Telemate 2.00a 1-1-90 ============== Four bugs are found and fixed. 1) Not compatible with Everex 2400 internal modem. 2) Not compatible with TANDY CGA 25 line mode. 3) Num Lock is considered always unlocked in 2.00. 4) This bug will not be discovered if you have one of the following factors missing: . a non-exist script file in the script field of the phone directory . remote system is connected . when 'Script file not found' message appear on the screen, you press [Enter] twice Then the terminal will be locked although you can use [Alt X] to exit. Telemate 2.00 12-22-89 ============= This is a major upgrade. This version offers many new features and enhanced functions such as variable phone direcotry size, full VT102/VT52 terminal emulations, status line and EMS support. All of these make Telemate a better, and probably the most powerful, communications program in the field. In addition, the enhanced installation program TMINST.EXE let you hear 20 favorite songs, e.g. James Bond Theme and The Entertainer, while you are selecting one of those as the alarm song. Moreover, it displays a sample window showing the colors you are choosing. The phone directory maintenance program TMPHONE.EXE allows you to change the size of the directory, clear statistics, sort, insert, delete, and print the phone directory. Upgrading from old versions can't be easier because the upgrade program will do all the job, you simply type 'UPGRADE TM.CFG TM.FON' then it will change the format of those files. From this version, Telemate is distributed in two editions, namely the Standard Edition and the Extended Edition. The Standard Edition is a Shareware while the Extended Edition is limited to registered users only and have the ending screen removed. What's new ========== 1. Up to 8M EMS can be used as virtual memory. Both EMS 3.2 and EMS 4.0 are supported. This minimize disk access and, hence, speeds up the system. (Extended Edition only) 2. You can swap Telemate to EMS when you jump to the OS Shell. (Extended Edition only) 3. Full VT52 and VT102 terminal emulations. 4. Enhanced phone directory - . variable size, up to 1000 entries (use TMPHONE to change it) . 15 character long password field . 20 character phone number field . four 50 character long prefixes . four 50 character long suffixes . 'Default COM Port' option (shown as COM0 in TM.FON) . 'Auto Open Log' option 5. Dial bar - Compounding the dial bar and the [Spacebar], you can enter the dial list much easier. 6. Dial attempt - You can control the maximum number of dialing attempts. This is useful in a script file. 7. Status line - It shows the current COM parameter, script file, log file, printer status and name of remote system. 8. Clipboard review dialog [Alt K] - It displays the content of the clipboard and allows you to print it. 9. Command line dialog [Alt R] - You can execute a DOS command or external program and return to Telemate as quickly as possible. 10. Function keys, except [F1] to [F10] can be used as macro in EDIT window. 11. '^=' hot key macro symbol - You can run an external program, external protocol driver or DOS functions by passing a function key. This means you can configurate more then 40 external protocols. 12. '^\' run script macro symbol - Now you can run a script file by pressing a function key. For example, if you want the [Alt F10] to run the host mode script file HOST.SCR, you can set the [Alt F10] to "^\HOST". 13. '^$' macro symbol - With this macro, you can send the memo field to the remote system. If your password is too long that fit into the password field, you can put it in the memo field and use this macro to send your password. 14. '^*' macro symbol - This macro send the modem hang up string. 15. Quote function in BACK window added such that you can quote directly from the BACK window. Same command is added to VIEW window. 16. Variable Quote string. 17. Prefixes and Suffixes - You can enter four 50 character long prefixes and four suffixes of the same length. 18. Connect strings - You can enter as many as 4 different connect strings. 19. COPY and PASTE functions are added in text box of dialogs such as the filename box of the file dialog. 20. SHIFT COPY [Shift Alt C] and SHIFT CUT [Shift Alt U] append marked text to clipboard, so that you can build a list of filenames in the clipboard or combine several paragraphes. 21. Pause Scroll Back - Pressing the [Insert] key in the BACK window will pause capturing text. Pressing [Insert] key again will resume the capture. 22. Show disk space remaining in the protocol selection menu. 23. 3 mouse speed - Slow, Medium and Fast. 24. Double click . double clicking in the file dialog chooses the file . double clicking on a phone directory entry edits the entry. 25. Transfer time and remaining time - Calcuated with the average CPS value. 26. Extended pacing - A delay can be placed after each character a macro or a script PUT string. 27. /T command line option added such that Telemate starts at terminal mode instead of dial mode. 28. 101 enchanced keyboard support. 29. Print buffer - A larger print buffer, 2K, is being used. And it controls the data flow if the buffer is full. 30. ANSI Music - The music string will not be displayed. And ANSI music is allowed in ANSI terminal only, VT102 terminal will interpret the music string as an escape code sequence. 31. Doorway mode [Alt =] - It sends not only the 256 ASCII characters but also the function keys and [Alt] keys sequence. You must press [Alt =] again to turn it off. 32. If you do not have enough memory, the editor and viewer will restrict the file size to 32K. 33. Critical Error Alarm added - When critical error occured, an alarm will be displayed and you will be advised to save the editor file and re-run Telemate. Critical errors are caused by copying and pasting too many lines to the editor or using a too large back scroll buffer. 34. In TMScript, Complex condition expression is supported such as (a=b) or ( b[;12H which is sent by FSED on the first line. You can press an [Enter] to skip the first line. 9. Hang if entering a find string and connected to a board. 10. A Zmodem session aborted by operator may cause a lost chain in the directory. 11. EGA/VGA 43 line mode mulfunction. 12. Unable to enter Extended ASCII code in dialogs. 13. In TMScript, Date and Time command mulfunction. 14. In TMScript, OTHERWISE with an EXIT command do not work properly. 15. In TMScript, SET STOP TO command produces a compile-time error. 16. In TMINST.EXE, it set the color to wrong window.