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- PIT TERMINAL CONFIG v4.17
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- Written by James Berry
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- Introduction
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- The PIT Terminal configuration allows the user to control the modem
- and hardware settings used by the Pit Term.
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- The Pit Term accepts the com port and the baud rate as parameters
- when it is run. The settings in this config program allow the user to
- control the comport addresses, baud rate, flow control, and sound
- card settings.
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- Settings
- ~~~~~~~~
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- 1. Com Port Addressing
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This section will allow you to change the default settings
- for your com ports. Normally these do not require any
- changes, as they are already set to the default addresses
- used by 99% of all systems.
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- Notice that these settings are used internally by only our
- terminal. They will have no effect on your communication
- software nor DOS.
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- 2. Baud Rate Setting
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- We provide the ability to lock the baud rate of your modem to
- almost all of the baud rates possible for a modem.
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- For most systems the best selection is "Auto-Detect".
- This option forces the Pit Terminal to run at the baud rate
- at which the BBS is already connected to the caller.
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- Any other option results in THE PIT setting the baud rate on
- the modem to the rate specified.
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- 3. Flow Control
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This selection has only three options, "Auto-Detect", "None"
- or "CTS/RTS Flow Control". "Auto-Detect" is the default
- setting, and should work in most cases. The program detects
- baud rate the modem is running at, and turns on the CTS/RTS
- flow control if a speed greater than 2400 is detected.
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- If you are running a modem that is faster than 2400 you are
- REQUIRED to have CTS/RTS turned on. Under this setting, the
- game uses the CTS and RTS pins on the modem to regulate the
- flow of data across the phone line.
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- Without the CTS/RTS set on, the result would be that no data
- would flow at all.
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- 4. 16550 FIFO Buffer
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This setting allows you to select the size of the "First-In
- First-Out" buffer on your 16550 chip. This buffer is used
- primarily by high speed modems to achieve an effective
- transfer rate greater than the normal 19,200 baud rate.
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- The safest setting is "Use default FIFO Settings". However,
- if you know what your BBS is using, you can always change it
- to 1, 4, 8, or 14 byte buffers.
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- 5. Music -<NOT CURRENTLY USED>-
- ~~~~~
- MIDI music will be played through a sound card, the pc
- speaker, or not at all. You must choose the best choice for
- your system.
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- Notice that the Sound Blaster Pro 16 is not given as a
- choice. At the time this game was written we did not own a SB
- 16. We believe that it will only function if "Sound Blaster
- v1.5" is chosen as the sound card type.
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- 6. Sound FX
- ~~~~~~~~
- Sound Effects will be played through a sound card, the pc
- speaker, or not at all. You must choose how your sound
- effects will be played. (See the notes about Sound Blaster
- Pro 16 above.)
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- 7. Sound Blaster Card Settings
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This selection will allow you to change your Sound Blaster
- settings from the defaults. If you have your sound card dip
- switches set to alternate settings, you will have to change
- these settings to match it. We provide you the standard
- choices of IRQ's and Addresses provided by the manufacturer.
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- 8. Adlib Card Settings
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This section will allow you to change your Adlib settings
- from the defaults. If you have your sound card dip switch set
- to alternate settings, you will have to change these settings
- to match it. We have provided you with the standard choices
- of IRQ's and Addresses available from the manufacturer.
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- 9. Mouse
- ~~~~~
- This option allows us to either auto-detect the existant of a
- mouse and utilize it, or claim to have none.
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- 10. Joystick -<NOT CURRENTLY USED>-
- ~~~~~~~~
- This option allows us to either activate the use of a
- joystick or not activate it.
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