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- QUICK DIAL
- Total Color Communications
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- Version 1.3
- Copyright 1991 by
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- Charles Graham
- POB 58634
- St. Louis, MO 63158
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- All Rights Reserved
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- WHY QUICK DIAL?
-
- If you want to:
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- -- use a 700-entry dialing directory
- -- dial out on COM13
- -- communicate at 19,600 bps
- -- reset your communications port interrupt vectors
- -- emulate an Oldcrank 3191 terminal
- -- use your old monochrome system
-
-
- then QUICK DIAL is NOT for you! Read no further. But if you're like the 95%
- of us that just want something small, quick, easy and efficient then you may
- want to use QUICK DIAL. Here's what it offers.
-
- -- Windows 3.0 compliant -- runs in background and in a window on a '386
- or better platform, in enhanced mode
- -- a circular COLOR scroll back buffer to instantly review your BBS
- sessions -- configurable by you to hold TEN TO FIFTY PAGES -- that's
- up to 96,600 characters!
- -- Q-FIND text finder to automatically look up and display any text
- stored in your scroll back buffer
- -- UNLIMITED COLOR screen snapshots and views to make permanent
- recordings of important information -- WHILE ON LINE or IN SCROLL
- BACK BUFFER MODE!
- -- support for COM1 and COM2 communication ports
- -- modem speeds of 300/1200/2400/9600 bps
- -- full ANSI emulation
- -- a 15-entry dialing directory
- -- UNLIMITED additional directories
- -- both directory and non-directory dialing
- -- online directory editor for entry, revision and deletion of BBS
- -- ONLINE directory SORTING
- -- circular dialing queue auto-dial
- -- auto-redial
- -- auto-redial last number dialed
- -- automatic maintenance of a continuous "connect" file so you can tell
- who you called, when you called and how long you were connected
- -- communication parameter changes WITHOUT changing screens
- -- built in XMODEM checksum file download (receive), and upload (send),
- protocols
- -- support for TWO external file transfer protocols
- -- ASCII uploading of text files
- -- jumping to DOS whether connected to a BBS or not
- -- printer support
- -- log file support (with auto-correction for ANSI escape sequences) to
- permanently record your BBS sessions
- -- AUTO-SENDING your handle, password and 4-digit phone number
- -- on line prompting
- -- help screen
- -- error checking
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- If QUICK DIAL sounds like your kind of software then keep reading.
-
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- REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
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- QUICK DIAL is not "freeware" and is not in the Public Domain. Any individual
- or organization may use QUICK DIAL freely for up to 30 days to decide if it
- meets the user's needs. Thereafter, the user must remit a Registration Fee to
- the author, or discontinue using QUICK DIAL. This requirement includes QUICK
- DIAL users who received their copy of QUICK DIAL from distributors of Public
- Domain software and "shareware."
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- Please submit your personal check for $20 (U.S. funds only) to:
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- Charles Graham
- P.O. Box 58634
- St. Louis, MO 63158
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- You will promptly receive a personalized, registered copy of the latest
- version of QUICK DIAL by return mail.
-
- After becoming familiar with QUICK DIAL, I'm sure you will agree that it packs
- a lot of features -- including many that are unavailable elsewhere. A lot of
- work went into developing this software. So don't put off the decision to
- register your copy. Do it today.
-
-
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- To use QUICK DIAL, you need:
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- -- an IBM-compatible personal computer with at least 256K of available
- RAM
- -- a color video card and color monitor that support an 80 column by 25
- line screen mode and at least four pages of screen memory
- -- DOS 3.x or later, and
- -- a Hayes-compatible modem
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-
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- FILES DISTRIBUTED WITH QUICK DIAL
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- There are nine files distributed with QUICK DIAL Version 1.3:
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- QD.CNF the default QUICK DIAL configuration file
- QD.DIR the QUICK DIAL dialing directory
- QD13.DOC the QUICK DIAL documentation file
- EDIT-CNF.EXE the QUICK DIAL configuration utility
- QD.EXE the executable software, QUICK DIAL
- QD.HLP the QUICK DIAL Help Screen
- QD.ICO the QUICK DIAL icon for Windows 3.0
- QD.PIF the QUICK DIAL PIF file for Windows 3.0
- WHATS.NEW the abbreviated history of QUICK DIAL
-
- (Note. Another file, CONNECT.QD, will be created the first time you execute
- QUICK DIAL. And another file, QD.SCR, will be written to your disk(ette) when
- certain QUICK DIAL options are executed.)
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-
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- GETTING STARTED
-
- There are only three things you must do to begin using QUICK DIAL.
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- First, read and become familiar with the QUICK DIAL documentation provided
- here. It's short and totally untechnical.
-
- Second, put all QUICK DIAL files alone in one directory on a single
- disk(ette). If you intend to use external file transfer protocols such as
- ZMODEM or MPT, put all necessary external protocol files in the same directory
- and on the same disk(ette) as your QUICK DIAL files.
-
- Third, use EDIT-CNF.EXE to customize the QUICK DIAL configuration file for
- YOUR system.
-
-
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- THE QUICK DIAL CONFIGURATION FILE -- QD.CNF
-
- QD.CNF is a small file containing only eleven lines. Each line must contain
- correct information to enjoy QUICK DIAL to the fullest. Note the contents of
- the file, as distributed, what each line means, and the acceptable range of
- values (if any).
-
- As
- Distributed
- Contents Explanation Acceptable values
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- "1" communication port number "1" or "2"
- "ATZ" modem initialization string
- "1200" initial modem speed in bps "300", "1200", "2400" or "9600"
- "ATDT" modem dialing command
- "9999" last 4 digits of your phone number
- "45" time modem should wait for carrier "30" to "60"
- "10" number of pages in scroll back buffer "10" to "50"
- " " external upload file transfer protocol #1 or a space
- " " external download file transfer protocol #1 or a space
- " " external upload file transfer protocol #2 or a space
- " " external download file transfer protocol #2 or a space
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- Here's why each of these lines is important.
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- 1) Communications port number. QUICK DIAL supports COM1 and COM2. Assuming
- one of these is available to you, just make this line read "1" or "2". The
- port number can be changed while running QUICK DIAL, but make sure you set the
- port number to the one you want to start on. QUICK DIAL does not support
- communications ports other than COM1 or COM2.
-
- 2) Modem initialization string. QUICK DIAL needs your modem's result
- messages sent in "English Word" or "Verbal" format. Many modems do this by
- default. If you aren't sure whether yours does, include the command "V1"
- (without quotation marks) somewhere in your initialization string. QUICK DIAL
- will NOT work properly unless your modem sends its messages in words. QUICK
- DIAL's author uses: AT E0 M0 S0=0 V1 X4 &C1 &D2 &S1. Consult your modem
- manual for further explanation and instructions.
-
- 3) Initial modem speed. This should be set to the highest speed your modem
- can accomodate less than or equal to 9600 bps. "300", "1200", "2400" and
- "9600" are acceptable values. You can change the bps rate while running QUICK
- DIAL, and include a modem speed in each QUICK DIAL Directory entry.
-
- 4) Modem dialing command. If you have touch-tone dialing, this probably
- will be "ATDT". If you use rotary or pulse dialing, it will likely be "ATDP".
- If you have touch-tone dialing but call from a location where you have to dial
- 9 to get an outside line and a second dial tone, it will likely be "ATDT9W".
-
- 5) Last four digits of your phone number. Many Bulletin Board Systems
- require you to enter the last four digits of your phone number while logging
- on. If you call such Bulletin Boards, you should enter the last four digits
- of YOUR phone number in line 6 of QD.CNF. That way, when you're logging on to
- a BBS, a touch of the F3 key will transmit this information.
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- 6) Time modem should wait for carrier. This should be set anywhere between
- "30" and "60", and, ideally, it should be shorter than the time set in the S7
- Register of your modem. As initially distributed, this value in QD.CNF is
- "45".
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- 7) Number of pages in scroll back buffer. This may be set anywhere between
- "10" and "50" to allow for differing amounts of available RAM in different
- systems. Running QUICK DIAL with 10 pages in the scroll back buffer requires
- approximately 256 kilobytes of available RAM. Running QUICK DIAL with 50
- pages in the scroll back buffer requires approximately 640 kilobytes of
- available RAM. If you experience an "Out of memory" error, try reducing the
- number of pages in line 7 of QD.CNF and then restarting QUICK DIAL. In the
- unregistered, shareware version of QUICK DIAL, the number of pages is hard
- coded as "10" and cannot be altered.
-
- 8) EXTERNAL UPLOAD file transfer PROTOCOL #1. If you wish to use an
- external file transfer protocol, insert its name on line 8 of QD.CNF. Any
- such software should exist in the same directory on the same disk(ette) as
- your other QUICK DIAL files. The file name for line 8 of QD.CNF can be any
- valid .BAT, .COM or .EXE file name -- without the suffix. For example, if you
- wanted to use DSZ ZMODEM software that includes the ZMODEMU.BAT file, set line
- 8 as "ZMODEMU". To use MPT, you would use "mpt s". (Note: when using any
- external file transfer protocol, read the documentation that comes with the
- software for additional details and special applications such as using a
- communications port other than COM1.) If you do NOT want to use the external
- file transfer feature of QUICK DIAL, line 8 of QD.CNF should be a quotation
- mark, a single space and another quotation mark like this: " ".
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- 9) EXTERNAL DOWNLOAD file transfer PROTOCOL #1. The same rules apply to
- line 9 of QD.CNF as apply to line 8, above. If you want to use DSZ ZMODEM
- software, line 9 should read "ZMODEMD". To use MPT, you would use "mpt r" or
- "mpt r" plus an optional drive and path specification such as "mpt r c:\zip\".
- If you're NOT using this feature of QUICK DIAL, line 9 should be " ".
-
- 10) EXTERNAL UPLOAD file transfer PROTOCOL #2. QUICK DIAL allows the use of
- not one, but two, external file transfer protocols. If you want to use a
- second one, the same rules apply to line 10 of QD.CNF as apply to line 8,
- above. If you want to use DSZ ZMODEM software, line 10 should read "ZMODEMD".
- To use MPT, you would use "mpt s". If you're NOT using this feature of QUICK
- DIAL, line 10 should be " ".
-
- 11) EXTERNAL DOWNLOAD file transfer PROTOCOL #2. The same rules apply to
- line 11 of QD.CNF as apply to line 8, above. If you want to use DSZ ZMODEM
- software, line 11 should read "ZMODEMD". To use MPT, you would use "mpt r" or
- "mpt r" plus an optional drive and path specification such as "mpt r c:\zip\".
- If you're NOT using this feature of QUICK DIAL, line 11 should be " ".
-
- You may customize QD.CNF using EDLIN (which comes with DOS) or any word
- processor or editor that produces straight ASCII text. Each line must begin
- and end with a double quotation mark ("). There should be nothing before the
- first line, nothing between lines and nothing after the last line. All the
- lines and quotation marks must be present. Using EDIT-CNF.EXE (the Quick Dial
- Configuration Utility) is the easiest way to customize QD.CNF.
-
-
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- USING QUICK DIAL
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- After you have customized your QUICK DIAL configuration file, get to the
- directory where your QUICK DIAL files are and enter QD. In a moment, the
- opening screen (also called the Main Screen) will appear. The top of the
- screen will appear like this:
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- ╔════════╡Quick Dial v1.3╞════════════════════════════╡COM1:2400,N,8,1╞════════╗
- ║Alt C Clear D Dial F10 Redial J to DOS L Log P Printer Z Help F9 Review X Exit║
- ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
- In the upper right hand corner the communication parameters appear. In this
- example you're set for COM1 at 2400 bps, no parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop
- bit.
-
- The second line reminds you of several commands at your disposal.
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- Command Function Notes
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- Alt C to Clear the screen [3 ]
- Alt D to bring up the QUICK DIAL Directory screen and menu [2 ]
- Alt F10 to redial the last number dialed [2 ]
- Alt J to Jump to DOS [3 ]
- Alt L to toggle a Log file on and off [3 ]
- Alt P to toggle the Printer on and off [3 ]
- Alt Z to display the Help Screen [3 ]
- Alt F9 to toggle the Scroll Back Buffer on and off [3 ]
- Alt X to eXit your QUICK DIAL session [3 ]
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- Additional commands are also available from the main screen, although they do
- not appear at the top of the screen.
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- Alt F1 to send your handle to a remote BBS [1 ]
- Alt F2 to send your password to a remote BBS [1 ]
- Alt F3 to send the last 4 digits of your phone number
- to a remote BBS [1 ]
- Alt F5 to take a snapshot of your screen [3 ]
- Alt F6 to view a screen snapshot [3 ]
- Alt F7 to use Q-FIND, the scroll back buffer text finder [3 ]
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- Notes:
- 1 -- command only operative when connected
- 2 -- command only operative when not connected
- 3 -- command operative whether connected or not
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-
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- THE HELP SCREEN
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- Entering Alt Z brings up this screen.
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- ╔══════════════════════════════╡FROM MAIN SCREEN╞══════════════════════════════╗
- ║ While Connected While Not Connected Either ║
- ║ Alt A send ASCII file Alt C clear screen ║
- ║ Alt H hang up Alt J jump to DOS ║
- ║ Alt R receive file Alt D go to directory Alt L toggle log ║
- ║ Alt S send file Alt F10 redial last number Alt P toggle printer ║
- ║ Alt F1 send handle Alt X exit ║
- ║ Alt F2 send password Alt Z this screen ║
- ║ Alt F3 send 4-digit # Alt F5 take snapshot ║
- ║ Alt F6 view snapshot ║
- ║ Alt F7 Q-FIND (search) ║
- ║ Alt F9 scroll back ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════════╡Quick Dial╞═════════════════════════════════╝
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- ╔═══════════════════════════╡FROM DIRECTORY SCREEN╞════════════════════════════╗
- ║ ║
- ║ 1-15 mark/unmark entries O dial non-directory # ║
- ║ C clear marks N get new directory ║
- ║ D delete entry S sort directory ║
- ║ R revise entry P set new parameters ║
- ║ <CR> dial marked entries <ESC> terminate dial ║
- ║ ║
- ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
- ╞═══════════════════╡Press a key to restore previous screen╞═══════════════════╡
-
-
-
- CALLING WITH QUICK DIAL
-
- From the main screen, entering Alt D will bring up the dialing directory and
- menu that looks like this.
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- No Name Number BPS Handle Password
- ┌──┬───────────────────┬──────────────┬────┬─────────────────────────┬────────┐
- │ 1│Banana Republic │ 537-9238│2400│Couch Potato │ │
- │ 2│Brewery │ 394-3347│2400│146 │ │
- │ 3│City of Angel's │ 391-0512│2400│9 │ │
- │ 4│Dog Pound │ 831-7989│2400│Panama Red │ │
- │ 5│EC │ 544-4988│2400│99 │ │
- │ 6│M-42 │ 997-5157│2400│103 │ │
- │ 7│Room 101 │ 938-5684│2400│Jack E. Gleason │ │
- │ 8│ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 9│ │ │ │ │ │
- │10│ │ │ │ │ │
- │11│ │ │ │ │ │
- │12│ │ │ │ │ │
- │13│ │ │ │ │ │
- │14│ │ │ │ │ │
- │15│ │ │ │ │ │
- └──┴───────────────────┴──────────────┴────┴─────────────────────────┴────────┘
-
- Enter selection [1-15]/Other/Delete/Clear/Revise/Sort/New/Parms/ESC:
-
- ╞════════════════════════════╡ESCape to exit dial╞═════════════════════════════╡
-
- (Note: if you entered a password in the dialing directory, it's there but it
- won't appear on the directory screen.)
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- TO MARK/UNMARK AN ENTRY FOR DIALING, just press the directory entry number(s).
- The entry number in the left hand column will change color. Except for
- directory entry 1, it is not necessary to press the RETURN key to mark or
- unmark it. Pressing the RETURN key will begin dialing the marked entry(ies).
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- TO DIAL A NUMBER OTHER THAN ONE IN YOUR DIRECTORY, press O. You will be
- prompted for the bps and phone number.
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- TO DELETE A DIRECTORY ENTRY, press D. You will be promped for the entry
- number you want deleted. After deletion, the revised QUICK DIAL Directory
- will be rewritten to your disk(ette).
-
- TO CLEAR MARKS FROM ALL DIRECTORY ENTRIES, press C.
-
- TO REVISE A DIRECTORY ENTRY, press R. You will be prompted for its name,
- phone number and bps and your handle and password. As you enter each new
- field, the current contents (if any) will be displayed in colors different
- their normal ones. If you want to accept what is displayed, just press the
- RETURN key and you will move to the next field. If not, press any letter or
- number key. The old contents will be erased and the new contents will begin
- with the key you pressed. The Backspace key is active during the editing
- process. RETURN accepts what is displayed and takes you to the next field to
- be edited. Upon conclusion, the revised QUICK DIAL Directory will be
- rewritten to your disk(ette).
-
- TO SORT THE DIRECTORY, just press S. The sorted directory will be rewritten
- to your disk(ette).
-
- TO LOAD A NEW DIRECTORY, just type N. You will be prompted for the new
- directory name, which may include a drive and path specification if you
- choose.
-
- TO CHANGE YOUR COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS, press P. You will be prompted for
- the communications port number (1 or 2), bps (300/1200/2400/9600), parity (N
- for none, O for odd, E for even), data bits (7 or 8), stop bits (0 or 1), and
- whether you want to be in full duplex or half duplex mode. Most BBS work with
- the default setting of no parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit. Upon
- conclusion, notice that the communication parameters in the upper right corner
- of your screen have changed. If you make a mistake and enter the wrong port
- number, don't worry. QUICK DIAL will let you know that and automatically
- reopen the last valid port specified.
-
- In full duplex mode, the characters you type are not echoed to the screen by
- QUICK DIAL. Rather, the remote BBS handles that task. This is the correct
- setting for most BBS. However, a few boards and and least one national
- service do not echo typed characters back to the sender. In these few cases,
- you should set Quick Dial to half duplex so that you can see what you type.
-
- TO RETURN TO THE MAIN SCREEN WITHOUT DIALING, press ESCape. Any entries you
- have marked will still be marked when you return to the dialing directory and
- menu.
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- TO BEGIN DIALING MARKED ENTRY(IES), press RETURN. Pressing RETURN with no
- marked entry(ies) has no effect.
-
-
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- DIALING WITH QUICK DIAL
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- When dialing marked directory entry(ies), once dialing has started QUICK DIAL
- will dial each marked number in turn continuously until you press ESCape,
- press another key, or make a connection. Pressing ESCape cancels the dial.
- Pressing another key recycles QUICK DIAL to the next marked number.
- Similarly, when dialing a number other than one in your dialing directory, it
- will dial that number continuously until you press ESCape, press another key
- or make a connection. (Note: from the Main Screen, entering Alt F10 will
- immediately begin dialing the last number attempted without going through the
- dialing directory and menu screen.)
-
- While your modem is dialing, another screen will continuously display:
-
- -- the BBS name stored in your directory
- -- the number dialed
- -- the handle stored in your directory
- -- the dialing attempt number
- -- the seconds elapsed since dialing began
- -- the time
- -- the dialing status (dialing or hanging up)
- -- the result (CONNECT, BUSY, NO ANSWER, etc.)
-
- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ ║
- ║ Dialing: Dog Pound ║
- ║ At: 831-7989 ║
- ║ Handle: Fido ║
- ║ Attempt: 1 ║
- ║ Seconds: 8 ║
- ║ Time: 09:32:14 ║
- ║ Status: Dialing ║
- ║ Result: ║
- ║ ║
- ╚══════════════╡Quick Dial╞═════════════╝
-
-
-
- LOGGING ONTO A BULLETIN BOARD
-
- One handy feature of QUICK DIAL is that when you're connected, the key
- sequence
- Alt F1
- Alt F2
- Alt F3
-
- automatically transmits your handle, password and the last four digits of your
- phone number.
-
-
-
- THE "CONNECT" FILE, CONNECT.QD
-
- QUICK DIAL automatically and continuously maintains a permanent record of your
- QUICK DIAL sessions in a file called CONNECT.QD. Each time you make a
- connection and then log off, QUICK DIAL updates CONNECT.QD with the phone
- number you reached, the name of the BBS (if one is present in your dialing
- directory), the modem speed used, the time you logged on and the time you
- logged off. This feature can be useful for verifying long distance costs or
- charges from pay BBS services based on connect time.
-
- Anytime you are NOT in a QUICK DIAL session you can review CONNECT.QD with the
- DOS TYPE command, with almost any file viewer or editor, and with almost any
- word processing software. (To use DOS commands, you must make sure that your
- system can locate all the DOS files that came with your computer. Normally,
- this is accomplished by having the DOS directory specified in the PATH
- statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. See your DOS manual for further
- details.) Get to the disk(ette) and the directory where your QUICK DIAL files
- are and enter the following command.
-
- TYPE CONNECT.QD | MORE
-
- Then press the RETURN key. To view CONNECT.QD using other software, see the
- manual or documentation that came with the software you are using for detailed
- instructions.
-
- CONNECT.QD will continue to get larger as each log on is added to the file.
- If the size of the file becomes too great, or if you simply don't need it
- after a while, use either the DOS ERASE or DELete command to remove it. To do
- this, get to the disk(ette) and the directory where your QUICK DIAL files are.
- Enter one of the following commands.
-
- ERASE CONNECT.QD
- -or-
- DEL CONNECT.QD
-
- Then press the RETURN key.
-
-
-
- FILE TRANSFERS
-
- QUICK DIAL includes the XMODEM checksum download (receive), and upload (send),
- protocols and also supports up to two external file transfer protocols such as
- ZMODEM and MPT.
-
- After you let the remote Bulletin Board know what file you want to receive
- (download) or send (upload), press Alt R to receive or Alt S to send. You
- will be prompted to provide the file transfer protocol you have selected.
- Press "X" for XMODEM checksum, "1" for external protocol #1 or "2" for
- external protocol #2. You may be prompted for path and/or a file name. The
- file name may include a drive and path specification.
-
- You can upload a straight ASCII text file (like a prewritten message) by
- pressing Alt A. You will be prompted for the name of the ASCII text file you
- want to send to the remote BBS. Everything else is automatic.
-
- (Note. The XMODEM checksum and ASCII text file protocols are not recommended
- for modem speeds above 2400 bps. The propensity for line noise interference
- is just too great.)
-
-
-
- REVIEWING THE SCROLL BACK BUFFER
-
- Whether you're connected or not, you can always review the last several
- screens of information that came through your modem. Pressing the Alt key
- plus the F9 key will take you to the scroll back buffer and display the last
- screen you received. While in scroll back mode, seven keys are active:
-
- Cursor Up scrolls the screen up one line
- Cursor Down scrolls the screen down one line
- Page Up displays the next oldest screen from wherever you are
- Page Down displays the next newest screen from wherever you are
- Home displays the oldest screen
- End displays the newest screen
- Alt F5 takes a screen snapshot (see below)
- Alt F6 displays a previously taken screen snapshot (see below)
- Alt F7 invokes Q-FIND, the scroll back buffer text finder
- Alt F9 exits scroll back mode and takes you to the screen you left
-
- The scroll back buffer is circular so that if you keep pressing the Page Up or
- Cursor Up key, you eventually come back to where you started from. The same
- is true about repeatedly pressing the Page Down or Cursor Down key.
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE. Certain Bulletin Board Systems, like WWIV, scroll the screen
- up when incoming text is on the the lowest allowable line of your monitor.
- Certain other BBS systems (like OPUS) default to overwriting screens rather
- than scrolling. If this is the case on the boards you call, Quick Dial's
- scroll back buffer will only contain the most recent screenful of information.
- To correct this situation, go to the configuration section of the bulletin
- board and set the appropriate parameter to scroll instead of overwrite.
-
-
-
- TAKING AND VIEWING SNAPSHOTS OF YOUR SCREEN
-
- When you're on line, and when you're in scroll back mode, you can take a
- snapshot of the screen or view a snapshot you've previously taken. Pressing
- Alt F5 will prompt you for the name of the snapshot you're about to take. You
- can use the name QUICK DIAL offers you by simply pressing the RETURN key, or
- you can substitute any other name you prefer by editing the name and then
- pressing RETURN. If you do not use the file name that QUICK DIAL offers, and
- if the file name you supply does not have a suffix, please note that Quick
- Dial will automatically add a file name suffix of ".BAS". For example, if you
- took a snapshot called "FIDO" and wanted to view it later, you would have to
- ask to view "FIDO.BAS".
-
- Similarly, pressing Alt F6 will prompt you for the name of a snapshot you want
- to view. If the name is the one QUICK DIAL offers just press the RETURN key.
- If not, edit the name until it is correct and then press the RETURN key.
-
- Each snapshot takes up 16,391 bytes on your disk(ette).
-
-
-
- USING Q-FIND, THE SCROLL BACK BUFFER TEXT FINDER
-
- When in the scroll back buffer, you can have Quick Dial automatically look
- through up to fifty pages of text for any word or phrase. Pressing Alt F7
- invokes this feature and prompts you for the text you're looking for. After
- you've entered the text, press the RETURN key and the search will begin. If
- the word or phrase selected appears more than once in the scroll back buffer,
- repeating the process will continue to find additional occurrences of the same
- text.
-
-
-
- QUICK DIAL AND WINDOWS 3.0
-
- The QD.ICO and QD.PIF files are distributed for Windows 3.0 users. These
- files should be copied into your Windows directory before attempting to run
- QUICK DIAL in the Windows environment.
-
- The QD.PIF file assumes that the QUICK DIAL files are located in the path
- C:\QD. It requires Windows to provide 256K of memory and requests 640K.
- QD.PIF can be edited with the Windows PIF Editor to suit each user's
- individual requirements.
-
- QUICK DIAL has been tested on a '486 platform and is Windows compliant. It
- can run in background and in a window on a '386 or better platform, in
- enhanced mode.
-
-
-
- MISCELLANY
-
- QUICK DIAL is written entirely in Microsoft QuickBASIC, Version 4.5. There
- are no Assembler language, C or other add-ins of any kind.
-
- Special thanks to the SYSOP and folks at 225 for support and encouragement,
- for beta testing, and for assistance with using QUICK DIAL in the Windows
- environment.
-
-
-
- TERMS GOVERNING THE USE OF QUICK DIAL
-
- QUICK DIAL is not so-called "freeware" and it is not in the Public Domain.
- Although QUICK DIAL is not copy protected, QUICK DIAL -- and all files
- distributed by the author with QUICK DIAL -- constitute proprietary software
- which is fully protected by federal copyright laws. Except as described in
- the two paragraphs immediately following this paragraph, all rights to Quick
- Dial are reserved by its author. These reserved rights include -- but are not
- limited to -- the right to reproduce, the right to distribute and the right to
- prepare derivative works.
-
- The author hereby grants any individual or organization the right to freely
- use QUICK DIAL for up to 30 days on a single computer. After that period of
- time, the user must remit a registration fee to the author or discontinue
- using QUICK DIAL. This requirement includes QUICK DIAL users who received
- their copy of QUICK DIAL from distributors of Public Domain software and
- "shareware."
-
- The author hereby grants any Bulletin Board system operator the right to make
- the archive QD-V13.ZIP, as originally prepared by the author, freely available
- to the Board's users as long as it is made available (a) without charge, (b)
- in its entirety, and (c) without modification.
-
- QUICK DIAL may not be included -- in part or in its entirety -- with any other
- product, hardware or software without the express consent of the author.
-
- QUICK DIAL may not be decompiled, disassembled, modified, "patched," or
- reverse engineered without the express consent of the author.
-
- A registered copy of QUICK DIAL may not be used or stored in more than one
- computer system at the same time. Users may not use QUICK DIAL on a network
- except with the express written permission of the author.
-
-
-
- DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
-
- The author disclaims all warranties related to QUICK DIAL, expressed or
- implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability or
- fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall the author be liable for
- any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising from using
- QUICK DIAL or the inability to use QUICK DIAL even if the author has been
- advised of the possibility of such damages. No damages shall ever exceed the
- price paid to the author for QUICK DIAL. Use of this software means that the
- user agrees to these terms.
-
-
-
- Thank you for using QUICK DIAL.
-
-