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DIAL.EXE Documentation File
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DIAL.EXE is a program that has been designed to connect you to a
specific bulletin board system. In order to use this program, you must
have a modem somewhere in your machine that is hooked up to a working
phone line. That's all you need to know. To get started, just type
"DIAL" at your DOS prompt followed by a carriage return to get started.
The first thing that the program will do is to search your computer for
a modem. You need not trouble yourself with what COM port your modem
is in, or any of that: the DIAL program will find your modem, wherever
it is. DIAL will then automatically set itself up to the fastest
communications rate that your modem can handle.
DIAL will then ask you a few simple questions... It may ask you
questions about if a certain city and state are local calls to you.
These are simply yes or no questions that can be answered by simply
typing a Y or an N when the question is asked. Another question that
may be asked is whether or not you need to dial any special number to
get an outside line. If you answer Y to this question, it will ask you
for the number to dial.
Next, the DIAL program will try to connect you to the BBS (bulletin
board system). If it encounters any problems with connecting, it may
ask you the configuration questions again, just to make sure that the
responses it recorded were correct. If it still can't connect after
two attempts, it will give up and advise you to call your
representative or just try again later. Otherwise, you're online!
When you're online, you really only need to know two things. The first
thing is that any time you want to quit and go back to DOS, all you
have to do is hit ALT-X. This will hang up your modem and then return
you to DOS. The other thing is how to handle file transfers, if you
need to send a file to the BBS, or if you need to receive a file from
the BBS. If you want to receive a file from the BBS, then make the
proper selections on the BBS, and make sure you select the ZMODEM
protocol if it asks you what protocol to use. Once you select ZMODEM,
the DIAL program will automatically sense that you're downloading
(receiving a file from the BBS), and go ahead and transfer the file
from the BBS to your hard drive (it will go in the same directory as
the DIAL program). To upload (transfer a file to the BBS from your
hard drive), you also need to make the proper selections on the BBS and
choose the ZMODEM protocol. Once you select ZMODEM, the DIAL program
will sense that you are about to start an upload, and prompt you for
the file name you want to upload. It will then transfer the file to
the BBS and return you to normal terminal mode.