╘HERE WERE A FEW RELEASES OF 3.6 THAT INCLUDED SOME OF THE FEATURES IN 3.7 BUT ╔ WILL TRY TO RUN DOWN THE ADDITIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL RELEASE OF 3.6. ╘HEY INCLUDE:
-> ╪MODEM SEND REWRITTEN IN ML TO INCREASE SPEED.
-> 6470 AND 6480 ROUTINES REDONE.
-> ╫INDOW TOGGLE (├= ╫) IN TERMINAL MODES. ╘HIS IS MAINLY ADDED TO MAKE THE GRAPHIC TERM COMPATIBLE WITH FEATURES ON ├/╟ BBS SYSTEMS THAT NEW THE FULL SCREEN TO FUNCTION PROPERLY.
-> ╨ROTOCOL TOGGLE (├= ╨) IN TERMINAL MODE.
-> ├LEAR BUFFER IN TERMINAL MODE (├= ╦).
-> ╞IXED BUGS OR COSMETIC PROBLEMS IN 40 COLUMN MODE TERM AND ═INI ┬┬╙.
-> ┴BORT FROM PUNTER TRANSFERS BY HITTING THE ╥UN/╙TOP KEY.
-> 2400 BAUD SUPPORT IN AUTODIALING AND ═INI ┬┬╙.
-> ╘ERMINAL MODE CHOICE (┴SCII OR ╟RAPHIC) INCLUDED IN AUTODIAL PRESETS.
-> ┴BILITY TO SAVE MORE THINGS IN THE SETUP FILE SUCH AS: PROTOCOL, TERMINAL MODE AND A FEW OTHER THINGS. ╘HIS ALSO MEANS THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO REENTER YOUR SETTINGS SINCE THE FILE IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH OLDER SETUP FILES.
-> ╘OGGLE ├= KEY COMANDS OFF ( WITH ┼SCAPE KEY) IN GRAPHIC TERM TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE GRAPHIC CHARACTERS ON THE COMMAND KEYS.
-> ╘HERE ARE A FEW MORE SMALL THINGS BUT THAT COVERS MOST OF THE CHANGES.
╫HEN YOU RUN ═ULTI ╘ERM 128 IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOOK FOR THE SETUP FILE CALLED '═╘ 128 ╙┼╘╒╨' AND LOAD THE USER STORED PARAMETERS IF THE FILE IS ON THE DISK IN DRIVE 8. ╘HIS FILE CONTAINS SUCH THINGS AS THE AUTODIAL PRESETS, FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS, MODEM TYPE, BAUD RATE, SCREEN COLORS, PRINTER SECONDARY ADDRESS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE STORED SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESET THESE EVERY TIME THE PROGRAM IS USED.
╞UNCTION KEY DEFINING IS QUITE SIMPLE AND IS DONE BY PRESSING 'F' AT THE MAIN MENU AND THE CHOOSING THE NUMBER OF THE KEY TO DEFINE. ╧NCE A NUMBER OF A KEY IS PRESSED THEN ENTER THE TEXT AND THEN CHOOSE IF YOU WANT A CARRIAGE RETURN ON THEN END. ╘O EXIT HIT RETURN WHEN AT THE WHICH KEY TO EDIT PROMPT. ╚ITTING THE RETURN KEY WILL EXIT FROM ALL OF THE SEPEARATE SUB-MENUS IN ═ULTI ╘ERM 128.
╔N ORDER TO ENTER A PRESET AUTODIAL NUMBER ONE MUST CHOOSE THE 'E' (EDIT) NUMBER COMMAND AT THE SELECTION PROMPT. ╘HE EDIT OPTION WILL ASK FOR THE PRESET NUMBER YOU WISH TO EDIT THEN THE NAME, NUMBER AND BAUD RATE (BAUD RATE ONLY IF USING A 300/1200 MODEM) BBS FOR THAT PRESET. ╧NCE THIS IS FINISHED THE AUTODIAL MENU WILL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE BBS AT THE CHOSEN PRESET'S NUMBER. ╔F YOU WISH TO DIAL A NUMBER NOT ON THE LIST THEN YOU CAN USE THE 'O' (OTHER) COMMAND. ╘HIS COMMAND WILL ASK FOR THE JUST THE NUMBER AND BAUD RATE (IF APPLICABLE) AND THEN START DIALING THE NUMBER.
╘HE MULTI DIALING FEATURE LETS YOU DIAL 2-5 NUMBERS CYCLICALLY UNTIL EITHER A CONNECTION IS REACHED AT ONE OF THE NUMBERS OR UNTIL THE OPERATION IS ABORTED. ╫HEN PROMPTED BY THE MULTI DIAL FOR ├HOICE#X (WHERE X=1 TO 5) YOU CAN EITHER CHOOSE ANY OF THE PRESETS SIMPLY BY HITTING IT'S NUMBER OR ANY OTHERR NUMBER YOU WISH TO ENTER BY HITTING 'O'. ┼ACH NUMBER WILL BE DIALED AT THE BAUD RATE THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CHOSEN FOR IT.
╘HE MULTI FILE TRANSFER SEND ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE THE PATTERN OF THE FILES IT WILL PRESENT TO YOU FOR THE SEND QUERY. ╔F YOU ENTER 'M*' FOR THE PATTERN THEN THE COMPUTER WILL SKIP OVER ANY FILES THAT DO NOT START WITH 'M'. ╔F YOU WISH TO HAVE THE OPTION TO SEND ALL FILES THEN JUST HIT RETURN AT THE PATTERN PROMPT.
┘OU HAVE 4 OPTIONS AT WHEN A PROGRAM NAME IS DIPLAYED IN THE MULTI SEND MODE: ┘ES/╬O/╙TART/┴LL. ┘ES WILL MARK THAT FILE TO BE SENT AND GOT THE NEXT FILE, ╬O CHOOSES NOT TO SEND THAT FILE AND GOES TO THE NEXT FILE, ┴LL MEANS THAT YOU WISH ALL OF THE REST OF THE REMAINING FILES THAT MATCH THE PATTERN YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO BE SENT, AND ╙TART MEANS THAT YOU ARE DONE SELECTING FILES AND WISH TO BEGIN OR ABORT. ╔F YOU WISH TO ABORT THEN HIT 'S' THEN HIT N WHEN ASKED IF YOU ARE READY TO SEND. ╫HEN THE END OF THE DIRECTORY IS REACHED OR WHEN YOU CHOOSE 'S' YOU ARE TOLD HOW MANY FILES YOU HAVE SELECTED TO SEND AND THEN ARE ASKED IF YOU ARE READY TO BEGIN. ┴ 'Y' RESPONSE BEGINS WHILE ANY OTHER KEY ABORTS.
╘HE ╬ON ┴UTO ═ODE LETS YOU PUT SOMEONE ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE IN A BBS TYPE MODE WHERE HE/SHE CAN: READ THE DIRECTORY OF YOUR DISKS, SINGLE DOWNLOAD A FILE (PUNTER OR XMODEM), MULTI DOWNLOAD OR UPLOAD, SWITCH DISK DRIVES (IF YOU HAVE A DRIVE #9 HOOKED UP) AND CALL YOU BY HAVING A BEEPING NOISE SOUND WHEN HE/SHE IS DONE OR WISHES TO TALK. ╧N YOUR END YOU CAN ENTER TERMINAL MODE TO TALK WITH THE PERSON BE HITTING ╞1 OR ABORT THE ╬ON ┴UTO MODE BY HITTING ╞7. ╘O RETURN TO ╬ON ┴UTO FROM ╘ERMINAL HIT ├= ╬. ╬OTE THAT THERE MUST BE A CARRIER PRESENT WHEN YOU ENTER THE NON-AUOT MODE OR THE PROGRAM WIL JUMP TO THE ═INI ┬┬╙ MODE WHERE IT WILL WAIT FOR AN INCOMING CALL.
╘HE ═INI ┬┬╙ MODE LETS YOU SET UP YOUR TERMINAL AS AN EXCHANGE TYPE BBS WHERE THE USER CAN UPLOAD OR DOWNLOAD SINGLE FILES IN EITHER PUNTER OR XMODEM OR USE PUNTER MULTI TRANSFERS. ╫HEN ENTERING THE ═INI ┬┬╙ MODE YOU ARE HAVE A FEW OPTIONS TO SET UP HOW YOU WANT THE SYSTEM RUN. ╘HERE IS AN OPTION TO HAVE A PASSWORD, AND OPTION TO RECORD CALLERS AND ENABLE THEM TO LEAVE FEEDBACK (ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS STORED IN THE TEXT BUFFER), AND AN OPTION TO HAVE AN OPENING MESSAGE THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED BEFORE THE PERSON LOGS ON. ╘HE BBS WILL AUTOANSWER AND CONFIGURE ITSELF TO THE CORRECT BAUD RATE IF YOU ARE USING A 1200 MODEM. ╫HEN CALLER LOSES CARRIER OR LOGS OFF THE ═INI ┬┬╙ WILL JUMP BACK TO THE WAITING FOR CALL SCREEN. ╔F YOU WISH TO REENTER THE ═INI ┬┬╙ WITHOUT HAVING TO RESET THE OPTIONS JUST ENTER THOUGH THE NON-AUTO MODE AND WHEN THE LACK OF A CARRIER IS DETECTED IT WILL DROP THE THE ANSWER SCREEN.
╔N BOTH ┴SCII AND ╟RAPHIC ╘ERMINAL MODES YOU EXIT TO THE MAIN MENU BY HITTING ├= ╪. ┬OTH TERMINAL MODES HAVE A MULTITUDE OF COMMANDS THAT CAN BE SEEN BY HITTING ├= ╚. ╙OME OF THESE INCLUDE ├= ─ FOR DISK ─IRECTORY, ├= ┬ TO TOGGLE BUFFER OPEN/CLOSED AND ├= ┼ TO TOGGLE ECHO.
╘O USE THE DISK COMMANDS ONE ONLY NEED TYPE THE COMMAND AS IF FOLLOWING THE STATEMENT 'OPEN15,X,15,"'. ╘O SCARTCH A FILE YOU WOULD TYPE 'S:FILENAME', TO RENAME 'R:NEWNAME=OLDNAME', TO VALIDATE 'V' AND TO FORMAT 'N:DISKNAME,ID'
╞ULL DISK TRANSFER, TRACK BY TRACK, OR TRANSMISSION OF SINGLE OR A RANGE OF TRACKS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE '═ODEM ┬ACK'EM' ROUTINES WRITTEN BY ┴NDY ╦OVACS AND ENHANCED FOR 1200 BAUD BY ═ATT ╫HITE.
╔F THE SEQUENTIAL FILE PRINTER DOESN'T PRINT IN THE RIGHT MODE THEN CONSULT YOUR PRINTER OR INTERFACE MANUAL TO SELECT THE PROPER PRINTER SECONDARY ADDRESS FOR YOU SETUP. ╘HIS ALSO CAN BE APPLIED TO BUFFER PRINTING. ╘HE SECONDARY ADDRESS CAN BE CHANGED IN THE CONFIGURATION MENU.
╔F YOU NEED ANY MORE HELP OR HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR REQUESTS THEN WRITE TO THE ADDRESS LISTED BELOW. ╔ WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ERRORS THAT MIGHT HAVE GONE UNDETECTED IN THE TESTING PHASE.
╘HIS PROGRAM IS RELEASED AS FREEWARE FOR ANY AND ALL TO USE IF THEY SO DESIRE BUT ╔ IF YOU LIKE AND USE THE PROGRAM AND WOULD CARE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE AUTHOR THEN PLEASE SEND 5$ TO:
╙TEVE ╘HOMPSON (═╘)
12 218TH ╨L. ╙╫
┬OTHELL, ╫┴ 98021
┴NOTHER METHOD OF GETTING AHOLD OF ME IS THROUGH MY ┬┬╙ AT 206-485-2099. ╚OWEVER, IN THE SUMMER ╔ WORK IN ┴LASKA SO THIS NUMBER WILL ONLY BE VALID THROUGH EARLY SUMMER 1987. ╘HIS ALSO MEANS THAT ╔ AM NOT ABLE TO RESPOND IN TO LETTERS WRITTEN IN THE SUMMER FOR A LONG TIME.
┘OUR SUPPORT FOR THE MANY HOURS IT TOOK TO DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
