GEnie Atari ST Aladdin (tm) User's Manual Version 1.0 Atari ST Software by Timothy Purves Copyright (c) 1990 by GE Information Services GEnie ST Aladdin (tm) is a trademark of GE Information Services TOS, Atari, and Atari ST are registered trademarks of Atari Corp. GEnie is a trademark of General Electric Information Services Smartmodem is a trademark of Hayes Communications Corp. Aladdin Documentation originally written by: Juan E. Jimenez Micro Consulting Associates P.O. Box 9811 Santurce Station San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-0811 (809) 725-9470 Voice - 721-8470 FAX GEmail: J.JIMENEZ Atari ST Version manual revised and edited by Brian M. Stone and Gordon Monnier Aladdin ST follows all of the popular conventions of the GEM operating system. In all cases Pull Down Menus and Pop Up dialogue boxes have been implemented for the ease of use of the operator. It is not necessary to learn how to use a different user interface. Just do all of the things you would normally do when operating any fully GEM integrated piece of software. This manual was last updated on October 11, 1990 Copyright 1990 by General Electric Page 2 Table of Contents 1. What is Aladdin? 7 2. Purchasing and Registering Aladdin 7 3. Minimum Hardware Requirements to Use Aladdin 7 4. Obtaining a GEnie Account 8 II. An Introduction to GEnie 10 1. What is GEnie? 10 2. GEmail - Electronic Mail Services 10 3. The GEnie RoundTables 11 4. The RoundTable Bulletin Board Areas 11 5. The RoundTable Software Libraries 13 6. The RoundTable Real-Time Conference Area 13 7. Other Services On GEnie 13 III Setting Up Aladdin 15 1. Installation of the Aladdin Program Software 15 2. Starting Aladdin 16 3. Configuring the Aladdin Software 16 GEnie Options 16 Phone number 16 User ID 17 Password 17 GE Mail Address 17 BBS Nickname 17 Prompt Character 17 Break Character 17 Prime Time Rate, and Non Prime Time 17 Modem Options 18 Speed 18 Reset Command 18 Dial Command 18 Command Terminator 18 Connection Message 19 No Connection 19 Aladdin Options 19 Script filename 19 Address filename 19 Billing filename 19 Timeout (seconds) 19 Notify Message 19 Use - XMODEM, XMDM-1K, ZMODEM 20 IV. The Aladdin Main Screen 22 The File Menu 22 1. & 2. Configuration and RoundTables 22 3. Product Index 22 4. Change Password 22 5. Billing History 23 6. Edit user Script 24 Aladdin ST Manual Page 3 7. Browse File 24 8. Quit 25 V. The Aladdin Main Screen 26 The Edit Menu 26 1. Cut 26 2. Copy 26 3. Paste 26 4. Delete 26 5. Paste File 26 6. Paragraph 27 7. Auto Reform 27 7. Abort Edit 27 VI. The Aladdin Main Screen 28 The GEmail Menu 28 1. Retrieve Mail 30 2. Send Mail 30 3. Read Mail 31 4. Write Mail 32 5. Edit-Delete Mail 34 6. Log On To Page 200 34 7. Address Book 34 8. GEmail Options 35 VII. The Aladdin Main Screen 36 The RoundTables Menu - 36 1. Select RoundTable 40 2. Retrieve New Messages 40 3. Check New Messages 42 4. Do Pending Operations 42 5. Read (and reply to) messages 42 6. Edit-Delete Replies 45 7. Mark topics 46 8. Mark-Reply Old Topics 46 9. Start New Topic 48 10. Update Topic List 50 11. Log on to the BBS 50 12. Log on to the RTC 50 13. View RT Bulletins 50 VIII. The Aladdin Main Screen 52 The Library Menu 52 1. Check For New Files 52 2. Do Pending Operation 52 3. Upload File 52 4. Edit-Delete Uploads 54 5. Choose Download-Browse 54 6. Choose From Main List 56 7. Search For Files 56 8. Log on to the RT Library 56 Copyright 1990 by General Electric Page 4 IX The Aladdin Main Screen 57 The Terminal Menu 57 1. Terminal Mode 57 2. Log On 60 3. Log Off 60 4. Hang Up 60 5. & 6. Do AutoPass 1 or 2 61 7. Do User Script 61 8. Start (End) Text Capture 61 9. Send Text File 61 10. & 11. XMODEM Download/Upload (CRC) 62 12. View GEnie Banner 64 X. The Aladdin Script Language 66 1. Aladdin Script Language Syntax Guidelines 66 2. The SCRIPT Command 67 3. The ENDSCRIPT Command 68 4. The GOTO Command 68 5. The CALL Command 69 6. The RETURN Command 69 7. The PERFORM Command 70 8. The IF, ELSE and ENDIF Commands 71 9. The SUCCESS Condition 72 10. The ONLINE Condition 73 11. The CURRENTLINEHAS Condition 73 12. The STRING Condition 73 13. The DATAWAITING Condition 75 14. The KEYWAITING Condition 75 15. The EXIST Condition 75 16. The DAYOFWEEK Condition 76 17. The MAILFOUND Condition 76 18. The SUCCESS Command 77 19. The ECHO Command 77 20. The CLEAR Command 78 21. The NOTE Command 78 22. The BEEP Command 78 23. The ALARM Command 78 24. The HIDE Command 78 25. The MONITOR Command 79 26. The PAUSE Command 79 27. The WAITUNTIL Command 80 28. The ERASEFILE Command 80 29. The CAPTURE and ENDCAPTURE Commands 81 30. The SNAPSHOT Command 82 31. The XMODEM and ZMODEM Commands 82 32. The LOG ON/LOG OFF/LOG ONTO Commands 83 33. The COMMANDMODE Command 84 34. The QUOTES Command 84 35. The HANGUP Command 85 36. The SEND Command 85 37. The SENDLINE Command 85 Aladdin ST Manual Page 5 38. The SENDCOMMAND Command 85 39. The SENDSPECIALCOMMAND Command 86 40. The WAITFOR Command 86 41. The WAITFORPROMPT Command 87 42. The WAITFORDATA Command 87 43. The WAITFORKEYPRESS Command 88 44. The KEYWAITING Command 88 45. The GETKEY Command 88 46. The GETSTRING Command 89 XI The Aladdin Help Screens and File Names 91 Aladdin File Name Extensions 91 XII. The GEnie Phone Directory 92 Copyright 1990 by General Electric Page 6