CISOP (TM) is a set of special communications scripts to be run with
Crosstalk Mk.4.  As an automatic navigator and processor of CompuServe's
principal public areas, it can perform all of the following for up to 60
services that you've selected and installed:

   CompuServe Mail  - Post and Read messages in all of the available formats
                      and for all of the available routings: text messages,
                      binary downloads and uploads, FAX, Postal delivery, MCI
                      Mail, Internet, multiple distribution, etc.

   Forums           - Post and Read messages; capture library file
                      descriptions in both short (OneLine) and long (Full)
                      formats; download and upload files; participate in
                      conferences.

   File Finders     - Search for and capture file descriptions based on
                      single or multiple search criteria (all search criteria
                      recognized by CompuServe -- file name, UserID of
                      originator, keywords, age, etc. -- can be used); file
                      download requests can be issued directly while viewing
                      captured descriptions.

   Upgrade Services - Access and work with special libraries maintained by
                      manufacturers for users of their products.

   Other Areas      - CISOP can be set up to process any public CompuServe
                      area, such as the Executive News Service (ENS).

     CISOP will help you reduce your telephone and on-line charges by letting
you do most of your CompuServe-related work off-line.  What's more, you won't
have to learn a single CompuServe command -- or even navigate CompuServe's
menus!  Instead you'll work with informative, user-friendly interfacing and a
context-sensitive Help system.  If you're new to CompuServe, CISOP will even
enroll you automatically in the forums you select. When you're ready to
explore CompuServe on your own, CISOP will let you switch at any time to
manual terminal operation and back to automated operation, all without
logging you off the system unless you request otherwise.  If you're an
experienced CompuServe user who's spent time and effort getting your on-line
terminal settings and individual service options configured just right,
you'll be glad to know that CISOP will make no permanent changes in these
settings anywhere in the system.

     CISOP is designed to facilitate unattended processing.  It incorporates
a number of safeguards to ensure that your system won't be left "hanging"
on-line, running up phone and connect charges, if something unexpected occurs
in your absence.

     If you're upgrading from CISDL (CISOP's predecessor), you'll find that
CISOP has a similar "look and feel" but incorporates a host of new functions
as well as an improved user interface and a much more complete Help system.

     CISOP runs with Crosstalk Mk.4 V1.01 or later.  The scripts and Help
file require about 750KB of disk storage space.  Additional storage space
will be needed for message, library, index and configuration files. CISOP has
been tested with a variety of hardware and software configurations, including
some of the popular multitasking environments.  If you can run Crosstalk Mk.4
normally, you should have no problem running CISOP so long as you have enough
memory.  A full complement (640KB) of conventional RAM memory is recommended,
but you may be able to get by with 512KB.

     The complete CISOP package consists of three compressed (.ZIP) files,
all of which must be downloaded from Library 6 (Crosstalk Mk.4/Add) of the
Crosstalk forum (GO XTALK):

          CISOP.ZIP   - Scripts and auxiliary files;
          CISDOC.ZIP  - Documentation file;
          CISHLP.ZIP  - Context-sensitive Help file.

If you're switching to CISOP from ATO, TAPCIS, or CISDL, or if you want to
import into CISOP the summary files of OneLine descriptions uploaded
periodically by the IBMNET forums, also download CISCNV.ZIP from the same
location; it contains the necessary conversion scripts.

     CISOP is the author's trademark and is a copyrighted shareware product,
although no fee is charged for its use.  Crosstalk Mk.4 (TM) is a
communications software package from Digital Communications Associates (DCA),
Inc.

     If you have any questions about CISOP or would like additional
information, please leave a message in Section 4 (Crosstalk Mk.4) of the
XTALK forum.

        Dean R. Ammons
        CompuServe 73200,2513