Using TinyTERM or TERM for DOS, the PC locks up when you send a print job. This will happen consistently if the printer is not ready for the job: offline, out of paper, powered down, etc. The only way to avoid this is to verify the printer is online and ready to print before sending a print job.

After upgrading from TERM for DOS 7.0 to version 7.2, trying to transfer a file using ZMODEM will give the error, “Can’t find FTZMOD.DLL.” You will need to go to the Century directory and rename the file FTZMODEM.DLL to FTZMOD.DLL.

TinyTERM versions prior to 3.0 and TERM versions prior to 7.0 store connection information in files with the .con extension. TinyTERM 3 and TERM 7 use the .tap extension, and TinyTERM version 4 uses the .tpx extension. Century Software, Inc., provided utilities to convert between the various formats, so you don’t have to set the connections up all over again.

For updating .con files to .tap files, TinyTERM 3 and TERM 7 include a convtap.exe program. To use it, run it at a command prompt, using the name of the .con file as an argument. For example, to convert the file sample.con to sample.tap, the command would be:

convtap.exe sample.con

To convert a .tap file to a .tpx file, use the script TAPtoTPX.cs included in TinyTERM 4. (You can also download a copy.) See the file C:\Program Files\Century\TinyTERM\TAPtoTPX.wri for documentation of this script.

Both TinyTERM versions 3.x and 4.x store keyboard mappings in the file keyboard.dat. The format of the two files is nearly identical, in fact. The only difference is in the section heading. For example, a keyboard scheme named “My Keyboard” would be set apart in version 3 like so:

[My Keyboard.kbd]

In version 4, it would be set apart like so:

[My Keyboard.keyboard]

So to copy a keyboard scheme from version 3 to version 4, you can simply copy the entire section of keyboard.dat, changing .kbd to .keyboard in the process.

TinyTERM 3.2 and older versions have a “network install” option, which allows a set number of concurrent users to run it at the same time. If it’s not allowing the correct number of users, the license control file may be corrupt.

Search the TinyTERM install directory for the file tt.ser or term.ser. Rename that file as a backup, then replace it with the blank file you can download here. Rename the file to term.ser if needed.