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- PHOTO TERMINAL
- Ver. 4.0
- 5-1-1990
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- By J Hill [pr-bbs]
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- File Name's
- PT-IBM-4.zip \ About a 100 kbytes 7 minutes at 2400 bps
- PT-T2K-4.EXE / Needs a system floppy to 1'st run on or a sub-directory
- X= 1,2,3 : VER. # (Ex:Pt-ibm-4.exe)
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- Source archive of this software. (Dont settle for less)
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- SUPPORT:
- PR-BBS 24-hour's 110-2400 bps n-8-1 (209)-526-9987
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- UPDATE's:
- Download the update's from a modesto multi-line bbs.
- PhotoTerminal Support BBS (209)-526-9987 2400 n-8-1 mnp-4
- FlightLine Dbase MultiLine(209)-551-2227 9600 n-8-1 mnp-5
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- GETTING STARTED:
- It's easy and intresting!
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- Floppy User:
- This program will need it's own disk, So find a NEW disk
- and your DOS system disk,Put a write protect TAB on your DOS
- system disk and make sure NO TAB is on the NEW disk.
- Put the DOS system disk in the A: drive and the NEW disk in B:
- in your computer and RE-BOOT. Set the time and date.
- If you have two floppys place the NEW disk in B:
- then type....
- FORMAT B: /S/V <ENTER>
- (Or your DOS command to format the NEW disk and put the
- system/boot files into it.)
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- If you have one floppy you will need to swap disk's around
- and use A: in the above format command.
- (Read you DOS doc's if your unsure of how to do this!!!)
- Once you got the NEW disk formated Give it a NAME (/V syntax)
- and give it a CONFIG.SYS file and a autoexec.bat file.
- (Exp.)
- (Config.sys)
- Copy CON: b:config.sys
- BUFFERS=25
- FILES=25
- BREAK=ON
- DEVICE=ANSI.SYS
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- (THEN PRESS F6 OR CTRL-Z , FILE WRITES . NOTE: COPY ANSI.SYS FROM
- (YOUR DOS disk to your NEW disk!)
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- HARD DISK USER:
- make a new directory from your root directory.
- Exp. MKDIR Pterm<enter>
- copy the photo-terminal MASTER self-ziped *.exe file
- to the new directory.
- Or if you have the 'ziped' master ver. pkunzip it to the
- sub-directory you wish to run photo-term from.
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- ALL DISK USERS:
- Now that you have the phototerm master file (the one you D/l)
- just type it's file name, It's will start unZIPing one file
- at a time, there will be many files,
- pterm-Vx.exe That's the main program ( x = ver. number)
- LocalBBS.ASC This is a ASCII file you can add BBS #'s to.
- *.CRU Some DRAWING that I have done or programed.
- *.CRT CRT files are ready to up/Down-Load drawings.
- Photo-t.doc This doc file read it some time.
- PHOTO-Tc.ode ASCII data file used by the Morse code terminal
- PHOTO-T.erm Default modem seting file . (ascii)
- SHELL.SIZ Small data file needed for shell to dos
- procedure, ALT-S (Hex data in paragraph's)
- Should be something like 1F40
- pathway.dat May be needed to help point to photo-t*.* files
- this is a ascii file for default path settings.
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- After all the files have been zip out you can copy the MASTER
- file that you downloaded to a floppy disk and put it some ware
- safe,As a back up , Are you could give it to a friend and start
- up graphic terminals in your area!!!
- If you only have a floppy system youl want to move that master
- file out to leave you some free disk space.
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- RUNNING PHOTO-TERM:
- Just type the PTRM-???.EXE file name and it will start
- loading into ram (About 512k ram needed) The 1'st screen
- will prompt you about the programs CPU type (IBM or T2k)
- It will make some noise then list most of the terminal
- mode commands that you can use (ALT-Help menu).
- read it just this one time PLEASE.
- Press any key and the START UP MENU pop's out.
- C will let you set up for a modem on COM2: and set your screen
- mode for graphic's
- ESC will abort the program and drop you to DOS.
- If your modem's on COM1: your basicly ready to go on so
- select a BAUD speed from the box at the bottom of the
- screen (Don't press ENTER if you do you will get the defult
- of 300 bps. n-8-1)
- This will drop you in to the MORSE code procedure, It will
- look around for the morse code data file and translate it
- to ram for use latter. After that you will drop to the
- AutoDailer menu.
- (If you dont have the one I put in the master file ,,,
- ( some body stiffed you and you won't enjoy the program
- (as well! Call the update bbs's and get the MASTER pt-IBM file!)
- If the program can't find the localbbs.asc file it will prompt
- you if youd like it to make one. (Yes or No only)
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- (Autodailer menu CONT.)
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- Once the file is there it will print out the 1'st 9 bbs
- numbers and prompt at the bottom of the screen for a dailer
- command.
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- 1-9 = Dail the bbs # that you selected. (any key's to abort redail)
- . = Period will roll out the next 9 bbs number from the
- localbbs.asc file.
- L = Load this number into the Multi-Number-Dailer RAM.
- After you select L press the number for the bbs
- that you want loaded, It will display the pick at
- the TOP on the bbs number list (flashing), Thats it
- it's loaded! Now load some more from this screen or
- press "." for the more bbs number's.
- M = Start Auto dailing from the multi-# list. The program
- will call each number you (L)oaded into the list,
- If busy , it will call the next bbs in from the list
- of bbs's you loaded into ram useing the (L) command.
- It will repaet the loaded bbs's number till you press
- any key or it finds a bbs thats not BUSY, it will beep
- and flash the screen to call you to the keyboard.
- Space = Abourt dailer menu (back to terminal mode)
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- Terminal Mode:
- Once connected to a bbs on while in terminal mode many commands
- are open to the terminal program.
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- F1 = TRANSMIT A ASCII FILE
- A catalog of the current directory is displayed and your
- prompted at the top left to the screen for a file name.
- the program checks for a valid file then prompt for
- transfer info. CRT mode send a CTRL-R code then the
- graphics *.CRT file in ascii to the host system, this
- will hopefully let the file be downloaded by any phototerm
- user who wants to see the drawing.
- The CRT mode add's the CTRL-R to the file for bbs systems
- that dont offer DC2/DC4 or CTRL-R protacall but to have
- ASCII transfers.(PhotoTerm requires ASCII transfers or
- (the CPM protacall called CTRL-R.)
- if the system offers CTRL-R sometimes called CPM or
- DC2 protacall the drawings (*.CRT) can be AUTOMATICALY
- downloaded by phototerm users when the run in the
- GRAPHICS mode (See F9)
- F3 = End phototerm ,Exit program to DOS. (No conferm!!)
- F5 = Photo control menu. Load CRT or CRU files ,Edit CRT's
- draw CRU files, Copy CRU ram to CRT ram (for transfers)
- See both CRT or CRU ram,...etc....
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- TERMINAL MODE COMMAND CONT.
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- F6 = ECHO togel (to see what you type or cut it in half)
- F9 = Togel terminal mode. 3 setting's
- GRAPHICS mode: Use for c-64 bbs's that send color control
- codes,Phototerm can simulate c-64 color using the c-64 mode
- (See ALT-P menu,#11 color simulater mode settings)
- Mainly the graphics mode will be used when about to
- download a *.CRT file from a BBS to your system for
- viewing, If the bbs will send you a CTRL-R your terminal
- will (while in the graphics mode) automaticaly start a
- graphics transfer and you will see a report in the upper
- right window, each dot is 25 byte's of graphics data going
- down the phone line to your CRT ram buffer (20Kbytes or so)
- at the end of the transfer the remote bbs will send some
- text and that will end the transfer, The photo should POP
- up on the screen at this point. (If not PRESS F5 then Y)
- and youl see the drawing, you can resize it if need be
- by using the 1,4 5,2 and 6,3 keys to change the control
- byte's in the drawing. press "." to resize or Q to quit.
- MORSE CODE MODE: Use to turn on morse code , this will
- bleep out the morse code sound for each letter that the
- BBS send's you (great for HAM radio users or BLIND users!!)
- TURBO MODE: Use for 2400 bps. on IBM type bbs's, TURBO
- mode on PhotoTerm is one of the fastest ascii terminal
- Money can bye!!! Youd have to spend some money to get
- this kind of turbo out of most terminal programs and
- I think that it's worth $9 on it's own [ Think about it!]
- Turbo mode wont filter out any beeps the bbs send you.
- but will keep up with the best of'em!
- PhotoTerm will pick up words and lines at a time from
- the modem , not letter by letter as in graphics mode.
- turbo mode wont filter out c-64 or ansi contorl codes.
- F10 = Go to AutoDailer menu.
- ALT KEY COMMANDS (Hold down ALT then press the letter)
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- ALT-D = autoDailer menu.
- ALT-H = Help with terminal commands.
- ALT-P = Program setup,Baud,Bit's,Screen Mode,Terminal mode's,Com1,2
- ALT-S = Shell to DOS , Type EXIT<ENTER> to come back online.
- ALT-V = View ascii/text file (type file name into upper left window.)
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- SOME THINGS THE PROGRAM WON'T TELL YOU:
- RAM NEEDED >512K
- GRAPHICS CARD INFO: MGA,CGA or better work in text and graphics.
- Hirc or HGA cards work for TEXT mode only.
- Photo Grphics info:
- When drawing/editing a CRU file: (from photo control menu #9)
- use number pad (NUM lock on) to move currsor/pen
- 8=up 2=down 4=left 6=right
- 5=togel pen Up or down. Pen mode can be seen in NUM PAD prompt
- lower right of screen (See the pen hit the plane or pointing up.)
- A=Adj. drawing. (Save it 1'st!!!,See Save command below)
- Menu prompts lowwer line left. You can invert black & white
- clear the screen,null out screen,,,Etc...
- C=Cut and paste CRT buffer. point the pen/currsor whare you want
- the CRT/write in buffer to dump then press C to CUT it in.
- press C again to cut it out if it's not right.
- (See (W)right in command below)
- G=Graph side of screen with scale (aids in drawing)
- g=(Note: must be lower case) Split screen in four box's.)
- K=Knight Shade. Prompts for scale number(2-20), Then dot's
- the screen every 'x' dot's (Adds a night time feeling)
- L=Line mode, set the pen ware you want the line to start.
- press (L) (beep) line start points now in RAM and displayed
- on lower mid. of screen. Now move to the point that you want the
- end of the line to be at and press (L) again. The line procedure
- will draw a line from the 1'st point to the point your pen is at
- now, Program will prompt (lower screen ,Left) Line OK?????
- Press N to undo line press Y to keep line. Prompt..
- Keep line starting point? Y to keep point for drawing a line
- from the 1'st point to yet another point. or press N to
- erase the starting point of the line procedure..(line starting
- points will no longer be on lower screen.) At this point you
- can start freehand drawing again or press (L) again to do
- a new line from the point your at now. (connect the dot's)
- S=Save or quit drawing , Press (S) program prompts...
- Save this drawing????(Yes,No)
- (N)o drops you back to the graphics editer
- (Y)es clears the saves the screen,clears the screen,list
- any *.CRU files in the current directory, and prompts...
- File Name???
- type in a file name with the '.CRU' part and press enter
- then the drawing will be SAVED on disk (Safely)
- to skip the drawing save just press <ENTER> with out
- puting in a file name, the drawing will still be in CRU RAM
- and can be edited or saved any time befor you end PhotoTerm.
- (Skiping the file save is used when doing cut and paste or
- when ever no changes have been made to the drawing.)
- W=Write text in to CRT buffer. prompts you for a TEXT message
- at the far upper left of the screen. type in the text with
- spaces at the end to run over the up/down line on the right.
- If the window buffer is okay as is press enter to save text.
- In this mode you can press ESC and size the window using
- the NUM pad comands and togeling upper/left or Lower/Right
- marker points with the (5) key.
- press ESC again to exit the wright in mode.
- program will copy ram CRU drawing back to screen.
- (NOTE: SAVE YOUR WORK BEFOR USING THE (W) COMMAND , WHEN YOU )
- (USE THE (W) COMMAND THE SCREEN WILL BE RESET TO WHAT IS WAS LAST )
- (TIME YOU USED THE (S)AVE COMMAND.) [DISK SAVED NOT REQUIRED BUT...
- IS A GREAT IDEA!!]
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- (See [C] command above.)
- Q: What if phototerm hangs-up when ever i use the ALT-P menu
- or after i look at a on-line drawing, or any time i see
- the program say 'Checking modem port'.
- A:Your modem needs to be set to FORCE DTR active.
- if your modem supports the hayes command set you can
- send the modem this command from terminal mode.
- AT &D0<ENTER>
- OK
- if you have a older modem that has dip switchs then you should set
- the dip switch that will forse the DTR line high or active.
- some terminal programs drop the DTR line to make the modem
- hang-up , but phototerm uses the 'hayes' +++ATH0 command
- to hang up the modem, When ever phototerm re-opens the
- modem port the DTR line will drop for a second , this will
- make your modem hang-up if your on line and youhave the modem
- set to return to the command state (vea: the AT&D2 command)
- As this has been reported by chris , I have added the
- AT &D0 command to the phototerm setup commands sent to the
- modem just befor any autodailing from the autodailer menu (f10)
- ,should you find that you cant get your modem to ignore the
- DTR line or force it high using the AT&D0 command then you
- may want to cut the DTR line in your modem cable.
- but most modems that have the 'hayes' command set will
- work fine becase the autodailer in PhotoTerm ver-4 and up
- have the AT&D0 command preset in the program to be sent
- just befor any bbs is called using the autodailer command (F10)
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- Q:Why do i get a error every time i see
- 'Checking modem port'
- ????
- A:You may have phototerm checking a com port you dont have
- 1)change the default file using a ascii editer or edlin.
- 2)Use the [C] command from the start up menu and select
- the correct com port befor the program 'checks it'.
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- Q:How come i get a error when ever i try to use the graphics
- modes or try to see a drawing ?
- A:You might not have the correct screen mode selected. use the
- ALT-P menu and then adjust the screen mode.
- A:You cant see CGA graphics on a Hercules graphics card,get a
- CGA card for $35 and get a adapter for your old mono screen.
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- Q:What bbs's support the CRT file mode that has CGA graphics
- on line,
- A:You can call PR-BBS 209-526-9987 2400 n-8-1 mnp-4
- this bbs will allways have plenty of CRT files on line
- for callers to view. Any bbs that supports ASCII file
- transfers or real long messages can be used . If your
- a sysop and would like help installing *.crt drawings
- on your bbs the pr-bbs sysop is happy to help you with
- your bbs.
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- PHOTO TERM FILE SIZE INFO..... (ZIP SPEC. ETC.)