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- Program: SAMCALL v1.20 - Compiled on May 14,1994 - Copyright 1993-1994
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- Warranty: This product is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.
- The entire risk as to the results and performance of the
- program is assumed by you. Furthermore, the author does not
- warrant, guarantee, or make any other representations regarding
- the use of, or the results of the use of the program, and you
- rely on the program and results solely at your own risk. The
- author cannot and will not accept responsibility for system
- damage, loss of profit, or any other special, consequential or
- incidental damages resulting from the use or inability to use
- this product.
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- Copyright: SAMCALL, Copyright (c) 1993-94 by Bill Shryock - WD0GRC, is
- being distributed as Shareware. Under this concept you may
- use the SHAREWARE (unregistered) version for a reasonable
- period of time for evaluation after which you must either
- register your copy or discontinue usage.
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- Distribution: You are encouraged to distribute SamCall provided that all
- files contained in the archive are distributed in their original
- and unmodified state.
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- Description: PPE (PCBoard Programming Executable) extension to PCBoard v15.x
- that will provide callers access to the SAM Amateur Radio
- Callsign Database. SAMCALL.PPE supports both ANSI and Non-ANSI
- terminals. SamCall is distributed complete and fully
- functional. SAMCALL.PPE represents many hours of programming
- and debugging and you are welcome to install SamCall on your BBS
- and check it out for suitability to your requirements. If you
- continue to use SamCall then a $10.00 registration is required.
- Thirty days should to be enough time to evaluate SamCall. If
- after thirty days you wish to continue using SamCall then please
- fill out the enclosed "SAMCALL.REG" file and mail it with your
- check to:
-
- WD0GRC
- William M. Shryock, Jr.
- 11323 Donnie Drive
- Mabelvale, AR 72103-3023
-
- Thank you.
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- Requirements: It is assumed that you have installed the SAM Database. If
- not, then you will need to before SAMCALL.PPE will function.
- Refer to the SAM installation guide for help installing the
- SAM database. The examples that follow assume the SAM Database
- is installed on C: drive in the directory \SAM and that the API
- Interface is in the directory \SAM\API. These are the SAM
- installation defaults.
-
- You will need to edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to allow access to
- the SAM database.
-
- Add the following two lines:
-
- CD \SAM\API
- SAMAPI C:\SAM
-
-
- The SAM Amateur Radio Callsign Database is available from:
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- RT Systems, Inc.
- Box 8
- Lacey's Spring, AL 35754
-
- 1 (205) 882-9292
-
- Their 1994 price is $39.95 plus $5.00 S/H. SamCall WILL
- support the additional options offered by RT Systems at
- $7.50 each. Those options are: County, Full Date of Birth,
- License Expiration Date, Previous Call and Year First Licensed.
- Starting with SamCall version 1.20, that extra information will
- be displayed if installed in your SAM files.
-
- There is no connection between myself and RT Systems, Inc. and
- neither supports the other. SAM and RT Systems, Inc. are
- trademarks and/or copyrights of RT Systems, Inc.
-
- In addition to SamCall and the SAM files you will also need
- PCBoard v15.0 or later and some type of ASCII text editor.
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- Installation: Installation is very simple: Install the SAM database on your
- BBS computer. UnZip these files to a directory of your choice.
- Run PCBSETUP and edit your CMD.LST to install SAMCALL.
-
- From the PCBSETUP menu select:
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- B File Locations
-
- then
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- B Configuration Files
-
- then select
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- Name/Loc of Default CMD.LST File
-
- and press "F2"
-
- Fill in the requested information using the following
- example as a guide.
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- EXAMPLE
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- File Locations
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- Command Security PPE/MNU File -or- Keystroke Replacement
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- 1) SAMCALL 0 C:\PCB\PPE\SAMCALL\SAMCALL.PPE
-
-
- SAMCALL.CFG will need to be edited with an ASCII Editor by you
- to include your information. The enclosed SAMCALL.CFG will
- serve as an example.
-
- The first three lines of SAMCALL.CFG are for your BBS
- information. These lines will be colorized and centered if the
- caller's terminal supports ANSI, otherwise they will be
- displayed left justified and monochrome.
-
- Copy the file "SAMCALL" to your PCBoard HELP directory. This is
- the help file displayed to the caller if they request help for
- SamCall.
-
- Edit your BRDM/BRDBG (Main Menu) file and add "SAMCALL" as a
- command. ie: "SAMCALL Callsign Lookup"
-
- There are two files in the SamCall archive that you may want to
- delete. The first one is HAMCALL.PPE, if you are upgrading from
- an older version, the name was HAMCALL. Your callers will be in
- the habit of typing HAMCALL to bring up the server. The file
- HAMCALL.PPE will remind them to type SAMCALL instead. If you
- choose to install the HAMCALL PPE then you will also need to
- add it to the CMD.LST in PCBSETUP as above, along with the
- SAMCALL.PPE. This is optional and only indicated if you are
- upgrading from Hamcall. You may want to remove it after your
- callers get use to the new name.
-
- EXAMPLE
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- File Locations
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- Command Security PPE/MNU File -or- Keystroke Replacement
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- 1) SAMCALL 0 C:\PCB\PPE\SAMCALL\SAMCALL.PPE
- 2) HAMCALL 0 C:\PCB\PPE\SAMCALL\HAMCALL.PPE
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-
- The second file you may want to delete or edit if you choose to
- use it, is NEWNAME.$$$. This is an ASCII file that can be
- displayed when the caller types HAMCALL by mistake. The file as
- is, is the very same data that HAMCALL.PPE will display if the
- file NEWNAME.$$$ does not exist. It is only provided to allow
- you to change the text to be displayed, if you wish. Removing
- the file from the PPE directory will speed up the display
- because SamCall doesn't have to read the file to display it.
- The same text is hard coded into HAMCALL.PPE. If you do not
- install HAMCALL.PPE per the above instructions, then NEWNAME.$$$
- will never be used and may be deleted.
-
- Now all that is left to do is check for proper operation and
- leave a message to you users that you now have the SAM Callsign
- data base on-line for their use. Since I installed the SAM
- data base on my BBS, it has seen a lot of activity and favorable
- comments. If you would like to see it in operation, just call
- The Ether Net BBS at 501 455-0628. After you log on type
- SAMCALL at the Main Menu. You can FREQ the latest version of
- SAMCALL.PPE using the Magic Name "SAMCALL" or you can download
- it while on-line. Use the Zippy search for "SAMCALL".
-
- SAMCALL.PPE is running on a 2 node version of PCBoard with the
- second node used for maintenance and local access using
- Netware Lite v1.1. To date, I have experienced no problem using
- SamCall through the LAN. The setup here is PCBoard 15.1, 2 Node
- Version, Netware Lite v1.1 on a 386 DX40 with a Gigibyte drive
- and many many TSR's installed.
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- Operation: Operation is very simple. From the BBS menu, type SamCall. You
- will be presented the following screen:
-
-
- SAM Amateur Radio Callsign Data Base, U.S. & Canadian
- on
- The Ether Net Amateur Radio BBS
-
- Copyright 1993-1994 by Bill Shryock, WD0GRC
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- Version 1.20
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- Registered to: The Ether Net BBS
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- (55 left) H)elp, Callsign, M)essage or ENTER = Quit ? ( )
-
- Enter the desired callsign and press enter. To exit SamCall,
- press ENTER alone.
-
- New with Version 1.20 of SamCall is the Message Command. This
- will allow users to save the data they have been viewing to a
- message. Entering a "M" at the callsign prompt will cause
- SamCall to send them a private message to the main board
- conference then exit back to PCBoard. They can then capture
- that message and have the data in ASCII format to do with as
- they wish.
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- Notes: Just a few notes that don't fit anywhere else. Because of the
- way that the SHELL command works within the PPE environment,
- whenever SamCall shells out to look up a call, the local screen
- is cleared. The remote screen is not cleared so the caller does
- not see this. Once SamCall has the data, it will re-paint the
- local screen and does not send the entire screen to the remote
- computer. You will therefor be able to see what the caller is
- seeing except that your screen is cleared while SamCall looks up
- the data.
-
- If you are using a multi-node setup then you should have your
- temporary work directories setup for each node. SamCall will
- use these directories to keep the message information separate
- for each node.
-
- If you have any comments, suggestions or problems with SamCall,
- you can call The Ether Net BBS or send Netmail to 1:3821/7.
-
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- PCBoard is registered to Clark Development Co.
- Netware Lite is registered to Novell, Inc.
- SAM is registered to RT Systems, Inc.
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- Support: The Ether Net, Amateur Radio BBS
- Bill Shryock, WD0GRC Sysop
- 501-445-0628 - U.S. Robotics 16.8 DS
- Fido 1:3821/7
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