-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- PROPLUS: Give more Power to Your Prodigy software -=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To: All Prodigy Members From: Philippe Rabergeau (WNWB44A) Date: 08/12/90 Subject: PROPLUS Version 1.5: *P* utility Message: Feel free to send me Private E-mail through Prodigy services to express your opinion bad or good, your suggestions for improvement and your problems of installation or daily use. My Prodigy ID # is: WNWB44A You don't need to type it, just Hit [Alt]-[+] (the key at the left of the Backspace key) N.B.: before any technical support request, run the program YOURSYS available in \PROPLUS\DOC directory TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- 1. List and description of the files of PROPLUS 2. What can I do with PROPLUS? 3. Hardware requirement 4. Installation of PROPLUS software 5. Info for owner of older version of PROPLUS 6. Last minute information about possible trouble shooting 7. Catalog of Shareware and Freeware Software 1. List and description of the files of PROPLUS ----------------------------------------------- BBS Distribution file ... PROP15.ZIP or PROP15.EXE BBS Description ......... Give more power to your Prodigy software V 1.5 BBS keyword ............. PRODIGY PROPLUS MEMBER UTILITY List of the file in the distribution disk or archived (9 files): INSTALL BAT Installation program README BAT Run this file FIRST. README DOC Text file used by README.EXE FVIEW EXE Replace TYPE DOS command PRODIR EXE Directory Utility (used by INSTALL.BAT) PRODIR LST Data file used by PRODIR.EXE UNCPR EXE Decompression Utility (used by INSTALL.BAT) UNCPR HDR Data file used by UNCPR.EXE PROP15 CPR Data file used by UNCPR.EXE ================================================================= If you distribute PROPLUS to friends, or to a computer bulletin board system (BBS), please distribute the file PROP15.ZIP or PROP15.EXE rather than the individual files. ================================================================= 2. What can I do with PROPLUS? ------------------------------ Proplus is composed of a resident program (TSR) and many other tools compatible with Prodigy emulation software. the major features are: - Compatible with version 2.1 and 3.0 of Prodigy software - A Start-up Menu from where you can run Prodigy software with different auto logon ID, password, and access phone number. All the Proplus tools can also be run from this Menuing system. - Easy to use configuration program. - Easy to install, no batch file modification required, you can run Prodigy software with or without ProPlus. - Save Graphics screen in PCX format (Zsoft PaintBrush compatible) - Off-line viewer of PCX graphics files with conversion in ASCII. - Digital clock, with display of time (12 or 24 hour format), date and connection time. - Compatible with all the graphics mode of the Prodigy software: - VGA (640x480) - EGA High res. (640x350) - EGA Medium res. (640x200) - EGA low res. (320x200) - MCGA (320x200) - CGA monochrome (640x200) - Hercules (720x348) - Tandy 1000 color (320x200) - Amstrad color (640x200) - Type ahead keyboard buffer. Give the impression that Prodigy service is faster. - 60 keyboard macros with user friendly editor and on-line recorder. - conversion of word-processor documents or ASCII files into Prodigy messages format with a lot of options. - Upload multi-messages using only one hot-key. - PRINT in a file or printer 80 columns wide instead of 40. - Save your statistics and compute the number of calls and time you spend on-line. - Compatible with Windows 3.0 (Proplus icon available) - ... Read or Print the file PROPLUS.DOC to learn more about PROPLUS. To read this file, type from DOS prompt: TYPE PROPLUS.DOC | MORE To print this file, type from DOS prompt: TYPE PROPLUS.DOC >PRN Or use the tools FVIEW: FVIEW PROPLUS.DOC 3. Hardware requirement ----------------------- To run Proplus software, you need: - IBM PC/XT/AT/PS2 computer - Hard disk - 640 Kbytes of RAM - Prodigy Emulation software Version 2.1 or 3.0 4. Installation of PROPLUS software ----------------------------------- From DOS, type: INSTALL to install PROPLUS in the drive C: Directory of file after installation in drive C: C:\ PRO BAT Batch file to run PROPLUS PROBOOT BAT Other Batch file to run PROPLUS C:\PROPLUS README BAT Run this file FIRST. README DOC Data file used by README.BAT FVIEW EXE Replace TYPE DOS command PRODIR EXE Directory Utility PRODIR LST Data file used by PRODIR.EXE C:\PROPLUS\OUT No file! C:\PROPLUS\IN PROM01 TST Example file used by PROMAIL.EXE PROM01 CFG Example file used by PROMAIL.EXE PROM02 TST Example file used by PROMAIL.EXE PROM02 CFG Example file used by PROMAIL.EXE PROM03 TST Example file used by PROMAIL.EXE PROM03 CFG Example file used by PROMAIL.EXE C:\PROPLUS\SYS No file! C:\PROPLUS\BIN PROPLUS ICO Windows 3.0 icon of Proplus PROMENU EXE Start-Up Menu of PROPLUS PROHELP EXE Configuration program with on-line help PROHELP DAT Data file used by PROHELP.EXE PRODKEY EXE Keyboard Macro Editor PRODKEY KEY Data file used by PRODKEY.EXE PROPTSR EXE The Resident and main PROPLUS program PROVIEW EXE Viewer of graphics files saved by PROPLUS PROSTAT EXE Tools to read the statistic saved by PROPLUS PROSWAP EXE Swap from OLD to NEW Prodigy software PROMAIL EXE Convert word processor file into Prodigy format PROMSGCR EXE Generator of text file used as example by PROMAIL.EXE PROREN BAT Batch file used by PROBOOT.BAT AUTOEXEC PRO Example of AUTOEXEC.BAT file used by PROBOOT.BAT CONFIG PRO Example of CONFIG.SYS file used by PROBOOT.BAT REBOOT COM Small utility used by PROBOOT.BAT C:\PROPLUS\DOC PROPLUS DOC Documentation of PROPLUS software REGISTER DOC Registration form YOURSYS DOC Documentation for YOURSYS.EXE YOURSYS EXE Use this for the technical support of Proplus 5. Info For owner of older version of PROPLUS --------------------------------------------- Before installing the new files, keep only the file PROPLUS.CFG, PROMSG*.CFG, *.STA, delete all the other older PROPLUS files. Since version 1.5, The new INSTALL program create specific directory and install automatically your old configuration files in this new directory. 6. Last minute information about possible trouble shooting ---------------------------------------------------------- N.B.: I HOPE YOU DO NOT NEED TO READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION For information, this software was developed with the following hardware configuration: - Compatible IBM AT 386 SX 16 Mhz (Gateway 2000) - 4 Megabytes of memory - 60 Mbytes hard disk - 5.25 inches disk drive (1.2 MegaBytes) - 3.5 inches disk drive (1.44 MegaBytes) - VGA video adapter (ATI WONDER 512Kbytes) - MCGA 320x200x256 - VGA 640x480x16 - EGA 640x350x16 - EGA 640x200x16 - EGA 320x200x16 - CGA 640x200x2 - Hercules emulation 720x348x2 Language of development: Borland Turbo C Version 2.0 Borland Turbo C++ Version 1.0 Borland Assembler Version 2.0 TROUBLE #1: Graphics problem. - This software was not test by me for the specific Tandy TRS 1000 or Amstrad color video mode. Report every possible trouble. TROUBLE #2: Resident Program - Like other resident program author, I don't warranty a good compatibility with other resident software. If you really need run an other resident program with PROPLUS and have enough memory to do that, I can study the possibility that your resident program will work correctly with PROPLUS (support offers only to registered users) TROUBLE #3: Not enough Memory - You need 520 Kbytes of memory available to run PROPLUS and Prodigy software without problem. TROUBLE #4: MSDOS 4.01 & ANSI.SYS - if you have MS-DOS 4.01 and the file ANSI.SYS defined in your CONFIG.SYS file, you can have some problem with your keyboard when you will use Prodigy software. Solution: - Remove the file ANSI.SYS from your CONFIG.SYS file. - Replace the ANSI.SYS by equivalent like NANSI.SYS or ZANSI.SYS TROUBLE #5: Hercules graphics board and logoff - If when you leave Prodigy service, your computer seams freezed, insert the line MODE MONO in the batch file PRO.BAT. See the REM line in the batch file TROUBLE #?: Did some body know what are the Murphy's laws? 7. Catalog of Shareware and Freeware Software --------------------------------------------- PROP15.ZIP Give more Power to Your Prodigy software ~~~~~~~~~~ PROPLUS Version 1.5 - Shareware registration fee: $29 PRO$10.ZIP Download stock quote from Prodigy ~~~~~~~~~~ PRO$TOCK Version 1.0 - Shareware registration fee: $29 Download in unattended mode thousand of stock quotes from Prodigy service YSYS11.ZIP Technical support of your software ~~~~~~~~~~ YOURSYS Version 1.1 - Freeware This utility is available in all my products, I used it for the technical support of all my software. GRP907.ZIP NEW GRaPhics file format to replace GIF ~~~~~~~~~~ GRP Version 1.0 - Freeware Document that describe a NEW graphics file format better than GIF. Designed for graphics file collectors. C source code included to built encoder/decoder and utilities. M2P11.ZIP Convert Minitel frame into bitmap ~~~~~~~~~ MIN2PRT Version 1.1 - Shareware registration fee: $80 Convert a Minitel frame (French Videotex Protocol) into monochrome bitmap graphics: PCX format and HP Laserjet printer. ------------------------ Enjoy and let me know if you have any problems. To contact me, use the hot-key [Alt]-[+] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My first language is French, My second language is C (from Borland), My last language is English. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------ Philippe Rabergeau 512 E. 5th St. #9 New York, NY 10009 ------------------ Prodigy ID:WNWB44A ------------------