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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ C A R R I E R D E T E C T │ │ │ │ The PC Communications Journal for Every Modem User! │ │ │ │ Volume 1, July 1991 │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Table of Contents: Welcome ............................................. 2 Product Evaluations ................................. 3 Telemate Version 2.11 ........................... 3 Protocol Prowl ...................................... 6 Super Z Modem 1.44 .............................. 6 Sneak Preview ....................................... 10 Quick BBS 2.75 .................................. 10 Bonus Files ......................................... 14 Feedback ............................................ 15 Product Information ................................. 16 Carrier Detect is published bimonthly by Michael W. Crosson. Contents may not be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. All brand and product names mentioned in this publication are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective companies. (c) 1991 Michael W. Crosson. All rights reserved. W E L C O M E Welcome to the second edition of Carrier Detect - The Bimonthly PC Communications Journal. I am very happy to report that the first issue was a huge success! Wherever I uploaded the Journal it proved to be a very popular file. Even more encouraging, Carrier Detect spread like wildfire to systems all over the country where it was also eagerly received! Many thanks to all the people and sysops who helped to distribute the first issue. Without your support Carrier Detect would never have gotten off to the great start that it has. I would also like to thank everyone who has contacted me. Keep those letters coming! All of your comments are appreciated and welcome. I want to provide the PC users with the best Telecommunications Journal anywhere and to do so I need your feedback. Many of the letters I received were enthusiastic about the content of Carrier Detect but suggested that I pay more attention to spelling and grammar. For the record, I did use a spelling checker with the first issue. In fact, I changed word processing programs near the end of the issue so it passed through two of the beasts! Apparently, this method of proofreading is not reliable and from this point on I will make a special effort to stamp out all errors before I distribute the journal. To those of you who trust in these electronic dictionaries like I did - Beware! Besides being the first issue that is proofread by RightWriter, this edition is also the first to contain articles that have been submitted to me by readers. I hope that you will enjoy the contribution that these people have made and find the material to be as informative and entertaining as my own articles. Unless otherwise noted, the authors are very familiar with the subject or software they are writing about and you can trust their opinion to be a experienced. If you are interested in writing a piece for Carrier Detect, please contact me by one of ways listed in the Feedback section at the end of this issue. If there are enough quality submissions from readers, there is the possibility of making Carrier Detect a monthly publication! There is one more item of interest this time around. I am pleased to announce there will be a Carrier Detect Reading Door for sysops to install on their bulletin board systems! With this door, callers will be able to select individual articles to peruse while online. The reasons a caller might want to do this are numerous, but perhaps the most useful would be to help decide whether or not to start downloading a large software package. The door will be distributed FREE of charge and will work with most major BBS systems. Chances are by the time you read this Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 2 the Reader Door is completed and available on the Carrier Detect Home BBS or GEnie. For more information on how to contact the Carrier Detect Home BBS read the feedback section at the end of this issue. Sincerely, Michael Crosson Editor P R O D U C T E V A L U A T I O N S Each month Carrier Detect contains several product evaluations. Most of these will be software reviews but from time to time hardware will be discussed as well. The opinions expressed in Carrier Detect are solely my own or the respective author of the article. Carrier Detect strives to be as objective as possible when evaluating software. Judgments to suitability are made with the "typical" modem enthusiast in mind and are not geared toward the complete novice nor the power user. Exceptions to this are noted as such in the article. * Telemate V2.12 Review by Thomas O'Hara Pros: Multitasking capabilities Multiple window environment Built in text editor Shareware with an attractive price Cons: High memory requirements Transfers prone to errors if multitasking Technical support by BBS only There are many GOOD telecommunications packages available these days. ProComm Plus, HyperACCESS/5, Commo and Z Comm are just a few of the choices facing the consumer. All of these packages have supporters and detractors. And for each BBS user, there probably is an ideally matched Comm program, one that fits your particular needs. I chose, as my best match, a program called TeleMate. No, I don't believe the author spells the name that way, but I do, since it is nearly a perfect mate to my needs. What drew me to it and away from the others, such as Q-Modem, Telix, and Boyan, was that it allowed me continue working with my computer while I was Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 3 transferring files. My favorite use of a BBS is as a file transfer point. Many other users probably look at BBSes as places for carrying on remote conversations in the message bases. I prefer to read the message bases as soon as I log on to a board. Then I go directly to the file sections. For my use, TeleMate is the perfect communications package. My normal approach to a board with good message bases is to read them non-stop. Though I only have a 2400 bps modem, this is far too fast, so obviously I am not really reading the bases. However, TeleMate faithfully stores everything that scrolls past my eyes in the "back" window, so I haven't lost anything. You may ask, "What is a back window?" And to that I would have to say just ONE of the great features in TeleMate. We should take a closer look at the program. TeleMate, like many recent communication packages, has a set of internal transfer protocols that include at least one of the new, high speed streaming ones. In the case of Telemate, it is Z Modem. Also, like other progressive programs, it allows easy access to a set of external protocols. The difference is that if the protocol is internal, the program retains control of the computer. Everything the program needs to perform the transfer is built into the term. When the protocol is external, the transfer is handled by a separate program dedicated to this purpose. The Term program must transfer control of the computer to the protocol for the duration of the transfer, usually by shelling to DOS. When using external protocols, TeleMate is no better or no worse than any other. However, since Z Modem, a reliable and popular protocol is internal, TeleMate often proves to be more convenient and easier to use than its rivals. Among its many attributes, TeleMate has a set of windows that allow the user to do lightweight multitask- ing. I mentioned the back window already. What this window does is keep a "memory image" of everything that has scrolled through the terminal window since the program was first started. The number of lines that is retained in this "memory image" is configurable, and, in my case, is set for 2000 lines. This is how I am able to scroll through the messages and respond to those that I would like to before I log off. TeleMate has other windows too! In addition to the "back" window, there is, of course, the terminal window. The terminal window is where you work while you are actively on a board. A third window, is called the "view" window. With this window, you can browse through any text file, including file lists, and *.doc files. Yet another window, the "edit" window, is what makes TeleMate so useful to me. Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 4 With the edit window I can compose a response to a message that I am reading in the back window. And since I can use "cut and paste" from either the view window or back window to the edit window, I am able to "quote" from messages without having to use the BBS's quote feature (if it has one at all). The effect is similar to responding to messages off line. In addition, you can draw information from the view window as well, allowing you to "quote" material from a *.doc file or file list. All of this while a file transfer is taking place. Any of the windows can be resized and repositioned to whatever arrangement is most pleasing to you. One possibility is to have a small window opening into the "back" window, and have another small window where you are working - perhaps writing a response to a message visible in the reduced sized "back"window. So how do the "messages" get from the edit window to the BBS? It's simple really. After you are done with your transfers, you go back to the message base that you wish to post on. Once you have logged to the base, you either go to the message you wanted to answer, or just post to the person. Either way, once have the base ready to receive your post, you go to the "edit" window, and mark the text for copying. Then you switch back to the terminal window, and paste the copy to the message base. It will go out through the terminal as if you were typing it, only much faster. And, since you write your message while the system is performing a file transfer, you can take your time and even check your spelling - with a bound dictionary, of course, not from within TeleMate. It has a good word processor built in, but no provision for a spell checker. Nor can one be run as a TSR, since TeleMate takes up nearly all available memory - it requires at least 500K to run properly. However TeleMate can swap itself to disk, EMS, XMS, or to unused RAM on the video card to free up a larger amount of free memory when it shells. As with all modern comm programs, TeleMate comes with a script language that makes it easy to log onto boards unattended. I have never used the script capabilities of the program since I don't like to leave the computer running unattended. As a result, I cannot comment on how good the script language is compared to its contem- poraries. Rest assured though that Telemate does include what seems to be a robust script language and an easy to use script learn function to learn log on sequences. With the upgrade from V1.20 to 2.00 and beyond, the program started using overlays, which means that all its functions are not in memory at the same time. To this end, the program has been downgraded, not upgraded. Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 5 Telemate incorporates its own multi-tasking kernel and when portions of the program are swapped in and out, the program must cease all data transfer at this time. Since I am not privy to the best time to decide when to use a different TeleMate function, I may make the switch near the end of a block of data being transferred. This would cause the program to suspend receiving, cause an error, and force the block to be resent. With a Z Modem transfer, that could be a 1K block, adding a considerable amount to the transfer time if this occurs frequently. In many ways version 1.20 may have been the best, since it was the last version not to use overlays. There are some who claim that TeleMate has problems running on slower machines. I have found that TeleMate WILL run on an XT. In fact, if it didn't, I would not have been using it for all this time. If you prefer to do something - ANYTHING! - while doing a file transfer, TeleMate may be the ticket. You can write the "great American novel" while downloading the latest copy of List. Of course, you can do this with many others, but if you own an XT, your choices are limited. Most people can get the same effect using a multi-tasking environment such as DesqView. They can run a small communications program in one window and work on something else in the other. Commo comes to mind as perfect for this. However, if you are running on an XT, performance may become so sluggish that you may wonder if you are running at all! Which is why TeleMate works for me. It performs all the functions I need and does it without the heavy degradation of performance that you get in a true multitasking environment. I highly recommend that anyone interested in pseudo-multitasking give TeleMate a trial. It is big, a RAM hog and a trifle slow, but it may keep you happy while you are doing file transfers. Telemate is available as shareware and I was so pleased with it when I first saw it a few years back that I registered it and haven't looked back. If there is something about TeleMate that I might be able to help you with, please leave a message for me at the home board for this journal. If I can help, the information will be posted as quickly as possible. P R O T O C O L P R O W L Protocol Prowl is the place to look to keep up with the latest protocols that hit the streets. In this issue Super Z Modem by Scott Baker is reviewed. * Super Z Modem Version 1.44 Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 6 Reviewed by Michael Crosson Z Modem is fast becoming the protocol of choice for most people when it is available for use. If one was to imagine what the perfect protocol might be, Z Modem might come pretty close. It is fast, tolerant of poor commun- ication conditions, and best of all, ultra reliable. Many communication programs and BBS programs now have Z modem built in and those that don't are scrambling to add it in a future upgrade. While the number of communications programs that do not incorporate Z Modem internal is shrinking, by no means does everyone enjoy this luxury. In fact, there are quite a few popular communication programs that do not support Z Modem internal including: Bitcom, Boyan, Commo, Crosstalk XVI, MicroPhone, Relay Gold and SmartComm III. And for BBS software, having an internal implementation of Z Modem is more the exception rather than the rule. Of the major BBS packages only Quick, Remote Access, and Wildcat! contain this feature. For those that do require an external Z Modem protocol driver, there have been few choices traditionally. The large majority of people installed DSZ by Omen Technology. DSZ has proven to be the absolute best all around protocol - bar none. The communication routines in DSZ are as rock solid as external protocols come and if that was all people wanted in a protocol this review would end now. However, I believe that there are times when people *do* want more out of their transfer protocol. While DSZ is admittedly the most reliable and technically excellent, I also think it is one of the most pedestrian and utili- tarian protocols at the same time. In contrast, Super Z Modem is an attempt at creating what is perhaps the most ambitious protocol engine ever. It contains the same reliable 32-bit CRC Z modem routines that other Z modems use but the philosophy behind the design is completely different. Super Z Modem was designed around the idea that you should be able to do other useful things with your computer while a transfer is taking place. To this end Scott Baker has added chat capability, single and multi-player games, and a simulated DOS environment that can be used while the transfer is in progress. As such, Super Z Modem has become the "Veg-A-Matic" of protocols. Installation of Super Z Modem (or SZ Modem for short) is a straight-forward process for those that have installed external protocols in the past. A program called SZconfig is included to make the installation even easier. SZconfig creates a default settings configuration file that stores port, baud, modem, and directory information so the actual command line to call Super Z Modem is as simple as possible. Any of these defaults can Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 7 be overridden on the command line transfer time. Scott Baker also thoughtfully made the command line parameters as similar as possible to DSZ's, making the most vital settings instantly familiar to thousands of users. Many advanced options can be specified on the command line including: packet compression, a "turbo" mode, hardware handshaking, long transfer blocks, EGA/VGA video mode, no paging and more. So after you get this new package configured and installed on your system, how useful is it? To judge the practicality of SZ Modem, we have to consider two criteria, the performance of the protocol in the actual transfer of files and the value of the enhancements that Scott Baker added. Let's discuss the performance of Super Z Modem first since the package would be of little use to anyone regardless of the quality or quantity of enhancements if the engine did not transmit files in an acceptable fashion. Fortunately, I was pleasantly surprised at SZ Modem's performance in handling file transfers. After several months of use, (and several version later), I can feel confident that SZ Modem is a reliable and efficient implementation of the Z modem protocol. In my testing I tried SZ Modem in a wide variety of situations and installed it on several different BBS systems. I used it at bauds rates from 1200 to 9600, with and without a locked comm port. In most cases the latest version of Super Z Modem worked as it should and with a minimum of fuss. I tested Super Z Modem transfers with a variety of Z Modem drivers without compatibility problems. The protocol drivers I tested it with included DSZ, PCZ, and the internal Z Modem options in Crosstalk Mk4 V2.0 and HyperAccess 5 V2.0. The one area that SZ Modem does have intermittent trouble relates to a Timeout problem. This was especially true when I attempted to use the protocol over PC Pursuit, a networked outdial system. In this instance, SZ Modem worked fine until it needed to retransmit a packet that was not sent properly. At this point the protocol unsuccessfully attempts to restart the transfer or else just sits there idle until it "Times Out." I understand that the author is aware of this problem and is working on a solution. This mysterious glitch aside, the protocol otherwise achieves excellent results. In fact, my transfer speeds were compatible to DSZ! File Compression can boost the already excellent throughput even higher on files that are not archived. Reliability of transfers is on par with other Z Modems as Super Z uses the same CRC-32 error checking as others. And finally, SZ Modem's resume feature, auto-DU, and "turbo" modes all work exactly as promised. Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 8 Now that we've discussed the technical side of SZ Modem, we can turn our attention to the goodies it offers that may persuade you to use it, rather than your normal Z Modem. The three major means Super Z Modem contains to detract your attention from passively watching a file transfer progress screen are Chat, Simulated DOS, and Games. Chat allows you to carry on a conversation with the user on the other side of the connection while the transfer is taking place. The chat facility in SZ Modem is rather basic however. In SZ Modem, the top third of the screen is devoted to transfer information. When you call up the chat function, the bottom two-thirds are split in half into a local and remote conversation window. This split screen design makes it easy to keep track of the conversation. Some characteristics of this chat are slightly troublesome and could stand some improvement. The inward flow of characters as they appear on your local screen is very choppy. So, sentences sent from the remote computer do not usually appear on the screen smoothly as they are typed, instead they are sent in bursts. This does not really detract from the usefulness of the Chat enhancement though, and if you find yourself chatting to the sysop often you probably will find this feature to be wonderful. Please note that this feature requires the use of Super Z Modem on both sides of the connection. Several games are built into the SZ Modem protocol engine including, Blackjack, Four In A row, Guess A Number and a Trivia Quiz. While including games in a protocol engine is novel, the actual implementation here is disappointing. Most of these games could be hugely improved with making better use of graphics. In this release there really are no graphics to speak of! Blackjack probably has the most potential for long term interest but currently it would fascinate only the most die-hard blackjack fan. Hopefully in the future Scott Baker will revamp the game section entirely or else scrap this part of the project. With users increasingly spoiled by games with VGA graphics and Sound Blaster support it is getting harder to entertain the masses. Finally we come to what I consider the most useful feature that SZ Modem offers, access to DOS commands in a simulated DOS window. Some of the DOS commands available are copy, erase, zipview, dir, browse, debug, and zipview. There is online help for each command simply by typing "Help" and then the command you want help on. The routines incorporated in these DOS commands are careful not to step on the transfer in progress and generally do not cause errors in the transfer when using them. Of course if you are doing something very disk intensive, Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 9 (such as copying a huge file), it is impossible to prevent all errors and some packets may have to be resent. The command line implementation of these DOS functions is excellent and if not for the smaller display space and blue background, you could forget you are even in a simulated DOS! All kinds of long and obscure DOS command line conventions are accepted with no need for modifi- cation. Not every DOS command is implemented however and SimDos could be made stronger with more commands in its toolbox. An Archive Viewer that supported archives other than ZIP, Move command, Format command (limited to floppies), Whereis command, Tree command, and Command Line Editor and History are some examples. A Zoom mode would also be welcome. At times the DOS window is too small to see everything unless you are using Super Z Modem in it's EGA/VGA line mode. Is Super Z Modem a contender in the neverending battle of the protocols? The answer is an unqualified yes. SZ Modem is a fast and safe choice to transfer files from one PC to another. Is Super Z Modem for you then? Well, the answer to this one is maybe. Some people are adventurous and like bells and whistles, and if you one of these kinds of modem fanatics then SZ Modem is a dream come true. On the other hand, other people may be happier using conventional Z modem. I think the largest group of people that will adopt SZ Modem are those that are happy with their current communications package and do not want to get involved in Desqview or Windows. For this group of people it makes what is often thought of as a tedious task more fun. The chat feature especially can help to take the drudgery out of long transfers. Productivity can increase when using the program too. I've found that the browse command is perfect for reading the documentation of newly downloaded shareware. Finally one last benefit that everyone can appreciate is that Super Z Modem could help reduce your phone bill. If you call out to long distance BBS systems for files but frequently find yourself chatting away with the sysop at all hours of the night - get this program today! S N E A K P R E V I E W Occasionally Carrier Detect will describe forthcoming releases of popular software. Often this information is difficult to obtain because software publishers can be reluctant to reveal the direction of their products. However, future enhancements should be of great interest to the end users running the software. It can help determine whether or not a program will continue to meet an individual's needs in the future or if the upgrade will address a deficiency that the owner has perceived. In Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 10 short, it can heighten anticipation or alert someone it is time to go shopping. Please remember that products in a testing stage are likely to change. The public release of the software may or may not be similar to what is described below. * Quick BBS V2.75 (soon to be released) Reviewed by Secret Sysop PROS: Very flexible bulletin board FidoNet compatible (with front end mailer) Large amount of third party software Now Multi-Node capable Built-in Call Back Verification CONS: Initial installation difficult Hard coded commands throughout message area File system is still done with ASCII files. Poor external protocol support I have been a registered user of QuickBBS since version 1.64. This was back in the days when the original author, Adam Hudson, was still developing it. I am also a beta tester for V2.75. Amazingly, though much has been added with each new version, QuickBBS has remained true to it's name. It is still the fastest operating BBS package I have ever used. I am always interested in trying new BBS software and have yet to come across a better func- tioning program for electronic communication. What follows is simply the new features found in the upcoming release of version 2.75, currently in beta testing. If you have never run QuickBBS some of the following may seem difficult to follow. However, I hope that it peaks your curiosity enough to take a close look at QuickBBS if you are thinking of starting a BBS. Most of what follows are excerpts from beta site documentation. Since the program is still in testing, any of the following information could change before the actual release. NEW FEATURES OF QUICKBBS V2.75 As mentioned above, this version is multi-node capable. Some of the added commands that go along with this feature are: * Type 52 - Show users currently on line. * Type 53 - Toggle "do not disturb" flag. * Type 54 - Send on-line message to other node. Alt-C is now an internal split-screen chat. Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 11 Type 60 - An internal callback verifier has been added. The local status bar has been enhanced and now includes 4 screens. Internal file ratio support has been added. The format of the nodelist files has changed completely making for a much smaller file. This also speeds up the search for a node in the nodelist when sending NetMail. QuickBBS now swaps itself out to disk or EMS on a shell and when loading the full screen editor. Shell commands can now be performed from a text file. Type 57 - Change home/voice telephone number. Type 58 - Change business/data telephone number. The "EXITINFO" file is now reloaded after a shell.(Type 7) Passwords are now case insensitive. Entering a null password to get back to the user name prompt works only in local mode. OUTRATIO.A??" files are displayed when a users ratio is out of balance. Auto-ANSI detect. (Automatically detects if the remote system is capable of displaying ANSI codes). New control codes have been added to the text files. * ^F2 will display the current setting for the "do not disturb" flag. * ^F3 will display the user's download ratio. * ^F4 will display the user's download K ratio. * ^KW will display the node number, as determined by the -N parameter when you fire up QuickBBS as a multi-node system. The capability to change the destination or subject of a message has been completely revamped. Type 42 - Alias support has been added. This menu type allows the users to pick one "registered" alias each. Once a user picks an alias, nobody else on the system Is allowed to use it until it's owner decides to start using a different one. Any mail addressed to an alias will be picked up on a new mail scan in addition to Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 12 mail addressed to the user's real name. The alias may be used to log onto the system instead of the user's real name. A different message can be displayed at logon for each node in a multi-node system by making a "NODExx.A??" file. Point support has been added in the netmail section. * ^F5 - in a text file now displays the user's alias. Message base "Templating" * ^KY - Displays name of currently selected message area. * ^KO - Displays the number of messages in the currently selected message area. * ^KO - Displays the number of the currently selected message base. Overlay Version is available and uses only 185k of RAM. Type 44 - Prompts users for their Birthday and Sex. * ^F6 - Displays the users age. * ^F7 - Displays "BIRTHDAY.A??" if the caller happens to call on their birthday. Questionnaire language now has IF statements with ELSE capability. An all new User Editor with mouse support has been created. A new Configuration Editor is planned also. It too supports a mouse. Questionnaire language has a command that makes a log entry. ALT-E pops up an edit screen for editing the user record of the user currently on-line. Type 59 - will update your last message read pointer as if you had logged off the system and then logged back on. The "Barefoot" version will now send an ATA to the modem for answering the RING. No more need for setting the modem to auto-answer. That wraps up the new features of V2.75 so far. As you can see, the authors are working hard to offer their users the types of features they have requested. QuickBBS Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 13 is no slouch. It is as powerful as any commercial BBS package on the market that I am aware of. In many respects QBBS is also easier to use than several that I have looked at. Future versions of QuickBBS will deal with the problems that I mentioned at the start of this article in the CONS section. As BBS software becomes more sophisticated and the number of large systems continues to grow, the need to revamp QuickBBS's file handling and message handling is increasingly important. If the development patterns of the past are any indication, I feel certain that these deficiencies will be addressed soon by the QuickBBS development group. The current release version of QuickBBS is V2.66 and can be found many bulletin boards. If you are looking for a BBS that you can be as creative with as you want then take a good hard look at QuickBBS. It can look like any BBS package, but more importantly, it can look like no other BBS package. With this software I can have a BBS that is unique. For me this is the single most important selling feature of the system. Please remember, QuickBBS is not a free program. It is distributed as shareware. If you like it and use it, you should pay for it. B O N U S F I L E S In each issue of Carrier Detect you will find some accompanying files within the ZIP archive. The files will usually be related to the products discussed in the current issue. Hopefully the files will find a niche in your telecommunications toolbox and make your day more productive, easier or fun! For this edition I've included an alternate Trivia File for Super Z Modem that will please music fans. The file contains roughly 150 trivia questions, all dealing with rock or pop music! These are original questions that have never been seen anywhere else. Billboard Magazine was the source for all chart information. To use this trivia file instead of the standard one distributed with Super Z Modem, simply copy the file SZMODEM.TRV found in this ZIP over the old one. To test your Pop Music I.Q. install Super Z Modem in your communications package as described in the SZ Modem documentation. Then call your favorite BBS that supports any kind of Z Modem transfer. Start a Z Modem upload or Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 14 download and fire up Super Z on your side of the connection. Press (F8) for "GAME" and then (4) for "Trivia Master". The first question should be visible! If SZ Modem reports that SZMODEM.TRV could not be found change to that directory before starting the transfer and try again. F E E D B A C K I am interested in getting as much feedback as possible regarding Carrier Detect and welcome suggestions or any other comments you may have. If you are a software publisher or shareware author and would like to submit your program for possible inclusion in future issues you are welcome to do so. Finally, if you are interested in writing an article or review please let me know! To make it as easy as possible to reach me I have set up a NEW Bulletin Board System that is based in my home. The BBS listed in the first issue is no longer affiliated with Carrier Detect as it was not practical to support the journal and its readers at the level I wanted to with a remote system. In addition I have purchased an Intel 9600EX V.32/.42 Modem and an 2nd 40 Meg Hard Drive dedicated to the BBS. I would really like to be able to offer callers 100 Megs of files but have spent my BBS budget already. If anyone who finds this Journal valuable would like to support my efforts and send me a donation I will start a fund that will be put toward the purchase of a larger Hard Drive. Then you could be assured of getting the file you need on your first call without delay or inconvenience. Carrier Detect Home BBS: Call Today and Download the Carrier Detect Reader Door! Symmetry BBS (602) 296-2248 1200/2400/9600 V.32/.42 bauds supported 24 Hours a Day (unless I am programming!) First Call Access to all Telecommunications and BBS Files Sysop: Michael Crosson Home Mailing Address: 640 Avenida Princesa, Tucson, AZ 85748 I can also be reached on GEnie as (M.CROSSON) - since Electronic Mail is covered under GEnie's flat rate *Basic Services this is the cheapest way to contact me (provided you do have a GEnie account). Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 15 P R O D U C T I N F O R M A T I O N Following is product information for the products reviewed in this issue of Carrier Detect. If you are interested in purchasing or evaluating any of the products please note the publisher's address listed below. In addition, all shareware programs featured in Carrier Detect will be made available to first time callers the Carrier Detect Home BBS: Symmetry BBS - Tucson, Arizona, (602) 296-2248 1200/2400/9600 V.32/.42 supported, 24 hours a day. All communications files are available to first time callers! TELEMATE distributed as shareware version 2.11 (latest at time of distribution) cost - $40 registration fee published by - Tsung Hu, Post Office Box 938, Unit 105, St Catharines, Ontario, L2R 6Z4 Canada, (416) 682-2342 (fax). Available for download on GEnie as files 18762,18763,18764 SUPER Z MODEM distributed as shareware version 1.44 (latest at time of distribution) cost - $25 registration fee published by - Scott Baker, 6431 Tierra Catalina #48, Tucson, AZ, 85718. The Not Yet Named BBS (602) 577-3650 (node 1) 1200/2400/9600 V.32/.42 (602) 577-3419 (node 2) 1200/2400/9600 Dual, V.32BIS Available for download on GEnie as file 23478 QUICKBBS distributed as shareware version 2.66 (latest at time of distribution) cost - $45 registration fee published by - Steve Gabrilowitz and Richard Creighton P.O. Box 678255, Orlando, FL, 32867 Support BBS (407) 380-1701 Available for download on GEnie as files 3494,3496 Carrier Detect - July 1991 - page 16