ZX-News #48 09 июня 1999

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Copyright description - Description of the MMD v2.21

           Author's description



  Today we have a new version of the application
widely known terminalki - MMD (first generation). Deal with it 
will help you in this column published a detailed help from the 
author. __________________________________________


(C) 1999 by Aleksandr Majorov / MAS


             -= MMD v2.21 =
      Copyrigth (C) 1999 Omega Group


  During the launch of MMD test computer. The test results you 
can see when calling the option "View log'a" or

start the program (if you hold
space).


  Displays the results of all actions:

  - RAM size and the presence of
Resident (only for Scorpio);

  - The availability and status of Kempston mouse;

  - The presence of the Muses. coprocessor;

  - Availability of software switchable turbo (a program 
determines the turbo mode, the Scorpion ZS-256, KAY-256 Turbo 2 
+). 


  Also search and download lyrics.
Files:

  - External drivers work with the line;

  - Macro files and phone books.


  Immediately after loading the MMD is ready for use.
On the screen you can see something like this:



       1 "button and the information


          2 3 4


       working infor-enacted

       mation directory catalog


       Tip 5 keys


                    6

                terminal



  1 - is derived "buttons" to work with
mouse, and posted some of the system
information;

  2 - directory of your drive;

  3 - information about the current directory;

  4 - directory of your party (there
Only after you accept it);

  5 - Tip of function keys (may be absent);

  6 - Terminal window.


  At the top (in the box 1) will be displayed
this line:

10640 Lat Dos Line View Mac Phone Off_line



  The left indicate the amount of free memory for
log'a, but also shows whether the log entry or not (presence / 
absence the letter "L") - maximum size: 16383

bytes.


  By the way, log - is a "protocol" to work with
terminalkoy. In the sense that it stores everything that came 
in a terminal window. Whether it's "conversation" with the 
subscriber, the message about the successful transfer files, 
error messages, and even the names of the runs when files.



  Mentions registry keys (Lat / Eng)
and indicate which letters are displayed
(Big / small).


  On the right side indicate the status of the line
"Off_Ln" (the modem does not take up the line). If
"Off-hook" that displays the current speed of information 
transmission. 


  In the middle are "icons" for
work with the mouse (see "Working with the mouse).


  Just below the information line available
Directories: working and accepted.


  Above them, displays the names of the drive and
Disk (A: Diskname), and in the catalog
received files before the name of the drive
is the letter "X".


  In the info window (3) shows
the following:


  Files: Number of files in a directory;

  Del. F: Number of deleted files;

  Free: Number of free sectors;

  Mark: The number of selected files;

  Size: The size of selected files in the sectors;

  SetUp: Which of the two units of the system
active.


  Window 5 (tip) is briefly recalled
what keys to what is used:

CS + Ent.DISK SS + Ent.LINE Extend.MACROS
SS + I. Unsel Tr.V.. PANELS Inv.V..Cat / mark
SS + Q. Size SS + W. Log SS + E. Phone SS + Spc.View



         Working with Kemston-Mouse.


  If your computer has a mouse, then
work with the program will be much easier. You can use the 
mouse to do almost everything. (Well, maybe not be able to 
recruit characters in the terminal. ;-))



  After starting the program the first pressing
mouse button will be considered "fire", respectively, while the 
other will be "canceled". 


  If your three-button mouse, do not forget that the program 
uses all three buttons. If your mouse has only two buttons, 
then simultaneously press both - And the program will 
understand it as pressing the middle button. 


  To call any menu, select
click on the corresponding word in the upper
line and press the "fire".


  When referring to the register of the keyboard by pressing 
the "fire" made a change Lat / Eng, and pressing the "Cancel" 
choice: big / small letters. 


  In the upper right corner: "fire" - remove
pipe; "cancel" - hang up, the middle button - change the speed.


  If the mouse points to the directory
what keys perform the following steps:
fire "- to move the cursor and mark the file;
"Cancel" - to move the cursor to this
file; average - check all files or
to remove marks.


  If the cursor is at the
the top or the bottom line catalog
then "fire" will Flipped directory
up / down the page, "Cancel" button - Select
Mode: All / tagged files, the "average" -
check all files / uncheck.



                  Menu.


  When you open any menu on the left of option
will be the numbers from one to nine.
This is a "hot" keys. You can choose
point cursor and then press Enter, or
immediately press the number key.


        Working in native mode.


  After downloading the program is in
native mode.


  Pressing any alphanumeric key will lead to the fact that this 
key will be displayed in a terminal window and will be 
transferred to the phone line to your subscriber.



  The remaining function keys are nothing
will not be passed, but will cause some
action, such as:


  True Video button, you can choose:
 his / adopted by the directory.


  Inv. Video - switching directory mode all / only the marked 
files. 


  Move the catalog: the cursor keys.


  Supply / uncheck: Graphics.


  Pressing the Symbol Shift and "I"
do such a thing: if the current directory are checked files, 
they will disappear. And if no files are checked, then Mark all.



  Symbol Shift key combination, and "Q"
resizes the window - When deriving directories they will 
disappear, and if they do not, they appear.



  To resize the window with the mouse, bring it down to the 
bottom of the screen and press the "fire". 


  SS + W - trigernoe on / off
permit recording of information in the log.


  SS + E - a window with a notebook.


  CS + Enter - work with the disk.


  SS + Enter - the exchange of information.


  Extend Mode - Work with macros.


  Macros - these are small tekstiki,
that can be sent by pressing two keys.


  Not only described in the "hint"
key remained BREAK (not enough room).


  Clicking on it takes you to the SetUp, which can set the 
program in its taste. SetUp can then be saved to disk. To enter 
the SetUp with the mouse, bring it down to the bottom of the 
screen and click secondary key or click "Cancel".




  Caps Shift + Enter - work with the disk.


  1) Change the disc - what can I say? ..


  2) run the file - if the cursor is on the left
panel indicates the BASIC-file, it starts up. Here's the handy 
Resident Scorpion.



  3) Rename - can be changed as
the very name of the file, and expansion ... Using the Left / 
Right - move to name the key "up" - to clear the name. 


  4) Delete Files - deletes marked
files.


  5) SAVE LOG - saving all that
were recruited into the terminal. File name specified via SetUp.


  6) CLEAR LOG - a very strange feature.



       SS + Space - Work with the line.


  1) Speed: **** The values ​​and number of
rates depend on the driver. There can
have eight speeds.


  2) QUERY: *** - the number of attempts to transmit /
data.


  3) Reception / Transmission - you can choose whether we pass 
or will take. 


  4) TYPE: HOBETTA / TEXT - file transfer
type Hobeta - the file itself, along with the title, or as a 
text - only the very contents of the file.



  5) file - to take / pass marked
File (s) (depending on item 3).


  6) CATALOG - send your catalog / catalog to the subscriber 
(XA-XD) (depending on item 3). 


  7) CD - to take / pass the disc from any
on any track (depending on the item
3).


  8) Autoexchange - pass a list of tagged you on an incoming 
directory of files and switch to "Receiving files". 


  With points for the number "8" pridetsya understand in more 
detail. Suppose you call your friend and badly want to get ten 
pictures, a toy "Jumping Jack "and the latest issue of ZX-News, 
a buddy of time - 5 minutes only. For example, he must cook 
dinner. It's okay! Let him prepare dinner, just let

first run MMD and insert into the drive
"A" game discs, and floppy drive "B" - pictures and a newspaper 
(on disk, of course;)). Nothing more from him and is not 
required. Selecting the item "3" RECEPTION poke button "6" and 
get its directory on drive "A". Push True Video and note the 
files. Now again go into the menu Reception / Transmission

and poke the button "8". Zhdem a while until the files will be 
/ written and repeat the same steps with the disc "B". Then we 
press on Ext.Mode and "toe." While a friend is running the 
kitchen - to know that there bumknulo, print - thanks, they 
say, you can chop off. That's it! 


  If you only have to pass something, then things are even 
simpler. Notes in his directory files. The menu Reception / 
Transmission in paragraph "3", select "transfer" and poke

button "File" - everything!



    Extend Mode - Work with macros.


  Keys "A" to "Z" - the transfer of appropriate macro.


  Caps Shift + A. .. Z - Macro editor
(See below).


  Clicking on the Extend Mode and ...


  "0" - would lead to "ding" on the subscriber;


  "1" - clear screen caller;


  "2" - will be transferred to the code "Escape" (27,
# 1B);


  "3" - you can find out which version of terminalki
your call. Can be used to
quality of communication;


  "4" - the line is repeatedly sent
Code 24 (CONTROL + X). This code should "squeak" in order to 
interrupt the reception / transmission; 


  "5" - will be sent to request the end of the connection - on 
the request BBS "hang" the tube; 


  "6" - disable the modem from the line (if
driver allows you to control line);


  "7" and "8" - connect the modem to the line
(If above driver).


  If the flag is set, "Set speed" is off, then nothing else 
happens. If enabled, the modem will attempt to pick the best 
exchange rate (Again, if the driver allows it). And, on the "7" 
modem will "squeak" in the line and then "listen" to it, and on 
the "8" first "listen". Ie on the same computer doing "7", and 
another - "8", and they choose the best speed. 



            Macro editor.


               MACRO 1:?

               2 next

               3 Previous


  Press the "2", "3" you can choose you are interested in the 
macro. 


  Button "1" - edit the macro.
Exit the editor - Break. The maximum length of a macro - 64 
bytes. 


  In the macro body can include some
Wildcards "Bell", "Cls", "Escape",
"Test", etc., which at the time of recruitment
Press Ext. Mode, and then the desired number.


  It was skzano just macros 26, but
it's not true! There are 2 more macro called "Ring" and "Call".


  Macro "Ring" will be transferred automatically after 
connecting the modem to the line at detection of tones, and the 
macro "Call" will be passed after a dialer program to the 
subscriber and establish a These communications.




       SS + Space - Image files.


              1 File: Code

              2 files: text

              3 files: the screen

              4 on Browse log'a


  Well, the buttons "4" will take you to
Image Log'a in the "code". By "1", "2"
and "3" load a file marked
cursor, or the first selected file,
after which the mark is removed from it.


  After downloading the program moves on
Image file.


  Viewing the screen files.


  The first 6912 bytes of the file will be displayed on
screen. Working keys for viewing:


  "2" - all the color / monochrome 1/monohrom 2;
"3" - color change border; SPACE / BREAK -
exit; Edit / Caps - download the following highlighted file.



            View the text.


  Control keys:


  "1" - the color of ink, "2" - tsvey paper;
"3" - color of the curb; SPACE / BREAK - exit;
Edit / Caps - download the following distinguished
file.


  Flipping through the pages (to 22 lines):


  Forward - Enter, True Video; ago - Inv.
Video.


  Moving the line:


  forward - hands down, "Q"; ago -
Up arrow, "A".


  Also operates the cursor keys and
mouse button:

  "Fire" - forward a page;

  Cancel - back to the page;

  "Average" - a way out.


  Use the "4" You can switch the mode code / text. " Mode 
"text" is indicated by a "-" in the top row. 


                 Difference:


  "Code": if there are strings longer than 42
characters, then they will be "slashed" to lines of 42 
characters. 


  Text mode: displays only part of a long string, and may be 
the keys Arrow left / right "to move left / right by rows.




         SS + E - Phonebook.


  Window opens in full screen:


00 √ 123-45-67 Neighbor Vasya
01 765-43-21 Vasya-neighbor
02 + 008 favorite BBS
03 999-99-99 do not know who it is
04 √ 888-88-88
05

                ..........
96
97
98
99

         Ext.Mode - tip



  On the left indicates the line number and marker
mark rates. In the middle - the phone number field length of 19 
characters. Right - the comment to 16 characters. 

  In total, the book may be 100 entries,
from 00 to 99.


  Use the Ext. Mode, you can
bring a hint of function keys.


  Graphics - mark room / deselect
with numbers


  If you move the cursor to the number and press
CS + Enter, you can edit
line number. Prichem with arrows
Left / Right you can go out the window with
Comment number to the window and back.


  When you move the cursor to the number and
press Enter, or type in the line number
the program will dial up to this
facilities.


  Clicking Inv. Video, you can enter with
keyboard any number, and the program will
dial up number dialed.


  Tr. Video - obzvonka numbers marked
"Daw". Initially, by calling "0"
If contact can not (well, it employs
or do not respond), then dial the number "2" and
etc. As soon as the dial up to some
numbers, the "crow" in this issue will be
removed, and instead will be a "+"
which shows that the number is marked, but
before him had already phoned.


   With Delete you can set the "crows"
where there is a "plus sign", ie, a
recovery markers.


           Special characters:


  In the box with the phone number of characters except
with the numbers "0 "..." 9" may be present:

  - The character "dash" ("-") just for the visual separation 
facilities. 

  - The symbol of "dog" means that ("@")
must suspend a set of numbers, wait for dial tone and continue 
dialing. 

  For example 8 @ 812-123-4567 means: dial "8", wait for dial 
tone, then then dial the area code "812" and the number itself

phone.


          How does the dialing.


  If during dialing, press the space bar, then the collection 
will be interrupted. 


  If while waiting for an answer ponazhimat
on the keys, then we obtain the result:


  Enter or "fire" on the mouse - do not wait
more and to get through to the next room.


  Space, or "cancel" on the mouse - to stop
Dial and hang up.


  Graphics or "medium" on a mouse - to believe that call, ie, 
stop Dialing numbers and replace with "daw" on

"Plus sign".


  If anything on the press, the program
will control the line of lyrics. as follows:

  - Catching the short beep, goes to
the next set of numbers;

  - To catch any unit from the line, happily "bumkaet and 
graduated dial; 

  - If some of the time nothing happens, it believes that the 
way it should, and moves to the next set of numbers. 


                WARNING!


  Phone books in MMD 2.20 and MMD 2.21
are incompatible with each other! This is due to
increasing size of the fields in the MMD 2.21.
So do not load the phone
book from the other version (the computer does not hang, but 
instead of telephones to be rubbish). 


         The format of the telephone book.


  The file length of 3840 bytes of record is located directly 
on one another. The length of one record - 36 bytes.


  The first byte - marker mark, it is better
do to # 00. After the marker marker
followed by 19 bytes to a phone number, then 16 bytes with a 
description. If the string with a phone or a description of 
less than, the missing bytes are needed to "score" byte # 00. 



        Break - Installation (SetUp).


  You can have two simultaneous minded SetUp'a. One of them, 
for example, to communicate with the IS-Dosnoy terminalkoy or 
with happy owner of the program MODEM 3.

5, while the other - to work in advanced mode, with the support 
of all the features of the program. 


  At running SetUp window appears at the top
screen, on top of which you will see information about loaded 
the modem driver. 


  Below will appear:


            1 SetUp 1

            2 MODEM

            3 flags

            4 Service

            5 FILE NAMES

            6 Keymap

            7 Working with the line

            8 color system

            9 Save the SetUp


  Button "1" you can switch the setup. The remaining options 
open menus, described below.



                 "Modem".


  1) echo from the key on / off - remove or
No on-screen characters you typed.
Function is needed to work with the BBS, since
transmitted characters you BBS returns
back, and (with ECHO on) instead of just one character on 
screen will be two. Is turned off echo data reception will take 
place in the buffer: if the program took off the line a block, 
then it is stored in buffer, and is daylneyshee expectation. 
If, within 1.5-2 seconds comes a new macro, it will be added to 
the buffer. If not - the contents of the buffer will be 
displayed on the screen. If there is information in the buffer

inscription "L10640" will blink.


  2) teams on / off - pass / no pass code executes the command 
(receive / send file / folder / disk) in line (to the second 
computer it tracked). 


  3) Block length 128/256 - transfer files in blocks of 128 or 
256 bytes. When working with a length of 256 bytes of exchange 
occurs a little faster. The receiving computer itself

determine the length of the block.


  4) length control on / off - whether you need to remember 
what the length of the block was at the reception. If on, then 
the value of the preceding paragraph will change in accordance 
with the block length.



  5) Speed ​​control on / off - change /
not automatically change the baud rate, if a subscriber sends a 
different speed than the cost of your SetUp'e. 


  6) SETTING THE SPEED on / off - whether to
after avtopodnyatiya tube at a call or
after the dial to try to choose the best rate of exchange (of 
course, if driver supports this mode).



  7) line monitoring on / off - whether you want to analyze 
short beeps, and when finding them, hang up. 


  8) calls?? - After a number of
call modem should pick up the phone. Value of 000 - did not 
respond to the challenge. 


                 "Flag".


  A) DOS: fast / norm - how to access
disk: using the turbo-loader or the usual
slow manner. The second way is necessary
to work with the hard drive, and it is somewhat
more reliable in some "tricky" drives.


  2) counter. CD on / off - whether you want to control the 
presence of disk in the drive? If on, then there is no disk in 
drive program goes into "reading directory".



  3) counter. DIR. on / off - whether you need to
reception _kazhdogo_ file or to any
disk operations, which might change the directory, re-read the 
disc. 


  This flag is useful for those "sklerotikam"
which is off CONTROL disks, removable
drive and directory is not reread. In this case, while 
receiving files directory of the drive would have been 
destroyed. 


  Better if both the control exhibited in
"On". If you can somehow fool the control disk (if on a very
quickly pull out and drive as fast
new stuff), then for sure the control directory
can be fooled only by - change
drive after began to receive the file.


  4) Auto store. LOG on / off - whether to store log overflow, 
or simply clean it.



  5) SOUND on / off - a strange feature ...


  6) OTZVUCHKA on / off - if the program should
a little "make some noise at the end of the exchange. Depending 
on how the exchange of information took place, will be played: 


  - Music sharing happy ending;

  - Plaintive song about breaking off at the reception.


  7) K. DELAY - number of calls to the program scan the 
keyboard to repeat A long press. A value of 0 disables 
auto-repeat in the long press. 


  8) K. REPETITION - representing the number of
Polls keyboard between autorepeat.


  If you have IBM-Keyboard not working with the MMD, experiment 
with paragraphs 7 and 8.



                "Tools."


  1) KEMPSTON MOUSE on / off - the mouse is enabled or not. If 
you prevent the cursor mouse, or auto-triggered incorrectly, 
then turn off this option. 


  2) RESIDENT on / off - works only on
SCORPION ZS-256. Terminalka startup
any (well, almost any) of the program keeps himself in 
Scorpion'ovskih pages. Pressing on Reset, you will return to 
the "Macro Modem". Not Scorpio on exhibit in the box itself off.



  3) DISTRIBUTION 64/255 sec - while taking
text files, the program will be split
them into blocks of 16 KB (64 sec) or 63 KB
(255 sec).


  4) CONCLUSION MAIN HELP on / off - whether to show a hint of 
keys. If you remember what key to what is, then disable this 
option, and a terminal window to increase by three lines. 


  5) Speed ​​in Terminal - everything you
typing in a terminal rezhme is transferred
at this rate, and the reception / transmission have taken place 
during tvlyaetsya at the speed specified in the menu

"Working with the line."


  6) The speed with calls - when the program
detect the signal and answers the call,
will automatically switch to
specified speed.


  If you do not need different speeds, the
Select "Speed ​​-----" - this filth
means: in the terminal to use the speed set in the menu 
"Working with the line", and if you call does not change the 
speed. 


  7) DELAY received block?? - If
flag is set the echo from the keys, then
receiving data blocks from the line delay waiting to happen: if 
for some time will not be accepted the new data, then

adopted information will be displayed. The higher the number, 
the longer the delay. 


  8) SLEEP DELAY RESPONSE?? - This
parameter specifies how long the program
at doevone would expect a signal from the line
before it displays a message "No answer".


  9) The delay between calls?? - Pause
seconds between calls during dial.


             "COLOR SYSTEM".


  A list of variable
flowers (they are only 28 pieces), the cursor keys you can 
choose interesting you color.



  Just above the list window will be a window with numbers. 
This window will be painted in the current color, and the 
numbers will mean the following: 


  Brightness (0 / 1), the background color (0-7), Colour of the 
symbol (0-7). To change color press Enter, and type color.



  The only glitch may cause
Last color nazyaemy "Changing colors
when ". When you select any
option, then the chosen line changes its
color. Color option selected - the color of the window, 
combined to XOR with this option.



  And here in this option you specify _kak_
will change color: change or not
BRIGHT, like change the background color and symbols.


              "File name"


  You can specify the names of all system
Files:


               1 Macros

               2 Phone

               DRIVER 3

               4 Text

               5 LOG

               6 Save. SetUp


  "1", "2 and" 3 "- these files are seeking
program at startup.


  "4" - if it is accepted file types
"Text", ie without a title, he will
given this name.


  "5" - file name to save Log'a.


  "6" - if you ask save the settings in the file, then create a 
file with this name, even if the file with that name

available.


  The names of the "4" and "5" have one feature:
After creating a file with that name two
the last symbol will be changed: if they
were not the numbers - will be "00" if
were numbers - will increase by one.


         "Keyboard layout.


  With this option you can set
Russian keyboard layout. Because of their
a good many here
uses a very original solution:
You choose at what some key
Russian letter is!


  A window appears that lists all the Russian letters, and 
through the colon their corresponding key. To change the

press enter on it the cursor, press
Enter and enter a new key. You can use any key except the Caps 
+ number, Enter, Spacebar, SS + Q, SS + W, SS + E, SS + I. 


            "Working with the line"


  If your modem can dial a number, then using this option may 
be something to configure: 


  1) redial attempts. How many times the program will try to 
reach the subscriber; 


  2) dialing method - Pulse / tone,
If the driver does not support tone dialing, then select it 
will not work; 


  3) DURING DIALING - the smaller (in
reasonable!), the faster the number is dialed. Standard 100 ms 
at all stations is acceptable 80 ms for the electrons can be 
and 40 ms; 


  4) MEZHTSIFROVAYA PAUSE - Delay between
set of numbers. The smaller - the faster
number is dialed. Within reasonable limits, of course! ;) 
Standard - 600 ms, 400 ms is acceptable. 


  (Note: There is a small subtlety: when you enter the pause 
you enter a number in range 0-255, then it is multiplied

at 10.)


  If your driver can determine the number
subscribers calling you, then the following options
very handy!


  5) The number of requests. Value from 0 to 99.
0 - the number determined not to be. 1-3 -
reasonable for local calls. 4-9
- If possible, long-distance call.
10-99 - hmm ... reasonable when dealing with antiAONom.


  6) The number of digits. How many digits in the need to 
define: 5-7. 


  7) PAUSE TO REQUEST. Delay in ms between
lifting the handset and transfer the first request. Normally 
200 ms. 


  8) FEELINGS. To answer. Parameter that determines the 
sensitivity AONa accountable station. Normally 12, with a noisy 
phone line or frequent neopoznavanii can be increased.



  9) FEELINGS. To the line. Parameter that determines the 
degree of sensitivity AONa to the signal line. Normally 6. 



           PRESERVATION SetUp'a "


            1 Save SetUp

            2 to write to file

            3 read from file


  Paragraph "1" will keep all the settings in the body
program.


  Paragraph "2" record setting in a separate
file.


  With the option "3" can be regarded as setting, recorded in 
the files of the previous option. Will read the file pointed to 
by cursor, or the first selected file, and with it comes off 
the mark. 



  Finally a few comments about koekakih subtleties.


            Speed ​​control.


  Since there are two speeds
(Terminal and file), then uncertainty may arise from the flag 
of "Speed ​​Control". 

  If the flag is cleared, then no questions,
but if you have installed, then:


  - If the caller passed to a different speed, working in the 
terminal, then change "Terminal" velocity;



  - If the caller has started to send or receive files to a 
different speed, then change "file" speed. 


  - If the "terminal" speed off (worth "-----"), the "File" 
speed always changing.



         A status indicator line.


  Right above the screen there is an indicator
status line, there appears "Off_ln" or
current speed. If "terminal" velocity, then it is always 
displayed she said. And only during the transmit / receive 
output "file" speed. 


                 Errors.


  While working with the program often
breakup happen ... In this case
derived string "WARNING!!! ERROR!", and under
It will come out with a line of explanation about the fiasco. 
T. k. me too lazy to describe the messages errors, they are 
displayed in Russian. 


  If you open some window, then
reception of any character from the subscriber line
will receive the message "SUBSCRIBER BUSY", and
When you close all the windows in the line will be
the message "SUBSCRIBER free".


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