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HELP DOWNLOADÆ
╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘ ═┼╙╙┴╟┼Æ: ┴ SERIOUS ERROR IN TERMS WAS MADE WHEN WRITING THESE
INSTRUCTION FILES. ╔ USED THE EXPRESSION, "TURN DOWNLOADING ╧╬ OR ╧╞╞" WHEN ╔
MENT TO SAY "╧╨┼╬ OR ├╠╧╙┼ THE DOWNLOAD BUFFER". ╨LEASE KEEP IN MIND
THAT THE EXPRESSION, "TURN DOWNLOAD ╧╬" MEANS THE SAME AS "╧╨┼╬ ┬╒╞╞┼╥" & THAT
THE EXPRESSION, "TURN DOWNLOAD ╧╞╞" MEANS THE SAME AS, "├╠╧╙┼ ┬╒╞╞┼╥".
─╧╫╬╠╧┴─╔╬╟ ╘┼╪╘ Æ
─OWNLOADING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN SEVERAL WAYS. ╘HE COMPUTER YOU ARE
RECEIVING TEXT FROM MUST RESPOND TO ┴╙├╔╔ ├ONTROL ├ODES (17) AND (19), IE, ╪-╧╬
AND ╪-╧╞╞ FLOW CONTROLS.
╥┼═┼═┬┼╥, YOU MAY OPEN A ├APTURE ┬UFFER AND STORE DOWNLOADED TEXT IN IT
OR OPEN A DOWNLOAD FILE AND SELECTIVELY DIRECT TEXT SAVED TO THE CAPTURE BUFFER
IN TO THE OPEN DISK FILE OR PRINTER CHANEL.
╔N THE ╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠ THE ├╘╥╠-╥╓╙/╧╬ OPENS THE CAPTURE BUFFER AND THE ├╘╥╠-╥╓╙/╧╞╞
CLOSES THE ├APTURE BUFFER. (─ON'T CONFUSE OPENING AND CLOSING THE BUFFER
WITH OPENING AND CLOSING A DISK 'FILE OR PRINTER 'CHANEL.)
áá┴S THE ┬UFFER IS OPENED OR CLOSED ╘ERM ╫ORD PRINTS (╧╬Æ OR ╧╞╞Æ) ON SCREEN.
╘HE ├APTURE ┬UFFER REMAINS ╧PEN OR ├LOSED UNTILL YOU CHANGE IT'S CONDITION.
╬╧╘┼: ╔F YOU ENTER THE WORD PROCESSOR WITH AN OPEN BUFFER THE PROGRAM
WILL AUTOMATICLY CLOSE THE BUFFER UNLESS A DISK FILE IS OPEN FOR DOWNLOADING.
áá╘HE WORD 'ONÆ' OR 'OFFÆ' IS DISPLAYED ON SCREEN EVERY TIME THE BUFFER IS
OPENED OR CLOSED BY THE USER OR BY THE PROGRAM.
╧PEN THE DOWNLOAD BUFFER BY HOLDING THE ├╘╥╠/╦┼┘ AND ╨╥┼╙╙╔╬╟ ╬╒═┬┼╥ (9) .
├LOSE THE DOWNLOAD BUFFER BY HOLDING THE ├╘╥╠/╦┼┘ AND ╨╥┼╙╙╔╬╟ ╬╒═┬┼╥ (0) .
╔F TEXT DISAPPEARS, IE, CHANGES TO SAME COLOR AS THE SCREEN BACKGROUND'S,
RESET COLORS TO THEIR DEFAULTS BY PRESSING THE ╞3 KEY FOLLOWED BY PRESSING THE
╞5 ╦┼┘.
├OLORS CAN CHANGE WHEN DOWNLOADING TEXT THAT INCLUDES
CERTAIN CONTROL CHARACTERS.
─╧╫╬╠╧┴─╔╬╟á╘╧á┴á─╔╙╦á─╥╔╓┼Æ
╧PEN A DISK DOWNLOAD FILE BY PRESSING
THE F5 ╞UNCTION ╦┼┘ WHEN THE ═AIN ═ENU IS DISPLAYED.
┘OU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WISH TO SEE THE DIRECTORY, ├LEAR ╫ORD ╨ROCESSOR TEXT
AND FINALY FOR A FILE NAME.
╬╧╘┼!: ╘HE LENGTH OF THE ─OWNLOAD ╞ILE ╬AME MUST BE LESS THAN 13 CHARACTERS.
╒SE SHORT NAMES FOR DOWNLOAD FILES AND RENAME THEM LATER, WHEN OFF LINE.
┴FTER THE FILE IS OPENED THE CAPTURE BUFFER IS AUTOMATICLY OPENED FOR YOU.
╘HE PROGRAM STATUS IS DISPLAYED AND YOU ARE AUTOMATICLY PLACED INTO THE
╘ERMINAL. ─OWNLOADING WILL BEGIN AT THE NEXT CURSOR LOCATION ON SCREEN.
╔F YOU HAVEN'T REACHED THE POINT YOU WANT TO BEGIN DOWNLOADING FROM THEN USE
THE ├╘╥╠-╥╓╙/╧╞╞ ╦┼┘ TO CLOSE THE BUFFER UNTILL READY TO CAPTURE DATA.
╬╧╘┼Æ THAT ╔ SAID ├LOSE THE BUFFER & NOT ├LOSE THE FILE; THE FILE MAY STAY
OPEN DURRING AN ENTIRE ONLINE SESSION. ╞OR THAT REASON IT IS WIZE TO BE SURE
THE DISKETTE YOU USE FOR SAVING DOWNLOADED TEXT TO HAS ATLEAST 100 BLOCKS FREE.
╬╧╘┼!Æ ┘OU CAN'T ACCESS ╚┼╠╨ FILES WHEN A ─╔╙╦á╞╔╠┼ IS OPEN;
IF YOU TRY TO USE '╚┼╠╨ WHILE A FILE IS OPEN, THE HELP ROUTINE WON'T RESPOND.
╬╧╘┼: ┘OU MAY READ THE DISKETTE DIRECTORY WITH A DISK FILE OPEN.
╨╥╧╟╥┴═┼╥╙ ╬╧╘┼╙: ╘HE ├OMMODORE 64 CAN NOT DOWNLOAD AND SAVE TO DISK AT THE
SAME TIME SO ╘ERM ╫ORD MUST ASK THE ╚OST SYSTEM TO HOLD
OFF SENDING DATA DURRING THE TIME IT IS SAVING IT'S BUFFER TO THE DISK DRIVE.
╘HAT '╞LOW ├ONTROL IS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING ┴╙├╔╔ ├ONTROL ├ODES (17) & (19).
╘HE PROCESS GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS: ╞IRST ╘ERM ╫ORD WILL RECEIVE AND STORE
400 CHARACTERS INTO THE (─├╙) ├APTURE ┬UFFER AND THEN TRANSMIT THE ╪-╧╞╞
CONTROL CODE (19) TO THE ╚OST COMPUTER CAUSING THE HOST TO STOP SENDING DATA
UNTILL IT RECEIVES THE ╪-╧╬ CODE, ├╘╥╠-17.
╘HE 400 CHARACTERS ARE BUFFERED IN THE '─ÆOWNLOAD/├ÆOPY/╙ÆCREEN SAVE AREA, OR
OTHER WIZE CALLED ─├╙ ├┴╨╘╒╥┼ ┬╒╞╞┼╥ OR JUST ├┴╨╘╒╥┼ ┬╒╞╞┼╥.
╘HE CAPTURE BUFFER IS SAVED TO THE OPEN DISK FILE AND THEN CLEARED. ╬EXT THE
┴╙├╔╔ ├ONTROL ├ODE (17) IS TRANSMITTED TO THE ╚OST COMPUTER CAUSING IT TO
START SENDING DATA AGAIN.
╘HE ├APTURE & ╙AVE PROCESS CONTINUES UNTIL THE 13TH SAVE TO DISKETTE.
╬EXT THE FILE WILL BE AUTOMATICLY CLOSED AND A NEW FILE, USING A PROGRAM
GENERATED NAME, WILL BE OPENED. ╘HIS PROGRAM GENERATED NAME IS FORMED BY
USING THE SAME NAME AS THE FIRST WITH A SUFFIX ADDED ON TO THE END. ╘HIS ALL
JUST TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO COMPLETE AND REQUIRES NO USER ASSISTANCE UNLESS
A DISK DRIVE ERROR OCCURS.
╬╧╘┼ : ╫HEN OPENING THE DISK FILE YOU ARE GIVEN THE OPTION TO BYPASS THIS
AUTO FILE GENERATION FEATURE AND SAVE YOUR DATA IN ONE LONG FILE HOWEVER AS THE
PROGRAM WILL WARN YOU, FILES MAY BECOME TO LARGE TO BE RELOADED INTO MEMORY.
╘O ├LOSE A DISK FILE OR PRINTER CHANEL JUST PRESS THE F6 FUNCTION ╦┼┘
WHEN AT THE ═AIN ═ENU. ╨RESS THE ├LR/╚OME ╦┼┘ TO BRING UP THE '═┴╔╬á═┼╬╒
WHEN IN THE ╘ERMINAL.
╬╧╘┼: ╙END AN ╪-╧╞╞, (F3), WHEN CALLING THE ═┴╔╬á═┼╬╒ SO THE ╚OST ├OMPUTER
HOLDS OFF FURTHER TRANSMISSION UNTIL YOU RETURN TO THE TERMINAL.
╥┼═┼═┬┼╥: ├LOSING A DISK FILE DOES NOT AUTOMATICLY CLOSE THE ├APTURE ┬UFFER.
╔NCOMMING DATA IS STILL CAPTURED IN THE ┬╒╞╞┼╥ UNTIL THE BUFFER EITHER FILLS OR
IS CLOSED BY THE USER.
╘HE ├APTURE ┬UFFER CAN HOLD 98 TEXT LINES BEFORE A FULL CONDITION OCCURS.
╫HEN THAT HAPPENS, ╘ERM ╫ORD WILL TRANSMIT A ├ONTROL (19), ╪-╧╞╞, TO THE ╚OST
COMPUTER AND THEN AUTOMATICLY CLOSE THE ┬UFFER. ╔F THAT HAPPENS A SCREEN
MESSAGE WILL INFORM YOU OF A FULL ┬UFFER BY DISPLAYING THE FOLLOWING;
[+]Æ ╞╒╠╠!Æ ╧╞╞!Æ
┴T THAT POINT YOU MUST PROCESS THE FULL DCS BUFFER TO CONTINUE DOWNLOADING.
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─╧╫╬╠╧┴─╔╬╟ ╘╧ ╙╘╥╔╬╟á┴╥╥┴┘╙
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─OWNLOADING WITH-OUT A DISK DRIVE.
─OWNLOADING WITHOUT A FILE OPEN IS RESTRICTED BY YOUR COMPUTERS
FREE MEMORY. ╘HE ├64 CAN DOWNLOAD ABOUT 9,000 TEXT CHARACTERS BY
FILLING ╫ORD/╨RO AND THE ─├╙ ┬╒╞╞┼╥. ╟ARBAGE COLLECTIONS BECOME
FREQUENT AND LONG AFTER DOWNLOADING 3500 CHARACTERS AND SO DATA MAY BE LOST.
─╧╫╬╠╧┴─╔╬╟ CAN BE TURNED ON OR OFF ANYTIME THE SYSTEM IS IDLE.
╘HIS IS ALSO TRUE WHEN DOWNLOADING TO DISK OR PRINTER.
╒SE ╞3 TO PAUSE ALL TRANSMITION'S AND THEN CLOSE
THE ─OWNLOAD BUFFER. ╘HE ├╘╥╠-╦┼┘ USED ALONG WITH THE ╥╓╙ ╧╬ AND ╥╓╙ ╧╞╞
╦┼┘S OPEN AND CLOSE THE CAPTURE BUFFER.
╘HE ─OWNLOAD BUFFER IS REFFERED TO AS THE ─.├.╙. BUFFER IN THESE HELP FILES.
─├╙ STANDS FOR ─OWNLOAD, ├OPY AND ╙CREEN ╙AVE. ╘ERM ╫ORD USES ONE BUFFER FOR
ALL THREE ROUTINES TO USE TEMPORARLLY.
╔F YOU DON'T HAVE A DISK FILE OR PRINTER CHANEL OPEN THE DOWNLOADING CAN
CAUSE A FULL BUFFER. ╔F THIS HAPPENS
╘ERM ╫ORD WILL SEND AND ╪-╧╞╞ TO THE ╚OST COMPUTER AND DISPLAY
THIS> [+]Æ ON THE SCREEN. ╔F NOT USING AN OPEN FILE THEN YOU MUST CLEAR
THE ─├╙ AREA TO CONTINUE DOWNLOADING. ╒SE THE WORD PROCESSOR'S /APPEND COMMAND
TO MOVE THE DCS TEXT TO THE WORD PROCESSOR'S TEXT BUFFER OR PRESS F4 WHEN AT
THE ═AIN ═ENU TO SAVE THE ─├╙ ┬UFFER TO A DISK FILE OR PRESS F8 TO DUMP THE
─├╙ BUFFER TO YOUR PRINTER.
╘ERM/╫ORD WILL NOT LET YOU DOWNLOAD MORE UNTIL YOU PROCESS YOUR TEXT
BUT YOU CAN MOVE AROUND IN THE PROGRAM OR CONTINUE ON-LINE BY
JUST TURNING THE ─OWNLOAD ╧╞╞.
┼VEN AT THE POINT OF A FULL BUFFER YOU COULD STILL OPEN A DISK FILE OR
PRINTER CHANEL, THEN GO BACK TO THE ╘ERMINAL. ╘HE ─├╙ ┬UFFER WILL THEN BE
SENT TO THE OPEN FILE AND YOU CAN CONTINUE.
┘OU CAN PILE UP THINGS IN ─.├.╙. BUT WHEN YOU ═╧╓┼ ANYTHING OUT
IT IS CLEARED FOR FURTHER USE.
╬OTE; ╙CREEN SAVES MAY BE EXECUTED WITH ─OWNLOAD ╧╬/OR/╧╞╞ BUT;
ONLY WHEN THE SCREEN SCROLL IS PAUSED.
┴LSO NOTE THAT YOU CAN NOT SAVE OR LOAD FILES WHILE A DOWNLOAD FILE IS OPEN.
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╙├╥┼┼╬ ╙┴╓┼
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├OPY THE SCREEN BY HOLDING THE ├OMMODORE ╦EY AND
PRESSING THE @ ╦EY WHEN ╧╬ ╠╔╬┼...
╬╧╘┼!; ╙TOP THE SCREEN SCROLL FIRST USING THE ╞3 ╞UNTION ╦EY. (╪-╧╞╞)
┴ REVERSED (╙╨┴├┼) WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN AND WHEN
THE ╙CREEN ╙AVE IS DONE THE WORD ╙AVED ╧╬ ╫ILL APPEAR IN ╥╓╙ ├HARACTERS
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. ╘HE DOWNLOAD CAPTURE IS AUTOMATICLY TURNED ON AT
THE CONCLUSSION OF A SCREEN SAVE SO CLOSE THE BUFFER IF THE SCREEN WAS ALL
YOU WANTED TO CAPTURE.
╘URN THE DOWNLOAD OFF BY HOLDING THE ├╘╥╠ ╦┼┘ AND PRESSING THE ╬╒═┬┼╥ 9 ╦┼┘.
┘OU MAY OPEN A DOWNLOAD FILE TO DISK OR A CHANNEL TO THE PRINTER & SEND DATA
TO THE OPEN FILE BY USING SCREEN SAVES ALONE.
┼╧╞ Æ