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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 ***