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  21.                    GEnie Atari ST Aladdin (tm) User's Manual
  22.                                   Version 1.0
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  25.                              Atari ST Software by
  26.                                 Timothy Purves
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  43.                  Copyright (c) 1990 by GE Information Services
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  45.             GEnie ST Aladdin (tm) is a trademark of GE Information
  46.                                    Services
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  48.           TOS, Atari, and Atari ST are registered trademarks of Atari
  49.                                      Corp.
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  51.          GEnie is a trademark of General Electric Information Services
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  53.             Smartmodem is a trademark of Hayes Communications Corp.
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  70.                  Aladdin Documentation originally written by:
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  72.                                 Juan E. Jimenez
  73.                           Micro Consulting Associates
  74.                                  P.O. Box 9811
  75.                                Santurce Station
  76.                        San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-0811
  77.                       (809) 725-9470 Voice - 721-8470 FAX
  78.                                GEmail: J.JIMENEZ
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  80.                  Atari ST Version manual revised and edited by
  81.                                 Brian M. Stone
  82.                                       and
  83.                                 Gordon Monnier
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  90.          Aladdin ST follows all of the popular conventions of the GEM
  91.          operating system. In all cases Pull Down Menus and Pop Up
  92.          dialogue boxes have been implemented for the ease of use of
  93.          the operator. It is not necessary to learn how to use a
  94.          different user interface. Just do all of the things you would
  95.          normally do when operating any fully GEM integrated piece of
  96.          software.
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  101.                 This manual was last updated on October 11, 1990
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  112.                         Copyright 1990 by General Electric
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  119.          Table of Contents
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  121.               1. What is Aladdin?                                    7
  122.               2. Purchasing and Registering Aladdin                  7
  123.               3. Minimum Hardware Requirements to Use Aladdin        7
  124.               4. Obtaining a GEnie Account                           8
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  126.          II. An Introduction to GEnie                                10
  127.               1. What is GEnie?                                      10
  128.               2. GEmail - Electronic Mail Services                   10
  129.               3. The GEnie RoundTables                               11
  130.               4. The RoundTable Bulletin Board Areas                 11
  131.               5. The RoundTable Software Libraries                   13
  132.               6. The RoundTable Real-Time Conference Area            13
  133.               7. Other Services On GEnie                             13
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  135.          III Setting Up Aladdin                                      15
  136.               1. Installation of the Aladdin Program Software        15
  137.               2. Starting Aladdin                                    16
  138.               3. Configuring the Aladdin Software                    16
  139.                    GEnie Options                                     16
  140.                    Phone number                                      16
  141.                    User ID                                           17
  142.                    Password                                          17
  143.                    GE Mail Address                                   17
  144.                    BBS Nickname                                      17
  145.                    Prompt Character                                  17
  146.                    Break Character                                   17
  147.                    Prime Time Rate, and Non Prime Time               17
  148.                    Modem Options                                     18
  149.                    Speed                                             18
  150.                    Reset Command                                     18
  151.                    Dial Command                                      18
  152.                    Command Terminator                                18
  153.                    Connection Message                                19
  154.                    No Connection                                     19
  155.               Aladdin Options                                        19
  156.                    Script filename                                   19
  157.                    Address filename                                  19
  158.                    Billing filename                                  19
  159.                    Timeout (seconds)                                 19
  160.                    Notify Message                                    19
  161.                    Use - XMODEM, XMDM-1K, ZMODEM                     20
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  163.          IV. The Aladdin Main Screen                                 22
  164.               The File Menu                                          22
  165.                    1. & 2. Configuration and RoundTables             22
  166.                    3. Product Index                                  22
  167.                    4. Change Password                                22
  168.                    5. Billing History                                23
  169.                    6. Edit user Script                               24
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  172.                                Aladdin ST Manual
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  179.                    7. Browse File                                    24
  180.                    8. Quit                                           25
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  182.          V. The Aladdin Main Screen                                  26
  183.               The Edit Menu                                          26
  184.                    1. Cut                                            26
  185.                    2. Copy                                           26
  186.                    3. Paste                                          26
  187.                    4. Delete                                         26
  188.                    5. Paste File                                     26
  189.                    6. Paragraph                                      27
  190.                    7. Auto Reform                                    27
  191.                    7. Abort Edit                                     27
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  193.          VI. The Aladdin Main Screen                                 28
  194.               The GEmail Menu                                        28
  195.                    1. Retrieve Mail                                  30
  196.                    2. Send Mail                                      30
  197.                    3. Read Mail                                      31
  198.                    4. Write Mail                                     32
  199.                    5. Edit-Delete Mail                               34
  200.                    6. Log On To Page 200                             34
  201.                    7. Address Book                                   34
  202.                    8. GEmail Options                                 35
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  204.          VII. The Aladdin Main Screen                                36
  205.               The RoundTables Menu -                                 36
  206.                    1. Select RoundTable                              40
  207.                    2. Retrieve New Messages                          40
  208.                    3. Check New Messages                             42
  209.                    4. Do Pending Operations                          42
  210.                    5. Read (and reply to) messages                   42
  211.                    6. Edit-Delete Replies                            45
  212.                    7. Mark topics                                    46
  213.                    8. Mark-Reply Old Topics                          46
  214.                    9. Start New Topic                                48
  215.                    10. Update Topic List                             50
  216.                    11. Log on to the BBS                             50
  217.                    12. Log on to the RTC                             50
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