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- Terminius 2.0 ReadMe.1st file
- -----------------------------
- Welcome to Terminus, the long awaited replacement to JR-Comm 1.02a.
- This archive represents two years of development of which one year was
- spent beta testing over 30 releases by over 40 people. They have my
- deepest gratitude for putting up with me for the duration.
-
- Although I sincerly think that this program is quite reliable it
- most likely still contains a few bugs being that it is the first
- release. Hopefully, they're few and minor, if not, they will be
- corrected shortly as the reports come in.
-
- Two items that are missing from this initial release are the
- JR-Comm to Terminus phonebook converter and a basic host script.
- I've not had time to finish the utility yet, I plan to have it done
- shortly and will post it seperately once it is finished. Registered
- versions will not ship until the utility is done either, figure on a
- few weeks for that to get done and the registered version to be
- released.
-
- The host script was planned on being developed simultaneously
- with the debugging of the script interpeter. Things got sidetracked
- and I never got around to completing it. The host.scp file that's
- included with this archive is a script fragment that handles user
- login, nothing more. If you would like to "adopt" the host script
- I'd appreciate the help, just ask so that I know not to duplicate
- your efforts.
-
-
- Installing Terminus
- -------------------
- This archive should be dearchived to a blank floppy named
- "TerminusMaster". You will also need a copy of Commodore's
- Installer utility to use the provided installation scripts. Two
- basic scripts are present, one for hard disk installation and one
- for creating a boot/work floppy disk set for use on a floppy based
- system. The script is able to create 1.3, 2.04 and 2.1 boot disks.
-
-
- Registering Terminus
- --------------------
- Please be aware that the registered version of Terminus will not
- be available for download from the support BBS. You will need to
- receive a disk in the mail with the registered version as each copy
- of the program is serialized. You will also need the original copy of
- the program for use with a patch program that will be released
- electronically when needed to handle updates to the program as they
- become available. This will cut down on the cost of calling the
- support BBS or returning your disk for each new release as was the
- case with JR-Comm.
-
- Registered JR-Comm users can upgrade to Terminus for a fee of $10US
- plus a small fee for shipping. First-time users can register Terminus
- for $40US plus shipping as well.
-
- I can no longer provide for printed output due to the size of the
- user manual. I am looking into commercial printing services to get a
- small format, bound manual.
-
- Credit cards are still out of my reach. All attempts at getting a
- merchant account have been unseccessful so far. I'm still trying
- though.
-
- I'm also trying to locate some distribution contacts in Europe and
- Australia so that people overseas don't have to get penalized by the
- high cost of converting local currency to US funds.
-
- I'll post more info about these things in the coming weeks once the
- initial release has settled down.
-
-
- Future plans for Terminus
- -------------------------
- I've already outlined the addition of several major features that
- will be added to Terminus. These items will be added prior to moving
- over to a WB2.0-only version of Terminus.
-
- Tentative plans are:
-
- 2.1 - Add RIP support. RIP is an acronym for Remote Image Protocol
- that is gaining popularity in the IBM PC world and is the
- intended graphics replacement for SkyPix which was dropped
- from Terminus.
-
- 2.2 - Add Hydra protocol. Hydra is the only publically documented
- full-duplex transfer protocol that I've come in contact with
- so far. It originated on the IBM PC and hopefully has some
- support there.
-
- 2.3 - Tokenize the script interpeter for faster execution.
-
- 2.4 - Add a full implementation of Super Kermit with Sliding
- Windows.
-
- Additional features may appear with each release, but these are
- the major items that I have slated for development at this time.
-
-
- -jack-
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