Date   : Tue, 08 May 1984 09:52:26-MDT
From   : Ron Fowler <RFOWLER@SIMTEL20.ARPA>
Subject: Announcing MEX, a new modem program...

(My apologies to those who have already seen this; there were some errors
in the CRC list that had to be corrected)

MEX is a new modem program for CP/M and derivative operating systems.  It
is a superset of such programs as MODEM7 and MDM ... new features include:

       o Compatible with MDM7 overlays
       o PHONE command allows phone numbers to be dynamically entered
         into and removed from the phone library ... phone numbers are
         associated with mnemonics that may be up to 12 characters long,
         and may optionally specify the baudrate for each site in the list.
       o KEY command supports multiple-character keystring creation and
         deletion, for use as dedicated function keys in terminal-mode
       o LOAD and SAVE commands allow keystring definitions and phone
         number libraries to be saved to and loaded from disk files
       o READ command supports unattended sessions, under control of a
         disk file created with an editor (similar in concept to CP/M's
         SUBMIT, with enhancements)
       o Greatly enhanced terminal mode
       o SENDOUT command to send strings to the modem (usually under con-
         trol of a READ file).
       o CALL command allows multiple sites lists to be specified, and each
         number to be repetitvely re-dialed any number of times.
       o STAT command allows the inspection and modification of a large
         number of system variables
       o HELP command random-accesses a disk file to provide an on-line
         documentation facility that completely explains the program
       o CLONE command allows MEX to be saved to disk, with the current
         state intact (including any defined phone numbers and keystrings).
       o Special features to enhance MEX-to-MEX connections
       o Support for all CCP commands (rename, erase, type ...) extended
         to include ZCPR2-style drive/user specifications
       o Patch file allows many default options to be modified

The entire MEX file set resides in the SIMTEL20 repository in <CPM.MEX>.

Following is a complete list of the files included as part of the MEX
terminal package:

Name          CRCK             Description

-READ.ME      ----            This message  <<corrected version 5/8/84>>
MEX10.COM     FDB9            The main program
HELP.MEX      7932            MEX on-line users manual
MEX10.DOC     068C            Full documentation for MEX
BUFFERS.DOC   70BE            Information on setting up MEX buffers
MXO-SM10.ASM  8479            Smartmodem overlay
MXO-PM10.ASM  2C28            PMMI overlay
MLOAD.COM     E51E            Overlay installation tool
MEXPAT10.ASM  2CEA            Patch file: allows defaults to be modified