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!Term93 v2.66b onward Please report any bugs with details of how to reproduce them if possible. *** Use RISC OS 3 or greater ONLY *** ------------------------------------- What you need to get going. --------------------------- An Acorn 32 bit machine etc. TNC and suitable radio etc. MAKE A BACKUP >>>> NOW <<<< ------------- -----===----- NOTE ! This program was written to run on and requires RISC OS 3.1 (or >3.1 ?) Wiring the TNC to Archimedes lead. ---------------------------------- Some of the older Archimedes badged machines had real problems with the serial port then Acorn introduced the field change order mentioned below to correct this problem. If this change has not been carried out and you have problems then it may pay you to visit your dealer. If the serial chip field order has been carried out on the A300 series - the Acorn reference is FCO-2003, (replacement of C65SC51 serial chip) - then the connections below should work. ARC 9-WAY D CONNECTOR TNC 25-WAY D CONNECTOR TNC 9-WAY CONN. No connection 1 Cable screen (optional) No connection 3 TXD 2 TX data 3 TX data 2 RXD 3 RX data 2 RX data 7 RTS } {* 4 RTS 7 RTS } { 20 DTR 8 CTS 5 CTS 8 CTS 5 Signal gnd 7 Signal gnd 5 Signal gnd 1 DCD} 4 DTR} All linked together No connection No connection 6 DSR} 9 Ring indicator # 8 Connect status (optional) ** No connection * Some TNCs like the PK use pin 4 (RTS) for the handshake input, whereas others like the BSX2 use pin 20 (DTR) instead. So, if you make up a cable with RTS from the Micro connected to both 4 and 20 on the TNC, then it should be suitable for any TNC you are likely to use. # This connection is not actually required all programs, but you may wish to use it to preserve compatibility with all software. It is used by !Term93. ** On any TNC where the "Connect status" is not reflected by a pin on its rs port it should be noted that some facilities in the program will not work fully, the main effect is that commands to the tnc cannot be sent while connected. On my elderly A310 I use the following connections. Archimedes TNC 25-WAY D CONNECTOR Pin 1 Cable screen (optional) Pin 1+4+8 connected together. NONE TO TNC ! Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 3 Pin 2 Pin 6 Pin 5 Pin 5 Pin 7 Pin 7 Pin 4 Pin 9 (ring indicator) Pin 8 (connect status on most tnc's). Communication with the computer. -------------------------------- To change the baud rate etc. Click on the entry "Set serial" in the icon bar menu, reading the section "Setting the serial port" may prove usefull. DESKTOP (ICON BAR) MENU INSTRUCTIONS. ------------------------------------- Info : Click on here for the usual info box. Quit : Click on here to remove !Term93 from the icon bar ***. To run !Term93 click on the icon-bar icon with 'select' i.e. the left hand mouse button (assuming its tail is pointing away you !). Tnc cmd: ⇨ : See 'Tnc menu' section. Connect to ⇨ : See 'connect to' section. Misc. ⇨ : See 'Misc menu' section. Review : Opens the review window only. TX window : Opens the transmit window only. RX window : Opens the receive window only. Log window : Opens up the log window (see later section on the log). Set Serial : Set up the serial port parameters. Search : See the 'Search' window section and also using the tx window. TX misc : See the 'Using the TX misc' window section. TNC cmd : See the Using the 'TX misc' window section. Cmd line : See the Using the 'Cmd line' window section. Password : This allows the user to log on to a BBS and send/verify his or her password. (Not working yet). Close all : Close ALL wondows. *** Objections will appear if you have a file open, are transmitting a file, have not saved the receive buffer or are connected, the latter depends on the rs port ring indicator being wired up. 'MISC. MENU' section. --------------------- Abort tx : Abandon a file transmit. TX File : Any file may be dragged from a directory viewer to a !Term93 window or to the Files dragged directly from !Edit are temporarily stored in the directory "!Term93.Temp" as a file called "Temp", this file is deleted after sending or on a transmit abort command. The only thing to remember here is that you MUST have enough room on the disc containing !Term93 to store the "temp" file. Review : Open the review the buffer window. RX Buffer : Toggle the receive buffer. The number of lines left is shown in the tx window. Empty buffer : Obvious really. Confirmation is required. Buff > Edit :Transfers the text (if any) in the rx buffer to !Edit running !Edit if necessary. Save/Spool : Open the save and spool to disc control window. Dragging the buffer save icon saves the contents of the buffer immediatly but dragging the spool to disc icon ONLY sets up the filename and path. The spool file is ONLY opened or closed by clicking on the "Spool ON/OFF" icon or by using the hot-key combination ^F. If the filename already exists the new text is appended with a new line inserted which reads "**** Appended file *** on "+ the current date/time string. The length in bytes of the spool file is shown in the tx window along with the size of the file. To explain, say you have opened a spool file using a unique name then both figures will be the same. Now should you open a file with the same name as an existing file and the new text is being appended to that file then the first figure shows the amount of new text, the second figure shows the overall size of the file. A 'true' save i.e. to disc will result in the rx buffer being emptied but the memory is not recaimed unless you 'zero' the buffer with the buffer closed. 'Save matched only' A save to disc or drag to !Edit will consist only of lines containing the text in the writeable icon in the 'search' window. It should be noted that the 'search text' looked for is ONLY that which is (or was if you have changed it) present in the writeable icon in the 'search' window when a count was last done. What this means is that you should do a 'count' from the 'search' window before doing a 'matched' save. To put it another way. To do a save consisting of lines that contain the search text only and be confident it is up to date then proceed as follows. Open the 'search' window. Click on 'count'. Click on 'Open save box' Click on 'Save matched only'. Save as required. Notify Notify the operator of a connect status Active Enable (if ticked) or disable receive. This does allow another terminal program to operate alongside !Term93. Filter high Filter out all characters of a value over 127(i.e. ~) except delete. Filter low Filter out all characters of a value under 32(i.e. space) except newline. When filter high or low are set characters filtered out are NOT included in the receive buffer but ARE INCLUDED in a "spool to disc" file. This means that to save 7Plus and other files which include certain characters you MUST spool to disc or you will loose them ! Set Misc. Open a window to set/save filter,if tnc is an all mode unit, notify, auto-logging (Logging) and buffer defaults. Note that the buffer toggle icon does not set the rx buffer on, the settings must be saved before becoming the defaults. Amtor call Sends the file "!Term93.All_Mode.AM_call" to the tnc. This is for use with an All Mode unit, note that the file "AM_call" MUST EXIST and MUST NOT be renamed if it is to be used. This selection is 'greyed out' if allmode is off in the above selection. Help Click on the "Click to read user guide icon". Set time Set the tnc time, an error will appear if this command is issued while connected. Logging Toggles auto-logging on/off (see later section on the log). Send * Send an asterisk to the tnc, for use when the tnc is on autobaud. Save windows Clicking on here saves the position of all the regularly used windows. The saved positions are then the default. The windows whos positions are saved are: Receive Transmit Connected Savebox Filter Log Search Command Misc. Password Cmd line Review 'Connect to' Menu section. -------------------------- See note ### This menu is constructed from entries found in the file "!Term93.User_1.Calls" this file MUST NOT BE RENAMED and MUST EXIST WITH AT LEAST ONE ENTRY. Lines should be no longer than 12 characters and contain at least one space. Example file. | All callsign lines including the 'C' or 'XC' must not be greater than | 12 characters in length. Note that this includes spaces. C G6IBO C G0BMS C G0BMS-8 XC GB7OPC C 1 G0SOQ C G6AKC C G4RQN-3 Note ### : Commands to the tnc selected from this menu may be sent while connected but will not work properly if the rs port 'ring indicator' is not wired up. 'TNC cmd:' menu section. ------------------------ See note ### For info on the entry 'User files' see 'User files' section. This menu is constructed from entries found in the files "!Term93.User_1.Commands" and "!Term93.User_1.Monitor" these files MUST NOT BE RENAMED and MUST EXIST WITH AT LEAST ONE ENTRY. Lines should be no longer than 12 characters and contain at least one space. Example file. | All command lines must be 12 characters or less in length. | Note that this includes spaces. MH L NDH L Status Display CMSG ON CMSG PBBS Example file. | The following lines are the actual commands sent to your tnc | to switch the monitor levels. The first line of each pair | switches that level ON and the second switches it OFF. | Edit as required. Mon off/on Mon off/off MCON off/on MCON off/off MCOM off/on MCOM off/off Note ### : Commands to the tnc selected from this menu may be sent while connected but will not work properly if the rs port 'ring indicator' is not wired up. 'Setting the serial port' ----------------------- In this window all the normal serial port parameters can be set up. The baud rate. Baud rates from 300 to 19200 are supported. Control. CTS/RTS (hardwired and recommended) or Xon/Xoff can be selected. Bits. The word length may be 7 or 8 bits. Note that an 8 bit (AWLEN 8) word length is required for 7+. Parity. Parity can be none, even or odd. Most likely you will want to use 9600 baud, 8 bits, 1 stop bit and no parity, commonly known in the IBM world as 8N1. Some of you may find problems with TNC's such as th PK88 where the 'connect status' although shown at the TNCs' pin 8 is inverted when compared with the Kam units such as I use here. You should invert the 'connect sense' if when you have 'notify' enabled it fails to work and commands from the TNC commands menu sent when connected are transmitted. The automatic logging facility will also fail to work under such circumstances. !Term93 (b versions) use the block drivers system by Hugo Fiennes which allows for the selection of different driver software to suit the situation and equipment. !Term93 can use the following drivers. !Term93.Modules.Econet !Term93.Modules.II_Dual !Term93.Modules.Internal !Term93.Modules.Internal2 !Term93.Modules.InternalPC !Term93.Modules.PipeA !Term93.Modules.PipeB !Term93.Modules.SP_Dual !Term93.Modules.SP_DualPC !Term93.Modules.Telnet !Term93.Modules.Term93 Multi-port users can set the port number (0 to 15) by clicking on the arrow beside the "Use driver port", this information is saved along with the other parameters. Should you be need further information then feel free to read the file "!Term93.Modules.BlockSpec". For example you can run one copy of !Term93, click on 'set serial' in the main menu and in the serial setup window click on the up arrow across from the word "driver" until the word "PipeA" appears in the centre icon. Click on 'Accept and use' or on 'save as defaults' if you wish it to be the permanent default. Now repeat the above with a secoond copy of !Term93 but this time choose "PipeB". Now memory permitting run a third copy but this time choose the Term93 driver. You should find that the first two copies of term93 will talk to each other whilst the third one communicates with the TNC ! Perhaps this is not too usefull but it does demonstrate the system. ************************ WARNING ************************ The selection of the various block drivers should perform without error but be warned that a few of the block- drivers have NOT BEEN TESTED with !Term93. Any errors or problems will be of interest to me especially how well !Term93 performs when used with a dual serial port card as I do not have access to one even for testing. PLEASE get the network sysop's permission before attempting to use the Econet block driver (assuming you are on a network). ************************ WARNING ************************ 'User files' section. --------------------- This submenu is constructed from the filenames found in the directory "!Term93.User_2" The files in this directory should be 'text' (&FFF) type written using !Edit and should only contain lines that can be sent to your modem or tnc without any modification by the program. You are free to use any 'legal' filename you wish. Selecting any one of these entries from the menu results in the file being sent to your tnc line by line. If you do not wish to use this function and want to free the disc space then leave at least one file (which may be of zero length) in this directory. One of these files MUST EXIST ! There is a file in "User_1" that is called "footer" this file MUST NOT be renamed and MUST contain the name of the file in "User_2" that contains your footer text, let us call that file "footer" and write the word "footer" as that first line in the file "User_1.footer". Confused ? then read on. Note that the file "User_2.footer" will not appear in the menu with the other files in "User_2" as it was never designed to be sent directly. "User_2.footer" is sent by the character Ú (ALT218), see below. The lines of text in 'footer'are automatically centred at transmit time, if you want an option to this then please let me know and I will see if I can include it. --------------------------------------- The file "footer" MUST NOT CONTAIN BLANK LINES (use a space if necessary) as this causes a "STREAMSWITCH" error on my Kam All Mode. This may not apply to other tnc's. The file footer is sent if the character Ú is seen as the ONLY character in a transmit line (i.e. in the tx window) or as the ONLY character in a line in a file to be transmitted. When this character is seen the file "footer" is transmitted. In the directory "!Term93.user_1" is a file also named footer, DO NOT change this files name but the contents can be changed and they should be the name of the footer file in the directory "!Term93.user_2". One suggested use is as follows : A number of messages are prepared for sending using !Edit and could take the following format SP G4RQN @ GB7OPC Message 1 Text of message. Ú SP G4RQN @ GB7OPC Message 2 Text of message. Ú SP G4RQN @ GB7OPC Message 3 Text of message. Ú Each time the Ú character is seen the file "footer" will be inserted. The last Ú should be followed by pressing the <Return> key. The character Ú is aquired by holding down either <Alt> key and pressing in turn the keys 2 1 and 8 on THE NUMERIC KEYBOARD, then release the <Alt> key. If at the right hand end of a line of text in the file "footer" the text "{TIME}" is included (at the right hand end only) the currect time/date text will be inserted. On starting !Term93 two windows open, they are 'receive' and 'transmit'. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Using the tx window. -------------------- If the tx window has the caret (yellow surround) then any character with a value lower than 32 (i.e. < a space) will immediatly be transmitted to the tnc. This allows the user to send characters such as ControlC (^C) ControlZ (^Z) etc. Pressing the <Escape> key sends the character value 27. These characters are NOT followed by a return character you have to do that if required. However a few have been taken for use as hot-keys and they are: 2 ^B 5 ^E 6 ^F 15 ^O 18 ^R 23 ^W (^ means either <Ctrl> key) In the tx window there are 6 lines for the input of text to transmit, they react as follows. At the first space after the 65th character a carriage line is inserted to allow continous typing while you look for the keys ! After the 79th character on continous lines. The caret may be moved up and down with the cursor keys and will go to the end of any line with less than 79 characters in it, on lines with 79+ characters the caret will move to the start of the line, moving it to the end of full lines will cause that line to be transmitted. All lines react in the usual way to delete, copy, control+left or right cursor keys and clear with control+U. When the tx window has the caret the following keys are active. (^B Means to hold down a control key and whilst doing so pressing one other key, in this case the letter "B") f1 Brings up the help window. f2 Toggles the receive buffer. f3 Opens the 'save as' window. f4 Will attempt to save as much from the receive screen as there is room in the receive buffer. f5 Will copy the contents of the receive buffer into an !Edit window, running !Edit if necessary. Subsequent saves will open a further !Edit window if one is already open. f6 Transmit a previously dragged file. f7 Toggles whether transmit text is sent to the rx buffer. f8 Opens the 'Search' window if there is anything in the rx buffer. f9 Sends a file WHICH MUST BE CALLED "!Term93.User_2.On_Line" to your TNC. f10 Sends a file WHICH MUST BE CALLED "!Term93.User_2.Off_Line" to your TNC. ^f6 (<Ctrl>+f6) Will abandon a current file transmit. f11 Toggles rx buffer. ^B Toggles the receive buffer. (CHR$2) ^E Empties the receive buffer. (CHR$5) ^F Toggles the 'spool to disc' option, where a duplicate file exists the new text is appended with a warning. (CHR$6) ^O Opens up the user directories for editing. ^R Opens the review (rx buffer) window. (CHR$18) ^W Opens the 'Search' window if there is anything in the rx buffer. Clicking on the "number of lines free" icon (thats the one with the numbers in it) will toggle the rx buffer. Using the rx window. -------------------- Pressing the right hand ('adjust') mouse button in this window will clear the window, confirmation is required. Read messages. Pressing the left hand ('select') mouse button while holding down either <Alt> key while the pointer is also over a line of text in either the receive window or the review window will copy the left hand word (up to the first space) into any line in the tx window that has the caret. This is meant to be used to copy over message numbers from a "L" list sent by a BBS. The first time the message number is preceeded by "R ". Kill messages. Pressing the left hand ('select') mouse button while holding down either <Shift> key while the pointer is also over a line of text in either the receive window or the review window will copy the left hand word (up to the first space) into any line in the tx window that has the caret. This is meant to be used to copy over message numbers from a "L" list sent by a BBS. The first time the message number is preceeded by "K ". Pressing down either <Ctrl> key will result in the whole line being copied down. Using the 'TX misc' window -------------------------- The icons in this window are made up using the first ten filenames (see note below) found in the directory "!Term93.user_2". When the required filename is clicked on that file is sent to the tnc. Note that NO check is done as to whether you are connectd or not. Note : There is no real need to have ten files in "!Term93.user_2" as the window is sized as required for up to 10. Using the 'Cmd line' window --------------------------- Any text that you wish to send to your tnc or transmit can be included in this window, control characters are produced by using 2 character combinations. Click with 'select' in the writeable icon and type in the required text, use the mouse on the up/down arrows or use the cursor keys to move up/down, 32 entries are allowed. Click with 'select' on 'Save' to save your edited lines. Click with 'select' on 'OK' to send the entry showing in the writeable icon. Press <return> with the caret in the writeable icon to send that entry. Certain control characters can be included in the text (it is NOT necessary to put 'Control M' i.e. return at the end of a line) and can be entered in upper or lower case as the following examples show. For Control+C enter |C or ^c For Control+M enter ^M or |m The | character or the ^ character may be used. The following control characters are catered for : |C Control C Character 3 |M Control M Carriage return |N Control N |O Control O |V Control V Preceeds |M in multi-line CTEXT messages. |Z Control Z Using the 'Tnc cmd' window -------------------------- The icons in this window are made up using the first six (See note below) commands found in the file "!Term93.user_1.monitor" and if there are less than six then lines are used from the file "!Term93.user_1.commands". The commands shown are sent to the tnc and a check for the connect status is done, therefore they MAY BE USED WHILE CONNECTED. See note ###. Note ### : Commands to the tnc selected from this menu may be sent while connected but will not work properly if the rs port 'ring indicator' is not wired up. Note : Less than six entries total in "!Term93.user_1.monitor" and "!Term93.user_1.commands" will result in the window being sized as required. Using the Search window. ------------------------ This window can be opened by selecting 'Search' from the main menu or by pressing <Ctrl>W or function key 8 (f8) while the tx window has the caret and there is text in the receive buffer. You may then enter the text to look for (up to 80 characters) and press <Return> or click on the 'OK' button to commence the search. Should the text be found then the review window will open with the text hi-lighted and you may then continue to search for the next occurence or the previous one, the lower icon reports on the success or otherwise. Clicking on "Count" will count the number of lines in which the 'searched for' text appears. PLEASE NOTE THAT AT PRESENT THESE FUNCTIONS ARE 'CASE SENSITIVE' i.e. that means that a search for G4RQN will NOT locate g4rqn or G4rqn etc. This I hope to change when time permits. Clicking on 'Open save box' does just that. The default text appearing in the writeable icon is user definable in the file "!Term93.cosmetic.HiLites" (see below). Using the Password window. -------------------------- It is a sad fact that many people are having to use a password entry to their local BBS simply to stop messages sometimes of a crude nature from being uploaded in their name by someone pirating their callsign. On 'NNA' BBS's a password system is used where the user gets from his or her sysop a matrix of characters, on calling up the bbs the user must then send a certain character, wait for a reply and in turn reply with certain characters read from the matrix. So why not let the program do it for you. Step 1 Contact you sysop and assuming it is an 'NNA' type BBS then get the sysop to send you a password matrix. Step 2 Click on 'Clear'. Type the characters in the matrix into the corresponding writeable icons in the password window. Also write in the BBS prompt EXACTLY as it appears to you in the lower writeable icon. Step 3 Enter your local BBS callsign in the top writeable icon. Step 4 Click on save. Step 5 Click on the icon containing the figure '1'. the '1' will change to a '2' and you may then repeat steps 2 to 5 for another BBS. Two entries are allowed for. You may now either click on the 'GO' button beside the BBS callsign to log on and exchange password info or if you are already connected click on 'GO' next to "Send password only". * DO NOT SEND ANYTHING ELSE TO THE BBS UNTIL YOU ARE SURE THE PASSWORD * * EXCHANGE IS OVER. * Screen Colours -------------- The file is !Term93.cosmetic.colours ***** DO NOT RENAME ***** Drag the file into !Edit and simply change the colour numbers as required. Here is a copy of the file : The colours of the receive and review windows are user definable but as the colours used (in my humble opinion) are unlikely to be frequently changed they are defined in a file as follows. 6 (This is line 1) 2 1 2 6 15 6 2 1 3 7 10 2 1 3 7 11 EOF DO NOT DELETE OR ADD LINES ABOVE THIS ONE. Line 1 is the colour of the receive window work foreground (text) Line 2 is the colour of the receive window work background Line 3 is the colour of the receive window scroll bar inner Line 4 is the colour of the receive window scroll bar background Line 5 is the colour of the receive window title foreground Line 6 is the colour of the receive window title background Line 7 is the colour of the review window work foreground (text) Line 8 is the colour of the review window work background Line 9 is the colour of the review window scroll bar inner Line 10 is the colour of the review window scroll bar background Line 11 is the colour of the review window title foreground Line 12 is the colour of the review window title background Line 13 is the colour of the transmit window work background Line 14 is the colour of the transmit window scroll bar inner Line 15 is the colour of the transmit window scroll bar background Line 16 is the colour of the transmit window title foreground Line 17 is the colour of the transmit window title background ***** DO NOT RENAME ***** The transmit window text colour (that you type) is not definable. Version 1.5 (on) includes the facility to hi-light certain lines in the review window. To edit this facility drag the file "!Term93.cosmetic.HiLites" into !Edit. The file contains three lines which you may edit, they are: Line 1 The colour used for the hi-light (use colour numbers from the palette window). Line 2 First text iem to be looked for. Line 3 Second text item to be looked for. Example file. !Term93.cosmetic.HiLites **** DO NOT RENAME **** 11 RISCOS ARCHIM GB7OPC EOF DO NOT DELETE OR ADD LINES ABOVE THIS ONE. !Term93.cosmetic.HiLites **** DO NOT RENAME **** The first line is the colour (desktop) number for the high-lite. The next two lines contain text to be looked for, note this is case sensitive. The fourth line is used as a default in the 'search' window. The program also hi-lights any line containing your call as entered into the writeable icon in the bottom of the log window. Messages. --------- This version includes a file "messages" which MUST NOT be renamed. This file may be translated as required but please if you pass on a copy then pass on the original "messages" file to the new user. Any modified strings MUST NOT be over 200 characters in length and the text up to AND INCLUDING the colon (e.g. "txt1:") MUST REMAIN UNCHANGED. I would appreciate copies of any non english translations. To create a multi line CTEXT message In a !Edit window type the following line or at least a version of it noting the @# characters. CTEXT Hello from Neil in King's Lynn@#If i do not respond then try a message in G4RQN-3 >> Move the caret back to before the @# characters. Press f4 to bring up the !Edit 'Find text' dialogue box. Click on 'Magic characters'. Type in the top line @# Type in the next line \X16\X0D (NOTE the backslash). The !Edit 'Find text' dialogue box writeable icons should now contain the following @# \X16\X0D Click on "GO". Click on "End of file replace". Save the resulting file in the directory "!Term93.user_2" using a sensible filename from where it can be sent to the tnc. The log. -------- !Term93 includes a single entry automatic log facility which when enabled will log single connects (i.e. one entry at a time), it can also be used as a manual log once again only one entry at a time. To use as an automatic log simply click on the "Misc." menu entry "Logging" if it is not already the default. On a connect the start time and callsign are noted and the callsign shown at the top of the rx window. On a disconnect the entry is closed and written to the log file which is in !LogBook which you should also receive. Automatic entries may be edited in the log window PRESS THE RETURN OR ENTER KEY when the caret is in the callsign icon to edit an automatic entry or open a manual entry. You may close an entry at any time by clicking on the "Close entry" in the log window. To make a "Close down" entry click on the "Close log" icon. Manual entries. A manual entry can be made whenever there is not already a manual or automatic entry open but note that manually opened entries MUST be closed manually. To have your most used data already in the log window as a default simply enter them into the "Freq", "Mode" and "Power" writeable icons ands click the "Save" icon. If an entry is still open when you quit !Term93 then it is saved, a warning box appears to remind you. If !Term93 has been installed on the icon bar and the application !LogBook HAS NOT BEEN SEEN then the log window and auto-logging will be unavailable, to re-enable the log facility simply open a directory which contains !LogBook. Although it is easiest ot have !LogBook in the root directory of your packet or hard disc my understanding of the regulations is that the log MUST BE KEPT ON A DISC USED SOLELY FOR THAT PURPOSE (it's up to you). ********** IMPORTANT ********** YOU SHOULD ENTER YOUR OWN CALLSIGN IN UPPER CASE INTO THE LOWER CENTRAL WRITEABLE ICON AS THIS IS USED TO PREVENT THE AUTO-LOGGING FACILITY FROM LOGGING CALLS TO YOUR OWN PBBS. Then click on "Save". The program may reset some tnc parameters should it think that the user is still G4RQN NOTES ===== Files to be transmitted should be dragged to the icon or a window ONLY after any tnc set up files have been sent (those selected from the user sub menu) otherwise the dragged file will be forgotten. Files dragged directly from !Edit are temporarily stored in the directory "!Term93.Temp" as a file called "Temp", this file is deleted after sending or on a transmit abort command. The only thing to remember here is that you MUST have enough room on the disc containing !Term93 to store the "temp" file. A 'drag save' from such as !Edit is now operational but I have to admit to having fudged it somewhat. What happens is that !Edit is told to save to a file called "!Term93.temp.temp" and that file is then ready to transmit. As soon as the file is transmitted or the transmit aborted the file "!Term93.temp.temp" is deleted. One of the results of this is that a 'spool to disc' can be started by dragging the lower icon in the save box to a !Term93 window, a file opened by selecting "Start" or by pressing <Ctrl>+F. The resulting file can then be immediatly transmitted, a second attempt at this without aborting the transmit will append the second file to the existing "temp" file. Another effect is that the buffer can be 'saved' back into !Term93 and again transmitted, the rules about dragging the buffer repeatedly again apply. On running !Term93 any file called "!Term93.temp.temp" is deleted. Credits ------- Many people have unknowingly helped with this program when i have found out how to do things by looking at programs they have sent and/or written, to all of them a great big thank you ! NOT MY FAULT DEPARTMENT ----------------------- All this software is provided "as is"; G4RQN makes no warranty, express or implied, of the merchantability of this software or its fitness for any particular purpose. In no circumstances shall G4RQN be liable for any damage, loss of profits, or any indirect or consequential loss arising out of the use of this software or inability to use this software, even if G4RQN has been advised of the possibility of such loss. "Software" describes the complete package and includes any circuits or connection hints included. ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ £ £ £ £ £ You have received this program without charge but should you wish to £ £ make some payment then a donation to the following £ £ would be most suitable. £ £ £ £ THE SPECIAL CARE BABY UNIT £ £ QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL £ £ GAYTON ROAD £ £ KING'S LYNN £ £ NORFOLK £ £ £ £ Cheques should be made payable to 'The Special Care baby Unit' £ £ at the QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, Kings Lynn. £ £ £ ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ Copies of the software may be passed on unmodified as long as i know where it's going, this helps me if i get queries and with updates. Should you be a brill programmer and update/upgrade the program then ok but i get the first copy. 73s de Neil G4RQN. W. N. Rodger 4 Burn's Nurseries Off Wootton Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3BG 0553 675676 after 8pm, no reply try 0553 671118 ask for Neil.