Both TinyTERM version 4.x and all versions of TERM for UNIX are multithreaded applications. They will take advantage of multiple processors as well.

However, multithreading and multiprocessor support are handled by the operating system. So TinyTERM and TERM for UNIX will only use multithreading and multiple processors if the OS allocates the resources accordingly.

By default, TinyTERM is configured to prompt the user to save the session when it closes. To stop that, go to TinyTERM’s Edit menu and select Preferences. There’s a “Save Settings on Exit” option. Set that to “Never” and you won’t see the prompt on close again.

This error during a Windows install of TERM or TinyTERM always indicates a problem accessing the registry. You must have local PC administrator rights to install. Without that, TinyTERM will not install or run properly.

This Windows error usually comes up after logging in. To get rid of it, go to Start | Programs | Startup. Delete the “Century Repair” icon there. You may need to delete it through:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

or its equivalent instead.

This error only happens on Windows PCs. It means the temporary directories are overloaded with InstallShield files.

To fix the problem, go to the temporary directories specified by the TEMP and TMP environment variables. Delete any directory in them that starts with _istmp. Empty the Recycle Bin. TinyTERM will install properly after that.

When you see this error, TinyTERM Plus was installed on your PC. However, it did not recognize Windows 2000 or XP as it should have, and so installed files appropriate only to Windows 95, 98 or Me.

To get rid of the error, click on Start | Run and enter:

regedit

in the dialog, then click OK. In the Registry Editor, go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

Check the Run, RunOnce and RunOnceEx keys. If you find nar_inet.exe in any of the three, delete that line. That will get rid of the error. You can then delete the directory C:\Program Files\Century\TinyTERM\NetUtils, or uninstall and reinstall TinyTERM if you prefer.

TinyTERM and TERM make use of the local system temporary directories during install. If those directories contain too many files, even if there is enough overall disk space otherwise, then you can get an error about insufficient disk space. To get rid of the error, go to the directories defined by your system variables TEMP and TMP, and delete everything you can from them. (On Windows systems, empty the Recycle Bin after doing this.) Then start the install again.

This error means one of two things:

1. Your version of TinyTERM is too old for your version of Windows. The version of TAPI is therefore too new for TinyTERM to use. Upgrading TinyTERM is the only solution.
2. TinyTERM has a specific incompatibility with the modem. Update the modem drivers in this case.

If both TinyTERM and the modem drivers are up to date, you will need to dial the modem manually.

When you see this error from TinyTERM, one or both of the listed Windows files is corrupt or missing. To fix the problem, copy them from another PC running the same version of Windows. Replace the existing files when asked.

A TCP/IP connection creates a pseudo-tty device (ptty) on the fly at the host system. The numbers assigned to them are not stored, but are lost at disconnect. The specific ptty may change with each connection.

Some configurations may require that users login through specified ptty ports. SCO UNIX has a solution for this in the recon command. Similar commands may exist for other host operating systems, but they are not as well documented.