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- Now that you have downloaded and un-ARCed the package what do you
- do with it?
-
- PCALL.EXE is a program that will simplify using external file
- transfer protocols such as Zmodem. The actual file name of this
- protocol is DSZ.COM. Both of these two programs are very well
- done and bug free, as far as I can tell. Their soul shortcoming,
- in my opinion, is that the sparse documentation in these shareware
- packages made it next to impossible to fairly evaluate them.
- Hopefully, this combination of files and my instructions will
- make things a little easier for newer users like myself and, at
- the same time generate satisfied customers for the producers of
- these programs. *** Please be sure to read the shareware license
- agreements for these packages!***
-
- Let's do it!
-
- First make sure that PCALL.EXE and DSZ.COM are on the same
- default directory as your Procomm program.
-
- Use the general setup menu in Procomm to configure Alt-A (the
- editor key) to call up PCALL.EXE.
-
- Configure PCALL.EXE to your system, following the directions
- in PCALL's doc file. The default setting will use COM 2. Change
- this if you are using COM 1 or COM "whatever". The download
- command for ZMODEM will download the file you selected from the other system
- to C:\procomm\dl. You probably have a different path and
- directory for your d/l files so change this one if you need to.
-
- Now, DSZ.COM also needs to be configured to your system but PCALL
- will do it for you if you have things set up right in PCALL.
- Neat, huh?
-
- So, your all set up, your on line with "THE DONOR ORGAN BBS" and
- have selected a file to download via Zmodem because its faster
- and more reliable than most other protocols. The screen says
- ready to send file or something like that. Whack that Alt-A key
- sequence. This will run PCALL which will ask what you want to
- do. We want to download this time so select that option with the
- Pg Dn key. Now the protocol menu appears. Select Zmodem since
- that's what the host is expecting. The remainder of the process is automatic
- and will dump you back into Procomm when you are done.
-
- This should give you a good handle on how to use PCALL to get
- ZMODEM to work for you from within Procomm. You could use the DOS
- gateway and talk to DSZ.COM directly. But for most users I think
- this is the simplest way.
-
- If you have any questions or suggestions, please leave me a note
- here.