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DOCUMENTATION FOR T4 FINAL VERSION 1.20 T4.DOC - 1 - --------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER ~~~~~~~~~~ I, Tank04, the author, don't have the slightest idea what this stuff here is all about. I fell into some kind of trance while playing some nameless game and when I woke back up (after a VERY long time) there was this program & documentation on my hard drive. It seems I must have typed it all (my fingers were covered with blisters and the print was rubbed off of almost all the keys on my keyboard) while I was running around in another world. Anyway, I DO NOT take ANY responsibility for this document OR for the corresponding program T4 or any of its related files or ANY damage, be it direct, indirect, incidental or consequential, that may result from the use of this program. This sole purpose hereof is for stand-alone demonstration and whatever YOU might do with it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. Don't blame me if you use it for any type of illegal activity. After all, YOU DID IT ! If somehow your dog dies, some telephone company loosed revenue, or Earth leaves its orbit or anything else because of this program, IT'S YOUR DAMNED FAULT, NOT MINE ! And as if that weren't enough : The author makes no warranties, expressed or implied as to the quality or performance of this program. Your use of this program constitutes your agreement to this disclaimer and the release of the author from any form of liability or litigation. There ... I think that covers my rear end well enough ! The Idea Behind All This ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T4 is an attempt to merge a COMFORTABLE and an extremely FLEXIBLE bluebox into one program. Most bluebox programs (any computer type) fall into two categories : (A) The comfortable one. Easy to use, but not allowing many sophisticated operations. (B) The complicated one. Usually quite flexible and also a pain in the A** to use. T4 is different. Using the correct settings, one does not need to worry about tones, breakstrings, etc. On the other hand, if you DO want to work at a low level you can do that too (and very well I might add). This program may be freely copied as long as it and this documentation are not modified. There is no such thing as a "registered" version, so all the features available are here. INSIDE THE PHONEDIRS T4.DOC - 2 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T4 supports eight phonedirs which can hold up to 200 entries each. Loading and saving is done automatically whenever you move to another phonedir. Moving Around in the Phonedirs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F1 .. F8 ~~~~~~~~ The F-keys are used to load the corresponding phonedirs. CrSr-Left & CrSr-Right ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These keys load the preceding/next phonedir. CrSr-Up, CrSr-Down, PgUp, PgDn, Home, End ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These keys let you move up and down inside the current phonedir. Keys a - z ~~~~~~~~~~ Hitting (unshifted) keys a - z will select the next entry that begins with that letter. Editing Entries in the Phonedirs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INS ~~~ Insert lets you INSERT a new entry into the current phonedir. TAB ~~~ Tab lets you EDIT the highlighted entry. CTRL-INS ~~~~~~~~ CTRL-INS COPIES the highlighted entry into the clipboard. SHIFT-DEL ~~~~~~~~~ SHIFT-DEL CUTS the highlighted entry into the clipboard. Use this to delete entries. (Careful !) SHIFT-INS ~~~~~~~~~ SHIFT-INS PASTES the clipboard into the current phonedir. Note : This can be used to copy to and from DIFFERENT phonedirs. Getting Sound out of T4 T4.DOC - 3 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As you might have already guessed, you need an Adlib or compatible soundcard (Soundblaster [Pro] etc.) to be able to use T4 in other ways than to only store telephone numbers and do local calls. SPACE ~~~~~ Space plays break 1 of the highlighted entry. Breaks can consist of up to 15 different tones, unlike most programs that only allow two or so. ALT-SPACE ~~~~~~~~~ Plays break 2 of the highlighted entry. This can be used for ADDITIONAL tones that are sometimes needed, such as another "seize" tone. CTRL-SPACE ~~~~~~~~~~ Plays break 3 of the highlighted entry. Otherwise the same as ALT-SPACE. LEFT-SHIFT-SPACE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Plays break 4 of the highlighted entry. Otherwise the same as ALT-SPACE. RIGHT-SHIFT-SPACE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Plays break 5 of the highlighted entry. Otherwise the same as ALT-SPACE. ENTER ~~~~~ Finally ! Enter dials the highlighted number using the corresponding settings. Note : If the number begins with a "!", the prefix and suffix defined in the settings will NOT be stuck onto that number. CTRL-ENTER ~~~~~~~~~~ Does the same thing as Enter, EXCEPT that the number being dialed is incremented by 1. "Now what is this good for", I hear you say ? One word : "Looplines" ! Keys A-Z, #, *, 0-9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hitting (shifted) keys A - Z plays the defined tone for that letter. Same goes for # * 0-9. Note : One setting (DTMF for example) can be LOCKED onto the keyboard so that THAT setting will ALWAYS be played when the keys mentioned above are pressed. If no set is locked, the tones from the current setting (highlighted entry) will be played. Obviously, this does NOT affect the breaks & dialing. Other Useful Features T4.DOC - 4 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alt-D ~~~~~ Hitting Alt-D will start a Dos shell. Type "EXIT" to return to T4. BackSpace (QwikOut) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is another one of my better ideas. QwikOut exits the program just as ESC would, but in addition to that a series of keystrokes is placed in the keyboard buffer. You can use this to issue commands to the program (terminal program) you called T4 from. The string that's placed in the buffer can be edited under "EDIT PREFS". By the way, five different QwikOut strings are available; the others are obtained by pressing ALT/CTRL-BackSpace. NOTE : If the QwikOut string starts with an "!", the commands are NOT placed in the keyboard buffer, but sent straight to the modem. This is just what you need when using T4 to call BBS's. Use QwikOut to send "ATX3D^M" or whatever to your modem, and let your terminal program take over from there. If the string starts with "!!" then the string is issued to the modem without exiting T4; for example you can send a "ATZ^M" without leaving the dialer. Alt-T ~~~~~ Each phonedir has a title which is shown in the list at the bottom of the screen as well on top of the screen when the phonedir is loaded. Use Alt-T to edit the title of the current phonedir. This sure beats only having a number for each phonedir as in most other bluebox programs. SHIFT-CrSr-LEFT, SHIFT-CrSr-RIGHT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flips through the different "views". In other words shows you different parts of the phonedir entries, such as name / number / note etc. SHIFT-CrSr-UP, SHIFT-CrSr-DOWN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows you to remove the help display and phonedir listings from the screen, giving you more lines for phonedir entries. Alt-Z ~~~~~ This brings up a little menu that lets you send some common commands to your modem (if configured properly in "EDIT PREFS"). The first block of commands ATD, ATA etc works for all modems, the lower block is for Zyxel modems only. Sorry, you HST, Supra and whatever-else guys out there. Alt-L ~~~~~ This lets you select a setting that is locked over the settings entered in the phonedir. Anotherwords, all dialing is done with the locked setting. To unlock, hit Alt-L again and then escape. Format of the Phonedir Entries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name & Number ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Undocumented feature. (haha) Note ~~~~ This can be used to store additional information about the number, such as a password for BBS's. Setting ~~~~~~~ Basically, there are four different things that can be entered here : (1) A-Z : This corresponds to the setting with that letter. (2) "-" : This means that you wish to use the default setting, defined in "EDIT PREFERENCES". (3) "*" : "*" means that this is a local number, to be dialed using the modem, turbopulse or the setting defined in "EDIT PREFS". See "LOCAL DIALING" on this. (4) "?" : This will cause a menu with all available settings to appear. Use the cursor keys to select the one you want and hit Enter. THE FREQUENCY SWEEPER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hitting Alt-F will bring up the frequency sweeper window. You can enter 9 parameters : Frq1 Start, Increment, Stop at ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the scanning is started the first frequency will run from the "start" value to the "stop at" value, incrementing by "increment". Frq2 Start, Increment, Stop at ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These are the values for the second frequency. Length ~~~~~~ This is the duration in milliseconds that each tone will be played. Minimum Delay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the duration of silence between tones. Note that the actual delay is slightly longer than the entered value, due to the overhead in incrementing the loops and updating the display etc. The dialroutines used for breaking and dialing don't have this problem and are very precise. (+/- 0.2 mS !) Volume ~~~~~~ Here you can enter the volume that will be used for scanning. Maximum is 63. Alt-B, Alt-N ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alt-B will make the counters do a step backwards. This is useful when you are scanning and "something happend" and the scanner is already two steps further. Alt-B will move it back a step ! Alt-N is for the next step. TAB & ESC ~~~~~~~~~ Tab starts the scanning. Hit ESC to stop. WHAT IS "LOCAL" DIALING ? T4.DOC - 5 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Local dialing is using T4 to call numbers in one of three ways : (A) Using your modem. (B) Using a "normal" setting (usually D = DTMF). (C) Using a relay that you can hook up to your computer, either to the speaker connector, printer port or any other port you might have. T4 sends impulses to the port, enabling a "manual" pulse dial. The advantage of this method is that you can increase the speed of the dialing and you can dial those famous 11, 12, 13 etc. pulses (A - Z). You can use local dialing to dial two different types of numbers : (A) Toll free numbers (In Germany, 0130... for example). (B) REAL local numbers (like your girlfriend across town). The "*" setting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If a phonedir entry has "*" as its setting, its number will be dialed locally. (Case B above) The "<" and ">" keys ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hitting "<" will make T4 dial the local number stored in the "Local1" field of the corresponding setting. ">" is for the "Local2" number. Once again, this is how it works : If you want to call a local number (Case A above) associated with an entry in a phonedir, all you do is go to that entry and press either "<" or ">". A window will pop up informing you of the dialing process and possible errors. Alt-H ~~~~~ You can use Alt-H to either hang up the modem or make the relay hang up your phone (depending on how you configured the local dial in EDIT PREFS). COM ports & local dialprefixes & pulse-dial speed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These things can be set in "EDIT PREFERENCES". (see next page) THE "EDIT PREFERENCES" WINDOW I T4.DOC - 6 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The things that are stored here are miscellaneous settings that are used throughout the program. QwikOut 1 ~~~~~~~~~ Here you can edit the string that is placed in the keyboard buffer whenever you leave the program via BackSpace. Remember, if the QwikOut string starts with an "!" the string is directly sent to the modem instead of being placed into the keyboard buffer. NOTE : CTRL-characters (CTRL-D for example) are entered like this : ^D. The escape key can be entered as ^[. If you use QwikOut to send commands to your modem, remember to place a ^M (Return) at the end of the string. QwikOut 2 ~~~~~~~~~ This is the same as QwikOut 1, except that the string here is called using ALT-BackSpace. QwikOut 3 ~~~~~~~~~ This one is called using CTRL-BackSpace. QwikOut 4 ~~~~~~~~~ This one is called using LEFT-SHIFT-BackSpace. QwikOut 5 ~~~~~~~~~ This one is called using RIGHT-SHIFT-BackSpace. Blanktime ~~~~~~~~~ Time in minutes for the screenblanker. 0 turns it off. Vga 43/50 ~~~~~~~~~ This determines whether the program runs in 25 or 43/50 line mode. Default Set ~~~~~~~~~~~ When editing a phonedir entry, you can enter "-" as the setting. Whenever you dial that number the setting entered here (default) will be used. Keypad Set ~~~~~~~~~~ This is the setting that is locked on the keyboard. For example you can have T4 use the D setting (normal touch tones) whenever you use keys on the numeric keypad. If instead you want T4 to use the settings of the current entry, enter a "-" here and the string "Use Current" will appear. Hold Tones ~~~~~~~~~~ If this is enabled, the tones played over the keyboard will be held until the key is released. Do delays ~~~~~~~~~ If set to "Yes", each time you play a tone by hitting a key ("1" for example), no further keys are accepted for the time specified in the "delay" field of that tone. THE "EDIT PREFERENCES" WINDOW II T4.DOC - 7 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Local setting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If a setting letter is entered here it will be used for doing local calls. Entering "-" will make T4 use your modem or the turbopulse feature instead. Use modem ~~~~~~~~~ This item is only relevant if "-" has been entered in "local setting". If this is set to "Yes" your modem will be used for dialing local calls, otherwise the turbopulse feature will be used. COM Port ~~~~~~~~ This should be the port your modem is attached to. T4 will use this when dialing via modem. Note that your computers DOS & BIOS are used to communicate with the serial ports. See the "KNOWN PROBLEMS" appendix for possible problems associated with this. Modem Prefix ~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the prefix (modem AT-command) that is used when dialing local numbers. Sensible settings are "ATDP" or "ATDT". HangUp Delay ~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the time in milliseconds that the line connected to your computer is interrupted to hang up the phone. Make Time ~~~~~~~~~ This is the time that the line is connected or "made" for each pulse during turbopulse dialing. Break time ~~~~~~~~~~ The time that the line is disconnected or "broken" for each pulse. Pause time ~~~~~~~~~~ The length of the pause between digits when using turbopulse. Portadress (in Hex) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The address of the port used for turbopulse dialing is entered here. Port Address Make Break ------------------------------------- SPEAKER $61 XXXXXX10 XXXXXX00 LPT1 $378 00000000 11111111 Note : The LPT addresses may vary ! LPT2 $379 00000000 11111111 Check your BIOS. Make Bits ~~~~~~~~~ The bit sequence that is poked into the port when the line is supposed to be "made". This string is eight bits long and consists of "0", "1" and "X". If a bit is set to "X" the value will not be changed when turbopulsing. Break Bits ~~~~~~~~~~ The same as "Make Bits", except that this is for "breaking" the line. EDITING THE SETTINGS T4.DOC - 8 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T4 can handle 26 user definable settings. Each one of those settings has : (1) A letter used for selecting the setting. (A - Z makes 26 right ?) (2) A name/title associated with it. (USA for example) (4) A pre- and suffix that are place before and after numbers being dialed with that setting. (3) Five breakstrings. (4) Two local numbers (see "<" & ">") that can be dialed via modem. (5) 39 user definable MF (multi frequency) tones that consist of : (1) 1st Frequency (2) Length (3) Delay (4) 2nd Frequency (5) Volume The following settings are predefined but can be changed as liked : C = CCITT#5 (Those funny french tones some countries use) D = DTMF (Touch tones) U = USA (This works pretty nicely for MCI USA from some countries) The "Edit Settings" Window ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hitting Alt-S from the phonedir will bring up the "Edit Settings" window with a menu of all available settings. CrSr-Up, -Down, -Left, -Right, Home, End, a-z, *, - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You probably can guess what the cursor keys do; the letters a-z and *, - will take you to the corresponding setting. CTRL-INS ~~~~~~~~ CTRL-INS will copy the highlighted setting into the clipboard. This is of course a different clipboard than the phonedir uses. SHIFT-INS ~~~~~~~~~ This will paste the clipboard into the highlighted setting. Very useful for creating new settings that are similar to existing ones. Be careful ! You can easily wipe out your settings this way ! Alt-R ~~~~~ Revert. In case you do mess up your settings by pasting too much, you can hit Alt-R to reload the old version. Enter, Alt-S ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hitting Enter or Alt-S again will let you edit the setting that is currently highlighted. The Setting Editor T4.DOC - 9 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the core of T4. Here you can define up to 39 MF-tones for each settings, as well as 5 different breaks. MF-Tones ~~~~~~~~ MF-tones in T4 have the following format : Frequency 1 30 - 9999 (Frequency of the 1st tone, 0 = OFF) Length 0 - 9999 (Length of the tone in milliseconds) Delay 0 - 9999 (Number of milliseconds to pause AFTER the tone) Frequency 2 30 - 9999 (Frequency of the 2nd tone, 0 = OFF) Volume 0 - 63 (Volume the MF-tone is played at) Strings ~~~~~~~ The term "string" below and in T4 means "a sequence of MF-tones". CrSr-Up, -Down, -Left, -Right, Home, End, a-z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The cursor keys let you move around the MF-tones. Hitting a-z, will take you to the corresponding tone. Shift-A - Shift-Z, 0 - 9, #, * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hitting one of these key(-combinations) will play the corresponding tone. Enter, Tab ~~~~~~~~~~ With ENTER or TAB you can edit the MF-tone that is currently highlighted. The background color of that entry will change and you can use the cursor and number-keys to move around and change the values for that tone. Note : When editing DIALtones (usually 0-9 and A, B, C) it is recommended to make them SLIGHTLY quieter than the BREAKtones. CTRL-INS ~~~~~~~~ CTRL-INS will copy the highlighted MF-tone into the clipboard. SHIFT-INS ~~~~~~~~~ This will paste the clipboard into the highlighted MF-tone. Alt-R ~~~~~ Revert. Once again, in case you screw up your settings, you can hit Alt-R to reload the old version. The Setting Strings T4.DOC - 10 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alt-E ~~~~~ Alt-E brings up a window where you can edit the setting strings. What are the strings for ? Title ~~~~~ Here you can enter a title for the setting. This title is displayed next to the setting letter in the "Select Settings" window as well as in the phonedir. (Example : "USA") Prefix ~~~~~~ This the sequence of MF-tones that are dialed BEFORE every number that uses this setting. Note : If the number being dialed starts with "!" the prefix and suffix will be obmitted. (Example for a prefix : "A0") Suffix ~~~~~~ Same thing as the prefix, except that this is dialed AFTER the number that uses this setting. (Typical example : "C") BreakString 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here you can define a string that will be played (or dialed) whenever you hit SPACE (from the phonedir) while on an entry that has this setting. Note that breakstrings can consist of up to 15 MF-tones. BreakString 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Same as BreakString 1, except that this is played when ALT-SPACE is hit. BreakString 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Same as BreakString 1, except that this is played when CTRL-SPACE is hit. BreakString 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Same as BreakString 1, except that this is played when LEFT-SHIFT-SPACE is hit. BreakString 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Same as BreakString 1, except that this is played when RIGHT-SHIFT-SPACE is hit. Local 1 ~~~~~~~ Under Local 1 you can store a "default" local number (toll free) that can be accessed by the "<" key from the phonedir. (See "LOCAL DIALING") Local 2 ~~~~~~~ Same as Local 1, except that this number is accessed by the ">" key. How to Use the Modifier T4.DOC - 11 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is a "Modifier" ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This feature can be used to systematically modify some or all MF-tones of a setting. Lets say you have copied the USA setting and want to increase the lengths and delays of ALL dialtones. One way to do this would be to edit each MF-tone individually. This can be very tedious, especially if you do this often. The alternative is to use the modifier, which lets you double or otherwise change the values with a single keystroke. Alt-M ~~~~~ This brings up the modifier window. From here you can define HOW you want the MF-tones to be changed. There are 2 fields for each parameter of the tones. The first one accepts the symbols =, +, -, *, / or can be left blank. For example if you go to "Frequency1", enter '+' and then '100', the 1st frequency of each MF-tone you modify with Alt-C will be incremented by 100 ! If you want to set the delay of certain MF-tones to a fixed value, lets say 70, you call the modifier, enter "=" and "70" at the "delay" field, and use Alt-C to change the tones you want. That's it ! All other fields will not be changed. The other operators -, *, / function in the same way. If a value over- or underflows its allowed range it will be clipped. An Example : ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frequency1 : ; Changes nothing Delay : = 70 ; Sets the delay to 70 mS Length : * 2 ; Doubles the length Frequency2 : + 1000 ; Adds 1000 Hz to the 2nd frequency Volume : - 3 ; Subtracts 3 from the volume Alt-C ~~~~~ Alt-C is used to actually CHANGE the tones according to the modifier defined with Alt-M. All you do is go to the tone you want to change and hit (or hold down) Alt-C. Some Words on Protection T4.DOC - 12 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The best way to protect your numbers and maybe passwords (if you store them under "Note") is to put everything on a virtual (hard) drive created with Norton's DISKREET. This program, part of the Norton utilities, uses DES-encryption to transparently encode all files stored on its drives. Known Problems and Ways Around Them ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) COM ports 3 & 4. T4 uses DOS routines to communicate with the modem. The advantages are that I don't need to program the whole bulk of serial routines (and they are a mess, believe me) to accomplish this. Also, the program would be a lot bulkier than it already is. The drawback is that some DOS/BIOS combinations don't recognize COM ports other than 1 and 2. If your modem is on port 3 or 4 and you have this problem, you can use a short utility program to install these ports. One such program I can recommend is called "34INSTAL.ZIP". Look for this utility in the PD-section. (2) Modem dialing. I haven't yet found a safe way to poll the modem for result codes. Anotherwords, all dialing is "blind". If the modem returns an "No dial tone", T4 won't catch it. Besides, you must listen to your modem to tell when you should pick up your phone, as T4 can't poll the "OK." message from the modem when dialing is completed. This is something I intend to fix if I can get information on it from somebody. (You maybe ?) (3) Baud rate. I haven't encountered this, but it is theoretically possible that when T4 initiates communication with the modem the baud rate is locked to 2400 or whatever the default is. If this appears to be a problem (using QwikOut with "!"), use the MODE command to configure the baud rate of your COM port to the correct value. That should fix it. (4) Fossil drivers. QwikOut may not work with some fossils. Try and see. I plan on fixing this if it is doable without mountains of work. T4 has been thoroughly tested by myself and been used during the development by ten beta-testers (well, beta-users). If you find any bugs please let me know of them as soon as possible. If you have any comments or suggestions let me hear them ! Hard/Software Requirements T4.DOC - 13 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You need a soundcard that is Adlib compatible for T4. A soundblaster (pro) is not needed. (But will work just as well, or better, of course) You need MS DOS (or compatible) version 3.10 or newer. T4 will NOT work on older DOS versions. Installing T4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Very simple. The best way to do this is to create a directory and copy or unpack all the files into it, for example C:\MODEM\T4. Then, go into your DOS directory, or any directory that is included in your PATH command and create a batch file T4.BAT to call the program : @ C:\MODEM\T4\T4 Note : If you are using DOS version 3.2 or 3.1 obmit the "@". That's it ! Now you can type "T4" from anywhere on your hard disk and T4 will be started. Note : It is NOT necessary to change to the directory that T4 is located in, to start the program. T4 automatically loads all its files from the directory it was STARTED from, in the above example C:\MODEM\T4. Starting T4 from Telemate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The most comfortable way to do this is to use a macro. If you use an Alt-FKey or a Ctrl-FKey, you can call T4 from anywhere in Telemate. So go into the "Macro" menu, select "Alt-Key" and pick a key which you want to use to call T4. Then enter the following string (without the quotation marks) : "^=T4^M^[". This tells Telemate to go to the dos shell, call T4, and close the shell again. Don't forget to save your macros ! H A V E P H U N ! !