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                       BinkleyTerm-ST 3.14pl8
                       ======================

                            Update-Manual
                  Written By Stephan Slabihoud 1994
              This text explains all changes since 3.00

I have written this update manual in english, because it is a addendum to
the original binkley reference manual. Some explanations are taken from
the update manuals written by different authors (e.g. Steven Green, Bill
Scull, Joerg Spilker and me).


New statements:
===============

AfterFax

   The program defined here is immediately called after recieving a
   fax with the built-in or any external fax reciever module.


BTNC

   Supports Daniel Roesen's BTNC nodelist format.

   Uses the *.BNL format nodelists as created by Daniel Roesen's
   BTNC nodelist compiler instead of the default version 6 nodelist
   produced with ParselST.

   The BTNC nodelist has some advantages in that points can be used
   without having to fiddle with fakenet addresses. It also allows
   several domains to be combined in one set of files.


UseCallSlots

   Implemented new feature for controlling polls (better than the
   method with costs and changing the mailflow).
   Put the Keyword 'UseCallSlots' into your configuration file.
   But please remember, because i had to use the cost field of
   the nodelist structure for this, the cost field in the
   outbound window will be 0 forever.

   Put a &x (where x is any alphanumeric character) into the Key lines
   after the password:

     Key !abcdef &b 90:6000/106.2

   Complete your Event file with lines like this:

     Event All 20:00 21:00 S N D A=10 T=2,30 P=string
                                             ^^^^^^^^
   "string" is a sequence of alphanumeric characters up to 32 chars.

   Now in the above event, Binkley will only call those nodes with &x
   character matches one of the characters in the 'string'.

   IMPORTANT NOTE: All systems with no &x definition (usually the rest of
                   the nodelist) will not be polled for normal mail.

   Because the format of the BINKLEY.SCD file has changed, all forced
   events will be started again when using Beta-8. It is a good idea to
   delete an existing BINKLEY.SCD file before running this version.


FastScreen

   When using fullscreen output you can speed up binkley with the
   statement FASTSCREEN.


Fax <path and program>

   If the keyword Fax (with optional parameters) is specified
   in the configuration file, then this program is started instead
   of the integrated module.

   Initialize your ZyXel Modem with AT#B0+FCLASS=6


FaxInbound

   Lets Binkley know where to place incoming fax images.


FaxConnect <string>

   In addition to the hardcoded connect strings +FCON and CONNECT FAX
   binkley will recognize a fax connect when <string> is matched by the
   incoming connect string.


FDBugfix

   Maybe this can fix problems with FD. The break only fixes the FD
   problem but causes a Resend on the first DATA block. The second
   (original) code doesn't have Resend problems but probably the ESC
   problem again.


FirstInit <string>

   Send to modem only on initial startup of Binkley.


Hold4D
IOS

   These are identical and put BinkleyTerm in 4D mode. When in this
   mode, BinkleyTerm will use the 4D naming convention above whenever
   it writes files into the outbound areas.
   Without either of these commands, BinkleyTerm will use the old 3D
   Hex naming convention, like it always has.

   Note that they only affect the generation of files, and both the 3D
   and 4D packets will get transferred during a mail session.


NeedTime <n milliseconds (0..1000)>

   Perhaps this statement will help you to fix the zmodem bug.
   Use this statement very carefully! Try values like 20, 50 or 100,
   before using higher values like 200 or 300!


NodeCache <size>

   Binkley uses a Nodelist cache.  This certainly speeds things up.
   What it does is to store the information about a node when it is
   accessed avoiding the slow nodelist searching and disk access.
   The size of the cache is configurable with the keyword NodeCache.

   Nodecache sets the size of the Nodelist Cache to <size> entries.
   Each entry represents one address and occupies 146 bytes of memory.
   The default value is 16 taking up 2336 bytes.

   Setting <size> to 0, will disable the cache.

   Whenever a node is looked up in the nodelist it is added to the
   cache.  If the cache is full then the entry that has not been
   accessed for the longest will be removed to make way for the new
   one.  I'll see how this works and maybe use a different algorithm
   to pick which one to lose if it seems necessary.
   A good size seems to be a few more than however many nodes there
   are in your outbound area.


NoJanus <address> <...>

   This command takes a list of nodes for which  you wish to disable
   Janus (even if JanusBaud/JanusOK allows a Janus session). This works
   ONLY for outgoing calls.


NoRequest <address> <...>

   Nodes listed after this keyword are not allowed to request files on
   your system at any times. You can use the same syntax as in NoEMSI
   for the list of nodes.


Port <n>

   For more information: see RSVEboard

   Default is port 1 (ST-serial)

   Also you should set MaxPort to the maximum numbers of ports supported
   by your ST computer (default for MaxPort is the setting of Port).

   If not using Port you must set the Baudrate for this Port with some
   external utility.

   Binkley doesn't reset the Port after exiting, so every BBS program
   which uses Bconin(Aux) should also work.

   If you wish to reset the port after exit (this also applies to
   aftermail, cleanup und BBS Spawn) put the keyword "ResetPort"
   in the configuration file.


Rbuf <size>
Tbuf <size>

   These set the size of the RS232 buffers in a more convenient manner
   than the previous method of using environment variables.

   Environment variables may still be used, but these configuration
   options take priority.

   Standard for RBUF/RBUF is now 8K if not defined in the environment
   or with the Rbuf/Tbuf config keywords.


Reset

   The string here is send to the modem when exiting with ALT-X
   immediately before the hangup string is send.


ResetPort

   For more information: see Port


RSVEBoard

   Only usefull when you have the RSVE hardware or HSMODEM installed.
   In this case you can use 38400, 57600, 76800, 115200 and 153600 as
   valid baudrates. On a STE, TT or Falcon you must not use this
   statement.


TimeZone GMT+x
TimeZone GMT-x

   Defines the timezone you live in. For germany this will be GMT+2
   (and GMT+1 later in the year).

   You can also set TZ=GMT+x in your environment.

   Please note, that parsing this line is very stupid. It just
   converts the string after 'GMT+' into a long decimal.

   After setting the correct timezone, all times from PC nodes are two
   hours in the future. Maybe because the TZ setting on this systems is
   not ok. You could put a correction factor in the Tranx lines for this
   nodes.

Tranx [[+|-]number!]node

   Tranx field can be used to update your system clock.

   The list of nodes is in the same format as that used by HoldsOnUs
   and may include wildcards, etc.

   If during an EMSI session and the remote system has a TRX# field
   and their *primary* address matches the list of nodes, then the
   time of your machine will be set to the value given in the tranx
   data. You might want to enable this, if you know for example that
   another system has their clock updated by an atomic clock receiver.
   Note that due to the time involved in the EMSI handshake, it might
   be a second or two out.

   Both the BIOS and GEMDOS clocks are updated. It is possible to define
   a correction factor <number>.

   Example: Tranx -2!2:240/36


UseColors

   Forces BinkleyTerm-ST's display routines to use colors. This slows
   down the display and is not recommended.
   This option is automatically enabled if you use the colors keyword.



Command Line Options:
=====================

Connect <connect string>

   The intended use for this is when BinkleyTerm-ST is called in
   BATCH mode then the calling program should pass the modem's
   connect string to BinkleyTerm so that BinkleyTerm can know what
   the baud rate is and work out such things as whether or not to
   allow Janus connections. Example:
     BT.TTP BATCH CONNECT 9600/V32


NoFullScreen

   This option has the same effect as the keyword NoFullScreen.



Environment strings:
====================

BROWS=<n>
BCOLS=<n>

   You can use the environment variables BROWS and BCOLS to
   limit the number of rows and cols which binkley will use for
   display. BCOLS < 80 will lead to a corrupted "Pending outbound
   mail" window with normal character size.



Other changes:
==============

- Maximum number of Address aliases is 30 (instead of 15).

- Maximum lenght for every component of a Dial statement is now
  40 (instead of 20).

- Binkley returns the correct errorlevel according to the
  connect rate. For example, a CONNECT 16800 will give 168 as
  errorlevel (14400 = 144, 12000 = 120, 7200 = 72).

- Support for the FIDOUSER.LST format created by BTNC. If the keyword
  BTNC is active, Binkley makes a sequentiell search in the file,
  otherwise the file is treated as sorted with fixed length records
  and Binkley will make a binary search.
  Please note that sequential searching isn't very fast!

- DIAL statement now works as the DIAL statement in parselist.
  Default DIAL translation is the last DIAL line!

- HoldOnUs/ReqOnUs/NoEmsi is now active for ALL nodes if no
  list is specified.

- Updated Function Requests + and $
  If the caller is a point then the point will be added to the
  commands generated from these requests.
  With $ you may now put up to 3 "%d" in the command and the last
  one is substituted by the point number.
  With + the point number is added to the end unless it is zero.