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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.
-