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- August 31, 1987 ProtoCall(tm) v1.3 "PCALL"
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- ProtoCall Copyright 1987 C TechWare Consulting, All Rights Reserved.
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- ProtoCall may not be modified or sold without written consent from
- C TechWare Consulting.
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- The program has been written in MSC V4.0 by Claude Biron, Vancouver, B.C.
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- Inquiries to: Claude Biron
- c/o NORTHERN LIGHTS BBS - 153/106 in the Opus Matrix.
- (604) 588-0789 24 Hrs at 300 - 2400 bps.
- File Requests accepted from 03:00 to 06:00 Pacific Time.
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- ProtoCall is an attempt to co-ordinate stand alone protocols such as
- Omen Technology's DSZ.COM (Z-Modem) under one front end to be called
- from any communications program that allows execution of another program
- (such as a text editor, etc.).
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- USE:
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- To use this program with TELIX, replace the Alt-A (invoke editor) with the
- name of this program (C:\PATH\PCALL.EXE). Using Alt-A from Telix will now
- invoke PCALL instead.
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- The first time pcall is used, it will prompt for the path location of itself
- (pcall.exe) and the path where your external protocols will be kept
- (eg. c:\comm). This information will be written into the program file.
- Pcall uses itself as a data file so you don't have to keep track of two files.
- Pcall will have instant access to the configuration info without having to
- locate and read a data file.
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- Once inside PCALL, press F10 to configure the program to your system.
- Two EXAMPLES are given: dsz.com for ZMODEM and mlink.com for MEGALINK.
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- Protocols added to PCALL must reside together in the path supplied on
- initial startup. If pcall is moved to another directory and run it will
- again prompt you for the new directory path.
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- REVISIONS:
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- v1.0 (Beta Release - the no-frills original).
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- v1.1 (General Release - a frill or two added).
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- ProtoCall uses itself (PCALL.EXE) to store configuration information.
- The first time PCALL is used it will ask you for the directory you plan
- to keep it in. From then on, unless you move it, it knows where to find
- its data.
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- PCALL also relies on the set variable for TELIX in the dos environment.
- If you haven't done so, add SET TELIX=C:\PATH and put DSZ.COM in that
- directory.
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- v1.2 (The almost-all-the-way-there version).
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- User configurable to execute up to 10 external protocols using pseudonyms.
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- PCALL no longer relies on the DOS environment (as in previous versions).
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- v1.3 Added modem status line.
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- IMPORTANT: It is important NOT to execute old versions of pcall.exe while a
- newer version exists. Old versions should be deleted or replaced by the latest
- version.
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- Full credit to Aaron Wass, SysOp at Opus 153/106
- for the brilliant name "ProtoCall".