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BBS-TALK.MRG Documentation
BBS-TALK.MRG represents a commendable effort by Dorn Stickle to bring
together a large number of merge files into one giant merge for PC-TALK III.
Dorn took several merges written by different authors, combined it with
his own 450BAUD.MRG and his new file for finding the amount of unused
space on a diskette, and then resolved all the line number conflicts
between the various merges and the original PC-TALK Version 3.0 Level 830424.
BBS-TALK.MRG incorporates:
3101CMW.MRG (Windows, Music & color graphics)
ANSI.MRG (redundant with 3101CMW.MRG)
PCFIXLC1.MRG (Appends account # for Long Distance Dialing service)
PCFIXLC2.MRG (ALT-H for hang-up modem after connection)
PCTSPLT.MRG (Split screen input option on line 25 of your screen:
sends your input a line at a time with ENTER key)
TALK450.MRG (ALT P for 450 baud option)
PCT-365.MRG (PC-TALK version 3.65) Shift Tab to set/clear ALT 1 - 0
temporary input string storage.
ALT-I load ALT 1 to 0 from a file
ALT-U unload ALT 1 to 0 to a file
Improved ALT-H hang-up modem
REDIAL routine rewritten
ALT-G path and subdirectory support
Manual dialing allows new comm parameters
Please note: 3101CMW.MRG automatically provides the user with the
ability to view RBBS-PC bulletin board color graphics and music. Plus
for those Bulletin Boards with WINDOW capability, the user selects the
W)indow option on the Bulletin Board and then ALT A to switch to 3101
mode for using Windows and then toggle ALT A after exiting from Windows.
Do not toggle ALT A unless you are using the Bulletin Board Window feature.
After BBS-TALK has dialed a number, any key will disconnect the modem
up to the time the carrier-detect signal is received and you are
connected to the remote computer. After connection, use ALT H to hang up
the modem; the program will try 4 times to hang up, then recycle.
The split screen option <CONTROL-HOME> activates line 25 on your
screen, and rather than sending data one char at a time, accumulates your
input on line 25 and waits for the <ENTER> key before sending a stream
of data to the remote computer.
The ALT I option will allow you to upload a file from your disk to
temporary string storage in one of the ALT 1 to ALT 0 keys (for later
sending a long message to a remote computer). The ALT U option then
allows you to download a string you previously stored (with ALT I) to
the remote computer. You will need carriage returns in your file.
The ALT U option is inconsistent with the split screen option, because
the split screen option is looking for the ENTER key to begin sending
date to the remote computer, while the ALT U option is typically used
to send a series of data lines to be entered as a MESSAGE on the remote
Bulletin Board. <SHIFT-TAB> sets/clears temporary ALT key strings.
<ALT-G> allows you to change sub-directories on your hard disk
for uploading or downloading data. However, if you are running PC-TALK
off of your hard disk, you will need to change back to the sub-directory
containing the PC-TALK program after you are finished, or you could
hang up your computer if PC-TALK attempts to cycle back to its own file.
To use the 450 baud option, you must first call the Bulletin Board
at 300 baud, then after signing on, select the 450 baud option on the
Bulletin Board menu, and when prompted, select ALT P to change to 450 baud.
The Bulletin Boards cannot answer at 450 baud, only 300 and 1200 baud.
BBS-TALK.MRG already contains the above mentioned merges, and most
importantly, Dorn Stickle has resolved all line number conflicts between
the various merges and a virgin copy of PC-TALK.BAS from Andrew Flugleman
(NOT the QUBIE-modified version for QUBIE modems). BBS-TALK will only run
in the compiled version because of the machine-language object modules
required by the LINK command below.
Start with a virgin copy of PC-TALK.BAS (Line 9999 shows 830424)
and BBS-TALK.MRG and make sure both are saved in ASCII:
BASICA <ENTER> LOAD "BBS-TALK.MRG <ENTER> SAVE "BBS-TALK.MRG",A
Then merge the two files together using the BASIC MERGE command, and
compile and link in this manner:
BASCOM PC-TALK/e/w/s/c:4096/o;
LINK PC-TALK+IBMCOM+DISKSPAC+GETDIR+CHDIR
To do the linking you will need the following object modules:
IBMCOM.OBJ (comes with the BASIC compiler)
DISKSPAC.OBJ (New file by Dorn Stickle: ALT-R then
? <ENTER> for space remaining on disk
or use ALT T or ALT V and ? <ENTER>)
GETDIR.OBJ (supports PATH commands DOS 2.x)
CHDIR.OBJ (change sub-directories on hard disk)
Authorship and commendations:
PC-TALK.BAS Version 3.0 Level 830424 Andrew Fleugelmen
The Highlands Press
PO Box 862
Triburon, CA 94920
3101CMW.MRG Kent Galbraith, Kingwood, TX
PCFIXLC1.MRG Leroy Casterline, Fort Collins, CO
PCFIXLC2.MRG Leroy Casterline (modified by Jim Gainsley)
PCTSPLT.MRG (PCT3SC.MRG) Wes Meier, Walnut Creek, CA
TALK450.MRG Dorn Stickle, Dallas, TX
DISKSPAC.OBJ Dorn Stickle, Dallas, TX
PCT-365.MRG Jim Gainsley, Minneapolis, MN
GETDIR.OBJ John Chapman, CIS 70205;1217
CHDIR.OBJ John Chapman
Plus countless hours spent by a large number of people devoted to
the free exchange of public domain software, who are unknown to us
or who have expended effort on earlier versions, revisions and merges,
including Jack Wright, who did the original code for finding unused
disk space remaining, and countless others who have contributed one
way or another, like Charles Innusa.
Dorn Stickle made an attempt to incorporate the PCT3JR.MRG for
IBM PCjr, but this program is too large to fit in the approximately
70K partition left in the 128K-sized PCjr. Dorn is working on down-
sizing this program, with the PCT3JR.MRG sized for the PCjr, as a
separate program.
Typed by Greg Rismoen
July 17, 1984
Houston, Texas
After consultation with Kent Galbraith, I changed the compiler codes
in the above documentation. Also, I made certain minor changes to clarify
the documentation.
Duane C. Hendricks