GWTerm was written to be executed from your favorite terminal program. GWTerm does not replace your terminal program, it supplements it. Typically, you will tell your terminal program to shell to DOS and execute GWTerm anytime BEFORE you actually enter the Global War door game. When you finish playing Global War, GWTerm will automatically exit back to your terminal program. Installing GWTerm with TELIX: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you have access to AutoPlay, written by Geoff Shepherd, by all means use it! If not, follow these instructions instead: Put GWT.BAT, WAR.IMG and GWTERM.EXE in your TELIX subdirectory, or in any subdirectory listed in your PATH statement. Edit GWT.BAT. It looks like this: GWTERM 1 The "1" is the comm port that your modem is using. If your modem is on COM2, change it to a 2. GWTerm supports COM1, COM2, COM3 & COM4 Next we're going to install GWTerm as an external protocol. You could also install GWTerm as your external editor if you prefer. Type TELIX Hit Alt-O Hit P Pick A if it's open, or the next available slot. Give TELIX the following info: Protocol Upload Download Bat or DL Key Name Filename Filename Script Name ---- -------- --------- --------- -------- ---- W GWTerm GWT GWT Batch N Now exit and Write this setup to disk. Now, to use it, run TELIX as usual and dial the BBS. Log onto the BBS, post a lot of messages and upload several files. Now you're ready to play Global War. JUST BEFORE you are ready to play Global War, hit either PageUp or PageDn then select GWTerm off the menu. Then start Global War. You'll notice a slight increase in how fast the maps draw. When you exit Global War, you will be automatically exited back into Telix, or you can force an exit from GWTerm by hitting Alt-X if you need to. REMEMBER: GWTerm MUST be executed BEFORE you start Global War, or it won't work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Installing GWTerm with Telix using hot-leys ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Written by John Mann #269 @ ProVision Sun Dec 03 23:40:23 1989 Rather than replace my editor within Telix or define gwterm as an external protocol, I have written a SALT script to start gwterm at the press of a hot key. Here is the script. main () { run ("d:\telix\gwterm", "2", 0); return; } Pretty simple. Next redefine a key on your keyboard (makes sense to use a function key) as the hot key to start the script. Alt-k brings up the keyboard definition menu, select Regular, Edit, the key you want it assigned to, enter @gwterm.slc (the name of the script), press return, spacebar, Save, enter (to accept default filename), eXit. Now when you want to start gwterm, just press F6 (or whatever), and away you go. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Installing GWTerm with ProComm Plus: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Written by Tim Krahling/SysOp The Airport RBBS 301-675-7626 Edit GWT.BAT as previously described. Put GWT.BAT, WAR.IMG and GWTERM.EXE in your ProComm Plus subdirectory. Load ProComm Plus, from the terminal screen, select ALT-S (setup), select file/path options. At the bottom of the list, you will see, User Hot Key options, F and G. Note the User Hot Key corresponding to the option (F or G) that you select. F = ALT-J G = ALT-U. Select either one using the F or G key, type in GWT and hit ENTER. Hit escape to return to the Setup Utility Main Menu than select S (Save Setup Options). Now you're ready to call the BBS and play Global War like you've never seen it before!!! Follow the same procedure as above, including posting lots of messages and uploading several files . Just before you are ready to play Global War, press and hold down the ALT key and hit either the J or U key (whichever one you selected from File/Path Options). Once GWTerm has loaded, you can enter the Global War door from the (D)oors menu as you normally would. When you (Q)uit Global War, GWTERM will "kick" you back to ProComm Plus. If it doesn't or to prematurely exit GWTERM, press and hold down the ALT key and press X key, ALT-X. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: When using a different version of GWTERM, such as the enhanced SLTERM remember to change everything to read "SLTERM 1" with whatever extra parameters are needed like the number of lines for SLTERM (and SLTMEM). I personnally use the MACRO Method, ex. my F3 macro reads "SLTERM 1 50^M" and all you have to do is press that key before running global war. Amit K. Mathur, Author SLTERM and SLTMEM. Windsor, Ontario, Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enjoy!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please share any good ideas with others by adding to this file.