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╤╫╦╥╥128 ─OCUMENTATION
V 3.1
╨ROGRAM BY : ╥OD ╟ASSON
╥┼┘╬┼╠╠┴, ╙OUTH ┴USTRALIA
─OCUMENTATION BY: ═ARK ─OWSETT
╙┘─╬┼┘, ╬EW ╙OUTH ╫ALES
├╧╬╘┼╬╘╙
╫┴╥╬╔╬╟╙ & SUGGESTIONS .......................................... 1
╫HAT DO YOU NEED ╤╫╦╥╥128 FOR? .................................. 2
╫HAT DO YOU NEED TO USE IT? ..................................... 2
╚OW DO YOU GET THE MAIL PACKET? ................................. 2
╫HAT DO YOU DO WITH THE .╤╫╦ MAIL PACKET? ....................... 3
╒SING ├╙─╧╙ ..................................................... 3
╙TARTING ╤╫╦╥╥128 ............................................... 4
╒SING ╤╫╦╥╥128 .................................................. 4
╘HE ┼DITORS
╠INE ┼DITOR ................................................ 5
╞ULL ╙CREEN ┼DITOR ......................................... 5
╥EADING ═ESSAGES ................................................ 6
═ESSAGE HEADER INFORMATION ...................................... 7
╥┼┴─ ├OMMANDS ................................................... 7
╥┼╨╠┘ING TO A ═ESSAGE ........................................... 9
╥┼╨╠┘ ├OMMANDS .................................................. 11
┼╬╘┼╥ING A ═ESSAGE .............................................. 12
┼NTERING ╬ETMAIL ................................................ 13
╒SING ═╦╤WK .................................................. 13
╒SING ┼ZY╤WK OR ═AXIMUS ...................................... 13
╙ET╒P ╧PTIONS (├OLOURS, ╞UNCTION ╦EYS, ╘AGLINES) ................ 14
╙ENDING THE ═AIL ................................................ 15
╥EADING WHAT YOU ╫ROTE .......................................... 15
╙UPPORTING ╨ROGRAMS ............................................. 16
═┴╔╠╨╦╘.╙├╥ .................................................. 16
╥EGSTRATION & ─ISTRIBUTION ...................................... 17
┴PPENDICES :
╟LOSSARY ........................................................ 18
├ONTACT ┴DDRESSES ............................................... 18
╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╫┴╥╬╔╬╟╙ & SUGGESTIONS
======================
╘HE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE KNOWN OR POSSIBLE TRAPS WITHIN ╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.
╔NDEX FILES:
-----------
- ╔NDEX FILES ARE DEPENDENT ON THE FILE REMAINING ON THE DISK FOR WHICH
THE INDEX (.╬─╪) FILE WAS WRITTEN. ╔F YOU MOVE THE .─┴╘ FILES TO
ANOTHER DISK THE INDICES ARE NO LONGER RELEVANT.
- ╔NDICIES FROM EARLIER VERSIONS OF ╤╫╦╥╥128 ARE ╬╧╘ COMPATIBLE WITH
VERSION 3.X.
├═─ ╒SERS NOTES:
---------------
- ╘HE *.─┴╘ FILES MUST BE IN A ROOT DIRECTORY, NOT IN A SUB-DIRECTORY.
╧THER FILES MAY BE STORED IN SUB-DIRECTORIES.
- ╫HEN THE PROGRAM IS RUN IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOAD THE TIME AND DATE
FROM THE ╥EAL ╘IME ├LOCK IN THE ├═─ DEVICE IF THERE IS ONE ON LINE.
╥E DISK DRIVE USEAGE:
--------------------
╧NCE YOU HAVE STARTED READING THE ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ FILE THERE WILL BE A
DATA CHANNEL OPEN TO THE ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙ DRIVE UNTIL YOU EXIT THE PROGRAM. ─╧
╬╧╘ REMOVE THE DISK FROM THIS DRIVE AT ANY TIME WHILST THE PROGRAM IS
RUNNING. ┘OU ALSO CANNOT CHANGE THE DISK IN THE ╥┼╨╠┘ DRIVE BUT THE
DISK IN THE ╒╙┼╥ DRIVE CAN BE CHANGED AT ANY TIME PROVIDED IT IS NOT
ALSO YOUR ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙ OR ╥┼╨╠┘ DRIVE. ╘HERE IS A PROBLEM TOO WITH
DETECTING ─╔╙╦ ╞╒╠╠ ON FLOPPY SYSTEMS WHEN SAVING ┼╪╨╧╥╘ & .═╙╟ FILES.
╘HIS ERROR WILL CAUSE THE PROGRAM TO CRASH ):
╞ILE USEAGE AND CURRENCY:
------------------------
- ┼ACH ┬┬╙ HANDLES IT'S CONTROL.DAT FILE IN IT'S OWN WAY. ╬EVER ATTEMPT
TO USE THE CONTROL.DAT FILE FROM ONE ┬┬╙ TO CREATE A REPLY PACKET FOR
ANOTHER SYSTEM.
- ╬EVER USE AN "OLD" CONTROL.DAT FILE WITH A NEWER MAIL PACKET.
- ┴VOID UPLOADING ANY REPLY PACKET THAT WAS CREATED WITH A CONTROL.DAT
FILE MORE THAN A FEW DAYS OLD. ╘RY TO UPLOAD YOUR REPLIES PREFERABLY
THE SAME DAY BUT NO LATER THAN THE DAY AFTER.
═AIL PACKET SIZE:
----------------
╫HEN SETTING UP THE MAIL PACKET YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE CONSIDER THE
DRIVE CAPACITY YOU HAVE. ╧N AVERAGE OVER A LARGE PACKET 1 MESSAGE
EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY 1.6 BLOCKS OF .╤╫╦ (.┴╥├) FILE AND 3.5 BLOCKS
OF ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ FILE WHEN UNPACKED. ╘HIS MEANS A 300 MESSAGE PACKET
WILL GIVE AND .┴╥├ FILE OF 498 BLOCKS WHICH WILL UNPACK OVER 1000
BLOCKS(!) OF ═┼╙╙┴╟┼.─┴╘ PLUS SOMETHING LIKE 10 BLOCKS OF OTHER FILES.
┴ 1541 SHOULD HANDLE ROUGHLY 150 MESSAGE PACKETS AND A 1571 330 MESSAGE
PACKETS BUT THIS WILL LEAVE VERY LITTLE OVERHEAD IF BY SOME CHANCE THEY
ARE ALL LARGE MESSAGES. ┴LSO IF YOU ONLY HAVE A SINGLE DRIVE TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT THAT WILL NEED ROOM ON THE DISK TO DE-ARC THE PACKET AND REMAIN
WITHIN THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF THE DISK. ╤╫╦╥╥128 V3 REQUIRES LESS THAN 10
BLOCKS FREE TO WRITE ITS .╬─╪ FILES SO THIS NEED NOT BE TAKEN INTO
ACCOUNT. ╔ DE-┴╥├ TO A HARD DRIVE BUT DOWNLOAD TO FLOPPY SO USE A
PACKET SIZE OF 600 MESSAGES WHICH WILL FIT COMFORTABLY ON A 1571 DISK
IN COMPRESSED FORM.
═EMORY CONFLICTIONS WHEN CHANGING PROGRAMS:
------------------------------------------
╒SING ├╙─╧╙ DOES ╬╧╘ CAUSE PROBLEMS WHEN BOOTED FROM ╤╫╦╥╥128. ╤╫╦╥╥128
V3 WILL HOWEVER FAIL IF LOADED FROM WITHIN ├╙─╧╙. ┼ITHER EXECUTE ├╙─╧╙'
├╧╠─ COMMAND OR RESET YOUR 128.
╨AGE 1 OF 18
╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╫HAT DO YOU NEED ╤╫╦╥╥128 FOR?
==============================
╤╫╦╥╥128 IS A 128 ╬ATIVE MODE ╧FFLINE MESSAGE READER FOR THOSE ┬┬╙
MAIL ADDICTS OUT THERE WITH ├128S. ╔T ENABLES THE USER TO READ, REPLY
TO AND ORIGINATE ┬┬╙ MAIL WHILE OFFLINE AND HAS A RANGE OF FEATURES TO
ASSIST IN THIS PROCESS. ╔T HAS BEEN DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO HAVE NO
MESSAGE PACKET SIZE LIMITATION APART FROM THE DISK SPACE AVAILABLE.
╫HY READ MAIL OFFLINE? ╞OR A COUPLE OF POSSIBLE REASONS:
1/ ╥EDUCTION IN 'PHONE BILLS FOR LONG DISTANCE CALLS AS
DOWNLOADING AND UPLOADING MAIL PACKETS IS MUCH MORE TIME EFFICIENT;
2/ ╥EDUCING ACCESS TIME ON SINGLE LINE ┬┬╙' GIVING OTHER USERS
MORE CHANCE OF GETTING ON OR ALLOWING MORE ACCESS TO MAIL AREAS IF YOU
ONLY HAVE A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME AVAILABLE TO YOU ON THE BOARD. ╙OME
╙┘╙╧╨S ALLOW DISCOUNTED TIME RATES TO ╧FFLINE MAIL USERS AS IT IMPROVES
THEIR MESSAGE BASE WITHOUT TYING LINES UP AS MUCH;
3/ ╥EDUCING THE TIME THE COMPUTER TIES UP YOUR 'PHONE. ┘OU CAN
RING SOMEONE ┴╬─ ANSWER YOUR MAIL AT THE SAME TIME. ╘HE MOST POPULAR
REASON IS PROBABLY THE FIRST BUT THE OTHERS ARE ALSO USEFUL.
╫HAT DO YOU NEED TO USE IT?
===========================
┘OU WILL NEED AN 80 COLUMN MONITOR, ├128 AND A DISK DRIVE (SORRY
BUT IT WON'T RUN IN 40 COLUMN MODE). ┴NY DISK DRIVE SHOULD WORK BUT THE
LARGER CAPACITY IT HAS THE LARGER THE MAIL PACKET YOU CAN COPE WITH.
╘HE PROGRAM HAS BEEN TESTED WITH 1571, 1581, ├═─ ╚ARD AND ╥┴═╠INK
DRIVES AND WILL ALSO MAKE USE OF UP TO FOUR DISK DRIVES IF THEY ARE
AVAILABLE. ╥EGRETTABLY AT THIS STAGE ╤╫╦╥╥128 IS *╬╧╘* COMPATIBLE WITH
╥┴═─╧╙.
┘OU WILL ALSO NEED A METHOD OF DISSOLVING AND CREATING ╔┬═ STYLE
┴╥├ OR ┌╔╨ PACKETS AS THIS IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY PACKING METHOD THAT
CAN BE USED BY ┬╧╘╚ ═╙-─╧╙ SYSTEMS AND ├128S AND MOST .╤╫╦ SYSTEMS WILL
ONLY ALLOW PACKED UP AND DOWNLOADS. ╘HE AUTHOR OF THE PROGRAM
RECOMMENDS ├╙─╧╙ BY ├HRIS ╙MEETS. ╘HE RIGHTS TO ├╙─╧╙ ARE NOW OWNED BY
╨┴╥╙┼├ ╔╬├ OF THE ╒╙┴ WHO ARE APPARENTLY PLANNING TO RELEASE IT AS
╞REEWARE. ┘OU WILL NEED TO OBTAIN ├╙─╧╙ OR ANOTHER .┴╥├ OR ┌╔╨ PACKER
FOR USE WITH ═╙-─╧╙ ┬┬╙. ┬╓┌╔╨ / ┬╓╒╬┌╔╨ ARE AVAILABLE FOR ├╙─╧╙ AND
┌╔╨ING MAY ALSO BE ACHIEVED THROUGH ├╨/═.
┘OU WILL NEED A MAIL PACKET. ╘HIS MUST BE A .╤╫╦ COMPATIBLE
PACKET. .╤╫╦ IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF ╔┬═ ┬┬╙ MAIL PACKETS AND IS FAIRLY
COMMON WITH MOST TYPES OF ┬┬╙ BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE IT. ╔F IT IS NOT
VISIBLE ON YOUR ┬┬╙ ASK YOUR ╙┘╙╧╨ ABOUT IT AS IN CAN BE EASILY ADDED
TO MOST ┬┬╙ AND THERE ARE ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼ PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR SOME ╔┬═
┬┬╙'.
╚OW DO YOU GET THE MAIL PACKET?
===============================
╠OG ONTO YOUR FAVOURITE ┬┬╙ AND ENTER THE OFFLINE MAIL READER
AREA. ┘OU WILL NEED TO DO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SETTING UP IN THIS AREA
SETTING UP AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS:
╨ACKING ╧PTION : ┴╥├ OR ┌╔╨;
╨ACKET ╘YPE : ╤╫╦;
╨ROTOCOL : ╙ELECT YOUR FAVOURITE COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR
TERMINAL PROGRAM;
┴REA ╙ELECTION : ╙ELECT HERE THE MAIL AREAS FROM WHICH YOU
WISH TO RECEIVE MAIL. ╘HIS IS OFTEN A
SEPARATE OPTION TO THE ├OMBINED ╥EAD OPTION.
┘OU WILL PROBABLY FIND MANY OTHER OPTIONS INCLUDING SELECTION OF
╨AGE 2 OF 18
╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.1 ─OCUMENTATION
THE NUMBER OF MESSAGES YOU WISH TO ALLOW IN EACH PACKET, INCLUSION OF
NEWS BULLETINS, NEW FILES LISTS AND OTHER THINGS. ╘HERE MAY BE A HELP
FILE AVAILABLE ON THE ┬┬╙ TO EXPLAIN THE OPTIONS AND THEIR USE IN THE
OFFLINE READER YOU HAVE AVAILABLE.
╫HAT DO YOU DO WITH THE .╤╫╦ MAIL PACKET?
=========================================
┘OU SHOULD NOW HAVE A FILE CALLED <BBS-NAME>.╤╫╦. ╘HIS IS THE SAME
AT EACH DOWNLOAD SO YOU WILL HAVE TO DELETE OR RENAME PREVIOUS PACKETS
BEFORE DOWNLOADING A NEW ONE UNLESS YOUR TERMINAL PROGRAM AUTOMATICALLY
RE-NAMES DUPLICATE DOWNLOADS. ┴LSO NOTE THE FILE NAME AS YOU MAY NEED
THE <BBS-NAME> TO RENAME THE FILE YOU WILL UPLOAD TO THE ┬┬╙ LATER. ┘OU
NOW HAVE TO EXIT YOUR TERMINAL PROGRAM AND BOOT ├╙─╧╙ OR YOUR UN┴╥├ER.
╒SING ├╙─╧╙
-----------
╘HESE NOTES COVER THE ├╙┴╥├ MODULE AS ╔ HAVE NOT YET GOT ACCESS TO
THE ┬╓┌╔╨ MODULES FOR ├╙─╧╙.
╬OTE THAT WHEN USING ├╙─╧╙ YOU NEED TO USE ├╙╪┴╥├ AS YOUR UN┴╥├ER,
*╬╧╘* THE ┴╥├ MODULE AS THIS IS SPECIFIC TO ├OMMODORE ┴╥├S AND NOT
COMPATIBLE WITH ╔┬═ STYLE FILES. ┬EFORE UN┴╥├ING THE FILE YOU WILL NEED
TO RENAME IT TO GIVE IT A .┴╥├ EXTENSION. ═Y PREFERENCE IS FOR A NAME
LIKE 23═┴┘92╫╧╫.┴╥├ WHICH WILL REMIND YOU OF THE DATE AND THE BOARD OR
MAIL AREA THE MESSAGES ARE FROM. ┴S YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO ╔┬═
COMPATIBLE FILE NAMES HERE YOU CAN USE UP TO 12 ALPHA-NUMERICS BEFORE
THE .┴╥├ EXTENSION AS LONG AS IT CONTAINS NO SPACES. ╘HE SYNTAX FOR
UN┴╥├ING IT IS THEN :
CSXARC 23MAY92WOW
╔F YOU WISH TO USE MULTIPLE DRIVES SELECT THE DESTINATION DRIVE AS
THE CURRENT DRIVE AND ADD THE DRIVE DESIGNATION PREFIX TO THE ┴╥├ FILE
NAME E.G.
C:
CSXARC B:23MAY92WOW
╘HIS WILL EXTRACT THE FILES FROM 23MAY92WOW.ARC ON THE ┬: DRIVE TO THE
├: DRIVE.
╒SING ├╙╪┴╥├ YOU MUST EXTRACT ALL THE FILES FROM THE .┴╥├ BUT TO
RUN ╤╫╦╥╥128 YOU ONLY NEED ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ AND ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘. ╘HERE WILL BE
SOME OTHER FILES IN THE ┴╥├ INCLUDING *.╬─╪ PATTERNS WHICH ARE PRODUCED
BY ╤╫╦ READERS BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED BY ╤╫╦╥╥128 AND CAN BE DELETED AS
SOON AS THE EXTRACTION IS COMPLETE TO RELEASE THE DISK SPACE. ╔F THERE
ARE BULLETINS ADDED TO THE PACKET THESE WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE
PACKET AND NEED TO BE READ BY AN ┴╙├╔╔ OR POSSIBLY ┴╬╙╔ FILE READER.
╬OW YOU HAVE THE FILES ITS TIME TO GET OUT OF ├╙─╧╙. ╘HERE ARE TWO
WAYS THAT ARE SAFE TO USE AND CLEAR THE MEMORY FOR THE NEXT STEP,
EITHER THE ├╙─╧╙ '├╧╠─' COMMAND OR THE TRUSTY RESET BUTTON!
╥EGULAR USERS OF ├╙─╧╙ MAY WISH TO CONSIDER CREATING A SMALL
RAMDISK FILE CONTAINING ONLY THE MINIMUM FILES REQUIRED FOR THESE
TASKS. ╔T COULD BE A WASTE OF TIME LOADING A 300+ BLOCK RAMDISK TO
PERFORM A SINGLE TASK. ╔F YOU ARE CARRYING OUT REPEATED OPERATIONS
HOWEVER AND USE A 17XX ╥┼╒ IT MAY BE MORE CONVENIENT TO USE YOUR
╥AMDISK AS THIS WILL REMAIN INTACT WHILE USING ╤╫╦╥╥128 AND WILL NOT BE
RELOADED WHEN ├╙─╧╙ IS RE-RUN AS IT WILL SURVIVE RESETS AND ├╧╠─S
INTACT.
╫HEN YOU'VE FINISHED WITH ╤╫╦╥╥128 YOU THEN NEED TO COMPRESS THE
FILE READY FOR UPLOADING BACK TO THE ┬┬╙. ┘OU WILL NEED TO RE-BOOT
├╙─╧╙ TO ACHIEVE THIS AND USE ├╙┴╥├ TO CREATE AN ╔┬═ COMPATIBLE .┴╥├
FILE.
╨AGE 3 OF 18
╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╘HE COMMAND FORMAT ╔ USE HERE IS:
CSARC MAIL *.MSG
╘HIS CREATES A FILE CALLED ═┴╔╠.┴╥├ WHICH MAY NEED TO BE RE-NAMED
DEPENDING ON THE TRANSFER PROTOCOL YOU USE. ╔F YOU USE ┘-MODEM OR
ANOTHER PROTOCOL THAT TRANSFERS THE FILENAME BEFORE THE FILE THE ┬┬╙
WILL ONLY ACCEPT FILES WITH CORRECT NAMES, SPECIFICALLY <BBS-NAME>.╥┼╨,
IN THE SAME FORMAT AS THE <BBS-NAME>.╤╫╦ YOU DOWNLOADED. ╔F YOU USE
╪-MODEM OR A PROTOCOL THAT DOESN'T TRANSFER THE FILE NAME YOU DO NOT
NEED TO RENAME IT.
╙TARTING ╤╫╦╥╥128
=================
╬╧╘┼ ╫┼╠╠: ╔F USING ╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.1 AND WISHING TO CONVERT IT TO
REGISTERED FORM WITH INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY ╥OD ╟ASSON FOR THE FIRST
TIME ┼╬╙╒╥┼ YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ON REGISTRATION LATER IN THE
DOCUMENTATION BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS OPERATION. ╔F YOU ATTEMPT TO
REGISTER IT INCORRECTLY DISK DATA CAN BE LOST.
╬OW TO READ AND REPLY TO YOUR MAIL. ╞OR THIS YOU WILL NEED THE
╤╫╦╥╥128 FILES AND THE DISK WITH THE *.─┴╘ FILES ON. ╥UN ╤╫╦╥╥128 (THIS
CAN BE DONE FROM ANY DRIVE) AND IT WILL THEN PROMPT YOU FOR ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙,
╥┼╨╠┘ AND ╒╙┼╥ DRIVES. ╘HE DRIVES WILL DEFAULT TO THE DRIVE FROM WHICH
YOU LOADED ╤╫╦╥╥128 (THE ┬╧╧╘ DRIVE) UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED WITHIN
YOUR ╤╫╦╥╥.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE (SEE ╙ET╒P) AND IS CHANGED USING CURSOR UP AND
DOWN TO ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED NUMBER AND THEN PRESSING <╥┼╘╒╥╬>. ╘HE
PROGRAM WILL CHECK THE ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙ DRIVE FOR THE *.─┴╘ FILES AND IF NOT
FOUND WILL PROMPT YOU AGAIN TO ENTER ALL DRIVE NUMBERS. ├═─ USERS NOTE
THAT THE *.─┴╘ FILES CANNOT BE IN A SUB-DIRECTORY. ╔F YOU DO NOT HAVE A
├═─ DEVICE WITH A ╥EAL ╘IME ├LOCK ON-LINE YOU WILL BE THEN PROMPTED FOR
THE TIME AND THEN THE DATE WHICH ARE REQUIRED SO THAT THEY CAN BE
ADDED TO OUT-GOING MAIL WRITTEN DURING THE CURRENT SESSION. ┘OU MAY
NOTICE DRIVE ACTIVITY LIGHTS FLASHING BRIEFLY JUST BEFORE YOU ARE
PROMPTED FOR THE TIME. ╘HIS IS CAUSED BY THE PROGRAM ATTEMPTING TO FIND
A ├═─ DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH A ╥╘├. ╘HE TIME IS REQUESTED AND SHOULD BE
ENTERED IN 12 HOUR FORMAT WITHOUT PUNCTUATION, EG 1 PM BECOMES 0100.
╧NCE THE ACTUAL TIME IS ENTERED YOU WILL BE ASKED ┴═ OR ╨═ AND
SELECTING THE FIRST LETTER WILL COMPLETE THE TIME SET. ┴ DATE IS THEN
DISPLAYED WITH A CURSOR OVER THE LEFT HAND END. ╘HIS DATE IS THAT FOUND
IN THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE AND YOU CAN ONLY CHANGE THE ─┴┘ NUMBERS. ╘HIS
SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM AS ANY REPLIES YOU PRODUCE SHOULD REALLY BE
UPLOADED WITHIN A DAY OR TWO OF THE DOWNLOAD. ╘HE EXCEPTION IS IF YOU
DOWNLOAD A PACKET ON THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH, IN THIS CASE YOU MIGHT
HAVE TO PUT IN A FALSE DATE. ╘HE DATE IS NOT CHECKED IN DETAIL FOR
ACCURACY AND THINGS LIKE 30 ╞EB 93 CAN BE ENTERED ALTHOUGH DATES
GREATER THAN 39 AND ILLEGAL MONTH NAMES CANNOT BE ENTERED. ╬OTE THAT
THIS MIGHT CAUSE MAIL REJECTION BY SOME ═AILER PROGRAMS SO IT IS BEST
TO STICK TO '╠EGAL' DATES.
╘HERE IS NO EDIT FUNCTION AVAILABLE WHEN ENTERING THE TIME AND
DATE.
╘HE TIME AND DATE WILL BE EXTRACTED AUTOMATICALLY FROM ├═─ ╥╘├
EQUIPPED DEVICES.
╒SING ╤╫╦╥╥128
==============
╘HE ┼DITORS
-----------
╘HERE ARE TWO EDITORS USED FOR ENTERING INFORMATION INTO ╤╫╦╥╥.
╘HIS IS A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE OPERATION OF BOTH BUT YOU WILL HAVE
TO SEE THE APPROPRIATE MENU SECTIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
╨AGE 4 OF 18
╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╠INE ┼DITOR
-----------
╘HE LINE EDITOR IS USED FOR ENTERING FILE NAMES, ╘O:, ╞ROM: AND
╙UBJ: FIELDS, TAGLINES AND FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS AND HAS BEEN
IMPROVED OVER EARLIER VERSIONS. ╘HE CURSOR, INSERT AND DELETE KEYS
FUNCTION AS DESCRIBED BELOW AND IF A DEFAULT IS OFFERED BUT NOT
REQUIRED THEN PRESSING THE SPACE BAR BEFORE ANY OTHER INPUT WILL CLEAR
THE FIELD TO ALLOW ENTRY OF THE NEW DATA OR BLANK THE FIELD TO ALLOW
THE OPERATION TO BE ABORTED.
╞ULL ╙CREEN ┼DITOR
------------------
╘HE ╞ULL ╙CREEN ┼DITOR IS USED TO ENTER MESSAGE TEXT WHEN ┼╬╘┼╥ING
OR ╥┼╨╠┘ING TO MESSAGES. ╘HE EDITOR IN V3 HAS WORD-WRAP CAPABILITY,
WITH THE LIMITATION THAT WORDWRAP ╧╬╠┘ OCCURS AS TEXT IS ENTERED AND
WHEN THE LAST CHARACTER ON A LINE IS OTHER THAN A SPACE. ╔F YOU INSERT
OR DELETE TEXT AND THIS FORCES WORDS TO BE BROKEN OVER THE SCREEN
BOUNDARY THESE WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY WRAP. ╔F YOU ARE INSERTING TEXT
AND CROSS THE RIGHT SCREEN MARGIN THE WORDWRAP WILL INSERT A BLANK LINE
AND WORDWRAP ONTO THAT RATHER THAN MOVING THE TEXT ON THE NEXT LINE
(AND THE NEXT, AND THE NEXT ...) RIGHT.
╘HE ╔╬╙┼╥╘ KEY OPERATES IN THE NORMAL SENSE AS IT DOES IN ┬┴╙╔├,
IE A SPACE IS INSERTED AT THE CURSOR LOCATION AND THE CURSOR REMAINS IN
THE SAME PLACE WHILE THE TEXT IS MOVED RIGHT. ╘HE ─┼╠┼╘┼ KEY FUNCTIONS
AS A TRUE DELETE KEY RATHER THAN A BACK-SPACE SO THAT THE CHARACTER AT
THE CURSOR POSITION IS DELETED WITH THE TEXT TO THE RIGHT BEING MOVED
LEFT AND THE CURSOR STAYING IN THE SAME POSITION.
╘HE CURSOR KEYS OPERATE NORMALLY IN THIS EDITOR WITH THE FOLLOWING
ENHANCEMENTS WHEN USED WITH THE ├OMMODORE ╠OGO KEY (├=):
├= ├URSOR ╒P : ╨AGE (SCREEN) ╒P (OR PRESS ╚╧═┼ TWICE);
├= ├URSOR ─OWN : ╨AGE (SCREEN) ─OWN;
├= ├URSOR ╥IGHT : ┬OTTOM OF SCREEN;
├= ├URSOR ╠EFT : ╘OP OF SCREEN (SAME AS ╚╧═┼).
╧PENING ═ENU
============
╧NCE YOU HAVE FINISHED THE INITIAL SET-UP THE SCREEN FRAMES WILL
BE DRAWN AND THE DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE DISPLAYED IN
THE MAIN BOX AND EITHER A SHORT MENU OR A ╙HAREWARE REMINDER NOTICE
WILL BE DISPLAYED DEPENDING ON THE STATE OF REGISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM
YOU ARE RUNNING. ╔F THE ╙HAREWARE NOTICE IS PRESENT PRESSING ANY KEY
WILL BRING UP THE FIRST MENU (┬UT YOU WILL OF COURSE REGISTER, WON'T
YOU!). ╘HESE OPTIONS WILL NOT NECESSARILY ALL APPEAR AT ONCE AS THEY
WILL ONLY BE DISPLAYED WHEN YOU REACH A POINT IN THE PROGRAM WHERE THEY
ARE USEABLE AND CONSIST OF:
<┬>ASIC <╥>EAD ┴LL <═>ARKED <╙>ELECT ├ONF. <├>ONTINUE CREATE <╔>NDEXES
┬RIEFLY THESE OPTIONS GIVE YOU THE FOLLOWING CHOICES:
<┬>ASIC
┼XITS THE PROGRAM AFTER WRITING MESSAGE INDEX FILES TO THE DISK.
╘HESE INDICES ALLOW RAPID ACCESS TO SPECIFIC MESSAGES AT A LATER
READING SESSION, LEAVES A BOOKMARK OF THE LAST MESSAGE YOU READ TO
ALLOW THE <├>ONTINUE OPTION TO WORK AND RETAINS <═>ARKED MESSAGE
INFORMATION;
╨AGE 5 OF 18
╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.1 ─OCUMENTATION
<╥>EAD ALL
╙TARTS READING MESSAGES FROM THE START OF THE PACKET;
<═>ARKED
╘HIS OPTION WILL ONLY BE DISPLAYED INITIALLY IF AN INDEX FILE HAS
BEEN FOUND FOR THE MAIL PACKET CREATED DURING A PREVIOUS SESSION AND
LETS YOU READ JUST MESSAGES <═>ARKED DURING THE CURRENT OR PREVIOUS
READING SESSIONS OF THE MAIL PACKET.
╬╧╘┼ THIS OPTION AND THE NEXT ONE (<╙>ELECT CONF.) ARE NOT
AVAILABLE ON UNREGISTERED COPIES OF THE PROGRAM ALTHOUGH THEY WILL BE
DISPLAYED ON THE MENU;
<╙>ELECT ├ONF.(ERENCE)
┴LLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE TO READ THE MAIL FROM ONE SPECIFIC
CONFERENCE. ╫HEN THIS IS SELECTED THE ├ONFERENCES AVAILABLE ON THE ┬┬╙
WILL BE LISTED ALONG WITH A REFERENCE NUMBER AND YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR
THE NUMBER OF THE CONFERENCE YOU WANT AT THE END OF THE LIST. ╘HERE IS
NOT ESCAPE FROM THIS, YOU MUST ENTER A LEGAL CONFERENCE NUMBER TO GET
OUT OF THIS MENU. ╔F THE FILE HAS NOT BEEN INDEXED THERE WILL BE A
DELAY WHILE THE PROGRAM SEARCHES FOR THE MESSAGES FROM THE SELECTED
CONFERENCE. ╔F THE ┬┬╙ MAILER YOU USE PUTS ALL THE MESSAGES FROM EACH
CONFERENCE TOGETHER THIS SHOULD ONLY HAPPEN BEFORE THE FIRST MESSAGE.
╔F YOU HAVE SELECTED THIS OPTION IT IS SHOWN WHILE YOU A READING
MESSAGES WITH A '>' SYMBOL TO THE LEFT OF THE WORD '┴REA:' IN THE
MESSAGE HEADER TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE LOCKED INTO THIS CONFERENCE;
<├>ONTINUE
╘HIS OPTION WILL ONLY BE DISPLAYED IF THE MESSAGE PACKET HAS
PREVIOUSLY BEEN ACCESSED BY ╤╫╦╥╥128 V3 AND AN INDEX FILE HAS BEEN
WRITTEN. ╔T ALLOWS YOU TO CONTINUE READING A PACKET FROM WHERE YOU LEFT
OFF;
CREATE <╔>NDEXES
╘HIS ALLOWS YOU JUST TO INDEX THE MESSAGE PACKET WITHOUT READING
IT IF YOU SO DESIRE. ┘OU DO NOT ╬┼┼─ TO SELECT IT GENERALLY AS THE
INDEX IS CREATED PROGRESSIVELY AS YOU READ THROUGH THE PACKET. ╘HIS
OPTION WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED IF THE WHOLE PACKET HAS BEEN INDEXED.
╥EADING ═ESSAGES
================
╧NCE YOU'VE MADE A SELECTION FROM THE FIRST MENU THE FIRST MESSAGE
THAT MATCHES THE SELECTED READ CRITERIA IN THE PACKET WILL BE DISPLAYED
WITH A MENU OF OPTIONS SHOWN BELOW IT. ╘HIS MENU IS:
<╬>XT <╨>RV <┴>GN <┼>NTR <╞>WD <╥>PLY
E<╪>PRT <╤>UIT <═SG#> <@>─OS<$><*><#><═>
╘HERE ARE SOME KEYS THAT ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE MENU THAT ARE ALSO
USEABLE : ╘HESE ARE THE ┼SCAPE KEY (FAR LEFT TOP OF YOUR KEYBOARD -
HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS ┼╙├) WHICH ABORTS READING A MESSAGE AND
<╙╨┴├┼> AND <╥┼╘╒╥╬> WHICH WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT MESSAGE ╔╬ ╘╚┼
╙┼╠┼├╘┼─ ╥┼┴─╔╬╟ ─╔╥┼├╘╔╧╬. ╘HIS DIRECTION IS DISPLAYED IN THE TOP LEFT
OF THE SCREEN TO THE LEFT OF THE MESSAGE NUMBER, AN ╒P ARROW FOR
FORWARD AND A ─OWN ARROW FOR BACKWARDS. ╘HE ┼╙├ KEY CAN BE USED AT ANY
TIME, ANY OTHER OPTION CAN ONLY BE SELECTED WHILE THE APPROPRIATE MENU
IS ON THE SCREEN.
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╧THER OPTIONS AVAILABLE ONLY ON ╥EGISTERED VERSIONS ARE ╙╚╔╞╘┼─ ┼,
╞ AND ╥. ╘HESE WORK IN THE SAME WAY AS ┼NTER, ╞ORWARD AND ╥EPLY EXCEPT
THAT YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO CHANGE YOUR NAME IN THE ╞ROM: FIELD TO AN
ALIAS. ╬╧╘┼ THE FOLLOWING:
1/ ┼VEN THOUGH YOU HAVE CHANGED THE NAME THE ┬┬╙ MAY CHANGE
IT BACK ON UPLOAD TO YOUR 'REAL' NAME OR PERHAPS REJECT THE MESSAGE;
2/ ┴╠╔┴╙' ┴╥┼ ╬╧╘ ╟┼╬┼╥┴╠╠┘ ╨┼╥═╔╘╘┼─ ╔╬ ╞╔─╧ ┼├╚╧┼╙. ╘HERE
ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THIS BUT CHECK WITH EITHER YOUR ╙┘╙╧╨ OR THE AREA'S
═ODERATOR.
( ╚I ╥USS (-:0 )
═ESSAGE HEADER INFORMATION
--------------------------
╘HE MESSAGE HEADER AREA WHICH IS DISPLAYED AT THE TOP OF THE
SCREEN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, WORKING LEFT TO RIGHT AND
TOP TO BOTTOM:
'═SG :' ╘HE MESSAGE NUMBER OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE IN YOUR PACKET.
╘HIS DOES NOT RELATE TO ANY MESSAGE NUMBERS USED ON YOUR ┬┬╙. ┬ETWEEN
THE '═SG' AND THE COLON THERE IS AN UP OR DOWN ARROW DISPLAYING THE
CURRENT READING DIRECTION, ╙EE <╬>EXT, <╨>REVIOUS FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON THIS;
'─ATE :' ╘HE DATE THE MESSAGE YOU ARE READING WAS ENTERED;
'╘IME :' ╘HE TIME THE MESSAGE YOU ARE READING WAS ENTERED;
╘OP RIGHT IS DISPLAYED THE CURRENT TIME AND DATE BASED ON THE
INFORMATION ENTERED BY YOU OR EXTRACTED FROM A ├═─ ╥╘├. ╔F THIS RUNS
FAST (OR SLOW?) SEE THE SECTION IN ╙ET╒P HEADED ╬╙╘├ / ╨┴╠;
'╞ROM :' ╘HE AUTHOR OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE;
'┴REA :' ╘HE NAME OF THE CONFERENCE FROM WHICH THE MESSAGE CAME. ╔F
THIS APPEARS AS '>┴REA :' THEN YOU HAVE SELECTED THIS CONFERENCE AND
MESSAGES FROM OTHER CONFERENCES WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED. ╙EE <╙>ELECT
├ONF.;
'╙TATUS :' DISPLAYS THE STATUS OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE, I.E. WHETHER IT
IS ╥EAD OR ╒NREAD AND ╨UBLIC OR ╨RIVATE. ╔F IT IS IN THE FORMAT
'╙TATUS*:' THEN YOU HAVE <═>ARKED THIS MESSAGE;
'╘O :' ╘HE ADDRESSEE OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE;
'╙UBJ :' ╘HE SUBJECT OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE. ╔F YOU <╥>EPLY TO THIS
MESSAGE THEN THE SUBJECT OF YOUR MESSAGE WILL DEFAULT TO THE CONTENTS
OF THIS FIELD WITH '╥E:' AS A PREFIX;
╠ASTLY IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE HEADER WINDOW THERE IS AN
UNIDENTIFIED NUMBER LIKE '10/458'. ╘HIS IS THE SIZE OF THE CURRENT
MESSAGE IN ╠INES / ┬YTES.
╥┼┴─ ├OMMANDS
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═ESSAGES ARE DISPLAYED ONE SCREENFUL (PAGE) AT A TIME, WITH <╨AGE
BREAK> SHOWN IN THE BOTTOM WINDOW OF THE SCREEN IF THE END OF THE
MESSAGE IS NOT VISIBLE. ┴NY KEY EXCEPT ┼╙├ WILL TAKE YOU TO THE NEXT
'PAGE'.
┼╙├
╘HIS KEY IS THE ONLY OPTION THAT WILL OPERATE BEFORE THE MENU IS
DISPLAYED AT THE END OF A MESSAGE AND WILL ┴BORT THE READING OF THAT
MESSAGE. ╔T CAN BE USED FOR INSTANCE IF YOU'VE READ THE MESSAGE ╙UBJECT
AND DECIDED ITS NOT INTERESTING TO YOU. ╨RESSING IT WHILE THE <╨AGE
BREAK> MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED WILL BRING UP THE ╥┼┴─ MENU, PRESSING IT
AGAIN WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT MESSAGE IN THE DIRECTION SHOWN AS
MENTIONED ABOVE.
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<╬>XT
╬EXT. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO READ THE NEXT HIGHER NUMBER MESSAGE AND
ESTABLISH A READING DIRECTION OF FORWARDS IF IT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN
BACKWARDS.
<╨>RV
╨REVIOUS. ╘HIS COMMAND WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE PREVIOUS MESSAGE
AND ESTABLISH THE DIRECTION OF READING AS BACKWARDS. ╧NCE <╨> HAS BEEN
SELECTED YOU MUST USE <╬>EXT TO READ THE NEXT MESSAGE TO RE-ESTABLISH
THE READING DIRECTION AS FORWARD IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WISH TO DO.
<┴>GN
┴GAIN. ╥E-DISPLAYS THE CURRENT MESSAGE.
<┼>NTR
┼NTER. ┴LLOWS YOU TO ENTER A MESSAGE IN ANY MAIL AREA. ╙EE
┼╬╘┼╥ING A ═ESSAGE.
<╞>WD
╞ORWARD. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO REPLY TO A MESSAGE BUT ALSO CHANGE THE
AREA IN WHICH THE MESSAGE WILL BE SENT AND CAN BE USED TO REPLY VIA
╬ET═AIL TO A MESSAGE IN A ╞IDO AREA OR TO REPLY IN ╨RIVATE MAIL TO A
╨UBLIC MESSAGE. ╧PTIONS ARE THE SAME AS REPLY EXCEPT THAT A MESSAGE
AREA MUST BE SELECTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ┼NTER A MESSAGE. ╘HIS
OPTION IS DISABLED IN ╒NREGISTERED VERSIONS.
<╥>PLY
╥EPLY. ┼NTER THE ╥EPLY TO A MESSAGE IN THE CURRENT AREA - ╙EE
╥┼╨╠┘ING TO A ═ESSAGE.
E<╪>PRT
┼XPORT. ╘HIS COMMAND SENDS THE CURRENT MESSAGE AS A ├┬═ ┴╙├╔╔ FILE
TO THE ╒╙┼╥ DISK DRIVE. ┘OU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR A FILE NAME, WITH THE
DEFAULT NAME BEING 'MSG' WITH A NUMBER AFTER IT. ╧NCE YOU HAVE USED
┼╪╨╧╥╘ ONCE IN A SESSION THE LAST FILE NAME YOU USED WILL BE DISPLAYED
SO THAT, IF USING A NUMBER SYSTEM, YOU ARE REMINDED OF THE LAST NUMBER
USED. ╘HE PROGRAM WILL CHECK FOR PRE-EXISTING FILES AND REPORT IF A
FILE OF THE CHOSEN NAME EXISTS AND ASK YOU AGAIN FOR THE FILE NAME. ╔
FIND IT EASIEST TO NAME THE FILES TO GIVE SOME INDICATION OF THEIR
CONTENTS WHEN SAVING THEM RATHER THAN THE MSG?? FORMAT AND THIS IS
EASILY DONE. ╘O EXIT THIS IF SELECTED IN ERROR JUST PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬> WITH
A BLANK FILE NAME. ╬╧╘┼ THIS IS NOT AVAILABLE ON UNREGISTERED COPIES OF
THE PROGRAM.
<╤>UIT
╘HIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO LEAVE THE READ MESSAGE SECTION OF THE
PROGRAM. ╤╫╦╥╥128 WILL RETURN YOU TO THE OPENING MENU TO ALLOW YOU TO
SELECT A DIFFERENT METHOD OF READING OR TO EXIT THE PROGRAM COMPLETELY
TO ┬┴╙╔├.
<═SG#>
┘OU CAN ENTER ANY MESSAGE NUMBER DIRECTLY. ╔F THE MESSAGE PACKET
HAS BEEN INDEXED TO OR BEYOND THE NUMBER SELECTED IT WILL BE
IMMEDIATELY DISPLAYED, OTHERWISE INDEXING WILL BE CARRIED OUT UNTIL THE
DESIRED NUMBER IS FOUND. ╬OTE THAT IF YOU HAVE SELECTED TO READ A
SPECIFIC CONFERENCE RATHER THAN ╥┼┴─ ┴╠╠ AND THE SELECTED NUMBER IS NOT
PART OF THE CURRENT CONFERENCE'S MAIL THE NEAREST ACCEPTABLE MESSAGE
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WILL BE DISPLAYED. IE IF YOU SELECT MESSAGE #1 BUT THE LOWEST NUMBER IN
THE SELECTED CONFERENCE IS #20 THEN THAT WILL BE THE DISPLAYED MESSAGE.
╔F YOU HAVE SELECTED A SPECIFIC CONFERENCE THEN THIS IS DISPLAYED BY A
'>' TO THE LEFT OF THE WORD '┴REA:' IN THE MESSAGE HEADER AREA TO
INDICATE THAT YOU ARE LOCKED IN THIS CONFERENCE.
<@>─OS
╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER A ─╧╙ COMMAND WHICH WILL ACT ONLY ON THE
╒╙┼╥ DRIVE OR TO CHANGE THE SELECTED ╒NIT NUMBER OF THIS DRIVE.
<$>
─ISPLAYS THE DIRECTORY OF THE CURRENT ╒╙┼╥ DRIVE.
<*>
* (THE ┴STERISK KEY)
╘HIS KEY LEADS TO THE ╙ET╒P MENU. ╙EE THE SECTION ON ╙ET╒P MENU
FOR DETAILS.
<#>
╨RINT. ╘HIS KEY WILL PRINT THE CURRENT MESSAGE TO A ├┬═ COMPATIBLE
PRINTER. THE PROGRAM WILL TEST FOR THE PRESENCE OF A PRINTER ALTHOUGH ╔
FIND THAT WITH MY SET-UP THIS DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK AND IT WILL OFTEN
'PRINT' THE MESSAGE TO THE SCREEN.
<═>
═ARK / UN═ARK MESSAGES. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO MARK MESSAGES FOR LATER
READING OR REPLYING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE <═>ARKED OPTION ON THE
FIRST MENU. ╔F YOU HAVE MARKED A MESSAGE IT IS SHOWN BY AN ASTERISK '*'
SYMBOL TO THE RIGHT OF THE WORD '╙TATUS' IN THE MESSAGE HEADER.
╨RESSING '═' THE FIRST TIME MARKS IT AND PRESSING IT AGAIN ╒╬MARKS IT.
┴LTHOUGH YOU CAN MARK / UNMARK MESSAGES WITH THE UNREGISTERED VERSION
THEY CAN ONLY BE READ USING THE <═>ARKED OPTION WITH REGISTERED
VERSIONS OF THE PROGRAM.
╥┼╨╠┘ING TO A ═ESSAGE
=====================
╧N SELECTING <╥>EPLY THE PROGRAM WILL SET UP A MESSAGE HEADER FOR
YOU WITH YOUR NAME / HANDLE IN THE ╞ROM: FIELD, THE AUTHOR OF THE
CURRENT MESSAGE IN THE ╘O: FIELD AND THE ╙UBJ: FIELD WILL HAVE '╥E:'
AND THE SUBJECT OF THE CURRENT MESSAGE IN IT WITH THE CURSOR OVER THE
NAME IN THE ╘O: FIELD SO THAT YOU CAN EDIT IT IF YOU WISH. ╔F NOT JUST
PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬> AND YOU WILL GO TO THE NEXT FIELD, THE ╙UBJ: FIELD. ╔F
YOU LEAVE BOTH THESE FIELDS BLANK THE MESSAGE WILL BE HEADED ╘O: ┴LL,
╙UBJ: ╬OTHING IN PARTICULAR. ┴FTER THAT YOU ARE ASKED WHETHER OR NOT TO
FLAG THE MESSAGE AS ╨RIVATE. ╫HEN ┼╬╘┼╥ING A MESSAGE THE DEFAULT IS
ALWAYS PUBLIC. ╫HEN ╥┼╨╠┘ING THE DEFAULT IS THE SAME AS THE MESSAGE
THAT YOU ARE REPLYING TO. ├HANGE THIS FLAG WITH CAUTION. ┬┼ ╫┴╥╬┼─ -
FLAGGING IT AS ╨RIVATE HERE WILL NOT ALWAYS ENSURE IT IS POSTED ON THE
┬┬╙ AS PRIVATE, IF IT IS IN A ╨UBLIC ═ESSAGE ╧NLY AREA IT MAY BE
RE-FLAGGED TO PUBLIC BY THE ┬┬╙ CAUSING POTENTIAL EMBARRASSMENT ! ╘HE
REVERSE MAY ALSO APPLY BUT IS OBVIOUSLY LESS LIKELY TO CAUSE A PROBLEM
:-).
╙OME ┬┬╙ MAY REJECT MESSAGES WHICH ARE INAPPROPRIATELY FLAGGED FOR A
PARTICULAR AREA, THE ═╦╤WK MAILER DOES THIS BY RE-POSTING THE MESSAGE
TO THE SENDER IN PRIVATE MAIL, NOT A BAD SOLUTION AS THE POSSIBILITY OF
EMBARRASSMENT IS REDUCED AND IT IS QUICKLY APPARENT THAT A PROBLEM HAS
BEEN CAUSED. ╧╦ SO YOU'VE SAID ┘ES OR ╬O TO ╨RIVATE .
╘HE CURSOR NOW MOVES DOWN TO THE BODY OF THE MESSAGE, STARTING
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YOUR MESSAGE AUTOMATICALLY FOR YOU WITH TWO WORDS, THE SALUTATION
('╚I') CONTAINED IN THE ╙ET╒P FILES (Q.V) THE FIRST PART OF THE
ADDRESSEE'S NAME, HOPEFULLY THEIR FIRST NAME. ╬OW YOU CAN CARRY ON AND
TYPE YOUR REPLY.
╘HE MESSAGE IS ENTERED USING THE FULL SCREEN EDITOR AND HAS A MENU
THAT IS BOUGHT UP BY PRESSING EITHER THE ├OMMODORE ╠OGO (├=) OR ├ONTROL
KEYS AND WHICH GIVES YOU THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS :
<┴>BRT <─>EL <╔>NS <╘>OP <┬>TM <╥>D
I<═>PRT E<╪>PRT <╤>TE <╙>VE <├>PY <╓><$@*#╫>
REFERRED TO HEREAFTER AS THE ╥EPLY MENU.
╘HESE OPTIONS ARE SELECTED BY HOLDING DOWN EITHER THE ├OMMODORE
╠OGO (├=) KEY OR THE ├ONTROL KEY AND PRESSING THE DESIRED OPTION.
╬╧╘┼: 1. ─UE TO AN ODDITY IN THE ├128 OPERATING SYSTEM ├ONTROL-╙
AND ├ONTROL-╤ DO NOT AT PRESENT WORK SO YOU MUST USE ├=╙ OR ├=╤, BUT
ALL THE OTHERS WILL WORK WITH EITHER THE ╠OGO OR ├ONTROL KEYS.
2. ═ (IMPORT), ╪ (EXPORT), <├>OPY AND ╫ (WRITE) ARE DISABLED
IN ╒NREGISTERED VERSIONS.
┘OU WILL NOTICE THAT WHEN NEITHER THE ╠OGO OR ├ONTROL KEYS ARE
PRESSED A ╘AGLINE IS DISPLAYED IN THE BOTTOM WINDOW OF THE SCREEN. ╘HE
TAGLINE THAT IS DISPLAYED WHEN YOU SAVE THE MESSAGE WILL BE APPENDED TO
THE MESSAGE AS A ╞IDO FORMAT TAGLINE. ╔F USING A ╥EGISTERED VERSION OF
THE PROGRAM THESE TAGLINES TOGGLE THROUGH THE AVAILABLE CHOICES EACH
TIME EITHER THE ╠OGO OR ├ONTROL KEY IS PRESSED TO GIVE A DEGREE OF
RANDOMNESS BUT STILL ALLOWING SPECIFIC TAGLINES TO BE USED IF REQUIRED.
╙EE ╙ET╒P MENU / ╘AGLINES FOR MORE INFORMATION.
╘HE MESSAGE EDITOR FEATURES A SIDE WINDOW CONTAINING THE
FOLLOWING:
- A ONE HOUR MESSAGE TIMER THAT IS ZEROED WHENEVER YOU START TO
ENTER A MESSAGE;
- THE CURRENT LINE AND COLUMN CURSOR POSITION;
- A BUFFER COUNTER. ╫HEN WRITING MESSAGES ENSURE THAT THE
AVAILABLE BUFFER SPACE DOES NOT DROP BELOW 2000 BYTES (THIS ONLY LEAVES
YOU ABOUT 25,000 TO PLAY WITH (: ). ╔F IT DOES THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
THAT THE PROGRAM COULD LOCK UP AND / OR YOUR MESSAGE WILL GET CORRUPTED
AS AT PRESENT ╤╫╦╥╥128. ╘HE PROGRAM CONTAINS 3 BUFFERS THAT ARE
DYNAMICALLY ASSIGNED AND THE ACTUAL SPACE AVAILABLE TO YOU DEPENDS ON
THE NUMBER OF CONFERENCES IN YOUR MESSAGE PACKET AND THE SIZE OF THE
LAST READ MESSAGE. ╘HE INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN IS STORED IN ANOTHER
AREA AND SO THE BUFFER SPACE WILL NOT CHANGE UNTIL TEXT MOVES OFF THE
SCREEN. ╔F THIS BUFFER LIMITATION IS A PROBLEM ╥OD WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
AS HE MAY BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO RE-ORGANIZE THINGS TO IMPROVE THE
SITUATION.
╫HEN IN THE EDITOR THE TEXT ON THE SCREEN IS INDEPENDENT OF THE
INFORMATION STORED IN THE BUFFER. ╔T IS POSSIBLE WHEN INSERTING THAT
TEXT WILL VANISH OFF THE END OF THE SCREEN AND THIS WILL BE LOST UNLESS
YOU ALSO DELETE ON-SCREEN CHARACTERS TO BRING IT BACK. ╬OTE ALSO THERE
IS NO SUCH THIS AS A REAL CARRIAGE RETURN AS FAR AS THE EDITOR IS
CONCERNED; ─ELETING OR INSERTING TEXT WILL AFFECT ALL THE TEXT BELOW
THE CURSOR POSITION. ╔N SOME CASES THIS IS A DRAWBACK, BUT IN OTHERS AN
ADVANTAGE. ╥EPEATED USE OF THE DELETE KEY ═┴┘ ALSO PULL IN UNWANTED
CHARACTERS THAT MAY 'STUFF UP' THE EDITOR. ╔F THIS HAPPENS USE THE
╔╬╙┼╥╘ KEY TO PUSH THE CHARACTERS BACK OFF THE SCREEN AND THEN USE ├=┬
TO RESET THE LINE LINKS. ╔F THE SCREEN LAYOUT IS ALSO 'STUFFED' LOAD
THE ├╧╠╧╒╥ FILE WHICH WILL RE-DRAW THE WINDOW FRAMES.
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<┴>BRT
┴BORT. ╘HIS ABORTS THE REPLY OPTION AND RETURNS YOU TO THE MESSAGE
YOU WERE READING WHEN YOU SELECTED THE ╥┼╨╠┘ OPTION.
<─>EL
─ELETE. ╚ERE YOU CAN DELETE A LINE WHICH IS EITHER BLANK OR
CONTAINS TEXT. ╘HE LINE THE CURSOR IS ON IS DELETED AND TEXT BELOW
SCROLLED UP. ╘HE CURSOR WILL REAPPEAR ON WHAT WAS THE LINE BELOW ITS
POSITION IN THE SAME COLUMN.
<╔>NS
╔NSERT. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO INSERT BLANK LINES ONE LINE AT A TIME.
╘HE LINE IS INSERTED AT THE LINE THE CURSOR IS CURRENTLY ON AND THE
CURSOR AND THE TEXT ON THE SAME LINE AND LINES BELOW MOVE DOWN ONE
LINE.
<╘>OP
╘AKES YOU TO THE TOP OF THE MESSAGE. (┴S DOES ╙╚╔╞╘-╚╧═┼)
<┬>TM ╘╚╔╙ ╔╙ ┴╬ ╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘ ├╧══┴╬─.
┬OTTOM. ╘AKES YOU TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MESSAGE. ┴PART FROM DOING
THIS SIMPLE THING THIS COMMAND ALSO RECALCULATES THE LINE NUMBERS AND
RESETS VARIOUS POINTERS. ╔F ANYTHING LOOKS WRONG ON THE SCREEN, E.G.
LINE NUMBERS NOT SHOWN AS CORRECT, TEXT APPEARS TO HAVE VANISHED, ETC
THIS COMMAND ╙╚╧╒╠─ RESET THINGS. ┘OU CAN ALMOST CONSIDER IT A '╨ANIC'
╦EY.
<╥>D
╥EAD A TEXT FILE FROM THE ╒╙┼╥ DISK. ╘HIS HAS NO EFFECT ON THE
MESSAGE BEING WRITTEN.
I<═>PRT
╔MPORT. ╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO IMPORT A TEXT FILE FROM YOUR
╒╙┼╥ DISK TO INCLUDE IN A MESSAGE. ╫HEN YOU CHOOSE THIS YOU WILL BE
ASKED IF YOU WISH TO IMPORT AN <┴>╙├╔╔ OR <╨>ETSCII (DEFAULTS TO
<╨>ETSCII) FILE AND APPROPRIATE CONVERSION WILL BE CARRIED OUT. ╘HE
IMPORTED SECTION OF THE MESSAGE HAS A HEADER AND FOOTER ADDED
AUTOMATICALLY TO DELINEATE IT AND IS INSERTED INTO THE MESSAGE ON THE
LINE BELOW THE CURSOR.
E<╪>PRT
┼XPORTS THE MESSAGE BEING CREATED TO THE ╒╙┼╥ DISK. ╙IMILAR TO THE
┼XPORT OPTION ON THE READ MENU.
<╤>TE
╤UOTE. ╘HIS ENABLES YOU TO QUOTE BACK TO THE PERSON SOME OF THEIR
OWN MESSAGE SO THAT THEY'VE GOT ╙╧═┼ IDEA OF WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO!
╞IDO╬ET PROTOCOL SUGGESTS THAT YOU QUOTE ENOUGH OF THE MESSAGE TO MAKE
SENSE BUT NO MORE THAN YOU HAVE TO AS SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR THE TEXT
YOU ENTER TO BE TRANSFERRED AROUND THE WORLD. ╥EMEMBER TOO IF REPLYING
ON AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK THAT BY THE TIME THE ADDRESSEE RECEIVES IT
IT COULD BE 10 DAYS SINCE HE OR SHE ENTERED THE ORIGINAL.. ╧N SELECTING
<╤>UOTE ONE LINE OF THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE WILL BE LISTED IN A WINDOW.
╘HE MENU '╙ELECT: <┼╬╘┼╥> <╤>UIT <UP-ARROW> <DOWN-ARROW>' WILL APPEAR.
╨RESSING <┼╬╘┼╥> OR <╥┼╘╒╥╬> WILL ENTER THIS LINE AS A QUOTE IN YOUR
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MESSAGE PRECEDED BY THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S INITIALS AND A '>' SIGN SO
THAT IT IS RECOGNISABLE AS A QUOTE. ╘HE CURSOR KEYS WILL MOVE YOU UP OR
DOWN A LINE AND PRESSING '╤' WILL RETURN YOU TO YOUR MESSAGE. ╘HE
╤UOTED TEXT WILL APPEAR INSERTED IN THE MESSAGE IN THE LINE BELOW THE
CURSOR.
╤UOTED TEXT NOW WRAPS WHEN IT EXTENDS PAST THE RIGHT HAND MARGIN.
╔T DOES THIS BY BREAKING ANY LINE LONGER THAN 72 CHARACTERS INTO HALF
AND PLACING THE QUOTEE'S INITIALS AND THE '>' SYMBOL AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE NEW LINE AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL LINE. ╔T WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
'SECOND GENERATION' QUOTES, I.E. WHERE YOU ARE QUOTING SOMEBODY'S QUOTE
BOTH SETS OF INITIALS WILL BE PLACED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LINE EVEN
WHEN TEXT WRAP TAKES PLACE.
<╙>VE
╙AVE. ╘HIS ╙AVES THE MESSAGE TO YOUR ╥┼╨╠┘ DISK USING A FILE NAME
PREFIX SUPPLIED BY THE ┬┬╙ ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE AND THE EXTENSION '.MSG'.
╫HEN YOU SAVE THE FIRST MESSAGE IN EACH SESSION THE PROGRAM WILL CHECK
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF A DUPLICATE FILE NAME. ╔F THIS IS FOUND YOU WILL
BE ASKED IF YOU WISH TO ╧VERWRITE IT, ┴PPEND TO IT OR ┴BORT THE SAVING
OF THE MESSAGE. ╙UBSEQUENT REPLIES WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ┴PPENDED TO
THE FIRST REPLY TO CREATE YOUR REPLY FILE. ╔F YOU ┴BORT THE SAVING OF
THE MESSAGE THE MESSAGE IS NOT LOST, YOU BE PUT BACK INTO THE MESSAGE
EDITOR SO THAT YOU CAN RECTIFY THINGS (RENAME THE OLD FILE, ETC) AND
THEN <╙>AVE THE MESSAGE AGAIN.
╬╧╘┼ YOU CANNOT SAVE A MESSAGE UNTIL AT LEAST 10 CHARACTERS HAVE
BEEN TYPED INTO IT. ╘HIS IS A SAFETY CATCH TO ENSURE THAT BLANK
MESSAGES OR ╤UOTES WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TEXT ARE NOT SAVED. ╘EXT
AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED, ╤UOTED OR ╔MPORTED DOES NOT COUNT.
<├>PY
├OPY. ╙AVES THE EXISTING MESSAGE AND THEN PROMPTS YOU TO SELECT
ANOTHER CONFERENCE AREA AND THEN ENTER THE ╘O: AND ╙UBJ: FIELDS IN THE
MESSAGE HEADER. ┴FTER YOU HAVE DONE THIS YOU CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES YOU
WISH TO AND THEN <╙>AVE OR <├>OPY THE MESSAGE. ┘OU CAN ├OPY A MESSAGE
AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WISH.
<╓>
╓IEW. ┴LLOWS YOU TO ╓IEW A MESSAGE YOU ARE WRITING IN THE SAME
FORMAT AS IT WILL BE READ, COMPLETE WITH PAGE BREAKS & HIGHLIGHTED
QUOTES, ETC.
<$> ─IRECTORY ▌
<@> ─╧╙ CMDS ▌ AS IN THE ╥┼┴─ MENU.
<*> ╙ET╒P ▌
<#>
╨RINTS THE CREATED MESSAGE TO THE PRINTER.
<╫>
╫RITE. ╙AVES THE CREATED MESSAGE TO THE ╒╙┼╥ DISK WITHOUT THE
HEADER INFORMATION. (┼XPORT WITHOUT THE HEADER).
┼╬╘┼╥ING A ═ESSAGE
==================
┴S WAS MENTIONED IN THE ╥EADING ═ESSAGES SECTION PRESSING <┼> AT THE
MENU IN THAT AREA ALLOWS YOU TO ┼NTER A MESSAGE OTHER THAN A REPLY.
╫HEN YOU SELECT THIS YOU WILL BE SHOWN A LIST OF ALL THE MESSAGE AREAS
╨AGE 12 OF 18
╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.1 ─OCUMENTATION
CONTAINED IN THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE YOU ARE USING. ╘HESE WILL BE LISTED
WITH THE NAME AND NUMBER THE ╙┘╙╧╨ HAS ASSIGNED IT. ╧NCE ALL THE AREAS
HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED YOU MUST ENTER THE CONFERENCE NUMBER REQUIRED.
╘HERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM HERE BY ANY OTHER METHOD. ┴FTER THIS HAS BEEN
DONE ENTER THE ┴DDRESSEE'S NAME AND MESSAGE SUBJECT. ╬OTE THAT THERE IS
NO WAY WHEN ENTERING MAIL OFFLINE TO CHECK THAT THE ADDRESSEE'S NAME IS
VALID AS YOUR ┬┬╙ MAY DO FOR LOCAL CALLS SO CHECK YOU'VE GOT IT RIGHT.
╔F YOU ACCIDENTALLY SELECT <┼>NTER YOU WILL NEED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH TO THIS POINT AND THEN PRESS ├=┴, <┴>BORT.
╧NCE THE INFORMATION ABOVE HAS BEEN ENTERED YOU WILL BE PUT INTO A
MESSAGE CREATION AREA BASICALLY THE SAME AS THE ╥EPLY OPTIONS EXCEPT
THAT YOU WON'T HAVE A <╤>UOTE OPTION AVAILABLE.
┼NTERING ╬ETMAIL
----------------
╘HE .╤╫╦ MAIL PACKET SYSTEM WAS NOT DESIGNED TO COPE WITH THE
ODDITIES OF ╬ET═AIL ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR OF ═╦╤WK, ONE OF THE MAIL
PACKERS AVAILABLE FOR ╥EM┴CCESS AND SOME OTHER ┬┬╙ PROGRAMS. ─ESPITE
THIS ╬ETMAIL CAN BE SENT AND HAS BEEN TESTED SUCCESSFULLY ON THE
SYSTEMS SPECIFIED BELOW. ╥EAD THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR LOCAL SYSTEM!
╒NLIKE SOME EARLIER VERSIONS OF ╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.1 DOES NOT HAVE
AUTOMATIC ╬ETMAIL ROUTINES, HOWEVER ╔ THINK ╥OD HOPES TO RE-INCLUDE
THESE IN A LATER VERSION. ╘HE FOLLOWING NOTES MAY HELP IF YOU WISH TO
ATTEMPT IT MANUALLY AS A LOT OF ┬┬╙' SEEM TO FOLLOW ONE OF THE TWO
DESCRIBED METHODS TO ALLOW ╬ET═AIL.
╬╧╘┼ ╥EGARDLESS WHAT SYSTEM YOUR ┬┬╙ USES YOU ═╒╙╘ SELECT THE CORRECT
AREA FOR NETMAIL. ╘HIS IS USUALLY IDENTIFIED AS ╬ETMAIL, ═ATRIX-MAIL OR
SOMETHING SIMILAR. ┘OU SHOULD ALSO FLAG THE MESSAGE AS PRIVATE OR THE
┬┬╙ MAY REJECT IT (WHY SEND A PUBLIC NETMAIL MESSAGE?).
╒SING ═╦╤WK
-----------
╘HE ═╦╤WK PACKAGE WILL INTERPRET THE ╙UBJECT OF THE MESSAGE AS
CONTAINING A DESTINATION ADDRESS IF IT STARTS WITH A '@' SIGN. ═AIL
SENT THIS WAY CAN ALSO BE FLAGGED AS ├RASH, ╔MMEDIATE OR ─IRECT ╬ETMAIL
AS REQUIRED BY ADDING ├╥┴╙╚, ╔══ AND / OR ─╔╥ TO THE ADDRESS. ┴ NORMAL
SUBJECT CAN BE ADDED TO AN OUT-GOING ╬ETMAIL MESSAGE BY PUTTING '╙UBJ:
<SUBJECT TEXT>' ON THE FIRST LINE OF THE MESSAGE. ╘HE MESSAGE SHOULD
THEN LOOK LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE:
╘O :╥OD ╟ASSON
╞ROM:═ARK ─OWSETT
╙UBJ:@3:680/809
--<END OF HEADER - BEGINNING OF MESSAGE TEXT >--
╙UBJ:╬ETMAIL TEST.
╟'DAY ╥OD, (REST OF MESSAGE)
╘HE RECEIVING ┬┬╙ WILL DO THE REST.
╒SING ┼ZY╤WK OR ═AXIMUS
-----------------------
╘HESE PACKAGES WILL ACCEPT ╬ETMAIL PROVIDED THE ADDRESS IS
INCLUDED AS THE ╞╔╥╙╘ LINE OF THE MESSAGE AND FOLLOWED BY A BLANK LINE
LIKE THIS:
╘O :╥OD ╟ASSON
╞ROM:═ARK ─OWSETT
╙UBJ:╬ETMAIL ╘EST
╨AGE 13 OF 18
╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.1 ─OCUMENTATION
--<END OF HEADER - BEGINNING OF MESSAGE TEXT >--
╘O: 3:800/851
╟'DAY ╥OD, --< ═ESSAGE TEXT >--
╘HE RECEIVING ┬┬╙ WILL DO THE REST.
╙ET╒P OPTIONS
=============
╨RESSING THE <*> KEY ON MENUS WHERE IT IS AVAILABLE BRINGS UP THE
FOLLOWING MENU:
╙ETUP <├>OLOURS <╞>KEYS <╘>AGLINES <╨>RINTER <╬>STC/╨AL <╤>UIT
╘HESE ALLOW EDITING / SAVING OF THE AREAS MENTIONED AND WORK IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER:
<├>OLOURS
┴LLOWS THE LOADING, EDITING AND SAVING OF THE VARIOUS COLOURS USED
WITHIN THE PROGRAM. ╘HESE ARE SAVED IN A FILE CALLED ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙.
╘HERE CAN ONLY BE ONE OF THESE FILES AT ANY ONE TIME. ╠OADING THE
├OLOUR FILE IS HANDY AS WHEN IT IS LOADED THE ╫INDOW FRAMES ON THE
SCREEN ARE RE-DRAWN SO THIS IS A USEFUL METHOD OF RESURRECTING THE
BORDERS IF THEY BECOME CORRUPTED. ╘HE COLOUR AREAS THAT CAN BE SELECTED
ARE:
0 = BACKGROUND
1 = BORDER
2 = ╚EADER TEXT
3 = HEADER DATA
4 = ═ESSAGE TEXT
5 = ═ESSAGE HIGHLIGHT (QUOTED TEXT)
6 = ├LOCK
7 = ╘AGLINES
8 = ╧RIGIN LINES
9 = ╤╫╦╥╥128 IDENTIFIER
╙ELECTING THE APPROPRIATE KEY TOGGLES THROUGH THE AVAILABLE COLOURS.
╬╧╘┼: ┴NY TEXT WHICH IS IN BACKGROUND COLOUR WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED AS
PART OF THE MESSAGE. ╘HIS CAN BE USED AS A METHOD OF STRIPPING ╘AGLINES
/ ORIGIN LINES ETC. IF REQUIRED AS YOUR READ YOUR MAIL.
╘HE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE ALSO HOLDS THE DATA FOR THE ╨┴╠ / ╬╙╘├, THE
PRINTER SETTING AND THE DISK DRIVE SELECTIONS CURRENT WHEN THE COLOURS
ARE SAVED.
╫ITHIN THE NEXT TWO AREAS, ╘AGLINES AND ╞UNCTION ╦EYS, THERE CAN
BE MULTIPLE FILES SAVED IN EACH CATEGORY AS LONG AS THE FILENAME PREFIX
IS MAINTAINED. ┴S LONG AS YOU DO YOUR EDITING WITHIN THE PROGRAM THIS
WILL BE DONE AUTOMATICALLY. ╔F YOU WISH TO PLACE A CARRIAGE RETURN
WITHIN A DEFINITION USE AN UP-ARROW '^'. ┬ECAUSE OF THIS THIS CHARACTER
IS NOT AVAILABLE AS PART OF ONE OF YOUR DEFINITIONS.
╘HE ─EFAULT FILE NAMES SPECIFIED ARE LOADED WHEN THE PROGRAM IS FIRST
RUN.
<╞>KEYS
┴LLOWS THE LOADING, EDITING AND SAVING OF ╞UNCTION ╦EY DEFINITIONS
THAT CAN BE USED FOR AUTOMATIC TEXT ENTRY SUCH AS SIGNOFFS. ─EFINITIONS
CAN BE UP TO 55 CHARACTERS LONG. ┴LSO THE <╙>ALUTATION USED WHEN YOU
┼NTER OR ╥EPLY TO A MESSAGE IS STORED IN THIS FILE AND CAN BE EDITED
FROM THE DEFAULT, '╚I'. ╔F YOU WISH TO DISABLE THIS FEATURE ENTER A
╨AGE 14 OF 18
╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.1 ─OCUMENTATION
SINGLE SPACE IN THE ╙ALUTATION DEFINITION. ╞ILE NAME PREFIX IS ╤╫╦╦.
AND THE DEFAULT FILE NAME IS ╤╫╦╦.╦┼┘╙.
<╘>AGLINES
┴LLOWS THE ├APTURE, LOADING, SAVING AND EDITING OF ╘AGLINES. ╘HESE
ARE SAVED IN FILES PREFIXED ╤╫╦╘. AND THE DEFAULT FILE ╤╫╦╘.╘┴╟╠╔╬┼╙.
╘EN TAGLINES, NUMBERED 0 TO 9, CAN BE SAVED IN EACH FILE AND
ADDITIONALLY THE LAST TAGLINE READ CAN BE <├>APTURED. ╫HEN <├>APTURE IS
SELECTED YOU ARE ASKED TO SELECT A NUMBER BETWEEN 0 AND 9 AND THE LAST
READ TAGLINE IS ENTERED INTO THE SPECIFIED POSITION. ╔T IS RECOMMENDED
THAT YOU REDEFINE THE ╘AGLINES BEFORE STARTING TO USE THE PROGRAM TO
AVOID SAVING MESSAGES WITH ╘AGLINE 1, ╘AGLINE 2 ETC..
┴S WELL AS THE USER DEFINED TAGLINES THERE ARE 3 OTHERS AVAILABLE.
╘HESE ARE 'NONE' WHICH WILL CAUSE THE MESSAGE TO BE SAVED WITHOUT ANY
TAGLINE, THE LAST READ TAGLINE AND THE 'INTERNAL' TAGLINE '╤╫╦╥╥
╧FFLINE READ 'N' REPLY WITH A ├128'. ╔F THE PROGRAM IS UNREGISTERED
THEN THE INTERNAL ONE IS THE ONLY ONE WHICH WILL BE USED. ┴LSO IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT THE LAST TAGLINE READ, WHICH IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS YOU
HAVE WHEN SAVING THE MESSAGE, IS NOT A TRUE TAGLINE AS SOME PEOPLE TEND
TO USE TAGLINE FORMAT (PREFIXED BY ... ) AS THEIR 'SIGNATURE'.
<╨>RINTER
╘HIS GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO SWITCH BETWEEN A ├┬═ COMPATIBLE
PRINTER AND A ┴╙├╔╔ (┼PSON EMULATION) PRINTER. ╘HIS IS SAVED WITH THE
╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE.
<╬>STC/╨AL
╘HIS ALLOWS THE USER TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ╬╙╘├ AND ╨┴╠ SETUPS. ╘HIS
*SHOULD* AUTO-DETECT CORRECTLY FROM LOCATION $0┴03 BUT ╥OD HAS FOUND
SOME PROBLEMS WITH THIS WITH VARIOUS ├128S. ╔F THE SCREEN CLOCK IS
RUNNING AT VISIBLY THE WRONG SPEED CHECK THIS SETTING. ╘HIS SELECTION
IS SAVED WITH THE ╤╫╦.─┼╞┴╒╠╘╙ FILE.
<╤>UIT
╥ETURNS TO THE ╥┼╨╠┘ MENU.
╙ENDING THE MAIL
================
╬OW YOU HAVE TO GO OFF AND CREATE AN ╔┬═ COMPATIBLE ┴╥├ TO UPLOAD.
╙EE THE SECTIONS ON ├╙─╧╙ ON HINTS ON HAW TO DO THIS.
─ONE THAT? ╟OOD! ╬OW RE-BOOT YOUR TERMINAL PROGRAM, RING THE ┬┬╙,
GO INTO THE ╧FFLINE ═AIL AREA AND UPLOAD YOUR PACKAGE! ┼ASY WASN'T IT??
╫ATCH THE PROGRESS OF THE ╧FFLINE PACKET AS YOU UPLOAD IT AS THE
╧FFLINE MAIL MODULE ON THE ┬┬╙ WILL NORMALLY REPORT ERRORS IF THEY
OCCUR, BUT THEY WON'T STAY ON THE SCREEN FOR LONG. ╔F ITS ALL ╧╦ IT
WILL PROBABLY REPORT AT LEAST THE NUMBER OF MESSAGES RECEIVED AND
POSSIBLY THE AREAS THEY WERE SENT TO AND OTHER INFORMATION TO LET YOU
KNOW THAT IT ALL WORKED.
═╦╤WK REPORTS FOR EACH MESSAGE THE AREA NUMBER AND SUBJECT TOGETHER
WITH ANY ERROR REPORTS - COMMONLY '═ESSAGE MOVED TO ─EFAULT AREA' IF
FOR SOME REASON THE MESSAGE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN THE AREA YOU WANTED
IT. ╨OSSIBLE CAUSES ARE:
1) ╨UBLIC MAIL IN A ╨RIVATE AREA OR VICE VERSA;
2) ╬ETMAIL WITHOUT A LEGAL ADDRESS OR SUFFICIENT ╬ETMAIL CREDIT.
╥EADING WHAT YOU ╫ROTE
======================
╨AGE 15 OF 18
╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╙O YOU WANT TO READ YOUR OWN PACKET? ┘OU CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU WROTE
OR YOU JUST WANT TO CHECK THE PACKET TO MAKE SURE ITS READABLE? ╔TS
ACTUALLY EASY .. ┴LL YOU NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE THAT
YOU WERE USING WHEN YOU WROTE IT IS ON THE SAME DISK AS THE .═╙╟ PACKET
ITSELF. ╞IRST RENAME THE .═╙╟ PACKET TO ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙.─┴╘ AND THEN BOOT
╤╫╦╥╥128. ┘OU WILL NOW BE ABLE TO READ YOUR CREATED PACKET AS IF IT WAS
A PACKET THAT YOU HAD DOWNLOADED.
╘HIS IS *NOT* REALLY A PLANNED FUNCTION OF THE PROGRAM (SORT OF A
BY-PRODUCT). ╔T WAS/IS PURELY A DE-BUGGING AID THAT CAN BE USED TO
CHECK THE VALIDITY OF YOUR REPLY PACKET. ─O NOT ATTEMPT TO EDIT YOUR
REPLY PACKET AND DO NOT REPLY TO THESE REPLIES (WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO ╔
DON'T KNOW, ┼NJOY TALKING TO YOURSELF :-) ).
┘OU ├┴╬ USE THE EXPORT/PRINT OPTIONS ON THIS FILE IF YOU WISH. ╔T COMES
IN HANDY AT TIMES, E.G. A MESSAGE THAT HAS BEEN SAVED BUT THAT YOU NEED
TO EDIT COULD BE E<╪>PORTED AND THEN, AFTER YOU HAVE SET UP TO RE-READ
THE ╧╥╔╟╔╬┴╠ PACKET, I<═>PORTED AND THEN EDITED. ═IND YOU IT MIGHT BE
SIMPLER TO RETYPE IT!
╙UPPORTING ╨ROGRAMS & ╞ILES
===========================
═┴╔╠╨╦╘.╙├╥:
---------- ╘HIS SHORT ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM WAS WRITTEN TO SIMPLIFY DELETION OF
THE FILES CREATED WHEN A MAIL PACKET WAS DE┴╥├ED AND WAS NO LONGER
REQUIRED. ╔T WILL REMOVE ALL THE FILES CREATED OR IF YOU SO SELECT
EVERYTHING ┼╪├┼╨╘ THE .─┴╘ FILES YOU NEED TO READ THE PACKET. ┴LL YOU
NEED TO DO IS ╥╒╬ '═┴╔╠╨╦╘.╙├╥' AND THEN SELECT THE DISK ╒NIT REQUIRED,
ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 16. ╔T WILL THEN ASK ABOUT THE .─┴╘ FILES WITH A
DEFAULT SELECTION OF ╬╧. ╔F YOU WISH TO ADD ANY EXTRA FILES YOU FIND
REGULARLY THE NAMES ARE STORED IN ─┴╘┴ STATEMENTS AND YOU CAN ADD AS
MANY AS YOU WISH AS LONG AS THE LAST LINE REMAINS ─┴╘┴ "┼╬─". ┬E
CAUTIOUS THOUGH AS WILD CARD DELETIONS CAN CAUSE HAVOC IF NOT TREATED
WITH CARE!!
+*+ ╬OTE THAT THIS PROGRAM CAN BE '╔╬╙╘┴╠╠┼─' IN YOUR ├╙─╧╙
RAMDISK AND RUN FROM THERE QUITE SUCCESSFULLY. ╘HIS VERSION WILL NOW
ALSO DELETE ANY FILES CREATED BY ╤╫╦╥╥128 AND WHICH WERE NOT DELETED BY
THAT PROGRAM FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
╨AGE 16 OF 18
╤╫╦╥╥128 V3.1 ─OCUMENTATION
╥EGISTRATION & ─ISTRIBUTION
===========================
╘HE PROGRAM VERSION DISTRIBUTED IS ╒╬REGISTERED AND MAY BE
DISTRIBUTED FURTHER. ╘HERE IS A SHORT PROGRAM CALLED ╥┼╟╔╙╘┼╥╤╫╦╥╥
WHICH, WITH INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY ╥OD ╟ASSON, IS USED TO CONVERT THE
DISTRIBUTED PROGRAM TO A PERSONALLY REGISTERED ONE WHICH, AS WITH
PREVIOUS VERSIONS, WILL ONLY BEHAVE AS REGISTERED IF THE CORRECT NAME
IS FOUND IN THE ├╧╬╘╥╧╠.─┴╘ FILE. ╘O PERMIT YOU TO REGISTER THE PROGRAM
╥OD NOW ONLY HAS TO SEND YOU TWO CODES WHICH ARE THEN USED AS DESCRIBED
BELOW TO ALLOW REMOTE VALIDATION BY ╥OD AFTER YOUR REGISTRATION HAS
BEEN RECEIVED.
╥EAD THROUGH THESE NOTES BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO REGISTER YOUR COPY.
╘HE REGISTRATION MODULE WILL ASK YOU FOR A REGISTRATION CODE WHICH
╥OD WILL SUPPLY AND WHICH WILL BE A 12 DIGIT NUMBER. ╧NCE THIS IS
ENTERED A CONFIRMATION CODE WILL BE DISPLAYED WHICH CONSISTS OF 4
NUMBERS AND TWO LETTERS. ╘HIS MUST BE COMPARED WITH THE CONFIRMATION
CODE SUPPLIED TO YOU BY ╥OD. ╔F THIS IS CORRECT PRESS <┘>ES, ANY OTHER
KEY WILL ABORT. ╔F IT IS INCORRECT THEN DOUBLE CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION
NUMBER BEFORE CONTACTING ╥OD FOR HELP.
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╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘: NEVER PRESS '┘' IF THE CONFIRMATION IS NOT CORRECT. ╘HIS
PROGRAM DOES DIRECT DISK WRITES. ╥OD CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DISK CORRUPTION IF THE CONFIRMATION CODE IS INCORRECT.
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╘HIS MODULE WORKS BY MODIFYING THE ACTUAL ╤╫╦╥╥128 PROGRAM. ╔T
WILL MODIFY THE FIRST PROGRAM ON DISK STARTING WITH "QWKRR128 V".
╬╧╘┼: ╔T WILL QUITE HAPPILY ATTEMPT TO MODIFY EARLIER VERSIONS OF
╤╫╦╥╥128 OR ANY OTHER FILE STARTING WITH THE SAME STRING, CAUSING
CORRUPTION. ╧NLY USE THIS PROGRAM ON V3.1 OR LATER. ╘HIS RELEASE IS
V3.1.
╘HE PROGRAM WILL ABORT IF A ╤╫╦╥╥128 PROGRAM ISN'T FOUND.
╥OD'S PLAN IS THAT ALL FUTURE ╤╫╦╥╥128 RELEASES WILL CONFORM TO
THIS STANDARD SO THAT ANY REGISTERED USER WILL BE ABLE TO UPGRADE
FUTURE RELEASES USING THE SAME PROGRAM AND CODES OR IF THEIR ORIGINAL
COPY BECOMES CORRUPTED THEY CAN DOWNLOAD ANOTHER COPY AND REGISTER IT
WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. ╘HE ONLY TIME THE PROTECTION SCHEME AND / OR
CODES WILL BE ALTERED IS IF / WHEN PIRATED / HACKED COPIES OF THE
PROGRAM FLOATING AROUND. ╞OR THIS REASON IT IS IN YOUR OWN BEST
INTEREST TO NOT DISTRIBUTE A REGISTERED COPY OF THE PROGRAM, OR TO
DIVULGE YOU OWN REGISTRATION CODES TO ANY OTHER PERSON. ┴LTHOUGH DOING
EITHER OF THESE IS HARMLESS WITHIN THEMSELVES, IT WILL MAKE THE CODE
EASIER TO CRACK.
╒NFORTUNATELY WITH THIS SYSTEM IT IS NOW NOT POSSIBLE TO HAVE
MULTIPLE REGISTRATIONS WITHIN THE ONE PROGRAM. ╫HERE MULTIPLE
REGISTRATIONS ARE REQUIRED (EG, ╥OD ╟ASSON - ╥ODNEY ╟ASSON) THE
REGISTERED USER WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH BOTH SETS OF CODES AND THE USER
CAN DECIDE ON HOW THEY USE THEM.
┴ REGISTERED COPY OF ╤╫╦╥╥128 CAN BE IDENTIFIED IF YOU LOAD AND
LIST IT. ╔F THE PROGRAM IS UNREGISTERED ALL YOU WILL SEE IS A SINGLE
LINE IN REVERSE TEXT READING "╤╫╦╥╥128 ╓3.╪ (├) ╥.╟┴╙╙╧╬ 1992/3". ┴
REGISTERED COPY WILL DISPLAY THE SAME LINE, BUT UNDERNEATH (IN NORMAL
TEXT) WILL BE DISPLAYED THE CONFIRMATION CODE APPLICABLE TO THE PERSON
WHO REGISTERED IT.
---OOO╧╧╧OOO---
╨AGE 17 OF 18
┴PPENDICES
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╟LOSSARY
┴╥├
┴N ┴╥├HIVE FILE CONTAINING ONE OR SEVERAL COMPRESSED FILES.
╘HIS TERM MUST BE USED WITH CAUTION IN THE ├OMMODORE 8 BIT WORLD AS
THERE ARE TWO INCOMPATIBLE FORMS OF ┴╥├ AVAILABLE TO US. ╘HE ORIGINAL
'├┬═' ┴╥├ CAN ONLY BE USED ON ├128 AND ├=64 COMPUTERS AND THIS IS NOT
COMPATIBLE WITH ANY OTHER OPERATING SYSTEM. ╘HE OTHER FORM OF ┴╥├ WAS
ORGINALLY ONLY FOR ═╙-─╧╙ OPERATING SYSTEMS BUT HAS BECOME MORE WIDELY
USED. ╘HERE ARE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO DISSOLVE AND CREATE THESE .┴╥├S
ON BOTH ├128 AND ├=64 COMPUTERS.
┬╓┌╔╨ / ┬╓╒╬┌╔╨
╨╦┌╔╨ V1 COMPATIBLE ┌╔╨ AND ╒╬┌╔╨ PROGRAMS WRITTEN BY ┬RUCE
╓IELING TO RUN UNDER ├╙─╧╙.
├╙┴╥├ / ├╙╪┴╥├
╨ROGRAM OPTIONS AVAILABLE UNDER ├╙─╧╙ TO DISSOLVE AND CREATE
╔┬═ STYLE .┴╥├S. ├╙╪┴╥├, THE DE┴╥├ING MODULE IS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY IN
A PACKAGE THAT CONTAINS CODE TO RUN IN BOTH 64 AND 128 MODES. ╘HE ┴╥├
MODULES CAN ONLY BE RUN IN 128 MODE UNDER ├╙─╧╙ '╙╚┼╠╠'.
├╙─╧╙
┴ VERY FLEXIBLE ╞╥┼┼╫┴╥┼ OPERATING SYSTEM WRITTEN FOR THE ├128
BY ├HRIS ╙MEETS. ╔T HAS AS SIMILAR COMMAND STRUCTURE TO ═╙-─╧╙ AND THE
ABILITY TO RUN A WIDE SERIES OF COMMANDS THAT CAN BE INSTALLED IN THE
╥AMDISK, EITHER HELD IN A ╥┼╒ OR INTERNALLY IN 128 ╥┴═. ├OMMON COMMANDS
ARE :
╘┘╨┼ ├╧╨┘ ├╧═╨(ARE) ETC
╤╫╦
┴ COMMON ═╙-─╧╙ BASED ┬┬╙ MAIL PACKET FORMAT. ╘HERE ARE OTHERS
SUCH AS ╪╥╙ BUT ╤╫╦╥╥128 AT THE MOMENT ONLY SUPPORTS .╤╫╦ PACKETS.
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