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; Helpfile for Portal of Power                  Last changed: 18.02.93  SA 
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;                         (C) Copyright 1989-93 by                         
;       Dan Wulff, Jens Sandalgaard, Steen Christensen & Sren Ager        
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; This file may not be given to anybody, without the written permission    
; from The Portal Team.                                                    
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; DUMBTERM: EXTERNAL PROTOCOLS
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!TOPIC 580 DumbTerm proto: Key
!NOINDEX

This is where you specify what key to use, as a hot-key in the file-transfer
menu.
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!TOPIC 581 DumbTerm proto: Name
!NOINDEX

This is the name of the protocol, NOT the file name. This is also used in the
file-transfer menu, along with the 580Key.
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!TOPIC 582 DumbTerm proto: Prompt DL. name
!NOINDEX

This option is used to tell Portal, if the protocol needs the user to enter a
file-name, or if it is transfered by the protocol itself.
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!TOPIC 583 DumbTerm proto: Auto start
!NOINDEX

Some protocols sends an identification string to the other end, which may be
used to make Portal activate the download protocol at once, without your help.
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!TOPIC 584 DumbTerm proto: Send
!NOINDEX

Here you must specify the command to pass to the system, to activate the
protocol in send mode.

To make this easier to install, the following variables have been defined:

  $baud          Current baud rate.
  $port          Current communications port.
  $inbound       Your 160inbound area.
  $filename      A single filename to transfer
  $filelistname  A name of a file containing the paths &
                 names of one or more files to be sent.
  $filelist      One or more files to be sent, as a
                 string, separated by spaces.
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!TOPIC 585 DumbTerm proto: Receive
!NOINDEX

Here you must specify the command to pass to the system, to activate the
protocol in receive mode.

To make this easier to install, the following variables have been defined:

  $baud          Current baud rate.
  $port          Current communications port.
  $inbound       Your 30inbound area.
  $filename      A single filename to transfer
  $filelistname  A name of a file containing the paths &
                 names of one or more files to be sent.
  $filelist      One or more files to be sent, as a
                 string, separated by spaces.
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; DUMBTERM: MISC OPTIONS
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!TOPIC 600 DumbTerm misc: Modem init
!NOINDEX

Here you specify the string to be sent to the modem when entering Dumb
terminal It could be something like:

  ATZ|~ATS0=0|

See also: 6Modem special chars
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!TOPIC 601 DumbTerm misc: CR sends LF
!NOINDEX

With this option set to 'Y', any received ASCII 13 will result in an automatic
linefeed. Normally this should not be nescessary, but some systems do not
issue a LF after a CR.
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!TOPIC 602 DumbTerm misc: Destructive BS
!NOINDEX

With this option set to 'N', a ASCII 8 (Backspace) will simply move the cursor
back one character. When it is set to 'Y', it will also erase the character at
this position on the screen.
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