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- Ymodem Batch Transfer Desk Accessory
- Ver 1.0, 10 May 1987
-
- by David B. Chiquelin
-
- Note: This program is released into the public domain, however
- portions of it are Copyright 1985 by OSS and CCD.
-
-
- This is a pretty simple desk accessory, but if you call FoReM ST BBSs
- and use Flash to do so, you are missing out on the 'better' file
- transfer methods. A very nice one is Ymodem Batch. You simply mark
- the files you want to receive, then select Ymodem Batch download, and
- the BBS will send them all, and the receiving terminal program will
- save them on your disk with the same names as on the BBS. Easy!
-
- But, as I said, Flash (which seems to be the terminal program of choice
- for a lot of users) does not support Ymodem Batch. Until now that is!
- If you boot your ST with YBATCH.ACC you will see the item Ymodem Batch
- has been added to the Desk drop-down menu. First - how to exit the
- accessory if you should accidentally select it or just need to get out
- of it. Press the Undo key and wait until you hear the bell. You
- should also see the message that it is aborting. Whenever you hear the
- bell ringing (once/second) press ANY key and the desk accessory will
- disappear.
-
- How to use it.
-
- Call your favorite FoReM ST BBS. (I know you must have one, all the
- better BBSs use FoReM!) You can use any terminal program that allows
- you to select the desk accessory; or, in a pinch you can use the VT-52
- accessory to call the BBS. When you are in one of the file sections of
- the BBS, type a B to enable Batch file selection. It should tell you
- it is enabled. If it tells you otherwise, press it again as it was
- already on. Now list the files. You will see one file description at
- a time and if you want to D/L it type a B to mark it for batch D/L. If
- you don't want to D/L it, press <RETURN> to see the next file. (The N
- for next is not required as Next is the default.) When you are ready
- to D/L the files selected (1 to xxx files, depending on the system set-
- up) get back to the file menu where Ymodem Batch is listed. Tell the
- BBS to send them using Ymodem Batch by typing a Y. When the BBS says
- it is ready to send, press your RIGHT mouse button to get to the
- capture window. Now select the Ymodem Batch desk accessory and sit
- back!
-
- The files will be saved with the name as they were on the BBS. They
- will be saved to whatever the default drive/directory is. (ie., if you
- are running Flash on Hard drive C, within folder FLASH, the files will
- be saved in FLASH on drive C. If you are running FLASH from drive A,
- the files will be saved on drive A.) If a duplicate file is on the
- destination drive it will be replaced by the new file. If you run out
- of room on the disk it won't tell you (at least in this version.)
-
- The program runs in medium and high resolutions only and was written in
- OSS Personal Pascal.
-
- When all files selected have been received the bell will ring at 1
- second intervals until you press ANY key. The desk accessory will
- disappear and you will be back 'live' in the capture window of Flash
- (if using Flash of course). Press the right mouse button again to get
- back to the main window.
-
- The program has been tested at up to 9600 bps using Flash with the
- expanded RS-232 buffer. I did not test it using the VT-52 emulator at
- 9600 bps but feel it would probably lose some data at that speed with
- the small RS-232 buffer. If you use a 9600 bps modem (the USRobotics
- HST) to call FoReM ST BBSs, you REALLY need ST-TERM from Matt Singer.
- The Fmodem batch transfer using it is 25% faster than Ymodem with the
- HST.)
-
- How to use with the VT-52 emulator.
-
- Run the VT-52 emulator accessory, set up the RS-232 parameters (baud
- rate, etc) and then call the FoReM ST BBS. Mark your files to be
- received, and when you get the 'Ready to send' cue, exit the accessory
- by pressing Undo. Now select the Ymodem Batch accessory and sit back.
- When completed, press ANY key to get back to the desktop and then re-
- select the VT-52 accessory.
-
- To abort the transfer at any point, press Undo. If when you are back
- in your terminal mode the BBS is not responding, type a <CONTROL X>.
-
-
- I hope you enjoy this accessory and that it makes your modeming a
- little more pleasant.
-
- David Chiquelin
- SysOp, Atari-O! BBS
- (402) 592-4435
- 300/1200/2400/9600 (HST)
-
- GEnie - D.CHIQUELIN
- CIS - 71336,1443
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