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3.6 dISK MENU
3.6.1 dISK COMMANDS.
yOU MAY SEND A DISK COMMAND TO THE CURRENT DEVICE BY SELECTING "dISK
COMMAND". iN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL dos COMMANDS, nOVATERM SUPPORTS A
FEW OTHERS:
dIRECTORY: tHE DISK DIRECTORY MAY BE CALLED UP BY ENTERING A $
SYMBOL. pATTERN MATCHES ARE ALSO ALLOWED. fOR EXAMPLE, TO GET A
DIRECTORY OF FILES WHOSE NAMES START WITH "PRT.", YOU WOULD TYPE:
"$:PRT.*"
rEAD ERROR CHANNEL: tYPE @ BY ITSELF TO READ THE DRIVE'S ERROR
CHANNEL.
cHANGE DEVICE NUMBER: tHE # SYMBOL IS USED TO CHANGE DRIVES. fOR
EXAMPLE, TO SWITCH TO DEVICE 9, DRIVE 0 YOU WOULD ENTER: "#9,0"
3.6.2 tEXTFILE (seq FILE) OPTIONS.
yOU MAY EITHER VIEW A SEQUENTIAL FILE ON THE SCREEN, GET A HARD COPY,
OR SEND ONE TO THE MODEM BY SELECTING THE APPROPRIATE OPTION.
tHE "tEXTFILE TO MODEM" OPTION IS THE EQUIVALENT OF AN ascii UPLOAD.
iT SENDS A TEXTFILE TO THE MODEM LINE BY LINE WITH A DELAY BETWEEN
EACH ONE. tHIS IS USEFUL FOR SENDING PRE-TYPED MESSAGES DIRECTLY TO
A bbs'S MESSAGE EDITOR.
3.6.3 tRANSLATE TEXTFILE.
iN SOME SITUATIONS YOU MAY END UP DOWNLOADING A TEXTFILE FROM A
BULLETIN BOARD WHICH IS IN STANDARD ascii. yOU CAN IMMEDIATELY TELL
WHEN A FILE IS IN STANDARD ascii: LETTERS THAT SHOULD BE LOWERCASE
APPEAR AS UPPERCASE AND VICE-VERSA. tHE EASIEST WAY TO CONVERT THE
FILE TO READABLE petscii IS TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE WITH AUTOMATIC ascii
TRANSLATION TURNED ON (SEE SECTION 3.5.26, tRANSFER TRANSLATION), BUT
IF YOU OBTAINED THE FILE BY COPYING RATHER THAN DOWNLOADING, OR IF YOU
DON'T WANT TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE AGAIN, YOU MAY USE THE TEXTFILE
TRANSLATION OPTION LOCATED ON THE DISK FUNCTIONS MENU. nOVATERM SCANS
THROUGH THE ENTIRE FILE AND CREATE A NEW FILE IN TRANSLATED FORM.
aFTER YOU TYPE IN THE SOURCE AND DESTINATION FILE NAMES, YOU ARE GIVEN
TWO MORE OPTION MENUS. tHE FIRST MENU ALLOWS YOU TO SPECIFY WHETHER
TO CHANGE THE FILE FROM STANDARD ascii TO petscii (USING THE RECEIVE
TABLE) OR FROM petscii TO STANDARD ascii (USING THE TRANSMIT TABLE).
iF YOU ENTER NOTHING FOR A DESTINATION FILE NAME, THE TEXTFILE IS SENT
TO THE PRINTER AS IT IS TRANSLATED. tHIS SAVES YOU FROM HAVING TO
CREATE A NEW FILE IF ALL YOU WANT TO DO IS PRINT THE FILE ONCE.
3.6.4 mULTIPLE FILE SCRATCH.
tHIS BRINGS UP THE FILE SELECTION SCREEN AND ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT
FILES TO BE SCRATCHED. bEFORE BRINGING UP A MENU OF FILES, YOU ARE
PROMPTED FOR A PATTERN MATCH. tHIS ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER A WILD CARD TO
BRING UP ONLY CERTAIN FILES. fOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ENTERED "P?R*", ONLY
FILE NAMES WHERE THE FIRST LETTER IS A "P" AND THE THIRD LETTER IS AN
"R" WOULD BE BROUGHT UP. iF YOU SIMPLY PRESS RETURN HERE WITHOUT
TYPING IN ANYTHING, ALL FILES ON THE DIRECTORY ARE DISPLAYED (I.E. THE
PATTERN MATCH "*" IS USED).
tHE FILE SELECTION MENU BRINGS UP THE FIRST 20 FILES ON THE DISK AND
DISPLAYS THEM IN THE BOX TO THE LEFT. tO SELECT FILES, MOVE THE MENU
BAR TO THE FILE YOU WANT AND PRESS f3. tHIS PUTS THE FILE NAME IN THE
BOX TO THE RIGHT. rEPEAT THIS UNTIL YOU HAVE SELECTED ALL OF THE
FILES YOU WANT. tO CALL UP THE NEXT 20 FILES FROM THE DIRECTORY,
PRESS f5. iF YOU SELECT A FILE YOU DON'T WANT, MOVE THE MENU BAR TO
THE FILE NAME AND PRESS f4 TO REMOVE IT FROM THE RIGHT-HAND BOX. oNCE
YOU ARE FINISHED, PRESS f7 TO START ERASING THE FILES YOU HAVE
SELECTED.
iF YOU PRESS THE RIGHT-CURSOR KEY, THE MENU BAR MOVES TO THE
RIGHT-HAND BOX. tHIS ALLOWS YOU TO EDIT OR ADD FILE NAMES BY TYPING
THEM IN DIRECTLY RATHER THAN PAGING THROUGH THE DIRECTORY LIST. mOVE
THE MENU BAR TO THE FILE NAME YOU WISH TO EDIT, AND THEN PRESS RETURN.
yOU MAY THEN RE-TYPE THE FILE NAME. iF YOU MOVE THE MENU BAR TO THE
BLANK LINE BELOW THE LAST FILE NAME AND THEN PRESS RETURN, YOU MAY
TYPE IN A NEW FILE NAME. tHIS IS THE PREFERABLE METHOD OF ENTERING
FILE NAMES FOR A BATCH UPLOAD.
3.7 bUFFER
nOVATERM'S BUFFER IS SET UP AS IF IT WERE A DISK DRIVE. iT HAS A
DIRECTORY AND WORKS WITH DISTINCT FILES OF SPECIFIC LENGTHS. tHE ONLY
DIFFERENCE IS THAT ITS DATA IS KEPT IN THE COMPUTER'S MEMORY. tHIS
KIND OF STORAGE IS CALLED A ramDISK.
sINCE THE BUFFER ISN'T REALLY A DISK DRIVE, ITS DISK-LIKE OPERATIONS
HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED INTO nOVATERM. tHE BUFFER MENU PROVIDES YOU WITH
ALL OF THE FUNCTIONS YOU NEED TO WORK WITH FILES IN THE BUFFER. mOST
OF THE STANDARD OPERATIONS YOU HAVE WITH A DISK ARE AVAILABLE, SUCH AS
SCRATCHING, RENAMING, OPENING AND CLOSING FILES, ETC. yOU MAY EVEN
UPLOAD FROM OR DOWNLOAD TO THE BUFFER. tHE ONLY LIMITATION IS THE
SIZE OF THE BUFFER. oNLY 8K (8192 BYTES) OF MEMORY IS AVAILABLE, AND
THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF THE DIRECTORY IS 16 FILES. tHE cOMMODORE 64
SIMPLY WASN'T DESIGNED WITH VERY MUCH MEMORY, AND nOVATERM ITSELF
TAKES UP QUITE A BIT. tHEREFORE, THE BUFFER IS INTENDED FOR USE WITH
SMALL FILES. sINCE THE BUFFER'S TWO MAIN USES ARE CAPTURING INCOMING
TEXT AND EXECUTING SCRIPT FILES (BOTH OF WHICH TEND TO BE SMALL), THE
SMALL AMOUNT OF MEMORY ISN'T AS MUCH OF A HANDICAP AS IT WOULD BE ON A
REAL DISK SYSTEM. tHE MEMORY DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE A FACTOR AT ALL
DURING A TEXT CAPTURE (SEE 3.5.24, sAVE BUFFER WHEN FULL).
3.7.1 tEXT CAPTURE.
fOLLOW THESE STEPS TO CAPTURE AND SAVE INCOMING TEXT:
1. pRESS c= o IN TERMINAL MODE (SEE 3.1.2, cOMMODORE KEY COMMANDS).
2. tYPE IN THE FILE NAME OF THE CAPTURE FILE. tHIS FILE IS OPENED IN
THE BUFFER. aNY TEXT THAT DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN AFTER YOU OPEN A
FILE IS STORED IN THAT FILE.
3. pRESS c= b IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THE CAPTURE FILE OPEN BUT
TEMPORARILY STOP DATA FROM BEING STORED IN IT. tHE b IN THE STATUS
LINE TURNS OFF, INDICATING THE CAPTURE IS PAUSED. pRESS c= b TO
RESUME THE CAPTURE.
4. wHEN YOU HAVE CAPTURED ALL THE TEXT YOU WANT, PRESS c= o AGAIN TO
CLOSE THE BUFFER FILE.
5. tHEN, AT YOUR LEISURE, GO TO THE BUFFER MENU AND SELECT "sAVE
BUFFER FILE". dON'T FORGET TO DO THIS BEFORE YOU TURN OFF THE
COMPUTER.
6. tYPE IN THE NAME OF THE FILE YOU JUST CLOSED. iT IS SAVED TO
DISK.
3.7.2 fILE TRANSFERS TO BUFFER
nOVATERM ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD FILES TO THE BUFFER.
tHIS MAY ONLY BE DONE BY SELECTING THE UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD OPTIONS
FROM THE BUFFER MENU; PRESSING c= d OR c= u IN TERMINAL MODE ONLY
TRANSFERS TO DISK. iN ANY CASE, FILE TRANSFERS WITH THE BUFFER
GREATLY INCREASE THE TRANSFER SPEED SINCE NO DISK ACCESS IS REQUIRED.
(sEE SECTION 3.8, fILE TRANSFERS.)
3.8 fILE TRANSFERS
bEFORE YOU UPLOAD OR DOWNLOAD A FILE, YOU MUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE
nOVATERM CORRECTLY SET UP TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE REMOTE COMPUTER.
tHE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN PREPARING TO TRANSFER A FILE IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU ARE USING THE SAME PROTOCOL AS THE REMOTE COMPUTER OR
BULLETIN BOARD. tO LOAD A PROTOCOL DRIVER INTO MEMORY, SELECT THE
pROTOCOL OPTION ON THE TERMINAL PARAMETERS MENU OR PRESS c= p FROM
TERMINAL MODE. nOVATERM SEARCHES THE DISK FOR FILE NAMES WHICH BEGIN
WITH THE PREFIX "PRT." AND DISPLAY THOSE FOUND AS A MENU TO SELECT
FROM. wHEN YOU SELECT ONE, THE PROTOCOL DRIVER IS LOADED INTO MEMORY
AND IT BECOMES THE CURRENT PROTOCOL.
sOME PROTOCOLS (SUCH AS pUNTER AND kERMIT) ALLOW VARIABLE BLOCK SIZES.
tHE BLOCK SIZE IS THE NUMBER OF BYTES OF DATA SENT OR RECEIVED AT ONE
TIME BEFORE ERROR CHECKING IS PERFORMED. fOR THOSE PROTOCOLS THAT
SUPPORT VARIABLE BLOCK SIZES, THE BLOCK SIZE MAY BE CHANGED BY
SELECTING "bLOCK SIZE" ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE TERMINAL SETUP
MENU. iF THE BLOCK SIZE IS FIXED, nOVATERM DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO
ENTER A VALUE.
yOU MAY DOWNLOAD AND UPLOAD FILES TO AND FROM THE BUFFER BY SELECTING
"uPLOAD FROM BUFFER" OR "dOWNLOAD TO BUFFER" FROM THE BUFFER MENU.
tRANSFERRING FILES WITH THE BUFFER GREATLY INCREASES THE FILE TRANSFER
SPEED SINCE NO DISK ACCESS IS REQUIRED; HOWEVER, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A
ram EXPANDER, YOU ARE LIMITED TO TRANSFERRING FILES NO LARGER THAN 8K
(8192 BYTES).
3.8.1 uPLOADING.
tO UPLOAD A FILE FROM A BULLETIN BOARD, FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
1. mAKE SURE YOU ARE SET TO THE SAME PROTOCOL AS THE bbs (SEE ABOVE).
2. sELECT THE MENU ITEM OR COMMAND ON THE bbs FOR "uPLOAD FILE" OR
"sEND FILE".
3. tELL THE bbs THE NAME OF THE FILE YOU WANT TO UPLOAD.
4. fOLLOW ANY INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY THE bbs UNTIL IT SAYS IT IS READY
TO RECEIVE THE FILE.
5. tHEN, PRESS c= u FROM TERMINAL MODE.
6. tYPE IN THE NAME OF THE FILE AS IT APPEARS ON YOUR DISK.
7. aT THIS POINT THE SCREEN SHOULD CLEAR AND FILE INFORMATION
DISPLAYED. tHE TRANSFER SHOULD BEGIN AFTER A FEW SECONDS.
tO UPLOAD FILES USING A BATCH PROTOCOL:
1. fOLLOW THE FIRST FIVE STEPS ABOVE. yOU MAY NOT HAVE TO TELL THE
bbs THE NAMES OF THE FILES YOU ARE GOING TO UPLOAD.
2. sELECT THE NAMES OF THE FILES YOU WANT TO UPLOAD, EITHER BY TYPING
THEM IN OR BY SELECTING THEM FROM THE DIRECTORY LIST. tHE FILE
SELECTION SCREEN DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3.6.4 IS USED FOR THIS. (sEE
THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION 3.6.4)
3. tHE SCREEN SHOULD CLEAR AND THE TRANSFER SHOULD BEGIN AFTER A FEW
SECONDS.
3.8.2 dOWNLOADING.
tO DOWNLOAD A FILE FROM A BULLETIN BOARD, FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
1. mAKE SURE YOU ARE SET TO THE SAME PROTOCOL AS THE bbs (SEE ABOVE).
2. sELECT THE MENU ITEM OR COMMAND ON THE bbs FOR "dOWNLOAD FILE" OR
"rECEIVE FILE".
3. tELL THE bbs THE NAME OF THE FILE YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD.
4. fOLLOW ANY INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY THE bbs UNTIL IT SAYS IT IS READY
TO SEND THE FILE.
5. tHEN, PRESS c= d FROM TERMINAL MODE.
6. tYPE IN THE NAME OF THE FILE AS IT WILL APPEAR ON YOUR DISK. iF
THE FILE NAME YOU TYPE IS ALREADY ON THE DISK, nOVATERM ASKS IF YOU
WANT TO REPLACE IT. rEPLY WITH YES OR NO.
7. sELECT THE FILE TYPE IF REQUESTED.
8. aT THIS POINT THE SCREEN SHOULD CLEAR AND FILE INFORMATION
DISPLAYED. tHE TRANSFER SHOULD BEGIN AFTER A FEW SECONDS.
tO DOWNLOAD FILES USING A BATCH PROTOCOL:
1. fOLLOW STEPS ONE THROUGH FIVE ABOVE, SPECIFYING MULTIPLE FILE
NAMES ON THE bbs INSTEAD OF JUST ONE FILE.
2. tHE SCREEN CLEARS AND FILE INFORMATION IS DISPLAYED. tHE TRANSFER
SHOULD BEGIN AFTER A FEW SECONDS.
iF A FILE DOWNLOADED DURING A BATCH TRANSFER IS ALREADY ON THE DISK,
nOVATERM ADJUSTS THE FILE NAME BY INCREMENTING THE LAST CHARACTER AND
SAVING THE DOWNLOADED FILE UNDER THE NEW NAME.
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