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- C O M M U N I Q U É
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- INTRODUCTION
- About Communiqué...............................................1
- Features.......................................................2
- Copyright and Licensing........................................3
- International Support Sites....................................4
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- CHAPTER 1: Getting Started
- Computer Requirements..........................................5
- Installing Communiqué..........................................5
- Commandline Options............................................7
- DOS Environment Variables......................................7
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- CHAPTER 2: The Status Bar and Main Menu
- Whats On The Status Bar........................................8
- The Main Menu..................................................9
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- CHAPTER 3: The Communiqué Pull Down Menu
- About.........................................................10
- License.......................................................10
- Register......................................................10
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- CHAPTER 4: The File Pull Down Menu
- Download......................................................11
- Upload........................................................12
- Transfer protocols..........................................13
- Selecting a protocol.......................................14
- Load Macros...................................................14
- Save Macros...................................................14
- Load Script...................................................14
- DOS Shell.....................................................15
- Quit..........................................................15
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- BaudRate......................................................16
- Data Bits.....................................................16
- Stop Bits.....................................................16
- Parity........................................................17
- Com Port......................................................17
- Word Wrap.....................................................17
- Line Feeds....................................................17
- Local Echo....................................................17
- Emulation.....................................................17
- Translation...................................................18
- Auto Z-Modem..................................................18
- Avatar........................................................18
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- IEMSI Profile.................................................19
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- Capture.......................................................20
- Printer.......................................................20
- Dial..........................................................20
- Disconnect....................................................22
- Chat Mode.....................................................23
- Scroll Buffer.................................................23
- Timers........................................................23
- Clear Screen..................................................23
- Send Break....................................................23
- Type Ahead....................................................23
- Status Bar....................................................24
- Keyboard Lock.................................................24
- Raw Mode......................................................24
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- Screen and Colour.............................................25
- Modem and Dialling............................................26
- Paths and Filenames...........................................28
- Terminal Defaults.............................................29
- IEMSI Profiles................................................29
- External Protocols............................................32
- Communication Ports...........................................32
- Printer Setup.................................................33
- General Options...............................................33
- Keyboard Macros...............................................35
- Translation Tables............................................36
- Save Configuration............................................36
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- APPENDIX A: Communiqué Quick Command Reference...................38
- APPENDIX B: Communiqué Trouble Shooting Guide....................39
- APPENDIX C: IBM PC ASCII Character Set...........................40
- APPENDIX D: Standard RS-232 Cable Wiring.........................42
- INDEX............................................................43
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- I N T R O D U C T I O N
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- Communiqué started out in early 1991 as a little experiment, I never
- expected to become interested in writing a proper computer terminal
- package to compete with those already available on the market.
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- But it happened. I fiddled, tried new tricks, and then wrote a
- simple terminal package, adding more and more features, and showing
- my friends. After a while I thought, well why not give it a go. At
- this time there was no stand alone terminal package that supported
- the new IEMSI standard and very little or none to support the new
- AVATAR level 0+ graphics standard that was appearing on BBS's at the
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- It took me a long time to actually design the finished menu
- structure, a lot of coding and recoding to try different ideas, but
- eventually I got it right. I always knew from the beginning how the
- menu structure should look like, that it should have a pop up menu
- bar with pull down menus, something that was very friendly to the
- user, with help on each item, and something that was quite aesthetic
- to look at.
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- As time went on I changed and added many things, and in amongst all
- this I left Perth, Australia to go on a round the world trip to
- visit friends, a bit of a holiday on the doctors orders. Well now I
- have ended up in Luxembourg where I am living and working full time
- on this programme and a few other smaller ones, I do not know what
- my future living plans are, but I think I will stay in Europe.
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- As for Communiqué, I have big plans, this is the first release of
- many and there are many more features to come. As for now I would
- like to say thank you to the following people, all this would not
- have happened without the kind and unselfish help from these people
- (and this is in no particular order):
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- Anne ThΦgersen, Andrew Milner, Ezra van Dort, Fred Horner, Steve
- Richardson, Franz Muller, Luc Engelmann, Terry Harvey, Barry
- Phillips, John Barton, Andrew Russell, Peter Janssens, Teo Chee
- Kian, Gary Smith, Rudy Labordus, James Berry, Mick Howland, Paul
- Fournel, Scott's Bar and Pub (Luxembourg) and everyone there,
- Portacom (Western Australia) and Sharp Corporation Australia, my
- family, and lastly, but DEFINITELY NOT least, all my beta testers.
- Thanks a lot everyone.
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- I would also like to thank Steve Richardson again for writing the
- majority of this manual, thanks once again Steve.
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- I hope you enjoy using Communiqué as I have enjoyed designing and
- programming it.
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- Best Regards
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- Adam Blake
- Author
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- Features of Communiqué version 1.00
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- The following is a small list detailing what you can expect from
- Communiqué. It is by no means comprehensive and complete but it will
- give you an idea of the sort of features that Communiqué packs.
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- * Pop up and pull down menus - The main menu is not displayed
- until you press a command key, the main menu pops up with all
- other menus being pull down.
- * Infinite dialling directory size - The size of the telephone
- directory is unlimited, you can add as many entries as you
- want.
- * Full IEMSI support - Communiqué supports IEMSI, Interactive
- Electronic Interchange, for fast logons to computer systems
- supporting this protocol.
- * Full AVATAR 0+ terminal specification support
- * TTY/ANSI/VT52/VT102/AVATAR terminal support
- * XModem/XModem 1k/Xmodem 1kG/YModem/YModem G/ZModem protocols
- supported
- * Type Ahead Buffer - Type while still receiving data from the
- remote
- * Supports speeds up to 115200 baud
- * Supports 4 fully configurable com ports
- * Fully multi-tasker aware with time-slicing
- * Auto-detection of multi-tasker in use
- * Facilities for external file transfer protocols
- * An Online Timer and 4 Time Alarms
- * Keyboard password lock for security
- * Raw keyboard mode supported for such programmes as DOORWAY
- * Auto-detection of screen write method required: DOS or Direct
- * Full mouse support throughout
- * And Communiqué is ultimately fully configurable.
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- Copyright and License
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- Communiqué is copyright by Adam Blake and Intelware, 1992.
- Communiqué is freely copyable and may be distributed in it's
- original archive freely. Any attempts to change the contents of any
- files within the archive will be considered a breech of copyright.
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- Neither Adam Blake, nor Intelware or any of its distributors, may be
- held liable for any damage caused by the use of Communiqué.
- Although, the software has been thoroughly tested against such an
- occurrence, it is not guaranteed that damage will not be caused, for
- the variety of independent events which may effect any software
- guarantee.
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- You are licensed to use Communiqué freely for up to one month. After
- this period, if you wish to continue using Communiqué, you are
- obliged to register Communiqué at one of the support sites listed
- below. After registration you will be issued with a personal serial
- number, this serial number is your proof of purchase. Your
- registered version of Communiqué may be used on one computer or by
- one person. If you have a registered version of Communiqué on
- multiple computers it may only be used by ONE person, each
- individual must register his/her own version.
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- The following products and names mentioned in this manual are the
- copyrighted material and or trademarks of their creators and
- respective companies:
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- Communiqué Adam Blake & Intelware Software
- RemoteAccess Andrew Milner & Continental Software
- QuickBBS Pegasus Software Inc.
- EMSI and IEMSI Joaquim Horighausen and
- Advanced Engineering
- MS-DOS MicroSoft Inc.
- PC-DOS IBM Inc.
- GSZ, DSZ,
- Z-Modem Chuck Forsberg and Omen Technology
- Doorway Marshall Dudley
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- Communiqué has a network of international support sites for you to
- contact if you are having problems. This service is for registered
- and unregistered users alike, though our registered users will
- always get priority support as they are the people who have helped
- make this product. If you have not yet registered you may do so at
- one of these sites. A more complete list of worldwide support sites
- is enclosed in the Communiqué distribution archive.
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- USA and Canada: Steve Richardson
- TopSoft Software
- 3503 Trail Ridge Road
- Louisville, Ky 40241
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- BBS Support: (502) 425-9941 (9600/V32)
- (502) 425-9942 (14,400/HST/V32b)
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- Australia : Terry Harvey
- The Eagles
- P.O. Box 593
- Burwood, NSW 2134
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- BBS Support: +61-2-745-3190 (V32/PEP)
- +61-2-745-3057 (PEP)
- +61-2-745-3500 (RingDown 2400)
- FAX Support: +61-2-744-8555
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- Europe : Peter Janssens
- Patersstraat 48
- 5801 AV Venray
- The Netherlands
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- BBS Support: +31-4780-12428 (HST/V32b)
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- UK : Barry Phillips
- Compass!! BBS
- P.O. Box 21
- ORMSKIRK
- Lancs L39 3QW
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- BBS Support: +44-695-571117 (HST/V32b)
- +44-695-571118 (HST/V32)
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- Asia : Teo Chee Kian
- Apt Blk 426
- Bedok North Rd.
- #08-521
- Singapore 1646
- Republic of Singapore
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- BBS Support: +65-442-6925 (HST/V32/V42b)
- +65-442-3146 (2400bps)
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- Communiqué was designed with a user friendly interface for ease of
- use that both new computer users and professionals alike will enjoy
- to use. This philosophy has not discluded the installation procedure
- for Communiqué, which is a simple matter of running Communiqué and
- letting it do all the work.
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- When you run Communiqué for the first time it will not find any of
- the setup data files it needs, so it will create new ones with it's
- own preprogrammed default settings. So when you run Communiqué for
- the first time a little error window will pop up each time it cannot
- find the setup file it needs, telling you that it is creating a new
- setup file using it's default settings.
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- Before you begin to install Communiqué you should know what your
- computer needs to run Communiqué. The requirements are very moderate
- and practically any IBM compatible computer can run Communiqué.
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- * An IBM PC or 100% Compatible Computer
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- * A Floppy Disk Drive (Hard Disk Drive Recommended)
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- * Any Modem
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- * 256kb of Random Access Memory (RAM)
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- * Microsoft Compatible Mouse (Optional)
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- * MS/PC-DOS 2.00 or Higher.
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- As mentioned above, the installation process for Communiqué has been
- designed for complete simplicity, the process will take only a few
- seconds from beginning to end.
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- If you are reading this document we can safely say that you have
- already unpacked the archive which this came in, so we will start
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- Communiqué is best run from it's own directory, although you can
- safely run Communiqué from a directory containing other programmes.
- For simplicity we will install Communiqué in it's own directory.
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- Create a directory into which to place Communiqué, we will use
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- Type: MD \Term
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- You now have to enter that directory.
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- Type: CD \Term
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- Now we can copy all the Communiqué files into this directory
- from wherever they are now. We will assume that you have this
- file and all others on the floppy disk drive A:.
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- Type: COPY A:*.*
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- Now all the files have been copied into this directory, you are
- almost ready. If you do a lot of uploading and downloading from
- other computer systems you may want to create separate
- upload/download directories.
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- Type: MD Upload
- MD Download
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- You are now ready to run Communiqué, to do so simply type:
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- COMMUNIQ
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- If you have a monochrome monitor (Black & White) you can add a
- parameter to tell Communiqué to use monochrome colours, type:
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- COMMUNIQ /M
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- Each time Communiqué cannot find a data file that it needs it
- will create a new one with it's own default settings. Files
- that it will look for when it starts up are: SETUP.CDF,
- IEMSI.CDF and PROTOCOL.CDF. Each time it creates one of these
- files it will display a window telling you what it is doing and
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- Communiqué has a number of commandline options which can be added to
- the commandline when you run Communiqué, ie. "Communiq /M". To get a
- complete description of the commandline options type "Communiq ?".
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- of what each one does.
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- /M....Force monochrome mode *
- /T....Disable carrier detect before dialling
- /D+...Enable direct screen writes *
- /D-...Disable direct screen writes *
- /C+...Enable CGA screen snow checking *
- /C-...Disable CGA screen snow checking *
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- * Options marked with this are all normally automatically detected
- and there should be no reason for you to have to use these.
- These options are provided for thoroughness which may be needed
- with slightly incompatible hardware.
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- To run Communiqué in the fastest modes possible you should try
- "Communiq /D+ /C-". This enables direct screen writes which is the
- fastest method of writing to the screen and it disables any snow
- checking that may be performed on CGA type screens.
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- If you run Communiqué from other than it's own directory, Communiqué
- will not be able to find the data files it needs and therefore
- create new ones. To stop this happening you can specify a DOS
- environment variable.
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- For example if you have Communiqué set up in the C:\TERM directory
- and you run it from the C:\DOS directory by typing
- "C:\TERM\COMMUNIQ" it will not find the data files in C:\TERM and
- create new ones in C:\DOS instead.
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- The DOS environment variable TERM fixes this problem by telling
- Communiqué where to find it's data files. To implement this all you
- need to do is type from the DOS prompt:
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- SET TERM=directory
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- Directory is the name of the directory where Communiqué and all it's
- data files are stored, in the examples used above this would be
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- SET TERM=C:\TERM
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- THE STATUS BAR
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- Communiqué has been designed to give you the maximum screen size for
- your communications but at the same time supply as much information
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- Communiqué's status bar is located on the bottom, very last line of
- the screen. On the status bar you will find such important
- information as the current communications port, baud rate etc.
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- Explained below is what each item that appears or may appear on the
- status line is:
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- Alt-H for Help--Com1: 2400,8,N,1--ANSI--AVATAR--IEMSI--CAP--PRN--COM
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- 1) The Alt-H for help is just a simple reminder telling you that
- help is available by holding the ALT key and the H key down
- together, this will pop up the main menu.
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- 2) "Com1" tells you what communications port you are currently
- using, connected to your modem or serial cable. The com ports
- that you can use range from Com1 to Com4.
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- 3) Directly after that is your set modem speed, data bits, parity,
- and stop bits. For the average user who calls bulletin board
- systems, it will be 2400,8,N,1. The baud rate can be one of
- many settings, and is selected by pressing ALT-B. The data bit
- setting can be either 7 or 8, the parity setting can be either
- N for None, O for Odd or E for Even. The stop bits is either 0,
- 1, or 2.
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- 4) After this your current terminal emulations are listed. In the
- above example, both ANSI and AVATAR are on. ANSI is the
- standard terminal emulation used by most bulletin board
- systems, but Avatar is currently picking up in its popularity
- as it is faster at lower speeds than ANSI (2400 on down). Many
- systems use a mixture of ANSI and AVATAR so Communiqué allows
- you to have AVATAR on with all other emulations. Other
- emulations include TTY, VT52, VT100 and AVATAR by itself.
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- 5) The next part of the status line is used for displaying the
- status of certain features such as "IEMSI" for Interactive EMSI
- (See the chapter further on detailing this), "CAP" to tell you
- that capture is on and "PRN" to notify you that printer echo is
- currently turned on. One other bit of information may appear
- here, "RAW" tells you that Communiqué is in RAW keyboard mode
- which is switched on and off with the Scroll Lock key. RAW mode
- sends ALL keyboard codes to the modem, Communiqué does not
- bother checking the codes and therefore while in RAW mode you
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- 6) The last thing listed on the status line is your online status.
- If you are currently online to another system Communiqué will
- put a "COM" on the end of the status line telling you that
- Communiqué is COMunicating with another system. You can also
- see how long you have been online by pressing ALT-V this
- displays the Timer and Alarm window which has the Online
- Timer and Current Time plus Timer and Alarm times.
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- After entering Communiqué, pressing Alt-H or a mouse button, the
- "Main Menu" will appear. From the main menu you can branch off into
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- 1) Communiqué menu
- 2) File menu
- 3) Modem menu
- 4) Utility menu
- 5) Setup menu
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- From those menus, you can use and take advantage of many of
- Communiqué's powerful features. For additional information on each
- menu, please refer to the appropriate chapter on each menu.
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- Each of the above menu items can be selected by moving the hilight
- bar with the cursor keys then pressing RETURN once the hilight is
- over the desired item or by pressing the hilighted character in the
- menu item name in this case "C" for Communiqué, "F" for File, "M"
- for Modem, "U" for Utility or "S" for Setup. Pressing ESC from here
- will return you to the main work screen and the menu will disappear.
- On top of this you may use the mouse to select these menu items,
- move the mouse cursor onto the item and press the left mouse button,
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- This menu simply contains some basic information on Communiqué
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- Communiqué's ABOUT screen explains a bit about the current version
- of Communiqué you are using. It will give you the version number,
- copyright notice, and if you have registered it will display your
- name saying you have registered. This window may also contain some
- special licensing information if your version of Communiqué is from
- a company which is a Communiqué license holder.
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- This screen explains your current license to use Communiqué, and
- includes a list of international support sites. Communiqué is
- distributed on a shareware basis, and registration is required after
- your evaluation period of 30 days (1 month). Your registration may
- be performed via any of the IntelWare international registration
- sites listed in the introduction chapter, you can even use your
- credit cards.
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- REGISTER
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- This screen contains your name and unique Communiqué serial number.
- If you are using an unregistered version, you will not have a serial
- number, but will be required to purchase one after 30 days of usage.
- By registering you are supporting the shareware concept which allows
- the marketing of high-quality products such as Communiqué on an open
- market with lower costs.
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- If you have registered and received you registration card it is here
- that you type in the serial number on the registration card. Be
- careful to get all information exact, when you type in your name it
- must appear as it does on your registration card.
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- The File menu contains the basic file operations of Communiqué. In
- this menu you will find: Download
- Upload
- Load Macros
- Save Macros
- Load Script
- DOS Shell
- Quit
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- DOWNLOAD
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- Downloading is the process which, with the machine that you have
- connected to, transfers a file from the remote machine to your
- machine. When you download a file, you use a special method of
- copying a file, called a transfer protocol which allows the two
- machines to talk or communicate in the same language and
- send/receive files. An example of a protocol is X-Modem, which is
- available on most BBS's and computer systems. However, X-Modem is
- one of the slower protocols. The more modern, faster and more
- efficient protocol of today is Z-Modem.
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- Communiqué contains the following comprehensive selection of
- internal protocols which are explained further on:
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- X-Modem
- X-Modem 1k
- X-Modem 1k-G
- Y-Modem
- Y-Modem G
- Z-Modem
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- In addition to your internal protocols, Communiqué has the ability
- to use external protocols at ease. For help in regards to
- installing external protocols, please refer to the section labelled
- "Installing External Protocols" in the Setup chapter.
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- To start a download, you must first be connected to a remote
- computer, or a bulletin board system. On the remote system you must
- first select what file or files you will be downloading and the
- transfer protocol. Any of the protocols mentioned above will work,
- but certain protocols have certain advantages. For help in
- selecting the transfer protocol, please see the section on transfer
- protocols below.
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- After selecting the files and transfer protocol, you must have the
- remote system start the transfer. After the remote system starts
- it's side of the transfer, you must then go to Communiqué's download
- selection, which can be brought up with an Alt-R, a PageDown, or by
- hitting Alt-F to bring up the file menu, and then selecting the
- download option. After selecting the download option, you will then
- have to choose the transfer protocol. It is important that you
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- to be transfered. If your using a protocol that transfers the
- information automatically such as Y-Modem or Z-Modem, it won't be
- necessary. However, if your using a protocol such as X-Modem,
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- receiving your file(s). The time left for the transfer and other
- important information will pop up in an easy to read window for your
- convenience.
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- directory that you have specified as your downloaded file path in
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- Uploading is the exact opposite process of downloading in which you
- send a file or files to the remote system. Uploading also uses
- transfer protocols and the process in which it works is very similar
- to downloading, but it is in the reverse direction.
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- For your uploading, Communiqué also has the same protocols as listed
- above to do your transfer in addition to the ability to use external
- protocols.
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- To start an upload, you must first be connected with your remote
- computer. After that, you will need to tell the remote computer
- that you will be uploading a file and select a transfer protocol.
- Depending on the type of system your connected to and protocol you
- are using, it may or may not ask for the filename. If it does ask,
- just simply type in the filename you are about to upload.
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- After that, you will need to start the upload process on the remote
- computer. Once this is done all you have to do is select upload in
- Communiqué by using a Alt-T, PageUp, or by choosing it from the file
- menu. After choosing upload, signify your transfer protocol, and
- then enter the full filename(s) of the file(s) to be uploaded.
- After that, just hit enter and the file transfer should start.
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- If you have problems with your uploading or downloading, refer to
- the section in the manual labelled problems and solutions.
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- Note when using some protocols for uploading, you will be allowed to
- use DOS wildcards, ie. "*.DOC" which will upload all xxxxxxxx.DOC
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- Following is a detailed description of each of the internal
- protocols that Communiqué supports, use this to decide which
- protocol is best for your own purposes, this also depends of course
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- is still commonly used today. X-Modem transfers files in blocks of
- 128 characters at a time. Error correction in X-Modem is done
- through a checksum, or a CRC depending on what your remote is using.
- In order for X-Modem to function properly, you will need a
- communications setup of 8,N,1, which means 8 data bits, no parity,
- and 1 stop bit.
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- X-Modem 1k - This version of X-Modem works the same way as regular
- X-Modem, but the blocks are sent in 1024 byte blocks of data and
- therefore the transfer is faster because it does not have to send as
- many block headers and footers.
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- but was made for error-free connects such as those that you would
- get on a modem with error correction, or through a null modem cable.
- X-Modem 1kG has greater speed than regular X-Modem as it sends its
- blocks in 1024 byte blocks, but doesn't wait for the acknowledgment
- of each block. This protocol should only be used on error free
- connects, because if an error does come up, the transfer will
- automatically abort unlike regular X-Modem. To get an error
- correcting connection with your modem, you must have MNP or V42(b)
- built into your modem, and be connected to another modem using the
- same error correction technique.
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- Y-Modem - Y-Modem is very similar to X-Modem in many aspects, but
- is a "smarter" protocol. Unlike X-Modem, you can do batch transfers
- with Y-Modem which allows you to send multiple files in one session.
- Ymodem also keeps track of the file names, sizes, and dates, this
- means you do not have to tell the receiving computer the filename
- because it can find this information from the data sent be the
- transmitting computer. Depending on line conditions, Y-Modem may
- transfer in 128 or 1024 byte blocks.
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- Y-Modem G - Y-Modem G is a variation of regular Ymodem, but it
- doesn't have error correction and operates like X-Modem 1kG.
- Because of its lack of error correction, higher transfer rates can
- be obtained on error-free connections, or through a null modem
- cable. As with X-Modem 1kG, if an error occurs in a Y-Modem G
- transfer, it likewise will abort.
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- protocols that is widely used today. Like Y-Modem, it also allows
- for batch transfers where more than one file can be transfered in a
- session, and it is a "smart" protocol. As a "smart" protocol, it
- can detect the file names, file sizes, and dates without relying on
- the user to enter this information. Z-Modem is also excellent at
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- As you can see, Communiqué has an extensive selection of internal
- protocols for use, and the availability of external protocols.
- Because of this, the question of which one to use comes up. When
- the remote system has only one protocol available, you will
- obviously have to use that one. However, in most cases there are
- usually several available. As a general rule, Z-Modem is the best
- protocol to use in most circumstances, and when its available. If
- you have a clean telephone line with an error correcting connect, Y-
- Modem G would give you an even faster CPS (Characters Per Second)
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- The load macros command will allow you to load a previously created
- macro file containing macros that you have created and saved. If
- you are not familiar with macros, it is the ability to define
- certain keys to perform certain actions or display data. For
- example, when you log onto bulletin board systems without IEMSI
- support, you may want to define a key to print your name on the
- screen. If you have previously saved macros, this command will allow
- you to bring them up. To define macros you must go into the SETUP
- menu and select KEYBOARD MACROS from here you can create and edit
- macros and then save and load them.
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- If you define any macros in Communiqué in the setup area, you will
- more than likely want to save them for future use. The save macros
- command will allow you to do just that, and to bring them up in the
- future, all you have to do is use the load macros command. This
- command is exactly the same as the SAVE command in the
- SETUP/KEYBOARD MACROS menu.
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- By using the DOS shell command, you can exit to DOS and still leave
- the Communiqué program in memory. To return from a DOS shell, all
- you have to do is type EXIT, and you will be returned to Communiqué.
- By shelling to DOS, you can run programs and use other DOS commands
- at ease without leaving the actual Communiqué program. DOS shells
- can be done on-line or off-line, and can be very helpful at times.
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- When in a DOS shell, make sure that you don't forget you are in the
- shell and go into other things as your memory will be limited as
- long as Communiqué is still in memory. If you would like to have as
- much memory available as possible in a DOS shell then you can turn
- EMS support on in the SETUP/GENERAL menu. If you have no EMS memory
- Communiqué can swap itself to a disk file while you are in a shell,
- when you return to Communiqué by typing "EXIT" then it will swap
- back into memory and delete the file, all settings will still
- remain, nothing will have changed while you are in the shell.
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- This command is very self-explanatory - it is here that you can exit
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- The Modem pull-down menu displays all your current modem/telephone
- line settings and allows you to change these settings with ease.
- The following settings are displayed and can be changed in this
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- Data Bits
- Stop Bits
- Parity
- Com Port
- Word Wrap
- Line Feeds
- Local Echo
- Emulation
- Translation
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- Here, in the easy to use modem pull-down menu, you can set the
- current baud rate of your modem. Communiqué will allow you to set
- the value at any valid rate between 300 baud to 115,200bps. For
- users of high-speed modems, the highest you will most likely have it
- set at is 38,400.
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- ─────────
- This selection lets you choose the number of data bits used in
- communicating with the remote modem. Data bits is the number of bits
- sent for a character, a byte, 8 bits means you can use the full 256
- IBM ASCII characters, 7 bits is for normal keyboard ASCII
- characters, ie. the first 128. For all intents and purposes you
- would use, all but 99% of the time, 8 data bits for the PC.
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- ─────────
- This selection allows you to choose the number of stop bits used to
- signify the end of a data block. The term stop bit is misleading in
- that it actually represents a space of time in between each data
- block. Valid choices are 0, 1, or 2, the standard choice for todays
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- The parity selection on your menu will allow you to set your parity
- to none, even, or odd. Parity is a type of error checking for each
- data block, on computers and communications equipment today we
- generally do not use this at all but older equipment may use even or
- odd parity.
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- Here you can select the communications port that you will be using.
- Communiqué supports com ports 1-4. The communications port, of
- course, is the serial port that your modem or null modem type cable
- is connected to.
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- This command can also be brought up by using an Alt-P.
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- WORD WRAP
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- The word-wrap selection allows you to set whether you want word-
- wrapping in CHAT mode when the cursor reaches the right margin.
- Communiqué has a special chat mode built in that allows full screen
- or split screen chat mode for person to person conferencing whilst
- online. The IEMSI supported by Communiqué has the facility to drop
- you straight into chat mode if the remote end enters chat mode.
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- This selection lets you turn your line feeds on or off. After you
- receive a line of characters from a remote system, there is usually
- a carriage return followed by a line feed character; However, if
- the line feed character is missing, which it is with some software,
- the lines will overwrite each other, so if you find that lines are
- overwriting each other first try turning on Line Feeds.
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- ──────────
- Here you can turn your local echo on and off. When the local echo
- is on, all input is sent to the Com Port and Screen. However, when
- the local echo is off, all input will just go out the com port, and
- will not appear on your screen. Most remote systems that you will
- connect to are setup so that your local echo should be off, as they
- will take care of the echoing. But if you run into an incident
- where you are typing and can't see anything, try turning it on this
- will solve the problem.
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- Communiqué supports many of todays popular terminal emulations at
- their best. This selection will let you choose which emulation you
- would like to use. Communiqué supports TTY, ANSI, VT52, VT100, and
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- you with your choice:
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- TTY - A TTY is basically a teletype terminal and displays all of the
- values that it receives, that is no translation is done on what is
- received as like other emulations, what the remote sends you get on
- your screen.
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- ANSI - ANSI is an emulation that is defined by the American National
- Standards Institute, and is based on the ANSI.SYS driver that many
- MS-DOS systems use. ANSI is widely supported on MS-Dos Bulletin
- Board Systems, and is very colorful.
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- VT52 - VT52 was developed by Digital Equipment Corporations (DEC),
- and is a very common terminal type very similar to ANSI with a few
- exceptions on keyboard control and a few more powerful screen
- commands.
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- VT100 - VT100, again developed by Digital Equipment, is a further
- enhancement on the VT-52 standard introduced by their VT-52
- terminals. The VT-100/102 is still a very popular terminal used on
- many mainframe systems.
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- AVATAR - Avatar is one of the newer terminal emulations, but is
- starting to gain a good deal of support and popularity now. Avatar
- is like ANSI in which it allows colorful graphics, but Avatar
- displays faster and is much more advanced, with more powerful screen
- control and manipulation commands. Communiqué is one of the few
- terminal programs that has proper support for the Avatar emulation.
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- TRANSLATION
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- Here you can choose if you want to translate incoming/outgoing
- characters using the translation tables in Communiqué's setup. When
- this is turned on, you can have Communiqué change incoming or
- outgoing characters to other characters as you desire.
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- This setting lets you enable or disable auto-zmodem downloads. As
- discussed earlier, auto-zmodem is the process in which Communiqué
- automatically detects and starts a zmodem download. In most cases,
- you will probably leave this value on, as its one of the easy to
- use, hands off features.
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- Here you can select if you want Communiqué to translate avatar codes
- that may come in with other terminal emulation codes such as ANSI,
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- This enables or disables IEMSI sessions. IEMSI is one of
- Communiqué's powerful features that allows users to automatically
- logon to BBS systems. IEMSI can be a very powerful tool, as its like
- a script file, but without the hassle and is easy to use. For a more
- complete description of IEMSI read the section Title IEMSI Profiles
- in the Setup chapter.
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- Here you can select which IEMSI profile you will be using when you
- call an IEMSI system. The changing of profiles allows you to keep
- multiple profiles for different bbs systems and different needs. The
- profiles are setup in the Communiqué setup menu, and you can find
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- The Utilities menu is where most of Communiqué's more powerful
- features can be found, such things as the Dialling Directory, the
- Type Ahead Buffer, the Timers and Alarms, and the Scroll Back
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- The capture command allows you to place all text that is displayed
- on the screen into a file for later reference. Its like an ASCII
- download, as all information on the screen will be stored in the
- file. The capture command can be helpful in many ways from recording
- "chats" for later reference, to capturing important bits of
- information. When you turn Capture on you will be prompted for a
- filename, it will suggest the default filename which is setup in the
- SETUP/FILENAMES menu.
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- The printer command is very much like the capture command, but
- instead of being dumped to a file, everything that appears on the
- screen is printed on your printer.
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- When you hit Alt-D for dial, or enter the dialling directory through
- the menus, you will be presented with a colorful, easy to use,
- directory for storing and dialling your numbers. Already installed
- in the dialling directory are numbers to the various international
- Communiqué support sites.
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- To dial a number that is listed in the dialling directory, just hit
- your enter or return key, and Communiqué will dial the number on
- your modem.
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- In addition to just dialling numbers, you will also have the
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- (M)anual (E)dit (V)iew (P)rint (A)dd (C)lear (G)oto (F)ind (N)ew
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- By selecting M for manual, you will be put into manual dial
- mode. From manual dial mode you can dial any number without
- having to list it in the dialling directory. When calling a
- manual number, Communiqué will use the general setup for the
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- The edit command will let you edit/add remote computer systems
- in your dialling directory. When you first go into Communiqué,
- there will be 120 dialling selections available. To add a
- computer or bbs number, just hit E and enter all of the
- information. It will ask you for a name, a telephone number,
- password (not required, but there as a reminder), and other
- essential modem and communications information as explained
- earlier in this manual.
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- The view command will let you view all of your information on
- one of the entries in your dialling directory. When you select
- view, an easy to read window will appear with that information.
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- This command is very similar to the VIEW command, but it will
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- After you run out of dialling directory choices to edit, this
- command will let you add another 60 entries. When you first
- start Communiqué, you are given 120 entries, which will be more
- than enough for most people. However, if its not enough, just
- use this command. You can add as many entries as you want,
- Communiqué can have an infinite number of entries.
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- CLEAR
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- This command will let you delete or wipe out a specific entry.
- Suppose entry #15 is "Bills BBS", but they close down the BBS
- forever, which means you wouldn't be calling it again. If you
- need to wipe out an entry so it can be replaced with something
- else, just select C for clear.
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- The GOTO command is very helpful in large dialling directories.
- The command will allow you to go to a specific entry number.
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- The FIND command is also very helpful in a large directory.
- Just hit F for find, enter a keyword to search for, and
- Communiqué will search through its dialling directory for the
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- The new command is similar to the clear command, but it
- DELETES all of the entries in ALL of the directories. This
- command should be used with care.
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- This command will tag all entries on the currently displayed
- page. This saves you the inconvenience of having to press the
- Space Bar to toggle all of, or most of, the entries on the
- page.
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- This is the exact opposite of TAG PAGE, it will untag all
- entries on the currently displayed page, handy if you wish to
- wipe the slate clean and setup your tag dialling again.
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- DIAL TAGGED ENTRIES
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- This command is the actual command you use to dial all your
- tagged entries. Pressing RETURN on an entries dials that entry
- only and will not attempt to dial the tagged entries. Pressing
- "D", for Dial Tagged Entries, cycle through all the entries
- tagged in the entire dialling directory. The effect is just
- like going through entry at a time, pressing RETURN to dial,
- until one of the listed systems is free.
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- As well as the normal Up/Down Arrows, PgUp/PgDn keys there are
- a few other keys that work as well. Of course as you know by
- now that all you have to dial is hit enter on the entry you
- want, but that is not all, you can tag, delete and insert more
- entries. If you press the INS key you can insert and entry
- before the one where the hilight bar is, this means that all
- the entries after that are moved down one entry. Similarly the
- DEL key will delete the entry and the hilight bar and all
- entries after that one will come forward one to replace the
- deleted entry, it is slightly different in that aspect to the
- CLEAR command. Lastly you can tag entries with the SPACE BAR.
- The SPACE BAR toggles and entries tagging on or off, when you
- press "D" to dial Communiqué will dial all tagged entries in
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- When you are online, this command will force Communiqué to hang up.
- This command can easily be brought up with an Alt-X. To disconnect,
- depending on the setup in the MODEM setup menu, Communiqué will try
- lowering the DTR and if that fails it will send the disconnect
- string which again is in the MODEM setup menu for you to change if
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- When two users are connected with each other, or when Communiqué is
- engaged in an IEMSI session, Communiqué has a special chat mode for
- chatting. The chat mode allows full screen chat or regular split
- screen chat, and handles the necessary echoing for the chat mode to
- work. When entering into chat mode you will be prompted for the type
- of chat mode you desire, either full screen or split screen. If you
- want you can disable this and force Communiqué into a particular
- mode by setting the chat mode type in the SETUP/GENERAL menu.
- Whilst in chat mode pressing ESCape will take you back to the main
- work screen, other keys that work are ALT-L to clear the local
- screen or ALT-R to clear the remote screen. You can also set capture
- mode on automatically upon you entering chat mode, this again is
- setup in the SETUP/GENERAL menu.
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- The Scroll Back buffer will let you go back and look at information
- that has already appeared and moved off of the screen. Depending on
- the size of the buffer you have specified in the GENERAL/SETUP menu
- you should have pages to go back through. If you see something that
- you would like to repeat just press RETURN and the text underneath
- the hilight bar will be sent through the com port as if you typed
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- The TIMERS command is another one of Communiqué's unique features.
- It allows you to set up to 4 alarms and a timer. The timer can be
- programmed to go off every x amount of minutes. This can be helpful
- when your connected to a system and need to be notified that its a
- certain time and that a certain amount of time has passed (To watch
- those telephone bills!). To set an alarm or timer just type in the
- time for the alarm to go off or set the time, in minutes, that the
- timer should wait, then set the status to active.
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- This command will let you clear and redraw the work screen, which
- can be helpful if some line noise has disrupted the whole screen.
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- This command will allow you to send a break code to the modem. The
- break code lasts a quarter of a second, just enough to let the
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- The type ahead command is yet another one of Communiqué's excellent,
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- ahead using Communiqué's advanced buffering. This can be very
- helpful on long distance connections, and can save you time and
- money. When you type ALT-A or select it from the menu, Communiqué
- will pop up a window in the middle of the screen, the window will
- spread all the way across. If you are chatting to someone else
- online and wish to type while he is you can now do so. The window
- can be moved up and down in case the remote user starts typing under
- the window by using your up and down cursor keys.
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- This command will toggle the status bar on and off. The status bar
- is the bar at the bottom of your screen that contains vital
- information as towards your current stats, sometimes however it is
- convenient to have the usage of the whole screen.
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- KEYBOARD LOCK
- ─────────────
- If you are going to leave your computer unattended for a long period
- of time whilst online or not you may lock the keyboard so that the
- computer cannot be used, short of turning it off. Pressing ALT 0
- will cause a window to pop up and ask you for a new password, enter
- a password here, this password will be required to unlock the
- keyboard. Once you have typed in a password and typed enter the
- keyboard is locked, if you try to type something on the keyboard
- Communiqué will ask you for the password first.
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- RAW MODE
- ────────
- This menu command will not actually do anything, but it is there to
- remind you that the Scroll-Lock key will toggle this on and off.
- This command will put you in and out of RAW mode. Raw mode is a
- special mode where all of the keys you press are sent to the modem
- as Communiqué see's them, Communiqué does not attempt to trap these
- keys in RAW mode. RAW mode was developed for programmes such as
- DoorWay which allow you to use a remote computer as if it were right
- there in front of you. Please note that while you are in RAW mode
- you cannot enter the menu system as all that you type such as ALT-H
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- Communiqué has a very comprehensive setup, it will not be neccersary
- for you to adjust very much of these settings, the most important
- would be the MODEM AND DIALLING setup and the PATHS AND FILENAMES
- setup, then maybe the SCREEN AND COLOUR setup for your own
- preference of the colour scheme and frames.
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- ─────────────────
- From the screen and colour setup menu, you can change the colours of
- the screen to what ever you'd like, and change setting such as the
- screen size and framework.
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- Here are the changeable colour items:
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- Work Screen - Sets the color for the main terminal work
- screen.
- Status Bar - Sets the color of the status bar on the bottom
- of the main work screen.
- Menu - Sets the color for the pull down menu items.
- Menu Border - Sets the color of the boarder on the pull down
- menus.
- Menu Hilight - Sets the color of the highlight bar used to
- select menu items.
- Menu Characters - Sets the color of the highlighted characters
- in the menus used as selection characters.
- Help Bar - Sets the color of the help bar on the bottom
- of the screen where the status bar usually is.
-
- This menu is also used to configure your screen setup, the following
- can be setup from this menu:
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- Frame Type
- Screen Size
- Screen Setup
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- FRAME TYPE
- ──────────
- Is used simply to set your desired menu boarder type. It can be
- set to either no frame, single line frame on top only, single line
- frame, single on top, double on sides etc.
-
- SCREEN SIZE
- ───────────
- This sets the default screen size used by Communiqué on startup.
- This can be set to either Default, 25, 43 or 50. Default means
- that Communiqué will startup in the same mode as DOS is currently,
- which maybe monochrome, CGA color, EGA color (43 lines) or VGA
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- Screen Setup allows you to override some of Communiqué's automatic
- screen type detection routines. Communiqué automatically detects a
- monochrome screen, CGA screen snow and Multitaskers needing DOS
- (non-direct) mapped screen writes. You can set these settings to
- either On, Off or Auto. Auto means that Communiqué will
- automatically set the most appropriate settings according to your
- computer setup. For speed purposes you may like to try to force
- CGA snow checking off and direct screen writes to on.
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- ──────────────────
- This section is another one of Communiqué's easy to use setup menus.
- Here you can edit and change your modem and dialling setup. If the
- default values for these selections do not work, you will need to
- refer to your modem manual for the necessary information and modem
- initialisation strings. Below is a list of choices/options that you
- may change:
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- MODEM INIT STRING
- ─────────────────
- The modem inititilisation string is the command that is first sent
- to your modem when entering Communiqué. The init string sets the
- values and options that you will be using in Communiqué. For the
- correct init string, please refer to your modems manual.
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- DIAL PREFIX
- ───────────
- Communiqué gives you the option of using different dialling
- prefixes where you can send different dialling strings to your
- modem for different systems. If you have a dual modem such as the
- USR Dual Standard, this command will become very helpful. To dial
- HST systems you can have one dialling string, and for V32 systems,
- another sting.
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- DIAL SUFFIX
- ───────────
- The dialling suffix is similar to the prefix, but it's at the end
- of the dialling string. In most cases it'll just be a CR, which
- is just a "|" signifying a return carriage.
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- DIAL CANCEL STRING
- ──────────────────
- This is the string that Communiqué will send to the modem
- when you cancel in the middle of a dial. In most cases, it is
- also just a CR.
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- DISCONNECT STRING
- ─────────────────
- This is the string that Communiqué will send to your modem when
- disconnecting. For the correct string, please refer to your
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- This tells Communiqué to lower the DTR to disconnect from the
- remote system. In most cases this should be left on, though some
- modems may have troubles with this.
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- TOGGLE DTR BEFORE DIALLING
- ──────────────────────────
- This selection will make Communiqué toggle the DTR before dialling
- making sure the line is free and ready to be dialled. Again
- mostly this will be left on, but some modems may not like this and
- it therefore can be turned off, if you are having problems
- dialling you can try disabling this option. make sure that the
- modem is ready.
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- HARDWARE FLOW CONTROL
- ─────────────────────
- Here you can turn hardware flow control on and off. The hardware
- flow control is CTS/RTS (Clear To Send/Ready To Send) flow
- control. Flow control simply controls the transmission of data
- from both ends if one end gets overloaded with data. Harware flow
- control must be supported by your modem if you need flow
- control, this is available on most modems, especially those over
- 2400bps. Hardware flow control is preferable over software flow
- control.
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- ─────────────────────
- If you do not use your hardware flow control, this will allow you
- to turn on software flow control. In most cases, all you will
- need is hardware flow control.
-
- DIALLING TIME
- ─────────────
- Here you can set the dialling time that Communiqué will allow
- before recycling. Please also make a note that there is an S
- register in your modem that will also set a timeout time. If the
- S register is shorter, the modem will reset before that. So if
- you run into problems, you may want to make sure that the S
- register is set longer, please refer to your modem manual for
- information concerning the S registers.
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- PAUSE TIME BETWEEN DIALS
- ────────────────────────
- If a system is busy or not answering when you first dial,
- Communiqué will keep redialling the number until you get through.
- After every dialling, Communiqué will pause for a period of time
- set here in seconds.
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- MAX REDIALS
- ───────────
- The max redials selection will tell Communiqué how many times to
- re-dial a number before giving up. When a number is busy or not
- answering, Communiqué will attempt to redial it the number of
- times set here in an attempt to make a connection. If the value is
- set to zero Communiqué will continue redialling without a limit.
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- ──────────────
- Here you can set the value of Communiqué's inbound buffer. The
- inbound buffer will buffer all data coming in over the modem for
- smooth communications. For slower modems it is advised to have
- this fairly high, for higher speed modems it is not so important.
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- OUTBOUND BUFFER
- ───────────────
- Here you can, likewise, set your outbound buffer. In most
- instances though, the outbound buffer will not need to be very
- big, the default size is 256bytes.
-
- AUTO DIAL ENTRY NUMBER
- ──────────────────────
- This unique option will let you set a directory entry to be
- automatically dialled upon starting Communiqué. If there is none
- just set this value to 0. Otherwise enter the entry number you
- would like to be dialled automatically when Communiqué starts up.
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- FILENAMES AND PATHS
- ───────────────────
- Here you can set the filenames and paths you will be using in
- Communiqué. For it to function properly, it is important that this
- information is accurately set.
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- SYSTEM PATH
- ───────────
- This is the directory in which Communiqué and all it's data files
- are located, this is set by Communiqué when it is first installed
- and should already be correct.
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- DOWNLOAD PATH
- ─────────────
- This is the path in which all downloaded files are automatically
- placed by the protocols.
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- UPLOAD PATH
- ───────────
- This is the path where Communiqué will search for the upload files
- by default. When you enter the filename to be uploaded this path
- is used as the default, the path can still be edited but this is
- set as the default path.
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- DISK SWAP PATH
- ──────────────
- When Communiqué swaps out of memory to disk after failing to swap
- to EMS, this is where it will place the swap file. For best result
- set it to a RAM drive if you have one installed.
-
- DIALLING DIR FILENAME
- ─────────────────────
- This is where you can set the default filename of your dialling
- directory data file. If you need to use more than one dialling
- directory, you can set the different names here.
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- This is the default filename that Communiqué will use when you go
- into capture mode. All captured text will appear in this file.
- When you enter capture mode you have the option of changing this
- filename.
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- AUTO LOADED MACRO FILENAME
- ──────────────────────────
- This is the filename of the macro file that will automatically be
- loaded when Communiqué starts up.
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- AUTO LOADED SCRIPT FILENAME
- ───────────────────────────
- Not available in this version.
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- TERMINAL DEFAULTS
- ─────────────────
- Here you can set your terminal defaults that will be loaded when
- Communiqué loads. Over in the other menus there are options to
- change these selections, as described in Chapter Five, but they only
- stay valid while Communiqué is in memory. Here is where you can set
- the defaults and save them so that when you next use Communiqué
- these settings will be used. Below is a list of terminal defaults
- that you can set:
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- BAUD RATE (300-115,000)
- DATA BITS (7 or 8)
- STOP BITS (0,1 or 2)
- PARITY (Odd, Even, or None)
- COM PORT (1 thru 4)
- WORD WRAP (On/Off)
- LINE FEEDS (On/Off)
- LOCAL ECHO (On/Off)
- EMULATION (ANSI/TTY/VT52/VT100/AVATAR)
- PROTOCOL (Xmodem, Xmodem-1k, Xmodem-1k-G, Ymodem, Ymodem-G, or
- Zmodem)
- DESTRUCTIVE
- BACKSPACE (On/Off)
- TRANSLATION
- TABLES (On/Off)
- AUTO ZMODEM (On/Off)
- AVATAR (On/Off)
- IEMSI (On/Off)
- PRINTER (On/Off)
- CAPTURE (On/Off)
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- ──────────────
- Interactive EMSI, or Interactive Electronic Mail Standards
- Interchange as you may want to call it, is one of Communiqué's
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- quicker, better, and with much more flexibility.
-
- In this section, you can define your IEMSI profiles. An IEMSI
- profile is a set of information about your user account on a system
- that is automatically transfered through the IEMSI protocol when you
- log on.
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- To use IEMSI, you must first define a profile. To define a profile,
- go to the menu labelled IEMSI profiles, hit enter, and then hit
- enter again on the profile that you would like to edit.
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- When editing the profile, you must give the following information:
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- PROFILE TITLE
- ─────────────
- This is just simply a title given to your profile, as many of them
- are available, this title is displayed when you are asked to
- select a profile, this saves remembering profile numbers.
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- NAME
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- This is where you enter the name that you will be using as your
- account on the BBS.
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- HANDLE
- ──────
- If the BBS supports handles, this is where you enter your handle.
- A handle is more or less a nickname that you may have for
- yourself, or a name by which you are more commonly known.
-
- PASSWORD
- ────────
- This is where you enter your password for the specific profile.
- If you wish to use the password defined in the dialling directory
- for the entry of the bbs you are calling, leave this prompt
- blank, Communiqué will then use the password defined in the
- dialling directory if you are using the dialling directory.
-
- LOCATION
- ────────
- This is where you enter the location that your calling from. For
- most systems, it's preferably the city and state your calling
- from.
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- VOICE TELEPHONE NUMBER
- ──────────────────────
- This is your voice telephone number or home telephone number for
- the records of the remote system.
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- WORK TELEPHONE NUMBER
- ─────────────────────
- As with the voice telephone number, this is where you enter your
- work or modem telephone number for the remote systems records.
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- Here you can select if you want Hot-Keys enabled on the remote
- IEMSI compatible BBS system. However, some systems force Hot
- Keys, and if that is the case, your selection will be over-ridden.
-
- QUIET MODE
- ──────────
- Here you can toggle quiet mode on and off. Quiet mode prevents
- other users online from disturbing you with pages, messages, or
- chats.
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- PAGE PAUSING
- ────────────
- Here you indicate if you want page pausing, which will prompt you
- to continue after you receive more than a screenful of data.
-
- SCREEN CLEARING
- ───────────────
- This option will let you toggle screen clearing on and off, if you
- do not allow screen clearing all text sent to the screen will be
- scrolled.
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- DISPLAY NEWS
- ────────────
- This is a option allows you to determine if you want to view the
- NEWS file on the remote BBS system. The news file on the remote
- system or BBS is generally notes from the sysop operator
- concerning new items on the system which may of interest to you.
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- CHECK FOR NEW MAIL
- ──────────────────
- This options allows you request a mail check on logon to the
- remote BBS system, this will check for new mail addressed to you
- since your last logon.
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- CHECK FOR NEW FILES
- ───────────────────
- By enabling this option, the remote BBS will do a new files scan
- at logon for your convenience. This is a nice feature for cutting
- down connect time.
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- FULL SCREEN EDITOR
- ──────────────────
- Here you can determine if you want to use the remote BBS's full
- screen message editor when entering a message on the remote
- system. If you do not use the full screen message editor when
- entering messages you will be forced to use the line editor, which
- means you enter a message line by line making editing a lot
- harder. Full screen message editors generally require that you are
- using the ANSI or AVATAR terminal emulation.
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- This menu allows you to install external protocols, which are file
- transfer protocols developed by 3rd party authors. Some examples of
- external protocols would be Jmodem, Bimodem, Super-8k, and MPT.
- They are all protocols that are not supported on all systems, and to
- operate most of them, you must run the protocol program which in
- some cases is proprietary.
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- To install an external protocol, you need to do the following:
-
- 1) First assign it a name where it asks for one
- 2) Set the status - Non-Active, Active, or Deleted
- 3) Set a selection key (the key that will bring it up)
- 4) Give the upload command line
- 5) Give the download common line
-
- The command lines for the different external protocols will vary
- from program to program, and you will need to refer to the
- documentation of the external protocol for a command line to use in
- the setup. Most of the time the command line consists of the file
- name, and then information such as the baud rate, comm port, whether
- its uploading or downloading, and a filepath.
-
- Communiqué offers the following parameters that may be entered on
- the commandline of the external protocol. These metacommands are
- replaced by the appropriate information at the time.
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- External Protocol MetaCommands
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- *D - Full download path set in SETUP\PATHS AND FILENAMES.
- *U - Full upload path set in SETUP\PATHS AND FILENAMES.
- *S - Communiqué's system directory.
- *P - Serial port number (0..3).
- *C - Com port number (1..4).
- *B - Baudrate.
- *G - Prompt for a filename before shelling to the protocol.
-
- Example:
- Name : Puma
- Status : Active
- Selection Key : 1
- Redraw Screen : On
- Upload Commandline : \Term\Puma.exe P1 X+ F- B+ A+ D+ O- R+ s *D
- Download Commandline : \Term\Puma.exe B+ E*B N+ P1 X+ s *U*G
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- ────────────────────
- If you are using a non-standard communications port, or one that has
- been changed from default, you may need to change some settings in
- this section. In most circumstances, you won't need to make any
- changes, unless you make equipment changes to your com port because
- of an equipment conflict.
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- Interrupt #
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- The I/O Address is the hex IBM PC I/O address for the device, the
- BIOS Vector is the BIOS interrupt vector for the device and the
- Interrupt Number is the hardware generated interrupt number.
-
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- PRINTER SETUP
- ─────────────
- In the printer setup section, you can change several items to
- customise Communiqué to your printer. The following are selections
- that you can change:
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- Printer Port (LPT1-4)
- Printer Init String (If any)
- Page Length
- Page Header Size
- Page Footer Size
-
- Please note that for the Printer Init String that Communiqué sends
- an ESC (ASCII character 27) to the printer before the initialisation
- string.
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- GENERAL OPTIONS
- ───────────────
- Communiqué also has several general options that can be changed or
- modified to give you a powerful customised setup. Below are the
- following general options that can be changed:
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- DEFAULT STATUS BAR
- ──────────────────
- If enabled the status bar is displayed when Communiqué first
- starts up.
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- ALARM BELLS
- ───────────
- This enables or disables the sounding of music when one of the
- user set Alarms go off, if this is off only the pop up window is
- displayed to say that the Alarm is going off.
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- WARNING BELLS
- ─────────────
- This enables or disables the use of music with some warning
- messages, namely a connection in the dialling directory or the end
- of a file transfer.
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- CONFIRM DISCONNECTS
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- If enabled Communiqué will first prompt you for confirmation of a
- disconnection.
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- DELETE ABORTED TRANSFERS
- ────────────────────────
- If a download is aborted, through error or by yourself, Communiqué
- can optionally delete the unfinished file.
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- WAIT AFTER FILE XFER
- ────────────────────
- If enabled Communiqué will not remove the transfers window at the
- end of a file transfer, instead it will wait for you to press a
- key. This is handy if you go away while the transfer is in
- progress and it finishes but you want to see the final speed
- results and errors etc.
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- ASK FOR COM PORT ON STARTUP
- ───────────────────────────
- When you first start Communiqué you can have it prompt you for
- which com port you wish to use, this was the default setting when
- you first installed Communiqué. It is handy if you have more than
- one modem connected to your computer system or you are always
- changing which port it is connected to.
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- AUTO CAPTURE IN CHAT MODE
- ─────────────────────────
- If enabled Communiqué will automatically toggle on Capture when
- you enter chat mode.
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- USE EMS SWAPPING FOR SHELLS
- ───────────────────────────
- If you have EMS memory installed you can use this to put
- Communiqué in when you do a DOS shell with the ALT-J hotkey. This
- makes the shell a lot faster and means that you will have a lot
- more memory within the shell.
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- USE DISK SWAPPING FOR SHELLS
- ────────────────────────────
- If you do no have EMS memory for DOS shells but you still require
- the most amount of memory you can get whilst you are in DOS you
- can have Communiqué swap itself to a file while you are in the
- shell. When you complete the shell the file will be read and the
- memory contents replaced and the file deleted.
-
- CAPTURE - STRIP ANSI CODES
- ──────────────────────────
- This simply removes any ANSI codes before placing text into the
- capture file whilst capture is on.
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- CAPTURE - STRIP AVATAR CODES
- ────────────────────────────
- As above except this will remove the AVATAR codes before dumping
- text to the capture file.
-
- CHAT MODE DEFAULT MODE
- ──────────────────────
- Normally when entering chat mode you are asked if you wish to use
- the Full Screen or Split Screen chat mode. Here you can specify
- one or the other so that it no longer prompts you for this, or you
- can specify Select which means that it will again prompt you for
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- SCROLL BACK BUFFER SIZE
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- This controls the size of your Scroll Back Buffer. Obviously the
- larger the buffer the more pages of information will be retained,
- but it is expensive on memory requirements. Scroll back buffer
- size is measured in bytes, therefore 10240bytes (the default) is
- already another 10k extra on your memory requirements.
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- OPERATION SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
- ────────────────────────────
- When Communiqué starts up it automatically detects the type of
- operating system in use, whether it be standard DOS, DESQView or
- many other multitaskers. If Communiqué detects a multitasker it
- will start time-slicing, if you do not wish it to time-slice you
- may turn it off by setting the OS Environment to Standard DOS.
-
- Each of these items has help on the help bar on the bottom of the
- screen, all are fairly self explanatory.
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- KEYBOARD MACROS
- ───────────────
- This section allows you to define macros to the SHIFT - Function
- Keys and the CONTROL - Function Keys in Communiqué.
-
- To edit one of these keys just press the key, ie. SHIFT - F1 to edit
- the SHIFT - F1 macro. The hilight bar on the bottom of the window
- lets you LOAD, SAVE or CLEAR the macros and QUIT to exit from this
- menu. The LOAD and SAVE commands are exactly the same as those in
- the FILE MENU, SAVE will save the contents of the macros above into
- a filename of your choice, load will allow you to load a previously
- defined macro set. CLEAR will clear all macros above so that you may
- start again.
-
- There are a few other uses to the macro keys apart from the obvious
- like putting your name and password into them. Communiqué has a
- powerful feature where by pressing a macro key it can shell to DOS
- and run or perform some other task. To do this place a "@" at the
- beginning of the definition followed by the filename of the file you
- want to run, ie. "@C:\TOOLS\NU.EXE". Other special characters that
- have a special function in these macros are the "!" and "|". The "|"
- is a RETURN just like pressing carriage return, this is used
- throughout Communiqué as a return. The "!" will substitute itself
- for the currently defined password which is set in the dialling
- directory. If you have just called a BBS system with the dialling
- directory and in the BBS record in the dialling directory you have a
- password defined, Communiqué will take this password and substitute
- it here for the "!". If you genuinely need to use one of these
- characters in the text of the macro, simply type two of them, ie.
- "HELLO!!" will read "HELLO!" when printed out on the screen when
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- Here you can change your ingoing and outgoing translation tables.
- This chart contains every character in the ASCII set, and what its
- value is. If you need to re-define one of the values, just enter
- this menu and choose/edit the value you would like to change. When
- the character is received or transmitted whilst the translation
- tables are turned on it will be substituted for the character that
- you have selected. When editing the translation tables you may want
- to change some of the characters that do not appear on the standard
- keyboard, to enter these characters look up its ASCII value in the
- ASCII chart in Appendix C and type it in by holding down the ALT key
- and typing the number on your numeric keypad. This is the standard
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- This, the last option in the SETUP menu is one of the most
- important, this command will save the entire Communiqué setup apart
- from things such as IEMSI Profiles and Keyboard Macros. If you have
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- Standard ALT-Key Commands:
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- ALT H.....Help
- ALT C.....Communiqué About Menu
- ALT F.....File Functions Menu
- ALT M.....Modem Menu
- ALT U.....Utilities Menu
- ALT S.....Setup Menu
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- ALT G.....AVATAR Toggle ALT I.....IEMSI Toggle
- ALT B.....Baudrate Select ALT 0.....Keyboard Lock
- ALT K.....Capture Toggle ALT Y.....Printer Toggle
- ALT O.....Chat Mode ALT =.....Scroll Back Buffer
- ALT L.....Clear Screen ALT Z.....Send Break Signal
- ALT C.....Com Port Select ALT -.....Status Bar Toggle
- ALT D.....Dialling Directory ALT V.....Timer and Alarms
- ALT X.....Disconnect ALT A.....Type Ahead Buffer
- ALT J.....DOS Shell ALT T.....Upload File
- ALT R.....Download File ALT Q.....Quit
- ALT E.....Emulation
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- ALT FS....Save Macros
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- ALT MM....IEMSI Profile Select
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- command set standard. There are some modems that are not
- Hayes compatible however, Communiqué allows you to change all
- strings sent to the modem, such as commands to dial, hang up,
- and to initialise the modem. To change all of these select
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- Writes. Sometimes snow checking plays havoc with high speed
- emulations, you can make sure it is disabled by typing "/C-"
- run you run Communiqué.
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- Ready) signal. Try changing the TOGGLE DTR BEFORE DIALLING
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- The tables below list the complete ASCII character set for the
- IBM PC family of computers. The tables included the standard ASCII
- characters 0 to 127 and the extended ASCII characters 128 to 255.
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- │ DEC HEX CTL CODE │ DEC HEX CTL CODE │
- ├────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┤
- │ 000 00 @ NUL │ 016 10 P DLE │
- │ 001 01 A SOH │ 017 11 Q DC1 │
- │ 002 02 B STX │ 018 12 R DC2 │
- │ 003 03 C ETX │ 019 13 S DC3 │
- │ 004 04 D EOT │ 020 14 T DC4 │
- │ 005 05 E ENQ │ 021 15 U NAK │
- │ 006 06 F ACK │ 022 16 V SYN │
- │ 007 07 G BEL │ 023 17 W ETB │
- │ 008 08 H BS │ 024 18 X CAN │
- │ 009 09 I HT │ 025 19 Y EM │
- │ 010 0A J LF │ 026 1A Z SUB │
- │ 011 0B K VT │ 027 1B [ ESC │
- │ 012 0C L FF │ 028 1C \ FS │
- │ 013 0D M CR │ 029 1D ] GS │
- │ 014 0E N SO │ 030 1E ^ RS │
- │ 015 0F O SI │ 031 1F _ US │
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- │ DEC HEX CHAR │ DEC HEX CHAR │ DEC HEX CHAR │
- ├──────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────┤
- │ 032 20 │ 055 37 7 │ 078 4E N │
- │ 033 21 ! │ 056 38 8 │ 079 4F O │
- │ 034 22 " │ 057 39 9 │ 080 50 P │
- │ 035 23 # │ 058 3A : │ 081 51 Q │
- │ 036 24 $ │ 059 3B ; │ 082 52 R │
- │ 037 25 % │ 060 3C < │ 083 53 S │
- │ 038 26 & │ 061 3D = │ 084 54 T │
- │ 039 27 ' │ 062 3E > │ 085 55 U │
- │ 040 28 ( │ 063 3F ? │ 086 56 V │
- │ 041 29 ) │ 064 40 @ │ 087 57 W │
- │ 042 2A * │ 065 41 A │ 088 58 X │
- │ 043 2B + │ 066 42 B │ 089 59 Y │
- │ 044 2C , │ 067 43 C │ 090 5A Z │
- │ 045 2D - │ 068 44 D │ 091 5B [ │
- │ 046 2E . │ 069 45 E │ 092 5C \ │
- │ 047 2F / │ 070 46 F │ 093 5D ] │
- │ 048 30 0 │ 071 47 G │ 094 5E ^ │
- │ 049 31 1 │ 072 48 H │ 095 5F _ │
- │ 050 32 2 │ 073 49 I │ 096 60 ` │
- │ 051 33 3 │ 074 4A J │ 097 61 a │
- │ 052 34 4 │ 075 4B K │ 098 62 b │
- │ 053 35 5 │ 076 4C L │ 099 63 c │
- │ 054 36 6 │ 077 4D M │ 100 64 d │
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- │ DEC HEX CHAR │ DEC HEX CHAR │ DEC HEX CHAR │
- ├──────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────┤
- │ 101 65 e │ 153 99 Ö │ 205 CD ═ │
- │ 102 66 f │ 154 9A Ü │ 206 CE ╬ │
- │ 103 67 g │ 155 9B ¢ │ 207 CF ╧ │
- │ 104 68 h │ 156 9C £ │ 208 D0 ╨ │
- │ 105 69 i │ 157 9D ¥ │ 209 D1 ╤ │
- │ 106 6A j │ 158 9E ₧ │ 210 D2 ╥ │
- │ 107 6B k │ 159 9F ƒ │ 211 D3 ╙ │
- │ 108 6C l │ 160 A0 á │ 212 D4 ╘ │
- │ 109 6D m │ 161 A1 ù │ 213 D5 ╒ │
- │ 110 6E n │ 162 A2 ó │ 214 D6 ╓ │
- │ 111 6F o │ 163 A3 ú │ 215 D7 ╫ │
- │ 112 70 p │ 164 A4 ñ │ 216 D8 ╪ │
- │ 113 71 q │ 165 A5 Ñ │ 217 D9 ┘ │
- │ 114 72 r │ 166 A6 ª │ 218 DA ┌ │
- │ 115 73 s │ 167 A7 º │ 219 DB █ │
- │ 116 74 t │ 168 A8 ¿ │ 220 DC ▄ │
- │ 117 75 u │ 169 A9 ⌐ │ 221 DD ▌ │
- │ 118 76 v │ 170 AA ¬ │ 222 DE ▐ │
- │ 119 77 w │ 171 AB ½ │ 223 DF ▀ │
- │ 120 78 x │ 172 AC ¼ │ 224 E0 α │
- │ 121 79 y │ 173 AD ¡ │ 225 E1 R~R │
- │ 122 7A z │ 174 AE « │ 226 E2 Γ │
- │ 123 7B { │ 175 AF » │ 227 E3 π │
- │ 124 7C | │ 176 B0 ░ │ 228 E4 Σ │
- │ 125 7D } │ 177 B1 ▒ │ 229 E5 σ │
- │ 126 7E ~ │ 178 B2 ▓ │ 230 E6 µ │
- │ 127 7F │ 179 B3 │ │ 231 E7 τ │
- │ 128 80 Ç │ 180 B4 ┤ │ 232 E8 │
- │ 129 81 ü │ 181 B5 ╡ │ 233 E9 │
- │ 130 82 é │ 182 B6 ╢ │ 234 EA Ω │
- │ 131 83 â │ 183 B7 ╖ │ 235 EB δ │
- │ 132 84 ä │ 184 B8 ╕ │ 236 EC ∞ │
- │ 133 85 à │ 185 B9 ╣ │ 237 ED Φ │
- │ 134 86 å │ 186 BA ║ │ 238 EE ε │
- │ 135 87 ç │ 187 BB ╗ │ 239 EF ∩ │
- │ 136 88 ê │ 188 BC ╝ │ 240 F0 │
- │ 137 89 ë │ 189 BD ╜ │ 241 F1 ± │
- │ 138 8A è │ 190 BE ╛ │ 242 F2 ≥ │
- │ 139 8B ï │ 191 BF ┐ │ 243 F3 ≤ │
- │ 140 8C î │ 192 C0 └ │ 244 F4 ⌠ │
- │ 141 8D ì │ 193 C1 ┴ │ 245 F5 ⌡ │
- │ 142 8E Ä │ 194 C2 ┬ │ 246 F6 ÷ │
- │ 143 8F Å │ 195 C3 ├ │ 247 F7 ≈ │
- │ 144 90 É │ 196 C4 ─ │ 248 F8 ° │
- │ 145 91 æ │ 197 C5 ┼ │ 249 F9 · │
- │ 146 92 Æ │ 198 C6 ╞ │ 250 FA │
- │ 147 93 ô │ 199 C7 ╟ │ 251 FB √ │
- │ 148 94 ö │ 200 C8 ╚ │ 252 FC ⁿ │
- │ 149 95 ò │ 201 C9 ╔ │ 253 FD ² │
- │ 150 96 û │ 202 CA ╩ │ 254 FE ■ │
- │ 151 97 ù │ 203 CB ╦ │ 255 FF │
- │ 152 98 │ 204 CC ╠ │ │
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- DB-25 and DB-9, some hardware configurations may require you
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- 3 ------------ Receive Data (RX) ------------ 2
- 4 ---------- Request To Send (RTS) ---------- 7
- 5 ----------- Clear To Send (CTS) ----------- 8
- 6 ---------- Data Set Ready (DSR) ---------- 6
- 7 ----------- Signal Ground (GND) ----------- 5
- 8 -------- Data Carrier Detect (DCD) -------- 1
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- AUTOEXEC.BAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 7 -
- AVATAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 8 -, - PAGE 18 -
- BAUDrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 16 -
- CAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 8 -
- CAPTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 20 -
- Carrier detect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 7 -
- COM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 9 -
- Commandline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 7 -
- DATAbits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 16 -
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- Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 20 -
- Dial Tagged Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 20 -
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- Goto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 20 -
- Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 20 -
- New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 20 -
- Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 20 -
- Tag Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 20 -
- Untag Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 20 -
- View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 20 -
- Direct writes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 7 -
- Disk Swapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 15 -
- DOWNLOAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 11 -
- DTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
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- Environment variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 7 -
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- TIMERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 23 -
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