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A modem/BBS terminal program.

• Competed with Termin8 as a category-killer.

• (date not recorded) – (version not recorded) on DOS (version not recorded, likely 6.22) and 4DOS (version not recorded)

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• Add a backscroll on DOS-mode (CTRL-R)

• Generates download errors with zmodem when, say, enabling/disabling the status or menu bars.

• Have the scripts handle there being no message packet to download (empty)

• Have the scripts handle errors, e.g. when a sysop breaks into chat?

probably ancient ∞

• while downloading, it causes errors when I go into options > general > r to turn on the scroll bars.. odd!! In fact, it ends the download sometimes.

• Be able to chat while downloading (in any protocal?)
• Be able to type EDIT <filename> in alt-r (dos) and have it load it in the editor automatically.
• If I load in a file, then load in another, then load in that first file by using the up arrow to choose it. I should have that first filename as the first selection the first time I go to load another file and use the up arrow. I shouldn’t have to put, say, a space after the filename to make sure that I can pick that name first the next time I load a file.
• Have edit/view be able to wrap text which they load.
• Put a backscroll in the dos mode (alt-r) ?
• In alt-r (dos), cannot use something like “type com1“
• In alt-r (dos), “dir com1“, and their ilk actually work!
• alt-r, dir/p (don’t press a key to continue), alt-t, alt-r, (press a key), notice how the prompt does not return.
• Be able to look at the backscroll while downloading.
• alt-r (dos mode) ignores the hidden file attribute
• In the fake dos mode (alt-r), be able to look inside .rar archives
• The editor should be able to use TABs!!
• Should have MD and RD in the fake dos mode.
• Colour backscroll.
• Hangup command should be +++ (wait) ath\m

• Take up less memory?!

  • It has difficult requirements for base memory.
• Start dialing dial list on entry (use a command-line switch)

• Maximum dos shell kills all the SETs

  • This could be 4DOS.

• Don’t display username/password in dial list.

  • Password protect them.
• Encrypt phone book(s)/log file (use an external program if needed?)
• Make it an option to be able to edit which columns appear in the dial (alt-d) dialogue, be able to re-order them.
• In the dial list (alt-d), prompt before adding new numbers (F10)
• Spellcheck and grammercheck the text files!

• Be able to do phonebook editing while in the dial list (alt-d)

  • (get rid of tmphone?)
• Be able to edit phone entries while dialing?
• Have ENTER on a phone entry just start dialing it ONCE.. force users to use space or + to mark it, then press enter in order to have it autodial
• Have the ability to have longer phone numbers!
• Have more dial prefixes.
• Have custom init strings for each entry?
• The dial mode should have space as the ‘add new entry’, since space was what originally tagged the number to dial!
• Should be able to alter the dial list while connected
• Should be able to cut/paste to/from the terminal command stack (alt-y)
• When in edit, for example.. loading a file. if I press C:, it should wipe the entire line and have C: at the beginning.
• control-home and control-end should go to the very top/end of backscroll, control-pageup and control-pagedown should both go to the top/bottom of a page!
• When at the bottom of a file, at its start (in edit) control-pagedown doesn’t bring be to the end of the file/end of the line like it does elsewhere!

• In a file pick thing (like open file in edit), should have the last used thing come up.. not the last typed.

  • Also, it should have full up/down searching back and forth.. down shouldn’t go to the filelist, tab should.
• While downloading.. it should have commas in the bytes downloaded.. maybe it should list them in KBs?
• Should have the option to not keep track of the number of connects.
• Auto-save the options when I exit the alt-o menu.
• +/- the dial time should be something like +/- 5 secs, not 1
• Be able to clear the backscroll buffer from a script!

• “relocate entry” in tmphone should just ‘pick it up’, and shouldn’t move to the top of the screen.

  • Rename ‘relocate’ to ‘move’
• Random password generator.
• There should be a key to stick the password of the currently connected entry into the terminal mode.
• Multiple numbers for each dial entry.
• Have a note FILE for each dial entry, which can be brought up into the file editor by a new hotkey.
• Display suffixes and prefixes in phone entry edit with F6.
• Insert mode should be the default when, say, in virtual dos.
• I can’t have a window sit at the very TOP of the screen!!
• When selecting a file, press first letter should toggle from files with that name and dirs with that name.

• Put in a function to auto answer ONCE.