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- November 24, 1987
-
- MXO-ON2 is a full-featured combination hardware and modem overlay for
- ON! computers. It is based on the MXO-KPS4 overlay for the Kaypro and
- on Joe Wright's T3M-ON1 Term III overlay for the ON!. It features full
- support for all major features of the Z80 DART including send-break and
- setting word length, stop-bits and parity. Both true Hayes-compatibles
- and the semi-compatible Anchor modems are supported. MXO-ON2 was
- created out of my personal preference for MEX114 over the IMP program
- supplied with the ON!. IMP is a fine program within its design limits,
- but is severely lacking in flexibility for a dedicated MEXer like me.
-
- In general, MEX will operate in the same manner as with the ancestor
- Kaypro overlay, with the notable exception of radically re-written SET
- ANSWER and SET ORIG commands. SET ANSWER now suspends MEX until a
- validated modem call is received or until a control-C local abort. This
- will enable the astute MEX user to set up looping READ files for limited
- unattended access to the ON!, although it is no substitute for the true
- remote console capability of BYE or MEX Plus. READ files that use this
- style of SET ANSWER can be found in the MEXWELCM.LBR file I released a
- couple of years ago for the old MXO-KP41 Kaypro overlay, which
- inadvertantly implemented the capability, but only for the internal
- Kaypro/TI modem. It would be a relatively simple matter to implement
- the enhanced SET ANSWER and SET ORIG commands for other combination
- hardware/modem overlays for MEX - the MXO-SBSx series for the SB180 are
- also of the MXO-KPS4 lineage and are very good candidates for this hack.
-
- Bruce Morgen
-
- North American One-Eighty Group
- P.O. Box #2781
- Warminster PA 18974
-
- Phone: 215-443-9031 (Voice & Data, East Coast business hours ONLY!)
-
- RCP/M: Lillipute Z-Node, 312-649-1730 & 312-664-1730,
- 300/1200/2400 baud, 24 hrs.