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{COMMO} 4.5 January 12, 1991
{COMMO} (tm) is a Telecommunications Program that offers great power, speed
and flexibility in a small, easy-to-use package.
{COMMO} is Shareware. Please see the Licensing Notice in the COMMO.DOC file
and also the Registration Form provided in this package. Registration allows
you to eliminate the opening advertisement and to personalize your copy of
the program.
A registration fee of $25.00 US is required for continued use. Add $5.00
handling charge for a diskette containing the current release (specify 5.25"
or 3.5"). Mail to:
Fred P. Brucker
P.O. Box 9103
Santa Rosa, CA 95405
See the list of support BBS's and networks at the end of this document.
The {COMMO} package should contain the following files:
READ.ME This read file
HISTORY A history of recent revisions
REGISTER.FRM A registration/order form
LICENSES Sample license forms
COMMO.DOC How to get started, macro programming
COMMO.COM The executable program
COMMO.CFG A sample Configuration File
COMMO.FON A sample Dialing Directory File
COMMO.MAC A sample Macro File
COMMO.HLP The Online Help File
CO-PIF.DVP A sample DESQview Program Info File
VT102-1.MAC VT102 keyboard support file #1
VT102-2.MAC VT102 keyboard support file #2
MACROS.TXT Some macro examples
New users please read the file COMMO.DOC. {COMMO} is a little different from
other terminal programs and the time will be well spent. Pay special
attention to Appendix A, "Setting Up Your Modem."
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What's new in {COMMO} 4.5? {Previous users please read!!!}
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If you missed any recent {COMMO} releases, please refer to the file HISTORY to
get caught up on the changes and improvements.
Bugs Fixed
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Pressing Esc to exit a window would cause a macro to terminate (if one was
running).
There was a problem with timers expiring early at the stroke of midnight,
This caused the "Holding until ..." message to go away, the PAUSe function to
terminate early, etc.
The DISPlay function would write some unwanted characters when used only to
position the cursor.
Major Changes
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{COMMO} now has Scrollback! Just press Alt-K from the Terminal Screen.
The Capture File feature now offers two new modes: Filter and Raw. Use these
when you need to capture data as it comes from the serial port.
Chat Mode and Doorway Mode have been enhanced (see below).
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Support File Changes
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Configuration File
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The Configuration File has a new (and very fast) processor. The file is
processed at startup and then released from memory. Pressing Alt-G reads it in
for editing and re-processing. It will stay in memory until the space is
needed for something else (like Shell to DOS). This frees up almost 5k for
other purposes (the file is saved automatically whenever necessary). The
editing command, Alt-Q, no longer applies to the Config File since it is
inconsistent with these changes.
A number of new items have been added. Please take a few minutes to edit the
new sample file to your own needs. The simplest way is to print your old
file, then edit the new file using the printout as a guide. You will NOT be
able to start {COMMO} using your old Configuration File.
New items:
Item 34. Startup pacing character. This allows you to specify an initial
ASCII Upload pacing character without having to use a macro.
Item 39. Startup Capture File Mode. SCREEN captures data as it appears on
the screen. RAW captures data as it comes from the serial port -- with ANSI
control characters, etc. FILTER is like raw, but filters out ANSI control
sequences -- useful for data with lines longer than 80 characters.
Item 46. Scrollback Buffer size in kilobytes. This allocates memory for the
Scrollback buffer. 0 will disable the feature.
Item 50. Obtain number of screen lines from DOS. If this is "yes" {COMMO}
will automatically adjust to the number of screen lines currently set in DOS.
You no longer need to use the "/L=" command line switch.
Item 51. Number of lines in upper Chat Mode window. This allows customizing
the Chat Mode split.
Item 52. Send when Enter is pressed in Chat Mode. Set this to "yes" to use a
"CB Simulator" or other host that echoes what you type.
Macro Processor
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New functions:
CAPMode. Allows the Capture File Mode to be set via macro.
SCROllback. Displays the Scrollback buffer.
A new EXECute parameter "%m" has been added. This variable contains the speed
from the modem connect message and may be used to pass the modem connect speed
to external protocols for time estimation.
General
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A color chart is now available in the Internal Editor. Use it to set the
colors in the Configuration File or for the DISPlay function in the Macro
File. Just press F10 at any time to pop it up.
The screen is no longer cleared when Doorway Mode is entered. Also the
terminal mode parameters are not reset. If needed, these can be done with a
macro. See "Doorway Mode" in COMMO.DOC for details.
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Support
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My telephone number for inquiries and support for registered users is
(707) 573-1065. Please restrict calls to business hours (Pacific time).
You can also contact me for support (and find the latest {COMMO} release) on
the following systems. My heartfelt thanks to the Sysops and many others for
their help in distributing and testing {COMMO}.
Networked Conferences
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Ask your local BBS to carry one of these conferences!
RelayNet (tm) International Message Exchange (RIME), {COMMO} conference.
Intelec (tm) Network \
U'NI-net > shared {COMMO} conference.
WESTNET /
Bulletin Board Systems
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Directory Assistance (RBBS) Santa Rosa, CA (707) 538-8710
Sysop: Jim Goodenough. The home of the original {COMMO} support
conference (now on RIME).
MAS-BBS (DBBS) Brooklyn, NY (718) 444-4555
Sysop: Matt Kahn. Registered {COMMO} users have free access to this
subscription system's message base and to download new releases of
{COMMO}. Just leave a comment requesting free access on this basis.
Motherboard (PCBoard) Petaluma, CA (707) 778-8841
Sysop: Julie Buerg.
The Outland (DMG) Santa Rosa, CA (707) 575-0636
Sysop: Shad Muegge. This is my local base for the {COMMO} Fidonet echo
(name COMMO). The network address is 1:125/180.0 (request a feed).
Palladin (Auntie) San Rafael, CA (415) 485-1736
Sysop: Al Kalian.
Commercial Services
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CompuServe EASYPLEX (go mail) 71021,356
GEnie GE Mail F.BRUCKER1
Please feel free to distribute this package according to the rules outlined on
the cover page of COMMO.DOC.
Thank you, and I hope you enjoy {COMMO}.
Fred P. Brucker