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- PHOMAST6.ZIP -=- What's New
- March 15, 1991
- Release 6.4
-
- It has been over three years now since I released PHOMAST3.ARC,
- and over a year since PHOMAST5.ARC. Since that time I have
- received letters and cards from all over the world from people
- just like yourself that want to enjoy the power of YAM or ZCOMM
- yet have had trouble getting a handle on this very comprehensive
- communications environment. With all this feed back, plus time
- working with YAM/ZCOMM I have come up with this latest release.
-
- This new version is called PHOMAST6.ZIP and it includes some
- additional sections and coding changes based on user input over
- the past year. Because of its universal acceptance combined with
- the fact it is now being shipped with both YAM and ZCOMM you are
- now looking at the newest version. It has been revised to work
- with YAM/ZCOMM Version 17.70 and above.
-
- So what's new:
-
- 1) A fully automated script configuration that allow you to
- work with YAM/ZCOMM right out of the box. All you need is
- YAM.EXE (or its shareware subset ZCOMM.EXE) and this PHOMAST.T
- script. Menu driven setup means you're up and running without
- even using an editor. It automatically sets up modem prefix,
- port selection, screen color, long distance carrier codes, and
- finds help files...
-
- 2) Menu drive selection of dialing prefix, especially useful
- for laptop users on the go, is activated with Shift-F6.
-
- 3) Automatic connect speed sensing.
-
- 4) Expansion of added functionality provided in newer
- versions of YAM.
-
- 5) Increased script documentation to help explain items where
- confusion existed in the past releases. Included sections
- describes various YAM/ZCOMM functionality (i.e. help,
- command-line, etc.).
-
- 6) Phone numbers were updated to reflect recent changes.
-
- 7) Autolog example provided for WildCat, TCOMM, and
- CompuServe.
-
- 8) New option to keep remote from timing out due to
- inactivity... (Shift-F3) for this Holding pattern.
-
- 9) An 12 page mini-manual (PHOMAST.DOC) that is formatted for
- your printer. This supplements the disk or printed manual
- highlighting important information. Just give the DOS command:
- 'PRINT PHOMAST.DOC'
-
- 10) A history file whose contents automatically empty on
- program exit (you can easily modify this code to write over
- contents before erasure if you need true password protection).
-
- 11) Updated example of how to call an external dialing menu
- (SHIFT-F7).
-
- 12) More comprehensive color setup and color display (using
- the 'gosub color' command)
-
- 13) I have included a PUBLIC DOMAIN editor in PHOMAST6.ZIP
- called Colorado State Editor (CSE) version 3.10 developed by J.
- R. Applegate at the Colorado School of Mines. This full featured
- and configurable editor is only 13K and features block copies,
- moves, case change, deletes, etc.
-
- 14) An update of the lean mean script written by Bob
- Willoughby called TUF_FONS.T as a demonstration of a bare-bones,
- no-frills, phones script to use as a platform if you just want
- core functionality.
-
-
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-
-
- I suggest you print out and READ the PHOMAST.DOC file. To do
- this just give the DOS command: 'PRINT PHOMAST.DOC'. The
- documentation explains much of how YAM/ZCOMM works... I hope you
- enjoy this upgrade! Whether you have used one of my older
- versions or are a new user I'm sure you will find this upgrade
- very helpful. If you are a new user -- welcome to the powerful
- world of YAM/ZCOMM. I was a die-hard ProComm user in the past
- and can say with certainty you will enjoy the power and
- flexibility of this communications package from OMEN Technology.
-
- Happy Computing... michael