After running BInstall, during which the files necessary to run BImodem were
copied into the directories you told it to, you will need to run BiConfig.
BiConfig puts up a screen that looks something like this:

*==============[BiConfig - (C) Copyright Erik Labs 1989,90]===================* 
*															   *
*					   Screen and Colors						   *
*															   *
*					    Key Definitions							   *
*															   *
*					    Terminal Options						   *
*															   *
*					    General Options							   *
*															   *
*					    Limits & Editing						   *
*															   *
*					   Download Defaults						   *
*															   *
*					    Upload Defaults							   *
*															   *
*					  Filenames and Paths						   *
*															   *
*					    Comm Port Setup							   *
*															   *
*					  Write Setup to disk  						   *
*															   *
*============[Esc-Exit, Tab, BTab, -->, <--, (down arrow & up arrow)==========*

	You can probably just accept the Defaaults for the first two items - 
Screen and Colors, Key definitions. This brings us to the third item -
Terminal Options. Use your cursor keys, or mouse, or type the first letter of
the item T)erminal Options and press <Enter>. You will see a screen like this:

*=================[BiConfig  - (C) Copyright Erik Labs 1989,90]===============*
*															   *
*															   *
*	Baud rate to base estimates on (Modem Rate)		2400 (Enter Value)	   *
*															   *
*	Communications Port (1-8)					1     (Normally)	   *
*															   *
*	Modem Type D - USR Dual Standard				F	 (Enter Value)    *
*			 H - Half Duplex at high speeds			  			   *
*			 F - Full Duplex always								   *
*									   						   *
*	CTS/RTS hardware flow control (Y/N)			N      (8250 UARTS)    *
*															   *
*	Signal Loss of carrier on Carrier Detect (Y/N)    Y	  (Page 55 -	   *
*												   manual)	   *
*	Signal Loss of carrier on Data Set Ready (Y/N)    N       (Page 55 -	   *
*												    manual)	   *
*															   *
*															   *
*============[Esc-Exit, Tab, BTab, -->, <--, (down arrow, up arrow)===========*

The first two entries are pretty much self-explanatory. In the third entry, 
since the whole premise of BImodem is to exploit the use of full duplex opera-
tion, F is probably the most common entry here. Page 55 of the manual deals
with most, if not all types of modems, likely to be in use. If you are lucky
enough to own one of the elite or exotic modems, then make the appropriate
entry. You will probably not be able to escape without checking the manual for
at least some items, and you really should print it out. For the fourth entry,
CTS/RTS hardware flow control, answer N if you have an 8250 UART. Answer Y if
you have an MNP modem or at least a NS16450 UART. With the NS16550AN &
NS16550AFN being the preferred UART chips to have, this leaves the question of
whether to enable FIFO buffering, or not. The documentation states that
unbuffered communications boards work best. The buffered communications boards
will work, but they will have a negative impact on the BiDirectional file
transmissions and when chatting. For the fifth and sixth entries, try Y and N
respectively. It worked for me. The doc's seemed to imply those settings. You
can always run BiConfig again later to try first one, then the other of the
possible settings for these two entries, as they are important. These are just
two of the things to check on if you don't click with the first time. Press
Escape when you are done and you'll be back at the menu. 
	Select General Options. Here are the settings that I used. Some will vary
if you want to enable overwriting or Resume type capabilities. Also, if you are
a hard disk user, you will want to select N to the second item, so that you
can specify the full drive, path and filename when inputing Uploads with
Transfer List Maintenance. 

These options dictate what will be allowed when people 
request files from or send files to YOUR system.
	
Allow current directory access (Y/N)			Y
Allow file names only (no paths) (Y/N)			Y
Rename the file if it already exists (Y/N)		N
Always verify when done (Y/N)					N
Do NOT allow source deletion (Y/N)				N
Retain original file date (Y/N)				Y
Do NOT allow full directory transfers (Y/N)	   *	N    * (These two fields 
Do NOT allow sub directory transfers (Y/N)	   *	N    aren't currently used). 
Replace Timer interrupt (Y/N)					N	
Allow remote file requests (Y/N)				Y
Allow local file requests (Y/N)				Y
Skip transfer if same date/time/size (Y/N)		N

This last one could be set differently on the other (BBS) side, and could skip
the entire transfer if the BBS finds a file with the same date/time/size. This
can be avoided by running a search prior to the transfer to ensure that the BBS
doesn't already have the file(s) that you have already prepared to send. Press
Escape and select Limits & Editing from the menu. These choices are readily
apparent except for the Phone number edit mask. Just accept the Default with
the nines entered just as they are. This field denotes that US of A style phone
numbers will be used. (There are some different ones for other Countries).
	If you are satisfied with your entries, press Escape and you'll be back at
the now familiar menu, at which time you select Download Defaults. On this
screen, I entered five, count `em, 5 N's. Some of these you can over-ride when
doing Transfer List Maintenance if you want, namely the first three. The fourth
one, in this case, you certainly don't want to try, even if the BBS would allow
it, would be uncool, to say the least. The fifth item isn't used at this time.
Its future intent is to inform Bimodem to include all sub directories of the
referenced directory in the file search. Simply answer N to this last one. 
So then, 5 N's, an Escape, and your back to Le Menu. 
	Select Upload Defaults and press <Enter>. Here I entered N to the first
three items. Y to the fourth item (it's ok, as long as you're not deleting your
only copy of the file. Again, you can over-ride the Default when you're doing
Transfer List Maintenance). Answer N to the last entry, press Escape.
	From Le Menu, the next group of fields to address is Filenames and Paths.
Enter the drive and path for the directories and paths that you will be using.
Item #7 asks for the path to the Upload/Download (Transfer List) file. This
will be the drive and path to bimodem.pth (i.e.-C:\COMM\BIMODEM.PTH or
C:\BIMODEM\BIMODEM.PTH or A:\BIMODEM.PTH). The path to the default files list
for BiList (The program used with BiMark to mark files for uploading) would be 
C:\COMM\STARFILE.TXT or C:\BIMODEM\STARFILE.TXT or just A:\STARFILE.TXT. The
last two entries allow the use of call-log and statistics-log files. Press
Escape and select Comm Port Setup. The great majority of systems use these
defaults for the Base Port Address and Interrupt Request Numbers. If you want
to check, it should be in your modem manual and/or System information. Press
Escape one last time and DON'T FOR GET TO CHOOSE WRITE SETUP TO DISK, OR ALL OF
THE CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE JUST MADE WILL BE LOST! This selection will not bring
up a screen, but you should see the disk activity light flash as it writes out
the file.
	I think that the switch to BiModem v1.24 made a lot of these problems
disappear for me, but I'm sure that you still need to make the correct entries
for your particular system. There are two shell programs that might help give
you some insight into implementing BiModem. They are both available here at
Star Factory. The files BIM01_06.ZIP 49K and BIMOSH40.ZIP 18K might give a
useful tip or two, but I don't think that they do anything that BiMenu doesn't. 
One suggests to delete all of the extraneous .CFG files, which in fact I did
after running Binstall and BiConfig, but there's no telling what capabilities
may be hidden in these files. Possibly an obscure command or two, maybe much
more. After all, I'm just running a pretty basic configuration. At any rate,
BiModem.cfg is the configuration file most programs will need to use. 
BiModem.cf1 is the configuration file most BBS's will need to use. If you want
to delete them (as this saves about 1K apiece in file space), do it after run-
ning Binstall and BiConfig.
	If you're tired of BiBlah this and BiBlow that, maybe you will like
SuperZmodem (download the file SZMOD141.ZIP 227K). Or how about a wild new Comm
program by the author of the SuperK protocol by the name of K9X (download the
files K9X85_1.ZIP 258k; K9X85_2.ZIP 112k and K9X85_3.ZIP 179K). This program is
not for the faint at heart, what with it's 320+K documentation/manual. That and
the fact that K9X supports 24 protocols INTERNALLY. This program has everything
a BBS junkie could possibly want except for Chat Mode. It is intended for use
with a hard disk, but you can set it up for floppy disk use (non-bootable).
But I do recommend COMMO v4.51, v4.53 or v4.54 if you're a little short of RAM.
Hell, COMMO is a good program even if you're not short of RAM. `Nuff said.
									

										Enjoy,
									     SuperCAD 
  