TERMINAL.PRG  is  a  packet terminal program.   It  is  a  simple 
program to use, and will work on any TNC.

Using the control panel (desk accessory) the RS232 should be  set 
up  at the same speed as the TNC and with the same  Parity,  data 
bits  and  stop  bits.  To run the program double  click  on  the 
TERMINAL.PRG   icon,   ensuring  that  the  files   TERMINAL.RSC, 
UUENCODE.TTP   and  UUDECODE.TTP  are  in  the  same  folder   as 
TERMINAL.PRG.  Command  should  be entered as given  by  the  TNC 
instructions.   The  text appearing on the screen scrolls up  but 
can  be reviewed using the MEMORY option on the  menu  bar.  Text 
files can be sent and received using the FILES menu.   Ensure the 
received file is closed before using any other option,  using the 
CLOSE FILE item.

The  program  "FCONVPC7.EXE"  is the same  converter  program  as  
"FCONVST7.PRG" but re-compiled for the IBM PC or  compatible.  It  
can  be  copied  to an IBM disk and used on  an  IBM  machine  to  
translate  and  encode files for an ST running  the  ST  version.  
.EXE  and .COM files are not inter-convertable to .TOS,  .TTP  or  
.PRG  files  but other binary files such as .IMG and  first  word  
plus  files  are  interchangeable with  similar  IBM  files.  The 
programs FCONVPC7.EXE and FCONVST7.PRG are public domain and  may 
be freely copied and given away.

Although desk accessories can be called, be sure to disable   the  
serial  port  (by  clicking  on  "Disable  serial  port"  in  the  
"extras"  menu  item,  otherwise  an  input  from  the  TNC  will  
overwrite  the window opened be the desk accessory.   Making  the  
code  cope with the desk accessory and the serial port  made  the  
writing from the TNC to the screen unaccepably slow - sorry!

The programmes UUDECODE.TTP and UUENCODE.TTP are from PDSOFT   at  
Lancaster  University  and  are  public  domain.   They  are  the  
standard UNIX programmes and therefore are compatible with  other  
systems.  The object of them is to convert a binary file that can  
be sent as an ASCII text file through the TNC without the need to  
set  the BINARY type on it.  These programmes can be called  from  
within  the terminal program using EXTRA on the  menu  bar.   The  
error messages within them have been disabled as they corrupt the  
screen but an error will be sent to TERMINAL.PRG and displayed as  
an alert box.  UUENCODE.TTP will give the converted file the same  
name but with .UUE as the extension.  

To  use  FCONVST7.TOS  click on icon,  then give a  name  to  the 
destination file,  give it an extension .CON say.  The select the 
source file.

Convert  to  ascii when you have a program file to convert  to  a 
packet transmittable form, to reconvert select "binary".

The  person decoding this traffic needs the identical program  to 
decode the file.

This  is an alternative to the UUE type but is not  so  versatile  
and  can also be run from within TERMINAL.PRG by  selecting  FILE  
CONVERT in the EXTRA menu item.

Chris. Strevens, G4ZHT, 
April 1993.