Master AOL

Installing A Master Tool

To do an atom trace, you will need to install the master tool in your AOL or CompuServe client. There are some files you need to add to your AOL or CS directory to allow the tool to work. In your main software directory (eg: c:\aol_50\), you need:

Atoms.bin
Atomdbug.cfg
Atoms.ada

And in your tools directory (eg: c:\aol_50 ools\), you need:

Master.tol

A note about this file: It's the same file between most versions of AOL and CompuServe software, but there is a slight difference in what you name the file. For AOL 4.0, it's master.tol, for AOL 5.0 it's master.aol, and for CompuServe, it's master.cs.

I've found it's handy to keep a "master tool install" directory on my computer in the root (C:\master_install\) and then whenever I have a new copy of AOL or CSI that needs a master tool, I can simply copy the files over to the correct directories. In that same directory, I keep copies of the following files, which should come with your AOL or CSI software, but if they're not in there, the master tool won't work:

Ada.bin
Ada32.dll

If your AOL or CSI software is open when you copy these files over, you will need to relaunch it. If it's closed while you're moving files, simply launch the software, and you will see the asterisk (*) menu to the left of the File menu in the toolbar.