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- Telemate 4.00 5 January, 1993
- =================================
-
- Telemate 4.00 is now available in the following BBSs as TM400-1.ZIP,
- TM400-2.ZIP, TM400-3.ZIP, TM400-4.ZIP and TMALARM.ZIP or .ARJ's.
-
- Land of the Gypsy's Oregon, USA ---- 503-297-0626 14400 V32bis
- Late Night BBS (*) New York, USA ---- 315-564-5700 14400 HST/ds
- PC Connect (*) Toronto, Canada ---- 416-733-9052 2400
- User To User #1 Dallas, USA ---- 214-492-6565 14400 HST/ds
- User To User #2 Dallas, USA ---- 214-492-5695 9600 V32
-
- (*) Real name logon only. "Telemate Telemate" logon not supported.
-
- In CompuServe, you will find TM4001.ZIP, TM4002.ZIP, TM4003.ZIP and
- TM4004.ZIP in IBMCOM forum Library 3/Comm program.
-
- The phone directory SUPPORT.FON is added so that you can access our
- support BBS and distribute sites easier.
-
-
- How to Register
- ===============
-
- You can now register Telemate with your credit card through the Public
- (Software) Library at 1-800-2424-775 or 1-713-524-6394 (order only
- please) or write to
-
- Public (Software) Library
- P.O. Box 35705
- Houston, TX 77235-5705
- USA
-
- For cheque or money order registration, please send it to
-
- White River Software
- P.O.Box 73031
- Limeridge Mall Postal Outlet
- Hamilton, Ont. L9A 5H7
- Canada
-
- (This is a new address. Mail sent to the old address will be forward
- automatically.)
-
- CompuServe users can register Telemate and GIFLink through CompuServe's
- new shareware registration service. Please go to the SWREG forum and
- search for TELEMATE and GIFLink.
-
- For a limited time, we accept competitive upgrade for Boyan, Procomm,
- Procomm Plus, Qmodem and Telix. Please refer to the order form for
- details.
-
-
-
- Distribution Sites
- ==================
-
- Thank you for many generous sysops, we are expanding our distribution
- network. On most distribution sites, you can simply log on with the
- user name 'Telemate Telemate' and the password 'telemate'. Then you
- will be able to download the Telemate files at the first call. You can
- also F'REQ from them with the magic name 'TELEMATE'. The following
- distirbution sites are listed in the phone directory SUPPORT.FON.
-
- ----- DISTRIBUTE SITE -----
- Coastline File Exchange (310)396-6011 14400 V32bis
- Egghead's Place (313)537-5704 14400 V32bis/HST
- Jesus Is Lord BBS (803)776-0323 9600 V32bis
- The Bloom County (313)582-0888 14400 V32bis
- The Freq Shop BBS (616)629-4354 14400 V32bis/HST
- The Agency BBS (803)821-2745 14400 V32bis
- The Hideaway! (517)569-2332 14400 V32bis
- The Quantum BBS (410)239-8379 14400 V32bis
-
- ----- FIDONET F'REQ -----
- Land of the Gypsy's Fido 1:105/18
- The Agency BBS Fido 1:372/51
- The Bloom County Fido 1:2410/400
- The Freq Shop BBS Fido 1:2201/29
- The Hideaway! Fido 1:2330/4
- The Quantum BBS Fido 1:261/1098
-
-
- Installing a new Telemate
- =========================
-
- The following steps show how to install Telemate on the C drive of your
- hard disk drive. You can use any other drive by substituting the letter
- of your drive in place of C in the example below.
-
- 1) Make a subdirectory for the Telemate files by typing MD \TM.
- 2) Change to the Telemate directory by typing CD \TM.
- 3) Copy all Telemate files to C:\TM.
- 4) Start the installation program TMINST.EXE and set up your Telemate.
-
- Now you are ready to run Telemate TM.EXE.
-
-
-
- Upgrading from v3.xx
- ====================
-
- Upgrading from v3.xx is sample, you can replace the following files
- with the new ones
-
- TM.EXE the main program
- TM.OVL the main program (overlay)
- TM.RES the resource file
- TM.HLP the help file
- HOST.SCR the host script (inside HOST.EXE)
- HCONFIG.SCR the host configuration script (inside HOST.EXE)
-
- Compiled files .TMS from v3.01 or higher is binary compatible with
- version 4.00. There is no need to re-compile them.
-
- If you want to use the new GIFLink X/Y/Zmodem/QuickB protocol driver
- with viewing capability during transmission, you should also copy
-
- GIFLINK.EXE the main GIFLink program
- GIFLINK.DOC the document
- GIFZ-U.BAT the upload batch file for GIFLink's Zmodem
- GIFZ-D.BAT the download batch file for GIFLink's Zmodem
- GIF-QB.BAT the upload and download batch file for QuickB
- TM.CFG the new TM.CFG with GIFLink defined
-
-
- Introducing GIFLink
- ===================
-
- In this release, we introduce GIFLink - a X/Y/Zmodem/QuickB protocol
- driver that displays transmitting GIF images in stunning SuperVGA
- graphics! It is the first protocol driver that uses full screen computer
- graphics in SuperVGA mode.
-
- GIFLink is distributed with Telemate as the 4th package and it is also
- available as a stand-alone Shareware. Telemate registered users are
- entitled to a special discount for GIFLink registration.
-
- . When transfering GIF files, GIFLink shows the GIF images in the
- optimal size so that the full image always fits in the screen. It
- also displays a number of useful information such as COM port, baud
- rate, estimated transfer time, average cps, image resolutions, etc.
-
- . GIFLink supports most of the popular file transfer protocols such as
- Zmodem, Batch Ymodem, Ymodem-G, Ymodem, Xmodem and CompuServe QuickB.
- If the files being transmitted are not GIF images, GIFLink will work
- just like a normal protocol driver. So GIFLink will transmit any
- files, not just GIF images.
-
- . Not only can GIFLink shows the GIF images while you are transmitting
- them, it has a special VIEW mode so that you can look at the received
- GIF images in a slideshow format or preview the images you are going
- to sent.
-
-
-
- . Almost all SuperVGA adapters and VESA compatible adapters are
- supported in 256 color mode or 64 grey-scale level up to 1024x768.
- Standard VGA is also allowed in 16 grey-scale level.
-
- . GIFLink supports connection through its own COM interrupt routine,
- FOSSIL driver or BIOS INT 14H, 16550 FIFO, non-standard COM port
- address and IRQ, slow handshake and many more options.
-
- . GIFLink provides direct Telemate support and optionally reads TM.CFG
- and writes TM.USE. Most DSZ environment variables are accepted as
- well.
-
-
- What's new in Telemate
- ======================
-
- . Quick dial: Pressing [Ins] in the dial window replaces the dial
- list with the entry under the dial bar and starts dialing.
-
- . When it is dialing, the [Ins] key inserts the entry under the dial
- bar to the end of the dial list. This allows you to easily add
- entries to the dial list without stopping the dialing process.
-
- . Quick search in the Dial window no longer needs the [Ctrl] key.
- For example, pressing the [D] key now jumps to the next entry that
- start with a 'D'.
-
- . The phone entry dialog allows an external protocol to be defined
- as the default protocol.
-
- . VT102 now have an improved transparent print routine.
-
- . VT102 supports <esc>[<ascii code>g, a non-standard code that
- display <ascii code> as the ASCII character.
-
- . Select multiple files with [Spacebar] in MULTIPLE directories when
- uploading.
-
- . In the file dialog, the whole file name field is erased if the
- first input character is '\'. This allows you to input a full path
- name quickly.
-
- . Zmodem download adds a Skip function. If you select the Skip button
- after you press [Esc], the current file is skipped and the next file
- begins immediately without interrupting the download process.
-
- . A date check is added to Zmodem recovery. A file with a different
- date (e.g. a QWK mail package) will not be resumed but will be
- renamed.
-
-
-
- . New entries in the DSZ.LOG are imported to TM.USE automatically after
- an external protocol is called and the SUCCESS variable in TMScript
- reports the correct status.
-
- . Backspace is stripped from the log file when the Log Filter is on.
-
- . The first 2 characters are used in the guessed initial if the
- person's name has only one word.
-
- . The default TM.CFG now have CTS/RTS flow control turned on and have
- GIFLink set up as protocol 'F' for Zmodem and 'Q' for CIS QuickB.
-
- . More DesqView friendly, Telemate will give up control to the
- multitasker when it is idle.
-
- . Host script allows open and close system.
-
- . RTS/CTS is now ON by default in TM.CFG
-
-
- What's fixed
- ============
-
- . The /N option did not work if /T is used as well.
- . When the dial list was deleted, a random number appeared in
- the dial list.
- . A closed log file was not saved into disk until the user exited
- Telemate.
- . Ymodem-G did not send files smaller than 1024 bytes.
- . DOS command window did not allow ASCII 128-255 characters.
- . Space was not allowed in the password macro.
- . Set AddLineFeed did not work in script.
- . Query LastCall did not return the actual date of the last call.
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Telemate 3.10 2 August, 1992
- ================================
-
- What's new
- ==========
-
- . The command line switch /W (Windows Compatibility option) is added to
- provide high speed transmission under Windows. By default, Telemate
- does not use the transmit interrupt when running under Windows
- because the transmit interrupt may lock up some machines completely.
- With this switch, both transmit and receive interrupts are used. It
- can be added to the TELEMATE.PIF if Telemate can run with it under
- Windows.
- . Smart Quoting: [Alt Q] now reformats a normal paragraph and truncates
- an already quoted message.
- . A percentage indicator is added to the transfer window.
- . The dial list is rearranged after a successful connection or aborted
- by the user, so that the next-to-be-dialed entry is placed at the
- beginning of the dial list.
- . A Clear screen option is added to the phone directory so that you can
- clear the terminal window at log on.
- . The phone directory dialog is rearranged. A 'Default' option is added
- to dial prefix and suffix in the phone directory dialog. This should
- help those who are not aware there is a prefix pointer and a suffix
- pointer in the phone directory.
- . The communication dialog is rearranged.
- . A Yes/No dialog is added for the Clear [Alt N] command in the Back
- window.
- . The Save option dialog is removed. The option will be saved to the
- same configuration file.
- . In the file dialog, only the file name part is replaced with the
- first alphanumeric character. Previously, the full file name is
- erased.
- . If there is no TMCFG environment variable and the TM.CFG cannot be
- found in the current directory, Telemate will attempt to load the
- configuration file from the same directory that contains TM.EXE.
- . The message "Problem opening resource file" is shown if you are using
- an out-dated resource file.
- . A random factor is added to the ending screen in the evaluation
- version so that it can be more eye-catching.
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Telemate 3.02 23 June, 1992
- ==============================
-
- What's new
- ==========
-
- . Windows 3.1 compatible, the mouse pointer in a window now works
- correctly.
- . For Microsoft mouse, speed control is left to the mouse driver. The
- speed option in the mouse dialog has no effect on Microsoft mouse.
- . Add quick search in dial window, e.g. [Ctrl D] jump to the entry.
- starting with the letter 'D'.
- . Quote [Alt Q] now reformats the paragraph instead of truncating it.
- . Add ^G as [DEL] in Wordstar convention.
- . In the file dialog, the default file name is now replaced with the
- first alphanumeric character. Previously, a [Ctrl Y] is required
- to erase the default file name.
- . For MouseSystem, it now checks the IRQ number and allows using COM1
- and COM3, or COM2 and COM4 together as long as the IRQ is different.
- . The CONNECT string is now put in the backscroll window.
- . BUSY4 is changed to "NO DIAL", some modems use "NO DIAL TONE", some
- use "NO DIALTONE".
- . DIALPREFIX1 is changed to "AT DT". Many users were not aware that
- there is a prefix pointer in the phone directory.
- . The auto-download sequence for HSLink external protocol is changed
- to "HS*^BR".
- . TMINST.EXE now sets the interrupt number according to the IRQ number
- automatically, unless specified differently.
- . TMINST.EXE now change the prefix and suffix in TM.FON if a different
- default prefix/suffix is chosen.
- . TMPHONE.EXE now updates the saved dial list in TM.CFG.
- . TMPHONE.EXE now only prints non-blank entries.
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Telemate 3.01 3 January, 1992
- ================================
-
- What's new
- ==========
-
- Dial Window
- -----------
- . Auto Redial upon carrier lost.
- . Multiple phone line support, similar names are removed from the
- dial list.
- . Select or de-select dial entries with [Spacebar] or mouse click.
- . Strip High Bit, Long Distance, Tag Separater and Initial Guessing
- option in phone directory.
- . Auto Log (previous Auto Open Log) in phone directory will turn on/off
- the log file automatically.
- . Dial bar color selection.
- . Remove (or clear) a dial entry in Dial window.
- . Default COM port in Dial window now uses the current COM port.
- . Default Baud rate (0) in Dial window.
- . Dial Break string, default is "RING^M".
- . Reload phone directory if necessary after DOS shell, can use
- TMPHONE.EXE during the DOS shell.
-
- Terminal Window
- ---------------
- . Avatar 0+ terminal emulation.
- . Prism terminal emulation.
- . Kermit with 8th-bit encoding and run-length-encoding.
- . 4 more (8 total) external protocols.
- . Select multiple files with [Spacebar] in directory when uploading.
- . Multiple files can now pass to external protocol batch file.
- . BIOS 14h and FOSSIL connection.
- . Space and Mark parity.
- . Xmodem-1K.
- . Xmodem upload uses a 4K read-ahead buffer if you have enough memory.
- . Xmodem download and its variation use the actual name instead of
- "UNKNOWN.$$$" during the download.
- . [Alt S] displays both .SCR and .TMS in the script directory.
- . Finer pacing in measure of 1/20 seconds instead of 1/10.
- . File name guessing accepts digit as starting character.
- . The block fields and the remote system field in the transfer
- window are removed.
- . Quote margin cuts off the quoting message at the margin instead
- of reformatting it.
- . Turn off 16550 FIFO when exit.
-
-
-
- Edit/View/Back/DOS/Clipboard Window
- -----------------------------------
- . Tag [Alt G] file names in the Edit, View and Back window. [Alt G] is
- a lot like [Alt C] but it copies the only file names in the marked
- text. You can select a space (for PCBoard, QBBS, etc), a carriage
- return (for Wildcat, etc) or comma (for GENie, etc) as the tag
- separater. [Shift Alt G] appends instead of copies.
- . Support CUA-like text marking. E.g. Shift-Right will start marking.
- [Ctrl Ins] as [Alt C], [Shift Ins] as [Alt P], and [Ctrl Del] as
- [Alt U].
- Note: CUA uses [Shift Del] as cut.
- . Clear View window.
- . DOS 5's look in the DOS command window.
- . DEL in DOS command window support /p as the prompt command.
- . INSIDE supports ARJ and ZOO and use /p as pause command.
- . Larger Clipboard.
- . Tag file names and Clear in Clipboard.
-
- Macro
- -----
- . ^- keystroke simulation macro symbol which generate keystroke
- as if they are typed in from the keyboard.
- . In ^= macro sequence, you can add a ^[ after the ^M if you want
- to hide the DOS command window after executing the command.
- . Redefinable F1, PgUp and PgDn keys.
- . Support for enhanced keyboard, redefinable extra cursor keys.
- . Doorway mode supports enhanced keyboard.
- . Seperation of [Ctrl H] and [Back space].
-
- Dialog/Option
- -------------
- . Enhanced dialog manager supports hot-key using a single character key
- or an alt key combo. [Tab]/[Shift Tab] will jump to the next/previous
- group. [Up]/[Down] will move to the next/previous item. Only one
- [Enter], instead of two, is needed to activate the default button.
- . Maximum DOS shell. When On, RTS will be dropped if RTS/CTS flow
- control is On. Otherwise, the COM port will be disabled during the
- DOS shell and incoming data will be lost. So this option should be
- turned on only if you use RTS/CTS flow control.
- . Date format now can has 9 values (0-8)
- 0 = MM-DD-YY, 1 = DD-MM-YY, 2 = YY-MM-DD
- 3 = MM/DD/YY, 4 = DD/MM/YY, 5 = YY/MM/DD
- 6 = MM.DD.YY, 7 = DD.MM.YY, 8 = YY.MM.DD
- . Screen saver.
- . Log heading option.
- . External alarm.
- . Reverse mouse left/right button.
- . Image, View and Write directory.
- . Display free memory information in Status window [F1].
- . Default video color for LCD.
- . Save 'Display all information' option in file directory.
- . Able to print to LPT1 or LPT2. Use TMINST.EXE to set the printer port.
- . Add highlite character in menu options.
- . Add /N command line option. It works like /O except that it uses the
- COM port parameters in TM.CFG.
-
-
-
- Script
- ------
- . New SET commands:
- SET AutoStop,Off/On.
- When On, the script will be halted upon carrier lost. This
- special option is reset to Off at the beginning of every script.
- SET MaxDosShell,Off/On
- SET DateFormat,0-8
- SET ScreenSaver,0-99
- SET LogFilter,Off/On
- SET LogHeading,Off/On
- SET ExtAlarm,Off/On
- SET AutoRedial,Off/On
- SET MultiLine,Off/On
- SET Tag,Space/Crlf/Comma
- SET DirTelemate,""
- SET DirDownload,""
- SET DirEdit,""
- SET DirImage,""
- SET DirLog,""
- SET DirScript,""
- SET DirUpload,""
- SET DirView,""
- SET DirWrite,""
-
- . Improved SET command: all SET commands now accept integer as well as
- the token (e.g. 'On','Off','TTY','ANSI' etc). A value of 0 is
- interperted as 'Off', 1 is 'On'. Others are shown as follows:
- SET Connection, Modem(0)/Computer(1)/Fossil(2)/BIOS(3)
- SET Parity, None(0)/Odd(1)/Even(2)/Space(3)/Mark(4)
- SET Terminal, TTY(0)/ANSI(1)/VT52(2)/VT102(3)/AVATAR(4)/PRISM(5)
- SET Tag, Space(0)/Crlf(1)/Comma(2)
-
- . QUERY command: all options that can be set by the SET command can be
- queried by the QUERY command. It returned the corresponding string or
- integer (not token). In addition, the QUERY command accept BOARD,
- PHONE, PASSWORD, TOTAL, LASTCALL and MEMO.
-
- . KEYSTROKE command in the script. This is an equivalent to the
- keystroke macro except it does not need the '^-' symbol.
-
- . CONNECTED reports the BBS # connected
- . LOADMAC, LOADPAD and LOADKEY: Same as LOADFON
- . CONVERTDATE procedure in TOOLBOX3.SCR
- . FILEEXIST supports wildcard
- . DELETE supports wildcard.
- . Adds 'SET AUTOSTOP,ON' in script generated by LEARN
-
- . HOST.SCR is improved so that it detects the correctness of the
- carrier signal and issues the "AT&C1" command when necessary. This is
- the answer to the most asked question of 'why my host script does not
- work?'. It also restores all the options after the host mode is
- ended.
-
-
-