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On the right side of the screen are any RoundTables that you have set up and below that are your user scripts. _ A-U RoundTable menu _ _ F2 GE Mail menu _ _ F3 Miscellaneous options _ _ F4 Terminal menu _ _ 1-2 Perform automatic pass 1 or 2_ _ 3-9 Perform user script _ _ F5 Aladdin setup _ _ F6 RoundTable setup _ _ F7 Script menu _ _ F1 Help! _ _Alt-F5 List defined macros _ _Alt-F6/F7 Begin-Edit/End macro _ _Alt-F8 File reader _ _Alt-F9 Exit Aladdin _ _Alt-F10 Visit DOS _ _ Technical Assistance _ ^ RoundTable menu Press a letter A through U to go to the RoundTable menu. The RoundTables are listed to the right of the Main menu. To add RoundTables to the list press F6 to go to the RoundTable setup menu. _Bulletin Board section _ _Software Library section_ ^ Bulletin Board menu _A Download all new messages _ _N New msgs in topics replied to _ _C Check for new messages _ _O Perform pending operations _ _G Log on to RoundTable BBS _ _H Log on to RoundTable RTC _ _1 Perform automatic pass 1 _ _2 Perform automatic pass 2 _ _M Mark topics found by C _ _J Mark/reply to old topics _ _T Start new topic _ _U Update topic list _ _R Read and reply to messages _ _E Edit or delete replies/new topics_ _B View bulletins _ ^ Download all new messages This option will log onto the RoundTable bulletin board and download all new messages. You can then read the messages with the R option. ^ New msgs in topics replied to This option will log onto the RoundTable bulletin board and download all new messages in topics that you have sent replies to. You can then read the messages with the R option. ^ Check for new messages This option will log onto the RoundTable bulletin board and check for topics with new messages. You can then use the M option to choose which messages you want to download. ^ Perform pending operations If you have messages to send or have chosen topics to read you can use the O option to log on and perform all these operations at once. ^ Log on to RoundTable BBS Choose this option if you wish to simply log onto the bulletin board and stay on-line in terminal mode. ^ Log on to RoundTable RTC Choose this option if you wish to log onto the RoundTable Real-Time Conference. Aladdin will go to the RTC area and leave you in terminal mode with a special area on the bottom of the screen where you can enter your replies without them interfering with the incoming messages. Note that Aladdin will ignore any pending mail when you issue this command if it has to call and login to get you to the RTC. If you have selected the LiveWire ChatLines RTC you will be taken to the ChatLines CB. ^ Perform automatic pass 1 This option performs all of the automatic pass 1 options as chosen in RoundTable setup, as well as performing all pending operations for all the RoundTables. ^ Perform automatic pass 2 This option performs all pending operations for all the RoundTables. Use this instead of choosing O for every RoundTable. ^ Mark topics found by C After you perform the "C Check for new messages" operation, either by pressing C or in Automatic pass 1, you must then decide which messages in which topics (if any) that you wish to download for off-line reading. Aladdin can take advantage of most of GEnie's message reading options including NEW, ALL, LAST, AUThor, DATe, #-# and NOReply, but not including NOText. _How to mark topics_ ^ Marking topics Choose the messages that you want to read by selecting the appropriate topic mark. K KEEP (Do not read topic) I IGNore new messages in topic N Read NEW messages in topic A Read ALL messages in topic L Read LAST message in topic P IGNore topic PERmanently _D Read message by DATe _ _U Read messages by AUThor_ _# Read messages by number_ S Search for a topic _C Cancel a category _ ^ DAT mark Examples: DAT<870329 Read messages written BEFORE March 29, 1987 DAT=861202 Read messages written ON December 2, 1986 DAT>880101 Read messages written AFTER January 1, 1988 ^ AUT mark Examples: AUT=G.JETSON Read messages written by G. Jetson AUT=QB Read messages written by anyone with a GE Mail address that begins with QB ^ Range mark Examples: 29 Read message 29 only 1-75 Read messages 1 through 75 129-135 Read messages 129 through 135 129-35 Read messages 129 through 135 Weird cases: 20-10 Same as 10-20 75-1 Same as 71-75 129-9 Same as 129 ^ Cancel a category This command is used to cancel an entire category. Note that you cannot cancel category 1. If you try to do so, Aladdin will do nothing. Cancelling a category terminates all participation in it until you manually access it with a SET command or until you specifically ask Aladdin to get something from it. ^ Mark/reply to old topics Each time Aladdin visits a RoundTable BBS it saves any new information it finds about the topics and keeps a list of category and topic names. Choose the J option to access this "master list" of topics. The J option is otherwise identical to the "M Mark topics found by C" option. ^ Start new topic Choose the T option if you wish to start a new topic. You will be asked which category the topic is for, as well as the topic name. You must then enter a topic header, up to three lines. Then if you wish you can enter the first message in the topic, but this is optional. Starting new topics is not something that is reserved for SysOps or special users. You are encouraged to start a new topic if you cannot find a topic that suits your interests. _More_ ^ Edit new topic _Topic name _ _Topic header _ _First message_ ^ Topic name Enter the name of the new topic. ^ Topic header Enter the topic header, up to three lines. The topic header will show up whenever anyone reads any messages in the topic. ^ First message If you wish you can enter the first message in the topic. It can be any length. _Editor commands_ ^ Editor commands Ctrl-QS Move to beginning of line Ctrl-A Abort message Ctrl-QD Move to end of line Ctrl-C Move down one page Ctrl-QR Move to top of message Ctrl-D Move right one position Ctrl-QC Move to bottom of message Ctrl-E Move up one line Ctrl-QY Delete text to end of line Ctrl-F Move right one word Ctrl-QW Move up one line Ctrl-G Delete char at cursor Ctrl-QZ Move down one line Ctrl-H Backspace Ctrl-I Tab Ctrl-KR Import text file Ctrl-M Start new paragraph Ctrl-KW Export text to a file Ctrl-N Start new paragraph and scroll Ctrl-R Move up one page The cursor keys are always Ctrl-S Move left one position available to move around the Ctrl-T Delete word to right of cursor editor window. Ctrl-V Toggle insert/overwrite Ctrl-W Scroll one line up As you type the text of your Ctrl-X Move down one line message, the editor will wrap Ctrl-Y Delete the current line the text around from line to Ctrl-Z Scroll one line down line as required. Ctrl-BkSpace Delete word to left of cursor ^ Update topic list Choose the U option to tell Aladdin to log in to GEnie and to the specific RoundTable chosen and update the list of topics in the Bulletin Board Section. ^ Read and reply to messages Choose the R option if you want to read and/or reply to messages that you have download. Refer to the help items for reading messages off-line. Aladdin will remember the last message that you read. When you exit the read function and return to it without exiting Aladdin you will be taken to the same message you were reading when you pressed [Esc] to exit this function. Additionally, once you create a message for a topic, if you choose to reply to another message in the same topic Aladdin will bring up the previous reply for editing. ^ Edit or delete replies/new topics Choose the E option if you wish to edit or delete any of the replies you have written or the new topics that you have started. Messages are automatically deleted once you send them unless you specify an "output archive" file name on the F5 configuration screen. _The editing list_ ^ Edit list This editing list is used for GE Mail as well as Bulletin Board messages and Software Library files. Use the cursor keys to select an item from the list. If you wish to remove the item from the list, press "D" and the word "Deleted" will appear before the item. You can press "D" again to restore the item to the list. If you wish to edit the item press "E". ^ View bulletin Each RoundTable has a bulletin that appears each time you enter the RoundTable that the SysOps use for important announcements. Aladdin automatically saves these bulletins so that you can read them later. ^ Software Library menu This is the software library section of the RoundTable menu. _D Check library for new files_ _O Perform pending operations _ _G Log on to RoundTable SL _ _H Log on to RoundTable RTC _ _1 Perform automatic pass 1 _ _2 Perform automatic pass 2 _ _M Choose files to download or browse_ _J Choose from main file list _ _F Free-form downloads _ _S Search for files _ _U Add a file to upload _ _E Edit/delete uploads/searches _ _B View bulletin _ ^ Check library for new files This option will log on to the RoundTable and obtain the software library directory listing. Aladdin stops the listing as soon as it reaches a file that it already has in its list or it reaches the date that you specified in the RoundTable setup area. ^ Perform pending operations If you have files to download or upload or searches to be made you can use the O option to log on and perform all these operations at once. ^ Log on to RoundTable SL Choose this option if you wish to simply log onto the software library and stay on-line in terminal mode. ^ Log on to RoundTable RTC Choose this option if you wish to log onto the RoundTable Real-Time Conference. Aladdin will go to the RTC area and leave you in terminal mode with a special area on the bottom of the screen where you can enter your replies without them interfering with the incoming messages. Note that Aladdin will ignore any pending mail when you issue this command if it has to call and login to get you to the RTC. If you have selected the LiveWire ChatLines RTC you will be taken to the ChatLines CB. ^ Perform automatic pass 1 This option performs all of the automatic pass 1 options as chosen in RoundTable setup, as well as performing all pending operations for all the RoundTables. ^ Perform automatic pass 2 This option performs all pending operations for all the RoundTables. Use this instead of choosing O for every RoundTable. ^ Choose files to download or browse After you perform the "D" operation (check library for new files) or the "S" operation (search for files) use this option to view the list of files and to select the files that you wish to download or browse. "Browse" means to obtain the long description of the file. _How to mark files_ ^ Mark files When a list of files is presented you can choose one of three marks for each file: K KEEP (Do nothing with the file) B BROWSE (Obtain the long description) D DOWNLOAD (Download the file) You can search for a file by pressing S and specifying the search string. You can repeat the search (finding the next occurance of the search string) by pressing Ctrl-S. If you know the file number or name of a file but it is not on the list, you can add it to the list by pressing Ctrl-A. You can delete such a file from the list by pressing Ctrl-D. ^ Choose files from main file list Each time you use the "D" operation (check library for new files) Aladdin adds the new file names to its master list which is stored as a dBase III file. Use the J option to view this master list and select the files that you wish to download. ^ Free-form downloads Sometimes you might wish to download a file that is not listed in Aladdin's master list. Using the free-form download option you can create a list of file numbers or names that you want to download or browse. You can also do a free-form download when you are viewing a file list with the J or M options by pressing Ctrl-A or Ctrl-D to add files to or delete files from the list. ^ Search for files This option allows you to use GEnie's software library search feature. You can specify a search string, uploader address and/or number of days to search. Aladdin will keep track of all your search requests and when you perform pending operations either with the "O" or "2" options Aladdin will perform the search and save the information so that you can select from the list off-line using the M option. _Search information_ ^ File search To perform a search you need to specify one or more of the following pieces of information: _Keywords _ _Uploader _ _Days back_ ^ Keywords Keywords will match the keywords specified by the uploader and they will match the file name or short description. ^ Uploader Specify the GE Mail address of the person who uploaded the file (if you know it). ^ Days back If you specify a number of days the search will be restricted to files newer than that. The maximum number of days is 999. If you need to search further back, leave the field empty. ^ Add a file to upload This option will allow you to specify a file for uploading to the software libraries. You can write the file description off-line and the next time you perform pending operations the file will be uploaded along with the description, keywords, etc. _Information required for an upload_ ^ File upload The following information is required when you wish to upload a file to the software libraries: _File to upload _ _Name for GEnie _ _Software library _ _Keywords _ _More keywords _ _Short description_ _Long description _ ^ File to upload Enter the drive, path and filename for the file that you want to upload. This is used by Aladdin to find the file, and other GEnie users will never see it. ^ Name for GEnie Enter the file name as you would like it to appear in the GEnie software libraries. Do not enter a drive or pathname. Some RoundTable SysOps require that filenames meet certain requirements. ^ Software library Specify the software library number. RoundTable software libraries are divided into different sections and you need to know which section is appropriate for this file. ^ Keywords Specify the file keywords, separated by commas. Keywords are those important descriptive words that other people will use to search for the file. ^ More keywords If your keywords do not fit on one line specify the rest of them here. ^ Short description The short description is the one-liner that appears in the software library directory listing. ^ Long description Specify the long description, up to TEN lines. GEnie will ignore any information past the 10th line. Try to include as much information as possible about the file so that other users wishing to download the file will know what they are getting. _ Editor commands _ ^ Editor commands Ctrl-QS Move to beginning of line Ctrl-A Abort message Ctrl-QD Move to end of line Ctrl-C Move down one page Ctrl-QR Move to top of message Ctrl-D Move right one position Ctrl-QC Move to bottom of message Ctrl-E Move up one line Ctrl-QY Delete text to end of line Ctrl-F Move right one word Ctrl-QW Move up one line Ctrl-G Delete char at cursor Ctrl-QZ Move down one line Ctrl-H Backspace Ctrl-I Tab Ctrl-KR Import text file Ctrl-M Start new paragraph Ctrl-KW Export text to a file Ctrl-N Start new paragraph and scroll Ctrl-R Move up one page The cursor keys are always Ctrl-S Move left one position available to move around the Ctrl-T Delete word to right of cursor editor window. Ctrl-V Toggle insert/overwrite Ctrl-W Scroll one line up As you type the text of your Ctrl-X Move down one line message, the editor will wrap Ctrl-Y Delete the current line the text around from line to Ctrl-Z Scroll one line down line as required. Ctrl-BkSpace Delete word to left of cursor ^ Edit/delete uploads/searches After you request one or more file searches or file uploads you can modify or delete the search or upload requests. When you select the E option you will be presented with a list of search and upload requests. You can then select from that list the items you wish to delete or edit. ^ View bulletin Each RoundTable has a bulletin that appears each time you enter the RoundTable that the SysOps use for important announcements. Aladdin automatically saves these bulletins so that you can read them later. ^ GE Mail menu From the GE Mail menu you can read and write GE Mail letters. _ A Download all new mail _ _ O Send Mail _ _ G Go online at page 2OO _ _ R Read and reply to mail_ _ W Write mail _ _ E Edit/delete mail _ _ Go to last RoundTable _ _ Go to first RoundTable_ ^ Download all new mail When you choose the A option Aladdin will log onto GEnie, and if there is any mail waiting for you it will be saved so you can read it off-line with the R option. Aladdin then logs off. ^ Send mail If you have written any replies to GE Mail you received or if you have written any other GE Mail letters, you can send them with the O option. When you choose O Aladdin will log on to GEnie and send the mail. ^ Go online at page 2OO This is similar to the G option on the Terminal menu, accept that it logs on to GEnie page 2OO (GE Mail) instead of page 1 (GEnie TOP menu). For most mail operations you should not need to use this option. ^ Read and reply to mail Choose the R option on the GE Mail menu if you want to read and/or reply to GE Mail that you have received. If you exit this function and return to it without exiting Aladdin the program will always return you to the message you were reading when you pressed [Esc]. _Reading messages off-line_ ^ Reading messages off-line _Scrolling through a long message _ _Moving from message to message _ _Scrolling the original message _ _ R Replying to a message _ _ F Forwarding mail _ _ S Saving a message in the archive_ _Ctrl-S Saving a message in a file _ _ P Printing a message _ _Ctrl-L Saving GE Mail addresses _ _Ctrl-KR Importing text into a message _ _Ctrl-KW Exporting text to a file _ _Other edit window commands _ ^ Scrolling through a long message  Up one line  Down one line PgUp Up one screen-full PgDn Down one screen-full Ctrl-PgUp Up to top of message Ctrl-PgDn Down to bottom of message ^ Moving from message to message  or B Previous message  or  Next message Home or T First message End or E Last message Ctrl  Previous topic (BBS only) Ctrl  Next topic (BBS only) ^ Scrolling the original message F5 Scrolls the original message up one line. F6 or F9 Scrolls the original message down one line. ^ Replying to a message Press R if you wish to compose a reply to a message. When replying to GE Mail the reply will automatically be addressed to the author of the letter you are replying to, but you can change the address if you wish. When replying to a RoundTable message, if the topic is closed a note to that effect will appear and you will not be able to reply. ^ Forwarding mail If you are reading GE Mail and you think someone else might be interested in the message you can forward the message to them by pressing F and specifying their GE Mail addresses. ^ Saving a message in the archive You can make a permanent record of a message by pressing S. The message will be saved to the file named as the "Input archive" file in RoundTable Setup for RoundTable messages, or in the Aladdin setup section for GE Mail. ^ Saving a message in a file You can make a permanent record of a message by pressing Ctrl-S. You will be asked a file name. If the file already exist you can choose to overwrite the file (replacing its previous contents with the message text) or append the message to the end of the file. ^ Printing a message You can make a printed copy of a message by pressing P. Your printer must be on and on-line or else the message will not be printed. Aladdin will print to the "PRN" device which is usually your first parallel printer, also known as LPT1. To print to LPT2 use Ctrl-S instead of P and enter LPT2 instead of a file name. ^ Saving GE Mail addresses Aladdin can maintain a GE Mail address list for you. When you press Ctrl-L the address of the author of the letter you are reading will be added to the list along with an optional short note that you supply. ^ Importing text into a message To import a text file into a message/reply, press Ctrl-K and then press the "R" key once. Aladdin will prompt you for the name of the file with the text to be imported. Enter the file name and press Enter. The file must contain only ASCII text. To prevent Aladdin's editor from reformatting the text in the file, insert a space at the beginning of every line of text. ^ Exporting text to a file To export the text of the current message/reply to a text file, press Ctrl-K and then press the "W" key once. Aladdin will prompt you for the name of the file to export the text to. If the file exists you will be given the opportunity to abort the operation, overwrite or append to the file. Enter the file name and press Enter. Note that only the TEXT of a message/reply is saved; none of the data in the message header will be exported to the file. ^ Other edit window commands Ctrl-QS Move to beginning of line Ctrl-A Abort message Ctrl-QD Move to end of line Ctrl-C Move down one page Ctrl-QR Move to top of message Ctrl-D Move right one position Ctrl-QC Move to bottom of message Ctrl-E Move up one line Ctrl-QY Delete text to end of line Ctrl-F Move right one word Ctrl-QW Move up one line Ctrl-G Delete char at cursor Ctrl-QZ Move down one line Ctrl-H Backspace Ctrl-I Tab Ctrl-KR Import text file Ctrl-M Start new paragraph Ctrl-KW Export text to a file Ctrl-N Start new paragraph and scroll Ctrl-R Move up one page The cursor keys are always Ctrl-S Move left one position available to move around the Ctrl-T Delete word to right of cursor editor window. Ctrl-V Toggle insert/overwrite Ctrl-W Scroll one line up As you type the text of your Ctrl-X Move down one line message, the editor will wrap Ctrl-Y Delete the current line the text around from line to Ctrl-Z Scroll one line down line as required. Ctrl-BkSpace Delete word to left of cursor ^ Write mail Choose the W option if you wish to write and send GE Mail. You need to know the GE Mail address of the person(s) you are sending the message to. _Editing mail_ ^ Edit mail _To _ _Carbon copy _ _Subject _ _File name _ _Body of letter_ ^ To Specify the GE Mail address(es) where you want the letter to be sent. If you specify more than one address they must be separated by commas "," ^ Carbon copy Specify the GE Mail address(es) where you want carbon copies of the letter to be sent. Putting an address here has the same effect as putting the address on the "To:" line except that the name of the person receiving the letter will appear in the "cc" section of the letter heading instead of the "To" section. ^ Subject Specify the subject of the letter. ^ File name If you wish, you can attach a file to the letter that the addressee can download once the letter is received. If the file you wish to send is not on the current drive or in the current sub- directory specify the full drive and path name of the file. The file -must- exist when you create the GEmail letter. When sending a file with a letter the "Subject" must be replaced by the file name for the receiving computer. Do not include the drive letter or path since they may be different on another computer. ^ Body of letter Ctrl-QS Move to beginning of line Ctrl-A Abort message Ctrl-QD Move to end of line Ctrl-C Move down one page Ctrl-QR Move to top of message Ctrl-D Move right one position Ctrl-QC Move to bottom of message Ctrl-E Move up one line Ctrl-QY Delete text to end of line Ctrl-F Move right one word Ctrl-QW Move up one line Ctrl-G Delete char at cursor Ctrl-QZ Move down one line Ctrl-H Backspace Ctrl-I Tab Ctrl-KR Import text file Ctrl-M Start new paragraph Ctrl-KW Export text to a file Ctrl-N Start new paragraph and scroll Ctrl-R Move up one page The cursor keys are always Ctrl-S Move left one position available to move around the Ctrl-T Delete word to right of cursor editor window. Ctrl-V Toggle insert/overwrite Ctrl-W Scroll one line up As you type the text of your Ctrl-X Move down one line message, the editor will wrap Ctrl-Y Delete the current line the text around from line to Ctrl-Z Scroll one line down line as required. Ctrl-BkSpace Delete word to left of cursor ^ Edit/delete mail Choose the E option if you wish to edit or delete any of the mail messages you have written. Messages are automatically deleted once you send them unless you specify an "output archive" file name on the F5 configuration screen. _Editing the mail list_ ^ Edit list This editing list is used for GE Mail as well as Bulletin Board messages and Software Library files. Use the cursor keys to select an item from the list. If you wish to remove the item from the list, press "D" and the word "Deleted" will appear before the item. You can press "D" again to restore the item to the list. If you wish to edit the item press "E". ^ Go to last RoundTable Press the left arrow if you wish to go to the RoundTable menu for the last RoundTable in your list of configured RoundTables. ^ Go to last RoundTable Press the right arrow if you wish to go to the RoundTable menu for the first RoundTable in your list of configured RoundTables. ^ Miscellaneous Options menu _I Access GEnie product index _P Change password _B Review billing history ^ Choose product Press the  and  keys to move up and down through the list of GEnie products. When you press  Aladdin will log on to the specified product. _U Update list _ _N Find new item_ _S Search _ _P Sort by page number_ _M Sort by mnemonic _ _D Sort by description_ ^ Update list If you suspect that the list is not completely current, you can press U to obtain the up-to-date list. Aladdin logs on to GEnie page 15 to get this list. ^ Find new item After you update the list with the U option any new items will be marked with "*" and you can press the N key to automatically move the selection bar to the next new item. ^ Search You can search for an item in the list by pressing S and specifying the search string. The cursor will move to the next product in the list that contains the search string in upper or lower case. Press Ctrl-S to search for another occurance of the same search string, or press S again to specify another search string. ^ Sort by page number Press P to sort the list in numerical order by GEnie page number. ^ Sort by mnemonic Press M to sort the list in alphabetical order by the mnemonic. ^ Sort by description Press D to sort the list in alphabetical order by the product description. ^ Change password Enter a new password up to eight characters. Press Esc if you change your mind and do not wish to change your password. After you type your new password and press  Aladdin will log on IMMEDIATELY and change your password and will automatically record your new password on the CURRENT configuration set so that you do not have to re-enter it on the F5 Configuration menu. You will, however, have to change the password manually on any other configuration sets that use the same user ID. _Selecting a password_ ^ New password Specify your new password. If you want Aladdin to choose a password for you there are two options. You can press Ctrl-L to create an eight-letter password made up of randomly chosen letters, or you can press Ctrl-W to create a password made up of a pair of connected four-letter words. ^ Review billing history Each time Aladdin logs off after performing an automatic operation it saves the date, time and duration of the call in a file usually called BILLING.TXT. You can change the name of this file from the F5 Configuration menu. To review the total on-line charges choose a month. Aladdin will then extract the billing information for that month and add up the total charges. If you choose X for All months Aladdin will show you a month-by-month summary of all off your on-line charges. _Choose month_ ^ Choose month Press A thru L to review the billing info for months January through December. Press X to review billing for all months. ^ Terminal menu The Terminal menu includes some items found on comm programs, such as Xmodem up/download for transferring files and a text file capture feature. _T Terminal mode _ _G Log on _ _L Log off _ _H Hang up _ _B View GEnie banner _ _N View pending notifies _ _F Flush pending notifies_ _A Begin/end text capture_ _S Send text file _ _D Xmodem download _ _U Xmodem upload _ _ Zmodem download _ _What is Xmodem/Zmodem? _ ^ Terminal mode "Terminal mode" means that any text you type is sent directly to GEnie. If you have used a communication program other than Aladdin you have probably used its terminal mode to talk to GEnie. You may need to go into terminal mode to use the GEnie features not supported by Aladdin, such as EAASY SABRE and Dow Jones News/Retrieval. _Terminal mode features_ ^ Terminal mode _ F6 RTC mode _ _ F7 Local echo _ _ F8 Blank lines _ _ F9 Character graphics_ _ Ctrl-End Send True Break _ ^ RTC mode When in Terminal mode you can press F6 to turn the RTC (Real-Time Conference) mode on and off. When in RTC mode you are presented with a three- line editing window where you can compose your response before pressing  to send it. When in non-RTC mode any text that you type is sent to GEnie character-by-character. ^ Local echo NOTE: This feature need only be used if you are using Aladdin to communicate with systems other than GEnie. When communicating with a remote system such as GEnie there are two ways that your computer can use to display the text that you are typing. _Host Echo _ _Local Echo_ ^ Host Echo In "Host Echo" every character that the remote system receives from you is immediately "echoed" back to your modem. Your computer then sees it as incoming text and displays it on the screen. ^ Local Echo In "Local Echo" every character that you type your computer sends to the remote system and to your screen almost at the same time. The remote system does not echo the character. This is the method Aladdin uses to communicate with GEnie. ^ Blank lines GEnie uses blank lines in various menus and prompts to make the system more visually appealing. By removing the blank lines, however, you can fit more information on the screen at one time. By pressing F8 in Terminal mode you can enable or disable blank lines at will. ^ Character graphics NOTE: This feature need only be used if you are using Aladdin to communicate with systems other than GEnie. Computers communicate text using ASCII codes which stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. There are 128 ASCII codes used to represent digits, letters of the alphabet, punctuation and other symbols. The way the IBM personal computer was designed allows it to use 256 codes, twice the number used by ASCII. IBM decided to used those extra codes to represent various symbols not included in ASCII, such as etc. _(continued)_ ^ Character graphics (continued) The most prevalent use of these symbols is to create boxes on the screen such as the one surrounding this help window. When you are communicating with a non-IBM computer, however, these symbols cannot be used. Since GEnie subscribers use all different brands of computer you cannot use character graphics with GEnie. If you communicate with local IBM-specific bulletin boards, however, you can often obtain more attractive menus and such if you activate character graphics by pressing F9. _(continued)_ ^ Character graphics (continued) The "7bit" indicator on the bottom of the screen indicates ASCII mode (only 7 bits are needed to represent the 128 ASCII codes). The "8bit" indicator on the bottom of the screen indicates IBM character graphics mode (all 8 bits are allowed). ^ Send True Break Pressing Ctrl-End while in Terminal mode sends a True Break signal to the modem. ^ Log on You can use the G option to log onto GEnie automatically. Aladdin will dial the phone and send your user ID and password. You are then left in terminal mode. If the log-on is not successful Aladdin will hang up and try again. It will do this until it logs on successfully or until you press Esc to abort the log-on. If there is mail waiting when you log on Aladdin will save it so you can read it off-line with the R option on the GE Mail menu. As Aladdin logs on it saves the bulletins and other text that appears so you can read it later if you wish (see the B option on the Terminal menu). ^ Log off You can use the L option to log off GEnie automatically. Aladdin will send BYE to GEnie and wait until the log-off is complete, and will then return to the Terminal menu. ^ Hang up The H option will hang up the phone and disconnect you from GEnie without sending BYE first. This is a last resort option in case GEnie is not responding for some reason. The H option can also be used to turn off the Ready status indicator. ^ View GEnie banner The B option allows you to view the banner that GEnie displays whenever a user logs onto GEnie. This banner contains important information about GEnie, including new services, RoundTable news, etc. ^ View pending notifies Aladdin logs all real-time notifications that other users send you with the GEnie "NOTIFY" command. This menu option will show you all notifications that have been received, if any. ^ Flush pending notifies Each notification received and logged takes memory away from Aladdin for storage. Once you have viewed and/or replied to a notification, you should flush the pending notifies to release the memory and clear the pending notifies. ^ Begin/end text capture When you begin text capture Aladdin will ask for a file name. From that point on until you end text capture incoming and outgoing text information will be stored in the specified text file. While the text capture file is open the status line on the bottom of the screen will indicate the size of the file, which is the number of text characters that has been stored. To end text capture simply choose option A again. ^ Send text file This option is only available if you are on-line (indicated by "On" at the left end of the status line at the bottom of the screen). When you choose the S option Aladdin will ask for a file name, and then the entire contents of the file will be sent to GEnie. Aladdin will not wait after each line, so this option cannot be used to send information when GEnie is at a message editor "line number>" prompt. ^ Xmodem download Download: Transfer a file from GEnie to your computer. Normally if you wish to download a file from GEnie you can use Aladdin's RoundTable menu Software Library options, but sometimes it's easier to choose this option if you are already on-line in terminal mode, or if you are using Aladdin's terminal mode with a host other than GEnie that supports the Xmodem or Zmodem file transfer protocols. To download a file from GEnie, wait for the "File is ready" prompt and then choose the D option. Aladdin may ask for the file name and then will start the download. If you want to abort the download once it begins you can press Esc. ^ Xmodem upload Upload: Transfer a file from your computer to GEnie. Normally if you wish to upload a file to GEnie you can use Aladdin's RoundTable menu Software Library options or the GE Mail Xmodem file option, but sometimes it's easier to choose this option if you are already on-line in terminal mode, or if you are using Aladdin's terminal mode with a host other than GEnie that supports the Xmodem file transfer protocol. To upload a file to GEnie, wait for the "READY FOR INPUT" prompt and then choose the U option. Aladdin will ask for the file name and then will start the upload. If you want to abort the upload once it begins you can press Esc. ^ Zmodem download Aladdin performs Zmodem downloads automatically with no need to issue any menu commands, as long as you have a [Y] in the "Use Zmodem?" field in the F5 Aladdin Configuration Screen. Simply tell GEnie to start the Zmodem download. Aladdin will detect that the Zmodem download is starting and will take care of the rest automatically. ^ What is Xmodem/Zmodem? The Xmodem (or Christensen) protocol is simply a method that most communications programs use for error-free transmission of files. It allows for "handshaking" between the sender and receiver so that any information that is garbled in the transmission can be re-sent. The Zmodem protocol was developed by Chuck Forsberg of Omen Technology. It is what's called a "streaming" file transfer protocol because it does not pause between packets of data to wait for verification by the receiving computer before sending the next packet of data. The Zmodem and Zmodem-90 extensions in Aladdin are licensed from Omen Technology. ^ Perform automatic pass 1 or 2 _Automatic pass 1 _Automatic pass 2 ^ Perform automatic pass 1 This option performs all of the automatic pass 1 options as chosen in RoundTable setup, as well as performing all pending operations for all the RoundTables. ^ Perform automatic pass 2 This option performs all pending operations for all the RoundTables. Use this instead of choosing O for every RoundTable. ^ Perform user script Press a digit 3 through 9 to perform the user script of that number. User scripts are created via the Script menu (option F7 on the Main menu). ^ Aladdin setup Before you can use Aladdin on-line you must give some neccessary information about your GEnie account and modem. The configuration screens also allow you to choose optional Aladdin features and pick the colors that you like best for menus. Use PgUp and PgDn to move between different configuration sections. _Main configuration _ _Color configuration_ ^ Main Configuration _Phone number _ _User ID _ _Password _ _GE Mail address _ _BBS Nickname _ _Prompt character _ _Break character _ _Prime-time rate/hr _ _Non-prime-time rate _ _COM port _ _Communication speed _ _Reset command _ _Dial command _ _Modem command terminator _ _Connection message _ _No connection _ _(more)_ ^ Phone number Enter the phone number of the GEnie node that you will be using. ^ User ID Enter your eight character user ID. Your user ID is the code number that starts with X and has three letters followed by five digits. ^ Password Enter your GEnie password, from one to eight characters. ^ GE Mail address Enter your GE Mail address, up to twelve characters. ^ BBS Nickname The GEnie message software has the capability of storing a "nickname" string which is shown next to your GEmail ID on the header of every message that you enter. Enter the nickname that you want Aladdin to set in each RoundTable when you enter the RT for the first time. The nickname can be up to 12 characters long. ^ Prompt character Specify your prompt character. This is the character that GEnie uses to show that it is waiting for your input. The default prompt character for new users is "?", but if you have changed it be sure to specify your correct prompt character. ^ Break character Specify your break character. You chose this character when subscribed to GEnie. Do not use "true break". ^ Prime-time rate/hr If you wish Aladdin to accurately keep track of your GEnie bills for you you must specify the hourly rate applicable to you. Include surcharges for long distance, 2400 bps, etc. Enter the prime-time rate here, and the non-prime- time rate on the next line. ^ Non-prime-time rate If you wish Aladdin to accurately keep track of your GEnie bills for you you must specify the hourly rate applicable to you. Include surcharges for long distance, 2400bps, etc. Enter the non-prime-time rate here, and the prime- time rate on the previous line. ^ COM port (1 or 2, optionally 3 or 4) If your modem is configured as COM1: then specify 1 here. If your modem is configured as COM2: then specify 2 here. Aladdin supports -some- serial port cards configured as COM3: and COM4:. You may enter a 3 or 4 in this field, but we do not guarantee that Aladdin will work with all serial port cards configured for these COM ports. ^ Speed Specify the communications speed of your modem in bits-per-second. Aladdin will accept 300, 1200, 2400, 4800 and 9600 bits-per-second on this field. ^ Reset command Specify your modem reset command. For Hayes-compatible modems "ATZ" will usually do. If your modem is not Hayes-compatible you still may be able to use Aladdin if you specify the appropriate reset command. ^ Dial command Specify your modem dialing command. For Hayes- compatible modems "ATDT" will usually do. If you do not want to hear the modem dialing specify "ATM0DT" instead. If your modem is not Hayes- compatible you still may be able to use Aladdin if you specify the appropriate dialing command. ^ Command terminator Specify your modem command terminator. This is the string of characters that will be sent after a modem command to indicate the end of the command. For Hayes-compatible modems as carraige- return is sufficent (Ctrl-M or ^M). Some modems may require a line feed as well (^M^J). ^ Connection message Specify the message that your modem gives when a valid connection is established. For Hayes- compatible modems you can use CONNECT even if the actual message is CONNECT 1200 or something similar. ^ No connection Specify the message that your modem gives when it fails to make a valid connection. For Hayes- compatible modems you can use NO CARRIER. ^ Aladdin setup (continued) _Long screen EGA _ _Suppress "snow"? _ _Use usual marks? _ _Use Zmodem? _ _Default to insert _ _Always pick up mail? _ _GE Mail automatic Xmodem? _ _GE Mail input archive file _ _GE Mail output archive file_ _Downloaded mail path _ _Script file name _ _Address file name _ _Billing file name _ _Time-out (seconds) _ ^ Long screen EGA Aladdin can take advantage of the EGA video adapter's special 43-line mode and VGA video adapter's 50-line mode on screens that would benefit by showing more information on the screen at one time. If you answer Y to this question Aladdin will use the special display option in terminal mode, the message editor, and any screen that displays a list of information. It will use the normal 25-line screen for all menus. ^ Suppress "snow"? This field applies to you if you have a CGA color card and monitor and you are either: 1) Seeing random "snow" on the screen (which looks similar to TV interference. 2) Losing characters when connected to GEnie at 2400 bits-per-second or higher. Answer [Y] on this field if you are seeing any one of these symptoms. Otherwise, answer [N]. Note that setting this field to [Y] will disable the clock and billing displays, though Aladdin will continue to keep track of connect time and charges. ^ Use usual marks? If you use the "C Check for new messages" option on the Bulletin Board section of the RoundTable menu you need to decide what action to take for each topic with new messages. Usually Aladdin will default to "KEEP" which means take no action. If you answer [Y] to the "Use usual marks" question Aladdin will default to "IGN" or "NEW", whichever was your last choice. ^ Use Zmodem? Aladdin can use normal Xmodem-CRC, or Zmodem to download files. With a noise-free phone line it is faster to download with Zmodem, but if you have some noise on your phone line you may want to use normal Xmodem-CRC. ^ Default to insert Answer Y if you wish to default to insert mode in Aladdin's message editor. Answer N if you wish to default to overwrite mode. ^ Always pick up mail? If you answer with a [Y] in this field Aladdin will always pick up your mail when if it detects that there is mail waiting for you in your mailbox. If you answer with an [N], Aladdin will never pick up your pending mail unless you specifically ask it to do so. ^ Automatic Xmodem? Normally if you receive a GEmail item with a file attached to it Aladdin will automatically download the file for you. If for some reason you do not want Aladdin to do this, enter N here instead of Y. Keep in mind that there is no -automated- method in Aladdin to pick up attached files once you have read it and -not- downloaded the file. ^ Input archive file When reading mail messages you have the option of permanently saving them by pressing S. If you wish to use the S option you must specify a file name here. ^ Output archive file If you specify a file name here, any mail messages that you send will be permanently saved in this file for your own records. ^ Downloaded mail path Specify the directory path to which Aladdin will save files that are attached to GEmail messages and are automatically downloaded. This option is only meaningful if you have enabled the "Automatic Xmodem?" option. This is also the path to which files downloaded manually with Zmodem while in terminal mode will be sent. ^ Script file name Enter the name of the file where Aladdin scripts are to be stored. ^ Address list file name Enter the name of the file where the Aladdin address list is to be stored. ^ Billing file name Enter the name of the file where your GEnie billing record is to be stored. A summary of each month's billing can be obtained with the B option on the F3 Miscellaneous options menu. ^ Time-out (seconds) Time out seconds is the amount of time that Aladdin will wait if it gets "stuck" somewhere in GEnie. If this amount of time goes by and Aladdin does not receive any data from GEnie, Aladdin will assume that something has gone wrong somewhere and will hang up the phone. You may wish to specify a number greater than 60 seconds if you find that GEnie is reacting sluggishly. ^ Color Configuration Use  and  to choose an the item that you wish to change. Use  and  to change the foreground color. Hold down Ctrl and use  and  to change the background color. Press the I key to change the foreground intensity (brightness). On a monochrome monitor you can choose between normal text, underlined text and inverse text (black on white). ^ RoundTable setup menu _A Add a RoundTable _ _E Edit a RoundTable _ _D Delete a RoundTable _ _S Sort RoundTable list_ ^ Add a RoundTable You can have up to twenty-one RoundTables in your list. ^ Edit a RoundTable _Page number _ _RoundTable name _ _Auto pass 1 options _ _Auto pass 1 days _ _RoundTable files _ _Input archive file _ _Output archive file _ _Auto-save messages _ _Default download path_ _Last file date _ ^ Page number Specify the GEnie page number of the RoundTable. To see the current list of RoundTable page numbers go to the Miscellaneous options menu (F3 from the main menu) and access the GEnie product index. The page number entered must be less than 8000, as Aladdin cannot work directly with the GEnie Star*Services(sm) page numbers. ^ RoundTable name Enter the name of the RoundTable. You can type any name up to 30 characters long. ^ Auto pass 1 options Choose the options that will be performed for this RoundTable in automatic pass 1. A Read all new messages N New msgs in topics replied to C Check for new messages D Check for new files AD Read new messages/check for files ND Topics replied to/check for files CD Check for new messages and files You can leave this entry blank if you do not wish automatic pass 1 to do anything with this RoundTable other than the normal pending operations. ^ Auto pass 1 days This field is used to select on which days of the week Aladdin is to include this RoundTable on a pass 1 operation. By default the field contains the string "SUMTUWTHFSA", which tells Aladdin to include the RoundTable on pass 1's every day of the week. To define which days of the week you want to perform a pass 1 on this RoundTable, you type in the following letters, in any order. SU - Sunday TH - Thursday M - Monday F - Friday TU - Tuesday SA - Saturday W - Wednesday Aladdin will compare the day of the week with the string entered on this field and if it finds a match it will execute a pass 1 for this RoundTable. ^ RoundTable files Choose a file name to be used by Aladdin when storing information. Aladdin will create several files with this name and different extensions. It's often a good idea to use the RoundTable page mnemonic as the file name to make it easy to remember, although there is usually no need to remember the file name. Do not enter a file extension in this field, i.e. FILENAME.EXT. Enter only a filename and a path if desired. ^ Input archive file When reading messages you have the option of permanently saving them by pressing S. If you wish to use the S option you must specify a file name here. ^ Output archive file If you specify a file name here, any messages that you send to this RoundTable will be permanently saved in this file for your own records. ^ Auto-save When Auto-save is set to [Y]es Aladdin will automatically save all incoming messages in the Input Archive file. When Auto-save is set to [N]o Aladdin will only save a message if you specifically request that it be saved by pressing "S" as you read it. ^ Default download path When you choose a file to download off-line you may want to store all the files from one RoundTable in the same sub-directory. You can specify a default sub-directory here or just leave it blank. Even if you specify a sub-directory you can always change it on-the-spot when you choose to download a file. ^ Last file date When you use Aladdin to automatically obtain a list of new files in a software library it uses its internal list (stored in dBase III format) to determine how much of GEnie's file directory to list. However, when you configure a new RoundTable Aladdin doesn't have a list to use, so you must specify a date (in GEnie YYMMDD format) as a limit so that Aladdin knows how much of the library listing to obtain. ^ Delete a RoundTable You can remove a RoundTable from the list by pressing D followed by the letter of the RoundTable. ^ Sort RoundTable list Press S to arrange the RoundTables in alphabetical order. ^ Script menu User scripts are mini-programs that you can write to perform automatic on-line tasks and use GEnie features that Aladdin does not implement. _Script commands _ _A Add a script _ _E Edit a script _ _D Delete a script_ ^ Script commands This help file contains a summary of Aladdin script commands. Read the file SCRIPT.DOC for complete information. _General script structure _ _Definition of {string} _ _User strings _ _Definition of { } items _ _Script structure commands_ _IF...ELSE...ENDIF _ _Display control _ _Delay commands _ _File commands _ _GEnie commands _ _Terminal commands _ _Keyboard and strings _ ^ General script structure You must have only one command per line. Command words must be separated by blanks. Command words may be any combination of upper or lower case characters. If a line does not contain any commands it must either be blank or have a semicolon or a colon as the first non-blank character. If the line begins with a colon then the line is a label as referred to by GOTO or CALL. If it begins with a semi-colon then it is a script comment line. Any text remaining on a line after a command is interpreted by Aladdin is ignored. This allows for easy commenting. ^ Definition of {string} In the script command help windows, {string} refers to any sequence of characters surrounded by delimiters. A delimiter is any single character. If the left delimiter is anything other than (, [, {, <, or ` then the right delimiter must be the same as the left delimiter. If one of these five characters is the left delimiter then the right delimiter must be the corresponding ), ], }, >, or '. The string text cannot contain the right delimiter. In {string}s the symbols ^A through ^Z are converted into the corresponding Ctrl characters Ctrl-A through Ctrl-Z. ^ User strings All occurances of %0 through %9 in the script are replaced by the corresponding user string. User strings 0 through 9 are set by the SETSTRING or GETSTRING commands. User strings are known in programming as "variables" and should not be confused with {string}s. ^ Definition of {} {digit} is a character 0 through 9. Some digits cannot be used in some commands. {text} is any sequence of characters. {day} is SUN, MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, or SAT. {seconds} is a number representing a duration of time, optionally includes a decimal point. {time} is a time in HH:MM:SS 24-hour format. ^ Script structure commands SCRIPT {digit} {text} The first line in any script GOTO {label} Script processing continues at {label} CALL {label} Processing continues at {label} (see RETURN) RETURN Processing continues after previous CALL PERFORM {digit} Perform a user script or auto pass 1 or 2 ENDSCRIPT Processing continues after previous PERFORM ^ IF...ELSE...ENDIF IF ONLINE Continues if modem is on-line IF CURRENTLINEHAS {string} Continues if current line has string IF STRING {digit} IS {string} Continues if user string matches specified string IF STRING {digit} HAS {string} Continues if user string contains specified string IF DATAWAITING Continues if information is waiting to be received IF KEYWAITING Continues if key has been pressed (see KEYWAITING) IF EXIST {string} Continues if the specified file exists IF DAYOFWEEK IS {day} Continues if today is specified day of week _(continued)_ ^ continued IF MAILWAITING Continues if there is unread mail waiting IF MAILFOUND Continues if Aladdin has retrieved mail ELSE Processing continues here if IF statement is false ENDIF Processing continues here if IF statement is false and there is no ELSE. Each IF must have a matching ENDIF IF SUCCESS Continues if previous command was successful SUCCESS TRUE SUCCESS FALSE Forces the result of IF SUCCESS ^ Display control ECHO ON Displays script command while processing ECHO OFF Hides script commands while processing CLEAR Clears the screen NOTE {string} Display the specified message HIDE ON Causes modem information to be displayed as SECRET... HIDE OFF Causes modem information to appear as normal MONITOR Displays one character from the modem BEEP Emit a short beep ALARM Sound an alarm until a key is pressed ^ Delay commands PAUSE {seconds} Pause of specified number of seconds WAITUNTIL {time} Suspends script processing until specified time. ^ File commands ERASEFILE {string} Erase the specified file CAPTURE {string} Save incoming modem text in specified file ENDCAPTURE Close CAPTURE file and stop saving text SNAPSHOT Save the screen image as a text file XMODEM DOWNLOAD {string} ZMODEM DOWNLOAD {string} Download a file XMODEM UPLOAD {string} Upload a file ^ GEnie commands LOG ON Log onto GEnie TOP menu (page 1) LOG ONTO {string} Log onto specified GEnie page LOG OFF Send BYE and disconnect COMMANDMODE ON Automatically enter command mode when prompt is found COMMANDMODE OFF Do not automatically enter command mode QUOTES ON Convert '' into " in all messages QUOTES OFF Do not convert '' HHH ON Send out three H's to get U#= login prompt (default) HHH OFF Do not send out three H's to get U#= login prompt ^ Terminal commands HANGUP Disconnect the modem SEND {string} Send the specified string SENDLINE {string} Send the specified string followed by a carriage return SENDCOMMAND {string} Send the string and a carriage return and wait for next prompt SENDSPECIALCOMMAND {string} {specialprompt} Send the string and a carriage return and wait for special prompt WAITFOR {string} Wait until specified string appears in text from GEnie WAITFORPROMPT Wait for your prompt character to appear followed by a pause WAITFORDATA START Wait until any character is received by the modem WAITFORDATA STOP Wait until characters stop arriving at the modem ^ Keyboard and strings KEYWAITING ON KEYWAITING OFF Enables and disables the use of WAITFORKEYPRESS and IF KEYWAITING WAITFORKEYPRESS Stop script processing until a key is pressed GETKEY {digit} Obtains a keypress and stores the resulting key in the user string GETSTRING {digit} Obtains a string from the keyboard SETSTRING {digit} {string} Set a user string as specified ^ Add a script If there are fewer than seven scripts already created you can add another script. Press A and you can begin creating the script. ^ Edit a script You can edit a script that you have created by pressing E followed by the script number. ^ Delete a script You can delete a script that you have created by pressing E followed by the script number. ^ Help! The F1 Help key can be used anywhere in Aladdin. If there is an option you are not clear on press the F1 key to obtain help. The help items may contain additional items that you may choose with the cursor keys. Try using the up and down arrows to select an item below, then press  to view the help item. Once you are there you can press Esc to return to this item. _Help item 1 _Help item 2 _Help item 3 ^ Help item 1 This is sample help item 1. Press Esc to return to the previous help item. ^ Help item 2 This is sample help item 2. Press Esc to return to the previous help item. ^ Help item 3 This is sample help item 3. Press Esc to return to the previous help item. ^ List defined macros Pressing Alt-F5 will cause Aladdin to open a window and display all the keys which have defined macros. Pressing any key will close the window. This key can be pressed anywhere in Aladdin. ^ Begin-Edit/End macro To define a keyboard macro, press Alt-F6. Aladdin will prompt you for the keystroke to which it will assign the macro. If the macro already exists, you have the option of editing it, overwriting it with a new macro or aborting the operation. Pressing 'E' will bring up the macro editor window. Pressing 'O' will delete the previous definition and immediately begin recording a new macro. When recording a macro, Aladdin will put a flashing "M" at the top left hand corner of the screen to indicate that a macro is being recorded. To finish the macro definition, press Alt-F7. Aladdin will terminate macro recording, save the macro, and inform you that it has been saved. The macro services are listed on the main menu only, but they are available at any point during an Aladdin session. Macros are saved automatically at the end of every session in the file ALADDIN.MAC, and loaded automatically when you run Aladdin. ^ File reader The file reader lets you read any text file without leaving Aladdin. _Choosing a file name_ _S Search file for keyword_ _X Extract portion of file_ ^ Choose file Specify the file name. If the file is not in the current drive or in the current sub- directory you must specify the full drive and path name. ^ Search Press S to specify a search string, then Ctrl-S to begin searching. The cursor will move to the next line in the file that contains the search string. Press Ctrl-S again to search for the next occurance. ^ Extract Use the F7 and F8 keys to select the starting and ending point of the area that you wish to extract. Then press X and enter a file name and the selected area will be saved in the file that you specify. ^ Exit Aladdin At any time you can hold down the Alt key and press F9 to exit Aladdin and return to DOS or whatever program you started from. If you were on-line you will remain connected so that if you restart Aladdin or start another communications program you will not have to redial. ^ Visit DOS Anywhere in Aladdin you can hold down the Alt key and press F10 to visit DOS, also called "shell to DOS." You may wish to visit DOS to view the disk directory or format a disk. When you visit DOS Aladdin is still in memory and you can return to it instantly by typing "EXIT" at the DOS prompt. Because Aladdin is still in memory you will have less memory available to run other programs. ^ Technical Assistance Technical Support for Genie PC Aladdin(tm) is available primarily from the Aladdin Support RoundTable on Page 110 of GEnie. Type "ALADDIN" at any GEnie page prompt or "M110" at any prompt to reach the Aladdin RoundTable. Additionally, if you need to speak to a GEnie Client Services Representative, you may reach one by dialing 1-800-638-9636 and following the recorded instructions. Please do not call Micro Consulting Associates in Puerto Rico for technical support. ^