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                    DISK-FER TERMINAL SOFTWARE
                            WRITTEN BY
                       THE REDHEADED FREAK

THE MAIN POINT OF THIS SOFTWARE IS TO MAKE THE WORLD OF PIRACY A WHOLE
LOT  EASIER AND MORE EFFICIENT OF THE COMPUTERS TIME OF DISK-SPACE AND
OF YOUR TIME. YOU NEED NOT BE PRESANT DURING THE X-FER WHICH  CAO  AND
HAS  LASTED UP TO 1 HOUR AND 10 MINUTES. YOU DONT NEED TWO EXTRA DISKS
FOR ANY ]PARTS OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT. INSTEAD YOU NEED DISK-FER  AND
A BLANK DISK. 

OPERATION  OF  DISK-FER IS AS FOLLOWS. WHEN YOU BOOTUP THE PROGRAM YOU
MIGHT BE CONFRONTED WITH ONE OF MANY THINGS. 

1)- IT COULD BE IN LOWERCASE (IF YOU CAN'T READ  LOWERCASE)  IN  WHICH
CASE YOU HIT 'F' TO CONFIGURE THE SYSTEM. 

2)-  THE  SLOT COULD BE CONFIGURED WRONG IN WHICH CASE YOU NEED TO HIT
'C' TO CHANGE THE SLOT. IF IT HANGS THE SYSTEM AS A RESULT  OF  A  BAD
SLOT # YOU NEED TO MOD THE PROGRAM BEFORE YOU RUN IT. 

TO MAKE THIS MOD FROM THE MONITOR TYPE: 



IF YOUR SLOT # IS 2 THEN THERE SHOULD BE A $20 THERE. 

3)- IT COMES UP DISK-FER WITH THE RIGHT SLOT AND ALL!!!!!!!!!!! 


AFTER  YOU GET IT CONFIGURED FOR YOUR SYSTEM YOU SHOULD SEE A BUNCH OF
COMMANDS STARING BACK AT YOU! 

P)-
TOGGLES BETWEEN ON HOOK AND OFF HOOK. AN INVERSE PHN ON THE STATUS BAR
WILL BE LIT WHEN THE CAT IS ONLINE. 

V)
TOGGLES BETWEEN MODEM AND VOICE MODE. MODEM MODE WILL BE FORCED AT THE
BEGINING OF A X-FER. AND VOICE MODE WILL BE FORCED AT THE MENU. 

C)-
CHANGES THE APPLE-CAT SLOT. AN INTESESTING LITTLE THING  THAT  HAPPENS
ON  MY  COMPUTER IS THAT WHEN I CHANGE THE SLOT TO MY PRINTER CARD AND
THE PRINTER IS OFF, THE CARRIER LIGHT FLASHES ON AND OFF AT  THE  SAME
RATE  AS  THE  VIDEO  CIRCUITRY  UPDATES  THE  SCREEN.  LEAVING BROKEN
CHARACTERS ON THE SCREEN. 

M)-
TOGGLES BETWEEN ORGINATE AND ANSWER MODE OF THE MODEM.  DURING A B)OTH
TRADE THE COMPUTER TO SEND FIRST IS THE ONE THAT IS IN ORGINATE AT THE
START OF THE X-FER. 

F)-
RECONFIGURE DISK-FER. THIS COMMAND IS PROMPTED BY  A  MESSAGE  READING
LOWERCASE  (Y/N)... QUITE OBVIOUSLY YOU ANSWER THIS QUESTION YES OR NO
THEN IT ASKS YOU IF YOU WANT A CONFIGURED  COPY  SAVED  ON  DISK.  THE
CONFIGURED  COPY  CONTAINS  THE CURRENT PASSWORD OF THE SYSTEM AND THE
CURRENT SLOT OF THE APPLE-CAT. YOUR LOWERCASE STATUS IS ALSO SAVED  ON
DISK.  THE  FILE SAVED ON DISK IS CALLED 'DISK-FER' AND CAN BE BRUN AS
YOUR RUNNING COPY OF THE PROGRAM

D)-
DOS COMMAND. THIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO  ENTER  A  DOS  COMMAND  TO  BE
PARSED BY THE CURRENT DOS. (ANY DOS COMMAND CAN BE ENTERED)

E)-
EDIT  PASSWORD.  THIS OPTION EDITS THE CURRENT PASSWORD OF THE SYSTEM.
YOU  MAY  ENTER  LOWERCASE/CNTRL/NORMAL  CHARS  TO  BE  USED  AS  YOUR
PASSWORD.   THE  PASSWORD  IS  USED  TO KEEP UNWANTED PEOPLE (SOFTWARE
UNDERGROUND MEMBERS) OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM. 

S)-
R)-
B)-
L)-
K)-
THESE FIVE OPTIONS ARE THE TRANSFER/RECIEVE OPTIONS.  I  WILL  EXPLAIN
HOW  USE  THEM IN GENERAL THEN IN DETAIL. WHEN YOU SELECT ONE OF THESE
OPTIONS THE COMPUTER COMES UP WITH 'ENTER PASSWORD :'  AT  THIS  POINT
YOU CAN EITHER TYPE: 

<ESC>  TO  ABORT....  <RET> TO TRANSFER WHEN BOTH APPLES ARE IN 'LOCAL
MODE' (SEE BELOW)....  HITTING RETURN WILL JUST JUMP TO  THE  TRANSFER
ROUTINE THAT YOU CHOSE AT THE MENU. 

A TWO CHARACTER PASSWORD ENTERED AT THIS PROMPT PUTS THE APPLE INTO A

REMOTE COMPUTER. THIS OPTION IS USED TO CALL UP A 'DISK-FER BBS' WHICH
WILL  BE  WAITING  FOR  CALLS  TO  SEND  DISKS,  IF  OF COURSE THE TWO
PASSWORDS MATCH. THOSE TWO PASSWORDS ARE: 

THE COMPUTER THAT IS THE 'BBS' THE PASSWORD THAT YOU  TYPE  AFTER  THE
COMMAND. 

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                          SENDING AND RECEIVING FILES. 
                          ------- --- --------- ------

S)-
SEND  THE  DISKETTE  IN DRIVE ONE. THIS COMMAND MUST BE EXECUTED ALONG
WITH THE 'R' COMMAND. 

R)-
RECEIVE A DISK FROM THE LINES TO DRIVE 1. 

B)-
RECEIVE A DISK AND PUT IT ON DRIVE TWO. AND SEND THE DISKETTE IN DRIVE
TWO. THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS IS DECIDED BY THE ORG/ANS  MODE.  THE  IN
ORG SENDS FIRST. 

L)-
LOP-SIDED SEND. SEND BOTH THE DISKS IN BOTH DRIVES.  (NOTE, TO MANY OF
THESE  X-FERS  WILL CAUSE THE COMPUTER TO SELF-DESTRUCT TO PREVENT YOU
FROM BEING LEACHED UPON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

K)-
LOP-SIDED RECEIVE. RECEIVE DISKS IN BOTH DRIVES. THESE  ARE  THE  BEST
X-FERS THAT THE PROGRAM DOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. 

(NOTE:  IF  THE  COMPUTER  IS NOT IN UNATTENDED MODE THESE X-FERS WILL
'NEVER' ABORT BY THEMSELVES. THEY WILL JUST KEEP HACKING AWAY UNLESS A
SYNC ERROR OCCURS AND THE RECEIVE SKIPS  A  BLOCK.  THESE  ERRORS  ARE
POSSIBLE BUT NOT LIKELY. IF THE TRANSFER ENDS ON ITS OWN. THEN YOU CAN
BE 98% SURE THAT THE DISKS HAVE BEEN SENT CORRECTLY. 

WHEN  THE  X-FER  ENDS BOTH SIDES WILL WAIT FOR YOU TO HIT A KEY.  THE
FIRST PERSON TO HIT A KEY WILL BE IN CONTROL OF BOTH COMPUTERS  HE/SHE
(WO-MAN'S LIB) WILL BE SENT A SMALL MENU AT 300 BAUD. 

B)ELL OR H)ANG UP?? 

YOU CAN EITHER PAGE THE OWNER OF THE COMPUTER WITH THE B)EEP OPTION OR
YOU  CAN  H)ANG  UP  THE OTHER COMPUTER SO THAT YOU CAN CALL BACK THIS
MENU IS NICE IF YOUR FREIND WANTS TO GO TO BED WHILE YOU DOWNLOAD  THE
PROGRAMS  IN  HIS DRIVES. YOU CAN HANG UP HIS COMPUTER SO IT WON'T TIE
UP THE LINES ALL NIGHT. 

AT ANY TIME DURING THIS LITTLE MENU YOU CAN HIT ESCAPE  TO  ENTER  THE
MAIN MENU. 

(NOTE: IF YOUR COMPUTER IS IN UNATTENDED MODE IT WILL NOT JUMP TO THIS
MENU. BUT IT WILL GO TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER RING.)

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                                UNATTENDED MODE
                                ---------- ---- THE UNATTENDED MENU IS
REACHED  BY  HITTING 'U' AND IT IS EXITED BY HITTING 'U' ALSO. IN THIS
MENU THE FONE WILL NEVER BE KEPT OFF HOOK FOR MORE THAN A SECOND. WHEN
YOU HIT ONE OF THE FIVE SEND/RECEIVE COMMANDS THE COMPUTERCOMES UP: 

'WAITING FOR RING...'
 XX (XX IS YOUR CURRENT PASSWORD)

WHEN THE COMPUTER RECEIVES A RING OR  YOU  HIT  '+'  IT  WILL  WAIT  8
SECONDSFOR  A  CARRIER.  THEN  IT  WILL WAIT 8 SECONDS FOR THE CORRECT
PASSWORD TO BE SENT IF EITHER OF THESE TIMING REQUIREMENTS IS NOT  MET
THEN THE COMPUTER HANGS UP AND AWAITS ANOTHER CALL. 

IF THE MODE CHOSEN FOR UNATTENDED MODE INCLUDES A RECEIVE MODE SUCH AS
R,  K  OR B AND THE APPLE RECEIVES A COMPLETE DISKETTE IN A DRIVE THEN
IT WILL NOLONGER AWAIT A RING BECAUSE IT WOULD JU ST RECEIVE A PROGRAM
ON THE SAME DISK THAT HAD JUST BEEN WRITTEN TO.