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