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- ╬┼╘╫╧╥╦ 64 ─╧├╒═┼╬╘┴╘╔╧╬ ╞╧╥ ╓┼╥╙╔╧╬ 1.24┴
- ├╧╨┘╥╔╟╚╘ ╬╧╘╔├┼
- ╬┼╘╫╧╥╦ 64 ├╧╨┘╥╔╟╚╘┼─ 1987, 1988, 1991 ┬┘ ╙┴═ ╠┼╫╔╘
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- ╬┼╘╫╧╥╦ ╓128 ─╧├╒═┼╬╘┴╘╔╧╬ ╞╧╥ ╓┼╥╙╔╧╬ 1.26
- ═╧──┼─ ┬┘ ┴─┴═ ╞┴╬┼╠╠╧
- ╫╔╘╚ ╘╚┼ ┴╙╙╔╙╘┴╬├┼
- ╧╞ ╩┼┴╬╬┼ ═┴┬╥┘
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- ╬┼╘64 ─╧├╒═┼╬╘┴╘╔╧╬ ╞╧╥ ╓┼╥╙╔╧╬ 1.26
- ├╧╬╓┼╥╘┼─ ┬┘ ┴─┴═ ╞┴╬┼╠╠╧, 1997
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- ╬ETWORK 64 IS COPYRIGHTED WITH PERMISSION FROM ╟REG ╨FOUNTZ, AUTHOR OF ├OLOR
- 64 ┬┬╙.
-
- ╬ETWORK 64 PROGRAMS ARE COPYRIGHTED AND ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY THE AUTHOR.
- ┴NY COPYING, DUPLICATING, SELLING OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTING OF THESE PROGRAMS
- WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR IS A VIOLATION OF LAW.
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- ├╚┴╨╘┼╥ ├╧╬╘┼╬╘╙
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- ╔ ............................╟┼╘╘╔╬╟ ╙╘┴╥╘┼─.............................
- ╔╔ ........................╚┴╥─╫┴╥┼ ╥┼╤╒╔╥┼═┼╬╘╙..........................
- ╔╔╔ ..........................╥┼╤╒╔╥┼─ ╞╔╠┼╙..............................
- ╔╓ ............................╔╬╙╘┴╠╠┴╘╔╧╬...............................
- ╓ .............................╬┼╘╫╧╥╦ ╙┼╘╒╨..............................
- ╓╔ .............................┬╧╧╘╔╬╟ ╒╨................................
- ╓╔╔ ................╙┼╘╘╔╬╟ ╒╨ ┴╬ ╧╒╘╟╧╔╬╟ ╬╧─┼ ┴├├╧╒╬╘...................
- ╓╔╔╔ .................═╔╙├┼╠╠┴╬┼╧╒╙ ╧╨╘╔╧╬╙/╞┼┴╘╒╥┼╙......................
- ╔╪ .........................╘╔╨╙/╙╒╟╟┼╙╘╔╧╬╙..............................
- ╪ ...........................╘╥╧╒┬╠┼╙╚╧╧╘╔╬╟..............................
- ╪╔ ..............................╙╒╨╨╧╥╘..................................
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- ├╚┴╨╘┼╥ ╔. ╟┼╘╘╔╬╟ ╙╘┴╥╘┼─
-
- ┬EFORE YOU DIVE INTO THIS CONVERSION, YOU SHOULD READ THROUGH THIS ENTIRE
- DOCUMENTATION ╞╔╥╙╘. ╘HE INSTALLATION PROCESS WAS DESIGNED TO BE AS SIMPLE
- AS POSSIBLE, HOWEVER, PROBLEMS CAN AND DO ARISE. ═OST OFTEN FROM NOT READING
- THE DOCS FIRST.
-
- ╘HIS RELEASE OF ╬ETWORK 1.26 (╬ET64) IS FOR ├ENTIPEDE ONLY. ├ENTIPEDE ALREADY
- INCLUDES BUILT-IN SUPPORT FOR ╬ET64.
-
- ╬OW, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET STARTED, TAKE MY ADVICE, AND REMOVE ALL THAT
- CLUTTER AROUND YOUR DESK. ╨UT THOSE MOLDY COFFEE MUGS IN THE SINK, GET THOSE
- PRINTOUTS OUT OF THE WAY. ├LEAN YOUR MONITOR, GET A PEN AND PAPER OUT. ╬╧╫
- YOU'LL FEEL BETTER, AND THE INSTALLATION PROCESS WILL GO ═╒├╚ SMOOTHER, TRUST
- ME.
-
- ╠OOK AT YOUR CLOCK. ╔S IT LATE AT NIGHT? ─O YOU HAVE THE TIME TO DO THIS?
- ╟IVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO DEAL WITH ANY POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WHICH CAN
- ARISE. ╬OTHING IS WORSE THAN STARTING A PROJECT LATE AT NIGHT, AND RUNNING
- INTO A PROBLEM WHICH KEEPS YOU UP ALL NIGHT FRANTICALLY TRYING TO GET YOUR
- ┬┬╙ BACK ON-LINE.
-
- ╘HE FIRST THING YOU ═╒╙╘ DO, IS TO BACKUP YOUR EXISTING FILES. ┴ FULL BACKUP
- OF YOUR ┬┬╙ IS BEST, BUT AT LEAST BACKUP THE FOLLOWING FILES WHICH WILL BE
- MODIFIED:
-
- SCR.BOOTUP SCR.MIDNIGHT SCR.NEW-HOUR SCR.SYS-IDLE SCR.NEW-LOGIN
-
- ╫E WILL BE ADDING EIGHT NEW FILES TO YOUR ─EFAULT ╨ROGRAM ╞ILES LOCATION.
- ╘HESE FILES ARE CALLED:
-
- MDL.NET64CONFIG MDL.NET64M MDL.NET64POST MDL.LOGINKEY 6
- OVL.NET64CALL OVL.NET64SUB SCR.WAIT4CALL-1 MNU.NET64
-
-
-
- ├╚┴╨╘┼╥ ╔╔. ╚┴╥─╫┴╥┼ ╥┼╤╒╔╥┼═┼╬╘╙
-
- ╘HE MINIMAL ├ENTIPEDE REQUIREMENTS WILL MEET YOUR NEEDS FOR ╬ET64. ┘OUR ONLY
- CONCERN MAY BE FILE SPACE. ┘OU WILL NEED AN ADDITIONAL 205 BLOCKS OF SPACE IN
- YOUR PROGRAM FILES LOCATION, AND APPROXIMATELY 90 BLOCKS IN YOUR ╬ETWORK
- FILES LOCATION, IN ADDITION TO AN AVERAGE OF 12 BLOCKS FOR EACH NODE YOU
- CONNECT TO.
-
-
- ├╚┴╨╘┼╥ ╔╔╔. ┬╥╔┼╞ ╙╒══┴╥┘ ╧╞ ╥┼╤╒╔╥┼─ ╞╔╠┼╙
-
- ╬╧╘┼: ╙EVERAL ╬ET64 FILES PRESERVE THEIR OLD ├OLOR 64/╓128 FILE NAMES,
- INCLUDING CHECK MARKS. ╘O TYPE THIS CHECK MARK, PRESS ╙╚╔╞╘-@. ╙INCE THE
- CHECK MARK IS NOT PART OF THE ┴╙├╔╔ CHARACTER SET, SOME PRINTERS CANNOT
- PRODUCE IT. ┬ECAUSE OF THIS, THE UP-ARROW (^) SYMBOL IS USED IN THIS
- DOCUMENTATION IN PLACE OF THE CHECK MARK. ╫HENEVER YOU SEE AN UP-ARROW AS THE
- FIRST CHARACTER OF A FILE NAME, YOU WILL NEED TO SUBSTITUTE A CHECK MARK IN
- ITS PLACE.
-
- ╬╧╘┼: ╔F YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN RUNNING ╬ETWORK 64 ON A ├OLOR 64 OR ╓128 ┬┬╙,
- YOU MAY CONTINUE TO USE YOUR OLD SUPPORT FILES. ┘OU ╫╔╠╠ STILL NEED TO RUN
- THROUGH THE CONFIGURATION UTILITY (EXPLAINED LATER).
-
- ╞OLLOWING IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF ALL THE NETWORK RELATED FILES WHICH CAN BE
- FOUND IN YOUR ╬ETWORK ARCHIVE. ┴LL NON-PROGRAM FILES ARE STORED IN THE
- ╬ETWORK FILES LOCATION. ╥EFER TO THE DOCUMENTATION FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS
- OF WHAT EACH DOES...
-
- "MDL.NET64CONFIG" ├ONFIGURATION UTILITY.
- "MDL.NET64M" ═ISC SUPPORT ROUTINES.
- "MDL.NET64POST" ╨ROGRAM MODULE FOR POSTING TO OR REPLY VIA ╬ET64.
- "MDL.LOGINKEY 6" ╬EEDED TO RECOGNIZE RECEIVED ╬ET64 CALLS.
- "OVL.NET64CALL" ├ALL OUT AND CALL RECEIVE.
- "OVL.NET64SUB" ═ISC CALL AND RECEIVE CALL SUPPORT ROUTINES.
- "MNU.NET64" ╘HE ╬ET64 SUBMENU.
- "SCR.WAIT4CALL-1" ╘HE ╫AIT4├ALL SCREEN HOTKEY TO FORCE CALLING OUT VIA ╬ET64.
- "^NODE APP" ╘HIS SEQUENTIAL FILE IS A FILE ┘╧╒ EDIT. ╔TS USED WHEN CALLING A
- NEW NODE FOR THE FIRST TIME TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE NEW NODE.
- "^APPLICATION" ╘HIS IS ╬╧╘ THE SAME AS THE "APPLICATION" FILE FOUND ON THE
- ┬┬╙. ╘HIS FILE IS ADAPTED FOR USE WITH THE CUSTOM APPLICATION ROUTINE BUILT
- IN TO THE NETWORK.
- "^CONDITIONS" ╘HIS IS A SEQUENTIAL FILE ┘╧╒ CREATE. ╔T IS USED WHEN A NODE
- CALLS YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME. ╘HIS FILE DESCRIBES YOUR VALIDATION
- REQUIREMENTS TO THE NEW NODE.
-
-
- ╘HE FOLLOWING FILES ARE MORE OR LESS SELF GENERATED AND WILL APPEAR ON YOUR
- DRIVE AS THEY ARE NEEDED.
-
- "^NODE X USERS" ╘HIS IS CREATED ┼╓┼╥┘ MIDNIGHT. ╔T IS A MEMBERSHIP LIST OF
- ┘╧╒╥ ┬┬╙.
- "^NODE ? USERS" ╘HE QUESTION MARK STANDS FOR THE NODE NUMBER. ╘HIS IS THE
- CORRESPONDING MEMBERSHIP LIST FOR ANY ONE PARTICULAR NODE YOU MAY HAVE. ╘HIS
- FILE IS RECEIVED AT THE TIME ┘╧╒ SEND DATA AND ARE READY FOR A NEW LISTING.
- "^+NODE ?" ╘HIS IS THE ACTUAL MESSAGE WHICH YOU OR A USER HAS POSTED TO NODE
- NUMBER ?.
- "^+FILE ?" ╘HIS IS A FILE CONTAINING INFORMATION ON A FILE(S) TO BE SENT TO
- NODE NUMBER ?.
- "^NODE LEDGER" ╘HIS IS SORT OF A MINI-LOG. ╧NCE ITS CREATED, IT WILL ALWAYS
- REMAIN ON YOUR DRIVE UNTIL YOU EITHER MOVE OR SCRATCH IT. ╘HIS SHOWS ACCOUNT
- NODE TRANSACTIONS.
- "^PUBLIC STORAGE" ╫HEN A NODE SENDS ┘╧╒ PUBLIC MESSAGES, AND YOU REQUESTED TO
- RELEASE THEM MANUALLY, THIS IS THE FILE IN WHICH THEY ARE STORED.
- "^NODE LIST" ╘HIS LISTING IS CREATED BY THE ╬ET ╙ETUP PROGRAM. ╔T IS THE
- LISTING YOU OR YOUR USERS WOULD SEE WHEN SENDING TO A NODE.
- "^NTWRK.PARMS" ╘HIS IS ALSO CREATED BY THE ╬ET ╙ETUP PRG. ╘HIS FILE CONTAINS
- LOTS OF DATA OF HOW YOU REQUESTED YOUR NETWORK TO RUN. ╔T ALSO CONTAINS DATA
- FOR EACH NODE.
- "^NODE ACCOUNTS" ╘HIS IS A RELATIVE FILE WHICH WILL CONTAIN NAME, PASSWORD,
- LEVEL, AND LAST DATE CALLED FOR EACH INCOMING NODE YOU HAVE.
- "^NODE BILLING" ┴LSO A RELATIVE FILE. ╔T CONTAINS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH
- USER ON YOUR SYSTEM.
-
-
- ├╚┴╨╘┼╥ ╔╓. ╘╚┼ ╔╬╙╘┴╠╠┴╘╔╧╬
-
- ├OPY ALL OF THE "MDL.*", "OVL.*", "MNU.*", AND "SCR.*" FILES FROM THE ╬ET64
- ARCHIVE TO YOUR DEFAULT PROGRAM FILES LOCATION. ├OPY THE "HLP.*" FILE TO YOUR
- ╚ELP ╞ILES LOCATION. ┘OU MAY RENAME THE "SCR.WAIT4CALL-1" FILE TO HAVE A
- DIFFERENT ENDING CHARACTER, THUS CHANGING THE HOTKEY THAT IS USED TO FORCE
- YOUR SYSTEM TO CALL OTHER NODES OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL ╬ET64 CALL WINDOW. ╘HIS
- CAN BE CHANGED AT ANY TIME.
-
- ┘OU WILL NOW NEED TO EDIT SOME OF YOUR EXISTING SCRIPT FILES IN ORDER TO
- INSTALL ╬ET64 INTO YOUR SYSTEM. ╨LEASE REFER TO YOUR ├ENTIPEDE MANUAL FOR
- DETAILS ON HOW TO USE THE ╙CRIPT ┼DITOR UTILITY.
-
-
- "SCR.BOOTUP":
- ╙OMEWHERE IN BETWEEN READING THE DATE & TIME, AND THE FINAL LOADING OF THE
- ╫AIT4├ALL SCREEN, INSERT THE FOLLOWING LINE INTO YOUR BOOTUP SCRIPT:
-
- RUN #3 IN "MDL.NET64M" AS "╬ET64 BOOTUP" WITH KILL=NONE, GFX=ANY
-
-
- "SCR.MIDNIGHT":
- ╙OMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THE MDL.MIDNIGHT MODULE, AND THE ╫AIT4├ALL MODULE,
- INSERT THE FOLLOWING LINE INTO YOUR MIDNIGHT SCRIPT:
-
- RUN #2 IN "MDL.NET64" AS "╬ET64 ═IDNIGHT" WITH KILL=NONE, GFX=ANY
-
- ╔F YOU ARE RUNNING A DUAL-LINE ┬┬╙, THE ABOVE LINE SHOULD BE INSERTED INTO
- THE SECTION THAT IS SKIPPED FOR PORT #1. ─ON'T FORGET TO INCREASE THE SKIP
- VALUE!
-
-
- "SCR.NEW-HOUR":
- ╙OMEWHERE BETWEEN THE "├HECKING FOR NETWORK WINDOWS" MESSAGE AND RUNNING THE
- ╫AIT4├ALL MODULE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING LINE INTO YOUR NEW-HOUR SCRIPT:
-
- RUN #4 IN "MDL.NET64M" AS "╬ET64 CHECK" WITH KILL=NONE, GFX=ANY
-
- "SCR.NEW-LOGIN":
- ╙OMEWHERE BETWEEN THE MDL.APPLY MODULE AND THE LOADING OF THE MAIN MENU,
- INSERT THE FOLLOWING LINE INTO YOUR NEW-LOGIN SCRIPT:
-
- RUN #4 IN "MDL.NET64POST" AS "├LEAR ACCOUNT" WITH KILL=NONE, GFX=ANY
-
-
- "SCR.SYS-IDLE":
- ╙OMEWHERE BETWEEN THE "├HECKING FOR NETWORK WINDOWS" MESSAGE AND RUNNING THE
- ╫AIT4├ALL MODULE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING LINE INTO YOUR SYS-IDLE SCRIPT:
-
- RUN #4 IN "MDL.NET64M" AS "╬ET64 CHECK" WITH KILL=NONE, GFX=ANY
-
-
- ╔N ADDITION TO THESE SCRIPTS, YOU WILL NEED TO ADD A NEW MENU COMMAND
- AVAILABLE TO YOUR CALLERS, THAT ALLOWS THEM TO POST A NEW MESSAGE VIA ╬ET64,
- EITHER AS PUBLIC TO ANOTHER NODE OR PRIVATE E-MAIL TO A MEMBER OF ANOTHER
- NODE. ┘OU MAY WANT TO ADD THIS COMMAND TO YOUR MAIN MENU OR A MESSAGES
- SUBMENU, DEPENDING OF COURSE ON YOUR MENU STRUCTURE. ╘HE ═ENU ┼DITOR SETTINGS
- FOR THIS "╨OST ╬ET64" COMMAND IS:
-
- ╨ROGRAM ╞ILENAME: MDL.NET64POST
- ╙UBROUTINE ╬UMBER: 1
- ╦ILLER: ╬ONE
- ╟RAPHICS ╥EQUIREMENTS: ┴NY
-
- ╙ET THE ACCESS LEVEL YOU WOULD LIKE, AND USE THE DEFAULT LOCATIONS FOR
- PROGRAM AND SUPPORT FILES.
-
-
- ╠ASTLY, YOU NEED TO RUN ═ENU ┼DITOR AND ADD A HOTKEY TO YOUR MNU.SYSOP MENU
- TO RUN THE "MNU.NET64" MENU.
-
-
- ├╚┴╨╘┼╥ ╓. ╬┼╘╫╧╥╦ ╙┼╘╒╨
-
-
- ├╧╬╞╔╟╒╥┼ ╒╘╔╠╔╘┘:
-
-
- ╘O CONFIGURE ╬ET64, ENTER THE ╬ET64 SUBMENU FROM ╙YS╧P ═AINTENANCE. (┘OU JUST
- ADDED THAT, RIGHT? ╔F NOT, REFER BACK TO THE END OF THE LAST CHAPTER.) ┴FTER
- A FEW SECONDS YOU'RE ASKED FOR THE NUMBER OF NODES YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.
- ╘HIS IS IMPORTANT! ├OUNT THE NUMBER OF NODES YOU HAVE IN MIND, AND ENTER THIS
- NUMBER. ┘OU ARE BEING ASKED THIS QUESTION BECAUSE YOU WILL THEN BE ASKED TO
- FILL IN DATA FOR EACH ONE OF THESE NODES, SO IF YOU HAVE NO INFO ON ANY
- NODES, DON'T RUN THIS PROGRAM UNTIL YOU DO. ┘OU MAY HAVE FROM 1 TO 99 NODES.
- ╘HE HIGHER NUMBER YOU USE, THE MORE MEMORY IS REQUIRED.
-
- ╬EXT QUESTION SERVES TWO PURPOSES. ╔F YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH HOW THE
- NETWORK WORKS, YOU CAN SEND PRIVATE ┼-═AIL ╧╥ PUBLIC MESSAGES. ╔F SOMEONE
- SENDS ┘╧╒ A PUBLIC MESSAGE, THIS QUESTION WILL DETERMINE HOW THAT PUBLIC
- MESSAGE IS HANDLED. ┘OU HAVE TWO CHOICES. ┘OU CAN HAVE THE MESSAGE STORED IN
- A SPECIAL HOLDING FILE, AND THEN RELEASE IT MANUALLY, OR YOU CAN HAVE THE
- MESSAGE AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO THE MESSAGE BASE. ╔F YOU WANT THE MESSAGE TO GO
- DIRECTLY INTO THE MESSAGE BASE, ENTER THE MESSAGE BASE NUMBER AND CATEGORY
- LETTER YOU WISH THE MESSAGE TO GO INTO. ┘OU CAN TYPE A QUESTION MARK TO GET A
- LIST OF YOUR CATEGORIES AT THIS POINT.
-
- ╬EXT QUESTION DEALS WITH THE SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP LIST. ┴T MIDNIGHT EVERY
- NIGHT, YOUR ┬┬╙ WILL CREATE A SPECIAL NETWORK MEMBERSHIP LIST (CALLED ^NODE X
- USERS ON YOUR DISK). ╫HEN YOU SEND OUT NET MESSAGES TO YOUR NODES, THEY MAY
- REQUEST A FRESH LISTING FROM YOU. ╘HIS IS THE FILE THEY WILL GET. ╘HIS VALUE
- DETERMINES HOW LONG YOU WOULD LIKE TO WAIT BEFORE REQUESTING A NEW MEMBERSHIP
- LIST WHEN ┘╧╒ CALL A NODE. ═INE IS SET FOR 20 DAYS. ╘HE SMALLER THE NUMBER,
- THE MORE REQUESTS YOUR NETWORK WILL MAKE, AND THE LONGER YOU WILL BE ON-LINE.
-
- ╘HE NEXT QUESTION ASKS YOU WHAT IT SHOULD DO WITH PROGRAMS RECEIVED THROUGH
- THE ╬ETWORK. ┘OU MAY CHOOSE TO HAVE FILES PLACED IN A ╒/─ DIRECTORY, OR HAVE
- THEM PLACED IN YOUR ╬ETWORK FILES LOCATION. ╔F YOU CHOOSE TO HAVE THE FILES
- IN A ╒/─ DIRECTORY, THAT DIRECTORY WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE UPDATED WHEN FILES
- ARE RECEIVED.
-
- ┴FTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS SCREEN, THE REAL FUN BEGINS! ╔F EVERYTHING HAS
- GONE SMOOTHLY SO FAR, YOU SHOULD BE AT THE INDIVIDUAL NODE EDITOR PROMPT. ┴T
- THIS PROMPT, YOU'RE GIVEN THE OPTION TO EDIT ANY OF THE INDIVIDUAL NODES.
- ┴LSO, THE NUMBER YOU SEE WITHIN THE DOUBLE BRACKETS [], TELLS YOU THE LAST
- ╬╧─┼ ╬╒═┬┼╥ YOU EDITED. ╔T MAY BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND NOW WHY YOU'D NEED THIS,
- BUT BELIEVE ME, IT HELPS TO DETERMINE WHERE YOU ARE IN THE EDITING PROCESS.
- ┴LSO, AT THIS PROMPT, IF YOU HIT A QUESTION MARK (?), YOU WILL GET A LISTING
- OF EACH ╬╧─┼ ╬┴═┼, AND ITS STATUS. ╘HIS IS ESPECIALLY HANDY FOR FINDING A
- BLANK SPOT, OR WHEN TRYING TO LOCATE A CERTAIN NODE TO EDIT.
-
- ┬EFORE WE START EDITING INDIVIDUAL NODES, LETS CLARIFY ONE THING. ╫HEN ┘╧╒
- ASSIGN A NODE A CERTAIN NUMBER, THIS WILL BE CALLED ┘╧╒╥ ╬╧─┼ ╬╒═┬┼╥. ╫HEN
- YOU SET A NODES ╔─ NUMBER, THIS IS THE ╬╧─┼╙ ╔─ ╬╒═┬┼╥. ╘HIS HAS BEEN A
- LITTLE CONFUSING IN THE PAST, SO ╔ THOUGHT ╔'D CLARIFY IT BEFORE WE WENT ON.
- ┴LSO REMEMBER THAT ╔╬├╧═╔╬╟ AND ╧╒╘╟╧╔╬╟ ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS. ╫HEN YOU
- ├╧╬╞╔╟ ╬ET64, YOU'RE SETTING UP FOR ╧╒╘╟╧╔╬╟ CALLS. ╫HEN YOU USE THE ╬ODE
- ┴├├╧╒╬╘╙ ┼DITOR, YOU'RE SETTING UP FOR ╔╬├╧═╔╬╟ CALLS.
-
- ╬OW ITS TIME TO EDIT OUR FIRST NODE. ┼NTER THE NUMBER 1 (╬╧─┼ ╬╒═┬┼╥ ╧╬┼),
- AND HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╘HE FIRST PROMPT ASKS YOU FOR THE NAME OF THE NODE. ┘OU ARE
- LIMITED TO 25 CHARACTERS. ╘HE NAME YOU ENTER HERE WILL APPEAR TO ALL USERS
- WHEN THEY GO TO POST A NETWORK MESSAGE. ╔F YOU WANTED TO REPLACE THIS NODE
- WITH ANOTHER, SIMPLY ENTER THE NEW NODE'S NAME.
-
- ╬OW YOU NEED TO ENTER THE MEMBERSHIP ╔─ NUMBER FOR THE NODE WHICH YOU ARE
- WORKING ON. ╘HERE ARE TWO WAYS TO GET THIS ╔─ NUMBER. ╧NCE WAY IS BY
- REQUESTING THAT THE ╙YS╧P OF THIS NODE SET YOU UP ON HIS OR HER SYSTEM. ╚E OR
- SHE WILL THEN GIVE YOU AN ╔─ NUMBER AND PASSWORD. ┴N EASIER WAY, IS TO LET
- THE NETWORK DO AN EQUIVALENT OF A ╬┼╫ ╒╙┼╥ PROCESS. ╔F YOU KNOW YOUR ╔─
- NUMBER, ENTER IT NOW, OTHERWISE ENTER A 1 AT THIS POINT. ╘HE NUMBER 1 MEANS
- THAT YOU WILL BE CALLING THIS NODE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. ┴FTER YOU CALL
- THE NODE, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY ISSUE YOU AN ╔─ NUMBER, AND THE NETWORK WILL
- ENTER IT INTO THIS SLOT AUTOMATICALLY.
-
- ╬EXT IS THE CITY AND STATE OF THE NODE. ╬OTE THAT YOU ═╒╙╘ HAVE A SLASH
- ╙╧═┼╫╚┼╥┼ IN THIS LINE. ─ON'T USE A COMMA (I.E. ┬ERKELEY/├A). ╘HIS QUESTION
- IS 100% COSMETIC.
-
- ╬OW FOR THE PHONE NUMBER. ┼NTER ANY SPECIAL ACCESS CODES OR WHATEVER YOU'LL
- NEED.
-
- ╨ASSWORD TIME. ╔F YOU WERE ASSIGNED A PASSWORD, ENTER IT NOW. ╔F YOU ANSWERED
- THE ╔─ PROMPT WITH A 1, THEN MAKE UP THE PASSWORD YOU WOULD LIKE. ╥EMEMBER,
- 3-9 CHARACTERS ONLY. ─ON'T USE ANY EXOTIC CHARACTERS EITHER AS THEY WILL BE
- STRIPPED OUT. ┘OU CAN ENTER IN LOWER OR UPPERCASE. ┴NY LOWERCASE CHARACTERS
- WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE CHANGED TO UPPERCASE FOR YOU.
-
- ╬OW FOR THE BAUD RATE. ┘OU ARE ALLOWED ANY STANDARD BAUD RATE BETWEEN 300 AND
- 230400. ╔F YOU ARE NOT SURE WHAT RATE THIS NODE IS USING, ENTER YOUR MODEM'S
- MAXIMUM BAUD RATE. ┘OUR MODEM SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE BAUD RATE OF THE NODE, AND
- AUTOMATICALLY STEP DOWN TO THE PROPER BAUD RATE.
-
- ╘HE FOLLOWING TWO QUESTIONS DETERMINE HOW MUCH (IF ANY) YOU PLAN ON CHARGING
- TO ALLOW MESSAGES TO BE SENT. ┘OU CAN SET UP A DIFFERENT RATE FOR EACH NODE.
- ╘HEY CAN ALL BE TOTALLY FREE IF YOU CHOOSE. ╔F YOU ARE NOT GOING TO CHARGE
- FOR THIS NODE, ENTER 0.00 AT THE NEXT TWO PROMPTS.
-
- ╘HE FIRST CHARGE PROMPT DETERMINES HOW MUCH YOU WILL CHARGE FOR THE FIRST
- 5000 BYTES OR LESS. ╙AY YOU WANTED TO CHARGE 25 CENTS FOR THE FIRST 5000
- BYTES (MOST WILL BE WELL UNDER 5000 BYTES). ═AKE SURE THAT YOU ENTER IT AS
- 0.25 AND NOT 25 OR 25.00.
-
- ╙ECOND CHARGE PROMPT IS FOR EACH ADDITIONAL 1000 BYTES AFTER THE INITIAL 5000
- BYTES. ┘OU CAN LEAVE EITHER OF THESE TWO PROMPTS ZERO IF YOU LIKE. ╙AY YOU
- WANTED TO ALLOW THE FIRST 5000 BYTES FREE, THEN ONLY CHARGE FOR ANY MESSAGE
- AFTER 5000 BYTES. ┘OU COULD DO THAT BY LEAVING THE 5000 BYTE QUESTION 0.00.
- ╫ITH A LITTLE TRIAL AND ERROR, YOU CAN SET THIS UP TO BREAK EVEN WHEN YOUR
- PHONE BILL COMES IN.
-
- ╙PEAKING OF PHONE CHARGES, IF YOU PLAN TO MAKE EXTENSIVE USE OF ╬ET64, ╔
- HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU SIGN UP FOR A SPECIAL LONG DISTANCE CALLING PLAN. ┘OU
- WILL MAKING MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF YOUR CALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN
- YOU CAN USUALLY GET THE BEST RATES.
-
- ╬OW ANSWER "Y" IF THE SCREEN IS PROPERLY FILLED OUT. ┴T THIS POINT, ONE OF
- TWO THINGS ├╧╒╠─ HAPPEN. ╔F YOU SET THIS NODE UP WITH AN ╔─ NUMBER OF 1, YOU
- WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISK ACTIVITY. ╫HAT IS HAPPENING, EXACTLY, IS THAT
- THE PROGRAM IS COPYING YOUR ^NODE APP FILE INTO THE ^+NODE X FILE (X BEING
- THE NODE NUMBER).
-
- ╘HE OTHER THING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, IS IF YOU ENTERED A ┬┬╙ NAME OTHER THAN
- THE ONE WHICH WAS THERE BEFORE (REPLACING ONE WITH ANOTHER). ┘OU WILL BE
- ASKED IF YOU ARE INDEED REPLACING ONE NODE WITH ANOTHER. ╔F YOU ANSWER YES TO
- THIS, THE OLD NODE'S FILES WILL BE SCRATCHED.
-
- ┘OU HAVE SETUP YOUR FIRST NODE! ╔T'S TRICKY, YES, BUT YOU'LL GET THE HANG OF
- IT. ╫HEN YOU'VE SET UP ALL YOUR NODES, SIMPLY HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬ AT THE SELECT NODE
- NUMBER PROMPT, AND ALL THE REQUIRED FILES WILL BE CREATED. ╩UST FOR
- REFERENCE, THESE FILES ARE: ^NTWRK.PARMS, ^NODE LIST, ^NODE ACCOUNTS, ^NODE
- BILLING. ╬OTE THAT THE LAST TWO FILES ARE ONLY CREATED IF THEY DO NOT EXIST
- ALREADY. ┘OU WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO CONTINUE EDITING (IF YOU HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬
- BY ACCIDENT), OR TO DISREGARD ALL CHANGES MADE.
-
- ┘OU CAN ALWAYS ALTER ANY OF THE INFO IN THIS FILE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU WANT TO
- USE A LITTLE JUDGEMENT.
-
- ╧NE ╓┼╥┘ IMPORTANT WORD OF CAUTION! ╬┼╓┼╥ ┼╓┼╥ EDIT EITHER THE "^NTWRK.PARMS"
- OR "^NODE.LIST" FILE. ┼╓┼╥! ╔F YOU DO, YOUR COMPUTER, YOUR DRIVES, AND YOUR
- MODEM WILL EXPLODE! <GRIN> ─ON'T DO IT. ┘OUR ┬┬╙ WILL PROBABLY CRASH LEFT AND
- RIGHT, YOU'LL BE SENDING NET MAIL TO THE PIZZA PARLOR DOWN THE BLOCK, AND
- GENERALLY CREATING HAVOC FOR YOURSELF AND QUITE POSSIBLY YOUR NODES.
-
-
- ┼─╔╘ ╫╔╬─╧╫ ╘╔═┼╙:
-
-
- ┬ACK AT THE ╬ET64 ═AINTENANCE MENU, SELECT '╫' TO EDIT THE ╬ET64 CALL WINDOW
- TIMES. ╘HIS OPTION IS MADE UP OF TWO QUESTIONS THAT TELL THE ╬ET64 WHAT TIME
- OF DAY YOU WOULD LIKE MESSAGES TO BE SENT. ┘OU WILL BE ASKED TO ENTER THE
- TIME IN ═╔╠╔╘┴╥┘ TIME (I.E. 0=MIDNIGHT, 9=9AM, 22=10PM). ╘HIS TIME LIMIT IS
- CALLED A WINDOW. ╔F THERE ARE MESSAGES DUE OUT, THEY WILL ╧╬╠┘ GO OUT INSIDE
- THIS WINDOW TIME (THERE IS AN EXCEPTION TO THIS....READ ON). ╘HERE ARE TWO
- RESTRICTIONS YOU NEED TO KEEP IN MIND. ╞IRST, YOU CAN NOT ╧╨┼╬ THE WINDOW AT
- A TIME LATER THAN YOU ├╠╧╙┼ THE WINDOW (THIS SHOULD BE OBVIOUS). ╙ECOND, YOU
- CAN ╬╧╘ HAVE THE WINDOW OPEN ╘╚╥╧╒╟╚ MIDNIGHT. ╔N OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN ╧╨┼╬
- IT AT MIDNIGHT, BUT YOU COULDN'T OPEN IT AT SAY 11PM, AND ├╠╧╙┼ IT AT SAY
- 3AM. ╫HEN YOU OPEN AND CLOSE DEPENDS LARGELY ON WHAT TIME ZONE YOU ARE IN,
- AND WHEN YOUR PHONE RATES ARE THE LOWEST (MOST ARE 11PM-8AM). ╔ RECOMMEND
- MIDNIGHT TO 6┴═, BUT ITS ENTIRELY UP TO YOU. ╘HE ╬ET64 DIALS VIA YOUR SYS-
- IDLE SCRIPT, WITH THE FREQUENCY BEING SET BY YOU IN BBS-SETUP. ╔F A CALLER
- DOESN'T CALL WITHIN THE ALLOTTED IDLE TIME, AND WE ARE IN THE OPEN WINDOW
- ZONE, AND THERE IS ╬ET64 MAIL DUE OUT, THE NETWORK WILL ATTEMPT TO DIAL OUT.
- ╔F A CONNECTION IS ╬╧╘ MADE, THE CYCLE WILL CONTINUE AFTER ANOTHER IDLE
- PERIOD. ┘OU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THE WINDOW TIMES, SO A LITTLE EXPERIMENTATION
- WILL DETERMINE WHAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU.
-
-
-
- ├╚┴╨╘┼╥ ╓╔. ╟┼╘╘╔╬╟ ╞┴═╔╠╔┴╥ ╫╔╘╚ ╘╚┼ ╞┼┴╘╒╥┼╙
-
-
- ╞IRST OF ALL, THOSE MYSTERIOUS "╬┼╘-╚╧╠─" AND "╬┼╘-├┴╠╠" STATUS LINES ON YOUR
- ╫AIT4├ALL SCREEN WILL FINALLY SERVE SOME PURPOSE. ╬┼╘-╚╧╠─ SHOWS YOU HOW MANY
- (IF ANY) PUBLIC MESSAGES WHICH HAVE COME IN FROM THE NETWORK, ARE WAITING TO
- BE RELEASED. ╔F YOU ARE NOT USING THIS HOLDING FEATURE AS DESCRIBED IN
- CHAPTER 5, THEN THIS NUMBER WILL ALWAYS BE 0. ╬┼╘-├┴╠╠ SHOWS YOU HOW MANY
- CALLS ARE DUE TO BE MADE. ╔T DOES ╬╧╘ SHOW YOU HOW MANY MESSAGES ARE DUE OUT,
- IT ONLY SHOWS YOU THE NUMBER OF NODES WHICH ARE DUE TO BE CALLED. ╔F A NODE
- IS LOCKED FOR SOME REASON (READ ON FOR INFO ON LOCKING NODES), IT ╫╔╠╠ SHOW
- THIS NODE AS DUE TO GO OUT ╒╬╘╔╠ IT TRIES TO GO OUT, IN WHICH CASE IT WILL
- ADJUST ITSELF. ═ORE ON THIS LATER...
-
-
- ╘HE FOLLOWING UTILITIES AND COMMANDS ARE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE ╬ET64 SUBMENU
- UNDER ╙YS╧P ═AINTENANCE.
-
-
- ╥┼╠┼┴╙┼ ═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙:
-
- ╘HIS IS WHERE YOU GO TO RELEASE ANY PUBLIC MESSAGES WHICH MAY BE HOLDING.
- ╧NCE AGAIN, YOU MAY NOT BE NEEDING THIS FEATURE. ╘HIS IS ANOTHER EASY TO USE,
- SELF EXPLANATORY OPTION. ┘OU CAN RE-READ A MESSAGE, HOLD IT, DELETE IT, OR
- RELEASE IT INTO ANY MESSAGE BOARD AND CATEGORY.
-
-
- ╥┼╟┼╬┼╥┴╘┼ ╬┼╘64 ╔╬─┼╪:
-
- ╘HIS CAN BE USED ANYTIME YOU SUSPECT SOMETHING WENT SCREWY. ╔F YOUR ╬┼╘-╚╧╠─
- OR ╬┼╘-├┴╠╠ STATUS VALUES ARE INCORRECT, SELECT THIS OPTION, AND THE INDEX
- WILL BE REGENERATED QUICKLY. ╘HIS IS ALSO USED IN CASE YOU WANTED TO DELETE A
- NODE MESSAGE OR FILE DIRECTLY IN THE ┬┬╙ ─╧╙ (NODE MESSAGES BEGIN WITH THE
- PREFIX ^+NODE, NODE FILES BEGIN WITH THE PREFIX ^+FILE). ╘HE NETWORK INDEX IS
- AUTOMATICALLY REGENERATED WHEN YOU BOOT UP THE ┬┬╙, ┴╬─ EVERY MIDNIGHT, SO
- THINGS SHOULD PRETTY MUCH STAY IN GOOD SHAPE.
-
-
- ╨╧╙╘ ╬┼╘64 ═╙╟:
-
- ╘HIS IS WHERE YOU GO TO ACTUALLY ENTER THE MESSAGE TO ANY PARTICULAR NODE. ┴N
- AWFUL LOT GOES ON HERE, SO THIS WILL BE A LENGTHY DESCRIPTION. ╘HIS IS THE
- SAME COMMAND YOU CAN GIVE YOUR CALLERS ACCESS TO VIA A NEW MENU COMMAND. (╙EE
- THE LAST FEW PARTS OF CHAPTER 4.)
-
- ╫HEN YOU FIRST ACCESS THIS SECTION, YOUR ACCOUNT BALANCE WILL BE SHOWN. ╔F
- YOU ARE AT LEVEL 9, THIS PROCESS IS BYPASSED. ┴LSO AT THIS TIME, FREE SPACE
- IS CHECKED ON YOUR ╚╧╠─╔╬╟ DRIVE. ╘HE "RESERVE" FREE SPACE USED IS THE VALUE
- YOU DEFINED IN THE BBS-SETUP UNDER THE FREE SPACE ALLOWANCE FOR UPLOADS.
-
- ╬EXT YOU ARE AT THE PROMPT WHICH ASKS YOU WHICH NODE YOU WANT TO SELECT. ╔F
- YOU ENTER ?, YOU WILL GET A LISTING OF ALL PARTICIPATING NODES ALONG WITH
- THEIR RATES (IF ANY). ╫HEN YOU ENTER THE NUMBER OF THE NODE, YOU WILL BE
- GIVEN THE NAME OF THE ┬┬╙. ┴NSWER ┘ IF IT IS CORRECT.
-
- ╬OW YOU ARE ASKED WHETHER THE MESSAGE IS PRIVATE (E-MAIL) OR PUBLIC. ╔F YOU
- CHOOSE PUBLIC, THEN YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE SUBJECT, AND WILL BE DUMPED
- INTO THE MESSAGE EDITOR. ╔F YOU ANSWER PRIVATE, THEN YOU HAVE A FEW OPTIONS.
- ┘OU CAN AT THIS POINT LOOK AT THIS NODES MEMBERSHIP LIST BY HITTING ?. ┘OU
- WILL OF COURSE NOT HAVE A LIST UNTIL YOU SEND YOUR FIRST MESSAGE. ┘OU CAN
- ENTER THE USERS NAME OR NUMBER. ─EPENDING UPON HOW FAR DOWN THE LIST THE USER
- IS, THIS CAN BE EXTREMELY SLOW AS EACH LINE NEEDS TO BE SCANNED SEQUENTIALLY.
- ┼NTERING A NUMBER IS SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN USING A NAME. ┼NTERING ╙┘╙╧╨ WILL
- BYPASS THE SEARCH, AND THE MESSAGE WILL GO TO USER #1 (THE SYSOP).
-
- ┬Y NOW YOU SHOULD BE IN THE MESSAGE EDITOR. ┼VERYTHING IS ┼╪┴├╘╠┘ AS IT IS
- WHEN YOU ARE IN THE ┬┬╙ MESSAGE EDITOR. ╫HEN YOU GO TO SAVE THE MESSAGE, IT
- WILL NOT BE SAVED RIGHT AWAY. ┘OU WILL FIRST BE SHOWN THE LENGTH OF THE
- MESSAGE (IN BYTES). ╔F THE MESSAGE COSTS MORE THAN YOU HAVE IN YOUR ACCOUNT,
- YOU WILL BE TOLD SO, AND WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SEND IT UNLESS EITHER YOU
- SHORTEN IT, OR ABORT.
-
- ┴FTER YOU ARE ABLE TO SEND THE MESSAGE, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE ADJUSTED (UNLESS
- THE NODE WAS FREE OR YOU ARE AT LEVEL 9), AND YOU WILL BE SHOWN YOUR NEW
- BALANCE. ┴T THIS TIME, YOU ARE ASKED IF YOU WOULD LIKE ┼-MAIL VERIFICATION OF
- WHEN THE MESSAGE IS SENT. ╔F YOU ANSWER ┘ TO THIS QUESTION, WHEN THE MESSAGE
- IS SENT OUT TO THE NODE, A NOTE WILL BE PUT IN YOUR MAILBOX SHOWING YOU THE
- TIME AND DATE THE MESSAGE WENT OUT.
-
- ┴T THIS TIME, A FILE CALLED ^NODE LEDGER IS APPENDED TO (OR CREATED). ╘HIS
- "MINI-LOG" CONTAINS ALL TRANSACTIONS. ╘HIS FILE CAN BE USED TO RECONSTRUCT A
- BILLING FILE IF NEEDED. ╔T WILL GET LARGER AND LARGER AS TIME GOES ON (UNLESS
- ALL YOUR NODES ARE FREE). ╔F A NODE IS FREE, NOTHING GETS PUT INTO THIS FILE.
-
-
- ┬╔╠╠╔╬╟ ╠╔╙╘:
-
- ╘HIS UTILITY ALLOWS YOU TO LIST OR PRINT OUT ANY PART OF THE BILLING FILE.
-
-
- ┬╔╠╠╔╬╟ ┼─╔╘╧╥:
-
- ┬ILLING ┼DITOR ALLOWS YOU TO ACTUALLY EDIT ANY ACCOUNT.
-
-
- ┬╔╠╠╔╬╟ ╥┼╨╧╥╘ ╟┼╬┼╥┴╘╧╥:
-
- ╥EPORT ╟ENERATOR REQUIRES A LITTLE EXPLANATION. ╘HIS FEATURE LETS YOU LOOK AT
- THE BILLING FILE IN A FEW FLEXIBLE WAYS. ╔F YOU WANT TO SEE ANY RECORDS WHICH
- HAVE ╙╧═┼╘╚╔╬╟ IN THEM, YOU WOULD ENTER EITHER >0 OR <>0. ╔F YOU WANT TO SEE
- RECORDS WHICH HAVE LESS THAN $1 IN THEM, YOU COULD ENTER <1.00 OR <1.
-
- ┬╔╠╠╔╬╟ ╘╧╘┴╠:
-
- ╘HE BILLING TOTAL UTILITY DOES JUST THAT; IT WILL GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE
- BILLING FILE, AND TALLY UP THE GRAND TOTAL AMOUNT.
-
-
- ╙╘┴╘╒╙ ┼─╔╘╧╥:
- ╘HIS UTILITY ALLOWS YOU TO DO A FEW THINGS. ┘OU COULD MANUALLY ╠╧├╦ ANY NODE.
- ╫HAT THIS DOES, IS TO ACTUALLY PUT A LOCK ON ANY ACTIVITY FOR ANY NODE. ╔F
- THERE ARE ANY MESSAGES, THEY WILL ╬╧╘ GO OUT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. ╔F A
- NODE IS LOCKED, YOU WOULD ALSO NOT BE ALLOWED TO POST A MESSAGE TO THAT NODE.
- ╠╧├╦ING A NODE IS DONE MANUALLY. ╘HERE ARE TWO OTHER WAYS A FILE CAN BECOME
- LOCKED. ╘HEY ARE CALLED ┴├├┼╙╙ AND ├┴╥╥╔┼╥. ┴├├┼╙╙ AND ├┴╥╥╔┼╥ ARE DONE
- AUTOMATICALLY. ╠╧├╦ IS DONE MANUALLY. ┴├├┼╙╙ MEANS THAT THE NODE WAS CALLED,
- AND YOU WERE DENIED ACCESS FOR SOME REASON. ├┴╥╥╔┼╥ MEANS THAT YOU CALLED A
- NODE, AND YOUR MODEM RETURNED A ╬╧ ├┴╥╥╔┼╥ (INDICATING THAT THE NODE DID NOT
- PICK UP, OR NO ANSWER, OR VOICE). ╘O ╠╧├╦ OR ╒╬╠╧├╦ A NODE, ACCESS THIS
- SECTION. ┘OU WILL FIRST BE SHOWN ALL THE NODES WITH THEIR STATS. ┴FTER THE
- LISTING, IF YOU HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬, YOU'LL GO BACK TO THE MENU. ╔F YOU ENTER A NODE
- NUMBER, YOU'LL BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO ╠OCK OR ╒NLOCK ONE OR MORE NODES. ╔T'S
- VERY SIMPLE.
-
-
- ┴├├╧╒╬╘╙ ┼─╔╘╧╥:
-
- ╘HIS IS WHERE YOU GO TO EDIT YOUR ╔╬├╧═╔╬╟ NODE ACCOUNTS. ┼VERYTHING HERE IS
- VERY STRAIGHT FORWARD. ╙EE SECTION 7 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON EXACTLY WHAT
- YOU'LL NEED TO DO AT THIS EDITOR.
-
-
- ╞╔╠┼ ╙┼╬─ / ┴╘╘┴├╚ ╞╔╠┼:
-
- ┴TTACH A FILE TO SEND. ╒SE THIS TO SEND A ╨╥╟ OR ╙┼╤ FILE TO ANOTHER NODE.
- ╘HAT NODE ═╒╙╘ BE RUNNING ╬ETWORK 1.26 (├OLOR 64/╓128) OR ╬ET64 FOR THIS TO
- WORK! ╔F YOU TRY TO SEND A FILE TO A ╬ETWORK 1.24 NODE, YOUR ┬┬╙ WILL
- DISCOVER THIS FACT AND HANG UP. ╘HIS OPTION STARTS OUT ASKING FOR THE FILE
- LOCATION OF THE FILE YOU WANT TO SEND, FOLLOWED BY THE FILE NAME ┴╙ ╔╘
- ┴╨╨┼┴╥╙ ╧╬ ┘╧╒╥ ─╔╙╦. ╬EXT YOU ARE ASKED TO ENTER THE NODE NUMBER YOU WISH TO
- SEND THE FILE TO. ┼NTER THE NUMBER OR ENTER '?' FOR A LIST OF NODES. ┴FTER
- YOU HAVE CHOSEN A NODE, THE ┬┬╙ ASKS IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE FILE TO BE DELETED
- AFTER IT IS SENT. ┘OU ARE THEN PROMPTED FOR THE FILE NAME ╞╧╥ ╘╚┼ ╥┼├┼╔╓╔╬╟
- ╬╧─┼. ╨RESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ TO KEEP THE SAME NAME AS THE FILE IS ON YOUR DISK. ╔F A
- FILE DESCRIPTION IS FOUND FOR THE FILE YOU ARE SENDING, YOU WILL BE ASKED IF
- YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT SENT ALSO. ┴ FILE NAMED "^+FILE ?", WHERE '?' IS
- THE NODE NUMBER, WILL APPEAR IN YOUR ╬ETWORK FILES LOCATION. ╘HIS FILE
- CONTAINS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU JUST ENTERED.
-
- ╘HE ┬┬╙ DOES NOT LIMIT THE NUMBER OF FILES THAT YOU MAY SEND. ╚OWEVER, YOU
- SHOULD NOT EXCEED 20 FILES AT A TIME. ╘HERE IS AN 18 MINUTE LIMIT ON TRANSFER
- TIME. ┴T 2400 BAUD, ABOUT 450 BLOCKS CAN BE TRANSFERRED IN 18 MINUTES. ╦EEP
- THIS IN MIND. ╘HE ┬┬╙ WILL PLACE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON YOU BASED UPON THE
- FILE SIZE AND YOUR KNOWN MAXIMUM BAUD RATE. ╔T IS NOT REQUIRED THAT YOU SEND
- A MESSAGE WITH THE FILE, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU ═┴┘ SEND ONE. ═ESSAGES
- AND FILES WILL BE SENT DURING THE SAME CALL.
-
-
- ├╚┴╨╘┼╥ ╓╔╔. ╙┼╘╘╔╬╟ ╒╨ ┴ ╬╧─┼ ┴├├╧╒╬╘
-
- ╫HEN A NODE CALLS IN TO YOU, IT WILL SEND AN ╔─ NUMBER, AND A PASSWORD.
- ┬ASICALLY, THIS WORKS JUST LIKE THE NORMAL ┬┬╙. ╔F THE PASSWORD DOESN'T MATCH
- THE ASSIGNED PASSWORD, NO ACCESS. ┴DDITIONALLY, IF THE NODE CALLING IN IS
- NEW, YOUR NETWORK WILL SEND AN ╔─ NUMBER TO THE NODE, AND THE NODE WILL SEND
- YOU ITS DESIRED PASSWORD. ┴FTER THE CALL IS MADE, THE NODE WILL STORE THE ╔─
- WHICH WAS ISSUED TO IT BY YOUR NETWORK, AND ON YOUR END, YOU WILL STORE THE
- NODES PASSWORD IN YOUR ACCOUNT FILE. ┴LL SUBSEQUENT CALLS FROM THIS NODE WILL
- GO THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS.
-
- ╠IKE THE ┬┬╙, THERE IS AN ACCESS LEVEL FOR NODES. ╫HEN A NEW NODE CALLS IN
- FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT IS GIVEN AN ACCESS LEVEL OF 0. ╘HIS MEANS THAT ANY
- NODE WITH AN ACCESS LEVEL OF 0 WILL NOT EVEN BE ALLOWED ACCESS. ╙O IF THIS
- NEW NODE CALLED YOU AGAIN, AND YOU DID NOT YET VALIDATE IT, IT WOULD HAVE
- WASTED A CALL BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED IN. ╘HE ACCESS NUMBER MUST BE
- ╟╥┼┴╘┼╥ THAN 0 TO GAIN ACCESS. ╘HERE IS A LOT INVOLVED WITH NODE ACCESS
- LEVELS. ═ORE ON THIS VERY SHORTLY.
-
- ╘HE NODE ACCOUNTS EDITOR IS ACCESSED VIA THE ╬ET64 SUBMENU IN ╙YS╧P
- ═AINTENANCE. ┴LL ACCOUNTS ARE STORED IN A RELATIVE FILE CALLED "^NODE
- ACCOUNTS".
-
- ╔N THE "^NODE ACCOUNTS" FILE, THERE IS ROOM FOR FOUR SEPARATE FIELDS. ╞IELD
- #1 IS THE ╬╧─┼ ╬┴═┼. ╘HE NAME IS LIMITED TO 25 CHARACTERS. ─ON'T WORRY ABOUT
- COUNTING THE LENGTH, AS THE EDITOR WILL ONLY TAKE THE FIRST 25 CHARACTERS.
- ╔NCIDENTALLY, THIS NAME IS FOR YOUR OWN USE ONLY. ╬OBODY ELSE WILL EVER SEE
- IT BUT YOU (OR A CO-╙YS╧P WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE MAINTENANCE SECTION). ╞IELD
- #2 IS THE PASSWORD. ╘HIS IS LIMITED TO 9 CHARACTERS. ╞IELD #3 IS THE LEVEL
- FIELD. ╘HE ONLY VALID NUMBERS ALLOWED HERE, ARE 0-101. ═ORE ON THE LEVELS IN
- A SECOND. ╞IELD #4 IS THE LAST DATE THE NODE CALLED IN. ╘HIS FIELD'S ONLY
- PURPOSE IS FOR YOU TO SEE HOW OFTEN NODES ARE CALLING, SO YOU COULD PERHAPS
- DECIDE WHEN IT MIGHT BE TIME TO DELETE THEM. ╔ GUESS YOU COULD CALL THIS A
- MANUAL PURGE.
-
- ┘OU COULD DELETE A NODE BY TYPING "DELETE" AT THE ╬┴═┼ INPUT.
-
- ╘HE REASON WE'RE SAVING THE ACCESS LEVEL FOR LAST, IS BECAUSE ADMITINGLY, ITS
- VERY CONFUSING. ╔T'S ╬╧╘ COMPLICATED, JUST CONFUSING. ╘HERE ARE ╘╚╥┼┼
- DIFFERENT MODES OF ACCESS LEVELS. ═ODE ONE WOULD BE UNVALIDATED. ╘HIS IS
- INDICATED BY HAVING A 0 (ZERO) IN THE LEVEL FIELD. ╫ITH A 0, AN INCOMING NODE
- WOULD BE DENIED ACCESS. ╫HEN A NODE CALLS IN AS ╬┼╫, THEIR LEVEL WILL
- AUTOMATICALLY BE SET TO ZERO. ═ODE TWO WOULD BE A SIMPLE UNREPLYABLE,
- VALIDATED NODE. ╚ERE IS THE KEY. ┘OU MAY HAVE A NODE SET UP TO CALL YOU, BUT
- FOR SOME REASON, YOU MAY NOT WANT TO BE CALLING THEM. ╧R, TO PUT IT ANOTHER
- WAY, IF YOU ─╧╬'╘ WANT ANY INCOMING MESSAGES FROM THIS NODE TO BE REPLYABLE,
- GIVE THIS INCOMING NODE AN ACCESS LEVEL OF 1. ╟OT THAT SO FAR? ╠EVEL 0 IS
- TOTALLY UNVALIDATED, LEVEL 1 IS VALIDATED, BUT REPLIES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
- ANYTHING THEY SEND TO YOU OR YOUR USERS.
-
- ╬OW, REMEMBER THAT DISCUSSION WE HAD ABOUT ╬╧─┼ ╬╒═┬┼╥╙? ╔F NOT, GO BACK TO
- CHAPTER 5 AND RE-READ IT, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT. ╠ET'S SAY YOU HAVE 3 NODES,
- OK? ╫HEN YOU GO TO POST A MESSAGE TO A NODE, AND YOU HIT ? FOR A LISTING OF
- THE AVAILABLE NODES, LETS SAY YOU GET A LIST THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS:
-
- 1: ╘╚┼ ┴┬├ ┬┬╙ $0.00 $0.00
- ┬ROOKLYN/╬┘
- 2: ╘╚┼ ─┼╞ ┬┬╙ $0.00 $0.00
- ├HICAGO/╔╠
- 3: ╘╚┼ ╟╚╔ ┬┬╙ $0.00 $0.00
- ╠OS ┴NGELES/├┴
-
- ╬OW ACCORDING TO THIS LIST, "╘╚┼ ─┼╞ ┬┬╙" IS NODE NUMBER 2. ╟OT IT? ╔T
- DOESN'T MATTER WHERE IN YOUR NODE ACCOUNTS FILE THIS ┬┬╙ IS LOCATED, AND
- WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ╬╧─┼ ╔─'S. ╫E'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ╬╧─┼ ╬╒═┬┼╥.
-
- ╧K, BACK TO LEVELS. ╠ET'S SAY YOU'RE IN THE NODE EDITOR, AND WANTED TO
- VALIDATE NODE NUMBER 3 (╘╚┼ ╟╚╔ ┬┬╙). ┘OU WANT TO BE ABLE TO REPLY TO ANY
- MESSAGES THIS ┬┬╙ SENDS TO YOU. ╚ERE'S THE ╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘ PART. ┴T THE ACCESS
- LEVEL, YOU WANT TO ENTER 3 ╨╠╒╙ 1 (4) AS THE ACCESS LEVEL.
-
- ╘╧ ═┴╦┼ ┴╬┘ ╬╧─┼ ╥┼╨╠┘┴┬╠┼, ╟╔╓┼ ╘╚┼═ ┴╬ ┴├├┼╙╙ ╠┼╓┼╠ ╧╞ 1 ╨╠╒╙ ╘╚┼ ╬╧─┼
- ╬╒═┬┼╥ ┴╙ ╔╘ ┴╨╨┼┴╥╙ ╧╬ ┘╧╒╥ ╬╧─┼ ╠╔╙╘╔╬╟. ╔╞ ┘╧╒ ╫┴╬╘ ╬╧─┼ ╬╒═┬┼╥ 24 ╘╧ ┬┼
- ╥┼╨╠┘┴┬╠┼, ┘╧╒ ╫╧╒╠─ ┼╬╘┼╥ 25 ┴╙ ╘╚┼ ┴├├┼╙╙ ╠┼╓┼╠. ╔╞ ┘╧╒ ─╔─ ╬╧╘ ╫┴╬╘ ╘╧ ┬┼
- ┴┬╠┼ ╘╧ ╥┼╨╠┘ ╘╧ ╬╧─┼ 24, ┘╧╒ ╫╧╒╠─ ┼╬╘┼╥ ┴ 1.
-
- ╔ REALIZE THIS IS A LITTLE AWKWARD, BUT ╔ DIDN'T WANT TO ADD AN EXTRA FIELD
- JUST FOR THIS PURPOSE. ╔F YOU INADVERTENTLY ENTERED AN INCORRECT ACCESS
- LEVEL, THE REPLY WOULD PROBABLY GO TO THE WRONG NODE.
-
- ╬ETWORK 1.26 (AND THUS ╬ET64) HAS ADDED SOME ABILITIES TO HELP YOU ALONG
- HERE. ┼NTERING '?' AT THE ACCESS LEVEL PROMPT WILL SHOW YOU A LIST OF
- OUTGOING NODES. ╙IMPLY ENTER THE NODE NUMBER FROM THE LIST, AND IT WILL LINK
- THE INCOMING NODE TO IT AND MAKE IT REPLYABLE. ┴FTER ENTERING THE LEVEL, THE
- ┬┬╙ WILL TELL YOU WHAT OUTGOING NODE IT IS LINKED TO.
-
-
- ├╚┴╨╘┼╥ ╓╔╔╔. ═╔╙├┼╠╠┴╬┼╧╒╙ ╧╨╘╔╧╬╙/╞┼┴╘╒╥┼╙
-
-
- ╘HERE IS AN OPTION AT THE CALL WAITING SCREEN WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO MANUALLY
- FORCE A CALL OUT TO A NODE. ╘HIS WILL ONLY WORK IF YOU HAVE MESSAGES TO BE
- SENT OUT. ╔F A NODE IS LOCKED, OR THERE ARE NO MESSAGES DUE OUT, NOTHING WILL
- HAPPEN. ┴LL YOU NEED TO DO IS PRESS THE '1' (ONE) KEY. ╘HIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO
- SEND OUT MESSAGES ╧╒╘╙╔─┼ OF THE NORMAL WINDOW TIME. ┘OU MAY CHANGE THIS
- HOTKEY BY RENAMING THE "MDL.WAIT4CALL-1" FILE TO END WITH A DIFFERENT
- CHARACTER. ╨LEASE REFER TO THE ╙CRIPT ┼DITOR TUTORIAL IN YOUR ├ENTIPEDE
- MANUAL FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
-
-
- ╫HEN A NODE CALLS IN, AND SENDS ┼-═AIL, BEFORE THAT ┼-═AIL IS DELIVERED, THE
- NAME ON THE HEADER OF THE ┼-═AIL WILL FIRST BE CHECKED AGAINST YOUR PASSWORD
- FILE TO BE SURE THAT THE USER STILL EXISTS. ╔F NOT, OR IF FOR ANY REASON THE
- MAIL IS UNDELIVERABLE AS WRITTEN, IT WILL END UP IN ┘╧╒╥ MAILBOX WITH A NOTE
- ATTACHED TO IT SHOWING YOU WHERE IT WAS ╙╒╨╨╧╙┼─ TO GO. ┘OU CAN THEN FORWARD
- IT PROPERLY.
-
-
- ═OST NETWORK ACTIVITY SHOWS UP IN THE CALLER LOG IN ┬╠╒┼.
-
-
- ╫HEN SETTING UP A NEW NODE, YOU WON'T HAVE ITS MEMBERSHIP LIST UNTIL AFTER
- YOU SEND THE FIRST MESSAGE. ╒NTIL YOU GET THE MEMBERSHIP LIST, YOU WILL ONLY
- BE ALLOWED TO SEND EITHER PUBLIC MESSAGES OR ┼-═AIL TO THE ╙YS╧P ONLY.
-
-
- ╘HERE IS AN ╔╥╤ TIMER USED BY ╬ET64 WHICH IS ACTIVE WHENEVER THE NETWORK IS
- ON-LINE. ╘HIS TIMER KEEPS TRACK OF THE ON-LINE TIME. ╔F AFTER ATTEMPTING TO
- SEND A MESSAGE FILE FOR 5 MINUTES IT STILL SEES A CARRIER, IT WILL FORCE THE
- MODEM TO DISCONNECT. ╘HIS WILL ENSURE THAT NODES WILL NOT AND CAN NOT EVER
- BECOME "LOCKED" TOGETHER FOR ANY REASON.
-
-
-
- ├╚┴╨╘┼╥ ╔╪. ╘╔╨╙/╙╒╟╟┼╙╘╔╧╬╙
-
-
- ╘HE TIPS AND SUGGESTIONS FORMERLY IN THIS CHAPTER WERE RELEVANT TO THE
- HEADACHES CAUSED BY MASSIVELY OVER MODDED ├OLOR 64/╓128 SYSTEMS. ┘OU HAVE
- ALREADY TAKEN THE ULTIMATE TIP BY USING ├ENTIPEDE INSTEAD. ;)
-
-
- ├╚┴╨╘┼╥ ╪. ╘╥╧╒┬╠┼╙╚╧╧╘╔╬╟
-
- ╘HIS TROUBLESHOOTING SECTION IS FAR FROM COMPLETE. ╔ WILL ATTEMPT TO LIST THE
- MOST COMMON PROBLEMS WHICH ARE THROWN AT ME. ┬Y INCLUDING THIS SECTION, ╔
- HOPE TO HAVE SAVED YOU THE HASSLE OF HAVING TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY PROBLEMS
- YOU MAY EXPERIENCE.
-
-
- ╤. ╫HEN REPLYING TO A PUBLIC MESSAGE THAT CAME IN THROUGH ╬ET64, THE MESSAGE
- ONLY APPEARS LOCALLY AND NOT BACK ON THE OTHER NODE.
-
- ┴. ╘HIS IS NORMAL. ╬ET64 DOES NOT SUPPORT MESSAGE THREAD SHARING. ┘OU MAY
- REPLY TO THE AUTHOR OF A MESSAGE VIA E-MAIL, BUT A PUBLIC REPLY WILL ONLY
- APPEAR LOCALLY.
-
-
- ╤. ╫HEN SOMEONE SENDS A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MESSAGE, AND ╔ REPLY IT TO IT,
- INSTEAD OF REPLYING THROUGH ╬ET64, IT TRIES TO REPLY LOCALLY ON THE ┬┬╙.
-
- ┴. ─ON'T FEEL BAD, THIS HAPPENS A LOT. ┘OU NEED TO BRUSH UP ON THE SECTION OF
- SETTING ACCESS LEVELS FOR NODE ACCOUNTS. ╥EMEMBER THAT YOU CAN HAVE AN
- INCOMING NODE BE REPLYABLE OR ╬╧╬-REPLYABLE.
-
-
- ╤. ╫HEN BOOTING UP MY ┬┬╙, HALF WAY INTO THE START OF IT, ╔ GET A CRASH WITH
- "?FILE DATA ERROR".
-
- ┴. ╫HAT THIS MOST LIKELY MEANS, IS THAT EITHER YOUR "^NTWRK.PARMS" FILE OR
- YOUR "^NODE LIST" FILE GOT TRASHED. ┘OU'LL NEED TO RESTORE A BACKUP OR RE-
- ENTER ALL OF YOUR NODES!
-
- ╔F YOU DETERMINE THAT YOUR FILE IS INDEED TRASHED, AND YOU NEVER MADE A
- BACKUP, YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO SALVAGE THE FILE, BUT YOU MAY BE ABLE
- TO GET SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION FROM IT, BY READING THE FILE WITH THE ┬┬╙
- ─╧╙ F: FEATURE, AND JOTTING DOWN ANY RECOGNIZABLE DATA, THEN SCRATCHING THE
- FILE, AND STARTING ANEW.
-
-
- ╤. ╫HEN BOOTING UP MY ┬┬╙, HALF WAY INTO THE START OF IT, THE CURSOR APPEARS
- ON THE SCREEN AND ╔ CAN TYPE.
-
- ┴. ┘OUR "^NTWRK.PARMS" FILE IS MISSING. ═AKE SURE ITS ON THE ╬ETWORK FILES
- LOCATION. ╥UN ╬ET ╙ETUP TO CREATE THE FILE.
-
-
- ├╚┴╨╘┼╥ ╪╔. ╙╒╨╨╧╥╘
-
-
- ├OLOR 64 ╬ETWORK WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED BY ╙AM ╠EWIT. ╨LEASE DO NOT TRY AND
- CONTACT HIM WITH ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THOUGH - HE HAS BEEN OUT OF THE
- ├OMMODORE 8-BIT SCENE FOR MANY YEARS. ╘HIS ├ENTIPEDE CONVERSION, ╬ET64, IS
- SUPPORTED BY ┬UGSOFT. ╨LEASE REFER TO YOUR ├ENTIPEDE MANUAL FOR CONTACT AND
- SUPPORT INFORMATION.
-
-
- ├╚┴╨╘┼╥ ╪╔╔. ╨ROGRAM ╞ILES ─ETAILS
-
-
- ---------------
- MDL.NET64CONFIG
- ---------------
- (╠EVEL 1)
- 1: ├ONFIGURE OUTGOING ╬ET64 ACCOUNTS AND MISC PARAMETERS.
-
- ----------
- MDL.NET64M
- ----------
- ═ISC ╬ET64 ROUTINES. (╠EVEL 1)
- 1: ╥EGENERATE CALL INDEX AND COUNT PUBLIC MESSAGE WAITING FOR RELEASE.
- 2: ═IDNIGHT RESET - BUILD NODE USER LIST.
- 3: ┬┬╙ BOOTUP.
- 4: ├HECK NETWORK WINDOW AND IF HAVE MESSAGE TO SEND. ╥UN OVL.NET64CALL.
- 5: ├HANGE/╙ET ╬ET64 ╫INDOW TIMES.
-
- -------------
- MDL.NET64POST
- -------------
- ╨OST OR REPLY TO A ╬ET64 MESSAGE. (╠EVEL 1)
- 1: ╨OST/┼-MAIL A NEW MESSAGE.
- 2: ╥EPLY TO PUBLIC MESSAGE.
- 3: ╥EPLY TO E-MAIL.
- 4: ├LEAR BILLING RECORD FOR NEW USER.
-
- -------------
- OVL.NET64CALL
- -------------
- ╬ET64 ├ALL OUT AND RECEIVE CALL OVERLAY.
- 1: ├ALL OUT TO NODES WITH MESSAGES WAITING.
- 2: ╥ECEIVE A ╬ET64 LOGIN.
- 3: ├ONTINUE CALLING NODES.
-
- ------------
- OVL.NET64SUB
- ------------
- ╬ET64 SUBROUTINES OVERLAY.
-
- 1: ├OPY DEFAULT MESSAGE.
- 2: ╒NDEFINED
- 3: ╫RITE NEW NODE INFORMATION.
- 4: ╥ELEASE PUBLIC MESSAGES.
- 5: ┼-MAIL NODE CONDITIONS TO ╙YS╧P.
- 6: ╙END MESSAGE SENT VERIFICATION TO USERS.
- 7: ╒PDATE U/D DIRECTORY AND DISTRIBUTE MESSAGES.
- 8: ╒NDEFINED.
- 9: ┬ILLING LIST/PRINT.
- 10: ┬ILLING ┼DIT.
- 11: ┬ILLING ╥EPORT ╟ENERATOR.
- 12: ┬ILLING ╘OTAL ┴CCOUNTS.
- 13: ╬ODE ╙TATUS ╥EPORT/├HANGE.
- 14: ╬ODE ┴CCOUNT ╞ILE ┼DIT.
- 15: ┴TTACH ╞ILE ╘O ╙END.
-
-