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- Copyright (c) 1993 by Lars Kupferschläger
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- The first terminal program for the
- Atari ST series of computers that
- supports the Remote-Imaging-Protocol (RIP)
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- INTRODUCTION
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- This is only a temporary documentation which has been written at
- short notice for the release of STrip v0.95. It doesn't claim to
- be complete but should answer the basic and most important
- questions.
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- CONTENTS
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- 1 What is STrip ?
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- 2 Hardware requirements
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- 3 License information
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- 4 Installation
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- 5 The dial directory (File DIAL095.LST)
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- 6 Contact address
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- 7 Registration form
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- 1 What's STrip?
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- STrip is the first terminal program for the Atari ST which
- supports the Remote-Imaging-Protocol (RIP).
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- RIP has been developed by TeleGraphics, a USA Company and is a
- 7-bit ASCII transfer protocol for color graphics, mouse control
- and more.
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- RIP requires a graphics resolution of 640 * 350 pixels in 16
- colors, which is provided by an IBM compatible PC with EGA
- compatible graphics card.
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- The monochrome mode of the Atari ST offers an appropriate
- resolution(640 * 400 pixels min.) but only two colors, namely
- black and white.
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- This means that a 100% implementation of RIP isn't possible on
- the ST because the necessary hardware requirements are not
- available.
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- From the software developer's point of view, this lack is the
- special challenge of implementing RIP on the ST: To represent
- RIP codes as good as possible on a black-and-white plane.
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- Those who have dealt with this problems a little bit closer will
- have recognized that this isn't an easy task and should not be
- underestimated.
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- With "STrip" I have developed an application which achieves very
- good results on this matter. But because of the technical
- reasons cited above it can't come up to the standard of a real
- color implementation.
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- To date, this version of STrip v0.95 supports appr. 90% of all
- RIP functions.
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- Of course, STrip will be expanded further and adapted to the
- developing standard.
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- 2 Hardware requirements
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- STrip has been designed for the monochrome resolution of the
- Atari ST (640*400 pixels).
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- A higher monochrome resolution could not be tested but should be
- possible.
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- Color graphics cards or the two color modes of the Atari ST are
- currently not supported.
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- 3 License information
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- STrip is SHAREWARE.
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- Copyright (c) 1993 Lars Kupferschläger. All rights reserved.
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- The Shareware concept means that STrip may be distributed free
- of charge, but only in its original and unmodified form.
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- You may not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or derive a
- work based on this work in whole or in part. Any alteration of
- these program files is a violation of applicable laws.
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- After an evaluation period of 14 days you either have to
- register or to delete STrip.
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- Registered users will get full access to all functions of STrip,
- free updates (excluding postage and disks), the ZMODEM modules
- for up- and downloads, an icon converter which will convert the
- original RIP icons (16 colors, *.ICN) to STrip icons (b/w,
- *.SIC) and all available icons.
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- The registration fee:
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- - students, pensioners, unemployed or similar
- in Germany and Europe: 30 DM
- in the USA and elsewhere: 30 US$
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- - working people
- in Germany and Europe: 50 DM
- in the USA and elsewhere: 50 US$
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- To register, fill out the registration form
- REGISTER.GER/REGISTER.ENG (additionally, you can find it at the
- end of this documentation) and send it back to me (see Contact
- Adress).
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- 4 Installation
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- There is no special installation of STrip necessary.
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- The archive should have been extracted with all subdirectories
- in order to find all icon files (*.SIC) in the subdirectory
- "ICONS". Alternatively, you may create a subdirectory "ICONS" on
- your own and move all icon files to this directory.
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- 5 The dial directory (File DIAL095.LST)
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- The file DIAL095.LST contains a directory of BBS phone numbers
- which can be dialled from within STrip using the Dial function.
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- Each line consists of an entry of the following format:
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- <BBS_name>|<BBS_Phone_number>
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- Examples:
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- Solaris|011-49-241-156071
- Solaris (2400 baud)|011-49-241-158031
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- Neither the BBS name nor its phone number should exceed 30
- characters and the last line should have an End_Of_Line mark
- (CR/LF) too. In case of doubt, just leave the last line empty.
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- 6 Contact address
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- If you have any questions regarding STrip you may contact me at
- one of the following addresses:
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- Lars Kupferschläger
- Wolfsgasse 15
- 52499 Baesweiler
- Germany
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- Internet: lars_kupferschlaeger@solaris.oche.de
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- 7 Registration form
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- STrip Registration Form
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- I want to become a registered STrip user. I will get full access
- to all functions of STrip, free updates (except postage and
- disks), the ZMODEM modules for up- and downloads, an icon
- converter which will convert the original icons (16 colors,
- *.ICN) to STrip icons (b/w, *.SIC) and all available icons.
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- Name : __________________________________________________
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- (Company) : __________________________________________________
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- Address : __________________________________________________
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- __________________________________________________
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- Country : __________________________________________________
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- Phone-No. : __________________________________________________
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- Fax-No. : __________________________________________________
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- I'm a
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- [_] student, pensioner, unemployed or similar
- and will pay (please no other currencies)
- in Germany and Europe: 30 DM
- in the USA and elsewhere: 30 US$
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- [_] working person
- and will pay (please no other currencies)
- in Germany and Europe: 50 DM
- in the USA and elsewhere: 50 US$
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- I'll pay
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- [_] in cash (e.g. by registered mail)
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- [_] by (international) postal money order
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- [_] by credit card
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- [_] Visa [_] MasterCard/EuroCard
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- Credit card number: _______________________________
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- Expiration date : _______________________________
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- [_] by EuroCheque (Europe only), only in DM (Deutsche
- Mark)
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- [_] by cheque (Germany only) in German funds (Deutsche Mark)
- drawn on a German bank
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- Currently I'm using STrip version __________.
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- Where did I get STrip from? ________________________________
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- Where did I hear about STrip for the first time?_______________
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- ________________________ _______________________________
- Place, Date Signature
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- Please fill out this registration form and send it to the
- following address:
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- Lars Kupferschläger
- Wolfsgasse 15
- 52499 Baesweiler
- Germany
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- or fax it to: INTL + 49-241-155724
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