMBER BEFORE CONTACTING ╥OD FOR HELP.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘: NEVER PRESS '┘' IF THE CONFIRMATION IS NOT CORRECT. ╘HIS
PROGRAM DOES DIRECT DISK WRITES. ╥OD WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANY DISK CORRUPTION IF THE CONFIRMATION CODE IS INCORRECT OR IF THE
PROGRAM IS IN A SUB-DIRECTORY WHEN BEING REGISTERED.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
╘HIS MODULE WORKS BY MODIFYING THE ACTUAL ╤╫╦╥╥128 PROGRAM. ╔T
WILL MODIFY THE FIRST PROGRAM ON DISK STARTING WITH "QWKRR128 V". ╘HE
PROGRAM WILL ABORT IF A ╤╫╦╥╥128 PROGRAM ISN'T FOUND.
╬╧╘┼: ╔T WILL QUITE HAPPILY ATTEMPT TO MODIFY EARLIER VERSIONS OF
╤╫╦╥╥128 OR ANY OTHER FILE STARTING WITH THE SAME STRING, CAUSING
CORRUPTION. ╧NLY USE THIS PROGRAM ON V3.1 OR LATER. ╘HIS RELEASE IS
V4.1
├═─ OWNERS PLEASE ╬╧╘┼ ╓┼╥┘ ╫┼╠╠: ╥┼╟╤╫╦╥╥ WILL ONLY WORK ON A ╤╫╦╥╥
FILE STORED IN ┴ ╥╧╧╘ ─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘, ALTHOUGH THE PROGRAM CAN SUBSEQUENTLY
BE MOVED TO A SUB-DIRECTORY.
╘HE PLAN IS THAT ALL FUTURE ╤╫╦╥╥128 RELEASES WILL CONFORM TO THIS
STANDARD SO THAT ANY REGISTERED USER WILL BE ABLE TO UPGRADE FUTURE
RELEASES USING THE SAME PROGRAM AND CODES OR IF THEIR ORIGINAL COPY
BECOMES CORRUPTED THEY CAN DOWNLOAD ANOTHER COPY AND REGISTER IT
WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. ╘HE ONLY TIME THE PROTECTION SCHEME AND/OR CODES
WILL BE ALTERED IS IF/WHEN PIRATED/HACKED COPIES OF THE PROGRAM ARE
FOUND FLOATING AROUND. ╞OR THIS REASON IT IS IN YOUR OWN BEST INTEREST
TO NOT DISTRIBUTE A REGISTERED COPY OF THE PROGRAM, OR TO DIVULGE YOU
╨AGE 28
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
OWN REGISTRATION CODES TO ANY OTHER PERSON. ┴LTHOUGH DOING EITHER OF
THESE IS HARMLESS WITHIN THEMSELVES, IT WILL MAKE THE CODE EASIER TO
CRACK.
╒NFORTUNATELY WITH THE CURRENT VERSIONS IT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE
TO HAVE MULTIPLE REGISTRATIONS WITHIN THE ONE PROGRAM. ╫HERE MULTIPLE
REGISTRATIONS ARE REQUIRED (EG, ╥OD ╟ASSON - ╥ODNEY ╟ASSON) THE
REGISTERED USER WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH BOTH SETS OF CODES AND THE USER
CAN DECIDE ON HOW THEY USE THEM.
┴ REGISTERED COPY OF ╤╫╦╥╥128 CAN BE IDENTIFIED IF YOU LOAD AND
LIST IT. ╔F THE PROGRAM IS UNREGISTERED ALL YOU WILL SEE IS A SINGLE
LINE IN REVERSE TEXT READING "╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.╪ (├) ╥.╟┴╙╙╧╬ 1992/3". ┴
REGISTERED COPY WILL DISPLAY THE SAME LINE, BUT UNDERNEATH (IN NORMAL
TEXT) WILL BE DISPLAYED THE CONFIRMATION CODE APPLICABLE TO THE PERSON
WHO REGISTERED IT.
╬OTE: ╙EE SEPARATE REGISTRATION FORM FOR DETAILS ON COSTS ETC).
---OOO╧╧╧OOO---
╨AGE 29
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
├ONTACT ADDRESSES ETC
=====================
╨ROGRAM BY : ╥OD ╟ASSON
90 ╚ILLIERS ╥OAD
╥┼┘╬┼╠╠┴ ╙┴ 5161
┴USTRALIA
╘ELEPHONE +61 8 322 2716
╞IDO╬ET 3:800/851
─OCUMENTATION BY : ═ARK ─OWSETT
╨.╧. ┬OX 227
╥┴╬─╫╔├╦ ╬╙╫ 2031
┴USTRALIA
╘ELEPHONE +61 2 399 6549
╞IDO╬ET 3:713/888
╔NTER╬ET MARK.DOWSETT@AFTRS.EDU.AU
╘AGTHIEF & ╤╨╪ BY : ╥USSELL ╨RATER
( ═ODERATOR ├┬═ ╞IDO ├ONFERENCE )
╞IDO╬ET 1:3608/1
╨AGE 30
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓4.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╟LOSSARY.
=========
┴╥├
┴N ┴╥├HIVE FILE CONTAINING ONE OR SEVERAL COMPRESSED FILES.
╘HIS TERM MUST BE USED WITH CAUTION IN THE ├OMMODORE 8 BIT WORLD AS
THERE ARE TWO INCOMPATIBLE FORMS OF ┴╥├ AVAILABLE TO US. ╘HE ORIGINAL
'├┬═' ┴╥├ CAN ONLY BE USED ON ├128 AND ├=64 COMPUTERS AND THIS IS NOT
COMPATIBLE WITH ANY OTHER OPERATING SYSTEM. ╘HE OTHER FORM OF ┴╥├ WAS
ORIGINALLY ONLY FOR ═╙-─╧╙ OPERATING SYSTEMS BUT HAS BECOME MORE WIDELY
USED. ╘HERE ARE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO DISSOLVE AND CREATE THESE .┴╥├S
ON BOTH ├128 AND ├=64 COMPUTERS.
┬╓┌╔╨/┬╓╒╬┌╔╨
╨╦┌╔╨ V1 COMPATIBLE ┌╔╨ AND ╒╬┌╔╨ PROGRAMS WRITTEN BY ┬RUCE
╓RIELING TO RUN UNDER ├╙─╧╙.
├╙┴╥├/├╙╪┴╥├
╨ROGRAM OPTIONS AVAILABLE UNDER ├╙─╧╙ TO DISSOLVE AND CREATE
╔┬═ STYLE .┴╥├S. ├╙╪┴╥├, THE DE┴╥├ING MODULE IS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY IN
A PACKAGE THAT CONTAINS CODE TO RUN IN BOTH 64 AND 128 MODES. ╘HE ┴╥├
MODULES CAN ONLY BE RUN IN 128 MODE UNDER ├╙─╧╙ '╙╚┼╠╠'.
├╙─╧╙
┴ VERY FLEXIBLE ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼ OPERATING SYSTEM WRITTEN FOR THE ├128
BY ├HRIS ╙MEETS. ╔T HAS AS SIMILAR COMMAND STRUCTURE TO ═╙-─╧╙ AND THE
ABILITY TO RUN A WIDE SERIES OF COMMANDS THAT CAN BE INSTALLED IN THE
╥AMDISK, EITHER HELD IN A ╥┼╒ OR INTERNALLY IN 128 ╥┴═. ├OMMON COMMANDS
ARE :
╘┘╨┼ ├╧╨┘ ├╧═╨(ARE) ETC
├╙╪01
┴ ├64/128 STAND ALONE PROGRAM BY ├HRIS ╙MEETS THAT ALLOWS ╔┬═
┴╥├ FILES TO BE DISSOLVED ONLY. (╚IGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR USE WITH ╤╫╦╥╥
AND REQUIRED BY ╤╨╪).
╒╬┌╔╨64
┴ ├64 PROGRAM BY ┬ILL ╠UCIER TO ╒╬┌╔╨ ╔┬═ STYLE ┌╔╨╙.
(FASTER THAN ┬╓╒╬┌╔╨).
╘┴╟╘╚╔┼╞
┴ PROGRAM BY ╥USSELL ╨RATER TO CONVERT TEXT TAGLINE FILES TO
╤╫╦╥╥
FORMAT ╤╫╦╘.* FILES. ╙EPARATE .─╧├ FILE INCLUDED.
╤╨╪
┴ UTILITY PROGRAM BY ╥USSELL ╨RATER TO DE┴╥├ .╤╫╦
PACKETS FOR ╤╫╦╥╥.
╤╫╦
┴ COMMON ═╙-─╧╙ BASED ┬┬╙ MAIL PACKET FORMAT. ╘HERE ARE OTHERS
SUCH AS ╪╥╙ AND ┬LUEWAVE. ╤╫╦╥╥128 ONLY SUPPORTS ╤╫╦ PACKETS.
╤╫╦╥╥128
╘HE ┬EST ├128 ╤╫╦ MAIL READER IN THE WORLD.
(╬╧ APOLOGIES TO ╔SMAEL ├ORDEIRO) ;-)
╨AGE 31
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╔NDEX
@ (─╧╙) 25 ├ONFERENCE ╙ELECTION 5
$ (DIRECTORY) 25 ├ONTACT ADDRESSES 30
'CU' COMMAND 25 ├ONTROL KEY 12
'U' COMMAND 25 ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ 1,3
<@> 4 ├OPY 14
<#> (╨RINT) 10 ├REATING ╔NDEXES 6
<$> 4 ├REDITS 30
<*> 5 ├╙-─╧╙ 31
<*> (MARK/UNMARK) 10 ├╙┴╥├ 31
<┴>GAIN 7 ├╙╪01 2,31
<BBS-ID> 4,9,14 ├╙╪128.═╠ 2
<BBS-ID>.═╙╟ 26 ├╙╪┴╥├ 31
<BBS-ID>.╬┼╘ 26,27 ├╘╥╠-┘ 13
<BBS-ID>.╤╫╦ 26 ├URSOR KEYS 11
<BBS-ID>.╥┼╨ 1,26 ├URSOR POSITION 13
<BBS-ID>.╥XXX 26 ─ATE (SETTING) 3
<═>ARK 7 ─ATE SET 20
<═>ARKED MAIL 5 ─E-SELECTING CONFERENCES 5
<╬>EXT 7 ─EFAULT ├OLOURS 19
<╧>PTIONS 4 ─EFAULTS, ╨RINTER 26
<╨>REV 7 ─EFAULTS, ├OLOURS 26
<╥┼╘╒╥╬> 7 ─EFAULTS, ─RIVES 26
┴BORT 13 ─EFAULTS, ╨┴╠/╬╘╙├ 26
┴CCESSING THE ADDRESS BOOK 24 ─EFINING ╬ETMAIL FORMAT 24
┴DDRESS ┬OOK 24, 27 ─ELETE CHARACTER 11
┴GAIN 9 ─ELETE ╠INE 13
┴LIASES 7 ─ELETE ╥ANGE 13
┴╠╘ ╦EY 11 ─ESTERM 2.00 2
┴RC 31 ─EVICE NUMBER, PRINTER 20
┴REA SELECTION 5 ─IALOGUE 128 ├HARACTER SETD 20
┴╙├╔╔ ('TRUE') 10 ─IRECTORY 25
┴SCII IMPORT 13 ─ISK DRIVES 1,27
┴╙├╔╔ PRINTER 20 ─ISK ─RIVE SELECTION 3
┴UTO ╬ETMAIL 15,24 ─ISPOSABLE ╞ILES 1
┬ASIC 4 ─ISTRIBUTION 28
┬OTTOM OF TEXT 13 ─╧╙ COMMANDS 4,25
┬REAKING LINES 11 ─RIVE SELECTION 25
┬ROWSE 5 ─RIVE USAGE 27
┬ROWSE ╚EADERS 6 ─RIVES SPECIFIED IN ╤╨╪ 3
┬ROWSING ╨ERSONAL ═AIL 5 ┼DIT ╥EPLIES ═ENU 18
┬ROWSING ═ARKED MAIL 5 ┼DITING ╥EPLIES 6,17
┬ROWSING ╘WIT ═AIL 6 ┼DITOR, ╠INE 10
┬UFFER SIZE 13 ┼DITOR, ╙CREEN 11
┬╓ZIP/UNZIP 31 ┼NTER ═ENU 12
┬YTES (MESSAGE SIZE) 9 ┼NTERING MESSAGES 7,15
┬YTES FREE 13 ┼NTERING ╬ETMAIL 15
├= (╠OGO) KEY 12 ┼RASING ╞ILES 1
├AM-═AIL-╬ETMAIL 17 ┼╙├ (┼SCAPE) KEY 7,9
├APTURE TAGLINES 21 ┼XIT 4
├HANGING ╒SER ─RIVE 25 ┼XIT ═ENU 4
├HARACTER ╙ETS 20 ┼XPORT 9,14
├═─ 1 ┼ZY╤╫╦ 2
├═─ ─EVICES 3,22 ┼ZY╤WK-NETMAIL 17
├═─ ╥╘├ 3 ╞ILE ├OMPATIBILITY 1
├═─ NOTES 3,28 ╞ILENAMES 26
├OLD RESET 4 ╞ILES 1
├OLOURS 19 ╞ILETYPES 26
├OLUMN WIDTH 13 ╞KEYS 21
├OMMANDS, ╥EAD 9 ╞LAG, ╨RIVATE/╨UBLIC 12
├ONFERENCE LIMITS 2 ╞LAGS, ╠OCAL ╙TATUS 6,8
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╔NDEX
╞ORWARDING REPLIES 9 ╧PTIONS MENU 4,10,19
╞ROM: 8 ╨ACKET SIZE 1
╞╙┼ 11 ╨ACKING REPLIES 4,18
╞ULL ╙CREEN ┼DITOR 11 ╨┴╠ 8,20
╞UNCTION ╦EYS 11 ╨ASTE 13
╟LOBAL ├OMMANDS 4 ╨ATH SELECTION 3
╟LOSSARY 31 ╨ATTERN MATCHING 25
╟RABBING MESSAGES 9 ╨├┬OARD-╬ETMAIL 17
╚EADER INFORMATION 8 ╨ERSONAL ═AIL 5
╚EADERS, ┬ROWSING 6 ╨ETASCII IMPORT 13
╚ELP 12 ╨ETSCII 10
╚I 12,21 ╨REVIOUS ═ESSAGES 6
╚OME 13 ╨REVIOUS 9
╔GNORING ╘WITS 6 ╨RINTER 10,15
╔MPORT 13 ╨RINTER DEFAULTS 20,26
╔NDEXING MAIL 6 ╨RINTER SECONDARY ADDRESS 20
╔NSERT CHARACTER 11 ╨RIVATE 12
╔NSERT ═ODE 11 ╨UBLIC 12
╔NSERT LINE 13 ╤╨╪ 1,2,3,28,31
╩OINING LINES 11 ╤╙╧-╬ETMAIL 17
╩OYSTICK 3,5,7,18,22 ╤UIT 10
╩OYSTICK ╨ORT 7 ╤UOTING 14
╦ILLING REPLIES 18 ╤╫╔╦.╬─╪ 1,26
╦LUDGE, ═AXIMUS 2 ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ 6,10,26,27
╠IMITATIONS 1 ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE 25
╠INE EDITOR 10 ╤╫╦┴.<FILENAME> 24
╠INES, MESSAGE 9 ╤╫╦├.<NAME> 20
╠INKING REPLIES 4,14,18 ╤╫╦╦.<NAME> 21,26
LOADING ─EFAULTS 25 ╤╫╦╥╥ ╒SAGE 3
╠OCAL ╞LAGS 8 ╤╫╦╥╥ DRIVE 27
╠OGO (├=) KEY 12 ╤╫╦╘.<-NAME->.<XX> 21,27
═ARKED MAIL 5 ╤╫╦╫.<FILENAME> 23
═ARKING MESSAGES 10 ╥ANGE ─ELETE 13
═AXIMUS ╦LUDGE 2 ╥E-DRAWING BORDERS 25
═AXIMUS-NETMAIL 17 ╥EAD ═ENU 7
═ENU, ╧PENING 4 ╥EAD ├OMMANDS 9
═ENU, ┼XIT 4 ╥EAD TEXT FROM DISK 13
═ENU, ╥EAD 7 ╥EADING ═ESSAGES, ╩OYSTICK 7
═ENU, ╥EPLY OR ┼NTER 12 ╥EADING MESSAGES 5,7
═ESSAGE HEADER 8 ╥EADING DIRECTION 7,9
═ESSAGES ─RIVE 27 ╥EADING INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES 10
═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ 1,3 ╥EGISTRATION 28
═╦╤WK-NETMAIL 16 ╥EPLY ═ENU 12
═ONOCHROME MONITORS 19 ╥EPLY COMMANDS 12,13
═SG# 8,10 ╥EPLY DRIVE 27
═ULTIPLE REGISTRATIONS 29 ╥EPLYING TO MESSAGES 9,11
╬─╪ FILES 2,26 ╥ESETTING ╘WIT ╞LAGS 23
╬ETMAIL, ┼NTERING 15 ╥ESTORE SCREEN 19
╬ETMAIL-┼ZY╤WK 17 ╥╘├ 3
╬ETMAIL-═AXIMUS 17 ╙ALUTATION 12,21
╬ETMAIL-═╦╤WK 16 ╙AVING REPLIES 14
╬ETMAIL-╨├┬OARD (├AM-═AIL) 17 ╙AVING ─EFAULTS 25
╬ETMAIL-╤╙╧ 17 ╙┬┬╙-NETMAIL 16
╬ETMAIL-╙┬┬╙ 16 ╙CREEN ┼DITOR 11
╬ETMAIL-╘┬┬╙ 17 ╙CREEN ╚EIGHT 20
╬EW OPTIONS 20,21,22,23 ╙CREEN SETUP PARAMETERS 20
╬EXT 9 ╙EARCH USING ╘WIT 6
╬╧╘┼ 3,4,7,18,19,20,22,23,24,25,28 ╙EARCH ╧PTIONS 23
╬╘╙├ 8,20 ╙ECONDARY ADDRESS (PRINTER) 20
╧PENING ═ENU 4,19 ╙ELECTING ├ONFERENCES 5,15
╤╫╦╥╥128 ╔NDEX
╙ELECTING ┴╠╠ CONFERENCES 5 ╘IMER 13
╙ELECTING ╬ETMAIL 15 ╘IMER ═ENU 20
╙ETTING THE ├LOCK 20 ╘IMERS (╨┴╠/╬╘╙├) 20
╙ETTING ╘AGLINE ╨ATH 21 ╘O: 8
╙HIFT HOME. 13 ╘OP OF TEXT 13
╙═┴╠╠.─┴╘ 10,27 ╘WIT ═AIL, ┬ROWSING 6
╙TARTING ╤╫╦╥╥ 2 ╘WIT ═ODE ╞LAG 6
╙TATUS 8 ╘WIT ╞LAGS 6,23
╙TATUS ╞LAGS 8,10 ╘WIT ╠ISTS 11,23,27
╙╘╧╨ KEY 7 ╘WIT ═ODE 23
╙╘╧╨ 9 ╒NDEFINED 11
╙TORING MESSAGES 10 ╒N╦ILLING REPLIES 18
╙TORING ╬ETMAIL ┴DDRESSES 24 ╒NREAD ═AIL 6
╙TRIPPING LINES 19 ╒NREADABLE ╙CREENS (╬╘╙├) 20
╙UB-DIRECTORY SUPPORT 22 ╒NREGISTERED 4,5,9,12,17,28
╙UBJECT 9 ╒NZIP64 31
╙UGGESTIONS 2 ╒SE ╤╫╦╥╥ ─RIVES 3
╙UPER┬┬╙-NETMAIL 16 ╒SER ─RIVE. 27
╙UPPORT PROGRAMS 27 ╒SING ╤╫╦╥╥ 3
╙UPPORTED ├HARACTERS 20 ╒SING ┴LIASES 7
╘AGLINE ═ODE 23 ╒SING ╙TORED ADDRESSES 24
╘AGLINES 11,12,21 ╓─├ ╙YNC 20
╘AGLINES (CAPTURING) 21 ╓IEW 15
╘AGLINES ─RIVE 27 ╓╔╨ LIST 23
╘AGTHIEF 28,31 ╫ARNINGS 2,11,28
╘┬┬╙-╬ETMAIL 17 ╫RITE COMMAND 15
╘IME (SETTING) 3,20 ┌IP 31
╘IME 8 ┌╔╨PING REPLIES 4,14,18