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* Tele-porter Documentation *
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* thanks to U-Called-It-U-Name-It and *
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* The Nut along with Preston Jr. *
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**** ALERT ****
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THIS COMMAND WILL RING THE BELL ON THE REMOTE APPLE.
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**** ANSWER ****
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SETS THE COMMUNICATOR TO ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN IT RINGS. THE APPLE
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WILL ANSWER ANY PHONE CALL WHICH COMES IN ON THE LINE THE APPLE IS
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CONNECTED TO. THIS MAY ONLY BE USED WITH THE HAYES MICROMODEM AND THE
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NOVATION D-CAT. INVOKE BY TYPING A OR ANSWER. WHILE IN ANSWER MODE,
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THE MESSAGE 'WAITING FOR CALL' WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW.
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WHEN THE PHONE RINGS THE MESSAGE 'RING DETECTED, WAITING FOR CARRIER'
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WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW. IF CARRIER IS DETECTED, THE
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MESSAGE 'CONNECTED' WILL APPEAR AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO COMMAND
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LEVEL.
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IF NO CARRIER IS DETECTED, THE MESSAGE 'NO CARRIER, LINE DISCONNECTED'
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WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW AND IT WILL RETURN TO ANSWER MODE.
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**** BOOT ****
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THIS COMMAND WILL RE-BOOT FROM THE DRIVE USED TO BOOT TELE-PORTER.
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THE BOOT COMMAND WILL BOOT ANY OPERATING SYSTEM (DOS/PASCAL) OR
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PRODUCT SO THAT USER PROGRAMS CAN PROCESS DATA TRANSFERED WITH THE
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TELE-PORTER.
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THIS MAY BE INCLUDED IN AN EXEC FILE TO RUN ANOTHER PROGRAM UNATTENDED
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AFTER COMPLETION OF DELAYED TRANSFERS. YOU MAY THEN PROCESS WHAT WAS
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JUST RECEIVED.
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**** CALL ****
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THIS ALLOWS YOU TO ORIGINATE CALLS TO A REMOTE APPLE USING
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TELE-PORTER. INVOKE BY TYPING CALL. RESPOND TO NUMBER: WITH THE
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TELEPHONE NUMBER. YOU MAY USE SEPERATORS SUCH AS ( AND - IN THE PHONE
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NUMBER. AN * SIGNIFIES TO PAUSE 2 SECONDS BEFORE CONTINUING. A +, ON
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THE NOVATION ONLY, WILL INDICATE TO WAIT FOR A SECOND DIAL TONE. FOR
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EXAMPLE; NUMBER:1-(203)327-3204 THIS IS ONLY VALID FOR THE HAYES
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MICROMODEM AND THE NOVATION D-CAT. WHEN CARRIER IS DETECTED, THE
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MESSAGE 'CONNECTED' WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW AND YOU WILL BE
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RETURNED TO COMMAND.
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IF CARRIER IS NOT DETECTED WITHIN 30 SECONDS, THE MESSAGE 'NO CARRIER,
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LINE DISCONNECTED' WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW AND YOU WILL BE
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RETURNED TO COMMAND.
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**** CATALOG ****
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THIS ALLOWS YOU TO PRODUCE A CATALOG OF ANY DISK ON THE LOCAL APPLE.
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INVOKE BY TYPING CAT OR CATALOG. RESPOND TO LOCAL: WITH A DOS FILE
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NAME OR A WILDCARD, FOR EXMAPLE;
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ABC=,S3,D2
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WOULD SHOW ALL FILES THAT BEGIN WITH ABC IN SLOT 3 DRIVE 2.
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IF OMITTED, THE SLOT DEFAULTS TO 6 AND THE DRIVE DEFAULTS TO 1.
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**** DELAY ****
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THIS COMMAND WILL DELAY FOR THE NUMBER OF MINUTES SPECIFIED AND THEN
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EXECUTE AN EXEC FILE. YOU WILL SUPPLY THE TIME IN MINUTES AND THE EXEC
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NAME TO RUN.
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THIS ALLOWS YOU TO DO UNATTENDED OVERNITE TRANSFERS WHEN THE PHONE
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RATES ARE LOWER, EVEN IF YOUR MACHINE DOES NOT HAVE A CLOCK CARD.
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**** END ****
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THIS WILL TERMINATE THE FILE TRANSFER AND RETURN YOU TO THE MAIN
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MENU.
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**** EXEC ****
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THE EXEC COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO STORE ANY COMMANDS IN A STANDARD DOS
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EXEC FILE TO BE EXECUTED VIA THE EXEC COMMAND. INVOKE BY RESPONDING E
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OR EXEC TO THE COMMAND PROMPT. RESPOND TO THE LOCAL: PROMPT WITH THE
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EXEC FILE NAME,SX,DX. IF NOT ENTERED, SX WILL DEFAULT TO S6 AND DX
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WILL DEFAULT TO D1.
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EACH LINE OF THE EXEC FILE MUST CORRESPOND EXACTLY TO WHAT YOU WOULD
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HAVE TYPED IF YOU HAD ISSUED THE COMMAND IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMAND
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PROMPT.
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AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXEC FILE TO CALL A TELEPHONE NUMBER:
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CALL 1-203-357-8002
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**** HANG ****
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THIS ALLOWS YOU TO HANG UP THE PHONE UPON COMPLETION OF THE CURRENT
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SESSION THIS IS ONLY VALID FOR THE HAYES MICROMODEM AND THE NOVATION
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D-CAT.
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INVOKE BY TYPING HA OR HANG. THE MESSAGE 'DISCONNECTED' WILL APPEAR
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IN THE COMMAND WINDOW.
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**** HELP ****
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ALLOWS YOU TO GET A MORE DETAILED EXPLAINATION OF ANY COMMAND. INVOKE
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BY TYPING HELP. RESPOND TO THE PROMPT FOR WHAT COMMAND WITH THE
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COMPLETE NAME.
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**** INIT ****
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THIS COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO INITIALIZE DOS COMPATABLE DISKS. THE INIT
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COMMAND WILL NOT PRODUCE A BOOTABLE DISK.
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NOTE*
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BECAUSE DOS IS NOT STORED ON A DISK INITTED BY THE TELE-PORTER THEY
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WILL HOLD APPROXIMATELY 6% MORE DATA THAN STANDARD DOS DISKS.
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**** LOGOFF ****
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THE LOGOFF COMMAND WILL TURN OFF THE SYSTEM LOG AND CLOSE THE LOG
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FILE.
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THE LOG MUST BE TURNED OFF BEFORE YOU EXIT THE FILE TRANSFER.
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**** LOGON ****
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THIS COMMAND WILL TURN ON THE SYSTEM LOGGING FACILITY. RESPOND WITH A
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VALID DOS FILE NAME. BE SURE TO TURN THE LOG OFF BEFORE EXITING THE
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FILE TRANSFER. THE SYSTEM LOG CAN BE PRINTED WITH THE APPLESOFT
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PROGRAM "LOG LISTER" SUPPLIED ON THE TELE-PORTER DISK.
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**** MESSAGE ****
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ALLOWS YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE REMOTE USER WHILE TRANSFERS ARE
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BEING DONE. INVOKE BY TYPING M OR MESSAGE. RESPOND TO : WITH THE
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MESSAGE. THE LEFT AND RIGHT ARROWS MAY BE USED TO CORRECT ERRORS.
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WHEN YOU HAVE TYPED THE COMPLETE MESSAGE, PRESS RETURN.
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YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO COMMAND AND THE MESSAGE WILL APPEAR IN THE
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REMOTE USERS ATTENTION WINDOW.
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**** MLOG ****
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THIS COMMAND WILL SWITCH TO THE MESSAGE LOG SCREEN THAT SHOWS THE LAST
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24 LINES OF MESSAGES EXCHANGED BETWEEN BOTH USERS.
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THE MESSAGES FROM THE REMOTE APPLE WILL APPEAR IN INVERSE VIDEO.
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YOU WILL RETURN TO THE TELE-PORTER SCREEN WHEN RETURN IS PRESSED.
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**** RCATALOG ****
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THIS COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO DO A CATALOG COMMAND FOR ANY DISK ATTACHED
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TO THE REMOTE APPLE.
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THE REMOTE CATALOG COMMAND ACTS JUST LIKE THE CATALOG COMMAND EXCEPT
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THAT IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER DUE TO DATA TRANSMISSION DELAYS.
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**** RECEIVE ****
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THIS ALLOWS YOU TO GET A COPY OF A FILE OR A COMPLETE DISKETTE FROM
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THE REMOTE USERS DISK ONTO YOUR DISK. INVOKE BY TYPING R OR RECEIVE.
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RESPOND TO LOCAL: WITH THE NAME YOU WANT TO CALL THE FILE ON YOUR
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LOCAL APPLE. YOU MAY OPTIONALLY FOLLOW THE NAME WITH ,SX,DX TO SPECIFY
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SLOT AND DRIVE. IF THAT NAME EXISTS ON THE SPECIFIED DISK, IT IS
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DELETED. RESPOND TO REMOTE: WITH THE NAME OF THE FILE WHICH RESIDES
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ON THE REMOTE USER'S DISK THAT YOU WANT TO COPY. SIMPLY PRESS RETURN
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IF NAME,SX,DX IS THE SAME AS GIVEN TO LOCAL:. AN * IN THE NAME WILL
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ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE SLOT/DRIVE. IF THE LOCAL NAME IS BLANK, THE
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ENTIRE DISK WHICH RESIDES IN THE SPECIFIED DRIVE IS RECEIVED. THIS IS
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SIMILIAR TO DOING A COPY OF A DISK TO CREATE A BACKUP, EXCEPT THAT THE
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COPY IS DONE BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS. YOU MAY OPTIONALLY FOLLOW THE
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NAME WITH ,SX,DX TO SPECIFY SLOT AND DRIVE THAT THE FILE CURRENTLY
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RESIDES ON.IF SX IS NOT SPECIFIED, IT WILL *** GARBAGE STARTS HERE ***
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