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- NETCOM+ series of LAN software by Innotek Ltd.
-
- NetBIOS FOSSIL Redirector v.1.01 Shareware.
- (c) 1994 Innotek Ltd., division of General Data Systems inc.
-
- ABSTRACT:
- This package is intended to help share modems over NetBIOS-based LANs.
- It facilitates to run communication program which uses FOSSIL or
- INT 14H interface to access modem on w/s without modem, if some other
- w/s in the net has a modem. User(s) must be acquainted with FOSSIL
- concepts.
-
-
- Contents
-
- 1.0 Shareware agreement.
- 2.0 Usage.
- 2.1 Starting FOSSIL-redirector server.
- 2.2 Starting FOSSIL-redirector client.
- 2.3 Agreements about options syntax.
- 2.4 Example of FOSSIL-redirector usage.
- 2.5 Special features.
- 3.0 Requirements.
- 3.1 Hardware.
- 3.2 Software.
- 3.3 Compatibility list.
- 4.0 Commercial version.
- --------------------------
-
- 1.0 Shareware agreement.
-
- This software is not freeware or public domain. You can
- use it for evaluation purposes 30 days. If you want to
- continue using software, you must register.
-
- How to register? In order to register, you must send us
- USD 30 in check or money order (internetaional money order)
- payable to General Data Systems in US dollars drawn on US banks.
- Also, you must send us a letter thru e-mail to innotek@glas.apc.org.
-
- Our address: General Data Systems, Inc.,
- 2609 Honolulu Ave. Suite 201
- Montrose, CA 91020
-
- After registering we will send you the latest commercial version
- of NETCOM+ and one-year support thru Internet.
-
- NB! Now we can send you software only thru e-mail. Post delivery
- in USA and Canada would be available in a month.
-
- 2.0 Usage.
-
- The package contains 2 programs: one program to run on host machine
- with modem and another one to simulate FOSSIL-driver on w/s. To
- start your FOSSIL-based application, you need to execute both in the
- following order:
- 1) on host machine;
- 2) on w/s.
-
- Names of these programs are
- RFS.EXE and
- RF.EXE
- respectively.
-
-
- 2.1 Starting FOSSIL-redirector server.
-
- Before starting RFS.EXE you need to install some FOSSIL driver on
- host machine. It'll be used by FOSSIL-redirector server to communicate
- with the modem (see also requirements to FOSSIL driver below).
-
- Command line for RFS.EXE has the following syntax:
-
- rfs.exe options
-
-
- In this version only 2 options are available:
-
- /HELP - display quick help about options' usage
-
- /PORT:N - order FOSSIL server to use port number N to communicate
- with the modem; hence port number, requested by your
- application on client machine, has no effect: actually, your
- application will communicate through port, specified in this
- option
-
- You must specify at least one of these options.
-
- This version of FOSSIL-redirector server runs in dedicated mode. If
- you have some multitasking system, you may try to use one window for
- this program. Otherwise you can't start another program on host
- machine simultaniosly.
-
- When RFS.EXE waits for any request from w/s you mustn't abort it. But
- while communicating with client, it may be aborted by pressing
- <Esc>. In that case client program will be aborted too.
-
-
- 2.2 Starting FOSSIL-redirector client.
-
- Before starting FOSSIL-redirector client, you should run FOSSIL-
- redirector server as described above. It'll be used to simulate
- FOSSIL driver on the w/s. FOSSIL-redirector client translates
- requests to FOSSIL driver into corresponding requests on host
- machine. Also FOSSIL-redirector client starts your own application.
-
- Command line for RF.EXE has the following syntax:
-
- rf.exe [options] application_name [application_switches]
-
- "application_name" and "application_switches" together form usual
- command line for your FOSSIL-based application and application_name
- must specify full path to your application.
-
- Only 1 option is available in this shareware version:
-
- /HELP - display quick help about options' usage
-
- RF.EXE will try to connect to the FOSSIL-redirector server and if
- it's Ok, RF.EXE will start you program. To abort FOSSIL-redirector
- client you simply need to quit your application.
-
-
- 2.3 Agreements about options syntax.
-
- All options for FOSSIL-redirector programs must be separated by "/"
- and any amount of spaces allowed between them. Options may be of any
- letter case and their names may be shortened up to 1 character.
- Options' parameters may be separated from their names by ":" or by
- "=". An error will occure each time when you'll misspell options'
- names or try to use invalid parameters values.
-
- E.g. "RFS.EXE /Po:2" means that RFS.EXE have to use port number 2.
-
-
-
- 2.4 Example of FOSSIL-redirector usage.
-
- Suppose, you need to run program ABC.EXE with /FOSSIL switch from
- directory C:\GOOD_DIR, using modem on another network node.
- Then you must run RFS.EXE on machine with the modem, e.g.:
-
- >RFS.EXE /PORT:1
-
- It will order FOSSIL-redirector server to use port number 1 when
- communicating with modem.
-
- Then you have to run RF.EXE on machine with the application, e.g.:
-
- >RF.EXE C:\GOOD_DIR\ABC.EXE /FOSSIL
-
-
- 2.5 Messages.
-
- Both programs display some information about their versions and
- license just after they have been started. More over, RFS.EXE
- displays current FOSSIL information: description string, buffers
- sizes and some else.
-
- While running both programs may cast error messages. They will
- occure in the following cases
-
- a) for RFS.EXE and for RF.EXE:
- network wasn't installed or NetBIOS isn't active
-
- b) for RFS.EXE:
- FOSSIL driver isn't active for specified port number
- you already have too many FOSSIL-redirector servers running
- in your network
-
- c) for RF.EXE:
- you have no FOSSIL-redirector server running in your network
- session with FOSSIL-redirector server was cancelled on host
- machine
- network error was occured
-
-
- 2.6 Special features.
-
- RFS.EXE or RF.EXE can be loaded high either by QEMM or DOS LOADHIGH
- command.
-
-
- 3.0 Requirements.
-
- The full range of NETCOM+ utilities is designed to consume as little
- memory as possible and run as fast as possible. RF and RFS does not
- use undocumented and specific features of NetBIOS and modem/network
- hardware. In general, they must run on any PC-compatible machine, which
- is connected to others thru NetBIOS LAN.
-
- 3.1 Hardware requirements
-
- IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2, or compatible with Ethernet, Arcnet or other
- NetBIOS-compatible network card, 512 KB RAM, at least one modem and
- 82450, 16450 or 16550A (recommended) serial port for server.
-
- IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2, or compatible with Ethernet, Arcnet or other
- NetBIOS-compatible network card, 512 KB RAM for workstation (user).
-
- 3.2 Software requirements
-
- MSDOS 3.3 or higher, OS/2 2.1 or higher
- (DOS VBM with loaded network software).
-
- FOSSIL driver revision 5 or higher
-
- Network with NetBIOS support (LANtastic v.5.0 recommended)
-
- 3.3 Compatibility list.
-
- NETCOM+ was tested successfully with the following list of software:
-
- DesqView v2.42,2.60,2.61
- 4DOS v4.02,5.00
- 4OS2 v2.0
- VC v4.033,4.035,4.038 (doesn't work with 4.034) with "FAST EXECUTION"
- option disabled
-
-
- List of modems tested:
-
- Telebit T2000, T1000; ZyXEL U-1496B,B+,E,E+; USR Sportster; ATT Dataport;
- (almost all Hayes or Telebit compatible modem in asynch mode will do).
-
- List of communication software tested:
-
- FrontDoor v2.01,2.02,2.10,2.20;
- Terminate v1.10,1.41;
- Terminal v0.2
- Mail Commander v1.1
- UUPC 5.09g
- Waffle 1.65
-
- List of FOSSIL drivers tested:
-
- X00
- BNU v1.89h
-
- All trademarks are owned by their owners.
-
- 4.0 Commercial version.
-
- The commercial version of NETCOM+ package delivers higher speed,
- tunable internal receive/transmit buffers sizes, multi-modem,
- multi-modem support, fax transmition, user support. TSR version
- of modem server is also supplied in commercial package.
-
- In the future we will release FAX-server, which would spool
- incoming/outgoing faxes on modem-server, thus lowering LAN load.
- OCR part of the package would deliver incoming faxes to the
- appropriate user.
-
- Also by Innotek Ltd.:
-
- DSSCAN 2.0 - ultimate OCR software! DOS version works with any
- TWAIN-compatible, HP, Pentax, Dextra scanner and can handle
- even complicated and dirty texts. English, Russian, Arabic
- versions are available now with built-in high performance
- spell-checker.
-
-
- Alexander Kogtenkov, Innotek Ltd.
- e-mail: innotek@glas.apc.org
-
-