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PHOTO TERMINAL
Ver. 4.0
5-1-1990
By J Hill [pr-bbs]
File Name's
PT-IBM-4.zip \ About a 100 kbytes 7 minutes at 2400 bps
PT-T2K-4.EXE / Needs a system floppy to 1'st run on or a sub-directory
X= 1,2,3 : VER. # (Ex:Pt-ibm-4.exe)
Source archive of this software. (Dont settle for less)
SUPPORT:
PR-BBS 24-hour's 110-2400 bps n-8-1 (209)-526-9987
UPDATE's:
Download the update's from a modesto multi-line bbs.
PhotoTerminal Support BBS (209)-526-9987 2400 n-8-1 mnp-4
FlightLine Dbase MultiLine(209)-551-2227 9600 n-8-1 mnp-5
GETTING STARTED:
It's easy and intresting!
Floppy User:
This program will need it's own disk, So find a NEW disk
and your DOS system disk,Put a write protect TAB on your DOS
system disk and make sure NO TAB is on the NEW disk.
Put the DOS system disk in the A: drive and the NEW disk in B:
in your computer and RE-BOOT. Set the time and date.
If you have two floppys place the NEW disk in B:
then type....
FORMAT B: /S/V <ENTER>
(Or your DOS command to format the NEW disk and put the
system/boot files into it.)
If you have one floppy you will need to swap disk's around
and use A: in the above format command.
(Read you DOS doc's if your unsure of how to do this!!!)
Once you got the NEW disk formated Give it a NAME (/V syntax)
and give it a CONFIG.SYS file and a autoexec.bat file.
(Exp.)
(Config.sys)
Copy CON: b:config.sys
BUFFERS=25
FILES=25
BREAK=ON
DEVICE=ANSI.SYS
(THEN PRESS F6 OR CTRL-Z , FILE WRITES . NOTE: COPY ANSI.SYS FROM
(YOUR DOS disk to your NEW disk!)
HARD DISK USER:
make a new directory from your root directory.
Exp. MKDIR Pterm<enter>
copy the photo-terminal MASTER self-ziped *.exe file
to the new directory.
Or if you have the 'ziped' master ver. pkunzip it to the
sub-directory you wish to run photo-term from.
ALL DISK USERS:
Now that you have the phototerm master file (the one you D/l)
just type it's file name, It's will start unZIPing one file
at a time, there will be many files,
pterm-Vx.exe That's the main program ( x = ver. number)
LocalBBS.ASC This is a ASCII file you can add BBS #'s to.
*.CRU Some DRAWING that I have done or programed.
*.CRT CRT files are ready to up/Down-Load drawings.
Photo-t.doc This doc file read it some time.
PHOTO-Tc.ode ASCII data file used by the Morse code terminal
PHOTO-T.erm Default modem seting file . (ascii)
SHELL.SIZ Small data file needed for shell to dos
procedure, ALT-S (Hex data in paragraph's)
Should be something like 1F40
pathway.dat May be needed to help point to photo-t*.* files
this is a ascii file for default path settings.
After all the files have been zip out you can copy the MASTER
file that you downloaded to a floppy disk and put it some ware
safe,As a back up , Are you could give it to a friend and start
up graphic terminals in your area!!!
If you only have a floppy system youl want to move that master
file out to leave you some free disk space.
RUNNING PHOTO-TERM:
Just type the PTRM-???.EXE file name and it will start
loading into ram (About 512k ram needed) The 1'st screen
will prompt you about the programs CPU type (IBM or T2k)
It will make some noise then list most of the terminal
mode commands that you can use (ALT-Help menu).
read it just this one time PLEASE.
Press any key and the START UP MENU pop's out.
C will let you set up for a modem on COM2: and set your screen
mode for graphic's
ESC will abort the program and drop you to DOS.
If your modem's on COM1: your basicly ready to go on so
select a BAUD speed from the box at the bottom of the
screen (Don't press ENTER if you do you will get the defult
of 300 bps. n-8-1)
This will drop you in to the MORSE code procedure, It will
look around for the morse code data file and translate it
to ram for use latter. After that you will drop to the
AutoDailer menu.
(If you dont have the one I put in the master file ,,,
( some body stiffed you and you won't enjoy the program
(as well! Call the update bbs's and get the MASTER pt-IBM file!)
If the program can't find the localbbs.asc file it will prompt
you if youd like it to make one. (Yes or No only)
(Autodailer menu CONT.)
Once the file is there it will print out the 1'st 9 bbs
numbers and prompt at the bottom of the screen for a dailer
command.
1-9 = Dail the bbs # that you selected. (any key's to abort redail)
. = Period will roll out the next 9 bbs number from the
localbbs.asc file.
L = Load this number into the Multi-Number-Dailer RAM.
After you select L press the number for the bbs
that you want loaded, It will display the pick at
the TOP on the bbs number list (flashing), Thats it
it's loaded! Now load some more from this screen or
press "." for the more bbs number's.
M = Start Auto dailing from the multi-# list. The program
will call each number you (L)oaded into the list,
If busy , it will call the next bbs in from the list
of bbs's you loaded into ram useing the (L) command.
It will repaet the loaded bbs's number till you press
any key or it finds a bbs thats not BUSY, it will beep
and flash the screen to call you to the keyboard.
Space = Abourt dailer menu (back to terminal mode)
Terminal Mode:
Once connected to a bbs on while in terminal mode many commands
are open to the terminal program.
F1 = TRANSMIT A ASCII FILE
A catalog of the current directory is displayed and your
prompted at the top left to the screen for a file name.
the program checks for a valid file then prompt for
transfer info. CRT mode send a CTRL-R code then the
graphics *.CRT file in ascii to the host system, this
will hopefully let the file be downloaded by any phototerm
user who wants to see the drawing.
The CRT mode add's the CTRL-R to the file for bbs systems
that dont offer DC2/DC4 or CTRL-R protacall but to have
ASCII transfers.(PhotoTerm requires ASCII transfers or
(the CPM protacall called CTRL-R.)
if the system offers CTRL-R sometimes called CPM or
DC2 protacall the drawings (*.CRT) can be AUTOMATICALY
downloaded by phototerm users when the run in the
GRAPHICS mode (See F9)
F3 = End phototerm ,Exit program to DOS. (No conferm!!)
F5 = Photo control menu. Load CRT or CRU files ,Edit CRT's
draw CRU files, Copy CRU ram to CRT ram (for transfers)
See both CRT or CRU ram,...etc....
Cont. next page...
TERMINAL MODE COMMAND CONT.
F6 = ECHO togel (to see what you type or cut it in half)
F9 = Togel terminal mode. 3 setting's
GRAPHICS mode: Use for c-64 bbs's that send color control
codes,Phototerm can simulate c-64 color using the c-64 mode
(See ALT-P menu,#11 color simulater mode settings)
Mainly the graphics mode will be used when about to
download a *.CRT file from a BBS to your system for
viewing, If the bbs will send you a CTRL-R your terminal
will (while in the graphics mode) automaticaly start a
graphics transfer and you will see a report in the upper
right window, each dot is 25 byte's of graphics data going
down the phone line to your CRT ram buffer (20Kbytes or so)
at the end of the transfer the remote bbs will send some
text and that will end the transfer, The photo should POP
up on the screen at this point. (If not PRESS F5 then Y)
and youl see the drawing, you can resize it if need be
by using the 1,4 5,2 and 6,3 keys to change the control
byte's in the drawing. press "." to resize or Q to quit.
MORSE CODE MODE: Use to turn on morse code , this will
bleep out the morse code sound for each letter that the
BBS send's you (great for HAM radio users or BLIND users!!)
TURBO MODE: Use for 2400 bps. on IBM type bbs's, TURBO
mode on PhotoTerm is one of the fastest ascii terminal
Money can bye!!! Youd have to spend some money to get
this kind of turbo out of most terminal programs and
I think that it's worth $9 on it's own [ Think about it!]
Turbo mode wont filter out any beeps the bbs send you.
but will keep up with the best of'em!
PhotoTerm will pick up words and lines at a time from
the modem , not letter by letter as in graphics mode.
turbo mode wont filter out c-64 or ansi contorl codes.
F10 = Go to AutoDailer menu.
ALT KEY COMMANDS (Hold down ALT then press the letter)
ALT-D = autoDailer menu.
ALT-H = Help with terminal commands.
ALT-P = Program setup,Baud,Bit's,Screen Mode,Terminal mode's,Com1,2
ALT-S = Shell to DOS , Type EXIT<ENTER> to come back online.
ALT-V = View ascii/text file (type file name into upper left window.)
SOME THINGS THE PROGRAM WON'T TELL YOU:
RAM NEEDED >512K
GRAPHICS CARD INFO: MGA,CGA or better work in text and graphics.
Hirc or HGA cards work for TEXT mode only.
Photo Grphics info:
When drawing/editing a CRU file: (from photo control menu #9)
use number pad (NUM lock on) to move currsor/pen
8=up 2=down 4=left 6=right
5=togel pen Up or down. Pen mode can be seen in NUM PAD prompt
lower right of screen (See the pen hit the plane or pointing up.)
A=Adj. drawing. (Save it 1'st!!!,See Save command below)
Menu prompts lowwer line left. You can invert black & white
clear the screen,null out screen,,,Etc...
C=Cut and paste CRT buffer. point the pen/currsor whare you want
the CRT/write in buffer to dump then press C to CUT it in.
press C again to cut it out if it's not right.
(See (W)right in command below)
G=Graph side of screen with scale (aids in drawing)
g=(Note: must be lower case) Split screen in four box's.)
K=Knight Shade. Prompts for scale number(2-20), Then dot's
the screen every 'x' dot's (Adds a night time feeling)
L=Line mode, set the pen ware you want the line to start.
press (L) (beep) line start points now in RAM and displayed
on lower mid. of screen. Now move to the point that you want the
end of the line to be at and press (L) again. The line procedure
will draw a line from the 1'st point to the point your pen is at
now, Program will prompt (lower screen ,Left) Line OK?????
Press N to undo line press Y to keep line. Prompt..
Keep line starting point? Y to keep point for drawing a line
from the 1'st point to yet another point. or press N to
erase the starting point of the line procedure..(line starting
points will no longer be on lower screen.) At this point you
can start freehand drawing again or press (L) again to do
a new line from the point your at now. (connect the dot's)
S=Save or quit drawing , Press (S) program prompts...
Save this drawing????(Yes,No)
(N)o drops you back to the graphics editer
(Y)es clears the saves the screen,clears the screen,list
any *.CRU files in the current directory, and prompts...
File Name???
type in a file name with the '.CRU' part and press enter
then the drawing will be SAVED on disk (Safely)
to skip the drawing save just press <ENTER> with out
puting in a file name, the drawing will still be in CRU RAM
and can be edited or saved any time befor you end PhotoTerm.
(Skiping the file save is used when doing cut and paste or
when ever no changes have been made to the drawing.)
W=Write text in to CRT buffer. prompts you for a TEXT message
at the far upper left of the screen. type in the text with
spaces at the end to run over the up/down line on the right.
If the window buffer is okay as is press enter to save text.
In this mode you can press ESC and size the window using
the NUM pad comands and togeling upper/left or Lower/Right
marker points with the (5) key.
press ESC again to exit the wright in mode.
program will copy ram CRU drawing back to screen.
(NOTE: SAVE YOUR WORK BEFOR USING THE (W) COMMAND , WHEN YOU )
(USE THE (W) COMMAND THE SCREEN WILL BE RESET TO WHAT IS WAS LAST )
(TIME YOU USED THE (S)AVE COMMAND.) [DISK SAVED NOT REQUIRED BUT...
IS A GREAT IDEA!!]
(See [C] command above.)
Q: What if phototerm hangs-up when ever i use the ALT-P menu
or after i look at a on-line drawing, or any time i see
the program say 'Checking modem port'.
A:Your modem needs to be set to FORCE DTR active.
if your modem supports the hayes command set you can
send the modem this command from terminal mode.
AT &D0<ENTER>
OK
if you have a older modem that has dip switchs then you should set
the dip switch that will forse the DTR line high or active.
some terminal programs drop the DTR line to make the modem
hang-up , but phototerm uses the 'hayes' +++ATH0 command
to hang up the modem, When ever phototerm re-opens the
modem port the DTR line will drop for a second , this will
make your modem hang-up if your on line and youhave the modem
set to return to the command state (vea: the AT&D2 command)
As this has been reported by chris , I have added the
AT &D0 command to the phototerm setup commands sent to the
modem just befor any autodailing from the autodailer menu (f10)
,should you find that you cant get your modem to ignore the
DTR line or force it high using the AT&D0 command then you
may want to cut the DTR line in your modem cable.
but most modems that have the 'hayes' command set will
work fine becase the autodailer in PhotoTerm ver-4 and up
have the AT&D0 command preset in the program to be sent
just befor any bbs is called using the autodailer command (F10)
Q:Why do i get a error every time i see
'Checking modem port'
????
A:You may have phototerm checking a com port you dont have
1)change the default file using a ascii editer or edlin.
2)Use the [C] command from the start up menu and select
the correct com port befor the program 'checks it'.
Q:How come i get a error when ever i try to use the graphics
modes or try to see a drawing ?
A:You might not have the correct screen mode selected. use the
ALT-P menu and then adjust the screen mode.
A:You cant see CGA graphics on a Hercules graphics card,get a
CGA card for $35 and get a adapter for your old mono screen.
Q:What bbs's support the CRT file mode that has CGA graphics
on line,
A:You can call PR-BBS 209-526-9987 2400 n-8-1 mnp-4
this bbs will allways have plenty of CRT files on line
for callers to view. Any bbs that supports ASCII file
transfers or real long messages can be used . If your
a sysop and would like help installing *.crt drawings
on your bbs the pr-bbs sysop is happy to help you with
your bbs.
PHOTO TERM FILE SIZE INFO..... (ZIP SPEC. ETC.)