-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- - - - CatLine 3.8 By THE Tracker - - - _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Yes, folks, I've decided to upgrade the good old 3.5 and now you have 3.8! You amy notice that the upgrade is lots smaller, but the program's MUCH better. Some added features are Ask For Name (AFN) and Cursor Control (CC). Also, I made the whole program in upper-case because it seems many haven't got lower case (those people who ride dinosaurs to work). Anyways, enjoy the program and get loose. Call me for any mods or suggestions at [206]584-6900 (my CatSend line operating under CatLine 3.9!)... I may introduce the rolling cursor setup in a future revision- call and tell me what you think. Thanx, THE Tracker To operate the program, BLOAD the program CATSEND LINE, CATLINE or whatever you call it. This is NOT CatSend. After you BLOAD it, BRUN the update that I wrote. In other words, BLOAD CATSEND LINE BRUN CATLINE 3.8 UPDATE and there you have it. ;;;; First BRUN ;;;; When the program comes up, you are asked which welcome message to run. What we are talking about is after the AFN (see above), CatLine will read a welcome message. In the old 3.0, it would read the file "CAT.HELLO". In my 3.8, you can have it read any of 9 files, from "CAT.H1" to "CAT.H9". The program uses the "#" symbol to stand for the number you typed in. This is a handy feature I put for my own use but seems to be very popular. Have 2 welcome messages- the first saying you aren't home or whatever and the second saying please page, I'm here. This way you can set it up and leave it alone. Also see the

age function below and the # function off of the main menu. After you enter a number, the screen will clear and ask you if you want to turn on or off the

age function. Press either Y or N. If you choose to have it on, when a user presses the "P" key it will say Paging and beep it's ass off. If you say not to turn it on, if they press "P" they will get a rolling cursor and a "Sysop not avaible- try later!" message. Whichever you choose, the program will either say "Pager on..." or "Pager off...". ++ + MAIN MENU + ++ Here at the main menu, you have 7 options, plus a status line. All the status line tells you is: 1] number of callers and 2] if the pager is on or off. The seven options are covered below. Remember: at this menu, the program will accept either a keypress OR a telephone ring. -=-=-=-=-=-=- The Options -=-=-=-=-=-=- _#_ Change Welcome Message Number See above, in the first run section. _W_ Welcome Message re-write When a caller first calls, the first thing he/she/it sees is a message that normally says "WELCOME!". This feature lets you change that message to anything of equal length. The next version will have ANY length. _+_ Send Carrier over Phone Line Pressing the plus sign from the main menu will send a carrier over the phone line so the other end can connect up. _P_ Pager status (on/off) Also see above, the First BRUN section. _N_ New Cursor (the CC feature!) This is the CC feature talked about above. You can choose this option and change the cursor from that ugly inverse space to almost anything. You will be prompted to enter a two digit hex number and it will convert to ASCII. Some nice cursor characters are the slash (/), backslash (\), the period (.), and the dash (-). _C_ Change over the prompt Say you don't like the prompt, )>? Choose this option to make it anything you want. _B_ Boot Diskette in Drive 1 Just what it says, doofy. Press B and slide the disk in. Press another key to boot. If you want to abort back to the main menu, press ESC. ::: When the Call Start Rolling In ::: (this section covers what the remote user sees.) Well, after someone calls, the first thing the caller will see in the "WELCOME!" message (or whatever you changed it to. See above in the menu section, under the W command. After the welcome message, the "AFN" feature kicks in. This will ask the caller for their alias and put it on the top line of the screen, with the prefix "NAME:". In other words, if I typed in "THE Tracker", it would put at the top "NAME:THE TRACKER" and continue on. After this, the program will read the selected welcome message, from CAT.H1 to CAT.H9. See above in the First BRUN section and in the menu section, under the "#" command there. After that, it operates as a normal CatLine. You can press CTRL-T to break in and chat with the user on- line, and you will know them too! (remember, the name on the top?) A very nice function, if I say so myself. --------------------------------------- =END=