etrmg@levels.sait.edu.au (11/02/90)
> While I'm at it, I'm taking suggestions for the next version(s) of >ZMP and RZMP. Anyone got anything they'd like to see included? > >.... Ron Murray (ZMP author and bar) Thanks for asking 1) Please check out the new "standard" for tracking & logging phone call connect times and charges. I read about it in a recent SHAREWARE Mag. My reason for this is: I just got my 3 month Telecom Bill for A$600!! It would be nice to control costs if I knew how much I was on-line as I went along thru my BBSing. . . The "standard" uses a file format & data sequence to accomplish this goal. Time is taken from the micro and all the user has to enter is the rates & the off peak times. It's hard for me to remember since in the US (I'm a Yank) the bills are monthly. . . 2) The BAUD mem location (3C?) always contains a value for 450 baud, which is of course useless to me & my modem. Since this "Valid" value is in there, ZMP does not initialize the modem, so I must do it manually. (annoying) Maybe do an ESC L I and just leave the Baud alone? 3) An alternate dialler directory, with a script for each # after connect? I've run out of room in the one ESC I directory. . . The delay between pressing ESC I and seeing the directory is a little too long for my tastes. Maybe you could put that in the config file too? The delay that is . . . 4) VT terminal emulation, with Kermit Xfer protocol capabilities. .. I tend to use Kermit-80 for the links to the VAX at work, but would like to use ZMP all the time!! (Much nicer :-) ) BTW, Is there a ZMP overlay for a computer using a Z80-SIO that has implemented the interrupt driven capabilities? I have 3 Kaypros, and put the 884 MAXROM from Microcornucopia in 'em, so I've rewritten alot of the KP overlays, screen dump & other neat stuff. But I want to steal the code for the SIO interrupt routines from another overlay, if possible. . . Any ideas? I'll have to get them from this other program other wise. It uses queues and pointers & alot of work basically. If I can avoid this, I will! Thanks for your ear. . I know that's alot to ask for, but ZMP can be head & shoulders above the rest! Ronn