*** TELE-CAT // V2.0 DAILY *** *** UPDATED MAR 09, 1985 *** NOTE: THIS IS THE DAILY THAT COMES WITH THE TELE-CAT // V2.0 SOFTWARE. SINCE THE FIRST VERSION WAS RELEASED, WE HAVE EXPANDED THIS SYSTEM'S SOFTWARE AND HAVE MADE MANY NEW ENHANCEMENTS: + WHILE THE BOARD IS PRINTING INFORMATION TO YOUR SCREEN, THERE IS A 64 KEY TYPEAHEAD BUFFER. THIS MEANS THAT IN MANY AREAS OF THE BOARD, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO TYPE WHILE THE BOARD IS OPERATING. THE BUFFER IS NOT ACTIVE ALL THE TIME. + A WORD-WRAP SYSTEM WAS ADDED. THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU ARE TYPING A MESSAGE, AND YOU GET TO THE END OF A LINE, IT WILL TAKE THE WORD YOU ARE TYPING AND PUT IT ON THE NEXT LINE. A BUFFER IS ACTIVE HERE SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO TYPE WHILE IT IS WRAPPING. IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THE WORD-WRAP SYSTEM ACTIVE WHILE YOU ARE WRITING, PRESS AT THE MAIN MENU TO TURN IT OFF. + A NEW CURSOR SYSTEM WAS ADDED. BY TYPING AT ANY INPUT, IT WILL TOGGLE THE ANIMATED CURSOR ON OR OFF, DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT IS ON OR OFF. ZHE CURSOR WORKS WHEN YOU ARE TYPING AND WHEN YOU PAUSE MESSAGES. THE CURSOR IS KNOWN TO PICK UP EVERY CHARACTER YOU TYPE. + BY PRESSING FROM THE MAIN MENU, YOU CAN GO TO A NEW SPECIAL EFFECTS SECTION. THIS SECTION LETS YOU DEFINE YOUR MACROS (NOW THREE AVAILABLE TO YOU,) AND THE CURSOR. YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN CURSOR THAT IS UP TO 12 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. + MANY PEOPLE OWN APPLE-CATS. ON MANY TERMINAL PROGRAMS, A RUBOUT IS NOT NEEDED TO ERASE CHARACTERS FROM THE SCREEN. SO IF YOU ARE CALLING WITH AN APPLE-CAT OR A TERMINAL PROGRAM (SUCH AS AE, COM-WARE, ETC..) THAT DOES NOT NEED RUBOUTS, YOU CAN PRESS FROM THE MAIN MENU TO TOGGLE BACKSPACING FROM SLOW TO FAST OR FROM FAST TO SLOW. + MANY NEW CONTROL CHARACTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED.. THEY ARE: --------------------------------------- CTRL-CHARACTER FUNCTION --------------------------------------- CTRL-E * OLD * MACRO #1 CTRL-R * OLD * MACRO #2 CTRL-W * OLD * ERASE LAST WORD CTRL-X * OLD * ERASE LINE CTRL-K * OLD * [ CTRL-O * OLD * _ CTRL-L * OLD * \ CTRL-N * OLD * BACKSPACING CTRL-T * NEW * PRINT YOUR NAME CTRL-D * NEW * SLOWSPACING: INSERTS DELAY IN YOUR MESSAGE CTRL-J * NEW * DOWNSPACING: CTRL-I * NEW * MOVES AHEAD 4 SPACES. CTRL-G * NEW * TOGGLES CURSOR ON OR OFF CTRL-V * NEW * AUTO-CENTERING: CENTERS THE CURRENT LINE. CTRL-Y * NEW * REPEAT ACROSS LINE. THIS FUNCTION WILL TAKE WHAT YOU HAVE TYPED ON A LINE AND REPEAT IT ACROSS THE LINE. LOOK FOR NEW VERSIONS COMING OUT!