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- Dedicated to the memories of Fred Horner
- Rest In Peace my friend
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- INTRODUCTION
- About Communiqué...............................................7
- Features List..................................................8
- Copyright and Licensing.......................................11
- International Support Sites...................................13
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- CHAPTER 1: Getting Started
- Computer Requirements.........................................19
- Multitasker Support...........................................19
- Installing Communiqué.........................................19
- Commandline Options...........................................21
- DOS Environment Variables.....................................22
- The Modem Utility.............................................23
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- CHAPTER 2: The Work Screen and Main Menu
- The Work Screen...............................................24
- Using the Mouse...............................................25
- Whats on the Status Bar.......................................26
- Selecting a Status Bar........................................27
- The ALTERNATE Status Bar......................................27
- Help........................................................28
- Memo........................................................28
- IEMSI.......................................................28
- Editor......................................................28
- Host........................................................28
- File Manager................................................28
- The Main Menu.................................................29
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- CHAPTER 3: The Communiqué Pull Down Menu
- About.........................................................29
- License.......................................................29
- Register......................................................30
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- CHAPTER 4: The File Pull Down Menu
- Upload........................................................31
- Download......................................................32
- Transfer protocols..........................................33
- Selecting a protocol........................................35
- External protocols..........................................35
- Load Macros...................................................35
- Save Macros...................................................35
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- Load Script...................................................36
- DOS Shell.....................................................36
- Quit..........................................................36
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- CHAPTER 5: The Modem Pull Down Menu
- BaudRate......................................................38
- Data Bits.....................................................38
- Stop Bits.....................................................38
- Parity........................................................38
- Com Port......................................................39
- Emulation.....................................................39
- Lock BaudRate.................................................40
- Word Wrap.....................................................40
- Line Feeds....................................................40
- Local Echo....................................................40
- Translation...................................................41
- Auto ZModem...................................................41
- Avatar........................................................41
- IEMSI.........................................................41
- IEMSI Profile.................................................42
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- CHAPTER 6: The Utilities Pull Down Menu
- Capture.......................................................44
- Printer.......................................................44
- Dial..........................................................44
- Disconnect....................................................45
- Chat Mode.....................................................45
- Scroll Buffer.................................................45
- Clear Screen..................................................46
- Usage Log.....................................................46
- Timers........................................................46
- Send Break....................................................46
- Type Ahead....................................................47
- Status Bar....................................................47
- Keyboard Lock.................................................47
- Image Dump....................................................47
- Raw Mode......................................................48
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- CHAPTER 7: The Setup Pull Down Menu
- Paths and Filenames...........................................50
- Modem and Dialling............................................52
- Advanced Settings...........................................54
- Facsimile Settings..........................................55
- Screen and Colour.............................................56
- Default Settings..............................................57
- General Options...............................................59
- Printer Options...............................................63
- IEMSI Profiles................................................63
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- Users Security................................................66
- File Protocols................................................66
- Internal Protocols..........................................66
- External Protocols..........................................67
- External Protocol Metacommands............................67
- Keyboard Macros...............................................68
- Translation Tables............................................69
- Communication Ports...........................................70
- Save Configuration............................................70
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- Manual........................................................71
- Edit..........................................................72
- View..........................................................73
- Print.........................................................73
- Add...........................................................74
- Clear.........................................................74
- Goto..........................................................74
- Find..........................................................74
- New...........................................................74
- Tag Page......................................................75
- Untag Page....................................................75
- Dial Tagged Entries...........................................75
- Load New Directory............................................75
- History.......................................................75
- Import Directory..............................................75
- Request Files.................................................75
- Voice Calls...................................................75
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- APPENDIX A: Communiqué Quick Command Reference...................78
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- APPENDIX B: Communiqué Trouble Shooting Guide....................80
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- APPENDIX C: IBM PC ASCII Character Set...........................81
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- APPENDIX D: Standard RS-232 Cable Wiring.........................85
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- Communiqué was first released onto the market in January 1992. It was
- the first terminal package to support two of the newest standards,
- AVATAR and IEMSI. And even now Communiqué continues to be a leader,
- supporting even newer standards and helping develop more standards to
- make the world of computer communications more accessible to every
- person.
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- Communiqué is the product a lot of work, a culmination of a lot of
- ideas and ideals, and just plain simple, old-fashioned, hard work. It
- took me a long time to actually design the finished menu structure, a
- lot of coding and re-coding to try different ideas, but eventually I
- got it right. I always knew from the beginning how the menu structure
- should look like, that it should have a pop up menu bar with pull
- down menus, something that was very friendly to the user, with help
- on each item, and something that was quite aesthetic to look at.
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- Communiqué is currently being developed in Luxembourg where I am
- living and working full time on this program and others. I have set
- up Wandoo Valley Software in Europe as well as Australia and will be
- developing and supporting Communiqué from Europe, with the help of my
- support and sales site around the world.
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- As for now I would like to say thank you to the following people, all
- of this would not have happened without the kind and unselfish help
- from these people (and this is in no particular order):
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- Anne Thogersen, Andrew Milner, Fred Horner, Ezra van Dort, Steve
- Richardson, Franz Muller, Gerard van der Land, Terry Harvey, Barry
- Phillips, Adrian Pop, Nick Parker, John Barton, Andrew Russell, Peter
- Janssens, Frank Altenburg, Teo Chee Kian, John Ellin, Mark Kerr, Leo
- Habers, Luc Engelmann, John Richardson, Gary Smith, Joaquim Hernberg,
- Rudy Labordus, Mick Howland, Paul Fournel, Scott's Bar and Pub
- (Luxembourg) and everyone there, BrainStart Bv. Netherlands, Portacom
- (Western Australia), my family, and lastly, but DEFINITELY NOT least,
- all my beta testers and support sites. Thanks a lot everyone.
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- I hope you enjoy using Communiqué as it has been designed as a
- professional yet easy to use and aesthetic terminal package.
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- Best Regards
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- Adam Blake
- Wandoo Valley Software
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- The following is a small list detailing what you can expect from
- Communiqué. It is by no means comprehensive and complete but it will
- give you an idea of the sort of features that Communiqué packs, there
- are a lot more and we hope you will enjoy using Communiqué.
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- o Pop up and pull down menus - The main menu is not displayed
- until you press a command key, the main menu pops up with all
- other menus being pull down
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- o Infinite dialling directory size - The size of the telephone
- directory is unlimited, you can add as many entries as you wish
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- o Built in Dialling Directory import from other terminal packages
- Dialling Directories, including Procomm, Procomm Plus, Qmodem,
- Telix and Telemate.
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- o Full IEMSI support - Communiqué supports IEMSI, Interactive
- Electronic Mail Standards Identification, for fast, automatic,
- logons to computer systems supporting this protocol
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- o Define up to 10 IEMSI profiles for use with logging-on,
- selectable in each dialling directory entry
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- o A comprehensive File Manager, including such features as copy,
- delete, edit, view, tag, archive list, uploads, GIF information
- etc...
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- o Fully multitasker aware with time-slicing for DesqView, TopView,
- PC-Mos, TopView, MS Windows, OS/2 and DoubleDOS
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- o FidoNet Nodelist support allowing the importing of information
- from the FidoNet Nodelist into the Dialling Directory
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- o IEMSI File Requests for fully auto file transfers with BBS
- systems using the IEMSI standard (suitable systems only)
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- o Full mouse support throughout with ONLINE mouse support
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- o Full AVATAR 0+ terminal specification support
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- o TTY/ANSI/VT52/VT102/AVATAR terminal support
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- o Support for the de-facto ANSI-Music standard
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- o XModem/XModem 1k/Xmodem 1kG/YModem/YModem G/ZModem protocols
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- o Zmodem auto-download and auto-upload supported
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- o Zmodem 8k block transfers available when connected to suitable
- systems (RemoteAccess)
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- o Online help context sensitive help available in more complex
- areas by pressing F1, different language help files are also
- available
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- o Built Memo Function - A mini editor that can optionally be
- displayed automatically on startup
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- o Support for fax modems - When a fax connects to your modem
- Communiqué will automatically run your fax software
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- o Modem install program to install over 50 different brands and
- models of modems
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- o Overlays - Communiqué is now completely overlaid, supporting XMS
- and EMS memory, variable overlay buffer size and the overlay
- probation reprieval system
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- o Type Ahead Buffer - Type ahead whilst still receiving data from
- the remote system
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- o DOS Shell with full screen or in windows with EMS/Disk shell
- swapping options
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- o Pick lists for all prompts asking for a filename to load or
- send, ie. for file transfers or load keyboard macros
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- o Support for reading CompuServe GIF format graphics files
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- o Large Scroll Back Buffer with cut and paste facilities
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- o Built-in keyboard macros with shell and execute functions
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- o Full IBM ASCII translation tables for inbound and outbound
- characters
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- o Auto-save or prompting after changing the setup
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- o Auto capture for IEMSI chat mode
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- o Verbose usage log for call control
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- o Dialling directory tagging and queue dialling
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- o International dialling code support
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- o Supports speeds up to 115200 baud
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- o Supports 4 fully configurable com ports
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- o Supports the NS16550 series UART FIFOs
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- o Full auto-detection of multi-tasker in use
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- o Slots for up to 10 external file transfer protocols
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- o Definable auto-download string for each external protocol to
- automatically start external protocols
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- o Selectable status lines
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- o Optional modem LEDs on the status line
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- o An Online Timer and 4 Time Alarms
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- o Online warning after x minutes with the Online Timer
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- o Keyboard and startup password lock for security
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- o Split screen or full screen chat, automatic when using IEMSI
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- o Raw keyboard mode support for programs such as DOORWAY
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- o Auto-detection of screen write method required: DOS or Direct
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- o Screen saver, hold timer and exit timer - Each of these timers
- are set off after a set period of inactivity
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- o Help available on the status line throughout.
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- This is Wandoo Valley Software's simple no-nonsense license
- agreement. Please read this agreement whether you have purchased
- Communiqué or are considering doing so.
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- Communiqué is copyright by Wandoo Valley Software Corporation and
- Adam Blake. Communiqué is freely copyable and may be distributed in
- it's original archive freely. Any attempts to change the contents of
- any files within the archive will be considered a breech of
- copyright.
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- Neither Adam Blake, nor Wandoo Valley Software or any of its
- distributors, may be held liable for any damage caused by the use of
- Communiqué. Although, the software has been thoroughly tested against
- such an occurrence, it is not guaranteed that damage will not be
- caused, for the variety of independent events which may effect any
- software guarantee.
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- You are licensed to use Communiqué freely for up to twenty one (21)
- days. After this period, if you wish to continue using Communiqué,
- you are obliged to purchase Communiqué at one of the support sites
- listed below, or remove your copy from your computer system. After
- purchase you will be issued with a personal serial number, this
- serial number is your proof of purchase. Your registered version of
- Communiqué may be used on one computer with one copy and/or by one
- person. If you have a registered version of Communiqué on multiple
- computers it may only be used by ONE person, each individual must
- register his/her own version.
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- Communiqué multiple licenses are available. These versions may be
- customised for Commercial or OEM companies and come in a variety of
- formats. For more information on multiple site or OEM licenses please
- contact one of the dealers listed on the next page.
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- The following products and names mentioned in this manual are the
- copyrighted material and or trademarks of their creators and
- respective companies:
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- Communiqué Adam Blake & Wandoo Valley Software
- RemoteAccess Andrew Milner & Continental Software
- QuickBBS Pegasus Software Inc.
- EMSI and IEMSI Joaquim Homrighausen and
- Advanced Engineering
- MS-DOS MicroSoft Inc.
- PC-DOS IBM Inc.
- GSZ, DSZ,
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- Z-Modem Chuck Forsberg and Omen Technology
- Doorway Marshall Dudley
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- All other trademarks are the copyrighted trademarks of their
- respective holders.
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- (c) Copyright 1993 Wandoo Valley Software Corporation and Adam Blake
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- Communiqué has a network of international support sites for you to
- contact if you are having problems. This service is for registered
- and unregistered users alike, though our registered users will
- receive priority support over non-registered users as they are the
- people who have helped make this product. If you have not yet
- registered you may do so at one of the sites titled "Sales/Support"
- below. A more complete list of worldwide support sites is enclosed in
- the Communiqué distribution archive file, entitled SUPPORT.BBS.
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- "Communiqué Sales/Support"
- TopSoft Software
- Attn: Steve Richardson
- 3503 Trail Ridge Road
- Louisville, Kentucky 40241
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- BBS: TopSoft Support BBS
- Telephone: +1-502-425-9942 @FidoNet 1:2320/4 (v32b)
- Telephone: +1-502-425-9941 @FidoNet 1:2320/5 (HST)
- FAX: +1-502-339-1875
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- Attn: Mike Poston
- 419 West 63rd Street
- Kansas City, Missouri 64113
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- BBS: The Sounding Board BBS
- Telephone: +1-816-361-9294 @FidoNet 1:280/32 (v32b)
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- Andrew Leary
- 19 Oak Drive
- North Stonington, CT 06359
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- BBS: Bits & Bytes BBS
- Telephone: +1-203-535-4284 @FidoNet 1:320/119 (v32b)
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- "Communiqué Support"
- Dynamic Computer Sales and Services Inc.
- Attn: Anthony Fazeo
- P.O. Box 462
- Bergenfield, New Jersey 07621
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- BBS: Trilogy On-line Services
- Telephone +1-201-439-1555
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- "Communiqué Sales/Support"
- The Eagles
- Attn: Terry Harvey
- P.O. Box 593
- Burwood, NSW 2134
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- BBS: Telephone: +61-2-745-3190 @FidoNet 3:712/704 (v32b)
- Telephone: +61-2-745-3057 @FidoNet 3:712/707 (v32b)
- Rotary Telephone Line: +61-2-745-3500 (6 lines)
- TEL: +61-2-744-8555 (Voice)
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- CLASSIC Communications Pty Ltd
- Attn: Jolyon Robertson
- P.O. Box 352
- Pymble, NSW 2073
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- BBS: Telephone: +61-2-988-3076 @FidoNet 3:711/425 (v32b)
- TEL: +61-2-988-3077 (Voice)
- FAX: +61-2-988-3076
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- "Communiqué Sales/Support"
- Micro Direct
- Attn: Jerry Arnstein
- Vestingstraat 59
- B-2018 Antwerpen
- Belgium
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- BBS: Telephone: +32-3-225-2818 @FidoNet 2:292/830
- TEL: +32-3-226-8687 (Voice)
- FAX: +32-3-225-1666
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- Altenburg Computer Telecom Und Software
- Attn: Frank Altenburg
- Wickopweg 9
- D-6100 Darmstadt
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- BBS: Telephone: +49-6151-710809 @FidoNet 2:2405/1 (HST)
- Telephone: +49-6151-717069 @FidoNet 2:2405/200 (v32b)
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- "Communiqué Sales/Support"
- Franz Muller
- 2, rue Godchaux
- L-1634 Luxembourg
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- BBS: Telephone: +352-426135 @FidoNet 2:270/10 (HST/v32b)
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- "Communiqué Sales/Support"
- Wandoo Valley Software
- Attn: Adam Blake
- 79, avenue Guillaume
- L-1651 Belair
- Luxembourg
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- BBS: Telephone: +352-252869 @FidoNet 2:270/27 (v32b/v42b)
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- "Communiqué Sales/Support"
- Peter Janssens
- Patersstraat 48
- 5801 AV Venray
- Netherlands
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- BBS: Telephone: +31-4780-12428 @FidoNet 2:512/1 (HST/v32b)
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- "Communiqué Sales/Support"
- Sribana Pte. Ltd.
- Attn: Teo Chee Kian
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- Bukit Merah Central
- P.O. Box 0685
- Singapore 9115
- Republic of Singapore
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- VOICE : +65-270-7771 (3 lines)
- FAX : +65-270-9991
- TELEX : RS 26949 SRIBAN
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- BBS: Telephones: +65-581-7024 @FidoNet 6:600/600 (v32b)
- +65-581-7026 (ZyX/v32b)
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- "Communiqué Sales/Support"
- Airtel RemoteAccess BBS
- Attn: Adrian Pop
- 2 Southview Close
- Copthorne
- West Sussex. RH10 3XU
- United Kingdom
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- BBS: Telephone: +44-342-717800 @Fidonet 2:440/64 (HST)
- Telephone: +44-342-718900 @Fidonet 2:440/201 (HST)
- Telephone: +44-342-714900 @Fidonet 2:440/202 (HST)
- FAX: +44-342-717-639
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- Maranta Systems Ltd.
- Attn: Nick Parker
- 3 The Terrace
- West End Lane
- Essendon
- Herts AL9 6AU
- United Kingdom
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- BBS: Telephone: +44-707-270230 @Fidonet 2:253/165 (HST)
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- "Communiqué Support Northern Ireland"
- Mark Kerr
- 70 Marmont Park
- Belfast
- BT4 2GS
- United Kingdom
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- BBS: Telephone: +44-232-768163 @Fidonet 2:440/59 (HST)
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- Wandoo Valley Software
- Attn: John Blake
- Wandoo Hills
- Clackline 6564
- Western Australia
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- Attn: Adam Blake
- 79, avenue Guillaume
- L-1651 Belair
- Luxembourg
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- FAX: +352-25-2869-8
- BBS: +352-25-2869-9 FidoNet: 2:27/270
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- In this chapter we will look at the computer requirements of
- Communiqué, Communiqué's multitasker support and how to install
- Communiqué. If you have already installed Communiqué you should
- quickly read through this chapter so that you may optimise Communiqué
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- Communiqué was designed with a user friendly interface for ease of
- use that both new computer users and professionals alike will enjoy
- to use, giving simplicity and at the same time many powerful and
- configurable features. This philosophy has not discluded the
- installation procedure for Communiqué, which is just a simple matter
- of running Communiqué and letting it do all the work.
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- the data files it needs, so it will create new ones with it's own
- pre-programmed default settings. So when you run Communiqué for the
- first time a small error window will pop up each time it cannot find
- the setup file it needs, telling you that it is creating a new setup
- file using it's default settings.
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- computer needs to run Communiqué. The requirements are very moderate
- and any 100% IBM compatible computer can run Communiqué.
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- Communiqué supports a wide range of multi-tasking operating systems
- and DOS level mutlitaskers such as DesqView. Communiqué supports
- MicroSoft Windows, IBM's OS/2, PC-MOS/386, DesqView, MultiLink,
- TopView and DoubleDos. When Communiqué is inactive, that is if there
- is no input from the keyboard or from the communications port,
- Communiqué will give a few "slices" of the processors time to other
- tasks that may be running. This happens thousands of times per second
- and you will never notice. Communiqué also uses special routines
- built into the multi-taskers every time it has to pause so that it
- does not hold up the computer. You can turn off multi-tasker support
- in the SETUP/GENERAL menu or you can force Communiqué to work with a
- particular multi-tasker. Communiqué will normally automatically
- detect which operating system or multitasker is in use and switch to
- support that system. For more information refer to the SETUP chapter
- later on in this manual.
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- As mentioned above, the installation process for Communiqué has been
- designed for complete simplicity, the process will take only a few
- minutes from beginning to end.
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- already unpacked the compressed archive file which this came in, so
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- safely run Communiqué from a directory containing other programs. For
- simplicity we will install Communiqué in its own directory.
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- - Step 1:
- Create a directory into which to place Communiqué, we will use
- the directory name "TERM":
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- Type: MD \Term
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- You now have to enter that directory:
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- Now we can copy all the Communiqué files into this directory
- from wherever they are now. We will assume that you have this
- file and all others on the floppy disk drive A:
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- Type: COPY A:*.*
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- Now that all the files have been copied into this directory, you
- are almost ready. If you do a lot of uploading and downloading
- from other computer systems you may want to create separate
- upload/download directories.
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- Type: MD Upload
- MD Download
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- You are now ready to run Communiqué, to do so simply type:
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- COMMUNIQ
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- If you have a monochrome monitor (Black & White) you can add a
- commandline parameter to make sure that Communiqué uses
- monochrome colors, this is normally automatic, type:
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- Each time Communiqué cannot find a data file that it needs it
- will create a new one with it's own default settings. Files that
- it will look for when it starts up are: SETUP.CDF, IEMSI.CDF and
- PROTOCOL.CDF. Each time it creates one of these files it will
- display a window telling you what it is doing and when it has
- finished it will ask you to press a key to continue.
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- Communiqué has a number of commandline options which can be added to
- the commandline when you run Communiqué, ie. "Communiq /M" to force
- Communiqué to use monochrome colors. You can get a complete list and
- description of all the commandline options by typing "Communiq ?" or
- "Communiq Help".
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- Listed below is each of the commandline parameters and a description
- of what each one does.
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- /?....Displays all commandline options (use also /Help)
- /B....Bypass all opening screens (Registered Only)
- /E....Disallow the overlay manager from using EMS memory
- /M....Force monochrome mode *
- /X....Disallow the overlay manager from using XMS memory
- /C+...Enable CGA screen snow checking *
- /C-...Disable CGA screen snow checking *
- /D+...Enable direct screen writes *
- /D-...Disable direct screen writes *
- /F+...Enable NS16550 UART FIFO support *
- /F-...Disable NS16550 UART FIFO support *
- /T+...Use carrier detect for online state
- /T-...Ignore carrier detect for online state
- /Kx...Load a keyboard macro file at startup, *.CMF
- /Sx...Load a script file at startup, *.CSF
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- Options marked with a "*" are normally detected automatically and
- there should be no reason for you to have to use these. These options
- are provided for thoroughness and may be needed for slightly
- incompatible hardware.
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- The /B option is only available if you have registered Communiqué.
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- The /E and /X parameters will stop Communiqué from loading its
- overlay file, COMMUNIQ.OVR, into EMS or XMS memory at startup. It is
- advised for speed, however, that if you do have EMS or XMS memory
- that you allow it to use the available memory. If you are not sure
- then you need not worry about this.
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- The /Kx and /Sx parameters will load either a keyboard macro file or
- a script file on startup. The x is a filename 8 or less letters long,
- the file extension is added automatically, ie. for keyboard macro
- files the extension is .CMF and for script files the extension is
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- To run Communiqué in the fastest modes possible you should try
- "Communiq /D+ /C-". This enables direct screen writes which is the
- fastest method of writing to the screen and it disables any snow
- checking that may be performed on CGA type monitors.
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- A DOS environment variable is a variable (A name or symbol assigned a
- value either alpha or numeric) set from the DOS prompt or from the
- DOS AUTOEXEC.BAT file. This variable holds some value which can be
- accessed by any program running under DOS.
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- If you run Communiqué from other than it's own directory, Communiqué
- will not be able to find the data files it needs and therefore create
- new ones. To stop this happening you can specify a DOS environment
- variable, telling Communiqué where it can always find its data files.
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- For example if you have Communiqué installed in the C:\TERM directory
- and you run it from the C:\DOS directory by typing "C:\TERM\COMMUNIQ"
- it will not find the data files in C:\TERM. Instead it will look in
- the C:\DOS directory and when it does not find them it will create
- new ones in C:\DOS instead.
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- The DOS environment variable TERM fixes this problem by telling
- Communiqué where to find it's data files. To implement this all you
- need to do is type from the DOS prompt:
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- SET TERM=directory
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- Directory is the name of the directory where Communiqué and all it's
- data files are stored, in the examples used above for installation
- this would be typed as:
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- SET TERM=C:\TERM
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- Please note that there should never be blank spaces in this line
- apart from between SET and TERM. It is a common mistake to pad the
- line with space to align it with others like:
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- SET TERM = C:\Term \__Both of these
- SET WINDOWS= C:\Windows / are incorrect
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- To save you typing the SET command each time you "boot" your computer
- you can put the command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file found in the root
- directory ("Cd C:\") of the C: drive. Please refer to your DOS manual
- for more information about the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and for any other
- questions on the SET command.
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- Supplied with Communiqué is a utility called MODEM.EXE. This utility
- lists over 50 different type of modems and allows you to select one
- of these modems and view its settings and if this matches your own
- you can install that information into Communiqué. The modem utility
- uses the file MODEMS.CDF for information on all sorts of brands and
- modems of modems. The list is updated regularly and the latest list
- is available from Communiqué sales sites or from the Wandoo Valley
- Software BBS.
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- If the modem utility does not find any of Communiqué's data files
- when it starts up, ie. SETUP.CDF and IEMSI.CDF, which it needs to
- continue, it will prompt you for your computer and modem setup and
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- Communiqué has a very friendly and easy to use interface, it has been
- designed to be a pleasure to use, easy to read, and aesthetically
- pleasing. In this chapter we will explain the basics of Communiqué's
- menu system, the main screen or as we call it - the Work Screen and
- the status bars. We will also tell you how to use the mouse with the
- menu system, how the mouse works whilst you are online, allowing you
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- The work screen is the screen where all communications with your
- modem happen, what you type to your modem and what you receive from
- your modem appears on this screen. When you first run Communiqué a
- window will appear over the work screen telling you a little bit
- about Communiqué such as the version number and it will display your
- name here if you have purchased your copy of Communiqué. You will be
- asked to press any key or optionally, if you have it setup, it will
- ask you which communications port you wish to use. Once you have
- pressed a key or selected a port you will be put straight into the
- work screen, you will briefly see a window pop up telling you it is
- trying to initialise the modem. If you have a Hayes type modem
- attached to your computer you should be able to type "AT" and press
- return, the modem them should reply with "OK".
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- At the bottom of the work screen is what is called the Status Bar.
- Communiqué has the unique feature of user selectable status bars or
- none at all. You can remove the status bar or cycle through other
- status bars by pressing the "ALT -" key combination. Pressing the ALT
- key on its own will change the status bar display to show the
- functions assigned to the first 6 function keys. You can setup the
- default status bar that Communiqué will use by entering the SETUP
- menu item, but this is described in the Setup Chapter later on in
- this manual. If you do not have a status bar on the bottom of the
- screen it may already have been removed in the setup by yourself or
- someone else.
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- If you have a mouse and you have loaded the mouse driver from DOS you
- will notice the mouse cursor when you run Communiqué for the first
- time. In Communiqué's default setup it will first ask you which
- communications port you wish to use before it puts you into the work
- screen. The mouse cursor will appear and you will be able to move it
- around the whole screen. Communiqué uses the Microsoft two button
- mouse setup. The left mouse button acts like the ENTER key on your
- keyboard whilst the right mouse button acts like your keyboards ESC
- key. If at this stage you press the right mouse button Communiqué
- will select the default com port and proceed. If you wish to select
- the com port to use then move the mouse cursor over the desired item,
- ie. "Com Port 1", the mouse cursor must be somewhere over the item
- you wish to select, then press the left mouse button.
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- This method is used throughout Communiqué. To select an item merely
- move the cursor to the item you want, on most occasions it will be
- highlighted, then press the left mouse button. However the mouse acts
- a little differently on the work screen. At first there will be no
- mouse cursor on the work screen. To make the mouse cursor appear
- simply press the left mouse button once. Pressing the right mouse
- button will make the menu appear and you will be able to move around
- the menu system. Whilst the mouse cursor is visible on the work
- screen you can press the left mouse button (or right mouse button for
- the menu system) and Communiqué will send the character under the
- mouse cursor to the modem. This feature is most useful when you are
- logged onto a Bulletin Board System (BBS). On a BBS you will be
- presented with a menu containing information on what you can do and
- what keys to press, for example "(F)ile Area" means that by pressing
- the bracketed item F you will go into the file area of the BBS. If
- you move the mouse cursor to the F and press the left mouse button
- Communiqué will send an F to the modem, this means that you do not
- have to press the F key on your keyboard. If at any stage you wish to
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- Your mouse will also work with Communiqué whilst you are using
- Communiqué in a window under MicroSoft Windows 3.1.
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- Communiqué has been designed to give you the maximum screen size for
- your communications but at the same time supply as much information
- as possible.
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- Communiqué's status bars are located on the bottom, very last line of
- the screen. On the status bar you will find such important
- information as the current communications port, baud rate etc.
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- Explained below is what each item, that appears or may appear on one
- of the status bars, is:
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- ALT-H FOR HELP: is just a simple reminder telling you that help is
- available by holding the ALT and the H keys down together, this will
- pop up the main menu.
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- Modem "LED" Lights TX[ ] RX[ ] CD[■] : These show the following:-
- TX[ ] Transmission of data to the modem
- RX[ ] Reception of data from the modem
- CD[ ] Carrier detection
- ■ Indicates the activity when shown between the brackets.
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- COMx: tells you which communications port you are currently using,
- connected to your modem, where x is the communications port number.
- The com ports that you can use range from Com1 to Com4.
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- 2400:8,N,1: Directly after the com port number is your current modem
- speed, data bits, parity, and stop bits. For the average user who
- calls a bulletin board system, it will be 2400,8,N,1. The baud rate
- can be one of many settings, and is selected by pressing ALT-B. The
- data bit setting can be either 7 or 8, the parity setting can be
- either N for None, O for Odd or E for Even. The stop bit is either 0,
- 1, or 2. For more information on these settings you should refer to
- the setup chapter.
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- TTY,ANSI,VT52,VT102,AVATAR: This is your current terminal emulation,
- one of these will appear on your status bar. ANSI is the standard
- terminal emulation used by most bulletin board systems, but Avatar is
- currently picking up in its popularity as it is faster at lower
- speeds than ANSI (2400 and slower). Many systems use a mixture of
- ANSI and AVATAR so Communiqué allows you to have AVATAR on with all
- other emulations.
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- IEMSI,CAP,PRN,RAW: This part of the status line is used for
- displaying the status of certain features such as "IEMSI" for
- Interactive EMSI {See the chapter further on detailing this), "CAP"
- to tell you that capture is on and "PRN" to notify you that printer
- echo is currently turned on. One other bit of information may appear
- here, "RAW" tells you that Communiqué is in RAW keyboard mode which
- is switched on and off with the Scroll Lock key. RAW mode means
- Communiqué will send ALL keyboard codes to the modem as the codes the
- computer sees and not the characters, Communiqué does not bother
- checking the codes and therefore while in RAW mode you cannot enter
- the menu system. RAW mode may be used in conjunction with such
- programs as Doorway.
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- COM: The last thing listed on the status line is your online status.
- If you are currently online to another system Communiqué will put a
- "COM" on the end of the status line telling you that Communiqué is
- COMmunicating with another system, your time online may also be
- displayed with some status lines. You can see how long you have been
- online by pressing ALT-V this displays the Timer and Alarm window
- which has the Online Timer and Current Time plus Timer and Alarm
- times.
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- Whilst in the work screen of Communiqué you can press the ALT minus
- key combination to toggle through different types of status bars.
- There are three status bars built into Communiqué, pressing ALT minus
- a forth time removes any status bars. The first status bar is the
- basic status bar used by default, the second has the online timer
- added to the line and the third has the modem TX, RX and CD lights on
- it, handy for internal modems.
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- If you do have a status bar enabled then you will notice that each
- time you press the ALT key in one the ALT key combinations, the bar
- changes and displays some other information. This is just to remind
- you of some "hotkeys" not mentioned in the menus. These keys are, ALT
- F1 for help, ALT F2 for Communiqué's Memo Editor, ALT F3 for an
- external file editor, ALT F4 for an external host program, and ALT F5
- for the current IEMSI connection, if you are connected to an IEMSI
- capable system. The external programs are defined in the setup and
- you can read about those in the setup chapter. The changing alternate
- status bar can be turned of in the setup if it becomes annoying.
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- When you press the ALT key, as mentioned above, the status bar will
- change to show you some keys that you can do with the ALT key held
- down. This includes the ALT F2 key combination which brings up the
- MEMO PAD. The MEMO PAD is just like an electronic notepad, you can
- scribble down a few notes for later, but unlike notepads you do not
- have to find a blank page or a pen, and it does not clutter your
- desk. The MEMO PAD is useful for things such as filenames, if you see
- a file that wish to download but want to keep looking first, then you
- can write the filename in the MEMO so as not to forget the name. The
- MEMO has basic editing functions, a full list of these is available
- by pressing F1 whilst you are in the MEMO. Press the F2 key will send
- the contents of the MEMO to the modem. You should be careful with
- this, make sure you are online first. To exit the MEMO simply press
- the ESC key, the contents are automatically saved if you have made
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- From the work screen in Communiqué, pressing Alt-H or the right mouse
- button, will cause the "Main Menu" to appear. From the main menu you
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- 1) Communiqué menu
- 2) File menu
- 3) Modem menu
- 4) Utility menu
- 5) Setup menu
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- From those menus, you can use and take advantage of many of
- Communiqué's powerful features. For additional information on each
- menu, please refer to the appropriate chapter on each menu.
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- Each of the above menu items can be selected by moving the hilight
- bar with the cursor keys then pressing RETURN once the hilight is
- over the desired item or by pressing the highlighted character in the
- menu item name in this case "C" for Communiqué, "F" for File, "M"
- for Modem, "U" for Utility or "S" for Setup. Pressing ESC from here
- will return you to the work screen and the menu will disappear.
- Alternatively from the work screen you can press the ALT key and the
- appropriate letter for the menu option you desire, to access it
- directly. On top of this you may use the mouse to select these menu
- items, move the mouse cursor onto the item and press the left mouse
- button, or press the right button to return to the main work screen.
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- The COMMUNIQUÉ menu simply contains some basic information about
- Communiqué itself, information such as version and licensing details.
- This is also where you enter your serial number which you will
- receive when you have purchased your copy of Communiqué.
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- Communiqué's ABOUT screen explains a bit about the current version of
- Communiqué that you are using. It will give you the version number,
- copyright notice, and if you have registered it will display your
- name as the owner of this copy. This window may also contain some
- special licensing information if your version of Communiqué is from a
- company which is a Communiqué license holder, such as some
- governmental agencies and other corporations owning a bulk license.
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- The contents of this window explain your current license agreement
- for the use of Communiqué, and includes a list of international
- support sites. This version of Communiqué is distributed on a try-
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- registration may be performed via any of the Wandoo Valley Software
- international registration sites listed in the introduction chapter.
- Registration can be done via telephone, post, fax or with your credit
- card, and is a simple matter of completing a form to post or fax in.
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- If you have purchased your legal copy of Communiqué and have received
- your registration card then this is where you will enter your name
- and the serial number printed on your registration card. This window
- contains your name and your unique Communiqué serial number. If you
- are using an unregistered version, you will not have a serial number,
- but will be required to purchase one within 21 days of use. .
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- When entering the information from your registration card it is
- important that you enter all information exactly. When you type in
- your name it must appear as it does on your registration card - watch
- for capitalisation and accents, accents such as the accented "e" on
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- The File menu contains the basic file operations of Communiqué. In
- this menu you will find:
- Upload
- Download
- Load Macros
- Save Macros
- Load Script
- DOS Shell
- Quit
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- Uploading is the process of sending a file or files to the remote
- system. When you upload a file, you use a special method of copying a
- file, called a transfer protocol which allows the two machines to
- talk or communicate in the same language and send/receive files. An
- example of a protocol is X-Modem, which is available on most BBS's
- and computer systems. However, X-Modem is one of the slower
- protocols. The more modern, faster and most efficient protocol of
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- X-Modem
- X-Modem 1k
- X-Modem 1k-G
- Y-Modem
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- In addition to the internal protocols, Communiqué has the ability to
- install external protocols. For help in regards to installing
- external protocols, please refer to the section labelled "Installing
- External Protocols" in the Setup chapter.
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- To start an upload, you must first be connected with your remote
- computer. After that, you will need to tell the remote computer that
- you will be uploading a file and select a transfer protocol.
- Depending on the type of system your connected to and protocol you
- are using, it may or may not ask for the filename. If it does ask,
- just simply type in the filename you are about to upload.
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- After that, you will need to start the upload process on the remote
- computer. Once this is done all you have to do is select upload in
- Communiqué by using a Alt-T, PageUp, or by choosing it from the file
- menu. After choosing upload, signify your transfer protocol, and
- then enter the full filename(s) of the file(s) to be uploaded. You
- may if you wish press F2 and use the file manager to select the file,
- or use wildcards (* ? ). multiple files can only be uploaded when
- using a protocol with batch capabilities, such as Zmodem. After
- that, just hit enter and the file transfer should start.
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- If you have problems with your uploading or downloading, refer to the
- section in the manual labelled problems and solutions.
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- Downloading is the process which, with the machine that you have
- connected to, transfers a file from the remote machine to your
- machine. As with uploading it uses the transfer protocols which are
- listed above.
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- To start a download, you must first be connected to a remote
- computer, or a bulletin board system. On the remote system you must
- first select what file or files you will be downloading and the
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- After selecting the files and transfer protocol, you must have the
- remote system start the transfer. After the remote system starts it's
- side of the transfer, you must then go to Communiqué's download
- selection, which can be brought up with an Alt-R, a PageDown, or by
- hitting Alt-F to bring up the file menu, and then selecting the
- download option. After selecting the download option, you will then
- have to choose the transfer protocol. It is important that you choose
- the same protocol that you selected on the remote computer, otherwise
- the two machines will not communicate properly and will not exchange
- the file.
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- After that Communiqué may or may not ask for the path and file name
- to be transfered. If you are using a protocol that transfers the
- information automatically such as Y-Modem or Z-Modem, it will not be
- necessary. However, if your using a protocol such as X-Modem, you
- will need to enter this information.
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- After that, the file transfer should begin and you will start
- receiving your file(s). The time left for the transfer and other
- important information will pop up in an easy to read window for your
- convenience.
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- After the transfer is completed, the downloaded file will be in the
- directory that you have specified as your downloaded file path in
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- Following is a detailed description of each of the internal protocols
- that Communiqué supports, use this to decide which protocol is best
- for your own purposes, this also depends of course of what protocols
- the remote computer system supports.
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- ASCII - The ASCII protocol is not a real file transfer protocol. The
- download protocol acts much like Communiqué's built in capture
- function in that what comes in goes straight into a file without
- translation. Similarly uploading with ASCII is like sending each byte
- of a text file over the modem without translation. You can use ASCII
- upload to send someone a text file whilst you are chatting to him or
- her. This saves you each going into some other file protocol,
- transfering the file then using an editor to have a look at the text
- file once received. There are a number of options which may be
- configured for this protocol, this is done from the setup menu and is
- discussed in the setup chapter. It should be noted however that these
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- altered from the default settings.
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- X-Modem - X-Modem is the one of the oldest protocols around, but is
- still commonly used today. X-Modem transfers files in blocks of 128
- characters at a time. Error correction in X-Modem is done through a
- checksum, or a CRC depending on what your remote is using. In order
- for X-Modem to function properly, you will need a communications
- setup of 8,N,1, which means 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit.
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- X-Modem 1k - This version of X-Modem works the same way as regular
- X-Modem, but the blocks are sent in 1024 byte blocks of data and
- therefore the transfer is faster because it does not have to send as
- many block headers and footers.
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- X-Modem 1kG - This is yet another version of the original X-Modem,
- but was made for error-free connects such as those that you would get
- on a modem with error correction, or through a null modem cable. X-
- Modem 1kG has greater speed than regular X-Modem as it sends its
- blocks in 1024 byte blocks, but doesn't wait for the acknowledgment
- of each block. This protocol should only be used on error free
- connects, because if an error does come up, the transfer will
- automatically abort unlike regular X-Modem. To get an error
- correcting connection with your modem, you must have the MNP or V42
- standards built into your modem, and be connected to another modem
- using the same error correction technique.
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- Y-Modem - Y-Modem is very similar to X-Modem in many aspects, but
- is a "smarter" protocol. Unlike X-Modem, you can do batch transfers
- with Y-Modem which allows you to send multiple files in one session.
- Ymodem also keeps track of the file names, sizes, and dates, this
- means you do not have to tell the receiving computer the filename
- because it can find this information from the data sent be the
- transmitting computer. Depending on line conditions, Y-Modem may
- transfer in 128 or 1024 byte blocks.
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- Y-Modem G - Y-Modem G is a variation of regular Ymodem, but it
- doesn't have error correction and operates like X-Modem 1kG. Because
- of its lack of error correction, higher transfer rates can be
- obtained on error-free connections, or through a null modem cable. As
- with X-Modem 1kG, if an error occurs in a Y-Modem G transfer, it
- likewise will abort.
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- that is widely used today. Like Y-Modem, it also allows for batch
- transfers where more than one file can be transfered in a session,
- and it is a "smart" protocol. As a "smart" protocol, it can detect
- the file names, file sizes, and dates without relying on the user to
- enter this information. Z-Modem is also excellent at correcting
- errors, and is great for use over packet switched networks.
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- system, and automatically handles the transfer for you with no
- intervention. Some aspects of Zmodem are configurable and are
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- As you can see, Communiqué has an extensive selection of internal
- protocols for use, and the availability of external protocols.
- Because of this, the question of which one to use comes up. When the
- remote system has only one protocol available, you will obviously
- have to use that one. However, in most cases there are usually
- several available. As a general rule, Z-Modem is the best protocol to
- use in most circumstances. If you have a clean telephone line with
- an error correcting connect (one using V42 or MNP), Y-Modem G would
- give you an even faster CPS (Characters Per Second) rate than Z-
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- The load macros command will allow you to load a previously created
- macro file containing macros that you have created and saved. If you
- are not familiar with macros, it is the ability to define certain
- keys to perform certain actions or display data. For example, when
- you log onto bulletin board systems without IEMSI support, you may
- want to define a key to print your name on the screen. If you have
- previously saved macros, this command will allow you to bring them
- up. Macros can also be loaded at the same time as Communiqué by using
- the commandline switch "/K" followed by the filename of the macro set
- you wish to use for that session. To define macros you must go into
- the SETUP menu and select KEYBOARD MACROS from here you can create
- and edit macros and then save and load them. This is described in
- more detail in the SETUP chapter.
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- If you define any macros in Communiqué in the setup area, you will
- more than likely want to save them for future use. The save macros
- command will allow you to do just that, and to bring them up in the
- future, all you have to do is use the load macros command. This
- command is exactly the same as the SAVE command in the SETUP/KEYBOARD
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- This option will load and execute a script file, this is described
- fully in seperate documentation, but this is a means of executing a
- series of commands controlling the activity of a session without
- manual input. See the seperate documents for the structure and
- implementation of the script language. (Not available in shareware
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- By using the DOS shell command, you can exit to DOS and still leave
- the Communiqué program in memory. To return from a DOS shell, all you
- have to do is type "EXIT", and you will be returned to Communiqué at
- the point where you left. By shelling to DOS, you can run programs
- and use other DOS commands at ease without leaving the actual
- Communiqué program. DOS shells can be done on-line or off-line, and
- can be very helpful at times.
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- When in a DOS shell problems may occur with some software due to a
- memory shortage as Communiqué is still in memory. If you would like
- to have as much memory available as possible in a DOS shell then you
- can turn EMS support on in the SETUP/GENERAL menu. If you have no EMS
- memory Communiqué can swap itself to a disk file while you are in a
- shell. When you return to Communiqué by typing "EXIT" it will swap
- back into memory and delete the file, all settings will still remain,
- nothing will have changed while you are in the shell. It is important
- to remember that you are in a shell, an example of this would be when
- you have finished with the DOS task you wished to carry out, instead
- of using "EXIT" to return to Communiqué you ran the executable and
- ended up with two copies of the software loaded at once.
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- This command is very self-explanatory - it is here that you exit
- Communiqué and return to DOS when you have finished. You can use ALT-
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- The Modem pull-down menu displays all your current modem/telephone
- line settings and allows you to change these settings with ease.
- The following settings are displayed and can be changed in this menu:
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- Data Bits
- Stop Bits
- Parity
- Com Port
- Emulation
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- The baud rate is the speed of serial data transmission, for most
- purposes this is taken to represent the number of bits transmitted
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- Here, in the easy to use modem pull-down menu, you can set the baud
- rate at which your computer communicates with your modem. Communiqué
- will allow you to set the value at any valid rate between 300 baud to
- 115,200bps. For users of high-speed modems, the highest you will most
- likely have it set at is 57,600. If you do not know the baudrate of
- your modem then it is best you refer to the introduction chapter of
- the modems manual. Otherwise you should start at 57,600 and work your
- way down the list by typing "AT" at the work screen prompt and
- waiting for a "OK" response (Hayes type modems only), if you get no
- response you should try a lower speed.
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- This selection lets you choose the number of data bits used in
- communicating with the remote modem. Data bits is the number of bits
- sent per character, a byte, 8 bits means you can use the full 256 IBM
- ASCII characters, 7 bits is for normal keyboard ASCII characters, ie.
- the first 128. For all intents and purposes you would use, all but
- 99% of the time, 8 data bits on a PC, 7 data bits may be used whilst
- communicating with a mainframe or similar type computer.
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- This selection allows you to choose the number of stop bits used to
- signify the end of a data block. The term stop bit is misleading in
- that it actually represents a space of time in between each data
- block. Valid choices are 0, 1, or 2, the standard choice for todays
- hardware is 1 stop bit.
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- The parity selection on your menu will allow you to set your parity
- to none, even, or odd. Parity is a type of error checking for each
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- Here you can select the communications port that you will be using.
- Communiqué supports com ports 1-4. The communications port is the
- serial port that your modem or null modem type cable is connected to.
- Each com port can be configured to another address, this would only
- be done for non-standard hardware, this is explained further in the
- setup chapter.
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- Communiqué supports many of todays popular terminal emulations at
- their best. This selection will let you choose which emulation you
- would like to use. Communiqué supports TTY, ANSI, VT52, VT100, and
- AVATAR. As you can see, like the protocols, there are many to choose
- from. Below is a list of the terminal emulations to help you with
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- the values that it receives, that is no translation is done on what
- is received. This differs from other emulations which normally carry
- out some translation on incoming data.
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- ANSI - A.N.S.I. (American National Standards Institute), is a
- terminal emulation based on the ANSI.SYS driver that is included in
- all MS-DOS systems. ANSI is widely supported on MS-DOS Bulletin Board
- Systems, and is a very colorful but simple emulation. An example of
- an ansi data sequence untranslated would be, [1;1R which is the
- sequence used to request the remote cursor position.
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- VT52 - VT52 (Video Terminal 50) was developed by Digital Equipment
- Corporations (DEC), and is a very common terminal type very similar
- to ANSI with a few exceptions on keyboard control and a few more
- powerful screen commands.
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- VT100 - VT100 (Video Terminal 100), again developed by Digital
- Equipment, is a further enhancement on the VT-52 standard introduced
- with their VT-52 terminals. The VT-100/102 is still a very popular
- terminal used on many mainframe systems.
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- AVATAR - AVATAR (Advanced Video Attribute Terminal Assembler and
- recreator) is one of the newer terminal emulations, which is starting
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- that it allows colorful graphics, but AVATAR displays faster, and is
- much more advanced, with more powerful screen control and
- manipulation commands. Communiqué is one of the few terminal programs
- that has proper support for the AVATAR emulation.
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- This toggle selection allows you to ensure that the baudrate will not
- be changed and remains at the current maximum speed. The baudrate may
- be changed automatically, for example, when you dial up a computer
- system and Communiqué will either figure the speed from the connect
- string or from the dialling directory record. If you change modems
- regularly it is useful to use this function, after changing the
- baudrate, instead of changing all settings in the dialling directory
- for example. This will ensure that you get the maximum throughput out
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- The word-wrap selection allows you to set whether you want word-
- wrapping in CHAT mode when the cursor reaches the right margin.
- Communiqué has a special chat mode built in that allows full screen
- or split screen chat mode for person to person conferencing whilst
- online. The IEMSI supported by Communiqué has the facility to drop
- you straight into chat mode if the remote end enters chat mode.
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- This selection lets you turn auto line feeds on or off. After you
- receive a line of characters from a remote system, there is usually a
- carriage return followed by a line feed character; However, if the
- line feed character is missing, which can happen with some software,
- the lines will overwrite each other. So if you find that lines are
- overwriting each other try turning on Line Feeds.
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- Here you can turn your local echo on and off. When the local echo is
- on, all input is sent to the Com Port and Screen. However, when the
- local echo is off, all input will just go out the com port, and will
- not appear on your screen. Most remote systems that you will connect
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- typing and can't see anything, try turning it on this will solve the
- problem. With local echo on you are operating at what is called half
- duplex, no local echo means full duplex.
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- Here you can choose if you want to translate incoming/outgoing
- characters using the translation tables in Communiqué's setup. When
- this is turned on, you can have Communiqué change incoming or
- outgoing characters to other characters as you desire. For more
- information refer to the setup chapter.
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- This setting lets you enable or disable auto-Zmodem downloads. As
- discussed earlier, auto-Zmodem is the process in which Communiqué
- automatically detects and starts a Zmodem download. In most cases,
- you will probably leave this set to "ON", as it's one of the easy to
- use, hands off features. If, however, you have installed an alternate
- Zmodem implementation in the external protocols with auto-start, you
- may want to disable this feature.
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- Here you can select if you want Communiqué to translate avatar codes
- that may come in with other terminal emulation codes such as ANSI, as
- discussed above. This is best left set to "ON" if there is a chance
- that you will receive AVATAR codes. If you do not have this on and
- start receiving strange characters with your text, try turning it on
- to see if those strange characters are actually AVATAR command codes.
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- IEMSI (Interactive Electronic Mail Standard Identification) This
- enables or disables IEMSI sessions. IEMSI is one of Communiqué's
- powerful features that allows users to automatically logon to BBS
- systems. IEMSI can be a very powerful tool, as it's like a script
- file, but without the hassle. For a more complete description of
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- Here you can select which IEMSI profile you will be using when you
- call an IEMSI compatible system. The changing of profiles allows you
- to keep multiple profiles for different bbs systems and different
- needs. The profiles are setup in the Communiqué setup menu, and you
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- The Utilities menu is where most of Communiqué's more powerful
- features can be found, such things as the Dialling Directory, the
- Type Ahead Buffer, the Timers and Alarms, and the Scroll Back Buffer.
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- Printer
- Dial
- Disconnect
- Chat Mode
- Scroll Buffer
- Clear Screen
- Usage Log
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- The capture command allows you to place all text on the screen into a
- file for later reference as it is displayed. Its like an ASCII
- download, as all information that is displayed on the screen is also
- sent to a file as it appears on the screen. The capture command can
- be helpful in many ways from recording "chats" for later reference,
- to capturing important bits of information. When you turn Capture on
- you will be prompted for a filename, it will suggest the default
- filename which is setup in the SETUP/FILENAMES menu, press enter to
- accept this or type a new file name.
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- The printer command is very much like the capture command, but
- instead of being sent to a file, everything that appears on the
- screen is printed on your printer. Your printer setup can be changed
- in the SETUP/PRINTER menu. The setup contains the printer port number
- page, header and footer sizes.
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- When you hit Alt-D for dial, or enter the dialling directory through
- the menus, you will be presented with a colorful, easy to use,
- directory for storing and dialling your telephone numbers. Already
- installed in the dialling directory are numbers to the various
- international Communiqué support sites.
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- To move through the entries you can use the arrow keys to move up and
- down in the current window.
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- To dial a number first ensure it is highlighted, then hit your enter
- key, and Communiqué will dial the number on your modem.
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- The dialling directory is a database of telephone numbers and in
- addition to just dialling numbers, you will also have the following
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- (M)anual (E)dit (V)iew (P)rint (A)dd (C)lear (G)oto (F)ind (N)ew
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- Press [ENTER] to dial, or [ESC] to exit the dialling directory. The
- [SPACE BAR] will tag and untag the entry under the hilight bar.
- [PgUp] and [PgDn] scroll through the pages of entries, and [HOME]
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- pressing the V key which will give you a more detailed window about
- the entry under the hilight. Lastly you can press [F2] to enter the
- MEMO PAD to makes notes.
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- When you are online, this command will force Communiqué to hang up
- the telephone line. This command can easily be brought up with an
- Alt-X. To disconnect, depending on the setup in the MODEM setup menu,
- Communiqué will try lowering the DTR and if that fails it will send
- the disconnect string to the modem, which again is in the SETUP/MODEM
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- When two users are connected with each other, or when Communiqué is
- engaged in an IEMSI session, Communiqué has a special chat mode for
- chatting. The chat mode allows full screen chat or regular split
- screen chat, and handles the necessary echoing for the chat mode to
- work. When entering chat mode you will be prompted for the type of
- chat mode you desire, either full screen or split screen. If you want
- you can disable this and force Communiqué into a particular mode by
- setting the chat mode type in the SETUP/GENERAL menu.
- Whilst in chat mode pressing ESCape will take you back to the main
- work screen, other keys that work are ALT-L to clear the local screen
- or ALT-R to clear the remote screen. You can also set capture mode on
- automatically upon your entering chat mode, this again is setup in
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- The Scroll Back Buffer will let you go back and look at information
- that has already appeared and moved off of your screen. Depending on
- the size of the buffer you have specified in the GENERAL/SETUP menu
- you should have pages to go back through. If you see something that
- you would like to repeat just press RETURN and the text underneath
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- This command will let you clear and reset (to the original colors)
- the work screen, which can be helpful if some line noise has
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- This toggles the usage log on and off. The usage log is a text file
- in your Communiqué directory which contains a running activity log of
- Communiqué. When you start Communiqué, with the Usage Log default to
- on, Communiqué will make an entry in the log to say it was started up
- at todays date and time. The same applies when you quit from
- Communiqué with the usage log on, it will again make an entry with
- todays time and date to say that you quit Communiqué and that the
- usage log was closed. Other entries made in the usage log are made
- whenever you dial another computer system in the dialling directory,
- when you connect to a computer system, when you transfer a file
- (upload or download) or when one of the Alarms or the Timer goes off.
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- The TIMERS command is another one of Communiqué's unique features. It
- allows you to set up to 4 alarms and a timer. The timer can be
- programmed to go off every x amount of minutes. This can be helpful
- when you are connected to a system and need to be notified that it is
- a certain time or x amount of minutes have passed (To watch those
- telephone bills!). To set an alarm or timer just type in the time for
- the alarm to go off or set the time, in minutes, that the timer
- should wait, then set the status to active. The timer will display a
- warning message and play a tune every time the set amount of minutes
- has passed, if you only want to use it once you must turn it off
- after the first alarm. To be sure that the timer and alarm settings
- will be the same the next time you use Communiqué go to the SETUP
- menu and select SAVE CONFIGURATION.
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- This command will allow you to send a break code to the modem. The
- break code lasts a quarter of a second by default (This can be setup
- in SETUP/MODEM/ADVANCED), just enough to make the remote modem aware
- of the break code and act on it if it is set to do so, though this is
- rarely used on PC based systems.
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- The type ahead command is yet another one of Communiqué's excellent,
- and unique features. Just as it suggests, it allows you to type ahead
- using Communiqué's buffering. This can be very helpful on long
- distance connections, and can save you time and money. When you type
- ALT-A or select it from the menu, Communiqué will pop up a window in
- the middle of the screen, the window will spread all the way across
- the screen. If you are chatting to someone else online and wish to
- type while he is you can now do so. The window can be moved up and
- down, in case the remote user starts typing under the window, by
- using your up and down cursor keys. When you are finished press the
- [ENTER] key twice and what you have typed will be displayed line by
- line to the remote user. To quit without sending what you have typed
- press the [ESC] key.
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- ──────────
- This command will cycle through the different types of status bars
- available, or remove the status bar altogether. The status bar is the
- bar at the bottom of your screen that contains vital information as
- to your current statistics. Communiqué allows you to choose another
- status bar with slightly different information or you can have no
- status bar as sometimes it is convenient to have the usage of the
- whole screen. The default status bar is selected in the SETUP GENERAL
- OPTIONS menu and is in the chapter on setup.
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- Keyboard Lock
- ─────────────
- If you are going to leave your computer unattended for a long period
- of time whilst online or not you may lock the keyboard so that the
- computer cannot be used, short of turning it off. Pressing ALT 0 will
- cause a window to pop up and ask you for a new password, enter a
- password here, this password will be required to unlock the keyboard.
- Once you have typed in a password and typed enter the keyboard is
- locked, if you try to type something on the keyboard Communiqué will
- ask you for the password first.
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- ──────────
- An Screen Image Dump is much like the Capture feature. The only
- problem with capture is that you may have it turned off but suddenly
- discover that what is currently being displayed on the screen is what
- you want saved in a file, turning capture on now would be too late as
- it has already been displayed on the screen. An image dump will take
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- press ALT-INS for an image dump you will be asked to supply a
- filename, Communiqué will have already typed the default filename as
- setup in the SETUP/FILENAMES menu, but it gives you a chance to
- change the name.
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- ────────
- You can not actually select this command from the menu, but it is
- there to remind you that the Scroll-Lock key will toggle this option
- on and off. This command will put you in and out of RAW mode. Raw
- mode is a special mode where all of the keys you press are sent to
- the modem as Communiqué see's them, ie. as ASCII scan codes,
- Communiqué does not attempt to trap these keys in RAW mode. RAW mode
- was developed for programs such as DOORWAY which allow you to use a
- remote computer as if it were right there in front of you. Please
- note that whilst you are in RAW mode you cannot enter the menu system
- as all that you type, such as ALT-H, is sent to the modem. To turn
- RAW mode off again just press the Scroll Lock Key or the ALT-TAB key
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- Communiqué has a very comprehensive setup. It will not be necessary
- for you to adjust most of these settings, the most important would be
- the MODEM AND DIALLING setup and the PATHS AND FILENAMES setup. You
- will also want to setup the IEMSI profiles with your details if you
- are going to call IEMSI compatible computer systems. You may then
- want to change the screen setup and colors in the SCREEN AND COLOR
- setup for your own preference of the colour scheme and frames. The
- following options are displayed:
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- Paths and filenames
- Modem and Dialling
- Screen and Color
- Default Settings
- General Options
- Printer Options
- IEMSI Profiles
- Users Security
- File Protocols
- Keyboard Macros
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- ───────────────────
- Here you can set the filenames and paths you will be using in
- Communiqué. For it to function properly, it is important that this
- information is accurately set.
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- System Path
- ───────────
- This is the directory in which Communiqué and all it's data files
- are located, this is set by Communiqué when it is first installed
- and should already be correct.
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- Download Path
- ─────────────
- This is the path in which all downloaded files are automatically
- placed by the file transfer protocols.
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- Upload Path
- ───────────
- This is the path where Communiqué will search for the upload
- files by default. When you enter the filename to be uploaded
- this path is used as the default, the path can still be changed
- but this is set as the default path for quick transfers.
- Sometimes it is a good idea to copy all the files to be
- transfered to an empty directory so that you may tell Communiqué
- to transfer *.*.
-
- Disk Swap Path
- ──────────────
- When Communiqué swaps out of memory to disk after failing to swap
- to EMS, this is where it will place the swap file. For best
- result set it to a RAM drive if you have one installed.
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- Fax Program
- ───────────
- This is the software that Communiqué will run when it has
- connected to a fax. Please read below in the SETUP/MODEM/FAX
- menu.
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- Host Program
- ────────────
- This is the software that Communiqué will run when you press the
- ALT F4 key combination. This can be some mini BBS software or
- maybe even your full BBS system. This is function is provided to
- work with the future release of Communiqué Host, which will allow
- you to have friends and associates log on to your computer and
- transfer files both to and from it and leave messages.
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- ──────────────
- This is the editor program that is run when you press the ALT F3
- key combination and should be set with the full path and filename
- of your favourite text editor or word processor.
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- Dialling Directory Filename
- ───────────────────────────
- This is where you can set the default filename of your dialling
- directory data file. You may load different dialling directories
- by using the LOAD option in the dialling menu.
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- Default Capture Filename
- ────────────────────────
- This is the default filename that Communiqué will use when you go
- into capture mode. All captured text will appear in this file.
- When you enter capture mode you have the option of changing this
- filename.
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- Default Usage Log Filename
- ──────────────────────────
- As with the default capture filename this is the filename that
- Communiqué will use by default when you open the usage log. When
- you do open the usage log you will still be asked for the name
- but the name supplied here will be displayed by default, you can
- either change it or just press Enter to continue.
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- Default Image Filename
- ──────────────────────
- Again this is exactly the same as the default capture filename
- and the default usage log filename. It will be used by default
- when you choose to do a screen image dump - but you will be given
- the option to change this filename when you select to do an image
- dump.
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- Auto Loaded Macro Filename
- ──────────────────────────
- This is the filename of the macro file that will automatically be
- loaded when Communiqué starts up.
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- Auto Loaded Script Filename
- ───────────────────────────
- As above this is the filename of the script that will be loaded
- and executed automatically when Communiqué is started up.
- Normally this would be left blank. Scripts can also be loaded
- using the "/S****" switch on the commandline, where **** is the
- name of the script you wish to run.
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- Here you edit and change your modem and dialling setup. If the
- default values for these selections do not work, you will need to
- refer to your modem manual for the necessary information and
- modem initialisation strings. Below is a list of choices/options
- that you may change:
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- Modem Init String
- ─────────────────
- The modem inititilisation string is the command that is first
- sent to your modem when entering Communiqué. The init string sets
- the values and options that you will be using in Communiqué. For
- the correct init string, please refer to your modems manual. Two
- special characters are used in these modem strings, these are the
- "~" character and the "|" character. Each "~" character in the
- string will cause a half second delay, and the "|" character will
- send a carriage return ie. the Enter key. Neither of these
- characters are not actually sent to the modem, Communiqué
- interrupts these characters and uses them to perform the actions
- described above.
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- Dial Prefix
- ───────────
- Communiqué gives you the option to specify three different
- dialling prefixes which can be used in the dialling directory,
- where you can send different dialling strings to your modem for
- different systems. If you have a dual mode modem such as the USR
- Dual Standard, this command will become very useful. To dial HST
- systems you can have one dialling string, for V32 systems
- another, and a third for slower systems.
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- Dial Suffix
- ───────────
- The dialling suffix is similar to the prefix, but it is at the
- end of the dialling string. In most cases it will just be a CR
- (Carriage Return), which is just a "|" symbol signifying a
- carriage return. However "~" is valid as well.
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- International Dial Prefix
- ─────────────────────────
- This is your dialling code for dialling other countries, such as
- 00 or 001. In the dialling directory you can place a plus sign,
- "+", in the telephone number field of an entry, this plus is then
- substituted with the string in this field. If you have a laptop
- computer and modem and travel regularly to different countries
- then it is recommended that you use put the plus sign in the
- number and change this field as necessary. This saves you
- changing the telephone number of every entry each time you travel
- to another country.
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- Dial Cancel String
- ──────────────────
- This is the string that Communiqué will send to the modem when
- you cancel in the middle of a dial. In most cases, it should also
- just be a CR.
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- Disconnect String
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- This is the string that Communiqué will send to your modem when
- disconnecting. For the correct string, please refer to your
- modems documentation.
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- Dialling Time
- ─────────────
- Here you can set the time that Communiqué will wait after it has
- dialled a telephone number before recycling. Please also note
- that there is an S register in your [Hayes Compatible] modem that
- will also set a timeout vlaue. If the S register has a shorter
- timeout value, the modem will reset before that. So if you run
- into problems, you may want to make sure that the S register is
- set to a longer timeout value, please refer to your modem manual
- for more information concerning the S registers. The default
- setting for most modems however is 50 seconds and this is what
- the dialling time here should be set at.
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- Pause Time Between Dials
- ────────────────────────
- If a system is busy or not answering when you first dial,
- Communiqué will keep redialling the number until you get through.
- After every dial, Communiqué will pause for the period of time
- set here in seconds, before dialling again.
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- Max Redials
- ───────────
- The max redials selection will tell Communiqué how many times to
- re-dial a number before giving up. When a number is busy or not
- answering, Communiqué will attempt to redial it the number of
- times set here in an attempt to make a connection. If the value
- is set to zero Communiqué will continue redialling without a
- limit.
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- Auto Dial Entry Number
- ──────────────────────
- This unique option will let you set a directory entry to be
- automatically dialled upon starting Communiqué. If you do not
- wish to do this just set this value to 0. Otherwise type the
- entry number you would like to be dialled automatically when
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- This submenu will allow you to change some of the more advanced
- modem options. These normally should not need to be changed for
- normal well behaved modems. Below is a quick summary of what each
- option does.
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- Lower DTR to Disconnect
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- This tells Communiqué to lower the DTR signal to disconnect from
- the remote system. In most cases this should be left on, though
- some modems may have trouble with this, check your modem manual
- for information on the DTR signal if you experience problems.
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- Toggle DTR Before Dialling
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- This selection will make Communiqué toggle the DTR before
- dialling making sure the line is free and ready to be dialled.
- Again on most occasions this will be left on, but some modems may
- not like this and it therefore should be turned off, if you are
- having problems dialling you can try disabling this option, it
- has little effect on the successful dialling of Communiqué.
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- Hardware Flow Control
- ─────────────────────
- Here you can turn hardware flow control on and off. The hardware
- flow control is CTS/RTS (Clear To Send/Ready To Send) flow
- control. Flow control simply controls the transmission of data
- from both ends if one end gets overloaded with data. Hardware
- flow control must be supported by your modem if you need flow
- control, this is available on most modems, especially those over
- 2400bps. Hardware flow control is preferable over software flow
- control.
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- Software Flow Control
- ─────────────────────
- If you do not use your hardware flow control, this will allow you
- to turn on software flow control. In most cases, all you will
- need is hardware flow control though if you suspect that your
- modem does not support hardware flow control you can safely use
- software flow control.
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- Restore MCR on Exit
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- If this is enabled Communiqué will restore the Modem Control
- Register of the UART to its original state at runtime. This
- register contains the DTR information and if you exit Communiqué
- whilst online with this option on you will loose carrier because
- the DTR will be dropped.
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- When you shell to DOS, Communiqué can optionally leave the FIFO
- buffer of the UART chip active, if you have the new 16550 series
- of UART chips on your serial card. The FIFO can store up to the
- last 14 bytes of characters that have come in whilst you where in
- the shell, enough to indicate to you if anything important has
- happened whilst you were in the shell.
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- Carrier Detect Mask
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- This is the decimal mask value of the Carrier Detect bit of the
- MSR register of the UART chip. In most IBM compatible hardware
- this will be 128 and should not be changed.
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- Duration of DTR Toggle
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- This is the amount of time Communiqué will wait, in 1/100ths of a
- second, between dropping the DTR signal of the MCR register and
- raising it again. This value should be set long enough for the
- modem to recognise the new lowered state and act as it is
- programmed.
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- Duration of Break Signal
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- This is the amount of time, in 1/100ths of a second, that
- Communiqué will wait after setting the Break Signal in the LCR
- register.
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- Inbound Buffer
- ──────────────
- Here you can set the value of Communiqué's inbound buffer. The
- inbound buffer will buffer all data coming in over the modem for
- smooth communications. For slower modems it is advised to have
- this fairly high, for higher speed modems it is not so important.
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- Outbound Buffer
- ───────────────
- Here you can, likewise, set your outbound buffer. In most
- instances though, the outbound buffer will not need to be very
- big, the default size is 256bytes. You may wish/need to set this
- to a higher value if your machine is on a network or has a large
- number of cards on its bus.
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- These are special settings for modems with facsimile
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- If this is on when your fax/modem reports a fax connect as
- defined below then Communiqué will shell to the fax software
- specified in the SETUP/PATHS AND FILENAMES setup menu. Please
- read below for this setting.
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- Fax Connect String
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- This is the string Communiqué should look for to signify a fax
- connect. Once this string has been sent to Communiqué from the
- modem the Communiqué will shell to DOS and run the fax software
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- From the screen and color setup menu, you can change the colors
- of the screen to what ever you'd like, and change setting such as
- the screen size and framework.
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- Work Screen - Sets the color for the main terminal
- screen.
- Status Bar - Sets the color of the status bar on the
- bottom of the main work screen.
- Help Bar - Sets the color of the help bar on the
- bottom of the screen where the status bar
- usually is.
- Menu Text - Sets the color for the pull down menu
- items.
- Menu Frame - Sets the color of the frame on the pull
- down menus.
- Menu Keys - Sets the color of the highlighted
- characters in the menus used as selection
- characters.
- Menu Bar - Sets the color of the highlight bar used
- to select menu items.
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- following can be setup from this menu:
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- Is used simply to set your desired menu border type. It can be
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- This sets the default screen size used by Communiqué on startup.
- This can be set to either Auto, 25, 43 or 50. Auto means that
- Communiqué will startup in the same mode as DOS is currently,
- which maybe monochrome, CGA color, EGA color (43 lines) or VGA
- color (50 lines)
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- Screen Mode
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- Screen Setup allows you to override some of Communiqué's
- automatic screen type detection routines. Communiqué
- automatically detects a monochrome screen, CGA screen snow and
- Multitaskers needing DOS (non-direct) mapped screen writes. You
- can set these settings to either Yes, No or Auto. Auto means that
- Communiqué will automatically set the most appropriate settings
- according to your computer setup. For speed purposes you may like
- to try to force CGA snow checking off and direct screen writes to
- on. These options may also be specified on the commandline.
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- Here you can set your terminal defaults that will be used when
- Communiqué starts. These settings can be changed in other menus
- whilst using Communiqué as described in Chapter Five and Chapter Six,
- but they only stay valid while Communiqué is in memory. Here is where
- you can set the defaults and save them so that when you next use
- Communiqué these settings will be used. Below is a list of terminal
- defaults that you can set, and the valid options for them:
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- Line settings
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- COM PORT This selects the serial port used by Communiqué at
- start up, and can be set to 1, 2, 3, 4, or Auto. If
- Auto is selected Communiqué will attempt to find the
- com port to which the modem is attached at startup.
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- BAUD RATE This sets the speed at which Communiqué speaks to the
- modem at startup. This is explained in more detail in
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- STOP BITS See Chapter 5 for details (0,1 or 2)
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- PARITY See Chapter 5 for details. (Odd, Even, or None)
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- See Chapter 5 for details.
- (ANSI/TTY/VT52/VT100/AVATAR)
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- See Chapter 5 for details. (ASCII, Xmodem, Xmodem-1k,
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- Lock Baud Rate
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- See Chapter 5 for details. (ON/OFF)
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- Word Wrap
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- See Chapter 5 for details. (ON/OFF)
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- Line Feed
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- See Chapter 5 for details. (ON/OFF)
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- Local Echo
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- See Chapter 5 for details(ON/OFF)
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- Destructive Backspace
- ─────────────────────
- (ON/OFF) When set to "ON" Communiqué will treat a
- received backspace as destructive and not as a move
- to the left.
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- See later section in this Chapter. (ON/OFF)
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- Strip Hi Bit
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- Strips the eighth bit of a byte so no character over
- ascii 127 is received. (ON/OFF)
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- See Chapter 5 for details. (ON/OFF)
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- See Chapter 5 for details. (ON/OFF)
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- Printer
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- When set to on all activity is sent to the printer as
- defined later in this chapter. (ON/OFF)
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- Capture
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- See earlier entry in this chapter. (ON/OFF)
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- Usage Log
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- Logs details of Communiqué's activities to the file
- defined in SETUP/PATHS and FILENAMES. See earlier in
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- Communiqué also has many general options that can be changed or
- modified to give you a powerful customised setup. Below are the
- following general options that can be changed:
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- Alarm Bells
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- This enables or disables the sounding of music when one of the
- user set Alarms go off, if this is off only the pop up window is
- displayed to say that the Alarm is going off.
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- Warning Bells
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- This enables or disables the use of music with some warning
- messages, namely a connection in the dialling directory or the
- end of a file transfer.
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- Allows the de-facto ANSI music to be played if encountered in an
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- When you first start Communiqué you can have it prompt you for
- which com port you wish to use. This was the default setting when
- you first installed Communiqué. It is handy if you have more than
- one modem connected to your computer system or you are always
- changing which port it is connected to.
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- Wait at End of Transfer
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- If enabled Communiqué will not remove the transfer window at the
- end of a file transfer, instead it will wait for you to press a
- key. This is handy if you go away while the transfer is in
- progress and it finishes but you want to see the final speed
- results and any errors that may have occurred etc.
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- Wait After Dial Connect
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- If enabled Communiqué will not wait for a keypress after a
- connection is made when calling from the dialling directory. This
- option is to speed up connection time primarily for systems where
- IEMSI is used.
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- Kill Aborted Downloads
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- If a download is aborted, through error or by yourself,
- Communiqué can optionally delete any unfinished files.
-
- Confirm Disconnects
- ───────────────────
- If enabled Communiqué will first prompt you for confirmation of a
- disconnection before attempting to disconnect.
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- Capture - Strip Codes
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- This simply removes any terminal emulation codes before placing
- any text into the capture file whilst capture is on.
-
- DOS Shell: Use EMS
- ──────────────────
- If you have EMS memory installed you can use this to put
- Communiqué into EMS memory when you do a DOS shell with the ALT-J
- hotkey. This makes the shell a lot faster and means that you will
- have a lot more memory available to you from within the DOS
- shell.
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- DOS Shell: Use Disk
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- If you do not have EMS memory for DOS shells but you still
- require the most amount of memory available whilst you are in a
- DOS shell you can have Communiqué swap itself to a special file
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- while you are in the shell. When you complete the shell the file
- will be read, the memory contents replaced from the data in the
- file and the file will then be deleted. A swap file will
- typically be around 250kb in size, and if you have a RAM disk
- large enough you may specify in the SETUP/FILENAME menu that you
- wish to place the swap file in the RAM disk, this will speed up
- the swap process greatly.
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- DOS Shell: In Window
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- When doing a DOS shell you may specify that you want to do it
- within a window which will be placed on top of your work screen.
- This may be useful if you wish to see what may be behind the
- window. However Communiqué does not attempt to update the screen
- behind the DOS window whilst you are in a shell. Also please note
- that not all applications will be compatible with a DOS window.
- Communiqué does however return the screen to the same state it
- was when you start the DOS window, on your return from the DOS
- shell window.
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- DOS Shell: Write File
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- This will write a special file to the Communiqué directory when
- you shell to DOS. This file contains information on Communiqué
- and the com port. The information may be used by external
- programs such as an external host program.
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- Auto Mailscan
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- If enabled Communiqué will scan the download directory for a QWK
- packet after logging off. It will then execute the mail program
- defined above in the PATHS AND FILENAMES menu option.
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- Auto Chat Capture
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- If enabled Communiqué will automatically toggle on Capture when
- you enter chat mode using either the full screen or split screen
- chat modes. When you exit chat mode you will be asked if you wish
- to close the capture buffer or leave it open to continue
- capturing everything that is displayed on the screen.
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- Auto Dialling Directory
- ───────────────────────
- Will force Communiqué to automatically enter the dialling
- directory upon startup from DOS.
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- Auto Memorandum Display
- ───────────────────────
- Will automatically pop-up the MEMO PAD when Communiqué is first
- started from DOS.
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- Auto Save Configuration
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- Will automatically save any changes made to the Communiqué setup
- on exiting Communiqué. If this option is off and changes have
- been made then you will be asked if you wish to save the changes.
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- Screen Saver Timer
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- This is the amount of time that Communiqué should be idle before
- it switches on the screen saver. To be idle, Communiqué should
- not receive any data from the keyboard, mouse or com port. If
- this field is set to zero the screen saver will be disabled.
-
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- The Auto Hold Timer will send a carriage return to the modem
- after this set amount of time of inactivity whilst online. This
- is handy if you need to leave the computer system for a while
- whilst you are online to a system that has an inactivity
- disconnect timer. Set this field to zero to disable this
- function.
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- Auto Exit Timer
- ───────────────
- This is the amount of inactivity time Communiqué should wait
- before it will close itself up and exit to DOS. Set this field to
- zero to disable this function.
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- Default Status Bar
- ──────────────────
- Enables you to select the default status bar type (or none at
- all) that Communiqué will use at startup.
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- Chat Mode Default Type
- ──────────────────────
- Normally when entering chat mode you are asked if you wish to use
- the Full Screen or Split Screen chat mode. Here you can specify
- one or the other so that it no longer prompts you for this, or
- you can specify Select which means that it will again prompt you
- for your choice.
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- This controls the size of your Scroll Back Buffer. Obviously the
- larger the buffer the more pages of information will be retained,
- but it is expensive on memory requirements. The Scroll Back
- buffer size is measured in bytes, therefore 10240bytes (the
- default) is already another 10k extra on your memory
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- When Communiqué starts up it automatically detects the type of
- operating system in use, whether it be standard DOS, MS Windows,
- DesqView, OS/2 or one of many other multitaskers. If Communiqué
- detects a multitasker it will start time-slicing, if you do not
- wish it to time-slice you may turn it off by setting the OS
- Environment to Standard DOS.
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- Each of these items has help on the help bar on the bottom of the
- screen, all are fairly self explanatory.
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- In the printer setup section, you can change several items to
- customise Communiqué to your printer. The following are
- selections that you may change:
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- Printer Init String (If any)
- Page Length
- ..Page Header Size
- ..Page Footer Size
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- Please note that for the Printer Init String that Communiqué
- sends an ESC (ASCII character 27) to the printer before the
- initialisation string.
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- Interactive EMSI, or Interactive Electronic Mail Standards
- Interchange as it is officially called, is one of Communiqué's
- powerful and unique features. IEMSI gives you the ability to log
- onto IEMSI compatible BBS's at ease just like a script file, but
- faster, better, and with much more flexibility.
-
- In this section, you can define your IEMSI profiles. An IEMSI
- profile is a set of information about your user account on a
- system that is automatically transfered through the IEMSI
- protocol when you log on.
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- To use IEMSI, you must first define a profile. To define a
- profile, go to the menu labelled IEMSI profiles, hit enter, and
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- You are given ten profiles, you do not need to set them all, only
- one, but you may have different setups for different systems.
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- When editing the profile, you must give the following
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- Profile Title
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- This is just simply a title given to your profile, as many of
- them are available, this title is displayed when you are asked to
- select a profile, this saves remembering which profile number has
- what setting, therefore the profile title should have some
- description of how the profile is setup.
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- Name
- ────
- This is where you enter the name that you will be using as your
- account on the BBS.
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- Handle
- ──────
- If the BBS supports handles, this is where you enter your handle.
- A handle is more or less a nickname that you may have for
- yourself, or a name by which you are more commonly known.
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- Password
- ────────
- This is where you enter your password for the specific profile.
- If you wish to use the password defined in the dialling directory
- for the entry of the bbs you are calling, leave this prompt
- blank, Communiqué will then use the password defined in the
- dialling directory if you are using the dialling directory.
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- Location
- ────────
- This is where you enter the location that you are calling from.
- For most systems, it's preferably the city and state your calling
- from.
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- Voice Telephone Number
- ──────────────────────
- This is your voice telephone number or home telephone number for
- the records of the remote system.
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- Work Telephone Number
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- As with the voice telephone number, this is where you enter your
- work or modem telephone number for the remote systems records.
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- ───────
- Here you can select if you want Hot-Keys enabled on the remote
- IEMSI compatible BBS system. However, some systems force Hot
- Keys, and if that is the case, your selection will be over-
- ridden. Hot keys mean that when you press a key in a menu it will
- act upon it immediately whether the menu has finished drawing up
- or not and without you pressing the ENTER key after.
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- Quiet Mode
- ──────────
- Here you can toggle quiet mode on and off. Quiet mode prevents
- other users online from disturbing you with paging, messages, or
- chat requests.
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- Page Pausing
- ────────────
- Here you indicate if you want page pausing, which will prompt you
- to continue after you receive more than a screenful of data.
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- Screen Clearing
- ───────────────
- This option will let you toggle screen clearing on and off, if
- you do not allow screen clearing all text sent to the screen
- will be scrolled.
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- Display News
- ────────────
- This is a option allows you to determine if you want to view the
- NEWS file on the remote BBS system. The news file on the remote
- system or BBS is generally notes from the system operator
- concerning new items on the system which may of interest to you.
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- Check for New Mail
- ──────────────────
- This options allows you request a mail check at logon to the
- remote BBS system, this will check for new mail addressed to you
- since your last logon.
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- Check for New Files
- ───────────────────
- By enabling this option, the remote BBS will do a new files scan
- at logon for your convenience. This is a nice feature for cutting
- down connect time.
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- Full Screen Editor
- ──────────────────
- Here you can determine if you want to use the remote BBS's full
- screen message editor when entering a message on the remote
- system. If you do not use the full screen message editor when
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- which means you enter a message line by line making editing a
- lot harder. Full screen message editors generally require that
- you are using the ANSI or AVATAR terminal emulation.
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- Users Security
- ──────────────
- This is where you set up a password for Communiqué. Communiqué will
- then ask for this at startup. It could be used to prevent
- unauthorised access to your passwords for other systems.
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- ──────────────
-
- This option allows you to configure the file transfer protocols used
- by Communiqué, there are two options, internal and external. Both of
- these are described below.
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- Internal Protocols
- ──────────────────
- Selection of this option will give you two options:
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- Zmodem File Transfer
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- This allows you to set some of the defaults for
- ASCII file transfers, the default values should
- normally work. The options are as follows.
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- - Strip Hi Bits - This toggles ON/OFF and tells Communiqué
- whether or not to remove the eighth data or
- parity bit. This means that no ASCII
- characters above 127 will be received or
- sent.
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- - Character Delay - The delay period between each character sent
- measured in hundredths of a second.
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- - Line - Feed - The delay period after carriage returns
- measured in hundredths of a second.
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- - Abort Character - This is the decimal value of the character
- used to abort the transfer. This is normally
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- Not available at the moment.
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- External Protocols
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- This menu allows you to install external protocols, which are file
- transfer protocols developed by 3rd party authors. Some examples of
- external protocols would be Jmodem, Bimodem, Super-8k, and MPT. They
- are all protocols that are not supported on all systems, and to
- operate most of them, you must run the protocol program which in some
- cases is proprietary.
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- To install an external protocol, you need to do the following:
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- 1) First assign it a name in the name field
- 2) Set the status - Non-Active, Active, Active with Auto-Download,
- Deleted
- 3) Set a selection key (the key that will bring it up)
- 4) Give the upload command line
- 5) Give the download command line
- 6) Set the auto download string
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- The command lines for the different external protocols will vary from
- program to program, and you will need to refer to the documentation
- of the external protocol for a command line to use in the setup. Most
- of the time the command line consists of the file name, and then
- information such as the baud rate, comm port, whether its uploading
- or downloading, and a filepath.
-
- The auto download string is the string that Communiqué will search
- for to automatically start the download process, just like the auto
- Zmodem feature. The status of the protocol must be "ACTIVE: Auto-
- Download ON" for this to work, this way you can quickly turn the auto
- download function off by leaving the status as just "ACTIVE".
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- Communiqué offers the following parameters that may be entered on the
- commandline of the external protocol. These metacommands are replaced
- by the appropriate information at the time.
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- ──────────────────────────────
- *D - Full download path set in SETUP\PATHS AND FILENAMES.
- *U - Full upload path set in SETUP\PATHS AND FILENAMES.
- *S - Communiqué's system directory.
- *P - Serial port number (0..3).
- *C - Com port number (1..4).
- *B - Baudrate.
- *G - Prompt for a filename before shelling to the protocol.
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- Example:
- Name : Puma
- Status : Active
- Selection Key : 1
- Redraw Screen : On
- Upload Commandline : \Term\Puma.exe P1 X+ F- B+ A+ D+ O- R+ s *D
- Download Commandline : \Term\Puma.exe B+ E*B N+ P1 X+ s *U*G
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- The selection key is the location of the character in the title that
- will be highlighted and used to select the protocol, the selection
- key in the example above sets the "P" in "Puma" as the highlighted
- selection key.
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- The status can be Active, Active with Auto-Download, Non-Active or
- Deleted. Deleted means that when you exit and save the settings the
- entry will be erased.
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- ───────────────
- This section allows you to define macros to the SHIFT - Function Keys
- and the CONTROL - Function Keys in Communiqué.
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- To edit one of these keys just press the key, ie. SHIFT - F1 to edit
- the SHIFT - F1 macro. The hilight bar on the bottom of the window
- lets you LOAD, SAVE or CLEAR the macros and QUIT to exit from this
- menu. The LOAD and SAVE commands are exactly the same as those in the
- FILE MENU, SAVE will save the contents of the macros above into a
- filename of your choice, load will allow you to load a previously
- defined macro set. CLEAR will clear all macros above so that you may
- start again.
-
- There are a few other uses to the macro keys apart from the obvious
- like putting your name and password into them. Communiqué has a
- powerful feature where by pressing a macro key it can shell to DOS
- and run or perform some other task. To do this place a "@" at the
- beginning of the definition followed by the filename of the file you
- want to run, ie. "@C:\TOOLS\NU.EXE". Other special characters that
- have a special function in these macros are the "!" and "|". The "|"
- is a RETURN just like pressing carriage return, this is used
- throughout Communiqué as a return. The "!" will substitute itself for
- the currently defined password which is set in the dialling
- directory. If you have just called a BBS system with the dialling
- directory and in the BBS record in the dialling directory you have a
- password defined, Communiqué will take this password and substitute
- it for the "!". If you genuinely need to use one of these characters
- in the text of the macro, simply type two of them, ie. "HELLO!!" will
- read "HELLO!" when printed out on the screen.
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- ──────────────────
- Here you can change your inbound and outbound translation tables.
- This chart contains every character in the ASCII set, and what its
- value is. If you need to re-define one of the values, just enter this
- menu and choose/edit the value you would like to change. When the
- character is received or transmitted whilst the translation tables
- are turned on it will be substituted for the character that you have
- selected. When editing the translation tables you may want to change
- some of the characters that do not appear on the standard keyboard,
- to enter these characters look up its ASCII value in the ASCII chart
- in Appendix C and type it in by holding down the ALT key and typing
- the number on your numeric keypad.This is the standard DOS method of
- entering high ASCII characters and is explained in your DOS manual.
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- If you are using a non-standard communications port, or one that has
- been changed from default, you may need to change some settings in
- this section. In most circumstances, you won't need to make any
- changes, unless you make equipment changes to your com port because
- of an equipment conflict.
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- For each Com Port, you can change the following items:
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- I/O Address
- Bios Vector
- Interrupt #
-
- The I/O Address is the hex IBM PC I/O address for the device, the
- BIOS Vector is the BIOS interrupt vector for the device and the
- Interrupt Number is the hardware generated interrupt number. If you
- find that the changes you have made do not work and wish to go back
- to the default BIOS settings you may select the menu item "Reset to
- Defaults" which is at the bottom of the menu.
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- Save Configuration
- ──────────────────
- This, the last option in the SETUP menu is one of the most important,
- this command will save the entire Communiqué setup apart from things
- such as IEMSI Profiles and Keyboard Macros. If you have made any
- changes to the setup you should immediately go to SAVE CONFIGURATION
- and save the new setup. Communiqué can save the setup automatically
- or prompt you to save the configuration on exit, see the above
- GENERAL settings for more information on this.
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- This chapter deals with the Dialling Directory, that is, dialling,
- editing, tagging and much more. The Dialling Directory is basically a
- whole database in itself and has many of the functions of a database,
- such as delete, find and goto. And so with all this, the Dialling
- Directory deserves its own chapter.
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- In the Dialling Directory window you will see a page of twelve
- entries a dividing line and then a summary of available commands. The
- Dialling Directory Name will be written on the dividing line. There
- is also another list of available keys on the status bar. The
- following commands are available in the Dialling Directory:
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- (M)anual (E)dit (V)iew (P)rint (A)dd (C)lear (G)oto (F)ind (N)ew
- (T)ag Page (U)ntag Page (D)ial Tagged Entries (L)oad New Directory
- (H)istory (I)mport Dialling Directory
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- By selecting M for manual, you will be put into manual dial mode.
- From manual dial mode you can dial any number without having to list
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- Communiqué will use the general setup for the operation, ie. the
- first dial suffix setup in SETUP/MODEM.
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- Edit
- ────
- The edit command will let you edit/add remote computer systems in
- your dialling directory. When you first go into Communiqué, there
- will be 120 dialling selections available. To add a computer or bbs
- number, just hit E and enter all of the information. It will ask you
- for a name, a telephone number, password (not required, but there as
- a reminder), and other essential modem and communications information
- as explained earlier in this manual. Displayed at the bottom of the
- window will be the date and time of the last time this system was
- called.
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- NAME
- The name of the system or person this entry refers to.
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- TELEPHONE NUMBER
- The telephone number to dial.
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- PASSWORD
- The password you use on this system for use by IEMSI or Scripts.
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- BAUD RATE
- If the port is not locked, this is the speed at which you wish
- to connect with the other system.
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- DATA BITS
- Data Bits for the remote.
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- PARITY
- Parity for the remote.
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- STOP BITS
- Stop bits for the remote
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- DIAL PREFIX
- Pressing enter toggles between the three entries defined in
- MODEM/SETUP
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- DIAL SUFFIX
- As defined in MODEM/SETUP.
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- EMULATION
- The terminal emulation you wish to use.
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- This protocol will be the one highlighted when you select the
- upload or download options whilst connected to this system.
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- IEMSI PROFILE
- The IEMSI profile you wish to use with this system.
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- NEXT LINKED ENTRY
- If the number being called is busy it will dial this number
- next.
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- IEMSI SESSIONS
- Whether or not you wish to use IEMSI for this system.
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- WORD WRAP
- Whether or not you want word wrapping enabled.
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- AVATAR SEQUENCES
- Whether or not you wish avatar sequences translated.
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- LOCAL ECHO
- Whether or not you require Local echo enabled.
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- TRANSLATION TABLES
- Whether or not you wish to use defined translation tables.
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- AUTO LINE FEED
- Whether or not you wish a line feed to be added after a
- carriage return is received.
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- MACRO SET FILENAME
- If you have a custom macro set for this system put the name of
- the file in here.
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- SCRIPT FILENAME
- The filename of a script you wish executed after connection.
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- The view command will let you view all of your information on one of
- the entries in your dialling directory. When you select view, an easy
- to read window will appear with the complete information for that
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- ─────
- This command is very similar to the VIEW command, but it will print
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- After you run out of dialling directory choices to edit, this command
- will let you add another 60 entries. When you first start Communiqué,
- you are given 120 entries, which will be more than enough for most
- people. However, if its not enough, just use this command. You can
- add as many entries as you want, Communiqué can have an infinite
- number of entries in the dialling directory.
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- Clear
- ─────
- This command will let you delete or wipe out a specific entry.
- Suppose entry #15 is "Bills BBS", but they close down the BBS
- forever, which means you wouldn't be calling it again. If you need to
- wipe out an entry so it can be replaced with something else, just
- select C for clear.
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- Goto
- ────
- The GOTO command is very helpful in large dialling directories. The
- command will allow you to go to a specific entry number by just
- typing the entry number.
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- Find
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- The FIND command is also very helpful in a large directory. Just hit
- F for find, enter a keyword to search for, and Communiqué will search
- through its dialling directory for the entry that you are looking
- for. It will ask you if you want to do a case sensitive or
- insensitive search, in most cases you would do an insensitive search
- as capitals are not important. Next it will ask you if you wish to
- search forward, backward or global. Forward will search from the
- current position to the end of the dialling directory whilst backward
- searches from the current entry back to the beginning. Global
- searches search from the beginning. If FIND does not find a match for
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- This command will tag all entries on the currently displayed page.
- This saves you the inconvenience of having to press the Space Bar to
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- This is the exact opposite of TAG PAGE, it will untag all entries on
- the currently displayed page, handy if you wish to wipe the slate
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- This command is the actual command you use to dial all your tagged
- entries. Pressing RETURN on an entries dials that entry only and will
- not attempt to dial the tagged entries. Pressing "D", for Dial Tagged
- Entries, will cycle through all the entries tagged in the entire
- dialling directory. The effect is just like going through entry at a
- time, pressing RETURN to dial, until one of the listed systems is
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- Lists the last ten entries dialled, with the time and date that they
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- Imports dialling directories from other software into the current
- dialling directory. Support for other software includes Procomm,
- Procomm Plus, Qmodem, Telemate, and Telix. Support has also been
- added for the FidoNet networks Nodelist.
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- As well as the normal Up/Down arrows and PgUp/PgDn keys there are a
- few other keys that work as well. Of course as you know by now that
- all you have to dial is hit enter on the entry you want, but that is
- not all, you can tag, delete and insert more entries. If you press
- the INS key you can insert an entry before the one where the hilight
- bar is, this means that all the entries after that are moved down one
- entry. Similarly the DEL key will delete the entry and the hilight
- bar and all entries after that one will come forward one to replace
- the deleted entry, it is slightly different in that aspect to the
- CLEAR command. Lastly you can tag entries with the SPACE BAR. The
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- that work are the ESC key to exit the dialling directory and the HOME
- and END keys to move the hilight bar to beginning or end of the page.
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- The MEMO PAD is available in the Dialling Directory by pressing the
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- ALT C.....Communiqué About Menu
- ALT F.....File Functions Menu
- ALT M.....Modem Setup Menu
- ALT U.....Utilities Menu
- ALT S.....Setup Menu
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- ALT B.....Baudrate Select ALT Y.....Printer Toggle
- ALT K.....Capture Toggle ALT R.....Receive/Download
- ALT O.....Chat Mode ALT =.....Scroll Back Buffer
- ALT L.....Clear Screen ALT Z.....Send Break Signal
- ALT P.....Com Port Select ALT -.....Status Bar Toggle
- ALT D.....Dialling Directory ALT V.....Timer and Alarms
- ALT X.....Disconnect ALT T.....Transmit/Upload
- ALT E.....Emulation ALT A.....Type Ahead Buffer
- ALT I.....IEMSI Toggle ALT 0.....Usage Log Toggle
- ALT INS...Screen Image Dump ALT Q.....Quit Communiqué
- ALT J.....Jump to DOS Shell
- ALT N.....Keyboard Lock
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- PgUp..........Upload/Transmit
- ALT TAB.......Toggle RAW Mode
- Scroll Lock...Toggle RAW Mode
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- ALT F2....Memo Pad ALT 6.....Computer Info
- ALT F3....External Editor Program
- ALT F4....External Host Program
- ALT F5....IEMSI Server Info
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- standard. There are some modems that are not Hayes compatible
- however, Communiqué allows you to change all strings sent to the
- modem, such as commands to dial, hang up, and to initialise the
- modem. To change all of these select MODEM AND DIALLING from the
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- Writes. Sometimes snow checking plays havoc with high speed
- emulations, you can make sure it is disabled by typing "/C-" run you
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- The tables below list the complete ASCII character set for the IBM PC
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- │ 000 00 @ NUL │ 016 10 P DLE │
- │ 001 01 A SOH │ 017 11 Q DC1 │
- │ 002 02 B STX │ 018 12 R DC2 │
- │ 003 03 C ETX │ 019 13 S DC3 │
- │ 004 04 D EOT │ 020 14 T DC4 │
- │ 005 05 E ENQ │ 021 15 U NAK │
- │ 006 06 F ACK │ 022 16 V SYN │
- │ 007 07 G BEL │ 023 17 W ETB │
- │ 008 08 H BS │ 024 18 X CAN │
- │ 009 09 I HT │ 025 19 Y EM │
- │ 010 0A J LF │ 026 1A Z SUB │
- │ 011 0B K VT │ 027 1B [ ESC │
- │ 012 0C L FF │ 028 1C \ FS │
- │ 013 0D M CR │ 029 1D ] GS │
- │ 014 0E N SO │ 030 1E ^ RS │
- │ 015 0F O SI │ 031 1F _ US │
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- │ 032 20 │ 055 37 7 │ 078 4E N │
- │ 033 21 ! │ 056 38 8 │ 079 4F O │
- │ 034 22 " │ 057 39 9 │ 080 50 P │
- │ 035 23 # │ 058 3A : │ 081 51 Q │
- │ 036 24 $ │ 059 3B ; │ 082 52 R │
- │ 037 25 % │ 060 3C < │ 083 53 S │
- │ 038 26 & │ 061 3D = │ 084 54 T │
- │ 039 27 ' │ 062 3E > │ 085 55 U │
- │ 040 28 ( │ 063 3F ? │ 086 56 V │
- │ 041 29 ) │ 064 40 @ │ 087 57 W │
- │ 042 2A * │ 065 41 A │ 088 58 X │
- │ 043 2B + │ 066 42 B │ 089 59 Y │
- │ 044 2C , │ 067 43 C │ 090 5A Z │
- │ 045 2D - │ 068 44 D │ 091 5B [ │
- │ 046 2E . │ 069 45 E │ 092 5C \ │
- │ 047 2F / │ 070 46 F │ 093 5D ] │
- │ 048 30 0 │ 071 47 G │ 094 5E ^ │
- │ 049 31 1 │ 072 48 H │ 095 5F _ │
- │ 050 32 2 │ 073 49 I │ 096 60 ` │
- │ 051 33 3 │ 074 4A J │ 097 61 a │
- │ 052 34 4 │ 075 4B K │ 098 62 b │
- │ 053 35 5 │ 076 4C L │ 099 63 c │
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- │ 101 65 e │ 153 99 Ö │ 205 CD ═ │
- │ 102 66 f │ 154 9A Ü │ 206 CE ╬ │
- │ 103 67 g │ 155 9B ¢ │ 207 CF ╧ │
- │ 104 68 h │ 156 9C £ │ 208 D0 ╨ │
- │ 105 69 i │ 157 9D ¥ │ 209 D1 ╤ │
- │ 106 6A j │ 158 9E ₧ │ 210 D2 ╥ │
- │ 107 6B k │ 159 9F ƒ │ 211 D3 ╙ │
- │ 108 6C l │ 160 A0 á │ 212 D4 ╘ │
- │ 109 6D m │ 161 A1 ù │ 213 D5 ╒ │
- │ 110 6E n │ 162 A2 ó │ 214 D6 ╓ │
- │ 111 6F o │ 163 A3 ú │ 215 D7 ╫ │
- │ 112 70 p │ 164 A4 ñ │ 216 D8 ╪ │
- │ 113 71 q │ 165 A5 Ñ │ 217 D9 ┘ │
- │ 114 72 r │ 166 A6 ª │ 218 DA ┌ │
- │ 115 73 s │ 167 A7 º │ 219 DB █ │
- │ 116 74 t │ 168 A8 ¿ │ 220 DC ▄ │
- │ 117 75 u │ 169 A9 ⌐ │ 221 DD ▌ │
- │ 118 76 v │ 170 AA ¬ │ 222 DE ▐ │
- │ 119 77 w │ 171 AB ½ │ 223 DF ▀ │
- │ 120 78 x │ 172 AC ¼ │ 224 E0 α │
- │ 121 79 y │ 173 AD ¡ │ 225 E1 ▀ │
- │ 122 7A z │ 174 AE « │ 226 E2 Γ │
- │ 123 7B { │ 175 AF » │ 227 E3 π │
- │ 124 7C | │ 176 B0 ░ │ 228 E4 Σ │
- │ 125 7D } │ 177 B1 ▒ │ 229 E5 σ │
- │ 126 7E ~ │ 178 B2 ▓ │ 230 E6 ╡ │
- │ 127 7F │ 179 B3 │ │ 231 E7 τ │
- │ 128 80 Ç │ 180 B4 ┤ │ 232 E8 │
- │ 129 81 ü │ 181 B5 ╡ │ 233 E9 │
- │ 130 82 é │ 182 B6 ╢ │ 234 EA Ω │
- │ 131 83 â │ 183 B7 ╖ │ 235 EB δ │
- │ 132 84 ä │ 184 B8 ╕ │ 236 EC ∞ │
- │ 133 85 à │ 185 B9 ╣ │ 237 ED Φ │
- │ 134 86 å │ 186 BA ║ │ 238 EE ε │
- │ 135 87 ç │ 187 BB ╗ │ 239 EF ∩ │
- │ 136 88 ê │ 188 BC ╝ │ 240 F0 ≡ │
- │ 137 89 ë │ 189 BD ╜ │ 241 F1 ± │
- │ 138 8A è │ 190 BE ╛ │ 242 F2 ≥ │
- │ 139 8B ï │ 191 BF ┐ │ 243 F3 ≤ │
- │ 140 8C î │ 192 C0 └ │ 244 F4 ⌠ │
- │ 141 8D ì │ 193 C1 ┴ │ 245 F5 ⌡ │
- │ 142 8E Ä │ 194 C2 ┬ │ 246 F6 ÷ │
- │ 143 8F Å │ 195 C3 ├ │ 247 F7 ≈ │
- │ 144 90 É │ 196 C4 ─ │ 248 F8 ° │
- │ 145 91 æ │ 197 C5 ┼ │ 249 F9 · │
- │ 146 92 Æ │ 198 C6 ╞ │ 250 FA │
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- 3 _____________Receive Data (RXD)_____________ 2
- 4 ____________Request To Send (RTS)____________ 7
- 5 _____________Clear To Send (CTS)_____________ 8
- 6 ____________Data Set Ready (DSR)____________ 6
- 7 _____________Signal Ground (GND)_____________ 5
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