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│ CONEX version 6.3 │
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New features are:
- Support NETBIOS
Netbios is not completely implemented yet.
- Support 3com (BAPI)
- Added character/line delay in <Alt-R>
A time delay may be added to each character or line, it must be
entered in ticks of 0,0549 seconds. (18 ticks = 1 second). This time
delay also affects keyboard macros.
- Initial connection errors reopen <Alt-I> window automatically
If a connection can not be established, the error is displayed and
the <Alt-I> window is opened. In previous versions only the error was
displayed.
- "conex <host>" connects to host (port is automatically detected)
In previous versions the session <host> had to be defined before,
- <Alt-D> redefined: dial number
A phone book is supported. The dial sequence is programmed as a macro
■DIA now which can be modified with <Alt-K>.
- Replaced commands in macro language «D » -> <Alt-D> «R » -> «W »
The dial command in macros «D » has been replaced by <Alt-D>. The
old «R »-command is now contained in the «W »-command, thus it allows
to set a timeout value.
- New commands in macro language «: », «E », «J », «S »
Labels, jumps, variables have been added, mainly to allow the
programming of the <Alt-D> command, but I hope they are useful, too.
- New keys programmable: NKE, NK/, ^NE
Enter, / and ^Enter on the keypad can now be programmed. This allows
the keypad to be totally redefined as a DEC VT100 numerical keypad.
Only the Numlock key must be handled in a specific way. (see tips and
tricks)
- "ESC 1", "ESC 2", "CAN", "ESC %!0" switch between VT320 and TEK mode
- BACKSPACE sends BS/DEL made configurable
So the backspace key can be differently defined in different
sessions. Set with <Alt-M>.
- <Ctrl-Break> interrupts macros
<Ctrl-Break> is read by the system any time and is not kept in the
keyboard buffer. So it is more flexible than <ESC>. During macros
the keyboard input is only processed during a «W*...» command, else
it is kept in the keyboard buffer and executed after the macro has
finished.
- Added baudrate 14400
Obviously there are some people who use this baudrate.
- all 25 lines of screen can be addressed
If the status line is off, all 25 lines of the screen can be accessed
with ESC commands. When the status line is switched off line 1
becomes line 2 ... line 25 becomes line 24, so that the last line is
addressable as line 25.
- Display port/baudrate in status line if hostname not specified
This will help those people who use COM ports.
- Changed messages in "quit conex" <F10>
The old messages "drop DTR" were a bit obscure, so I changed it to
"close", which means the sessions are closed. Actually this effects
only COM connections, network connection are always closed when you
leave conex.
- Maximal length of host names increased to 32
The string is cut off in the status line.
- VT100 "delete screen" saves screen to scrollback buffer
When an editor is started the initial screen can be scrolled back in
EDIT MODE.
- Scrollback buffer increased to 20-30 pages by compression
I don't save complete lines any more in memory, but only those parts
of a line that are filled with characters. Thus the scroll back
buffer can contain more screen pages.
- Support 132 columns/50 lines on screen
On VGA/EGA screens 43/50 lines can be selected now. If you have got a
SuperVGA card which supports 132 columns, the video mode can be
entered manually in conex.ini. There is a table of video modes for
some SVGA cards in tech.ref but you take a look into the description
of your card as well.
- Left & right mouse button programmable in graphic mode
The original Tektronix does not possess any mouse buttons, but you may
program them so that they behave as if you pressed some key on the
keyboard in GIN mode.
- User defined keys <Alt-K> disabled in EDIT mode
- Subset of Tektronix 4105 commands (enlarged on request)
The 4014 has been enhanced with color commands, fill panels and some
more. Since I don't have any software which supports 4105 I could
test these features only theoretically. If you encounter any problems
send me the tektronix file catched with <Alt-W>.
- New kermit generic commands: Who's logged in + type file
New commands in kermit mode are <W> Who is logged in
<T> Type file
These commands only work if the server supports them.
- Mode "cursor displayed/invisible" in VT320 supported
- New character sets PC-8, Finnish; characters 0-31, 128-159 definable
PC-8 = Original IBM PC character set 160-255
- Clock can be displayed in status line (<Alt-L>)
This clock overwrites the Alt-Help indicator in the status line. It
must be selected with <Alt-L>.
- COM interrupts can be automatically determined
Since some PCs had problems with this, I set normal interrupts to
4 (com1 and com3) and 3 (com2 and com4). If you reset them to 0 in
conex.ini, they are automatically detected.
- Comments in conex.ini allowed
; marks the beginning of a comment in conex.ini. All characters up
to end of line are ignored.
- New help screen with VT320 keyboard layout
The 3rd Help screen gives the keyboard layout of a VT320 Dec terminal.
(function keys, edit keys, numerical keypad). Of course this layout
can be redefined by the user, see "conex.doc" section "tips and
tricks".
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│ UPDATE CONEX.INI 6.2 to 6.3 │
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Sorry, I don't provide any tools for converting the configuration file
from 6.2 to 6.3, because this would consume quite a lot of time. I
prefer to spend it on developing CONEX.
Anyway you can change "conex.ini" with any editor, so that it can be
read into version 6.3. I think it is not practical to edit all sections,
so that you have to define these paramaters anew within CONEX.
The following procedure will keep only macros (<Alt-K>) and user defined
character sets.
1. Change header to "CONEX 6.3" or whatever version it is.
2. Delete all sections except "Keyboard translation" and "User defined
character sets".
3. Section "Keyboard translation":
Replace "translation" with "mapping"
Replace "«R..." with "«W│..."
If you did not define any keyboard mapping you can delete this
section.
4. Section "User defined character sets"
Replace ... , ...! with , ... ,, ...!
If you did not define any character set you can delete this section.
5. Start new version of conex hoping everything works.
6. Change port parameter etc. and save configuration with <Alt-S>.