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- TT - Tiny Terminal
- ==================
- Version 1.0 08-Aug-90
- © Mikael Karlsson & Absolut Software 1990
-
-
- Is it Public Domain?
-
- TT is NOT Public Domain. TT is 'Freely distributable
- copyrighted software with a shareware option'.
-
- "Permission is hereby granted to copy TT provided that
- the copyright notice and this document is left intact.
- Copies may not be made for profit."
-
- I don't know if the above should hold in court but what
- I mean is: Copy TT if you want to but don't make a
- business of it. It is of course free to include it on
- public domain disks or putting it on a BBS.
- If you find TT useful, please feel free to send a
- donation ($10 is a nice round number) or a nice program (PD).
- Please don't send personal checks. It costs me $5 to
- cash them. Or you can buy me a beer or two when we meet.
- If you wish to include TT with a commercial product,
- please contact me first. I just want to make sure that
- my ego can stand for it. Of course it would also be nice
- with a registered copy of the product.
-
-
- What is it?
-
- TT is a very small communications program. I got fed up
- with 100+ KBytes communications programs that had millions
- of options, buttons, bells and whistles.
- TT is
- * small (approximately 13 KBytes)
- * uses no chipmem (runs in the CLI)
- * has no built-in protocol (uses the XPR standard)
- * does no terminal emulation (ANSI is good enough for most BBSing)
- * doesn't have any phonebook.
-
-
- Starting
-
- TT accepts a couple of command line arguments.
-
- Argument Specifies Example
- -------- --------- -------
- -S serial.device The device -Ssupra.device
-
- -U n The device unit -U3
-
- -P protocol The XPR protocol -Pzmodem
-
- -K keymap The keymap -Ks
-
- -F font/size Name and size of the font. -Ftopaz/8
-
- -D xferdirectory Upload/download directory. -Dsys:transfer
-
- Everything else that is specified on the command line is
- sent to the modem. A newline is inserted after each word
- on the command line.
- Example: TT ATDT555-4132
-
- I have found that the easiest way to use TT is to have a
- couple of aliases, where each alias is a host that I want
- to call.
- Example:
- alias npd "TT -Pzmodem ATDT112196"
- alias dogs "TT -Pzmodem ATDT261204"
- When I want to call a host, I simply type the name of it.
-
-
- Running
-
- When TT is running, you can use a couple of command keys.
- Hold down the right Amiga key and type the appropriate
- character.
-
- P prompts for a new XPR protocol.
-
- D prompts for a filename and downloads that file.
-
- U prompts for a filename and uploads that file.
-
- Q exits TT.
-
-
- That's all folks
-
- That's it. Now you know how to use TT. Doesn't seem too
- hard, does it? Have fun.
-
-
- The future
-
- Fixing the bugs. I can't find any at the moment, but I'm
- sure there are some.
- ARexx, ARexx, ARexx!
-
-
- Note to programmers
-
- I'm sure that a lot of programmers will find the source code
- interesting. It explains how to do asynchronous IO in the
- CLI. It took some job getting it right.
- It also provides a complete working (well :-) example of how
- to use the XPR standard.
-
-
- s-mail: Mikael Karlsson
- Lövsättersvägen 10
- S-585 98 LINKÖPING
- SWEDEN
-
- e-mail: micke@slaka.sirius.se
- micke@slaka.UUCP
- {mcvax|munnari|seismo}!sunic!liuida!slaka!micke
-
- Phone: +46-13 50479
- +46-431 50623 (in the summer)
-
- \_/ Mikael Karlsson, Lovsattersvagen 10, S-585 98 LINKOPING, SWEDEN
- V | micke@slaka.sirius.se
- | Absolut Software | micke@slaka.UUCP
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