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GT POWER 15.50 - Terminal Mode 4-15-90
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1. The number of external protocols supported has been expanded from 10
to 15 protocols.
2. ENQ answer back. For systems requiring a response to the ^E
character. If you need to use an answer back to ^E, please
look under the Alt-I Misc. options and fill in the needed
response, use the same syntax as a macro key. For example, '|' for
carriage return, and '~' for a 1 second delay.
3. A new entry has been added to the phone directory, the DIAL SCRIPT.
The DIAL SCRIPT is used to handle complex requirements needed to
dial some numbers, i.e. when the built-in dialing routines can't
handle the job.
In a DIAL SCRIPT, the script writer must use the new command DIALER to
dial the modem. DIALER automatically works with the number selected
from the phone directory and will set the %FAIL variable to reflect
whether the connection can be made. If the DIAL SCRIPT is successful
in reaching the indicated system, a new command is available to signal
the results to GT POWER.
SET ONLINE true|false
For example: SET ONLINE TRUE
Would cause the program to do logging and exit the DIAL SCRIPT. If
one is specified, GT POWER will chain automatically to the LOGON SCRIPT.
The DIALER command has no parameters, please refer to the example
below:
; The %NAME variable is passed in
; from the phone directory selection.
writeln "Attempting to dial '" %name "' !!!"
; The DIALER command dials the selected
; entry automatically. You may issue
; SENDLN and GETLN commands prior to using
; the DIALER for handling PC Pursuit, etc.
; DIALER will issue the "ATDT123-4567" to
; the modem.
dialer
case %FAIL
TRUE
goto BUSY
esac
writeln "Success!"
twait 1000
; The SET command quits the script.
; The SET command must be used to exit
; from a DIAL SCRIPT.
set online true
:BUSY
case %BUSY
TRUE
writeln "The line is busy..."
twait 1000
set online false
esac
writeln "Failed to make connection..."
twait 1000
set online false
4. New Script Variables
%NUM .......... String variable. The phone number, ready to be dialed,
from the phone directory. For example: "ATDT123-4567".
Set by the new script command, FETCH, or set auto-
matically by GT POWER in the new DIAL SCRIPTs.
%DELETED ...... Boolean variable. Set to reflect the status of the last
FETCHed entry from the phone directory.
%CITY ......... String variable. Set to the PCP CITY field from the
last FETCHed entry from the phone directory.
%MARKED ....... A boolean. Added so that a script can determine when a
directory entry is marked for circular dialing. This is
especially useful in conjunction with the FETCH command.
%BUSY ......... A boolean. It works with the new DIALER command. If
the DIALER command fails to connect, i.e. %FAIL is TRUE,
then the script can examine the %BUSY variable to see if
the failure was due to a busy result. If a busy result
was found, then the script can choose to redial after a
small interval via the DIALER command.
5. The number of dialing prefixes has been expanded from 4 to 6. The new
prefixes are '?' and '&'.
6. Different versions of the DOOR.EXE program must now be used, as follows:
DOOR.EXE ...... for use with GR and GRO versions.
TDOOR.EXE ..... for use with the GT and GTO versions.
FDOOR.EXE ..... for use with the GTF and GTOF versions.
7. Several screens have been removed from the program and placed into a
seperate file, GT.WIN. This file is not user modifiable, but has been
created for technical reasons. (To free up space on the "near heap").
WARNING: You must put the GT.WIN file into the GTPATH directory to
run this release. The GT.WIN file is not user modifiable,
if you change it, GT POWER will not run.
8. NOTE: To users of the SPAWN command, who reported it was failing. I
have not been able to reproduce the failure, but note that you must
specify the FULL pathname when doing a SPAWN, including the extension.
SPAWN c:\dos\edlin.com
9. New keyboard macro substitutions.
%N1 ...... Comment #1 substitution
%N2 ...... Comment #2 substitution
Picks up the comment fields from the entry in the phone directory for
the currently connected BBS. This is very useful for passing secondary
passwords or other information via macro key.
10. When the Alt-H help screen is invoked, it no long erases the contents of
the screen it overlays.
11. The (E)xchange command in the phone directory now allows you
to call up a pick list. Select the desired directory with the CR
or SPACEBAR, then press ESC to put it into effect.
12. The EXCH script command has been expanded. Previously, it was able
to swap phone directories and macro files, now it is able to load
different config files. Here is the syntax for the EXCH command:
EXCH DIRECTORY file_name
EXCH MACROS file_name
EXCH CONFIG file_name
In all cases, the extension must not be given, GT POWER will supply
.DIR for phone directories, .KEY for macros, and .CNF for config
files.
13. The maximum line length of the Alt-A command, ASCII Transmit, has been
increased from 255 bytes to 512 bytes.
14. Transparent Mode.
The Ctrl-Down key is used to toggle the terminal mode of GT POWER into
Transparent Mode. This mode is used when calling out to a BBS
and executing DOOR programs that require the usage of special keys,
such as the Alt or Fn keys. In Transparent Mode, GT POWER will ignore
all command keystrokes, instead it will send them to the host computer
for processing.
During Transparent Mode operation, the Status Line will be removed from
the screen, so that the host computer can have access to all 25 lines.
15. Support for F11 and F12!
The support for F11 and F12 will work only on IBM compatible computers,
since GT POWER must supply an ISR to handle the keyboard. This ISR
filters the scan codes from the keyboard, looking for 0x57 or 0x58 -
those are the scan codes for the F11 and F12 keys, then it stuffs them
direct into the BIOS key buffer. Works pretty good. Soooo, GT now
supports 48 function keys, but you must have an enhanced keyboard to use
them!
For users of multi-tasking operating systems (or where conflicts exist
with TSR programs), a BIOS keyboard option is provided under the Alt-I
setup, Misc. Options. This option should be set to TRUE when operating
under a multi-tasking operating system, or if a conflict with a TSR
develops.
16. Point 'n Shoot Setup Screens.
The new GT POWER introduces a new style of screen to the Alt-I and Alt-M
setup. It is point 'n shoot. Use the arrow keys to move the highlight
bar, then press CR to select an