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HTML/TerB
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Archimedes World » AW-1996-01.adf » !Webite_Webite |
| Filename: | HTML/TerB |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 092F bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
<html><head><title>Bulletin Boards and Termite</title></head> <body background="imgs/Background"> <h1>Why Termite though?</h1> <p>Termite is extremely easy to use: just click on the icon bar icon, and double-click on the board you want to connect to. Termite will make your modem dial the board, log on for you, and even run an automatic script for you.</p> <p align=center><img src="imgs/Directory" width=442 height=341><br><em>Set up a dialling directory for quick access to your favourite systems</em></p> <p>Termite's script language is a very powerful and comprehensive language based on the BBC BASIC language supplied with RISC OS. It allows full manipulation of text and numbers, and provides the full set of BASIC V commands including <code>REPEAT</code>-<code>UNTIL</code>, <code>IF</code>-<code>ELSE</code>-<code>ENDIF</code>, <code>PROC</code>, <code>FN</code>, and so on. The BASIC language is so popular and easy-to-learn that even the novice user may create scripts that can log-on, collect mail, send any mail written, and log off again as quickly as possible, to avoid unnecessary phone costs.</p> <p>Termite has in-built call-costing facilities too, so you can monitor how much you're spending and where.</p> <p>Another way to cut call costs is to read and write messages from bulletin boards off-line, browsing through mail at your leisure without having to be connected to anyone. Termite is supplied with <dfn>Offlite</dfn>, which allows you to do this.</p> <p align=center><img src="imgs/Offlite" width=514 height=248><br><em>Reading BBS mail with Offlite</em></p> <p>Termite is supplied with all the protocols you need to communicate with bulletin boards, from file transfers (with interrupt-driven ZModem to give you flawless file transfers even if the WIMP isn't multi-tasking quickly) to terminal emulations (including the nicest ANSI emulation available on Acorn computers). Its modular design allows you to add and update parts of the program easily, and saves memory by loading in only the parts of the program you need, as and when you need them.</p> <p align=center><img src="imgs/ZModem" width=284 height=201><br><em>Transferring a file via ZModem</em></p> <hr> <p><a href="Index"><img src="imgs/butbak" align=middle width=88 height=88 border=0 alt="(O)"></a> Go up to <a href="Index">index page</a></p> </body></html>
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Termi| 00000100 74 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 79 6f 75 |te will make you| 00000110 72 20 6d 6f 64 65 6d 20 64 69 61 6c 20 74 68 65 |r modem dial the| 00000120 20 62 6f 61 72 64 2c 20 6c 6f 67 20 6f 6e 20 66 | board, log on f| 00000130 6f 72 20 79 6f 75 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 65 76 65 6e |or you, and even| 00000140 20 72 75 6e 20 61 6e 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 | run an automati| 00000150 63 20 73 63 72 69 70 74 20 66 6f 72 20 79 6f 75 |c script for you| 00000160 2e 3c 2f 70 3e 0a 3c 70 20 61 6c 69 67 6e 3d 63 |.</p>.<p align=c| 00000170 65 6e 74 65 72 3e 3c 69 6d 67 20 73 72 63 3d 22 |enter><img src="| 00000180 69 6d 67 73 2f 44 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 22 20 |imgs/Directory" | 00000190 77 69 64 74 68 3d 34 34 32 20 68 65 69 67 68 74 |width=442 height| 000001a0 3d 33 34 31 3e 3c 62 72 3e 3c 65 6d 3e 53 65 74 |=341><br><em>Set| 000001b0 20 75 70 20 61 20 64 69 61 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 64 | up a dialling d| 000001c0 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 66 6f 72 20 71 75 69 |irectory for qui| 000001d0 63 6b 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 20 74 6f 20 79 6f 75 |ck access to you| 000001e0 72 20 66 61 76 6f 75 72 69 74 65 20 73 79 73 74 |r favourite syst| 000001f0 65 6d 73 3c 2f 65 6d 3e 3c 2f 70 3e 0a 3c 70 3e |ems</em></p>.<p>| 00000200 54 65 72 6d 69 74 65 27 73 20 73 63 72 69 70 74 |Termite's script| 00000210 20 6c 61 6e 67 75 61 67 65 20 69 73 20 61 20 76 | language is a v| 00000220 65 72 79 20 70 6f 77 65 72 66 75 6c 20 61 6e 64 |ery powerful and| 00000230 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 68 65 6e 73 69 76 65 20 6c | comprehensive l| 00000240 61 6e 67 75 61 67 65 20 62 61 73 65 64 20 6f 6e |anguage based on| 00000250 20 74 68 65 20 42 42 43 20 42 41 53 49 43 20 6c | the BBC BASIC l| 00000260 61 6e 67 75 61 67 65 20 73 75 70 70 6c 69 65 64 |anguage supplied| 00000270 20 77 69 74 68 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 2e 20 49 | with RISC OS. 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Termite| 00000580 20 69 73 20 73 75 70 70 6c 69 65 64 20 77 69 74 | is supplied wit| 00000590 68 20 3c 64 66 6e 3e 4f 66 66 6c 69 74 65 3c 2f |h <dfn>Offlite</| 000005a0 64 66 6e 3e 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 61 6c 6c 6f |dfn>, which allo| 000005b0 77 73 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 74 68 69 |ws you to do thi| 000005c0 73 2e 3c 2f 70 3e 0a 3c 70 20 61 6c 69 67 6e 3d |s.</p>.<p align=| 000005d0 63 65 6e 74 65 72 3e 3c 69 6d 67 20 73 72 63 3d |center><img src=| 000005e0 22 69 6d 67 73 2f 4f 66 66 6c 69 74 65 22 20 77 |"imgs/Offlite" w| 000005f0 69 64 74 68 3d 35 31 34 20 68 65 69 67 68 74 3d |idth=514 height=| 00000600 32 34 38 3e 3c 62 72 3e 3c 65 6d 3e 52 65 61 64 |248><br><em>Read| 00000610 69 6e 67 20 42 42 53 20 6d 61 69 6c 20 77 69 74 |ing BBS mail wit| 00000620 68 20 4f 66 66 6c 69 74 65 3c 2f 65 6d 3e 3c 2f |h Offlite</em></| 00000630 70 3e 0a 3c 70 3e 54 65 72 6d 69 74 65 20 69 73 |p>.<p>Termite is| 00000640 20 73 75 70 70 6c 69 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 | supplied with a| 00000650 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 74 6f 63 6f 6c 73 |ll the protocols| 00000660 20 79 6f 75 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 6d | you need to com| 00000670 6d 75 6e 69 63 61 74 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 62 75 |municate with bu| 00000680 6c 6c 65 74 69 6e 20 62 6f 61 72 64 73 2c 20 66 |lletin boards, f| 00000690 72 6f 6d 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 72 61 6e 73 66 65 |rom file transfe| 000006a0 72 73 20 28 77 69 74 68 20 69 6e 74 65 72 72 75 |rs (with interru| 000006b0 70 74 2d 64 72 69 76 65 6e 20 5a 4d 6f 64 65 6d |pt-driven ZModem| 000006c0 20 74 6f 20 67 69 76 65 20 79 6f 75 20 66 6c 61 | to give you fla| 000006d0 77 6c 65 73 73 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 72 61 6e 73 |wless file trans| 000006e0 66 65 72 73 20 65 76 65 6e 20 69 66 20 74 68 65 |fers even if the| 000006f0 20 57 49 4d 50 20 69 73 6e 27 74 20 6d 75 6c 74 | WIMP isn't mult| 00000700 69 2d 74 61 73 6b 69 6e 67 20 71 75 69 63 6b 6c |i-tasking quickl| 00000710 79 29 20 74 6f 20 74 65 72 6d 69 6e 61 6c 20 65 |y) to terminal e| 00000720 6d 75 6c 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 28 69 6e 63 6c 75 |mulations (inclu| 00000730 64 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6e 69 63 65 73 74 20 |ding the nicest | 00000740 41 4e 53 49 20 65 6d 75 6c 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 |ANSI emulation a| 00000750 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 6f 6e 20 41 63 6f 72 |vailable on Acor| 00000760 6e 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 73 29 2e 20 49 74 |n computers). 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