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118cc36fbSJordan K. Hubbard[See NEWS file for much more up-to-date information]
218cc36fbSJordan K. Hubbard
39b50d902SRodney W. GrimesTip can be configured in a number of ways:
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59b50d902SRodney W. GrimesACU's:
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89b50d902SRodney W. GrimesACU				Define in makefile
99b50d902SRodney W. Grimes--------------------		---------------
109b50d902SRodney W. GrimesBIZCOMP 1022, 1031		BIZ1022, BIZ1031
119b50d902SRodney W. GrimesDEC DF02-AC, DF03-AC		DF02, DF03
129b50d902SRodney W. GrimesDEC DN-11/Able Quadracall	DN11
139b50d902SRodney W. GrimesVentel				VENTEL
149b50d902SRodney W. GrimesVadic 831			V831
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169b50d902SRodney W. GrimesNew ACU's may be added by editing the ACU description table
179b50d902SRodney W. Grimesin acutab.c and writing a ``driver''.
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199b50d902SRodney W. GrimesACU usage can be monitored by defining ACULOG in the makefile.
209b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf this is done and no phone numbers should appear in the
219b50d902SRodney W. Grimeslog file, define PRISTINE in the makefile.
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239b50d902SRodney W. GrimesVariables:
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269b50d902SRodney W. GrimesTip's internal workings revolve around a set of (possibly)
279b50d902SRodney W. Grimesuser defined variables.  These are statically initialized
289b50d902SRodney W. Grimesin vars.c, and from the remote file.
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309b50d902SRodney W. GrimesNote that adding or deleting variables requires tip to be completedly
319b50d902SRodney W. Grimesrecompiled, as indexes into the variable table are used to avoid
329b50d902SRodney W. Grimesexpensive lookups.  These defines are set in tip.h.
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349b50d902SRodney W. GrimesCommands:
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379b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe command dispatch table is defined in cmdtab.c.  Commands
389b50d902SRodney W. Grimesmay have attributes such as EXPerimental and PRIVileged (only
399b50d902SRodney W. Grimesroot may execute).
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459b50d902SRodney W. GrimesRecent changes about Jan 82
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479b50d902SRodney W. GrimesA new, improved version of tip is now available.  The most important
489b50d902SRodney W. Grimesaddition is the capacility to specify a phone number with tip.  The
499b50d902SRodney W. Grimesdefault baud rate is 1200.  To use it do:
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519b50d902SRodney W. Grimes	tip phone-number
529b50d902SRodney W. Grimesor
539b50d902SRodney W. Grimes	tip -300 phone-number
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559b50d902SRodney W. Grimesfor 300 baud.
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579b50d902SRodney W. GrimesA ~^Z command has been added to tip as well.
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599b50d902SRodney W. GrimesA new cu program is available that interfaces to the tip program.
609b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIt attempts to give the same user interface as cu but it is really
619b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthe tip program so you have all the advantages of tip.  This allows
629b50d902SRodney W. Grimescu (actually tip) to search for a free ACU instead of having the
639b50d902SRodney W. Grimesuser specify which one he wants.
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