Anzio Lite is a restricted version of our ANZIO family of terminal emulation products, which cover DOS, Windows, and Macintosh, communicating via serial, TCP/IP, and various redirectors.
Anzio Lite is for the Windows environment, and works on Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, and Windows 95. It also works on OS/2, if Windows support and WINSOCK.DLL are installed. It connects to a host via TCP/IP, using the Windows Sockets (WINSOCK) protocol. Thus, it can be described as a Winsock Telnet Client.
Anzio Lite requires that a WINSOCK.DLL be accessible. It has been tested with WINSOCKs from Trumpet, Microsoft, Novell, Wollongong, and Chameleon.
Anzio Lite is designed with a feature set that includes the most commonly needed functions for a basic educational, home, or corporate telnet session. Features include:
·VT100/220 emulation plus color
·SCO and ATT console emulation
·Wyse 50/60, Adds Viewpoint emulation
·Pass-through print
·Sizable font, with window size following font
·Ability to zoom screen
·Option to auto-connect to a certain host
·Screen scrollback
·Copy and Paste
·Automatic Kermit download
·Can be restricted by administrator (see below)
Anzio Lite supports the following options that are part of the telnet protocol:
·Echo on/off
·Send terminal type to host (user can also set a terminal type string)
·Window size notification
Of course, everyone claims user friendliness, and so do we. The program consists of an executable, a help file, and several keymap files.
Commercial versions of the ANZIO family include products for DOS as well as Windows, and serial as well as TCP/IP. Commercial versions also include:
·User-defined macros
·Scripting language
·Control from host
·Greater configurability
·File transfer
·Special support for Word Perfect/Unix, including graphical print preview
·Background Bitmap
·Commercial level support
...and much more
For commercial version pricing and other information, refer to our home page, or contact us by one of the methods below.
II. Licensing
The downloadable version of Anzio Lite is for evaluation purposes only. If you use Anzio Lite beyond a reasonable evaluation period, you are expected to register. Registration gets you the latest release of the software, in a version that does not have the 15-second „unregistered‰ title screen.
The license fee on Anzio Lite is $25 per unit, with discounts starting at 50 units, as below (all prices are in US dollars, and include shipment via e-mail or domestic first class):
Units Price
50 $1000
100 1600
150 2000
200 2300
250 2500
500 3750
1000 5625
2000 8000
Note also that a purchase of 50 or more units of Anzio Lite will also include one license to AnzioSoc, the commercial version. That way, you can do various configuration procedures with AnzioSoc, and use the resulting files with your Lite versions.
To register, send appropriate info to Rasmussen Software, at the address below, along with payment. VISA, Mastercard, and American Express, as well as government purchase orders, are also accepted. See the file „LICENSE.WRI‰ for a registration form.
III. Installation and Use
Note: The unregistered Anzio Lite program has a file name of ANZIOSCL.EXE. The registered version has a file name of ANZIOSCR.EXE. References below may need to be adjusted.
If you have downloaded Anzio Lite, as ANZIOSCL.EXE, simply execute that program from Windows. Nothing else is needed to run the program (other than WINSOCK, as above). If you have downloaded a version encoded as a ZIP file, use PKUNZIP to unpack it. It does NOT spread into subdirectories, so your PKUNZIP command can be as simple as possible.
If you are installing a registered version from a diskette, run the SETUP.EXE program on the diskette.
We do not have the resources, for a shareware product, to assist in getting WINSOCK or address resolution working on your system. We assume that these are in place. If so, then when you run Anzio Lite it will ask for a host name (or IP address), connect to that host, and you'll be under way.
The program will store all its settings in a file for reuse the next time it is run. The default name for this file is ANZIOWIN.DEF, in the same directory as the program. Whenever you exit the program, if parameters have been changed, you will be asked if you wish to save them.
Note that this file can be copied to other PCs as an initial setup.
Host Name and Connection Options
The Options:Network submenu has three items affecting network operation.
Host name: Brings up a box that lets you specify the host name or IP address. Changing this entry will cause the program to disconnect from one host and attempt to connect to another. Note that a "port" for the telnet session can be specified at the end of the host name or IP, separated by a colon.
On your first startup, the program will ask you for a host name. Once it has one, it will remember it from session to session, in the DEF file.
And finally, it is possible to specify a host name on startup, with command-line parameters, such as:
anzioscl /h:myhost
(replace "myhost" with your host name).
Reconnect: This item governs how the program behaves if the other end of the connection terminates, such as in Unix when you type "exit" at the first shell level. If Reconnect is on, Anzio Lite will immediately issue a new connection request, resulting in a new login prompt. If Reconnect is off, Anzio Lite will terminate.
Auto-connect on startup: If this item is checked the program will always issue a "connect" when it starts up. This is especially handy if you always connect to the same host.
Calling Anzio Lite from your Web Browser
You can connect Anzio Lite to your web browser, so that when you select an item that needs telnet access, Anzio Lite will be invoked.
Find the place in your browser where the telnet application is specified. In Netscape, it's in Options:Preferences, under Applications and Directories (other browsers, you;ll have to experiment). In that slot, put in the full path name of Anzio Lite, then a space, then "/h:", such as:
c:\anzio\anzioscl.exe /h:
When your browser invokes Anzio Lite, it should append the host designation to the information above.
Beyond these things, Anzio Lite's operation should be obvious. Questions can be e-mailed as below.
Terminal Type and Keys Files
On first startup, Anzio will ask you for a host type (select „Unix‰ if in doubt) and terminal type (select „VT220‰ if in doublt). Anzio will then attempt to read the appropriate keymap file.
To change emulation type, select Communicate:Terminal type from the menu. You may also wish to load a different keymap file, in order to define function keys and some other special keys. Select File:Read keys, and pick the correct keymap file.
Note that there are several variations available for VT220 key mapping. See the Help file for more information.
The Lite version of Anzio does NOT give you the ability to modify keymap files. For that, you will need the Commercial version.
Specifying TERM Type to the Host
Anzio Lite has two ways of telling the host system know what kind of terminal it is emulating.
The first method make use of a standard option in the telnet negotiation, which is supported by many host systems. After the host system and Anzio agree that Anzio can send a terminal type, Anzio does so. In most systems this value is passed on to the TERM environment variable. The value that Anzio passes can be set up in the menu item Communicate:TERM name. If there is nothing there, Anzio will send the name as it appears in the Communicate:Terminal Type menu item.
The second method involves responding to escape sequences from the host. Typically, the host will send out one or more escape sequences that trigger responses in various terminals. Depending on what Terminal Type Anzio is set for, it will respond with a certain sequence. Details can be found below in the History of Changes.
V. Restricting Anzio Lite
We have had requests from some administrators to allow them to "cripple" Anzio Lite, for use in an environment with non-technical users. In response, we have worked out some tricks.
As a Windows program, Anzio Lite has "resources" that are accessible with a resource editor, such as those available from Microsoft and Borland. To restrict Anzio Lite, simply delete certain menu items in (a copy of) the ANZIOSCL.EXE. So for instance, if you don't want the users to be able to change the host name, simply delete that menu item. You may also delete entire menu columns.
Note that you can not simple gray or disable an item, as it will be dynamically reenabled during operation.
Two special enhancements have been made that are affected by menu item removal.
First, if you remove the Communicate:Network:Host name item, and Anzio fails to connect to a host specified either in the .DEF file or in the command line, Anzio will quit (instead of asking for a new host name).
Finally, if you delete the menu item "Save defaults", the program will NOT prompt the user to save on exit. This way, the user can mess things up but not save them, and operation will revert to normal on the next startup.
VI. The Background of Anzio
Rasmussen Software has been providing terminal emulation solutions since before there was an IBM PC. Our original market was users of NCR minicomputers. At various points, we have had products that ran under HDOS, CP/M, CP/M-86, MSDOS, and Windows, on a wide variety of hardware platforms.
The name „Anzio‰ was originally an acronym for „An NCR-Zenith Input Output program‰, because it ran on a Heathkit (Zenith) Z-80 computer. For you history buffs, yes there was a battle at the town of Anzio, Italy, in World War II. There was also a John Wayne movie of the same name. But really, we just liked the acronym.
VII. History of Changes
Following are changes made in Anzio Lite:
Changes in 10.2g:
* Remove some diagnostic messages left by mistake.
* VT emulation: deal with ESC [ 0 ; 0 r (sets scroll region to entire screen)
* Allow space between parameters "/h:" and hostname, for use with Netscape.
* Use hostname as part of Window title.
* Allow hostname to include a "port" for telnet (default is 23).
* If user CANCELS out of CONNECT process, ask for new host name.
* On startup, after banner screen, remind user it's unregistered.
* On startup, don't display startup screen unless unregistered, or
startup with no DEF file.
Changes in 10.3
* Allow upper-ascii (ISO) characters to be sent to host.
* Make ctrl-@ (and ctrl-2) send out a null (hex 00).
Make ctrl-dash send out a ctrl-underscore (hex 31).
Make ctrl-6 send out a ctrl-^ (hex 30).
* Be sure to kill timers on exit.
* Improve handling of telnet protocol; avoid getting spurious character 255.
* Double-clicking on title bar zooms/unzooms
* Add menu item Backspace 127
* Begin Windows help system
* Make ctrl-space send out a null (hex 00)
* Process TAB characters in Windows printer driver (WPRN).
* Changed menu item BACKSPACE 15 to BACKSPACE 21 (seldom used anyway)
* Make ctrl-H available, even if BACKSPACE is 127.
* Change approach to jump scrolling:
a) menu now refers to Jump Scroll off/medium/fast
b) separate parameter item from DOS Sync
c) New command: JUMP OFF | JUMP ON | JUMP FAST
d) JUMP OFF shows every line
JUMP MEDIUM suspends scrolling,
repaints when half a screen behind
and there are > 100 characters in the buffer
JUMP FAST suspends scrolling,
repaints when an entire screen behind
e) Lite version set for JUMP FAST
Changes in 10.3a
* Finish changes to routines to read, write keys files.
* Track better when keys file has changed.
* 8-bit character set is ISO for VT220, ANZIO, otherwise PC
set.
* WIN: menu changes:
a) Remove Sleep, Wait, as they only make sense in a macro.
b) Rearrange items affecting serial ports
* WIN: Program is now designed so that any many item, even a whole
column, can be removed from the .EXE (with a resource editor), and
things will work correctly.
Changes in 10.3b:
* Fixed bug (introduced in 10.3) in F2, F3.
* Initial work on Kermit auto-download (not included in Lite version)
* Will now respond to host request to pass terminal type (telnet TERMTYPE option).
User can specify an explicit response in the "TERM name" menu item, or default to
the name associated with the terminal type.
* Enlarge dialog box for host name, other strings.
* Deal with telnet "echo" option.
* In zoomed mode, extend line-draw characters downward.
* Expanded Color menu into submenu with Standard, Reverse, and Custom
* Added Custom to Screensize menu - allows specifying variable number of rows, columns.
* Respond to host request for terminal type:
If Wyse 60, respond to ESC SPACE with "60" then CR
If VT220 or related, respond to ESC Z or ESC [ c or ESC [ 0 c
with ESC [ ? 62 ; 1 ; 2 ; 6c
Changes in 10.3c:
* Fixed several bugs in variable screen size.
Changes in 10.2d:
* Optimize escape-code handling, especially VT-style.
* Optimize standard character reception.
* Added font-sizing, zoom.
* Optimize cursor handling.
* Restore lost ability to detect dropped connection
Changes in 10.2e:
* Check for dropped connection only once per second
* Remove checks of WSAIsBlocking.
Changes in 10.2f:
* Fixed bug introduced 10.2d causing weird behavior at end-of-line.
Changes in 10.2g:
* Remove some diagnostic messages left by mistake.
* VT emulation: deal with ESC [ 0 ; 0 r (sets scroll region to entire
screen)
* Allow space between parameters "/h:" and hostname, for use with
Netscape.
* use hostname as part of Window title.
* allow hostname to include a "port" for telnet
(default is 23).
* If user CANCELS out of CONNECT process, ask for new host name.
* On startup, after banner screen, remind user it's unregistered.
* On startup, don't display startup screen unless unregistered, or
startup with no DEF file.
Changes in 10.2h:
* Corrections in VT220 emulation:
a) Reverse index (ESC M) was wrong.
b) Changing scroll region resets cursor to home position.
c) Setting to 80 or 132 columns clears scroll region.
d) Setting to 80 or 132 columns (from host) clears screen.
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