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- Help after Installation
- =======================
-
- These instructions are available after the install by typing README
- from the DOS prompt. An on-screen help system is also available AFTER
- COMit is installed:
-
- To start COMit, type: COMIT [Enter]
- To start help by itself, type HELP [Enter]
- To start COMit and Help, type: COMITH [Enter]
- ([Alt-Z] brings up "Help" if you use COMITH.)
-
- If you see "Bad command or file name", change to drive and subdirectory
- where COMit was installed, and try again. For example:
-
- C: [Enter] CD \COMIT [Enter] COMIT [Enter]
-
- If your modem did not include a printed manual, you can make one with a
- program called MANPRINT.EXE (provided on your COMit disk.) Simply enter
- MANPRINT or A:MANPRINT (at the DOS prompt) for further instructions.
- The INSTALL program also puts MANPRINT.EXE on the specified destination
- disk in COMit's directory if space is available. MANPRINT.EXE may be
- deleted when it is no longer needed.
-
- Restoring the Init String
- =========================
- If you use INSTALL Type 1 (Automatic), the modem's initialization string
- is automatically set up for you. You may change the initialization string
- using COMit's menu option /SI if you wish. After a change, to restore to
- the original initialization string created by INSTALL, select menu option
- /SI, and choose #1. It will be labeled "Default set by INSTALL program."
-
- Note that some computer manufacturers and dealers pre-install COMit on your
- disk. If a different modem has been substituted after their pre-install,
- you may need to use menu option /SI and select the correct modem. In these
- cases, the "Default set by INSTALL program" will not be applicable unless
- you re-run INSTALL.EXE.
-
- New Initialization String Option
- ================================
- COMit normally monitors the carrier detect signal from the modem, and hangs
- up the phone upon loss of carrier. To make COMit ignore the carrier detect
- signal, and instead, wait for a "NO CARRIER" message from the modem, simply
- put "@" before your initialization string in COMit's Setup. For example:
- @AT&F. (COMit does not send the "@" to the modem.) This may help in cases
- where COMit is hanging up the phone soon after a connection is established.
- You can also put the "@" before the Dial prefix or a phone number.
-
- Menu Access Key
- ===============
- The COMit Menu Access Key is set to use [/] (FORWARD SLASH). This brings
- up a menu when using COMit or while online. If you want to type a slash,
- instead of using the menu, you can simply press [/][/]. (Press it
- quickly, two times in a row.) If, however, you wish to change the
- default Menu Access Key to something else, do the following:
-
- Go to the "SETUP" menu after starting COMit. Select "F-Keys and Menu
- Access Key." (Option "F" on the setup menu.)
-
- |-|---------------------------------|
- |T|Terminal Options and Paths |
- |-|---------------------------------|
- |H|Host Options and Paths |
- |-|---------------------------------|
- |F|F-Keys and Menu Access Key | <----- Select this option
- |-----------------------------------|
-
- At the bottom of the screen, you'll see...
-
- |F9 [
- |F10 [
- |[/] <--- Menu access key override. (Normally "/")
- |-------------------------------------------------------
- Press enter until [/] is highlighted, then press the new key to be used.
- Your override, if any, CANNOT be an [Alt] or [Ctrl] key combination or an
- F-key. We suggest one of these: \ @ ; ~ ` ' ] [ { } _ *
-
- The key you select will bring up the menu when you are online. Press it
- twice (quickly) to use it as a regular typing key.
-
- Comm Ports & Internal Modems
- ============================
- Most new computers are equipped with two serial ports. When using an
- internal modem on a system that has two serial ports already installed,
- you must disable one of the serial ports. Even if you have nothing
- attached to a port, it can cause a conflict with an internal modem.
-
- If you are not sure how to disable one of the ports contact your computer
- dealer. It may only require moving one or two jumpers on the card.
-
-
- Using Software V.42/V.42bis
- ===========================
- V.42 and V.42bis are implemented through COMit's software on some modems,
- rather than through the modem's hardware. To use the software V.42 and
- V.42bis, simply set the MNP column of any dialing directory entry to V.42
- or V.42bis. When you attempt to dial, COMit will notify you if the
- software V.42/V.42bis is not applicable to your modem, or if a change in
- Initialization String is necessary to use it. "Use MNP?" should be set
- to "Y" (under Host Options Setup) if software V.42/V.42bis is to be used
- in host mode.
-
- If you run INSTALL with Type 1 (Automatic), the Initialization String
- has been already set correctly. The message to the right of the COMit logo
- will indicate "V.42/V.42bis" if software MNP is available.
-
- Many other modems implement V.42/V.42bis and/or MNP in hardware. For these,
- you should set the MNP column of your dialing directory to NONE, and answer
- "N" to "Use MNP" under Host Options Setup(**). Automatic INSTALL takes
- care of this.
-
- Finally, some modems have no capability for V.42/V.42bis in hardware or
- software, but MNP can be implemented in software. For these, you may set
- the MNP column to MNP7, MNP5, MNP4, MNP2, REQD, or NONE. You'll be given an
- error message when dialing if you set it to V.42 or V.42bis.
-
- If your modem has hardware MNP and you want to use COMit's software MNP
- instead, you must disable MNP and V.42/V.42bis on the modem by giving it
- an initialization string that does so. (Consult your modem manual.)
-
-
- Keyboard lock up
- =================
- If you are experiencing lock ups at the dialing directory in
- COMit for DOS, and are using MS DOS version 6.0 or 6.2, run
- MEMMAKER, a program that came with MS DOS. (Type MEMMAKER from
- the DOS prompt -- not from a Windows DOS prompt.)
-
- Use the express setup. Respond YES when asked if you have programs
- that use expanded memory. This will usually resolve the problem.
-
- After installations of DOS 6.0 and Windows and DOS 6.2 you may find
- SMARTDRIVE is installed in AUTOEXEC.BAT as well as in CONFIG.SYS.
- Removing the command from one of them will usually fix the lock ups
- if MEMMAKER fails to do so.
-
-
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