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- The Tandy 2000
- and GT PowerComm FOSSIL Version
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- With the release of the FOSSIL (Fido Opus SEAdog Standard Interface
- Layer) version of his GT PowerComm program, Paul Meiners has given
- the Tandy 2000 owner one of the most powerful communications tools
- available at any price.
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- To use GT PowerComm on your 2000, you will need the following files:
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- GT1221-1.ARC - The Documentation
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- GTF1221.ARC - The Executable Files
- or
- GTOF1221.ARC - No Host Mode Executable Files (saves 40K disk space)
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- OT2K_310.ARC - Rick Moore's Tandy 2000 FOSSIL Driver v. 3.1
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- These two external modules are available to allow a total of 10 protocols:
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- CKERMIT.ARC - Siliding Windows Kermit External Module, FOSSIL Version
- (Rename CKERMIT.EXE to PCKERMIT.EXE)
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- GTFOSLZM.ARC - Zmodem External Module, FOSSIL Version
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- The following programs complement GT, and are written by James Davis.
- They are fully endorsed by Paul, and are provided with the registered copy.
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- GTLOG731.ARC - Log File Utility for GT
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- GTCTL42.ARC - Sysop Utility for GT
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- **** IMPORTANT!! ****
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- The present release version of GT FOSSIL (12.21) has a bug that will all but
- totally prevent it from functioning on the Tandy 2000 without the following
- change to the default configuration:
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- Press Alt-I to bring up the configuration screen, and choose 32,
- miscellaneous options. Choice 18 on this screen, "Suppress Window Whistle",
- is set to a beginning value of FALSE by GT. Change this to TRUE.
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- An IBM-specific sound routine was left in the FOSSIL version that attempts
- to output the window whistle to a port that doesn't exist on the 2000.
- The results are disastrous!!
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- OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
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- You will need to specify a large number of FILES and BUFFERS in your
- CONFIG.SYS file to speed GT's operation and enable some of its functions.
- I use FILES=50 and BUFFERS=45, but you probably can get by with less.
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- The Xmodem Buffers in the Alt-I configuration defaults to 8. You may
- need more - experiment with this parameter for most efficient transfers.
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- The "Time Base" in the Alt-I menu is NOT functional, since all sound
- generated in the FOSSIL version of GT is the Control-G "bell".
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- The 2000 only has one com port, and it is com1. DOS 02.11.02 refers to
- this port as aux, rather than com1, but in the Alt-I menu, use com (1).
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- The "use BIOS for screen writes" is TRUE in the FOSSIL version, no matter
- what the Alt-I setting.
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- The GTDOOR.BAT file must be in the same subdirectory as GT, the first
- line of the file must be changed from "%1 com%2" to "%1 aux", and the
- "pause" statement near the end must be removed for successful use of the
- shell to DOS operation on the 2000.
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- Be sure that, in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, you name GT's subdirectory as one
- of DOS' paths, as well as setting that subdirectory as the "GTPATH"
- variable in the DOS environment. For example:
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- PATH=C:\;C:\GT
- SET GTPATH=C:\GT
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- This assumes your GT files are in the C:\GT subdirectory. This info is in
- Paul's docs, but it is critical to the proper operation of GT and bears
- repeating.
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- To send a Control-C (for use with CompuServe & others) it is necessary to
- define a function key using the Alt-M command to %03 . Pressing the
- function key will then send a ^C out the serial port. DO NOT press
- Control-C from within GT! Turbo Pascal traps ^C, and GT will bomb.
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- If you wish to view ANSI color menus on BBSs that you call, you can use
- the MODE utility that came with DOS to put the 2000 into color mode
- prior to starting GT (MODE CO 80). This will slow down the screen writes
- but will not affect protocol transfer speed.
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- That's about it - the rest of what you need to know can be found in Paul's
- GT1221.DOC and GTHOST.DOC contained in GT1221-1.ARC. If anyone finds more
- GT FOSSIL-related quirks for the 2000, leave me a message on my BBS at
- (713) 980-9671, and I'll include them here.
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- I think we all owe Paul Meiners and Rick Moore a large debt of gratitude
- for making this possible. Rick is happy to help the 2000 community by
- keeping the Tandy 2000 FOSSIL driver current. Paul Meiners' sole
- source of income is his P&M Software Company, distributing GT and his
- TurboCalc spreadsheet program, through the shareware concept. If we want
- this type of programming to continue, we MUST support it. Paul asks for a
- $50 registration fee. PLEASE send him your check if you like the program
- and intend to use it.
-
- Bob Juge
- 06/20/87