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COMMO

Version 7.5 · Fred P.Brucker

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Description

The HP Palmtop Paper COMMO High-performance DOS-based terminal program. Famous for speed, reliability and versatility. This release lets you access the entire documentation in Online Help! Shareware.

Technical details

File
commo.zip
Size
203.1 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1997
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1998-12-20
Files inside
27
Author
Fred P.Brucker
Path
anonftp/pub/commo.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 465.0 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • COMMO.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 45.2 KB

No need to put BPLUS1.POV, COMMO.FON, COMMO.MAC, COMMO.SET, DOC_00.HLP, DOC_01.HLP, DOC_10.HLP, DOC_20.HLP and 18 more: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 465.0 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy COMMO.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

The author's instructions
setup mode.  (The Speech Friendly Interface is for visually impaired users.)


 The {COMMO} package is not a complete, legal distribution unless all of the
 following files are included, unmodified.  Please feel free to upload the
 {COMMO} files as a single archive (.ZIP, .ARJ, etc.)  to Internet Sites,
 Electronic Bulletin Boards and other Online Services that make shareware
 available for downloading.

        REGISTER.FRM    Registration information and order form
        DOC_nn.HLP      Online Help files (see list below)
        COMMO.EXE       The executable program
        COMMO.SET       The Setup File
        COMMO.FON       The Dialing Directory File
        COMMO.MAC       The resident Macro File
        VT102.MAC       VT102 keyboard support file
        VT220.MAC       VT220 keyboard support file
        PINE.MAC        Support file for Pine Message System
        MOSTHOST.MAC    {COMMO} host mode macro
        BPLUS1.POV      CompuServe BPlus protocol overlay
        SAMPLES.MAC     Some additional macro examples
        VENDINFO.DIZ    Automated information for vendors
        FILE_ID.DIZ     Bulletin board file description
        README.1ST      This file

 The Online Help files contain the complete {COMMO} documentation.  These
 currently include nn=00,01,10,20,21,22,30,40,50,51,52,53,60.


 Fred P. Brucker
 {COMMO} author

Literal excerpt from README.1ST, exactly as it came in the package.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

First time? How to connect the palmtop, step by step →