Nulls, if needed (0-9)? 1 Please wait... System loaded. . . What is the name of Digital Research's standard debugger? DDT Welcome to the Barstow Remote CP/M Software Exchange. Time is: 21:46:58 PDT. You are running at 300 baud. (Prompting bell means system is ready for input). What is your FIRST name? BILL and your LAST name? WEBSTER Checking user file... Where (City,State) are you calling from? RIDGECREST, CA Hello BILL WEBSTER from RIDGECREST, CA Is any of this misspelled? NO This checking is only done the first time you call. Information for first time users: Because of the strong interest in this type of system, you will need to upload user information via XMODEM before you can become a regular user with full priviledges. Until that is done you will be restricted to Disk A, User 0. This system is operated as a public domain software exchange and uses MODEM and XMODEM programs to send and receive CP/M files error free. Many files here are squeezed. You will need USQ.COM to unsqueeze them. Please feel free to download anything and place programs on the system you feel will be of general interest. There are 6 active disks, each with 6 user areas, on the system. Use DIR *.* $ADL from A0> to see what is on all of the disks and all the user areas. Many files are arranged in libraries (LBR). Use LDIR to look at the internal directory of a LBR file. You can use XMODEM to extract and send an internal LBR file or, if you send the whole LBR file, use LU.COM to extract files locally. The system uses a Heath H-89 with four H-37 and two H-47 disk drives with roughly 5.5 megabytes of storage. A Racal Vadic 3451 triple modem provides 300, 450, and 1200 baud operation. If you wish to change speed after logging on use NEWBAUD. Otherwise the system will recognize any of the three on signon. Note: There is a 10 second delay after your modem locks up before you can get a response to your RETURNs. This is due to the power up and boot delay of the computer. A little inconvient, but sure saves on the electric bill!! Since no two RCP/M systems operate alike, please type HELP for an informative guide on how to use the system. A few minutes here will be repaid in quicker access elsewhere. Logging BILL WEBSTER to disk... As a restricted user you may only use a few programs on drive A, user 0. However you may xmodem BARSTOW.DQR to see a directory of all files on all drives and users areas. If you would like to be considered for regular user status, you will need upload a short file with personal information to the SYSOP's private user area before you will be allowed full use of the system. Please TYPE README.NOW for complete information. You have only 15 minutes remaining time on system, out of a normal 60 minutes. If you stay beyond that, you will be logged off automatically. Type BYE when you are through and please wait for the printout before you hang up on your end. Entering CP/M... Logged Time on System 00 hours 45 minutes 25 seconds Remaining Time on System 00 hours 14 minutes 35 seconds A0>DIR Time on system is 45 minutes -SYSTEM .A/0 0k BARSTOW .DQR 18k BYE .COM 2k CHAT .COM 2k CRCK .COM 4k DIR .COM 4k FILE .COM 2k GOTO .COM 2k HELP .COM 6k MBOOT .DOC 4k MBOOT3 .AQM 6k MINIRBBS.COM 2k NEWBAUD .COM 2k README .NOW 4k TIME .COM 2k TYPE .COM 2k XMODEM .COM 6k >>> Drive A0: Files: 17 Space used: 68k (50k free) <<< A0>TIME Logged Time on System 00 hours 46 minutes 15 seconds Remaining Time on System 00 hours 13 minutes 45 seconds A0>CHAT A0>DIR Time on system is 46 minutes -SYSTEM .A/0 0k BARSTOW .DQR 18k BYE .COM 2k CHAT .COM 2k CRCK .COM 4k DIR .COM 4k FILE .COM 2k GOTO .COM 2k HELP .COM 6k MBOOT .DOC 4k MBOOT3 .AQM 6k MINIRBBS.COM 2k NEWBAUD .COM 2k README .NOW 4k TIME .COM 2k TYPE .COM 2k XMODEM .COM 6k >>> Drive A0: Files: 17 Space used: 68k (50k free) <<< A0>TYPE README.NOW TYPE 1.06: CTRL-S pauses, CTRL-C aborts, CTRL-X skips to next file. Listing file README.NOW If you are a regular user of RCP/M systems, you know about the rapidly growing trend towards closed or preregistered systems. This has come about due to the explosive growth of computer users in the last year. With this increase, systems in the large metropolitan areas have changed the way they operate. Some have shut down completly. Others have instituted either fee or at least preregistration systems. The latter requires a user to send information to the SYSOP by mail before access will be granted. To handle the problem here, we have switched to a SYSOP entered password system. In addition, a prospective regular users must provide a minimum amount of personal information and demonstrate an uploading capability by placing this information on a file in the Sysop's private user area. These requirements will ensure, for the most part, that we will have only sincere and serious CP/M users. It should increase the time the system is accessable and make it again available to those who have always used it properly. To be considered for regular user status, you must xmodem a file with the following information to the PRIVATE receiving area (XMODEM RP YOURFILE.TXT): First and last name: Desired password: (3 to a maximum of 8 alphanumeric characters) Street address: (not a P.O. Box) City, State, and ZIP Voice telephone number (areacode)-###-#### Type of computer and disk operating system: All information must be included in the file and it must be uploaded to the private user area. Failure to do so will delay or prevent your gaining regular user status. CAUTION: If you do not upload the file correctly, it may go to the public upload area where all can read it. If you do not gain access within a week, check your file and resend it with ALL the correct information. Since the file is sent to the SYSOP's private area, no one but myself will see the data. All information will be kept completly confidentail and will be used only to verify proper operation. Suggest you name the file with your last name (first 8 chars if longer than 8). Like WOOD.TXT in my own case. Thanks, Bill Wood, 05/26/84 A0>B: B:? A0>DIR Time on system is 49 minutes -SYSTEM .A/0 0k BARSTOW .DQR 18k BYE .COM 2k CHAT .COM 2k CRCK .COM 4k DIR .COM 4k FILE .COM 2k GOTO .COM 2k HELP .COM 6k MBOOT .DOC 4k MBOOT3 .AQM 6k MINIRBBS.COM 2k NEWBAUD .COM 2k README .NOW 4k TIME .COM 2k TYPE .COM 2k XMODEM .COM 6k >>> Drive A0: Files: 17 Space used: 68k (50k free) <<< A0>USER 1 1? A0>TYPE MBOOT.DOC TYPE 1.06: CTRL-S pauses, CTRL-C aborts, CTRL-X skips to next file. Listing file MBOOT.DOC The MBOOT program is a stripped-down version of the MODEM program used transfer files from Remote CP/M systems. Its intended purpose is to allow first-time users who do not have the MODEM program yet to transfer the modem program to their system. How is works: In order to "boot" your system with MODEM (i.e. get a first copy of MODEM so that you can then transfer other files) you will have to first get a copy of MBOOT. It is necessary to have (or write) a program that can capture incoming characters and save them to disk. The easiest way to do this is to just place incomeing characters from your modem port into memory and then save them later with CP/M's SAVE command. The MBOOT program is less than 8K in size, so you can easily save the entire file in memory. A simple assembly language program might be just (you will have to change the i/o to match your ports): org 100H lxi h,buf ; characters will be placed here inloop: in 5 ; get port status and 2 ; is data ready yet? jz inloop ; if not, check again in 4 ; get the character mov m,a ; save in memory buffer inx h ; advance buffer pointer jmp inloop ; and do it again buf equ $ You would assemble this program, and call it GETIT.COM. To use it, log on to this system, and enter TY MBOOTx.ASM (the 'x' is the version number - use the latest you see in the DIR command). Then immediately exit your communications program and start the GETIT program. When your modem lights stop flickering (indicating the end of the data transmission) you will have a copy of MBOOT in memory starting at location 111H. You must exit the GETIT program (the front-panel reset will work if you are careful not to run any programs until after you do the SAVE). SAVE the program - enter SAVE 32 MBOOT.ASM which will save 8K of memory starting at location 100H - including the GETIT program and the source of MBOOT. Edit the MBOOT.ASM file to reflect your ports, and dial back in. You can now get the MODEM program, the unsqueeze program (USQxx.OBJ), and any library or macro files the particular version of MODEM you chose may need. Follow the directions in your copy of MBOOT. P.S. Many systems store the copies of MODEM in squeezed format. This is readily identified by the letter 'Q' in the file type (e.g. MODEM213.AQM ) This means that you will need to take the USQ program as well, in order to unsqueeze the source file. Take the latest version (named USQxx.OBJ), use MBOOT to transfer it to your system, and rename it to USQ.COM. Execute it followed by the name of the MODEM source file that you took (i.e. USQ MODEM213.AQM ) and it will unsqueeze the source into a new file (i.e. MODEM213.ASM will be created). Be sure you have enough room on disk for the new file - its likely to be about twice the size of the squeezed version. If you have problems, check very carefully and if what you did seems to be about what this document told you to do, leave a message for the SYSOP (or use CHAT) and perhaps he can help you. Have fun. A0>DIR Time on system is 52 minutes -SYSTEM .A/0 0k BARSTOW .DQR 18k BYE .COM 2k CHAT .COM 2k CRCK .COM 4k DIR .COM 4k FILE .COM 2k GOTO .COM 2k HELP .COM 6k MBOOT .DOC 4k MBOOT3 .AQM 6k MINIRBBS.COM 2k NEWBAUD .COM 2k README .NOW 4k TIME .COM 2k TYPE .COM 2k XMODEM .COM 6k >>> Drive A0: Files: 17 Space used: 68k (50k free) <<< A0>QUIT QUIT? A0>BYE BILL WEBSTER Logged out. Please call again! The time is now (Hrs:Mins:Secs).... 21:57:43 You were on the system for...... 00:10:45 B ‹ìÇ$ °PèrPèã£°Pèe£(;v!Ç& ¡(+9&w¸$Pè²ÿƒ&så¡$]ÃU‹ìÇ*P ¸—Pè²úèmÿ¸ Pè*ú‹*ÆG °Pè@‹*‰ÿ6*