onlinemiami

Short:        OnlineMiami v1.2 Arexx scripts
Author:       Jason Davies (obiwan)
Uploader:     obiwan thenet co uk
Type:         comm/misc
Replaces:     comm/misc/onlinemiami.lha
Requires:     comm/misc/Online1.5.lha, comm/tcp/Miami30#?.lha,
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

            comm/misc/Holmes.lha, and ARexx installed.
Version:    1.2


Features:   Three simple ARexx scripts: Onlinestart.miami, Onlinestop.miami, and
            Onlineabort.miami.

Install:    Dearchive scripts to your miami/rexx directory.

            Onlinestart.miami needs to be edited for use on your system.

            Using a text editor alter the path for the variable ONLINE_PATH which
            reads:

                ONLINE_PATH="Comms:OnlineMeter/OnlineMeter"

            to point to the OnlineMeter program in your set-up.

            Unless you are a British Telecom user you will have to change the
            'Local' value for the variable ONLINE_ZONE which reads:

                ONLINE_ZONE="Local"

            to an appropriate zone used in your OnlinePrefs program (see
            Online-O-Meter.guide for more info on zones).

            If you use Miami's "get time" function and wish to automatically
            save the corrected time to your realtime clock, you can uncomment
            the "setclock line" in the OnlineStop.miami script (thank you to
            Rene Bour for the suggestion).  For further information concerning
            Miami's "get time" function please consult Miami.guide.

            A list of various time servers is available at the following
            website:

            http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html

            Onlinestop.miami and onlineabort.miami scripts need to be edited
            for use on your system.

            To disable the Holmes program change the variable expression

                HOLMES_SWITCH="yes"

            to read "no".

            Alter the path for the variable HOLMES_PATH which reads:

                HOLMES_PATH="C:Holmes"

            to point to the Holmes program in your set-up.

            Alter the path for the variable ONLINELOG_PATH which reads:

                ONLINELOG_PATH="Comms:OnlineMeter/Online.log"

            to point to the Online-O-Meter logfile in your set-up.

            To use these scripts with Miami:

            Launch miami,
            Select "Events",
            Place "Onlinestop.miami" in "active Offline"
            Place "Onlinestart.miami" in "Online"
            Place "Onlinestop.miami" in "passive Offline"
            Place "Onlineabort.miami" in "failed Online attempt"
            Select "Settings/Save" menu.

Comment:    These scripts are public domain (well I couldn't very well call it
            shareware, or even freeware for that matter). Kick it, beat it, poke
            it in the guts I don't care - change it to your own requirements.
            It literally took me two minutes to write (if that) and I possess
            virtually no knowledge of ARexx.  ARexx is cool.  ARexx is very cool,
            everyone should learn it!.  Stop reading this and write a script, yes
            you, the one in front of the monitor DO IT NOW!!!.
            Get "Mastering Amiga ARexx" by Paul Overaa (Bruce Smith Books).

            Miami, OnlineMeter, and Holmes are available for download on Aminet
            (comm/tcp and comm/misc respectively).  The latest versions and
            further information concerning these programs can be found at the
            following websites:

            Miami           http://www.nordicglobal.com/Miami.html
            Online-O-Meter  http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~nuke/
            Holmes          http://www.geocities.com/Siliconvalley/Way/7514


            The latest version of these scripts can always be found at my own
            website:

            http://www.thenet.co.uk/~obiwan/

History:    1/10/96     V1.0    first release
            10/1/97     V1.1    added setclock save, updated readme file
            18/6/98     v1.2    added support for Holmes by Roberto Agria

Future:     Well what else do you expect it to do?

Thanks:     To Sam Quigg for the honourable mention in CUAmiga :-D

Disclaimer: If you think your computer has crashed because of these scripts then
            your as daft as a brush, bugger off!!.