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CATSEND 202
WRITTEN BY THE WOMBAT & THE GONIF
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-DOCUMENTATION BY THE GONIF-
DISTRIBUTED
BY:
THE SAFEHOUSE
[612]724-7066
CATSEND 202 IS A FILE TRANSFER PROGRAM WRITTEN FOR THE APPLE CAT
MODEM. WHAT DISTINGUISHES IT FROM OTHER, SIMILAR PROGRAMS IS THAT IT
OPERATES AT 1200 BAUD HALF-DUPLEX, COMMONLY KNOWN AS '202'. ALTHOUGH
CATSEND WAS DESIGNED WITH EASE-OF-USE IN MIND, SOME DOCUMENTATION IS
NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND FULLY HOW TO USE IT.
WHEN YOU FIRST RUN CATSEND, YOU WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A MENU SIMILAR
TO THE ONE BELOW:
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CATSEND 202
WRITTEN BY THE WOMBAT & THE GONIF
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-MAIN MENU-
[S]END FILES
[R]ECEIVE FILES
[C]ATALOG DISK
[F]ORMAT DISK
[T]OGGLE DRIVE ->1
[P]ICKUP HANDSET
[H]ANGUP HANDSET
[A]DD A FILE
[N]EW SLOT FOR CAT ->2
[Z]ERO ALL FILES
[V]IEW SELECTED FILES
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I WILL NOW GO THROUGH EACH OPTION, EXPLAINING WHAT EACH DOES AND HOW
TO USE IT PROPERLY.
[S]END FILES: WHEN SELECTED, THIS WILL PROMPT YOU TO 'PRESS A KEY TO
CONTINUE...' IF YOU PRESS <ESC>, YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU
WITH ALL SELECTED FILES INTACT. OTHERWISE, THE SENDING PROCESS WILL
BEGIN. IF NO FILES HAVE BEEN SELECTED, HOWEVER, YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED
OF THIS AND WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU. AFTER THE FILE TRANSFER
IS COMPLETE, CATSEND WILL SOUND A PAGER 3 TIMES ON BOTH THE SENDING
AND RECEIVING SIDE TO ALERT BOTH PARTIES THAT IT IS DONE. THE CARRIER
WILL TURN OFF AND THE HANDSET WILL GO OFF-HOOK TO PRESERVE THE LINE,
AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU.
[R]ECEIVE FILES: WHEN 'R' IS TYPED FROM THE MAIN MENU, YOU WILL BE
PROMPTED TO 'PRESS A KEY TO CONTINUE...'. ONCE AGAIN, YOU MAY PRESS
<ESC> TO ABORT AND RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU. OTHERWISE, CATSEND WILL
GO INTO RECEIVE MODE, AND WILL WAIT UNTIL A HANDSHAKE IS RECEIVED.
NEXT, CATSEND WILL RECEIVE THE FILE NAME, NUMBER OF BLOCKS, AND
FINALLY THE PROGRAM ITSELF. AFTER ALL THE FILES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED,
THE PAGER WILL SOUND, THE CARRIER WILL TURN OFF, THE HANDSET WILL PICK
UP, AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU JUST AS IN [S]END MODE.
[C]ATALOG DISK: THIS WILL CATALOG WHATEVER DRIVE IS CURRENTLY 'ON'.
THE FIRST FEW FILES WILL BE DISPLAYED, THEN IT WILL WAIT FOR A
KEYPRESS. PRESSING <RETURN> HERE WILL TERMINATE THE CATALOG, WHILE ANY
OTHER KEY WILL CONTINUE IT.
[F]ORMAT DISK: THIS WILL FORMAT THE DISK IN WHATEVER DRIVE IS
CURRENTLY 'ON'. IT WILL FREE UP TRACKS 1-2, AND WILL INSTALL A 'THIS
DISK HAS NO DOS' MESSAGE ON TRACK 0, SECTOR 0.
[T]OGGLE DRIVE: THIS DECIDES WHICH DRIVE IS 'ON', AND TOGGLES BETWEEN
DRIVES ONE AND TWO. BE CERTAIN THAT YOU DO NOT TRY TO SELECT FILES
FROM ONE DISK, AND THEN [T]OGGLE DRIVE AND CHOOSE FILES FROM THE OTHER
DISK!!!
[P]ICKUP HANDSET: PICKS UP THE LINE AND ENABLES THE HANDSET FOR VOICE
MODE. THE HANDSET WILL AUTOMATICALLY TURN OFF WHEN ENTERING EITHER [S]
OR [R] MODES.
[H]ANGUP HANDSET: HANGS UP THE LINE AND TURNS OFF THE HANDSET
COMPLETELY.
[A]DD A FILE: THIS IS WHERE YOU CHOOSE THE FILES YOU WISH TO TRANSFER.
YOU WILL BE PROMPTED WITH 'FILE ->'. HERE, YOU HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS.
EITHER YOU CAN TYPE IN THE NAME OF THE FILE AND HIT RETURN, IN WHICH
CASE IT WILL MAKE SURE THERE REALLY IS A FILE BY THAT NAME, OR YOU CAN
PRESS <ESC> TO EXIT [A]DD MODE AND RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU, OR YOU CAN
PRESS <RETURN>, WHICH WILL CATALOG THE DISK. AGAIN, <RETURN> TO
TERMINATE THE CATALOG OR ANY OTHER KEY TO CONTINUE. AFTER YOU HAVE
CHOSEN ALL THE FILES YOU WISH TO SEND, PRESS <ESC> TO GO BACK TO THE
MAIN MENU. (YOU CAN GO BACK AND ADD MORE FILES ANYTIME PRIOR TO
[S]ENDING THEM.)
[N]EW SLOT FOR CAT: YOU MAY ENTER A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 7.
[Z]ERO ALL FILES: THIS WILL CLEAR A BEEN ADDED SO FAR. THUS, IF YOU
ADDED SOME FILES, AND THEN DECIDED THAT YOU WANTED TO SEND SOMETHING
ELSE, YOU WOULD [Z]ERO THE FILES AND START OVER.
[V]IEW SELECTED FILES: THIS DISPLAYS THE FILES YOU HAVE CHOSEN
ALREADY.
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DOS ERRORS: IF AN ERROR OCCURRS WHILE A DOS COMMAND IS BEING EXECUTED,
AN ALERT WILL SOUND AND THE DOS ERROR NUMBER WILL BE DISPLAYED. LOOK
AT ANY DOS MANUAL TO FIND OUT WHAT ERROR THE NUMBER REPRESENTS.
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DURING THE TRANSFER: WHILE SENDING OR RECEIVING FILES, YOU MAY LOOK AT
EITHER THE [T]EXT OR [G]RAPHICS SCREEN. SIMPLY TYPE 'T' FOR TEXT OR
'G' FOR GRAPHICS, AND AFTER CATSEND HAS FINISHED SENDING/RECEIVING THE
CURRENT BLOCK, IT WILL FLIP THE DISPLAY TO THE PROPER SCREEN. AFTER
CATSEND READS/WRITES ONE PASS, AND GOES ON TO THE NEXT, IT WILL FLIP
TO THE TEXT SCREEN TO LET YOU SEE HOW IT'S DOING.
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AND THAT'S IT! WE HOPE YOU ENJOY USING CATSEND 202, AND THAT YOU FIND
IT USEFUL. IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS CONCERNING LATER REVISIONS OF
CATSEND, PLEASE CONTACT EITHER THE WOMBAT OR THE GONIF VIA THE
ADVENTURER'S TAVERN: (714) 538-3103. HAVE FUN!!