╘HESE INSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE USERS OF ├ESAR'S ╘ERM HAVE HAD SOME PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE. ╘HEREFORE, THE ONLY TOPICS COVERED WILL BE THOSE WHICH ╔ CONSIDER EITHER NEW OR DIFFERENT THAN THOSE OF OTHER TERMINAL PROGRAMS. ╚OWEVER, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, OR DISCOVER ANY PROBLEMS WITH ANY PORTION OF THE PROGRAM, PLEASE CONTACT ME ON THE FOLLOWING COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM WHICH ╔ CALL REGULARLY:
├╧═╨╒╘┼╥ ┴──╔├╘╙ ┴╬╧╬┘═╧╒╙ (├┴┴) ┬┬╙
(702) 731-3178 - 24 ╚╧╒╥╙
═Y THANKS TO ┬OB ╠ENTINI, AUTHOR OF ┬╧┬╙╘┼╥═ ╨╥╧, AND ╙┘╙╧╨ OF THE ├┴┴ ┬┬╙, FOR HIS HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT IN MY WRITING THE PROGRAM.
╘HANK YOU FOR ANY DONATIONS YOU MIGHT MAKE AND ENJOY THE PROGRAM!
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╘HE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO BEFORE ATTEMPTING A CALL TO A ┬┬╙ IS TO TELL ├ESAR'S ╘ERM WHAT KIND OF MODEM YOU WILL BE USING. ┘OU CAN DO THIS BY GOING INTO THE ├╚┴╬╟┼ ╨┴╥┴═┼╘┼╥╙ SECTION FROM THE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒ AND SELECTING THE ═╧─┼═ ╨┴╥┴═┼╘┼╥╙ FROM THERE. ┘OU MUST THEN FLIP THROUGH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MODEMS WITH THE "0" KEY UNTIL YOU FIND YOUR MODEM TYPE (OR ANY MODEM TYPE THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH YOURS, IF YOU CANNOT FIND YOURS). ┴FTER YOU HAVE DONE THIS, SELECT AN APPROPRIATE BAUD RATE AND ├ESAR'S ╘ERM SHOULD BE READY TO CALL ANY ┬┬╙. ┬UT FIRST, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ├ESAR'S ╘ERM.
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╘HE TOP THREE ROWS OF THE SCREEN ARE REFFERED TO AS THE ├╧══┴╬─ ╠╔╬┼. ╘HE COMMAND LINE WILL ALWAYS BE VISIBLE ON THE SCREEN EXCEPT IN ╟╥┴╨╚╔├╙ (╨┼╘╙├╔╔) MODE. ╔N GRAPHICS MODE THE COMMAND LINE IS ELIMINATED BECAUSE SEVERAL COMMODORE GRAPHICS BULLETIN BOARDS UTILIZE ALL 25 LINES OF THE SCREEN. ╚OWEVER, ONCE IN GRAPHICS MODE YOU CAN CHECK ON THE COMMAND LINE AT ANY TIME BY RETURNING TO THE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒.
╘HE FIRST ROW OF THE COMMAND LINE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
┬╒╞=╪╪╪╪╪ - ╪ BYTES LEFT IN BUFFER
├╨╙ - CAPS LOCK
╠┼ - LOCAL ECHO
╥┼ - REMOTE ECHO
╔╠ - LINEFEEDS IN
╧╠ - LINEFEEDS OUT
╚╦ - MODEM ON/OFF HOOK
╘HESE COMMANDS WILL BE PRINTED IN REVERSED PRINT IF ACTIVE AND NORMAL PRINT IF NOT ACTIVE. ┴LL THESE COMMANDS MAY BE TOGGLED ╧╬ OR ╧╞╞ BY PRESSING THE ├╧═╦┼┘ (COMMODORE LOGO KEY) AND THE FIRST LETTER OF THE COMMAND TO BE CHANGED. ┴ LIST OF ALL THE ├╧═╦┼┘ COMMANDS IS AVAIABLE BY PRESSING THE "H" FROM THE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒.
╘HE THIRD ROW WILL DISPLAY EITHER THE CURRENT SECTION YOU ARE IN, OR SOME TYPE OF INSTRUCTION TO HELP YOU ALONG.
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┴LL PARAMETERS WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
┬╒╞╞┼╥ (ON/OFF)
├┴╨╙ ╠╧├╦ (ON/OFF)
╠╧├┴╠ ┼├╚╧ (ON/OFF)
╥┼═╧╘┼ ┼├╚╧ (ON/OFF)
╠╔╬┼╞┼┼─╙ ╔╬ (ON/OFF)
╠╔╬┼╞┼┼─╙ ╧╒╘ (ON/OFF)
═╧─┼═ ╘┘╨┼
├┴╥╥╔┼╥ ╨╚┴╙┼
╚┴┘┼╙ ─╔┴╠ (PULSE/TONE)
┬┴╒─ ╥┴╘┼ (INCLUDING ╠╧ AND ╚╔ ADJ.)
┴╠╠ ├╧╠╧╥╙ (SCREEN, BORDER, ETC.)
├╒╙╘╧═ ╨╒╬╘┼╥ ╚┴╬─╙╚┴╦┼╙
╟╥┴╨╚╔├╙ ═╧─┼ (ON/OFF)
╞╒╬├╘╔╧╬ ╦┼┘ ╙╨┼┼─ (FAST/SLOW)
╨╥╔╬╘┼╥ ╧╒╘╨╒╘
╨╥╔╬╘┼╥ ╙┼├╧╬─┴╥┘ ┴──╥┼╙╙
╨╥╔╬╘┼╥ ╠╔╬┼╞┼┼─╙ (YES/NO)
├╒╥╥┼╬╘ ╨╥╧╘╧├╧╠
┴╠╠ ╞╒╬├╘╔╧╬ ╦┼┘╙
╨ARAMETERS CAN BE SAVED WITH THE [╙]AVE PARAMETERS OPTION IN THE [├]HANGE PARAMETERS SECTION. ├ESAR'S ╘ERM WILL LOAD THESE PARAMETERS THE NEXT TIME YOU LOAD THE PROGRAM SO IT WILL BE JUST AS IT WAS WHEN THE PARAMETERS WERE SAVED.
├╚┴╥┴├╘┼╥ ╙┼╘-
┴S YOU CAN SEE, ├ESAR'S ╘ERM USES ITS OWN CHARACTER FONT. ┘OU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN CHARACTER FONT FOR ├ESAR'S ╘ERM WITH ANY CHARACTER FONT EDITOR AND LOAD THEM WITH THE ╠╧┴─ ├╚┴╥┴├╘┼╥ ╙┼╘ OPTION IN THE [├]HANGE PARAMETERS SECTION. ╔N MAKING YOUR OWN CHARACTER SET ╔ SUGGEST THAT YOU LOAD UP ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CHARACTER SETS THAT CAME WITH THE PROGRAM (RIGHT NOW, THE DEFAULT IS "SET 6") AND MODIFY IT TO YOUR OWN TASTE. ╔N THIS WAY YOU CAN BE SURE THAT ├ESAR'S ╘ERM WILL ACCEPT IT, AND YOU WILL ALSO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THE PROPER ┴╙├╔╔ PUNCTUATION MARKS SUCH AS THE BACKSLASH IN PLACE OF THE POUND SIGN, AND THE COMMODORE LOGO.
├╒╙╘╧═ ╨╒╬╘┼╥ ╚┴╬─╙╚┴╦┼╙-
╔F YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ╨╒╬╘┼╥ PROTOCOL YOU KNOW THAT IT SENDS FIVE DIFFERENT SETS OF HANDSHAKES WHILE TRANSFERING FILES. ╘HE ╙╘┴╬─┴╥─ PUNTER HANDSHAKES ARE ╟╧╧ ┬┴─ ┴├╦ ╙/┬ ╙┘╬. ╚OWEVER, THERE MAY BE ┬┬╙'S THAT DO NOT USE THE ╙╘┴╬─┴╥─ ╨╒╬╘┼╥ HANDSHAKES. ╘HEREFORE, ╔ HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A ├╒╙╘╧═ ╨╒╬╘┼╥. ╔N THE ├╒╙╘╧═ ╨╒╬╘┼╥ YOU CAN CHANGE THE FIVE HAND-SHAKES TO WHATEVER YOU WISH BY ENTERING THE ├╚┴╬╟┼ ├╒╙╘╧═ ╨╒╬╘┼╥ ╚┴╬─╙╚┴╦┼╙ SECTION. ╫HEN DOING THIS YOU MUST MAKE SURE ALL FIVE HANDSHAKES ARE UNIQUE. ╘HERE MUST NOT BE ANY TWO ALIKE OR THE ├╒╙╘╧═ ╨╒╬╘┼╥ WILL NOT WORK.
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┴── ╬╒═┬┼╥ ╘╧ ╨╚╧╬┼┬╧╧╦-
├ESAR'S ╘ERM SAVES EACH INDIVIDUAL PHONE BOOK ENTRY AS A SEPARATE FILE ON DISK. ╘HERE ARE SEVERAL ADVANTAGES TO THIS. ┴PPROXIMATELY 130 PHONE ENTRIES WILL FIT ON ONE DISK. ┼ACH ONE IS SAVED ALONG WITH ALL THE PARAMETERS DISCUSSED BEFORE EXCEPT THE MODEM TYPE, CARRIER PHASE, AND ALL OF THE PRINTER CONFIGURATIONS (THE EXCEPTIONS MAKE THE PHONEBOOK FILES COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER ├ESAR'S ╘ERM USERS WITH DIFFERENT MODEMS, PRINTERS, ETC.) ┘OU WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF PARAMETERS FOR EACH ENTRY; ┴ND, BY PRE-PROGRAMMING THE FUNCTION KEYS BEFORE YOU SAVE YOUR ENTRY YOU CAN STORE YOUR NAME, ID#, PASSWORD, OR WHATEVER OTHER INFORMATION YOU MIGHT NEED FOR EACH PHONE BOOK ENTRY.
╘O ADD A NUMBER TO THE ├ESAR'S ╘ERM PHONE BOOK JUST GIVE ├ESAR'S ╘ERM THE NAME AND NUMBER OF THE ┬┬╙ AT THE APPROPRIATE PROMPTS AND, MAKING SURE THAT ALL YOUR PARAMETERS ARE SET AS YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO APPEAR WHEN YOU LOAD THAT ENTRY UP AGAIN, ENTER A "Y" FOR YES AT THE NEXT PROMPT AND ├ESAR'S ╘ERM WILL SAVE YOUR ENTRY FOR FUTURE USE.
─╔┴╠ ╞╥╧═ ╨╚╧╬┼ ┬╧╧╦-
─IALING FROM THE PHONE BOOK IS AS EASY AS ENTERING THE NAME OF THE ┬┬╙ TO DIAL. ╘HIS WILL BE THE SAME NAME YOU USED TO SAVE THE ENTRY. ┴FTER THIS HAS BEEN DONE, ├ESAR'S ╘ERM WILL LOAD THAT ENTRY (AND ALL THE PARAMETERS AS THEY WERE SET WHEN THE ENTRY WAS SAVED) AND START THE AUTODIAL PROCEDURE.
─╔┴╠ ╞╥╧═ ╦┼┘┬╧┴╥─-
╘O DIAL FROM THE KEYBOARD YOU JUST ENTER THE NUMBER OF THE ┬┬╙ TO DIAL AND ├ESAR'S ╘ERM WILL START DIALING AND REDIAL UNTILL A CONNECTION IS MADE WITH THE ┬┬╙.
╙├╥┴╘├╚ ╨╚╧╬┼ ┬╧╧╦ ┼╬╘╥┘-
╘O SCRATCH A PHONE BOOK ENTRY YOU JUST ENTER THE NAME OF THE ┬┬╙ TO SCRATCH AND ANSWER ┘ES TO THE ┴╥┼ ┘╧╒ ╙╒╥┼ PROMPT.
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╔F YOU HAVE NOT YET NOTICED, THE BUFFER IN ├ESAR'S ╘ERM CAN HOLD 34,500 BYTES (136 DISK BLOCKS) OF INFORMATION. ╘HE BUFFER CAN BE FILLED FROM THE DISK, KEYBOARD, AND OF COURSE TERMINAL MODE. ╔T CAN BE DUMPED TO DISK, SCREEN, AND PRINTER. ╬╧ CONVERSIONS TAKE PLACE (UNLESS SPECIFIED FROM USER) WHEN LOADING OR SAVING THE BUFFER FROM DISK, THEREFORE MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO USE ├ESAR'S ╘ERM AS A FILE COPY PROGRAM (╔ FOUND THIS TO BE VERY HELPFUL WHEN WRITING THE PROGRAM). ╫HEN DUMPING THE BUFFER TO THE PRINTER THERE ARE SEVERAL PARAMETERS WHICH MUST BE SET IN ORDER FOR ├ESAR'S ╘ERM TO WORK CORRECTLY WITH YOUR SPECIFIC PRINTER. ╘HE FOLLOWING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE:
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╘HE THREE POSSIBLE SETINGS FOR ╧╒╘╨╒╘ ARE: NONE, TO ┴╙├╔╔, TO ╨┼╘╙├╔╔. ╫HEN ON THE ╘╧ ┴╙├╔╔ SETTING, ├ESAR'S ╘ERM WILL CONVERT THE BUFFER CONTENTS ╘╧ ┴╙├╔╔ BEFORE SENDING THEM TO THE PRINTER. ╘HE SAME APPLIES FOR THE TO ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ SETTING, AND ╬╧ CONVERSIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IF THE ╬╧╬┼ IS SELECTED (IN OTHER WORDS, WHATEVER IS IN THE BUFFER IS WHAT WILL BE SENT TO THE PRINTER).
╠╔╬┼╞┼┼─╙-
╙OME PRINTERS NEED A ╠╔╬┼╞┼┼─ (├╚╥$(10)) AFTER A CARRIAGE RETURN TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT LINE. ╔F THIS OPTION IS SET TO ┘┼╙ ├ESAR'S ╘ERM WILL SEND A ├╚╥$(10) AFTER EVERY CARRIAGE RETURN. ╔F SET TO ╬╧, NO LINEFEED WILL BE SENT AFTER A CARRIAGE RETURN.
╙┼├╧╬─┴╥┘ ┴──╥┼╙╙-
─IFFERENT PRINTERS NEED DIFFERENT SECONDARY ADDRESSES. ╘HIS CAN BE CHANGED BY PRESSING THE "2" TO INCREMENT AND ╙╚╔╞╘ "2" TO DECREMENT.
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╘HREE BAUD RATES ARE PRE-PROGRAMMED INTO ├ESAR'S ╘ERM. ╘HEY ARE 300, 450, AND 1200 BAUD. ╚OWEVER, ╔ HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE TO ADJUST THE ┬┴╒─ ╠╧ AND ╚╔ TIMERS MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO CREATE NON-STANDARD BAUD RATES AND PUSH MANY OF THE ├OMMODORE 300-BAUD MODEMS FASTER. ╘HE ├OMMODORE 1650 AND 1660 HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO WORK AS FAST AS 545 BAUD, AND SEEM PRETTY STABLE AT BAUD RATES BETWEEN 450 AND 500 BAUD. ╚IGH-SPEED TRANSFERS BETWEEN TWO ├ESAR'S ╘ERM'S (OR ANY TERMINAL PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE THE ╠╧ AND ╚╔ TIMERS) ARE POSSIBLE AS LONG AS BOTH USERS ARE AT THE SAME BAUD RATE SETTINGS.
┬┴╒─ ┴─╩╒╙╘ ╠╧ ┬┘╘┼-
┘OU CAN CONSIDER THIS OPTION THE FINE ADJUSTMENT KNOB FOR THE BAUD-RATE-TIMER LO-BYTE VALUE FOR THE SOFTWARE-GENERATED ╥╙-232 OF THE ├64. ┴T BAUD RATE SPEEDS OF OVER 600 BAUD, THE ╠╧ ADJUST MAY HAVE TO BE CHANGED TO KEEP TEXT FROM BEING GARBLED AS IT IS SENT/RECEIVED.
┬┴╒─ ┴─╩╒╙╘ ╚╔ ┬┘╘┼-
╩UST AS THE ╠╧ BYTE WAS CONSIDERED THE FINE ADJUSTMENT, SO THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED THE COARSE ADJUSTMENT. ├HANGING THIS VALUE WILL DRASTICALLY CHANGE THE BAUD RATE. ╘HE ┬┴╒─ ╚╔ ADJUST CAN BE USED MOST EFFECTIVLY TO CREATE NON-STANDARD BAUD RATES. ╘HE FORMULA FOR CALCULATING THE VALUES IS:
256*╚╔+╠╧((├╠╧├╦/┬┴╒─╥┴╘┼)/2)-100
├╠╧├╦= 1,022,730 - ┴MERICAN ╬╘╙├ VER.
├╠╧├╦= 985,250 - ┼UROPEAN ╨┴╠ VERSION
╙╧═┼ ╓┴╠╒┼╙ ╘╧ ╘╥┘:
350 BAUD: ╠╧=81 ╚╔=5
400 BAUD: ╠╧=154 ╚╔=4
450 BAUD: ╠╧=12 ╚╔=4
500 BAUD: ╠╧=154 ╚╔=3
550 BAUD: ╠╧=61 ╚╔=3
═╔╙├ ╞┼┴╘╒╥┼╙
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* ╘HE ╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨ KEY WILL ALWAYS RETURN TO THE PREVIOUS PROMPT.
* ╘HE TERMINAL MODE SCREEN IS SAVED WHEN YOU LEAVE TERMINAL MODE AND RECREATED WHEN YOU ENTER IT AGAIN.
* ╥┼╘╒╥╬ AT ANY PROMPT WILL DISPLAY THE LAST INPUT.
