HANDS ON Remote Access README Page 1 This Product is Shareware, if you continue to use it Please Register to Legalise your usage _______ ____|__ | (R) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| Member Updated February, 1995 This is yet another Easy Up and Running release of the Hands On remote support package for DOS that includes a range of tools for a variety of purposes. The most significant changes in the February, 1995 version 5.1 release is the addition of initialization strings for about 400 modems and associated initialization string handling changes in the base product. Some people will argue that the addition of the HOMINS.EXE simple setup utility is more important. HOMINS is a simplifed subset of the full HOHOSTIN.EXE setup utility. Its use can somewhat reduce your setup confusion and/or the confusion of people that you are trying to support. The information below provides hints for where and how to go and look for information. Please note that by far the most common feedback that we have had to the initial release of Hands On 5 is that people only re-distribute portions of the package onto their BBS's. As a reaction, we have removed a number of files from the default BBS distribution, but have left them listed below. The September 1994 and later distributions have the most useful 'core' of the package for you to evaluate. The full May BBS distribution comes in a file like HO5MX.ZIP. The core version will be HO5M.ZIP, with the eXtras in the HO5X.ZIP file. For November these change to HO5NX.ZIP, HO5N.ZIP, and HO5X.ZIP. We have no way of fully controlling what you have actually received so there is no sense indicating what you actually have. We plan to upload 'the rest' onto systems like Compuserve and will also supply the whole package when you ask at registration. We are also starting (February, 1995) to experiment to see what more people consider a useful minimal HANDS ON Remote Access README Page 2 release. Check with disk vendors and BBS's, and the like to see what they are carrying. The manual's names were changed from .DOC to .TXT in March, 1995. Its possible for you to be asked to look something up in a 'something.DOC', when you should look in 'something.TXT'. 1sthand.exe run it first. Its provides easy setup and access to the manuals. Use '1sthand setup' for a directed setup quick.txt for a quick start with Hands On gather.txt gather's manual readme.txt this file BBS.txt information for BBS people & vendors register.txt registration information ho.txt user documentation in plain text install.txt installation information manuals.txt lists the manuals for easy look up omi.txt omni/omi manual shr_ware.txt explains shareware update.txt history & new features vendor.txt shareware distributor information ho.exe HANDS ON program for the remote computer ho.hlp on-line help for ho.exe ho.ho configuration file for ho.exe hoask.exe batch file choice or query tool hocheck.exe time checking tool for batch files ... hodial.exe dialing program for host computer hoextr.exe interfaces to receive files using DSZ hoexts.exe interfaces to send files using DSZ horz.bat script to receive files using DSZ hosz.bat script to send files using DSZ hohost.exe HANDS ON program for host computer hohostc.exe to configure HOHOST in memory hohostin.exe installation program for hohost.exe homins.exe simplified installation hohostin.res sample response file for HOHOSTIN homodset.exe modem configuration program homodset.dat sample setup data for modem horemove.exe to remove HOHOST from memory hotalk.exe chat or conversation tool homnu.exe simple dos menu, aka mnu.exe mnu.txt homnu's manual HANDS ON Remote Access README Page 3 -- the omni file transfer tools -- omiget.exe uploads files for host computer omiput.exe downloads files for host computer omi.exe portest.exe a com port explorer wizard.txt manual for the wizard package wiz.exe the wizard automator wizfeed.exe the wizard's feeder show.exe to test run wizard scripts -- file enders -- tele.ini is a general setup file hands on setup files end with .HO omni file transfer setup files end with .OMI various help files end with .HLP some instruction files end with .DAT Xbase files end with .DBF and .DBT Wizard script files end with .SCR 1sthand's built in menu uses the menu.his history file and keeps its settings in settings.1h. It also uses the manuals.txt to intelligently look up information. We update the Hands On copies on Compuserve PCCOM (IBMCOM) UTILities LIB 3 regularly. This file ends with a note that other files will be included in the distribution from time to time. Vic Williams P. C. Softsmith 604 433-5189 The HO.txt lists Compuserve, Internet, and physical addresses.