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ProComm Outside Environment
POE 1.0.0
July 22nd, 1987
Copyright (c) 1987 by Mark Herring
Donated to the Public Domain
Before we get started...
I, Mark Herring, have donated POE to the Public
Domain. This means that you may make as many copies
of POE as you wish, and that you may give POE to your
friends.
I COULD have made POE a shareware product, but many
factors contributed to my decision to donate the
system to the Public Domain:
If I requested a registration fee, then I
would HAVE to support my registered users.
Since it cost you nothing to acquire POE, I
feel no obligation to SUPPORT it. If you have
problems with the system, you'll find a
telephone number at the end of this file
telling you how to leave messages for me.
If you send me a message via one of these
systems, I'll send you back a reply.
I have seen many programs that were released
as shareware that wouldn't be worth the phone
bill it took to download them. Some systems
have been obviously written in only hours, and
people expect others to send them money for a
"shoddy" job. If a package is released as
Shareware, the authors should take their
system as seriously as if it were sold by
Microsoft! There are many systems out there
that qualify for Shareware (ProComm is
certainly one), while there are many more that
give the name a black eye.
Finally, if I don't accept money, I also don't
accept any responsibility for what POE may
ever do to your system. It's been checked
for problems, and up until now, none have been
found. However, if POE chokes on your cache
and destroys your FAT table, don't come crying
to me! Caveat Empetor!
What is POE?
POE is a utility that will let you add external file
protocols to ProComm or any other telecommunications
system. POE will also allow you to run up to 15
different programs from inside ProComm. POE.EXE and
POE.CFG should reside in your ProComm subdirectory.
Let's face...everyone has their own favorite
communications system. I believe that ProComm beats
all of the others hands down, except when it came to
the newer "external" protocols that are being
developed. Since I refuse to change to one other
"inferior" communication programs out there just to
pickup a new protocol, I wrote POE so I could easily
call them up with a ProComm-styled interface. I could
just as easily dropped to DOS and execute the
protocols, but I'm a consultant by trade, and all
programmers are lazy to begin with! Hence, I created
POE. Now, ProComm has it all!
POE is designed to "hook" into ProComm through the
ALT-A command. Datastorm Technologies designed the
ALT-A command to interface with your favorite editor.
We use this key to call up POE instead.
Before you can call up POE using ALT-A, you must
reconfigure ProComm to execute POE. Here's how to do
this:
1. Execute ProComm.
2. Press the ALT-S key combination.
3. Select option #4 from the menu...GENERAL SETUP.
4. Select option #1 from the GENERAL SETUP menu.
5. Type POE and press Return.
6. Press the [ESC] key.
7. Press the [S] key.
8. Press the [ESC] key.
There! If POE is sitting in your ProComm directory
(and assuming that you are too), then pressing ALT-A
will call up POE!
Configuring POE.
POE.EXE is distributed with POE.CFG and DSZ.EXE.
POE.CFG is a configuration file that tells POE what
transfer protocols are available. POE understands a
few commands that reside inside the POE.CFG file:
COLOR
The COLOR command allows you to change the
colors that POE displays on the screen.
Format: COLOR {old color no}={new color no}
Color numbers Description
------------- -----------
0 Black
1 Blue
2 Green
3 Cyan
4 Red
5 Magenta
6 Yellow
7 White
UP PATH=path name
This command will set the upload path.
Example: UP PATH=C:\TERM\UP
DL PATH=path name
This command will set the download path.
Example: DL PATH=C:\TERM\DL
MS PATH=path name
This command will set the path for your
miscellaneous programs.
Example: MS PATH=C:\PROGRAMS
UP PROTOCOL=protocol description,command[,path name]
UP PROTOCOL describes an upload protocol to
POE. Example:
UP PROTOCOL=Zmodem upload,DSZ sz !
The ! at the end of the command tells POE to
ask for additional parameters when this
protocol is selected.
You may also append a path name that is
special to this one protocol. If you do use
a path name, it overrides any path name that
was setup with UP PATH=.
DL PROTOCOL=protocol description,command[,path name]
DL PROTOCOL describes a download protocol to
POE. Example:
DL PROTOCOL=Zmodem download,DSZ rz !
The ! at the end of the command tells POE to
ask for additional parameters when this
protocol is selected.
You may also append a path name that is
special to this one protocol. If you do use
a path name, it overrides any path name that
was setup with UP PATH=.
MISC=Program description,command,[path name]
POE can also run external programs outside of
ProComm. The MISC= command describes these
programs. For example:
MISC=Directory management,DR,C:\
Notice that this command also uses the path
name option. The C:\ tells POE that the program
DR may be found in the root directory.
Getting to me.
If you find you are having problems with POE, you may
leave messages for me on the PC-Board Echo Conference
Systems. We're a system of PC Boards that have begun
to pass echomail nightly. Feel free to call these
fine boards listed below and check it out!
Most of these systems can be reached via PC-Pursuit:
Unusual Situations, Memphis, TN 901-365-0407
Sleepy Hollow, Los Angeles, CA 213-859-9334 *
The Tool Shop, Phoenix, AZ 602-279-2673 *
Redundant PCB, Salt Lake City, UT 801-487-5339 *
* PC-Pursuitable
If you ever need consulting for ProComm, we're
available! Reasonable rates quoted upon request.
ProComm Forever!
Mark Herring
1400 Phillips Road
Memphis, TN 38134