home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Collection of Tools & Utilities
/
Collection of Tools and Utilities.iso
/
comm
/
zrion101.zip
/
ZYRION.DOC
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1990-06-16
|
26KB
|
954 lines
ZyRion 1.00 Windowed Protocol Driver
(C)opyright 1990 by ProToSoFt (Cr) Brunssum
Written by Frans Lupschen
Asynchronous Communication Lib. by Philip R. Burns
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
DFC(Tm) Data Flow Control by MatrixSoft
Documentation by Marlin L. England
You can receive the latest releases of ZYRION at the following
systems . . .
EUROPE
ProtoVision and Osiris Support Europe
System Operator - Frans Lupschen
(31)45-259666 19:00 -08:00 hours Central European Time
FidoNet 2:284/126
USA
NesByte BBS
System Operator - Larry Nesbitt
(913)441-3420 9600 24 Hours
FidoNet 1:280/12
Table of Contents
PAGE
Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Distribution Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System Requirements and uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
FIXPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ZyRion Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ZyRion Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
DiskSpace minimums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Batch File Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Display and What it Means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Interfacing ZyRion with a Bulletin Board . . . . . . . . . 13
UARTS, FOSSILS, AND ZyRion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Registration Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
License Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
BETA TESTERS NEEDED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19
Additional Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
BETA TESTER Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
--- PAGE 1 ---
DISCLAIMER
----------
Protosoft Communication Research & Protovision or ANYONE
belonged to said organizations, will NOT guarantee that
ZyRion will perform in any particular way. The only things we
can guarantee is that it works on our systems, and that it
will take up disk space.
We cannot and will not accept responsibility for any mishaps
to your computer, data, phone line, phone bills or modem.
You will assume full responsibility for the ability or
inability to use this program correctly.
ZyRion is used or sold AS IS with no guarantee at all.
DISTRIBUTION FILES
The Following files should be included with this release . . .
ZYRION.EXE . . . . . . . . . Main Program
FIXPORT.COM . . . . . . . . Program to De-Initialize FOSSIL
ZYRION.DOC . . . . . . . . . This file
If there are missing files, please do Not use ZYRION. Please
call the Support System listed at the beginning of this
manual.
--- PAGE 2 ---
Introduction
ZyRion Revision 1.00
ZyRion may be the worlds fastest file transfer protocol.
At least, none that I've tested can beat it.
ZyRion's derived from the ZEDZAP protocol with special
modifications so that it'll work well with BBS systems
and Terminal programs.
ZyRion has a built in communications manager and doesn't need
any type of fossil, in fact you should make sure you turn the
fossil OFF if running it on a BBS that uses a fossil.
Zyrion has the following capabilities . . .
= DFC, Data stream slaved.
= TRACE after less then 7 errors fixed.
= Another program to Disable the fossil
Fixport (Don't leave it HOT ).
= TM and RM Indicators TM=TRANSMIT MODE RM=RECEIVE
MODE.
= For [ EHS= Extra High Speed ] Buffer size slaved to
stream. Wait status to flush, dep. from the real bps.
= External parameters for Direct or BIOS screen
writes.
= Special handshake between two ZyRion drivers, for
faster Pump up USE DFC-A or DFC-B
= Signal tone, if transfer finished!
= 7 or 8 bit transfer request. For to communicate with
CPM and other 7 bits Systems, Mini Computer Systems e.c
= Parameter input control check, if the parameter on
the Command line was wrong, there will be Pop Up a Full
Help Window.
This is also the case in the local mode.
= If you want to see the full help screen type ZyRion <Cr>
And then Return, by Send or Receive :
= Port 0, there are people who try to get ZyRion on
line by using Port 0, this is not legal for ZyRion.
Therefore I have build in a Zero Request routine, what
about that, well ZyRion will drop to DOS if the
portnumber is a Zero (0)!
A Zero (Com0) request will be denied.
= REMEMBER ZyRion will NOT make a .LOG file, for BBS
Systems. You have to deal with an Errorlevel, 0 for Good
and 1 for Bad.
= RPT Frame "Receive Protocol Type " in RM.
= TPT Frame "Transmit Protocol Type" in TM.
= NOTE The TPT & RPT Frames will tell ZyRion to adjust the
DFC.
= The RW=Read/Write this will indicate when ZyRion
is Writing or Reading something from your Disk.
In the RM this will be Writing, in the TM this will be Read
= If carrier lost, ZyRion will drop to DOS Errorlevel=1
= New asynchronous Routine Build in for High Speed Modems.
Page 3
= Quick Startup from the Sender. Now Receiver wait
state a bit longer for RPT=Receive HANDSHAKE
Type (Not in the Unregistered Version)
= You will need two ZYRION(s) on both ends.
-> The Best performance you can get is a ZyRion to ZyRion
DFC-B Connection
--- PAGE 4 ---
System Requirements and use
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (4)
---------------------
An IBM or Clone, with a minimum 256 kb memory to work with
ZyRion.
Any terminal program can be used, if it has an External
Gateway. Here the memory Requirement depends what
your terminal program needs.
ZyRion can work with ( +/- 50 kb ), further you need one
communication port [ RS232 ], an Internal modem can be used
also, some modems (internal) DO NOT WORK WITH ZyRion!
If you have an External modem, then you have NO problems.
--- PAGE 5 ---
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
---------------------
MS-DOS or PC-DOS, Further you will need to set the CET=-1,
Central Europe Time, minus 1 hour, in your Autoexec.bat
file. The SET CET is only for Europe not for the USA!