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* Tele-porter Documentation *
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* thanks to U-Called-It-U-Name-It and *
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* The Nut along with Preston Jr. *
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THIS COMMAND WILL RING THE BELL ON THE REMOTE APPLE.
SETS THE COMMUNICATOR TO ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN IT RINGS. THE APPLE
WILL ANSWER ANY PHONE CALL WHICH COMES IN ON THE LINE THE APPLE IS
CONNECTED TO. THIS MAY ONLY BE USED WITH THE HAYES MICROMODEM AND THE
NOVATION D-CAT. INVOKE BY TYPING A OR ANSWER. WHILE IN ANSWER MODE,
THE MESSAGE 'WAITING FOR CALL' WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW.
WHEN THE PHONE RINGS THE MESSAGE 'RING DETECTED, WAITING FOR CARRIER'
WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW. IF CARRIER IS DETECTED, THE
MESSAGE 'CONNECTED' WILL APPEAR AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO COMMAND
LEVEL.
IF NO CARRIER IS DETECTED, THE MESSAGE 'NO CARRIER, LINE DISCONNECTED'
WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW AND IT WILL RETURN TO ANSWER MODE.
THIS COMMAND WILL RE-BOOT FROM THE DRIVE USED TO BOOT TELE-PORTER.
THE BOOT COMMAND WILL BOOT ANY OPERATING SYSTEM (DOS/PASCAL) OR
PRODUCT SO THAT USER PROGRAMS CAN PROCESS DATA TRANSFERED WITH THE
TELE-PORTER.
THIS MAY BE INCLUDED IN AN EXEC FILE TO RUN ANOTHER PROGRAM UNATTENDED
AFTER COMPLETION OF DELAYED TRANSFERS. YOU MAY THEN PROCESS WHAT WAS
JUST RECEIVED.
THIS ALLOWS YOU TO ORIGINATE CALLS TO A REMOTE APPLE USING
TELE-PORTER. INVOKE BY TYPING CALL. RESPOND TO NUMBER: WITH THE
TELEPHONE NUMBER. YOU MAY USE SEPERATORS SUCH AS ( AND - IN THE PHONE
NUMBER. AN * SIGNIFIES TO PAUSE 2 SECONDS BEFORE CONTINUING. A +, ON
THE NOVATION ONLY, WILL INDICATE TO WAIT FOR A SECOND DIAL TONE. FOR
EXAMPLE; NUMBER:1-(203)327-3204 THIS IS ONLY VALID FOR THE HAYES
MICROMODEM AND THE NOVATION D-CAT. WHEN CARRIER IS DETECTED, THE
MESSAGE 'CONNECTED' WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW AND YOU WILL BE
RETURNED TO COMMAND.
IF CARRIER IS NOT DETECTED WITHIN 30 SECONDS, THE MESSAGE 'NO CARRIER,
LINE DISCONNECTED' WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW AND YOU WILL BE
RETURNED TO COMMAND.
THIS ALLOWS YOU TO PRODUCE A CATALOG OF ANY DISK ON THE LOCAL APPLE.
INVOKE BY TYPING CAT OR CATALOG. RESPOND TO LOCAL: WITH A DOS FILE
NAME OR A WILDCARD, FOR EXMAPLE;
ABC=,S3,D2
WOULD SHOW ALL FILES THAT BEGIN WITH ABC IN SLOT 3 DRIVE 2.
IF OMITTED, THE SLOT DEFAULTS TO 6 AND THE DRIVE DEFAULTS TO 1.
THIS COMMAND WILL DELAY FOR THE NUMBER OF MINUTES SPECIFIED AND THEN
EXECUTE AN EXEC FILE. YOU WILL SUPPLY THE TIME IN MINUTES AND THE EXEC
NAME TO RUN.
THIS ALLOWS YOU TO DO UNATTENDED OVERNITE TRANSFERS WHEN THE PHONE
RATES ARE LOWER, EVEN IF YOUR MACHINE DOES NOT HAVE A CLOCK CARD.
THIS WILL TERMINATE THE FILE TRANSFER AND RETURN YOU TO THE MAIN
MENU.
THE EXEC COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO STORE ANY COMMANDS IN A STANDARD DOS
EXEC FILE TO BE EXECUTED VIA THE EXEC COMMAND. INVOKE BY RESPONDING E
OR EXEC TO THE COMMAND PROMPT. RESPOND TO THE LOCAL: PROMPT WITH THE
EXEC FILE NAME,SX,DX. IF NOT ENTERED, SX WILL DEFAULT TO S6 AND DX
WILL DEFAULT TO D1.
EACH LINE OF THE EXEC FILE MUST CORRESPOND EXACTLY TO WHAT YOU WOULD
HAVE TYPED IF YOU HAD ISSUED THE COMMAND IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMAND
PROMPT.
AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXEC FILE TO CALL A TELEPHONE NUMBER:
CALL 1-203-357-8002
THIS ALLOWS YOU TO HANG UP THE PHONE UPON COMPLETION OF THE CURRENT
SESSION THIS IS ONLY VALID FOR THE HAYES MICROMODEM AND THE NOVATION
D-CAT.
INVOKE BY TYPING HA OR HANG. THE MESSAGE 'DISCONNECTED' WILL APPEAR
IN THE COMMAND WINDOW.
ALLOWS YOU TO GET A MORE DETAILED EXPLAINATION OF ANY COMMAND. INVOKE
BY TYPING HELP. RESPOND TO THE PROMPT FOR WHAT COMMAND WITH THE
COMPLETE NAME.
THIS COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO INITIALIZE DOS COMPATABLE DISKS. THE INIT
COMMAND WILL NOT PRODUCE A BOOTABLE DISK.
NOTE*
BECAUSE DOS IS NOT STORED ON A DISK INITTED BY THE TELE-PORTER THEY
WILL HOLD APPROXIMATELY 6% MORE DATA THAN STANDARD DOS DISKS.
THE LOGOFF COMMAND WILL TURN OFF THE SYSTEM LOG AND CLOSE THE LOG
FILE.
THE LOG MUST BE TURNED OFF BEFORE YOU EXIT THE FILE TRANSFER.
THIS COMMAND WILL TURN ON THE SYSTEM LOGGING FACILITY. RESPOND WITH A
VALID DOS FILE NAME. BE SURE TO TURN THE LOG OFF BEFORE EXITING THE
FILE TRANSFER. THE SYSTEM LOG CAN BE PRINTED WITH THE APPLESOFT
PROGRAM "LOG LISTER" SUPPLIED ON THE TELE-PORTER DISK.
ALLOWS YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE REMOTE USER WHILE TRANSFERS ARE
BEING DONE. INVOKE BY TYPING M OR MESSAGE. RESPOND TO : WITH THE
MESSAGE. THE LEFT AND RIGHT ARROWS MAY BE USED TO CORRECT ERRORS.
WHEN YOU HAVE TYPED THE COMPLETE MESSAGE, PRESS RETURN.
YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO COMMAND AND THE MESSAGE WILL APPEAR IN THE
REMOTE USERS ATTENTION WINDOW.
THIS COMMAND WILL SWITCH TO THE MESSAGE LOG SCREEN THAT SHOWS THE LAST
24 LINES OF MESSAGES EXCHANGED BETWEEN BOTH USERS.
THE MESSAGES FROM THE REMOTE APPLE WILL APPEAR IN INVERSE VIDEO.
YOU WILL RETURN TO THE TELE-PORTER SCREEN WHEN RETURN IS PRESSED.
THIS COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO DO A CATALOG COMMAND FOR ANY DISK ATTACHED
TO THE REMOTE APPLE.
THE REMOTE CATALOG COMMAND ACTS JUST LIKE THE CATALOG COMMAND EXCEPT
THAT IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER DUE TO DATA TRANSMISSION DELAYS.
THIS ALLOWS YOU TO GET A COPY OF A FILE OR A COMPLETE DISKETTE FROM
THE REMOTE USERS DISK ONTO YOUR DISK. INVOKE BY TYPING R OR RECEIVE.
RESPOND TO LOCAL: WITH THE NAME YOU WANT TO CALL THE FILE ON YOUR
LOCAL APPLE. YOU MAY OPTIONALLY FOLLOW THE NAME WITH ,SX,DX TO SPECIFY
SLOT AND DRIVE. IF THAT NAME EXISTS ON THE SPECIFIED DISK, IT IS
DELETED. RESPOND TO REMOTE: WITH THE NAME OF THE FILE WHICH RESIDES
ON THE REMOTE USER'S DISK THAT YOU WANT TO COPY. SIMPLY PRESS RETURN
IF NAME,SX,DX IS THE SAME AS GIVEN TO LOCAL:. AN * IN THE NAME WILL
ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE SLOT/DRIVE. IF THE LOCAL NAME IS BLANK, THE
ENTIRE DISK WHICH RESIDES IN THE SPECIFIED DRIVE IS RECEIVED. THIS IS
SIMILIAR TO DOING A COPY OF A DISK TO CREATE A BACKUP, EXCEPT THAT THE
COPY IS DONE BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS. YOU MAY OPTIONALLY FOLLOW THE
NAME WITH ,SX,DX TO SPECIFY SLOT AND DRIVE THAT THE FILE CURRENTLY
RESIDES ON.IF SX IS NOT SPECIFIED, IT WILL *** GARBAGE STARTS HERE ***