*************************************** * * * Tele-porter Documentation * * * * thanks to U-Called-It-U-Name-It and * * * * The Nut along with Preston Jr. * * * *************************************** **** ALERT **** THIS COMMAND WILL RING THE BELL ON THE REMOTE APPLE. **** ANSWER **** SETS THE COMMUNICATOR TO ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN IT RINGS. THE APPLE WILL ANSWER ANY PHONE CALL WHICH COMES IN ON THE LINE THE APPLE IS CONNECTED TO. THIS MAY ONLY BE USED WITH THE HAYES MICROMODEM AND THE NOVATION D-CAT. INVOKE BY TYPING A OR ANSWER. WHILE IN ANSWER MODE, THE MESSAGE 'WAITING FOR CALL' WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW. WHEN THE PHONE RINGS THE MESSAGE 'RING DETECTED, WAITING FOR CARRIER' WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW. IF CARRIER IS DETECTED, THE MESSAGE 'CONNECTED' WILL APPEAR AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO COMMAND LEVEL. IF NO CARRIER IS DETECTED, THE MESSAGE 'NO CARRIER, LINE DISCONNECTED' WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW AND IT WILL RETURN TO ANSWER MODE. **** BOOT **** THIS COMMAND WILL RE-BOOT FROM THE DRIVE USED TO BOOT TELE-PORTER. THE BOOT COMMAND WILL BOOT ANY OPERATING SYSTEM (DOS/PASCAL) OR PRODUCT SO THAT USER PROGRAMS CAN PROCESS DATA TRANSFERED WITH THE TELE-PORTER. THIS MAY BE INCLUDED IN AN EXEC FILE TO RUN ANOTHER PROGRAM UNATTENDED AFTER COMPLETION OF DELAYED TRANSFERS. YOU MAY THEN PROCESS WHAT WAS JUST RECEIVED. **** CALL **** THIS ALLOWS YOU TO ORIGINATE CALLS TO A REMOTE APPLE USING TELE-PORTER. INVOKE BY TYPING CALL. RESPOND TO NUMBER: WITH THE TELEPHONE NUMBER. YOU MAY USE SEPERATORS SUCH AS ( AND - IN THE PHONE NUMBER. AN * SIGNIFIES TO PAUSE 2 SECONDS BEFORE CONTINUING. A +, ON THE NOVATION ONLY, WILL INDICATE TO WAIT FOR A SECOND DIAL TONE. FOR EXAMPLE; NUMBER:1-(203)327-3204 THIS IS ONLY VALID FOR THE HAYES MICROMODEM AND THE NOVATION D-CAT. WHEN CARRIER IS DETECTED, THE MESSAGE 'CONNECTED' WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO COMMAND. IF CARRIER IS NOT DETECTED WITHIN 30 SECONDS, THE MESSAGE 'NO CARRIER, LINE DISCONNECTED' WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO COMMAND. **** CATALOG **** THIS ALLOWS YOU TO PRODUCE A CATALOG OF ANY DISK ON THE LOCAL APPLE. INVOKE BY TYPING CAT OR CATALOG. RESPOND TO LOCAL: WITH A DOS FILE NAME OR A WILDCARD, FOR EXMAPLE; ABC=,S3,D2 WOULD SHOW ALL FILES THAT BEGIN WITH ABC IN SLOT 3 DRIVE 2. IF OMITTED, THE SLOT DEFAULTS TO 6 AND THE DRIVE DEFAULTS TO 1. **** DELAY **** THIS COMMAND WILL DELAY FOR THE NUMBER OF MINUTES SPECIFIED AND THEN EXECUTE AN EXEC FILE. YOU WILL SUPPLY THE TIME IN MINUTES AND THE EXEC NAME TO RUN. THIS ALLOWS YOU TO DO UNATTENDED OVERNITE TRANSFERS WHEN THE PHONE RATES ARE LOWER, EVEN IF YOUR MACHINE DOES NOT HAVE A CLOCK CARD. **** END **** THIS WILL TERMINATE THE FILE TRANSFER AND RETURN YOU TO THE MAIN MENU. **** EXEC **** THE EXEC COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO STORE ANY COMMANDS IN A STANDARD DOS EXEC FILE TO BE EXECUTED VIA THE EXEC COMMAND. INVOKE BY RESPONDING E OR EXEC TO THE COMMAND PROMPT. RESPOND TO THE LOCAL: PROMPT WITH THE EXEC FILE NAME,SX,DX. IF NOT ENTERED, SX WILL DEFAULT TO S6 AND DX WILL DEFAULT TO D1. EACH LINE OF THE EXEC FILE MUST CORRESPOND EXACTLY TO WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE TYPED IF YOU HAD ISSUED THE COMMAND IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMAND PROMPT. AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXEC FILE TO CALL A TELEPHONE NUMBER: CALL 1-203-357-8002 **** HANG **** THIS ALLOWS YOU TO HANG UP THE PHONE UPON COMPLETION OF THE CURRENT SESSION THIS IS ONLY VALID FOR THE HAYES MICROMODEM AND THE NOVATION D-CAT. INVOKE BY TYPING HA OR HANG. THE MESSAGE 'DISCONNECTED' WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW. **** HELP **** ALLOWS YOU TO GET A MORE DETAILED EXPLAINATION OF ANY COMMAND. INVOKE BY TYPING HELP. RESPOND TO THE PROMPT FOR WHAT COMMAND WITH THE COMPLETE NAME. **** INIT **** THIS COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO INITIALIZE DOS COMPATABLE DISKS. THE INIT COMMAND WILL NOT PRODUCE A BOOTABLE DISK. NOTE* BECAUSE DOS IS NOT STORED ON A DISK INITTED BY THE TELE-PORTER THEY WILL HOLD APPROXIMATELY 6% MORE DATA THAN STANDARD DOS DISKS. **** LOGOFF **** THE LOGOFF COMMAND WILL TURN OFF THE SYSTEM LOG AND CLOSE THE LOG FILE. THE LOG MUST BE TURNED OFF BEFORE YOU EXIT THE FILE TRANSFER. **** LOGON **** THIS COMMAND WILL TURN ON THE SYSTEM LOGGING FACILITY. RESPOND WITH A VALID DOS FILE NAME. BE SURE TO TURN THE LOG OFF BEFORE EXITING THE FILE TRANSFER. THE SYSTEM LOG CAN BE PRINTED WITH THE APPLESOFT PROGRAM "LOG LISTER" SUPPLIED ON THE TELE-PORTER DISK. **** MESSAGE **** ALLOWS YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE REMOTE USER WHILE TRANSFERS ARE BEING DONE. INVOKE BY TYPING M OR MESSAGE. RESPOND TO : WITH THE MESSAGE. THE LEFT AND RIGHT ARROWS MAY BE USED TO CORRECT ERRORS. WHEN YOU HAVE TYPED THE COMPLETE MESSAGE, PRESS RETURN. YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO COMMAND AND THE MESSAGE WILL APPEAR IN THE REMOTE USERS ATTENTION WINDOW. **** MLOG **** THIS COMMAND WILL SWITCH TO THE MESSAGE LOG SCREEN THAT SHOWS THE LAST 24 LINES OF MESSAGES EXCHANGED BETWEEN BOTH USERS. THE MESSAGES FROM THE REMOTE APPLE WILL APPEAR IN INVERSE VIDEO. YOU WILL RETURN TO THE TELE-PORTER SCREEN WHEN RETURN IS PRESSED. **** RCATALOG **** THIS COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO DO A CATALOG COMMAND FOR ANY DISK ATTACHED TO THE REMOTE APPLE. THE REMOTE CATALOG COMMAND ACTS JUST LIKE THE CATALOG COMMAND EXCEPT THAT IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER DUE TO DATA TRANSMISSION DELAYS. **** RECEIVE **** THIS ALLOWS YOU TO GET A COPY OF A FILE OR A COMPLETE DISKETTE FROM THE REMOTE USERS DISK ONTO YOUR DISK. INVOKE BY TYPING R OR RECEIVE. RESPOND TO LOCAL: WITH THE NAME YOU WANT TO CALL THE FILE ON YOUR LOCAL APPLE. YOU MAY OPTIONALLY FOLLOW THE NAME WITH ,SX,DX TO SPECIFY SLOT AND DRIVE. IF THAT NAME EXISTS ON THE SPECIFIED DISK, IT IS DELETED. RESPOND TO REMOTE: WITH THE NAME OF THE FILE WHICH RESIDES ON THE REMOTE USER'S DISK THAT YOU WANT TO COPY. SIMPLY PRESS RETURN IF NAME,SX,DX IS THE SAME AS GIVEN TO LOCAL:. AN * IN THE NAME WILL ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE SLOT/DRIVE. IF THE LOCAL NAME IS BLANK, THE ENTIRE DISK WHICH RESIDES IN THE SPECIFIED DRIVE IS RECEIVED. THIS IS SIMILIAR TO DOING A COPY OF A DISK TO CREATE A BACKUP, EXCEPT THAT THE COPY IS DONE BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS. YOU MAY OPTIONALLY FOLLOW THE NAME WITH ,SX,DX TO SPECIFY SLOT AND DRIVE THAT THE FILE CURRENTLY RESIDES ON.IF SX IS NOT SPECIFIED, IT WILL *** GARBAGE STARTS HERE ***