CATSEND 202 WRITTEN BY THE WOMBAT & THE GONIF -- -- -- -- -- -DOCUMENTATION BY THE GONIF- DISTRIBUTED BY: THE SAFEHOUSE [612]724-7066 CATSEND 202 IS A FILE TRANSFER PROGRAM WRITTEN FOR THE APPLE CAT MODEM. WHAT DISTINGUISHES IT FROM OTHER, SIMILAR PROGRAMS IS THAT IT OPERATES AT 1200 BAUD HALF-DUPLEX, COMMONLY KNOWN AS '202'. ALTHOUGH CATSEND WAS DESIGNED WITH EASE-OF-USE IN MIND, SOME DOCUMENTATION IS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND FULLY HOW TO USE IT. WHEN YOU FIRST RUN CATSEND, YOU WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A MENU SIMILAR TO THE ONE BELOW: ---------------------------------------- CATSEND 202 WRITTEN BY THE WOMBAT & THE GONIF ---------------------------------------- -MAIN MENU- [S]END FILES [R]ECEIVE FILES [C]ATALOG DISK [F]ORMAT DISK [T]OGGLE DRIVE ->1 [P]ICKUP HANDSET [H]ANGUP HANDSET [A]DD A FILE [N]EW SLOT FOR CAT ->2 [Z]ERO ALL FILES [V]IEW SELECTED FILES -- -- -- -- -- I WILL NOW GO THROUGH EACH OPTION, EXPLAINING WHAT EACH DOES AND HOW TO USE IT PROPERLY. [S]END FILES: WHEN SELECTED, THIS WILL PROMPT YOU TO 'PRESS A KEY TO CONTINUE...' IF YOU PRESS , YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU WITH ALL SELECTED FILES INTACT. OTHERWISE, THE SENDING PROCESS WILL BEGIN. IF NO FILES HAVE BEEN SELECTED, HOWEVER, YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS AND WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU. AFTER THE FILE TRANSFER IS COMPLETE, CATSEND WILL SOUND A PAGER 3 TIMES ON BOTH THE SENDING AND RECEIVING SIDE TO ALERT BOTH PARTIES THAT IT IS DONE. THE CARRIER WILL TURN OFF AND THE HANDSET WILL GO OFF-HOOK TO PRESERVE THE LINE, AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU. [R]ECEIVE FILES: WHEN 'R' IS TYPED FROM THE MAIN MENU, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO 'PRESS A KEY TO CONTINUE...'. ONCE AGAIN, YOU MAY PRESS TO ABORT AND RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU. OTHERWISE, CATSEND WILL GO INTO RECEIVE MODE, AND WILL WAIT UNTIL A HANDSHAKE IS RECEIVED. NEXT, CATSEND WILL RECEIVE THE FILE NAME, NUMBER OF BLOCKS, AND FINALLY THE PROGRAM ITSELF. AFTER ALL THE FILES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, THE PAGER WILL SOUND, THE CARRIER WILL TURN OFF, THE HANDSET WILL PICK UP, AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU JUST AS IN [S]END MODE. [C]ATALOG DISK: THIS WILL CATALOG WHATEVER DRIVE IS CURRENTLY 'ON'. THE FIRST FEW FILES WILL BE DISPLAYED, THEN IT WILL WAIT FOR A KEYPRESS. PRESSING HERE WILL TERMINATE THE CATALOG, WHILE ANY OTHER KEY WILL CONTINUE IT. [F]ORMAT DISK: THIS WILL FORMAT THE DISK IN WHATEVER DRIVE IS CURRENTLY 'ON'. IT WILL FREE UP TRACKS 1-2, AND WILL INSTALL A 'THIS DISK HAS NO DOS' MESSAGE ON TRACK 0, SECTOR 0. [T]OGGLE DRIVE: THIS DECIDES WHICH DRIVE IS 'ON', AND TOGGLES BETWEEN DRIVES ONE AND TWO. BE CERTAIN THAT YOU DO NOT TRY TO SELECT FILES FROM ONE DISK, AND THEN [T]OGGLE DRIVE AND CHOOSE FILES FROM THE OTHER DISK!!! [P]ICKUP HANDSET: PICKS UP THE LINE AND ENABLES THE HANDSET FOR VOICE MODE. THE HANDSET WILL AUTOMATICALLY TURN OFF WHEN ENTERING EITHER [S] OR [R] MODES. [H]ANGUP HANDSET: HANGS UP THE LINE AND TURNS OFF THE HANDSET COMPLETELY. [A]DD A FILE: THIS IS WHERE YOU CHOOSE THE FILES YOU WISH TO TRANSFER. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED WITH 'FILE ->'. HERE, YOU HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS. EITHER YOU CAN TYPE IN THE NAME OF THE FILE AND HIT RETURN, IN WHICH CASE IT WILL MAKE SURE THERE REALLY IS A FILE BY THAT NAME, OR YOU CAN PRESS TO EXIT [A]DD MODE AND RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU, OR YOU CAN PRESS , WHICH WILL CATALOG THE DISK. AGAIN, TO TERMINATE THE CATALOG OR ANY OTHER KEY TO CONTINUE. AFTER YOU HAVE CHOSEN ALL THE FILES YOU WISH TO SEND, PRESS TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN MENU. (YOU CAN GO BACK AND ADD MORE FILES ANYTIME PRIOR TO [S]ENDING THEM.) [N]EW SLOT FOR CAT: YOU MAY ENTER A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 7. [Z]ERO ALL FILES: THIS WILL CLEAR A BEEN ADDED SO FAR. THUS, IF YOU ADDED SOME FILES, AND THEN DECIDED THAT YOU WANTED TO SEND SOMETHING ELSE, YOU WOULD [Z]ERO THE FILES AND START OVER. [V]IEW SELECTED FILES: THIS DISPLAYS THE FILES YOU HAVE CHOSEN ALREADY. -- -- -- -- -- DOS ERRORS: IF AN ERROR OCCURRS WHILE A DOS COMMAND IS BEING EXECUTED, AN ALERT WILL SOUND AND THE DOS ERROR NUMBER WILL BE DISPLAYED. LOOK AT ANY DOS MANUAL TO FIND OUT WHAT ERROR THE NUMBER REPRESENTS. -- -- -- -- -- DURING THE TRANSFER: WHILE SENDING OR RECEIVING FILES, YOU MAY LOOK AT EITHER THE [T]EXT OR [G]RAPHICS SCREEN. SIMPLY TYPE 'T' FOR TEXT OR 'G' FOR GRAPHICS, AND AFTER CATSEND HAS FINISHED SENDING/RECEIVING THE CURRENT BLOCK, IT WILL FLIP THE DISPLAY TO THE PROPER SCREEN. AFTER CATSEND READS/WRITES ONE PASS, AND GOES ON TO THE NEXT, IT WILL FLIP TO THE TEXT SCREEN TO LET YOU SEE HOW IT'S DOING. -- -- -- -- -- AND THAT'S IT! WE HOPE YOU ENJOY USING CATSEND 202, AND THAT YOU FIND IT USEFUL. IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS CONCERNING LATER REVISIONS OF CATSEND, PLEASE CONTACT EITHER THE WOMBAT OR THE GONIF VIA THE ADVENTURER'S TAVERN: (714) 538-3103. HAVE FUN!!