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III Setting Up Aladdin III Setting Up Aladdin III Setting Up Aladdin
1. Installation of the Aladdin Program Software
Aladdin is extremely easy to install. All you need to do is
following the instructions below.
Hard Disk Installation
Turn on your computer and switch to the hard disk partition
where you will be installing Aladdin. If you will installing
Aladdin on your "C:" partition, open that partition by
pointing to the icon for that partition and double-clicking
the mouse pointer.
Create the folder where Aladdin will be stored by selecting
"New Folder" from under the "File" menu on the GEM Desktop
with the mouse pointer. A dialog box will prompt you for a
name for your folder. For example, you could call this folder
"Aladdin".
Then use your mouse to point to the new folder and double-
click to open the folder.
If you downloaded Aladdin from GEnie, the program files will
be contained in a special type of file called an ARC file.
The Aladdin program files and manual are compressed and
stored as one file to facilitate downloading.
You will need a copy of the ARC program to unarc the
individual files. (If you don't have a copy, it may be
downloaded from the Atari ST Library area.) To extract the
files, first copy the archive into the Aladdin directory by
dragging the file with your mouse. (If you are not sure how
to do this, refer to your Atari Users Manual.) Then, extract
the archive by running the ARC program, normally called
ARC.TTP (Tos Takes Parameters) and entering the following
command line when the TTP dialog box appears -
X ALADST.ARC *.*<Return>
At this point the Aladdin program and data files will be
extracted from the archive, and you will see the extraction
progress as each file is extracted. Once the extraction
process is complete, you have finished installation of the
Aladdin program files. Make a copy of the Aladdin compressed
archive file and keep it in a safe place, then delete the
original .ARC file from the directory by dragging it to the
Trash Can Icon (as it is no longer needed).
Aladdin ST Manual
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2. Starting Aladdin
Starting the Aladdin program is very simple. Use the mouse
pointer to point to the name "ALAD.PRG" in the Aladdin Folder
and double click the mouse.
3. Configuring the Aladdin Software
The next step in the installation of the Aladdin program is
the configuration of the program itself. Open the File Menu,
and select "Configuration" by pointing to it and clicking the
mouse.
A dialog box will appear for entering the information Aladdin
needs.
GEnie Options GEnie Options GEnie Options
Located in the upper left corner of this dialog box, you will
find a block titled "GEnie Options". This box contains the
information Aladdin will need from you in order to operate
properly:
Phone number
Prompt Character
User ID
Break Character
Password
Prime Time Rate
GE Mail Address
Non Prime Time (Rate)
BBS Nickname
After you have entered the information, press the Return Key
or clicking the Button marked "OK" will exit from the
configuration screen and save all of the information in the
Aladdin configuration (ALAD.CFG) file on your hard drive.
Phone number Phone number Phone number
This field holds the local GEnie access number that you want
Aladdin to call when it logs on to the GEnie system. (Refer
to the phone number listing at the end of this manual, to
locate the number nearest you.) You should also place any
special modem dialing characters in this field. For example,
with Hayes and compatible modems, if you must insert a pause
anywhere within the dialing process, you put a comma
character "," in the dialing string at the point where the
pause is desired. If a pause is necessary when you dial,
include a comma at the proper place in Aladdin's phone number
field.
Copyright 1990 by General Electric
Page 16
User ID User ID User ID
This field holds your user ID string, assigned when you
request a GEnie account. The user ID is a string of 8
characters; three letters and five numbers, beginning with an
"X". For example, "XYZ55555" is an example of a correct user
ID, but "ZXY89Z09" is not.
Password Password Password
This field holds your password, also assigned to you when you
first log on to GEnie and request an account. Your password
can be changed at any time using Aladdin. Refer to the
Changing Your Password in this manual.
GE Mail Address GE Mail Address GE Mail Address
When you requested an account on GEnie, you were assigned to
pick a mail address string of 12 characters or less. Enter
the mail address string you selected in this field.
BBS Nickname BBS Nickname BBS Nickname
This field holds the "nickname" which Aladdin will use when
you log into any RoundTable when you enter for the first time
or for which your user record has been purged because you
have not visited it in 30 days or more. The recommended entry
for this field is your first name.
Prompt Character Prompt Character Prompt Character
This field holds the character which Aladdin should recognize
as the prompt from GEnie when it is waiting for a command.
The default character is the question mark (?) and should not
be modified unless you already had a GEnie account when you
obtained Aladdin and had already changed your prompt
character to something else.
Break Character Break Character Break Character
At any time while you are logged on GEnie, you can interrupt
any operation (except uploads and downloads) by sending what
GEnie calls a "break character". Aladdin's default is a
[Ctrl-C] (ASCII 3). Do not change this setting unless you are
having problems with GEnie's break character recognition. If
your break character on GEnie is set to some other character
other than a [Ctrl-C], you should manually change it before
using Aladdin by accessing the User Settings page on GEnie.
Prime Time Rate, and Non Prime Time Prime Time Rate, and Non Prime Time Prime Time Rate, and Non Prime Time
Since Aladdin calculates the charges to your account every
time it logs on to GEnie, it needs to know what GEnie is
charging you for every hour you are connected. At the time of
this release of Aladdin, the hourly rates are $18 per hour
during prime time (8:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Friday)
at any connect speed and $6 per hour during non prime time
hours, weekends and holidays. These are the default values
Aladdin ST Manual
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for Aladdin. Do not change this information unless you
receive notice from GEnie about a rate change. You can