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=====> THE BLUE ADEPT PRESENTS... <====
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(C)OPYRIGHT 1983, FOR USE ONLY ON SPLIT
INFINITY UNLESS YOU HAVE PERMISSION
FROM THE BLUE ADEPT.
THIS TUTORIAL IS DIVIDED INTO THREE
SECTIONS. THE FIRST EXPLAINS WHAT AE
PRO IS, THE SECOND EXPLAINS WHAT THE
SPLIT INFINITY AE LINES ARE, AND THE
THIRD (AND BIGGEST) EXPLAINS HOW TO USE
AE PRO TO GET PROGRAMS FROM THE AE
LINES.
SECTION I:WHAT IS AE PRO?
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ASCII EXPRESS II THE PROFESSIONAL IS
AN EXCELLENT COMMUNICATIONS PACKAGE BY
SOUTHWESTERN DATA SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF
TRANSFERRING APPLE PROGRAMS AT 300 OR
1200 BAUD. THE PACKAGE CONTAINS AN
EXTENSIVE USERS MANUAL. IN THE THIRD
SECTION I WILL USE THE MANUAL TO
BASICALLY EXPLAIN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF
AE PRO...
SECTION II:SPLIT INFINITY AE LINES
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SPLIT INFINITY AE LINES ARE BOARDS
USING AE PRO. LIKE THIS ONE, THEY
HAVE A SYSOP, BUT THE SOLE PURPOSE
OF THE AE LINES ARE FOR THE TRANS-
FERRING OF PROGRAMS. WHEN YOU CALL AE
WILL ANSWER AND WHEN CONNECTED DISPLAY
'ENTER PASSWORD:" UNLIKE SPLIT
INFINITY, THE PASSWORD IS THE SAME FOR
ALL USERS AND IT CHANGES ONCE PER WEEK.
THE PASSWORD CAN BE FOUND RIGHT HERE
ON SPLIT INFINITY USING THE 'I'
COMMAND. ONCE YOU ENTER THE CORRECT
PASSWORD, YOU WILL BE INTO THE AE PRO
SYSTEM. IF THE SYSOP IS AROUND, HE WILL
CHAT WITH YOU. OTHERWISE, SEE WHATS IN
THE DISK DRIVES (SEE SECTION III ON HOW
TO DO THAT) AND DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMS
YOU NEED. AN UPDATED LIST OF THE SPLIT
INFINITY AE LINES CAN BE FOUND IN
MESSAGE #1 ON THE APPLE PIRATE BOARD.
USE THE NEXT SECTION TO SEE HOW TO
WORK AE PRO IF YOU DONT HAVE THE MANUAL
SECTION III:HOW TO WORK AE PRO
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IF YOU HAVE NEVER RUN AE PRO OR NEED
TO RECONFIGURE YOUR SYSTEM THEN RUN
A PROGRAM ON THE DISK TITLES 'INSTALL'.
NOW IT GETS MORE COMPLICATED!!! WHEN
AE PRO IS UP ITS COMMAND PROMPT WILL
BE '->' IF YOUR NOT CONNECTED. IF YOU
TYPE '?' YOU WILL SEE THE MENU OF
COMMANDS (PAGE 1). IF YOU TYPE '2'
YOU WILL SEE PAGE 2 OF THE COMMANDS.
NOW YOUR READY TO GO! TYPE 'D' FOR
DIAL. AE WILL RESPOND 'NUMBER? '
TYPE THE NUMBER YOU WANT TO CALL
AND HIT RETURN. IF YOU CHANGE YOUR
MIND SIMPLY HIT RETURN WITH NOTHING
TYPED. NOW AE WILL DIAL AND TRY TO
CONNECT. IF NO CARRIER IS DETECTED OR
THE PHONE IS BUSY AE WILL STATE
'CONNECTION TERMINATED'. IF YOU CONNECT
AE WILL SAY 'AE:TERM-->'. AS I SAID IN
PART II, YOU MUST NOW TYPE THE PASSWORD
IF YOU ARE CALLING AN AE LINE... IF YOU
ARE CALLING A BBS LIKE SPLIT INFINITY
THEN SIMPLY GO ON NORMALLY. IF
CONNECTED TO AN AE LINE YOU HAVE 6
OPTIONS:
C)OPY INCOMING DATA
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THIS COMMAND CAPTURE TO BUFFER WHATEVER
IS DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN.
D)IRECTORY
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THIS IS HOW YOU SEE WHAT PROGRAMS THE
GENEROUS SYSOP HAS LEFT FOR YOUR
TAKING! BE SURE TO CHECK BOTH DISK
DRIVES... IF THE CATALOG CONTAINS
FILES CALLED ']MAP,]PART1,]PART2,ETC'
THEN IT IS A COPYA PROGRAM WHICH HAS
BEEN 'SPLIT' USING DISK SPLITTER 2.0.
TO GET THIS, YOU MUST RECEIVE ALL OF
THOSE FILES AND USE DISK SPLITTER 2.0
TO 'MERGE' THEM INTO A COPYA DISK. (IF
THAT SOUNDS COMPLICATED--IT IS!). I
WILL POST A SOFTDOC FOR DISK SPLITTER
2.0 BUT IT IS RATHER STRAIGHT-FORWARD.
DISK SPLITTER 2.0 IS AVAILABE FOR
DOWNLOAD IN THE SPLIT INFINITY DOWNLOAD
SECTION.
H)ELP
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GIVES A SHORT MENU OF OPTIONS
R)ECEIVE
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FOR SOME REASON, YOU MUST USE THE SEND
COMMAND INSTEAD OF THE RECEIVE COMMAND
TO GET A PROGRAM. RECEIVE SENDS A FILE
TO THE OTHER LINE (CONFUSED---I AM!!!)
S)END
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USE THIS TO GET A FILE FROM THE AE
LINE. HIT 'S', TYPE THE FILENAME AS
IT WAS IN THE D)IRECTORY, AND AE WILL
OPEN THE FILE AND SAY HOW MANY BLOCKS
(APPROXAMITELY TWICE THE SECTORS) THE
FILE IS. THEN TYPE 'CONTROL Q' AND
'G' FOR GET. TYPE THE FILENAME AGAIN
AND WHAT DO YA KNOW! ITS SENDING!!!
V)IEW
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DISPLAYS A TEXT FILE. NOT VERY USEFUL
ON AN AE LINE UNLESS YOU WANT TO SHOW
OFF YOUR WARE LIST OR SOMETHING...
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I HOPE THIS TUTORIAL PROVES TO BE USE-
FUL TO MANY IN THE MODEM WORLD. IF YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LEAVE FEED-
BACK. IF YOU WANT TO PUT UP A SPLIT
INFINITY AE LINE, LET ME KNOW. FOR THIS
SERVICE, I WILL GIVE YOU NEW WARES AND
RAISE YOUR LEVEL... PLUS ITS AN OPPER-
TUNITY TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND GET MORE
WARES!!!
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