***************************************************************************** P H O N E B O O K 1 . 2 1 T P H O N E 1 . 1 1 B y S i m o n e R i c c e t t i **(1994)********************************************************************* 1. INTRODUCTION 1A. Why Phone Book? 1B. Why TPhone? 2. USING THE PROGRAMS 2A. Phone Book 2B. Configuring Phone Book 2C. The best way to call it 2D. TPhone 3. ABOUT DISTRIBUTION --------------- 1. INTRODUCTION --------------- 1A. Why Phone Book? Everytime you have to call a friend, a shop, etc... you have to find the phone number (haven't you?). But as usually,you can't remember where you left your Phone Book. So you have to spend time looking for it. And when you have to add a new number, or to modify an old one, you have problems erasing numbers or names because you want to insert a new friend betwen two already exsisting. Well, why shall you get crazy, if your Amiga can do it simply and quickly? You'll never lose your Phone Book, and to add or erase numbers, you have just to digit a few. You're probably thinking that you've got hundreds of programs that do all these things. Yeah: but with this one, you'll be able to let your Amiga call the number. 1B. Why TPhone? Sometimes you need to dial some numbers using tones, but you don't own a phone with dial tone (in which country do you live?). Or you have a long number, and maybe you won't to digit it every time you need it. Well, TPhone'll do it for you! --------------------- 2. USING THE PROGRAMS --------------------- 2A. Phone Book Simply call it from shell: you'll see its window with your names. Now you can scroll the list (click in the <- -> keys) or call the number you want (click in the > key near the name). Then you have the time to keep your receiver near your amplifier and Amiga will call your number. If you don't want to call the numbers, you must run Phone Book with the switch NOTONE. After selecting a number, Phone Book will wait for you to close its window. NOTE that to call a number from Amiga, you need TPhone to be in your c: directory. 2B. Configuring Phone Book Maybe you can't believe it, but Phone Book doesn't know your names and numbers! So, before starting the program you have to edit a simply text file in your s: directory, called "PhoneBook.DAT". Insert a name and its number for each line, like this: Brown Tom 86.32.112 Joe's office (224)12.34.21 And you MUSN'T leave blank lines! You can change that file every time you need to change your list. 2C. The best way to call it You can leave Phone Book open during your activities, but I think it's better to call it from the Tools Menu in the workbench, or better again, to call it using a short-cut key. In order to do it, use a program like Tool Manager (by Stefan Becker) or similar. That's why every time you call a number, Phone Book close its window! And if you won't to tone up the number, it wait for you to close the window! In fact I think you will not need it during all the day! Phone Book has been written to look nice on a 640x512 screen, so if you can, use this or higher resolution. 2D. TPhone To tone up a number, simply call TPhone giving the number. It can understand also other letters and simbol. You can use: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 a b c d * # --------------------- 3. ABOUT DISTRIBUTION --------------------- You can freely distribute Phone Book and TPhone, but you CAN'T change the author's name or DOC files. NO WARRANTY IS GIVEN, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. THE AUTHOR WILL BE NO WAY LIABLE FOR PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE USE OF TPhone AND/OR Phone Book AND NUMBERS CALLED BY THE PROGRAMS. To contact me write to: Simone Riccetti Via Montello 2 26013 Crema CR ITALY