Files you should have: LYNC.EXE - The terminal program LYNC.DOC - The operations manual REGISTER.DOC - The registration form README.DOC - This file LYNCFFC.EXE - Lync File Format Conversion utility 60LINES.COM - 60 lines per page document reformat utility Although Lync is relatively easy to use, it is advisable to read the documentation before starting. If you are experienced with telecommunications, you could just read the Installation and Configuring Lync sections in the Getting Started chapter of the manual, although it is recommended that the Using Lync chapter be read for a complete understanding of Lync's functions. If you have a printer and wish to make a hard copy of the manual, you can copy the LYNC.DOC file to your printer. From the DOS prompt you would type: COPY LYNC.DOC PRN followed by pressing the ENTER key. The manual is formatted for 80 columns and 66 lines per page with embedded formfeed control codes so it should print properly on most printers. However, in order to be compatible with laser printers, which only support 60 lines per page, a utility called 60LINES.COM is included. Run this program with the LYNC.DOC file in the current directory and it will produce a file called LYNC60.DOC. This file will be formatted for 60 lines per page and should print properly on laser printers. Print this file as explained above but type LYNC60.DOC instead of LYNC.DOC as shown in the example. The manual is also formatted with an eight character margin on the left so it can be punched and put into a folder without obscuring any of the text. *** WHAT'S NEW WITH VERSION 3.0 *** *** Upgrading *** Lync's file formats have changed. To use your old data with the new Lync, you must use the Lync File Format Conversion utility (LyncFFC). To use LyncFFC, simply copy it into your current Lync directory with your CFG, PHN, and KEY files and type: LYNCFFC and press ENTER. LyncFFC will read your files and convert their data to the new formats automatically. It works with version 2.0 and version 1.0 file formats. Also, if you're a Simterm 2.0 user, rename your CFG and PHN files to LYNC.CFG and LYNC.PHN respectively and LyncFFC will convert them to the latest format as well. *** FEATURES *** - User defined modem response strings to improve "connect" detection from the dialing directory. - Host mode baud detect is optional and the baud rate response strings are user definable. - Host mode will look for WELCOME.HST & MESSAGE.HST files and display them to the user if found. See documentation for details. - User defined default capture file name. - User modifiable Ascii transfer line ending translation. - Auto Zmodem Receive and Zmodem Resume can be toggled on or off. - Support for external protocols. - Manual dial feature in dialing directory. - DOORWAY mode. *** FIXES *** Lync's foundation has been rebuilt. This has increased it's memory requirements a little (to a little under 95K), but has allowed me to add some new functionality required for todays communications. The first thing you might notice is the EXE file got smaller! This is because an EXE compressor was used as the actual size of LYNC.EXE had creeped to just over 50k. This may not seem like a big deal to some of you but it is too large for some of the applications Lync is being used in. The compressor used was LZEXE91 by Fabrice Bellard. My thanks to him for a fine program which reduced Lync to less than 35k. With Lync's new low level routines comes support for flow control via Xon/Xoff and/or RTS/CTS. Also comes improved memory management, which should eliminate some of the odd quirks Lync would have with some systems. The ANSI sequence parser has been improved, both for efficency and a couple of missing functions. (ie the ESC[6n status report that some systems use to detect if a terminal is ANSI capable). Lync is also a little more dependant on BIOS compatability now as it reads some keyboard and timer info directly from the BIOS data area. This may make Lync incompatable with some TSRs, especially those that modify the keyboard data area.