UPLMSG.CO
A Model 100 Message Upload Routine      By Ron Bean  6/86

WHAT'S THIS PROGRAM FOR??

   This program allows you to compose messages offline and then upload them to
a BBS. TELCOM F3 is not very sophisticated at this; it insists on adding CR's
every 10-132 chrs, which makes most BBS's think you're starting a new
paragraph. That's not fatal if you set it for about 70, but Many BBS's drop
characters between lines, and a few can't keep up with 300 baud. This program
will accomodate those systems.

HOW DO I MAKE IT WORK??

   UPLMSG.LDR creates a 350-byte CO file ending at the address you specify, and
POKEs the start address into the TELCOM F7 vector at $FB0E.
   Load UPLMSG.CO from either the main menu (which enters TELCOM) or BASIC (You
can write a program to CLEAR space and load the M/L, or include it in a dialer
program such as DIAL.101 or REDIAL.100). Then log on to the BBS and type the
command to enter a message (usually <L>eave or <E>nter or <P>ost), and enter
the name & subject. When you get the first line number prompt press F7.
   At the "Filename:" prompt enter the name of the file you want to upload
(without the .DO extension).
   At the "Width:" prompt you can enter a number from 0 to 65535, although it
will limit itself to 254. If you enter less than 20 it will not add CR's.
   At the "Wait for Echo?" prompt enter y or Y if you want it to wait for the
BBS to echo each character before sending the next. This will slow things down
by at least half, but if the echo is wrong it will send a backspace and resend
the chr.
   At the "Prompt:" prompt enter the character it should wait for after sending
each line (usually : or ) or > ). If you don't enter one it will use CR.
   You should then see your message type itself into the BBS, pausing after
each CR to wait for the next prompt. When it's done, exit the BBS's message
editor (usually with another CR), list the message to make sure everything's
OK, and save it. It's up to you to make sure the message isn't longer than the
BBS can handle.

POSSIBLE BUGS

   To accomodate wordwrap, whenever the program recieves a backspace from the
BBS it enters a delay loop. If this loop is too short and you are waiting for
echo, it will reject and resend each character 3-5 times. IF you have this
problem, look at line 106 of the loader for the string 11FF04. Change the 04 to
anything from 02 to 07 (or whatever works best).
I must confess don't know whether the program will BREAK reliably. I've seen
two versions of the keyboard matrix; it looks for PAUSE at $FFA2. You can
change this in lines 104 and 105 where it says 3AA2FFFE80 (lda $FFA2; cpi $80).