The LOGIN.CMD file which accompanies this README is a modification of the
standard Trumpet Winsock LOGIN.CMD designed to work with The Invention Factory.
I was going to include a configured copy of TRUMPWSK.INI as well, but
apparently that file is generated automatically when you first run TCPMAN.EXE,
and contains password information at various places in the file that may be
specific to you.  So I can't send you mine.  The first few lines, however,
should read as follows: 

[Trumpet Winsock]
ip=199.183.47.76
netmask=255.255.255.192
gateway=0.0.0.0
dns=199.183.47.130
time=
domain=
vector=00
mtu=1500

     Use the "Setup..." screen (found in the File menu) in TCPMAN.EXE to enter
the values shown: you will be able to enter the "Netmask" value if you UNCHECK
BOTH the "Internal SLIP" and "Internal PPP" checkboxes; then check "Internal
PPP" when you are done.  You should also set "SLIP Port" to the number (1-4) of
the COM port where your modem is, set your baud rate, check "Hardware
handshaking", and select "DCD (RLSD) check" under "Online status detection".
Most (but not all) of these steps are as described in the file TRUMPET.TXT
which is posted separately here on The Invention Factory.

     The next step is to go to the "Dialler" (why with two "l"s?) menu, select
"Options...", and click on "Automatic login and logout on demand."  Finally,
also under "Dialler", select LOGIN and enter the phone number you use to call
The Invention Factory (including the "1" prefix and area code as appropriate),
your user name (first and last together, separated by a space), and your
password.  When the dialog box that says "Initializing modem..." appears,
quickly click on "Cancel" to abort the process.

     You have now configured Trumpet Winsock correctly, but you need to copy a
total of five files to your main Windows directoy (normally C:\WINDOWS) to put
everything together.  The five files are: WINSOCK.DLL and TCPMAN.EXE (as
supplied in TWSK21F.ZIP), TRUMPWSK.INI (which was generated when you followed
the above steps), LOGIN.CMD (the version supplied with this README, NOT the
version from TWSK21F.ZIP), and BYE.CMD (which IS the version supplied with
TWSK21F.ZIP).  You can then delete the rest of the Trumpet files, since you
won't normally be using them.  (This isn't a requirement, it is just to save on
disk space).

     Now, to use a TCP/IP application such as Netscape or WS_FTP through your
Invention Factory account, just start the application (double click on its icon
or type its name at the Windows File/Run... dialog).  The Winsock "Dialler"
dialog will appear, will automatically make the connection, and then your
application will start.  (Don't be impatient; it take several seconds from the
time the Dialler dialog leaves the screen to the time your application starts,
but no user intervention is needed; it WILL start when all necessary parameters
have been negotiated).  When you leave your application, the Dialler dialog
will briefly reappear to let you know that the phone is being hung up, and then
the Trumpet program (which was invoked automatically when your application was
run) will gracefully remove itself from active memory.


     Enjoy!


Note:   The LOGIN.CMD script that I am including is set up to use PPP, rather
than SLIP, so that IP address which The Invention Factory assigns to you can be
sensed by program during login "negotions", something that is not possible with
SLIP.  It is possible that the script could be modified to use SLIP and to pick
out the IP address that is transmitted in text form by The Invention Factory,
but I have not done this, as I am not sure what, if anything, the advantage
would be.  The script works fine as is using PPP.