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Program: SAMCALL v1.21 - Compiled on May 29,1994 - Copyright 1993-1994
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Warranty: This product is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.
The entire risk as to the results and performance of the
program is assumed by you. Furthermore, the author does not
warrant, guarantee, or make any other representations regarding
the use of, or the results of the use of the program, and you
rely on the program and results solely at your own risk. The
author cannot and will not accept responsibility for system
damage, loss of profit, or any other special, consequential or
incidental damages resulting from the use or inability to use
this product.
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Copyright: SAMCALL, Copyright (c) 1993-94 by Bill Shryock - WD0GRC, is
being distributed as Shareware. Under this concept you may
use the SHAREWARE (unregistered) version for a reasonable
period of time for evaluation after which you must either
register your copy or discontinue usage.
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Distribution: You are encouraged to distribute SamCall provided that all
files contained in the archive are distributed in their original
and unmodified state.
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Description: PPE (PCBoard Programming Executable) extension to PCBoard v15.x
that will provide callers access to the SAM Amateur Radio
Callsign Database. SAMCALL.PPE supports both ANSI and Non-ANSI
terminals. SamCall is distributed complete and fully
functional. SAMCALL.PPE represents many hours of programming
and debugging and you are welcome to install SamCall on your BBS
and check it out for suitability to your requirements. If you
continue to use SamCall then a $10.00 registration is required.
Thirty days should to be enough time to evaluate SamCall. If
after thirty days you wish to continue using SamCall then please
fill out the enclosed "SAMCALL.REG" file and mail it with your
check to:
WD0GRC
William M. Shryock, Jr.
11323 Donnie Drive
Mabelvale, AR 72103-3023
Thank you.
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Requirements: It is assumed that you have installed the SAM Database. If
not, then you will need to before SAMCALL.PPE will function.
Refer to the SAM installation guide for help installing the
SAM database. The examples that follow assume the SAM Database
is installed on C: drive in the directory \SAM and that the API
Interface is in the directory \SAM\API. These are the SAM
installation defaults.
You will need to edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to allow access to
the SAM database.
Add the following two lines:
CD \SAM\API
SAMAPI C:\SAM
The SAM Amateur Radio Callsign Database is available from:
RT Systems, Inc.
Box 8
Lacey's Spring, AL 35754
1 (205) 882-9292
Their 1994 price is $39.95 plus $5.00 S/H. SamCall WILL
support the additional options offered by RT Systems at
$7.50 each. Those options are: County, Full Date of Birth,
License Expiration Date, Previous Call and Year First Licensed.
Starting with SamCall version 1.20, that extra information will
be displayed if installed in your SAM files.
There is no connection between myself and RT Systems, Inc. and
neither supports the other. SAM and RT Systems, Inc. are
trademarks and/or copyrights of RT Systems, Inc.
In addition to SamCall and the SAM files you will also need
PCBoard v15.0 or later and some type of ASCII text editor.
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Installation: Installation is very simple: Install the SAM database on your
BBS computer. UnZip these files to a directory of your choice.
Run PCBSETUP and edit your CMD.LST to install SAMCALL.
From the PCBSETUP menu select:
B File Locations
then
B Configuration Files
then select
Name/Loc of Default CMD.LST File
and press "F2"
Fill in the requested information using the following
example as a guide.
EXAMPLE
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File Locations
Command Security PPE/MNU File -or- Keystroke Replacement
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1) SAMCALL 0 C:\PCB\PPE\SAMCALL\SAMCALL.PPE
SAMCALL.CFG will need to be edited with an ASCII Editor by you
to include your information. The enclosed SAMCALL.CFG will
serve as an example.
The first three lines of SAMCALL.CFG are for your BBS
information. These lines will be colorized and centered if the
caller's terminal supports ANSI, otherwise they will be
displayed left justified and monochrome.
Copy the file "SAMCALL" to your PCBoard HELP directory. This is
the help file displayed to the caller if they request help for
SamCall.
Edit your BRDM/BRDBG (Main Menu) file and add "SAMCALL" as a
command. ie: "SAMCALL Callsign Lookup"
There are two files in the SamCall archive that you may want to
delete. The first one is HAMCALL.PPE, if you are upgrading from
an older version, the name was HAMCALL. Your callers will be in
the habit of typing HAMCALL to bring up the server. The file
HAMCALL.PPE will remind them to type SAMCALL instead. If you
choose to install the HAMCALL PPE then you will also need to
add it to the CMD.LST in PCBSETUP as above, along with the
SAMCALL.PPE. This is optional and only indicated if you are
upgrading from Hamcall. You may want to remove it after your
callers get use to the new name.
EXAMPLE
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File Locations
Command Security PPE/MNU File -or- Keystroke Replacement
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1) SAMCALL 0 C:\PCB\PPE\SAMCALL\SAMCALL.PPE
2) HAMCALL 0 C:\PCB\PPE\SAMCALL\HAMCALL.PPE
The second file you may want to delete or edit if you choose to
use it, is NEWNAME.$$$. This is an ASCII file that can be
displayed when the caller types HAMCALL by mistake. The file as
is, is the very same data that HAMCALL.PPE will display if the
file NEWNAME.$$$ does not exist. It is only provided to allow
you to change the text to be displayed, if you wish. Removing
the file from the PPE directory will speed up the display
because SamCall doesn't have to read the file to display it.
The same text is hard coded into HAMCALL.PPE. If you do not
install HAMCALL.PPE per the above instructions, then NEWNAME.$$$
will never be used and may be deleted.
Now all that is left to do is check for proper operation and
leave a message to you users that you now have the SAM Callsign
data base on-line for their use. Since I installed the SAM
data base on my BBS, it has seen a lot of activity and favorable
comments. If you would like to see it in operation, just call
The Ether Net BBS at 501 455-0628. After you log on type
SAMCALL at the Main Menu. You can FREQ the latest version of
SAMCALL.PPE using the Magic Name "SAMCALL" or you can download
it while on-line. Use the Zippy search for "SAMCALL".
SAMCALL.PPE is running on a 2 node version of PCBoard with the
second node used for maintenance and local access using
Netware Lite v1.1. To date, I have experienced no problem using
SamCall through the LAN. The setup here is PCBoard 15.1, 2 Node
Version, Netware Lite v1.1 on a 386 DX40 with a Gigibyte drive
and many many TSR's installed.
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Operation: Operation is very simple. From the BBS menu, type SamCall. You
will be presented the following screen:
SAM Amateur Radio Callsign Data Base, U.S. & Canadian
on
The Ether Net Amateur Radio BBS
Copyright 1993-1994 by Bill Shryock, WD0GRC
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Version 1.21
Registered to: The Ether Net BBS
(55 left) H)elp, Callsign, M)essage or ENTER = Quit ? ( )
Enter the desired callsign and press enter. To exit SamCall,
press ENTER alone.
New with Version 1.20 of SamCall is the Message Command. This
will allow users to save the data they have been viewing to a
message. Entering a "M" at the callsign prompt will cause
SamCall to send them a private message to the main board
conference then exit back to PCBoard. They can then capture
that message and have the data in ASCII format to do with as
they wish.
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Notes: Just a few notes that don't fit anywhere else. Because of the
way that the SHELL command works within the PPE environment,
whenever SamCall shells out to look up a call, the local screen
is cleared. The remote screen is not cleared so the caller does
not see this. Once SamCall has the data, it will re-paint the
local screen and does not send the entire screen to the remote
computer. You will therefor be able to see what the caller is
seeing except that your screen is cleared while SamCall looks up
the data.
If you are using a multi-node setup then you should have your
temporary work directories setup for each node. SamCall will
use these directories to keep the message information separate
for each node.
If you have any comments, suggestions or problems with SamCall,
you can call The Ether Net BBS or send Netmail to 1:3821/7.
PCBoard is registered to Clark Development Co.
Netware Lite is registered to Novell, Inc.
SAM is registered to RT Systems, Inc.
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Support: The Ether Net, Amateur Radio BBS
Bill Shryock, WD0GRC Sysop
501-445-0628 - U.S. Robotics 16.8 DS
Fido 1:3821/7
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