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╞╔╥╙╘─╔┴╠3 - ┴ ╙MART ┴UTODIAL ╘ERMINAL ╨ROGRAM FOR THE ├OMMODORE-64.
┴UTHOR OF ╧╥╔╟╔╬┴╠ ╨ROGRAM AND ═ANUAL: ╨AUL ╚IGGINBOTTOM.
╥EVISIONS TO ╨ROGRAM BY ╘OM ╚UGHES AND ┬ILL ╧SIPOFF
╥EVISIONS TO ═ANUAL BY ╔AN ┴. ╫RIGHT
╞IRSTTERM3 MANUAL ╨AGE...1
╟┼╘╘╔╬╟ ╙╘┴╥╘┼─
╘O MAKE SURE NO PREVIOUS PROGRAMS, OR PROGRAMMING OF YOUR
├OMMODORE-64 WILL AFFECT THE RUNNING OF THIS PROGRAM, TURN THE
COMPUTER ╧╞╞, IF IT IS CURRENTLY ON.
╬OW TURN ╧╬ THE COMPUTER AND YOUR DISK UNIT, AND WITH ╞IRSTDIAL3
┬OOT, ╞IRSTDIAL3, ╞IRSTTERM3 ┬T, AND ╞IRSTTERM3 ON THE PROGRAM
DISKETTE IN THE DRIVE, TYPE: ╠╧┴─ '╞╔╥╙╘─╔┴╠3 ┬╧╧╘',8,1 THEN PRESS
'╥ETURN'.
┘OU MUST RUN THE BOOT; THE OTHER PROGRAMS WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOAD AND
RUN; THE SCREEN WILL GO BLANK, AND SHORTLY, THE MENU WILL APPEAR AS
FOLLOWS:
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╞╔╥╙╘┼╥═3 ╘OM ╚UGHES-┬ILL ╧SIPOFF 1984
┬ASED ON ╨ROGRAMS ┬Y
╨AUL ╚IGGINBOTTOM & ╙TEVE ╨UNTER
┴. ┼NTER TERMINAL MODE
┬. ─ISK COMMANDS
├. ┼XAMINE/ALTER PROTOCOLS & ┬LOCK SIZE
─. ╨RINT FILE/BUFFER TO SCREEN/PRINTER
┼. ┼XAMINE/ALTER FUNCTION KEYS
╞. ╠OAD OR SAVE PARAMETERS
╟. ╒PLOAD FILE - ╨UNTER OR ╘EXT
╚. ─OWNLOAD FILE - ╨UNTER
╔. ╙AVE MEMORY BUFFER
╩. ┼XTRACT FROM TEXT FILE
╦. ╔═╟ CONVERSIONS
╠. ╘OGGLE BUFFER 2 - ╧╨┼╬
═. ┼XIT PROGRAM
╨RESS "┴" TO "═" TO SELECT FUNCTION
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* ╬╬╬ ╬╬ ╧╧╧ ╘╘╘╘╘╘ ┼┼┼┼┼┼ *
* ╬╬╬╬ ╬╬ ╧╧ ╧╧ ╘╘ ┼┼ *
* ╬╬ ╬╬╬╬ ╧╧ ╧╧ ╘╘ ┼┼┼┼ *
* ╬╬ ╬╬╬ ╧╧ ╧╧ ╘╘ ┼┼ *
* ╬╬ ╬╬ ╧╧╧ ╘╘ ┼┼┼┼┼┼ *
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╞╥╧═ ┴╬┘ ╨╧╔╬╘ ╔╬ ╘╚┼ ╨╥╧╟╥┴═ (#1) ╘╧ ╥┼╘╒╥╬ ╘╧ ╘╚┼ ═┼╬╒, ╙╔═╨╠┘
╨╥┼╙╙ ╘╚┼ '╙╘╧╨' ╦┼┘.
(╬.┬. - ╔╬ ╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠ ═╧─┼, ╔╘'╙ ┴ ╙╚╔╞╘┼─ '╙╘╧╨' ╙╧ ╘╚┴╘ ╔╘ ├┴╬╬╧╘ ┬┼
╨╥┼╙╙┼─ ┴├├╔─┼╬╘┴╠╠┘).
28/12/84 ╥EVISED BY ╔AN ┴. ╫RIGHT
╞IRSTTERM3 MANUAL ╨AGE...2
╘╚┼ ╘╧╧╠╙
╘HIS SECTION IS PROVIDED TO OUTLINE WHAT THIS PROGRAM CAN DO, AND AN
OVERVIEW OF HOW IT CAN BE DONE. ╫HEN USING THIS PROGRAM, THERE ARE 3
FORMS OF INTERACTION YOU CAN HAVE WITH IT. ╘HEY ARE:
1. ═ENU FUNCTION SELECTION, AND SUPPLYING THE INFORMATION FOR A GIVEN
OPTION.
2. ├OMMAND FUNCTION FROM TERMINAL MODE, TO CHANGE A 'MODE' OF
OPERATION.
3. ╔NTERACTION WITH ANOTHER COMPUTER.
╘HE MENU SHOWS YOU THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO YOU, BUT PROVIDED BELOW
IS A WIDER EXPLANATION OF EACH OPTION:
┴. ┼NTER TERMINAL MODE - ╘HIS PUTS YOU IN A COMMUNICATIONS
ENVIRONMENT, WHEREIN, EACH CHARACTER YOU TYPE WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO
ANOTHER COMPUTER, AND EACH CHARACTER SENT TO YOU, BY THE OTHER
COMPUTER YOU ARE COMMUNICATING WITH, WILL BE DISPLAYED ON YOUR
SCREEN. ╔N TERMINAL MODE, THE SCREEN DISPLAYS A STATUS LINE (THE TOP
LINE OF THE SCREEN) AND THE REMAINING 24 LINES OF THE SCREEN ARE THE
TERMINAL'S SCREEN. ├ERTAIN KEY COMBINATIONS WILL ALTER THE VARIOUS
STATUS 'INDICATORS' ON THE STATUS LINE. ╘HESE KEY FUNCTIONS ALLOW YOU
TO MODIFY THE TERMINAL ENVIRONMENT (FOR EXAMPLE, ENABLING 'WORD-WRAP'
WHICH COMMANDS THE PROGRAM TO AUTOMATICALLY AVOID WORDS BEING SPLIT
AT THE END OF A LINE, BY 'PUSHING' THEM ONTO THE NEXT LINE.)
┬. ─ISK COMMANDS - ╘HIS WILL DISPLAY THE INFORMATION FROM THE
DISKETTE. ╒SE ┬┴╙╔├ 2.0 COMMANDS SUCH AS $0 FOR DIRECTORY OF DRIVE
0, OR "S├:FILENAME" TO SCRATCH A FILE.
├. ┼XAMINE/ALTER PROTOCOLS & ┬LOCK SIZE - ╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO
EXAMINE, AND/OR ALTER THE COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS REQUIRED FOR THE
PARTICULAR MODEM, AND/OR REMOTE COMPUTER. ┴N EXAMPLE OF A 'PROTOCOL'
IS 'BAUD RATE', WHICH IS THE SPEED AT WHICH DATA IS TRANSFERED
BETWEEN THE COMPUTERS' MODEMS. ═OST INEXPENSIVE MODEMS ARE '300
BAUD' WHICH IS A TRANSFER RATE OF ROUGHLY 30 CHARACTERS PER SECOND.
─. ╨RINT A FILE/BUFFER TO SCREEN/PRINTER - ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO DISPLAY
ON THE SCREEN OR PRINT ON THE PRINTER, THE TEXT CAPTURED IN THE
COMPUTERS MEMORY WITH THIS PROGRAM, OR A FILE ON THE DISK.
┼. ┼XAMINE/ALTER FUNCTION KEYS - ╘HE ├OMMODORE 64 HAS 4 FUNCTION
KEYS. ╘HIS PACKAGE ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE THEM SEND TO ANOTHER COMPUTER,
ONE OR MORE CHARACTER(S) BY JUST ONE SINGLE KEYPRESS. ╞OR EXAMPLE,
MOST DATA BASES HAVE A '╚┼╠╨' COMMAND. ┘OU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE ONE
KEY PRESS SEND '╚┼╠╨' AND A <╥┼╘╒╥╬> TO THE REMOTE COMPUTER. ╧R,
SIMILARLY, ANY FREQUENTLY USED COMMAND/STRING OF TEXT CAN BE ASSIGNED
TO A SINGLE KEYPRESS.
28/12/84 ╥EVISED BY ╔AN ┴. ╫RIGHT
╞IRSTTERM3 MANUAL ╨AGE...3
╞. ╠OAD OR SAVE PARAMETERS - ╘HE PROTOCOLS, THE FUNCTION KEY
DEFINITIONS, AND EVEN THE SCREEN, TEXT, AND BORDER COLOURS, MAY BE
LOADED OR SAVED AS A 'PARAMETER FILE' ON DISK. ╘HIS IS USEFUL FOR
COMMUNICATING WITH DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, WITH DIFFERING PROTOCOLS, AND
COMMONLY USED COMMANDS WHICH YOU HAVE DEFINED IN THE FUNCTION KEYS.
┴N EXAMPLE OF TWO PARAMETER FILES MIGHT BE '┬┬╙' AND '├OMPUSERVE.'
╟. ╒PLOAD FILE - ╨UNTER OR ╘EXT - ┴ PROGRAM, FILE, OR ╫ORD╨RO FILE
ON THE DISK IN YOUR DRIVE CAN BE TRANSMITTED TO THE REMOTE COMPUTER.
╘HIS FOR EXAMPLE, COULD BE USED TO SEND ELECTRONIC MAIL PREPARED AND
SAVED EARLIER, BEFORE YOU WERE COMMUNICATING WITH THE REMOTE
COMPUTER.
╚. ─OWNLOAD FILE - ╨UNTER - ╒SING ╨UNTER'S ╠┴╘┼╙╘ PROTOCOL, PROGRAMS
OR FILES CAN BE DOWNLOADED AND SAVED TO DISK.
╔. ╙AVE MEMORY BUFFER - ╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO SAVE THE TEXT
CAPTURED IN THE COMPUTER'S MEMORY TO A FILE ON YOUR DISK DRIVE.
╩. ┼XTRACT FROM TEXT FILE - ┘OU CAN READ A DISK FILE AND SELECT BY
LINE NUMBERS ANY SEGMENT. ╘HIS SEGMENT CAN BE SAVED TO DISK UNDER A
NEW NAME.
╦. ╔═╟ CONVERSIONS - ALLOWS YOU TO CONVERT SEQUENTIAL FILES TO HEX
FILES FOR TRANSMISSION ON ├OMPUSERVE.
╠. ╘OGGLE BUFFER 2 - ╧╨┼╬ - THIS KEY ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE
"BUFFER" AREAS OPEN. ┘OU CAN SAVE MATERIAL TO EITHER BUFFER WHILE IN
THE TERMINAL MODE.
═. ┼XIT OR ─IAL - ╘HIS OPTION WILL RESET THE COMPUTER, AS IF IT WERE
TURNED OFF AND ON AGAIN IF YOU CHOOSE 'YES'. ╔F 'NO' IS CHOSEN YOU
CAN AUTODIAL/RE-DIAL ANY TELEPHONE NUMBER.
╘ECHNICAL NOTE: ╘HIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR COMMUNICATING VIA THE
╥╙-232 PORT OF THE ├OMMODORE-64 (AN EDGE CONNECTOR, WHICH WILL
REQUIRE SUITABLE CABLE, OR A ╓╔├1011┴ ADAPTOR) TO ANOTHER COMPUTER,
OR MODEM, AT SPEEDS FROM 50 TO 2400 BAUD. ╙INCE THE ├OMMODORE-64 HAS
ONLY ONE ╥╙-232 PORT, THE PROGRAM ASSUMES THE PRINTER IS CONNECTED TO
THE ├┬═ SERIAL PORT AS DEVICE 4, OR SOME OTHER INTERFACE CARTRIDGE
WHICH INTERCEPTS THE ╦┼╥╬┴╠ FUNCTIONS (FOR EXAMPLE, ╥╘├'S 64-╠╔╬╦
CARTRIDGE, WHICH ALLOWS ANY ╔┼┼┼ PRINTERS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE
├OMMODORE-64. ╘HIS PROGRAM WILL WORK WITH THAT CARTRIDGE OR THE
┬US├ARD ╔╔ INSTALLED.)
28/12/84 ╥EVISED BY ╔AN ┴. ╫RIGHT
╞IRSTTERM3 MANUAL ╨AGE...4
╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠ ═╧─┼ (╧╨╘╔╧╬ ┴ ╞╥╧═ ╘╚┼ ═┼╬╒)
╨RESSING '┴' FROM THE MENU PUTS YOU IN 'TERMINAL MODE' WHICH IS THE
ENVIRONMENT WHERE ┴╠╠ COMMUNICATING WITH ANOTHER, REMOTE COMPUTER IS
DONE. ┴ STATUS LINE IS SHOWN ON THE TOP LINE OF THE SCREEN. ╔T
SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS:
:╘:╙:╧:╫:─:┬:-12:00:00-42362:0:000:000:
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !--├HARACTER CODE RECEIVED
╙TATUS ╔NDICATORS ! ! ! !
! ! ! !-----├HARACTER CODE SENT
├LOCK-----------! ! !
! !--------╬UMBER OF NULLS TO BE SENT
╞REE MEMORY IN BUFFER----! AFTER A CARRIAGE RETURN
╘ - (╘HE 'TIMEOUT' INDICATOR) ╫HEN YOU TRANSMIT CHARACTERS TO A
REMOTE COMPUTER, USUALLY BY TYPING, THIS IS USUALLY KNOWN AS 'FULL
DUPLEX' WHICH SIMPLY MEANS THAT THE REMOTE COMPUTER WILL ECHO BACK TO
THE ├OMMODORE-64 EACH CHARACTER YOU SENT. ╘HIS INDICATOR WILL 'LIGHT
UP' (GO INTO INVERSE VIDEO) IF, WHEN IN FULL DUPLEX, A CHARACTER YOU
TRANSMIT IS NOT SENT BACK BY THE REMOTE COMPUTER WITHIN A SHORT TIME.
╙ - (╘HE ┴╠╠├┴╨╙ MODE INDICATOR) ╘HE SHIFTLOCK KEY ON THE KEYBOARD IS
NOT ALWAYS USEFUL FOR ENTERING UPPER CASE TEXT, BECAUSE IT WILL SHIFT
THE NUMERICS AND ALL OTHER KEYS ALSO, SO AN '┴╠╠├┴╨╙' MODE IS
PROVIDED FOR SIMPLY ENSURING ALL ALPHA CHARACTERS ('A' TO 'Z')
TRANSMITTED ARE SENT IN ╒╨╨┼╥ CASE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE SHIFT
KEY IS DEPRESSED. ╘HIS MODE CAN BE TURNED ON AND OFF (TOGGLED) BY
HOLDING DOWN THE ├OMMODORE KEY AND PRESSING 'S'.
╧ - (╘HE ╧╒╘╨╒╘-╙╒╨╨╥┼╙╙┼─ MODE INDICATOR) ╫HEN LIT, THE USER'S
OUTPUT WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED (IN EITHER HALF OR FULL DUPLEX). ╘HIS
IS USEFUL FOR NOT ALLOWING OTHER PEOPLE TO SEE YOU ENTERING PASSWORDS
ON REMOTE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, FOR EXAMPLE. ╘HE INDICATOR CAN BE
TOGGLED BY PRESSING THE ├OMMODORE KEY AND THEN 'O'.
╫ - (╘HE ╫╧╥─-╫╥┴╨ MODE INDICATOR) ╙INCE THE ├OMMODORE-64 CAN
DISPLAY 40 CHARACTERS ON A LINE, INSTEAD OF 80 (OR EVEN132) COLUMNS
AS MOST COMMERCIAL TERMINALS CAN, WORDS MAY GET 'SPLIT' OVER TWO
LINES (FOR EXAMPLE, PRINTING THE WORD '├OMMODORE' BEGINNING IN THE
35TH COLUMN WILL PUT '├OMMO' ON THAT LINE, AND 'DORE' ENDS UP AT THE
START OF THE NEXT LINE). ╫HEN THE ╫╧╥─-╫╥┴╨ INDICATOR IS LIT, THE
PROGRAM WILL AUTOMATICALLY ENSURE THAT NO WORDS ARE SPLIT AT THE END
OF A LINE BY PUSHING THE WORD ONTO THE NEXT LINE IF IT WON'T FIT ON
THE CURRENT LINE. ╫ORD-WRAP MODE IS TOGGLED BY HOLDING DOWN THE
├OMMODORE KEY AND PRESSING 'W'.
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╞IRSTTERM3 MANUAL ╨AGE...5
─ - (╘HE ─╔╙╨╠┴┘-├╧╬╘╥╧╠-├╚┴╥┴├╘┼╥╙ MODE INDICATOR) ╔T IS USUALLY
NOT NECESSARY TO SEE THE INCOMING CONTROL CHARACTERS (CHARACTER CODES
0 THROUGH 31 DECIMAL - EXCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, '├ARRIAGE ╥ETURN',
WHICH IS 13), BUT IN CASE THE USER DOES WISH TO SEE THEM, THE PROGRAM
ALLOWS FOR THIS. ├ONTROL CHARACTERS WILL BE SHOWN AS HIGHLIGHTED
CHARACTERS ON THE SCREEN, FROM '@' TO '┌'. ╘O TOGGLE THIS MODE, HOLD
DOWN THE ├OMMODORE KEY AND PRESS 'D'.
┬ - (╘HE ┬╒╞╞┼╥-╧╨┼╬/├╠╧╙┼─ MODE INDICATOR) ┴NY TEXT WHICH IS
DISPLAYED CAN BE STORED IN THE MEMORY OF THE ├OMMODORE-64, FOR LATER
VIEWING, OR HARDCOPY ON THE PRINTER, OR EVEN STORING TO THE DISK IN A
FILE. ╘HIS ABILITY IS KNOWN AS A 'MEMORY BUFFER' BECAUSE THE TEXT IS
'BUFFERED' FOR LATER USAGE. ╘HE FIVE DIGIT NUMBER ON THE STATUS LINE
INDICATES HOW MUCH MEMORY IS LEFT FOR TEXT TO BE STORED. ╘HE TEXT IS
ONLY PUT INTO THE MEMORY BUFFER IF THE INDICATOR IS LIT, WHICH ALLOWS
YOU TO SELECTIVELY STORE INFORMATION (FOR EXAMPLE, NEWS STORIES OR
ONLY CERTAIN STOCK INFORMATION). ╘O START OR STOP THE PROGRAM
STORING INCOMING TEXT IN THE MEMORY BUFFER, HOLD DOWN THE ├OMMODORE
KEY, AND PRESS 'B'. ╔F YOU WISH TO 'CLEAR OUT' THE MEMORY BUFFER,
I.E., INSTRUCT THE COMPUTER TO 'FORGET' ALL IT HAS STORED FOR YOU,
THUS MAKINNG AVAILABLE ALL THE MEMORY AGAIN, HOLD DOWN EITHER SHIFT
KEY, AND PRESS '*'. ╞OR QUICK TEMPORARY STORAGE OF, FOR EXAMPLE, AN
ADDRESS, OR OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION YOU QUICKLY WANT TO CAPTURE,
BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE YOUR MEMORY BUFFER OPEN, HOLD DOWN THE ├OMMODORE
KEY, AND PRESS 'X'. ╘HIS SWAPS THE SCREENS CONTENTS WITH A ╙┼├╧╬─
SCREEN. ╨RESSING '├OMMODORE ╪' AGAIN, WILL BRING BACK THE 'FIRST'
SCREEN AGAIN.
╙╒══┴╥┘ ╧╞ ╦┼┘┬╧┴╥─ '╞╒╬├╘╔╧╬╙' ╔╬ ╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠ ═╧─┼:
<╙╚╔╞╘ *> - ├LEAR MEMORY BUFFER
<├OMMODORE ╙> - ╘OGGLE ┴╠╠ ├┴╨╔╘┴╠╙ MODE
<├OMMODORE ╧> - ╘OGGLE DISPLAYING OF YOUR TYPING FOR PRIVACY
<├OMMODORE ╫> - ╘OGGLE AUTOMATIC FORMATTING OF EACH LINE
<├OMMODORE ─> - ╘OGGLE DISPLAY OF CONTROL CHARACTERS (┴╙├╔╔ 0-26)
<├OMMODORE ┬> - ╘OGGLE BUFFER - MEMORY CAPTURE OF DISPLAYED TEXT
<├OMMODORE ╨> - ╥ESET BUFFER POINTER WITHOUT CLEARING BUFFER
<├OMMODORE ├> - ├LOSE DISK FILE WHEN SENDING A FILE FROM DISK
<├OMMODORE +> - ├HANGE BACKGROUND COLOUR OF THE SCREEN
<├OMMODORE -> - ├HANGE COLOUR OF TEXT
<├OMMODORE *> - ├HANGE BORDER COLOUR
<├OMMODORE ╪> - ╙WAP SCREEN WITH SECOND STORED, SCREEN.
<├OMMODORE ╘> - ╥ESETS CLOCK TO 0:00:00
<├╘╥╠ ╠> - ┴CTS AS A 'FORM FEED' AND CLEARS THE SCREEN
<├╘╥╠ :> - ╟ENERATES AN ┼╙├ CHARACTER (┴╙├╔╔ 27)
<├╘╥╠ +> - ╔NCREASE THE NUMBER OF NULLS SENT AFTER A CARRIAGE
RETURN (MAXIMUM 9)
<├╘╥╠ -> - ─ECREASE NULLS SENT AFTER RETURN (MINIMUM 0)
<LEFT ARROW> - IS DISPLAYED AS AN UNDERSCORE ON THE SCREEN
(CONSISTENT WITH 'MOST' TERMINALS).
<SHIFTED ─┼╠> - ╟ENERATES ─┼╠┼╘┼ CHARACTER (┴╙├╔╔ 127)
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╘HE FUNCTION KEYS SEND STRINGS AS DESIGNATED IN OPTION '┼':
╒NSHIFTED..............<╞01>/<╞03>/<╞05>/<╞07>
╙HIFTED................<╞02>/<╞04>/<╞06>/<╞08>
├OMMODORE..............<╞09>/<╞10>/<╞11>/<╞12>
├╘╥╠...................<╞13>/<╞14>/<╞15>/<╞16>
╘╚┼ ├╠╧├╦ - FUNCTIONS LIKE A NORMAL CLOCK; CAN BE USED TO INFORM YOU
OF CONNECT TIME ON A SYSTEM, OR GIVE YOU THE ACTUAL TIME. ├AN BE
RESET TO 00:00:00 BY HOLDING DOWN THE ├OMMODORE KEY AND PRESSING 'T',
OR SET TO A GIVEN TIME FROM THE ┼XAMINE/ALTER PROTOCOLS OPTION (├)
FROM THE MENU.
╠OCAL EDITING MODE
╘HIS TERMINAL PROGRAM GIVES YOU TO DO FULL SCREEN EDITING (AS YOU DO
WHEN CORRECTING MISTAKES, WHEN ENTERING A PROGRAM), EVEN WHEN THE
COMPUTER YOU ARE COMMUNICATING WITH, DOES NOT SUPPORT SUCH A
FUNCTION. ╔F '╥ETURN' IS PRESSED WHILE EITHER SHIFT KEY IS HELD DOWN
IS ENTERED WHEN IN TERMINAL MODE, THE CURSOR WILL FLASH (INSTEAD OF
BEING 'SOLID'). ╔NCOMING TEXT WILL STILL BE OUTPUT TO THE SCREEN AS
NORMAL, BUT FURTHER TYPING BY THE USER IS ╬╧╘ TRANSMITTED TO THE
REMOTE COMPUTER. ┴T THIS POINT, YOU CAN USE THE CURSOR MOVEMENT KEYS
(UP, DOWN, LEFT AND RIGHT), THE ╔╬╙ERT KEY, THE ─┼╠ETE KEY, THE ╚╧═┼
AND ├╠╥ KEYS, AND IN FACT, ┼╓┼╥┘ KEY TO EDIT AND ENTER TEXT ONTO THE
SCREEN. ╫HEN YOU WANT TO SEND A LINE OF TEXT, YOU SIMPLY POSITION
THE CURSOR ON THE FIRST CHARACTER TO BE SENT, AND ENTER ANOTHER
'╙HIFTED RETURN'. ╘HE PROGRAM WILL THEN ENTER ALL CHARACTERS FROM
THAT POINT ON ON THE SCREEN LINE, AND ALSO TRANSMIT A '╥ETURN'.
'╫HAT CAN ╔ USE THAT FOR?' YOU SAY. ╠ET'S TAKE A LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE
USAGE OF THIS FEATURE: ╠ET US SUPPOSE THE COMPUTER YOU ARE
COMMUNICATING WITH IS AWAITING YOUR COMMAND. ┘OU WANT TO SEND A
LETTER TO ANOTHER USER, AND YOU ENTER THE COMMAND:
═┴╔╠ ╙┼╬─ ╩╧╚╬ ┼╪╨╥┼╙╙ ╘HE SYSTEM RESPONDS WITH:
╒SER '╩╧╚╬' NOT FOUND... ╥E-ENTER:
┴ND YOU REALISE THAT YOU ENTERED THE ╬┴═┼ OF THE USER YOU WISHED TO
SEND MAIL TO INSTEAD OF THEIR COMPUTER ACCOUNT '╔─', WHICH THIS
PARTICULAR SYSTEM REQUIRES. ┘OU NO LONGER HAVE TO TYPE THIS COMMAND
IN ALL OVER AGAIN, YOU SIMPLY ENTER 'LOCAL EDITING MODE' BY HOLDING
DOWN THE 'SHIFT' AND PRESSING '╥ETURN'. ╘HE CURSOR SHOULD BE
FLASHING. ┘OU MOVE THE CURSOR UP USING THE CURSOR MOVEMENT KEYS AND
CORRECT THE MISTAKE:
═┴╔╠ ╙┼╬─ ╪┘┌999 ┼╪╨╥┼╙╙
╘O SEND THE WHOLE LINE AGAIN, YOU SIMPLY POSITION THE CURSOR ON THE
'═' IN '═┴╔╠' (OFTEN EASIEST BY PRESSING '╥ETURN', AND THEN '├URSOR
UP', IF YOU'RE ON THE SAME LINE AS THE LINE YOU WISH TO SEND), AND
THEN PRESS '╥ETURN' WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE '╙HIFT' AGAIN, AND YOU'LL
SEE THE LINE RE-ENTERED FOR YOU.
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─╔╙╦ ├╧══┴╬─╙ (╧╨╘╔╧╬ ┬ ╞╥╧═ ╘╚┼ ═┼╬╒)
┴S SOON AS YOU PRESS 'B' FROM THE MENU, THE SCREEN WILL CLEAR AND YOU
WILL BE ASKED WHAT DISK COMMAND YOU WANT TO SEND OR '╙TOP' TO ABORT.
┘OU CAN SEND ANY ┬┴╙╔├ 2.0 DISK COMMAND SUCH AS "S├:FILENAME" TO
SCRATCH A FILE OR "V┼:FILENAME,8" TO VERIFY ONE. ╘O SEE A DIRECTORY
OF DRIVE 0 TYPE "$0" AND WHILE LISTING, ANY KEY WILL STOP AND START
THE LISTING AND THE '╙TOP' KEY WILL TERMINATE.
┼╪┴═╔╬┼/┴╠╘┼╥ ╨╥╧╘╧├╧╠╙ (╧╨╘╔╧╬ ├ ╞╥╧═ ╘╚┼ ═┼╬╒)
╫HEN THE PROGRAM IS RUN, THE ╥╙232 AND TERMINAL PARAMETERS ARE SET TO
DEFAULTS WHICH ARE SUITABLE FOR PRACTICALLY ALL TERMINAL WORK AT 300
BAUD, WHICH INCLUDE THE 1600/1650 ╓╔├═╧─┼═S. ╫HEN 3 IS PRESSED FROM
THE MENU, THE CURRENT PROTOCOLS ARE DISPLAYED. ╘O ALTER THEM, SIMPLY
PRESS THE NUMERIC KEY ALONGISDE THE PARTICULAR PROTOCOL. ╞OR
EXAMPLE, TO CHANGE DUPLEX, PRESS '1'. ╫HEN YOU'VE SET THEM TO YOUR
PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS, PRESSING THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY WILL RETURN YOU TO THE
MENU. ╘HE PROTOCOLS ARE:
'1' - ─UPLEX (╚ALF, OR ╞ULL) ╔N HALF DUPLEX, EACH CHARACTER
TRANSMITTED BY YOUR COMPUTER IS DISPLAYED BY THE PROGRAM ON THE
SCREEN. ╔N FULL DUPLEX, THE PROGRAM EXPECTS THE REMOTE COMPUTER TO
SEND EACH CHARACTER BACK WHICH YOUR COMPUTER SENDS TO IT. ┴LMOST ALL
COMMERCIAL NETWORKS OPERATE IN FULL DUPLEX. ╔F, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU
WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANOTHER ├OMMODORE-64 THOUGH, BOTH YOU, AND
YOUR REMOTE TELECOMPUTING PARTNER WOULD NEED TO OPERATE IN HALF
DUPLEX.
'2' - ╠INE FEED (┘ES, OR ╬O) ┴FTER YOU TRANSMIT A CARRIAGE RETURN,
SOME NETWORKS REQUIRE A LINEFEED ALSO. ╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU THE
ALTERNATIVE OF HAVING A LINE FEED SENT AUTOMATICALLY AFTER A RETURN,
OR NOT. ╘HIS IS BECOMING LESS LIKELY THOUGH, AND IN MOST OPERATION,
YOU WOULD HAVE THE OPTION SET TO '╬O'.
'3' - ╙TOP BITS (1, OR 2.) ╘HE ╥╙232 INTERFACE SEPARATES EACH
CHARACTER OF INFORMATION WITH 1 OR 2 STOP 'PAUSES' OR BITS.
╙OMETIMES, MORE OFTEN WITH 1200 BAUD, YOU MIGHT NEED TO SEND 2,
INSTEAD OF THE FAR MORE USUAL 1.
'4' - ╨ARITY (╬ONE, ┼VEN, ╧DD, ╙PACE, OR ═ARK). ╘HE ╥╙232 INTERFACE
CAN MARK THE END OF EACH CHARACTER, WITH AN EXTRA PIECE OF
INFORMATION (KNOWN AS A 'PARITY BIT'), WHICH GIVES EITHER COMPUTER, A
SLIGHTLY MORE SECURE WAY OF ENSURING GOOD DATA TRANSMISSION. ═OST
SYSTEMS DON'T REQUIRE ANY PARITY, SO JUST IGNORE IT.
'5' - ┬AUD RATE (110, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 1800, OR 2400) ╘HE ╥╙232
INTERFACE CAN TRANSMIT INFORMATION AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. ╘HIS WILL
NEED TO BE SET ACCORDING TO YOUR MODEM, AND/OR THE COMPUTER YOU ARE
COMMUNICATING WITH. 300 BAUD IS THE MOST COMMON, WITH 1200 USUALLY
BEING USED FOR 'HIGH SPEED' COMMUNICATION.
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'6' - ╫ORD LENGTH (5, 6, 7, OR 8 BITS) ╙OME REMOTE COMPUTERS IGNORE,
OR DON'T USE ALL OF THE 8 BITS IN A BYTE. ╔F, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SET
THIS PARAMETER TO 7 BITS, THE 8TH BIT WILL BE IGNORED.
'7' - ╨UNTER BLOCK SIZE ╘HIS CAN BE ALTERED FROM 40-255 BYTES.
'8' - ╙ET TIME ┴SKS FOR THE TIME YOU WISH DISPLAYED IN TERMINAL
MODE. ╘HE FORMAT OF THE TIME YOU ENTER IS CHECKED AND IF THE PROGRAM
DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE ENTERED, THE BELL WILL RING, AND THE
TIME WILL NOT BE ALTERED. ─O ╬╧╘ ENTER IN 24 HOUR FORMAT, IT'S A 12
HOUR CLOCK. ┘OU CAN ENTER JUST THE HOURS AND MINUTES (THE SECONDS
WILL DEFAULT TO 0), OR YOU CAN ENTER THE FULL HOURS, MINUTES AND
SECONDS. 2 DIGITS FOR EACH PART MUST BE ENTERED, THEREFORE, IF THE
TIME IS FIVE MINUTES AFTER TWO, YOU SHOULD ENTER: 0205 OR 020500
'9' - ╥ETURN TO MENU ╟O BACK TO THE MAIN MENU. ╘HIS CAN ALSO BE
ACHIEVED AT ANY TIME BY PRESSING THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY.
╨╥╔╬╘ ╞╔╠┼/┬╒╞╞┼╥ ╘╧ ╙├╥┼┼╬/╨╥╔╬╘┼╥ (╧╨╘╔╧╬ ─ ╞╥╧═ ╘╚┼ ═┼╬╒)
╘HIS IMPORTANT OPTION, ALLOWS YOU TO PRINT, TO EITHER THE SCREEN OR
YOUR PRINTER, THE TEXT YOU CAPTURED IN THE COMPUTER'S MEMORY BUFFER,
OR A DISK FILE. ╫HEN '4' IS PRESSED TO SELECT THIS OPTION, YOU WILL
BE ASKED: ┬UFFER OR FILE? (╨RESS '┬' OR '╞') ┴S IMPLIED, PRESS 'B'
IF YOU WISH TO PRINT WHATEVER TEXT YOU MAY HAVE STORED IN YOUR MEMORY
BUFFER, OR 'F' FOR A DISK FILE. ┘OU WILL THEN BE ASKED (THE SCREEN
WILL CLEAR) IF YOU WISH TO PRINT TO THE SCREEN OR PRINTER IN A
SIMILAR 'ONE KEY' SELECTION. ╨RESS 'S' IF YOU JUST WISH TO VIEW THE
MEMORY BUFFER OR DISK FILE ON THE SCREEN, OR 'P' IF YOU WANT TO PRINT
THE TEXT ON YOUR PRINTER. ╔F YOU ARE PRINTING FROM A DISK FILE YOU
WILL BE ASKED FOR THE NAME OF THE FILE. ╔F YOU ENTER A FILENAME AND
THE FILE IS NOT ON THE DISK IN THE DRIVE, A BELL WILL SOUND, AND YOU
WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU. ╔F YOU OPT TO OUTPUT EITHER THE
CONTENTS OF YOUR MEMORY BUFFER, OR THE DISK FILE TO YOUR PRINTER, YOU
WILL THEN BE ASKED TO SELECT YOUR TYPE OF PRINTER. ╬OTE, THE
STATEMENT AT THE END OF THE SECTION ON "╘╚┼ ╘╧╧╠╙". ╫HILE THE
FILE/BUFFER IS PRINTING TO SCREEN/PRINTER, ANY KEY CAN BE PRESSED TO
STOP AND RESUME PRINTING, AND IF THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY IS PRESSED AT ANY TIME,
PRINTING WILL TERMINATE, AND THE PROGRAM WILL PROMPT YOU TO PRESS ANY
KEY TO RETURN TO THE MENU.
┼╪┴═╔╬┼/┴╠╘┼╥ ╞╒╬├╘╔╧╬ ╦┼┘╙ (╧╨╘╔╧╬ ┼ ╞╥╧═ ╘╚┼ ═┼╬╒)
╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO EXAMINE OR CHANGE, THE STRINGS OF
CHARACTERS WHICH WILL BE SENT BY THE FUNCTION KEYS, AND FUNCTION KEYS
IN CONJUNCTION WITH SHIFT/├OMMODORE/├╘╥╠ KEYS. ╞OR YOUR OWN
SECURITY, A PASSWORD IS REQUESTED WHEN THIS OPTION IS SELECTED FROM
THE MENU. ╫HEN NO PARAMETER FILE HAS BEEN LOADED, AND THE PASSWORD
HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED, IT IS DEFAULTED TO '64'. ╚AVING ENTERED THE
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PASSWORD, YOU WILL SEE A DISPLAY OF THE 16 FUNCTION KEYS. ╘O ALTER A
STRING, ENTER THE FUNCTION KEYPRESS ITSELF, FOR EXAMPLE, FUNCTION KEY
STRING 11 (F11) IS ENTERED BY HOLDING DOWN THE ├OMMODORE KEY, AND
PRESSING 'F5'. (╞OR A FULL LIST OF THE KEY SEQUENCES, SEE '╙UMMARY
OF KEYBOARD FUNCTIONS' IN SECTION 2.) ╚AVING SELECTED THE STRING TO
CHANGE, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE TEXT STRING TO BE ASSIGNED
TO THAT KEY. ┼NTER THIS, FOR EXAMPLE: ┼NTER NEW TEXT FOR FUNCTION
KEY F11 > ┘OU TYPE 'HELLO', AND PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╘HE PROGRAM THEN ASKS
IF YOU WANT A ╥┼╘╒╥╬ TO BE TRANSMITTED AFTER THE STRING WHEN YOU
PRESS THE FUNCTION KEY, BY PROMPTING YOU WITH: ┴DD A CARRIAGE
RETURN? ┼NTER 'Y', OR 'N' (YES, OR NO) AS DESIRED. ╞OR FREQUENTLY
EXECUTED COMMANDS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU WILL WANT TO ADD A CARRIAGE
RETURN. ╙INCE YOUR FUNCTION KEY ASSIGNMENTS ARE COMPLETELY SECURE,
YOU CAN EVEN ASSIGN YOUR LOG-IN PASSWORD TO REMOTE SYSTEMS. ┘OU ARE
THEN ASKED IF YOU WANT THE STRING TO BE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN OR
NOT, WITH THE PROMPT: ┼CHO STRING TO SCREEN? (┘/╬) ┼NTER 'Y', OR
'N' (YES, OR NO) AS DESIRED. ╔F YOU DO NOT WISH 'VIEWERS' WATCHING
WHAT COMMANDS OF TEXT YOU ARE SENDING TO THE COMPUTER, SUCH AS LOG-IN
PASSWORDS, YOU WOULD WANT TO PRESS 'N' FOR THIS OPTION. ╘HE STRING
IS THEN DISPLAYED IN ITS PLACE IN THE DEFINITIONS, AND IF YOU CHOSE
FOR THE STRING NOT TO BE ECHOED TO THE SCREEN, THERE ARE SMALL
'BLOCKS' AROUND THE ASSIGNMENT. ╔F YOU PRESS 'P' FROM THE PROMPT,
YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR A NEW PASSWORD (THE ONE YOU ENTER WHEN
SELECTING THIS OPTION FROM THE MENU). ╘HIS PASSWORD IS THE ╧╬╠┘ WAY
YOU CAN GET INTO THE SECTION, SO IF YOU CHANGE IT, BE SURE NOT TO
FORGET IT! ╫HEN YOU'RE FINISHED, PRESS ╙╘╧╨ TO RETURN TO THE MENU.
╠╧┴─ ╧╥ ╙┴╓┼ ╨┴╥┴═┼╘┼╥╙ (╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╞ ╞╥╧═ ╘╚┼ ═┼╬╒)
╘HE 'PARAMETERS' INCLUDE THE PROTOCOLS, THE FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS,
AND THE SCREEN, TEXT, AND BORDER COLOURS. ┘OU MAY BE SAVE THE DETAILS
OF THE WAY YOU 'CONFIGURE' THE PROGRAM FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A
PARTICULAR REMOTE COMPUTER AS A FILE ON THE DISK, IN A PARAMETER
FILE. ┴N EXAMPLE OF TWO PARAMETER FILES MIGHT BE 'SOURCE' AND
'COMPUSERVE' FOR COMMUNICATING WITH THESE LARGE, POPULAR DATABASE
NETWORKS. ╫HEN '6' IS PRESSED TO SELECT THIS OPTION, YOU WILL BE
ASKED: ╠OAD OR ╙AVE PARAMETERS? (╨RESS '╠' OR '╙') ┴S IMPLIED,
PRESS 'L' IF YOU WISH TO LOAD IN A PARAMETER FILE YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY
STORED, OR 'S' IF YOU WISH TO SAVE THE CURRENT PARAMETERS IN A DISK
FILE. ╚AVING SELECTED 'L' OR 'S', YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE NAME OF
THE FILE. ╔F YOU ENTER A FILENAME WHICH CAUSES A DISK ERROR, A BELL
WILL SOUND, AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU. ╠OAD
PARAMETERS: ╘HE COLOURS WILL BE SET, THE ╥╙232 WILL BE SETUP, THE
FUNCTION KEYS WILL BE RE-ASSIGNED. ╙AVE PARAMETERS: ╘HE COLOURS WILL
BE SAVED, THE ╥╙232 PARAMETERS WILL BE SAVED, AND THE FUNCTION KEYS
ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE SAVED. ┴FTER EITHER FUNCTION, THE PROGRAM WILL,
ONCE AGAIN, RETURN TO THE MENU.
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╒╨╠╧┴─ ┴ ╞╔╠┼ - ╨╒╬╘┼╥ ╧╥ ╘┼╪╘ (╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╟ ╞╥╧═ ╘╚┼ ═┼╬╒)
╘HE SCREEN CLEARS TO A HEADER SHOWING "╨UNTER ╒PLOAD - ╬EW ╨ROTOCOL".
┘OU WILL BE ASKED FIRST WHETHER YOU WANT TO SELECT TO UPLOAD A
PROGRAM USING ╨UNTER ╔╔ PROTOCOL, A TEXT FILE, OR TO PRESS '╙TOP' TO
ABORT. ╙ELECT '╘' FOR TEXT AND THE PROGRAM ASKS FOR THE NAME OF THE
FILE THAT YOU WISH TO TRANSMIT. ╔F YOU ENTER A FILENAME AND THE FILE
IS NOT ON THE DISK IN THE DRIVE, A BELL WILL SOUND, AND YOU WILL BE
RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU. ╔F THE FILE IS PRESENT, THE PROGRAM WILL
GO INTO TERMINAL MODE, AND EACH CHARACTER FROM THE FILE WILL BE
TRANSMITTED TO THE COMPUTER AS IF YOU WERE TYPING IT. ╔F THE '╙TOP'
KEY IS PRESSED WHILE THE FILE IS STILL BEING TRANSMITTED, OR A DISK
ERROR OCCURS, OR THE END OF THE FILE IS REACHED, THE PROCESS WILL
STOP, THE DISK FILE WILL BE CLOSED, AND THE YOU WILL REMAIN IN
TERMINAL MODE. ╘ECHNICAL NOTE: ╙OMETIMES, THE NUMBER OF NULLS TO BE
SENT AFTER A CARRIAGE RETURN WILL NEED TO BE SET TO MORE THAN ZERO TO
ENSURE THE COMPUTER YOU ARE COMMUNICATING WITH DOES NOT DROP ANY
CHARACTERS AFTER A CARRIAGE RETURN. ╙ELECTING '╨' FOR ╨UNTER MODE,
YOU WILL HAVE TO ENTER THE TYPE OF FILE TO UPLOAD (╙EQUENTIAL,
╨ROGRAM, OR ╫ORDPRO), THEN ENTER THE NAME OF THE FILE AS ABOVE. ╘HE
'╙TOP' KEY IS USED TO ABORT.
─╧╫╬╠╧┴─ ╞╔╠┼ - ╨╒╬╘┼╥ - (╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╚ ╞╥╧═ ╘╚┼ ═┼╬╒)
┴S ABOVE, BUT AFTER ENTERING THE FILENAME THE SCREEN SHOWS: ╙TATUS:
╫AITING FOR HEADER, AND AS THE FILE COMES IN, THE NUMBER OF GOOD/BAD
BLOCKS TRANSMITTED ARE COUNTED. ┴BORT IS THE '╙TOP' KEY.
╙┴╓┼ ═┼═╧╥┘ ┬╒╞╞┼╥ (╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╔ ╞╥╧═ ╘╚┼ ═┼╬╒)
╘EXT CAPTURED IN THE MEMORY BUFFER IN TERMINAL MODE, CAN BE STORED ON
DISK, IN A FILE, FOR LATER VIEWING/PRINTING, OR EVEN USAGE WITH OTHER
SOFTWARE. ┘OU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE NAME OF THE FILE UNDER WHICH YOU
WISH TO STORE THE MEMORY BUFFER CONTENTS. ╔F YOU ENTER A FILENAME
WHICH CAUSES AN ERROR, A BELL WILL SOUND, AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO
THE MAIN MENU. ╧THERWISE, THE STORING WILL PROCEED, WHEN COMPLETED,
THE PROGRAM WILL RETURN TO THE MENU.
┼╪╘╥┴├╘ ╞╥╧═ ╘┼╪╘ ╞╔╠┼ (╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╩ ╞╥╧═ ╘╚┼ ═┼╬╒)
╘HIS OPTION WORKS TO READ A SEQUENTIAL FILE FROM DISK AND PRINT IT TO
THE SCREEN, WITH A LINE NUMBER FOR EACH LINE. ┘OU CAN USE THE '╙PACE
BAR' TO PAUSE THE SCREEN OUTPUT, THE '╥ETURN' KEY WILL STOP THE
INPUT. ╫HEN STOPPED YOU CAN SELECT THE NUMBER OF THE STARTING AND
ENDING LINES TO SEND THAT PART OF THE FILE TO THE DISK UNDER A NEW
NAME. ╘HE NEW FILE OF SELECTED INFORMATION CAN THEN BE UPLOADED
USING OPTION ╟.
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╔═╟ ├╧╬╓┼╥╙╔╧╬╙ (╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╦ ╞╥╧═ ╘╚┼ ═┼╬╒)
╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO CONVERT FILES TO AND FROM ╔═╟ (╔MAGE FILES)
FORMAT WHICH WILL CONVERT A SEQUENTIAL FILE TO A FILE OF HEX NUMBERS.
┘OU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE INPUT AND OUTPUT FILE NAMES AND CAN USE THE
'╙TOP' KEY TO ABORT THE FUNCTION AND RETURN TO THE MENU.
╘╧╟╟╠┼ ┬╒╞╞┼╥ 2 (╧╨╘╔╧╬ ╠ ╞╥╧═ ╘╚┼ ═┼╬╒)
╘HE SECOND BUFFER REMOVES 8191 BYTES FROM THE MAIN BUFFER OF 42362
BYTES SO THAT YOU CAN SAVE ALMOST 8K OF INFORMATION IN A SEPARATE
AREA OF MEMORY. ╨RESSING 'L' WILL TOGGLE THE BUFFER OPEN/CLOSED.
┘OU WILL BE ASKED TO CONFIRM THE CHANGE BEFORE IT IS INSTITUTED.
┼╪╔╘ ╧╥ ─╔┴╠ (╧╨╘╔╧╬ ═ ╞╥╧═ ╘╚┼ ═┼╬╒)
╨RESSING '═' WILL PROMPT: ┴RE YOU SURE? (┘/╬). ╙ELECTING 'Y' WILL
RESET YOUR COMPUTER AS IF IT HAD BEEN TURNED OFF AND ON AGAIN SO
─╧╬'╘ PRESS 'Y' UNLESS YOU ARE SURE. ╔F YOU PRESS 'N', THE SCREEN
CLEARS AND YOU ARE ASKED: ┴UTODIAL? (┘/╬). ╙ELECT 'Y' IF YOU HAVE AN
AUTODIALLING MODEM AND YOU WILL BE ASKED TO: ENTER NUMBER TO CALL.
┘OU MUST BE CAREFUL TO TYPE THIS NUMBER WITH ╬╧ SPACES OR DASHES.
┬EFORE THE PROGRAM STARTS TO DIAL YOU WILL BE REMINDED TO: PUT T-D
SWITCH IN D POSITION. ╘HIS REFERS TO THE TELEPHONE/DATA SWITCH ON
THE AUTOMODEM. ┴FTER DIALLING, THE SCREEN SHOWS: WAITING FOR
CARRIER. ╔F THE AUTOMODEM DOES NOT MAKE CONTACT ON THE FIRST TRY, IT
WILL RE-DIAL. ╘HE SCREEN CLEARS EACH TIME AND A COUNT IS KEPT OF THE
NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS MADE. ┘OU CAN PRESS THE 'UP ARROW' ON THE
KEYBOARD TO STOP DIALLING OR TO CHANGE THE NUMBER. ╔F YOU STOP
RE-DIALLING IT ASKS: DIAL ANOTHER? (┘/╬) SO YOU CAN SELECT ANOTHER
NUMBER - OR QUIT.
╘╚┴╘'╙ ╔╘!
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