KittyCat! Comm - Revision history

Stevenlawrance: /* Terminal Console */

2007-10-19T14:51:54Z

Terminal Console

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	==Terminal Console==		==Terminal Console==
	The terminal console appears after a successful connection to a BBS is made. It can also be launched while KittyCat! Comm is not running, which puts the console into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_%28computing%29 local-echo] mode. Support for ANSI and partial support for RIPscrip exists in the implementation, though [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZMODEM Zmodem] file transfer support was never finished.		The terminal console appears after a successful connection to a BBS is made. It can also be launched while KittyCat! Comm is not running, which puts the console into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_%28computing%29 local-echo] mode. Support for ANSI and partial support for RIPscrip exists in the implementation, though [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZMODEM Zmodem] file transfer support was never finished. Some of the console code was reused in [[ScreenWindow]].

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Stevenlawrance: /* Download */

2007-10-14T22:54:29Z

Download

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	*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.exe Download the KittyCat! Comm installer]'''		*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.exe Download the KittyCat! Comm installer]'''
	*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.zip Download KittyCat! Comm and its source code]'''		*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.zip Download KittyCat! Comm and its source code]'''
			*{{CatSetupFiles}}

	==Dialing Directory==		==Dialing Directory==

Stevenlawrance: /* Dialing Directory */

2007-10-14T04:25:08Z

Dialing Directory

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	==Dialing Directory==		==Dialing Directory==
	The dialing directory was implemented using minimized [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_document_interface multiple document interface (MDI)] windows, which appear as icons with a title underneath on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1 Windows 3.1]. This was meant to make BBSes appear as programs as they did in the ~~Windows~~ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_Manager Program Manager]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 Windows 95] and later versions, minimized MDI windows appear as small title bars with control icons, making the dialing directory's user interface appear drastically different.		The dialing directory was implemented using minimized [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_document_interface multiple document interface (MDI)] windows, which appear as icons with a title underneath on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1 Windows 3.1]. This was meant to make BBSes appear as programs as they did in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_Manager Windows Program Manager]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 Windows 95] and later versions, minimized MDI windows appear as small title bars with control icons, making the dialing directory's user interface appear drastically different.

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Stevenlawrance: /* Dialing Directory */

2007-10-14T03:34:45Z

Dialing Directory

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	\|[[Image:~~Program-kittycatcomm~~.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The dialing directory as it appears on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Windows_95~~ Windows 95] system]]		\|[[Image:KittyCatCommWin31.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The dialing directory as it appears on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1 Windows 3.1] system]]
	\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-BBSOptions.png\|thumb\|200px\|none\|The BBS options page, which appears when a BBS is double-clicked on or "restored" via MDI]]		\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-BBSOptions.png\|thumb\|200px\|none\|The BBS options page, which appears when a BBS is double-clicked on or "restored" via MDI]]
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	\|[[Image:~~KittyCatCommWin31~~.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The dialing directory as it appears on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Windows_3.1~~ Windows ~~3.1~~] system]]		\|[[Image:Program-kittycatcomm.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The dialing directory as it appears on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 Windows 95] system]]
	\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-BBSConfig.png\|thumb\|300px\|none\|The properties page for a BBS. The horizontal scrollbar navigates through the BBS's telephone numbers]]		\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-BBSConfig.png\|thumb\|300px\|none\|The properties page for a BBS. The horizontal scrollbar navigates through the BBS's telephone numbers]]
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Stevenlawrance: /* Dialing Directory */

2007-10-14T03:33:56Z

Dialing Directory

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	\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-BBSOptions.png\|thumb\|200px\|none\|The BBS options page, which appears when a BBS is double-clicked on or "restored" via MDI]]		\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-BBSOptions.png\|thumb\|200px\|none\|The BBS options page, which appears when a BBS is double-clicked on or "restored" via MDI]]
	\|-		\|-
			\|[[Image:KittyCatCommWin31.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The dialing directory as it appears on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1 Windows 3.1] system]]
	\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-BBSConfig.png\|thumb\|300px\|none\|The properties page for a BBS. The horizontal scrollbar navigates through the BBS's telephone numbers]]		\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-BBSConfig.png\|thumb\|300px\|none\|The properties page for a BBS. The horizontal scrollbar navigates through the BBS's telephone numbers]]
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	\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-ModemConfig.png\|thumb\|300px\|none\|The modem strings configuration dialog box]]		\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-ModemConfig.png\|thumb\|300px\|none\|The modem strings configuration dialog box]]
			\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-Preferences.png\|thumb\|300px\|none\|The serial device and modem properties page]]
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	~~\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-Preferences.png\|thumb\|300px\|none\|The serial device and modem properties page]]~~
	\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-KittyDDE.png\|thumb\|200px\|none\|Output from the KittyDDE diagnostics tool]]		\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-KittyDDE.png\|thumb\|200px\|none\|Output from the KittyDDE diagnostics tool]]
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Stevenlawrance: /* Download */

2007-10-14T03:30:07Z

Download

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	==Download==		==Download==
			*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.exe Download the KittyCat! Comm installer]'''
	*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.zip Download KittyCat! Comm and its source code]'''		*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.zip Download KittyCat! Comm and its source code]'''
	*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.exe Download the KittyCat! Comm installer]''', which does not appear to work properly in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_xp Windows XP] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_%28software%29 Wine]. Download the [https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.zip zip file] instead unless if you are using Windows 3.1

	==Dialing Directory==		==Dialing Directory==

Stevenlawrance at 19:03, 13 October 2007

2007-10-13T19:03:30Z

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	[[Image:KittyCatComm-About.png\|right\|thumb\|350px\|The "about" window in KittyCat! Comm 1.0. Clicking on the cat picture causes the window to "meow" on systems with audio capabilities]] KittyCat! Comm was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system bulletin board system (BBS)] communication program for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1 Windows 3.1] with ambitious plans. The vision was to support traditional text-based BBS systems and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_imaging_protocol RIPscrip graphics] along with arbitrary data exchange between remote programs and BBS-driven [[SLOS-DOS\|SLOS scripting]]. This project was abandoned shortly after I started using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet Internet] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_protocol_suite TCP/IP]; they made KittyCat! Comm obsolete.		[[Image:KittyCatComm-About.png\|right\|thumb\|350px\|The "about" window in KittyCat! Comm 1.0. Clicking on the cat picture causes the window to "meow" on systems with audio capabilities]] KittyCat! Comm was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system bulletin board system (BBS)] communication program for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1 Windows 3.1] with ambitious plans. The vision was to support traditional text-based BBS systems and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_imaging_protocol RIPscrip graphics] along with arbitrary data exchange between remote programs and BBS-driven [[SLOS-DOS\|SLOS scripting]]. This project was abandoned shortly after I started using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet Internet] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_protocol_suite TCP/IP]; they made KittyCat! Comm obsolete.

	The implementation supports multiple telephone numbers per BBS, inter-program communication using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Data_Exchange dynamic data exchange (DDE)] mechanism in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows Windows], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code ANSI text] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_imaging_protocol RIPscrip graphics] rendering in its console, and a partially-implemented MeowModem file transfer program. Almost every part of the system has [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat cat]-themed names, such as its KittyDDE application programming interface (API).		The implementation supports multiple telephone numbers per BBS, inter-program communication using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Data_Exchange dynamic data exchange (DDE)] mechanism in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows Windows], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code ANSI text] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_imaging_protocol RIPscrip graphics] rendering in its console, and a partially-implemented MeowModem file transfer program. Almost every part of the system has [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat cat]-themed names, such as its KittyDDE [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface application programming interface (API)].

	==Download==		==Download==

Stevenlawrance: /* Dialing Directory */

2007-10-13T19:01:42Z

Dialing Directory

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	\|[[Image:Program-kittycatcomm.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The dialing directory as it appears on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Windows_nt_4~~ Windows ~~NT 4~~] system]]		\|[[Image:Program-kittycatcomm.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The dialing directory as it appears on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 Windows 95] system]]
	\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-BBSOptions.png\|thumb\|200px\|none\|The BBS options page, which appears when a BBS is double-clicked on or "restored" via MDI]]		\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-BBSOptions.png\|thumb\|200px\|none\|The BBS options page, which appears when a BBS is double-clicked on or "restored" via MDI]]
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Stevenlawrance at 18:58, 13 October 2007

2007-10-13T18:58:17Z

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	==Download==		==Download==
	*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.zip Download KittyCat! Comm and its source code]'''		*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.zip Download KittyCat! Comm and its source code]'''
	*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.exe Download the KittyCat! Comm installer]''', which does not appear to work properly in ~~neither~~ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_xp Windows XP] ~~nor~~ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_%28software%29 Wine]. Download the [https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.zip zip file] instead unless if you are using Windows 3.1		*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.exe Download the KittyCat! Comm installer]''', which does not appear to work properly in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_xp Windows XP] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_%28software%29 Wine]. Download the [https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.zip zip file] instead unless if you are using Windows 3.1

	==Dialing Directory==		==Dialing Directory==

Stevenlawrance at 16:07, 13 October 2007

2007-10-13T16:07:31Z

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	The implementation supports multiple telephone numbers per BBS, inter-program communication using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Data_Exchange dynamic data exchange (DDE)] mechanism in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows Windows], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code ANSI text] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_imaging_protocol RIPscrip graphics] rendering in its console, and a partially-implemented MeowModem file transfer program. Almost every part of the system has [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat cat]-themed names, such as its KittyDDE application programming interface (API).		The implementation supports multiple telephone numbers per BBS, inter-program communication using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Data_Exchange dynamic data exchange (DDE)] mechanism in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows Windows], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code ANSI text] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_imaging_protocol RIPscrip graphics] rendering in its console, and a partially-implemented MeowModem file transfer program. Almost every part of the system has [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat cat]-themed names, such as its KittyDDE application programming interface (API).

			==Download==
			*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.zip Download KittyCat! Comm and its source code]'''
			*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.exe Download the KittyCat! Comm installer]''', which does not appear to work properly in neither [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_xp Windows XP] nor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_%28software%29 Wine]. Download the [https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/kittycatcomm.zip zip file] instead unless if you are using Windows 3.1

	==Dialing Directory==		==Dialing Directory==

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	{\|		{\|
	\|[[Image:~~Program-kittycatcomm~~.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The dialing directory as it appears on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Windows_95~~ Windows 95] system]]		\|[[Image:KittyCatCommWin31.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The dialing directory as it appears on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1 Windows 3.1] system]]
	\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-BBSOptions.png\|thumb\|200px\|none\|The BBS options page, which appears when a BBS is double-clicked on or "restored" via MDI]]		\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-BBSOptions.png\|thumb\|200px\|none\|The BBS options page, which appears when a BBS is double-clicked on or "restored" via MDI]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|[[Image:~~KittyCatCommWin31~~.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The dialing directory as it appears on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Windows_3.1~~ Windows ~~3.1~~] system]]		\|[[Image:Program-kittycatcomm.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The dialing directory as it appears on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 Windows 95] system]]
	\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-BBSConfig.png\|thumb\|300px\|none\|The properties page for a BBS. The horizontal scrollbar navigates through the BBS's telephone numbers]]		\|[[Image:KittyCatComm-BBSConfig.png\|thumb\|300px\|none\|The properties page for a BBS. The horizontal scrollbar navigates through the BBS's telephone numbers]]
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