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(Documentation by The Gonif)
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-Catsend 3.0 - The final version-
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Rather than append to the old doc file, I thought I would save
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40 sectors and just tell you about the new features...
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First, the siren status is located on the upper part of the
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screen. If there are '='s in each corner, then no siren will
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sound, either at the end of the transfer or if an error occurs.
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Conversely, if there are '-'s, then the siren will sound.
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The siren is turned on automatically when you first boot up.
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Also, there are now 4 new full-disk xfer options available.
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Lopsided send/receive, which will xfer drives 1 and 2, and send
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drive 1/receive drive 1 and receive drive 2/send drive 2, which
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will xfer one person's drive 1 to the other's drive 1, and this
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2nd person's drive 2 to the 1st's drive 2.
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Due to a last-minute bug, Catsend 2.1 did not have a 2 byte
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checksum, and changing the 2 byte checksum to a one byte
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checksum induced more bugs (of course). We completely re-wrote
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the verifying routine, making it faster than 2.1, and more
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reliable. (All bugs are now removed, so it is safe to put up a
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Catsend line now.) This new routine also works much, much
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better over long distances than before.
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Now you can create a text file called 'CAT.HELLO', and keep it
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on your Catsend line disk. After a user types in his password,
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the file will be read in *very* quickly, and then will be
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displayed until either the user types <ESC> or until the entire
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file has been printed. Due to the way Apple computers handle 40
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column scrolling, structure your text file for 39 columns or it
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will appear double spaced when printed out.
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Control S will prompt you for a new disk controller slot.
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Catsend will check first to make sure there really is a drive in
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that slot, and won't let you enter a non-existant slot number.
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Finally, it has come to our attention that someone under the
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name of 'The Spaz' replaced our 40 sector doc file with a 7
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sector one of his own, giving himself credit, of course, and
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making a patch whereby you cannot receive a full disk. He
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suggested that there was a bug in that when you are in
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unattended, people can send you a full disk, erasing whatever
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new wares were on your disk before.
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This is not a bug. If you run a Catsend line, write-protect the
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disk that has the ware on it, and leave the other one write-
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enabled, so people can send you stuff. I would think that a lot
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more trading would take place this way than over AE lines as it
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takes almost 1 1/2 hours to download a full disk using Ascii
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Express, but it can take only 10-15 minutes to download a disk
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using Catsend! Malicious people can still erase a disk which
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someone else uploaded, but they would have to call back to do
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it, since Catsend hangs up on you after one complete xfer.
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And since The Wombat and myself did go to so much trouble to
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make Catsend for you, would it be too much to ask for a small
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donation? The Wombat still needs a 2nd drive!! If everyone
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sent $1 - $5, we could get him that drive! (Still waiting for
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someone to get us 212 cards...)
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Well, that about takes care of it. Remember, if you want us to
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make you a hard-drive version of Catsend just write to us and
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we'll do it!
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Send donations and requests (and even comments; we want to know
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what you guys think of our program) to:
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[Catsend]
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64 Oak Tree Lane
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Irvine, Ca
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92715
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P.S. This version's special thanks goes to:
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The Anarchist
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&
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Mordo The Great.
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