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TERMINAL.PRG is a packet terminal program. It is a simple
program to use, and will work on any TNC.
Using the control panel (desk accessory) the RS232 should be set
up at the same speed as the TNC and with the same Parity, data
bits and stop bits. To run the program double click on the
TERMINAL.PRG icon, ensuring that the files TERMINAL.RSC,
UUENCODE.TTP and UUDECODE.TTP are in the same folder as
TERMINAL.PRG. Command should be entered as given by the TNC
instructions. The text appearing on the screen scrolls up but
can be reviewed using the MEMORY option on the menu bar. Text
files can be sent and received using the FILES menu. Ensure the
received file is closed before using any other option, using the
CLOSE FILE item.
The program "FCONVPC7.EXE" is the same converter program as
"FCONVST7.PRG" but re-compiled for the IBM PC or compatible. It
can be copied to an IBM disk and used on an IBM machine to
translate and encode files for an ST running the ST version.
.EXE and .COM files are not inter-convertable to .TOS, .TTP or
.PRG files but other binary files such as .IMG and first word
plus files are interchangeable with similar IBM files. The
programs FCONVPC7.EXE and FCONVST7.PRG are public domain and may
be freely copied and given away.
Although desk accessories can be called, be sure to disable the
serial port (by clicking on "Disable serial port" in the
"extras" menu item, otherwise an input from the TNC will
overwrite the window opened be the desk accessory. Making the
code cope with the desk accessory and the serial port made the
writing from the TNC to the screen unaccepably slow - sorry!
The programmes UUDECODE.TTP and UUENCODE.TTP are from PDSOFT at
Lancaster University and are public domain. They are the
standard UNIX programmes and therefore are compatible with other
systems. The object of them is to convert a binary file that can
be sent as an ASCII text file through the TNC without the need to
set the BINARY type on it. These programmes can be called from
within the terminal program using EXTRA on the menu bar. The
error messages within them have been disabled as they corrupt the
screen but an error will be sent to TERMINAL.PRG and displayed as
an alert box. UUENCODE.TTP will give the converted file the same
name but with .UUE as the extension.
To use FCONVST7.TOS click on icon, then give a name to the
destination file, give it an extension .CON say. The select the
source file.
Convert to ascii when you have a program file to convert to a
packet transmittable form, to reconvert select "binary".
The person decoding this traffic needs the identical program to
decode the file.
This is an alternative to the UUE type but is not so versatile
and can also be run from within TERMINAL.PRG by selecting FILE
CONVERT in the EXTRA menu item.
Chris. Strevens, G4ZHT,
April 1993.