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E A S Y D I A L
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Daniel Collier
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Norm Patriquin
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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
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³Users Guide and Reference³
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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Version 3.5
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December 1990
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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄ¿ ³ (tm)
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³ ³o ³ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÁÐÄÄ¿ ³ Association of
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³ ³ ³ÄÙ Shareware
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ÀÄÄij o ³ Professionals
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ÄÄÄij º ³ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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ÀÄÄÄÄÐÄÄÄÄÙ * Member *
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Patriquin's BBS 714-369-9766
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Copyright 1990 by Patri-Soft
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Portions Copyright 1987, 1988, Information Technology, Ltd
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EASYDIAL Users Guide/Reference Copyright 1990 Patri-Soft Page 1
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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About EASYDIAL
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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EASYDIAL is a program which allows you to easily use your
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computer's modem to dial your telephone for normal voice
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communication. For those of us who have too many numbers to
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remember, and want them easily accessible, then EASYDIAL is for
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you. Some people use EASYDIAL to call their banks - the number
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contains both the bank phone number and their account number. A
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few keypresses is all you need. Therein lies the beauty of
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EASYDIAL, not too simple, yet not too complex.
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EASYDIAL was developed out of need. Recently Patri-Soft, (Norm
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and I) purchased a hands-free type office headset. To dial the
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phone, we had to turn on the headset, lift the handset, dial the
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number and then hang up the handset. This was a lot of trouble to
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dial a number - especially when we make a lot of phone calls.
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Thus began the search for a good telephone dialer. After
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searching several major BBS systems and not finding a suitable
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program, Norm decided to write his own for personal use. Just for
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the fun of it, we posted it on our BBS. Since it was so well
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received, I decided to enhance and upgrade it. EASYDIAL 3.5 is
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the product.
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Quick Start
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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1. Place the ED.EXE file in any directory on your system.
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EASYDIAL.DIR is automatically created in the same directory as
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ED.EXE.
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2. Start ED.EXE without parameters and configure it to your
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needs. (Press 'C' in the directory listing.)
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EASYDIAL was written for ease and speed. If this is the first
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time you have run EASYDIAL, a sample entry has been provided in
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the dialing directory.
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EASYDIAL Users Guide/Reference Copyright 1990 Patri-Soft Page 2
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Some General Information
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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EASYDIAL stores its phone numbers in an external data file called
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EASYDIAL.DIR. This file is automatically created in the same
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directory as ED.EXE. It is a standard text file, and can be
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edited with any DOS text editor. However, no editor is necessary,
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as EASYDIAL can perform full maintenence from within the program.
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The format of EASYDIAL.DIR is fairly simple: You can only have
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one name and number per line and the combined length of that line
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cannot exceed 70 characters. The number of entries allowed is
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unlimited, but EASYDIAL becomes slow to load the entries into
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memory when the number of entries approaches 1500. I have had my
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EASYDIAL.DIR up to 3000 entries (about 271K), but I haven't fully
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tested it.
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The EASYDIAL entry:
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EASYDIAL.DIR contains one number per line. EX:
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TIME 555-1212
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Pizza 555-1234
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EASYDIAL, when dialing a number, scans the entry backward looking
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for either a space, letter, or other "illegal" character. When
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it finds it, EASYDIAL knows which is the number and which is the
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name. So as a consequence, the actual number cannot contain any
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spaces or letters. For example, "555 1212", "555-ABCD" is not
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allowed. The string CAN contain the following characters:
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#*;,()-?. (The period is not allowed) Valid numbers are 555-1212
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or 555;1212*;?
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EASYDIAL can be driven from a menu or the command line. Some
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people who are using EASYDIAL for extended periods of time prefer
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to use the menu, where they can see what they are doing. Others
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who are just making quick phone calls prefer to use EASYDIAL from
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the command line. I have attempted to write EASYDIAL to be
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flexible enough to accom modate many different styles of users.
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You of course, are the judge.
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EASYDIAL does support BUSY, RINGING, NO DIALTONE, etc. These are not
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configurable, but can be controlled by adjusting the modem initilization
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string to fit your needs.
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EASYDIAL SYNTAX:
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EASYDIAL can be started by issuing the command:
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ED [optional name or number] [optional switches]
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This manual explains first the menu and then later the command line.
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EASYDIAL Users Guide/Reference Copyright 1990 Patri-Soft Page 3
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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MAKING THE CALL:
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If at any time during the actual dialing sequence, if you press
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ESC, EASYDIAL will abort the call and will NOT log or time it.
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After the number is dialed, a message appears in the dialing
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window,
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Dialed...pick up handset...press any key when ringing.
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Pressing any key will hang up the modem and return EASYDIAL to
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either DOS or the menu. If a busy signal is detected, EASYDIAL
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will display,
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Busy (Attempt x)
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Redial pause: x seconds. (Any key cycles, ESC aborts redial)
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EASYDIAL will keep dialing until either you press ESC or the call is completed.
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EASYDIAL will also detect RINGING. This is useful if your modem
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is not quite loud enough to hear. The word RINGING will appear
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accompanied by a short beep.
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OPERATING EASYDIAL FROM THE MENU
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When starting EASYDIAL with no parameters, you are placed in a
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full screen menu with all of your EASYDIAL.DIR entries on the
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screen. You may then use your arrow keys to scroll through the
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listing and find the number you wish to dial. Simply press ENTER
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on the found entry and EASYDIAL goes off and dials the number.
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The following commands are available to use:
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Configue To configure EASYDIAL, press C. A screen appears,
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and it is here where you custom EASYDIAL to fit
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your needs.
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Modem Initilization String: This is the string
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which controls your modem and how EASYDIAL
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interacts with it. Modem strings can be
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confusing, so if you're not sure, it is better not
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to change it. The initilization string must
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always start with AT. For some reason or other, a
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string of ATZ does not reset the modem and
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consequently cannot be used. However, AT works
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fine for those who do not want EASYDIAL to change
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any of their modem settings. The string breaks
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down as follows:
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EASYDIAL Users Guide/Reference Copyright 1990 Patri-Soft Page 4
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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E0 -- Do not echo commands back to EASYDIAL. If
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it was set to E1 then EASYDIAL would interperte
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the echoed commands as errors. (Try it to see
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what would happen)
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Q0 -- This tells the modem to send it responses
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back to EASYDIAL. Otherwise if it was Q1,
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EASYDIAL would have no idea of the modems status.
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M1 -- Speaker on. If set to M0, you could not
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monitor the call.
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X4 -- This is the command that EASYDIAL depends on.
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Below is a chart detailing the uses of the X commands.
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X0 X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 X7
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OK o o o o o o o o
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CONNECT o o o o o o o o
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RING o o o o o o o o
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NO CARRIER o o o o o o o o
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ERROR o o o o o o o o
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CONNECT 1200 o o o o o o
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NO DIAL TONE o o
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BUSY o o o o o
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NO ANSWER o o o o o
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reserved
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CONNECT 2400 o o o o o o
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RINGING o o o
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VOICE o o
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If you want EASYDIAL to detect RINGING then a value
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greater than X4 needs to be set. Looking at the chart,
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X5 seems to fit the need. However X5 detects voice,
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which could hang the modem up on your call with nothing
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more than a "Hello?" This could be useful if you want
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EASYDIAL to automatically hang up, assuming that you
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have already picked up the phone. It turns out, that to
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optimize your calling, X7 is the best setting, however,
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some modems do not support values above X4.
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V1 -- This tells the modem to give return verbal
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responses. EASYDIAL depends on full, verbal responses,
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so if you set this to V0, EASYDIAL cannot process the
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responses.
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L1 -- This controls speaker volume. L1 is the quietest,
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while L3 is the loudest.
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EASYDIAL Users Guide/Reference Copyright 1990 Patri-Soft Page 5
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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If at any time you need to restore the old defaults,
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press F9.
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ACTIVE COM PORT: If you are not operating on COM1, you
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need to change this to reflect the correct port. Valid
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ports number from 1 - 4. EASYDIAL does not currently
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support nonstandard IRQs, but it will in the future.
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(Provided that people express the need)
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REDIAL PAUSE LENTH: When EASYDIAL detects a busy
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signal, it will wait this amount of seconds before
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trying to redial.
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TIME CALLS: EASYDIAL can time the calls. The advantage
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of this is that you can monitor how much time a call is
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requiring, or you can keep track of the duration for
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tax/office purposes. The disadvantage is that you
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cannot use your computer during this time.
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LOG CALLS: EASYDIAL will log the person, time, number,
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and duration of each phone call if this flag is set to
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Y. A file called EASYDIAL.LOG is created in the same
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directory as ED.EXE.
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COMMENT IN LOG: You can leave a one line description in
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the log at the time of the call if this option is set to
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Y or A. If you set it to A, EASYDIAL will ask you if you
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wish to enter a comment at the end of each call. If it
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set to Y, it will automatically request the comment.
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PULSE OR TONE: Some houses (still) have pulse dialing
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and need to set this flag to P. (Useful for outside of
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the U.S. also.
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COLOR OR BLACK/WHITE: On Toshiba and similar laptops,
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the color scheme of EASYDIAL can be difficult to
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understand. However, with this flag, EASYDIAL can be set
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so it is much more clear and understandable.
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SAVING THE SETUP: Press F10 to save, or ESC to abort.
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If at any time, things get too mixed up, press F9 to
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restore the values that EASYDIAL was shipped with.
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Add Pressing A in the menu will scroll all entries below the
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highlight bar down and pop up a window where you can
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enter the new data. Pressing ESC aborts the add,
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ENTER saves it to disk.
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EASYDIAL Users Guide/Reference Copyright 1990 Patri-Soft Page 6
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Revise To revise an entry, position the highlight bar on the
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desired entry. Press R, and a window pops up with the
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entry to be revised. Pressing ENTER accepts the change,
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ESC aborts. NOTE: While revising the entry, you also
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have a few options available. Pressing ALT-X restores
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the unchanged line. Pressing ALT-U converts the line to
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upper case, ALT-L changes it to all lower case, ALT-C
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capitalizes it.
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Delete To delete an entry, position the highlight bar on the
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desired entry and press ALT-D. This will scroll all the
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other entries up one to replace the deleted one.
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Manual Dial To manually dial a number, press M. EASYDIAL will then
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pop up a window requesting the number to dial. ESC
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aborts.
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Find Find an entry. With large EASYDIAL.DIRs, finding an
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entry can be difficult. Pressing F in the menu will
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allow you to enter a search pattern. EASYDIAL then
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searches FROM THE TOP DOWN for a matching string and
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highlights it.
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Last Repeat the Last find. Pressing L will cause EASYDIAL to
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search FROM THE HIGHLIGHT BAR DOWN and highlight any
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found entries.
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Pick (NEW!!) If you have a large EASYDIAL.DIR and want to
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look for an Acme, but aren't sure of the exact name,
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press P in the menu. EASYDIAL will prompt you for a
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search string and then find all entries that match
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that string. It puts them in a secondary scrolling
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window where you may then find your entry among all the
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Acmes. Pressing return will dial it.
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Justify (NEW!!) In an effort to provide some sort of format to
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the EASYDIAL.DIR, I have provided J in the menu. After
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pressing it, EASYDIAL separates the name and the
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number, and puts the number flush with the right
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margin. It takes an entry like:
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TIME 555-1212
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and makes it
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TIME 853-1212
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EASYDIAL Users Guide/Reference Copyright 1990 Patri-Soft Page 7
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Tag (NEW!!) EASYDIAL can now tag numbers. To tag a number,
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press the Right arrow key. EASYDIAL will scroll the
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screen and the tagged number will appear blue and have
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a "þ" on the right margin. CTRL-RA tags all, CTRL-LA
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untags all, Left arrow by itself untags only the entry
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the highlight bar is positioned on. Then, when you are
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ready to dial the tagged numbers, press T. EASYDIAL
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counts the tagged numbers and asks you if you want to
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dial them. Answering Y causes EASYDIAL to dial them
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one at a time, with a pause at the end of each call.
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At the completion of each call, the number is untagged
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and the next one is dialed.
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Sort Pressing S in the EASYDIAL.DIR will tell EASYDIAL to go sort
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your directory in alphabetical order. The sort algorithm
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is not very fast, so it may take a few seconds. (A
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faster sort will hopefully be included in the next
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version).
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F3 Issue any DOS command. EASYDIAL will return to the
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menu after the completion of the command.
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OPERATING EASYDIAL FROM THE COMMAND LINE:
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ED [name/number] [-] [aumfdltbr]
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Dialing from the command line:
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Issuing the command ED Acme will dial the number associated with
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the first entry which matches ACME. This is the fastest
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and easiest way to use EASYDIAL. You can also just dial a
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number from the command line, i.e. ED 555-1212.
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ED -A [OPTIONAL NAME/NUMBER]
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Add an entry from the command line. If no name and
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number are supplied than you will be prompted for one.
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ED -F [NAME/NUMBER]
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EASYDIAL will find all matches to the the supplied name
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and number and display them on the screen.
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ED -D [NAME/NUMBER]
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EASYDIAL will delete all files which match the string provided
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EASYDIAL Users Guide/Reference Copyright 1990 Patri-Soft Page 8
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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ED -M:x Specify an alternate COM port to use. It is better just
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to set the active com port in the configuration, but if
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you don't want to, you may specify an alternate by using
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-M:2 or whichever com port you desire.
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ED -U Pulse Dial the call
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ED -T Time the call
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ED -L Log the call
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ED -R:xx Specify a redial pause length for the call. Ex: ED PIZZA -R:10
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ED -B Specify black and white operation
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DIALING STRING MODIFIERS
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The actual dialing string can contain several special
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characters: ? , ; W.
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? -- Place this AT THE END of your dialing string if you
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want to dial the number from you keyboard. For example,
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when calling our voice mail number, we have a dialing
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string like this:
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PAGER 555-1212;*1111?
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EASYDIAL dials the string and then waits for user input. I can then
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listen to my messages by using my keyboard to dial the numbers.
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The letters on the keyboard are automatically changed to their
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numeric counterparts, just as on the telephone keypad.
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NOTE: Manual dialing is SLOW. Wait to hear the modem send the
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number before pressing another!
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; -- Place a semi-colon anywhere in the dialing string to make
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EASYDIAL pause and wait for a keypress before dialing the
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remainder of the string. In the previous example, the ; is used
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to wait for my voice mail service to answer the phone. As soon
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as it does, I can dial the remainder of the string. Another
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application is credit card calls - I place the ; between my
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credit card number and the actual number. I wait until I hear
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the tone to enter my card number and then press a key to dial
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the remainder of the sequence.
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EASYDIAL Users Guide/Reference Copyright 1990 Patri-Soft Page 9
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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, -- Places a two second pause in the string where ever this is located.
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Some people use a , instead of a ; when they know that only a
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short delay is needed. (i.e. If you are dialing out of an
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office and you need to dial 9 to get out, set up your dialing
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string as such:
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HOME 9-,555-1212
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W -- Placing a W in the dialing string will make EASYDIAL Wait
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for a second dial tone before dialing the rest of the number. I
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have no idea what to use this for, but people asked for it.
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CREDIT CARD CALLS
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EASYDIAL supports use of a switch which will automatically append
|
||
your credit card number to the number you are calling. To use
|
||
this, you have to have an entry in EASYDIAL.DIR which has a name
|
||
of CREDIT and the number is your credit card number. For
|
||
example, to make a credit card number, start EASYDIAL with the
|
||
-C parameter. Your EASYDIAL.DIR looks like this:
|
||
|
||
HOME 555-1212
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||
PIZZA 555-1213
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||
A WAY OFF PLACE 555-123-9999
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||
CREDIT 123-454-1234-1234
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||
|
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You position the highlight bar on "A WAY OFF PLACE" and press enter.
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||
EASYDIAL gets the number attached to credit, and appends it to
|
||
the number of "A WAY OFF PLACE." A 0- is placed on the front of
|
||
the string. The number ends up looking like:
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||
|
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0-555-123-9999;123-454-1234-1234
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|
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The semi-colon is placed in the middle in order to wait for
|
||
the tone which signals me to dial the credit card portion of the
|
||
call.
|
||
|
||
[NOTE: You can use -C from the command line by using a command
|
||
like ED PLACE -C]
|
||
|
||
APPENDING A PREFIX
|
||
|
||
The same concept as credit cards can be applied to a PREFIX
|
||
call. EASYDIAL will search it's directory for an entry named
|
||
PREFIX and will put that number at the beginning of the number
|
||
you are dialing. To use this, start EASYDIAL with the -P option.
|
||
I'm not really sure what this is useful for, but if you can find
|
||
a use for it, let me know.
|
||
|
||
|
||
EASYDIAL Users Guide/Reference Copyright 1990 Patri-Soft Page 10
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||
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
|
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Program Maintenance:
|
||
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
|
||
|
||
Version 1.0 April 1990
|
||
Version 1.1 May 1990
|
||
-Enabled EASYDIAL to log and/or time calls
|
||
Version 1.5
|
||
-Fixed manual dial mode
|
||
-Added windows
|
||
-Added -C and -O option enabling EASYDIAL to append a credit card
|
||
or optional number to a dialing number.
|
||
Version 2.0
|
||
--Removed -C & -O.
|
||
--Added a scrollable directory enabling full EASYDIAL.DIR
|
||
maintainance from within listing.
|
||
Version 2.0A
|
||
--Fixed time-call problem
|
||
Verion 2.2
|
||
--Fix command-line dialing problems. Dialed first match of
|
||
first word instead of first match of entire string
|
||
--Added a Find option for the directory listing.
|
||
Version 2.5
|
||
--Enabled all parameters to be used either in the directory
|
||
listing or the command line
|
||
--Enabled all eviroment commands to be able to be set from the
|
||
commannd line
|
||
--Changed all modem routines to more reliable and smart routines
|
||
--Added busy detect and automatic redial
|
||
--Total Parameters added:
|
||
-M:x Specify comport
|
||
-R:x Specify redial pause
|
||
-L Log the call
|
||
Version 3.0
|
||
--Added an internal configuration file to control all options
|
||
internally.
|
||
Version 3.1
|
||
--Added ability to leave comment in log
|
||
--Fixed directory listing problems
|
||
Version 3.2
|
||
--Fixed bugs with adding
|
||
--Changed way add and revise work
|
||
--fixed manual dial problem
|
||
--added alpha-order sort
|
||
--Enabled "W" modem command
|
||
--Now can include numbers in name field
|
||
--Protect comment-in-log
|
||
Version 3.3
|
||
--Improved configuration
|
||
--Created bigger stack size to enable large EASYDIAL.DIRs.
|
||
--Changed add/revise. (again)
|
||
--Added black and white operation
|
||
Version 3.5 December 1990
|
||
--Did more work than I care to recall
|
||
--Added Pick, Tag, and Justify
|
||
--Added delays for people with FAST machines
|
||
--Upgraded comm routines
|
||
--Loads of little things.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
Registering EASYDIAL
|
||
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
|
||
|
||
EASYDIAL is distributed under the Shareware concept. This allows
|
||
users to evaluate software for a short time to determine if it
|
||
is useful to them. If you decide the software is of value to
|
||
you, you are required to register it.
|
||
|
||
This concept allows for quality software to be distributed at a
|
||
reasonable cost. Many of hours of my time has been invested in
|
||
EASYDIAL. Continued registration will justify the continued
|
||
upgrading of this utility to insure it remains up to date with
|
||
current technology. In any case, I do greatly appreciate all
|
||
users that care enough to register. I try to provide the best
|
||
possible software for all you faithful supporting users.
|
||
|
||
Send registration requests to:
|
||
|
||
Patri-Soft
|
||
P.O. Box 8263
|
||
San Bernardino, CA 92412
|
||
|
||
The registration charge is a one time fee that entitles you to
|
||
all future versions of the product. These may either be
|
||
obtained from normal Shareware sources or from me. I do not
|
||
automatically send product updates to registered users. It is
|
||
impossible to provide automatic upgrades at the low costs of
|
||
these utilities.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
Register EASYDIAL 3.5 Order Form
|
||
|
||
VISA/Mastercard orders are only accepted through telephone orders.
|
||
Call the Public (Software) Library at 800-242-4775 to order TODAY!
|
||
|
||
_______ SPECIAL OFFER!!! Register EASYDIAL and get the full set of
|
||
the Patriquin utilities for only $30 more! For a total of $50.00
|
||
you received your registered copy of EASYDIAL plus the full Patriquin
|
||
utility set with manual. This is a $15 savings!
|
||
|
||
|
||
_____ EASYDIAL -- Good basic telephone dialer..............$20.00
|
||
_____ PCOPY -- File Copy, Move, Backup, Update, more!...$20.00
|
||
_____ PSEARCH -- Locate files on your disk. Outstanding!..$20.00
|
||
_____ PALERT -- Warns you of low disk space..............$15.00
|
||
_____ PATTR -- Manage attributes of DOS files...........$10.00
|
||
_____ PDAILY -- Automatically execute commands once/day..$10.00
|
||
_____ PDELETE -- Save space with automatic disk cleanup...$20.00
|
||
_____ PPRINT -- Advanced file print w/special formats....$20.00
|
||
|
||
|
||
California Residents add sales tax....................@ 6% $______
|
||
|
||
Total amount of my order is: $________
|
||
|
||
Disk Size (circle one)? 5 1/4 3 1/2
|
||
|
||
|
||
Name: __________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
Company: _______________________________________________
|
||
|
||
Address: _______________________________________________
|
||
|
||
_______________________________________________
|
||
|
||
City: ________________________ State: ________ Zip: __________
|
||
|
||
Please register the software under the following name:
|
||
|
||
____________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
I received EASYDIAL from (Optional):_____________________________
|
||
|
||
Send order to: Patri-Soft P.O. Box 8263 San Bernardino, CA 92412
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
Reporting Problems (EASYDIAL 3.5)
|
||
|
||
I welcome all comments or enhancement suggestions. Please
|
||
document each item clearly and provide printed examples, if
|
||
possible. Please be sure to include this form with all
|
||
requests. It will help to make sure we can provide you with the
|
||
best possible service.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Name: __________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
Company: _______________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
Address: _______________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
_______________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
City: __________________________________ State: _______________
|
||
|
||
Zip: ______________________________
|
||
|
||
Telephone: _______ / ________________________ (Home / Work)
|
||
|
||
|
||
Date: _________________________ Machine Type:_______________
|
||
|
||
Modem Type (IMPORTANT) ________________________________________
|
||
|
||
Name of Utility: _______________________ DOS Level: ____________
|
||
|
||
Description of problem or enhancement:
|
||
|
||
________________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
________________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
________________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
________________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
Suggested solution:
|
||
|
||
________________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
________________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
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