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GAPECHO
Copyright(C) Symbiont Software 1991
All Rights Reserved.
GAPECHO is a small utility program for use in GAP Bulletin Board Systems. It
mirrors the DOS ECHO command used in .BAT files for the echoing of remarks
etc., to the user. GAPECHO will echo those remarks to the serial communication
port as well as the local Sysop screen.
PARAMETERS
----------
GAPECHO {Com port number}STRING
Com port number is any valid port 1 thru 4. No Com port defaults to COM 1.
The default hardware address's for the com ports follow:
COM 1 = 3f8 hexadecimal
COM 2 = 2f8 hexadecimal
COM 3 = 3e8 hexadecimal
COM 4 = 2e8 Hexadecimal
STRING is any set of valid ASCII characters.
The # character in a STRING will cause a carriage return/line feed sequence
for each # in the string.
Examples:
---------
GAPECHO ##Virus checking your upload...Please wait!#
GAPECHO 4You gotta' be a NURD!!
Note that a carriage return/line feed sequence is not output after the last
character of the STRING unless followed by a #.
Note also that there is NO space between the COM port number and the string.
ERROR RETURNS
-------------
GAPECHO will always return an ERRORLEVEL of 0 when it exits, unless the COM
port is determined to be "disconnected". If "disconnected", an ERRORLEVEL of
1 will be returned.
A sample batch file might look like the following:
gapecho 2#Virus checking your upload...Please wait!
if errorlevel 1 goto err
PkVirus %1
:err
Any questions pertaining to the use of this program may be directed to Bob
Naken at the Crows Nest BBS,
Node I (714) 493-3819
Node II (714) 493-9851