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├├╟═╙! ╘ERMINAL ╓ERS 4.0 WITH ╥╠┼! ╔NSTRUCTIONS úúúúúúúúúúúú ╬OTE: ╔F READING THIS WITH THE ╘ERM'S ╥EAD ╞ILE OPTION, YOU MAY USE <SPACE> TO PAUSE AND THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY TO ABORT. (╘HERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES IN THE ORIGINAL COMMANDS, WHICH WILL FOLLOW THE LISTING OF THE NEW ONES.) ╘HE ONLY CHANGE WAS IN THE COMMAND SHF-CRTL 1 - 4. ╔T NOW WORKS IN ALL CASES, EVEN WHEN ON-LINE. ┼XCEPT WHEN USED WITH A FASTLOAD CARTRIDGE, IT'LL ONLY WORK 99% OF THE TIME. ╬┼╫ ├├╟═╙ ├╧══┴╬─╙ úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú ┴N ╥╠┼ (╥UN ╠ENGTH ┼NCODING) EMULATOR HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS TERMINAL TO ALLOW FOR A UNIVERSAL USAGE WITH ANY TYPE OF SYSTEM THAT USES ╥╠┼ PICTURES. ├OMMODORE : ╘URNS ON THE ╥╠┼ SCREEN. (╞OR USE IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PICTURE ONCE IT'S BEEN TURNED OFF.) ├OMMODORE ; ╘URNS OFF THE ╥╠┼ SCREEN. (╞OR USE IF THE TERMINAL DOESN'T RETURN TO THE TEXT SCREEN.) ├OMMODORE BACK-ARROW ╙AVES CURRENT ╥╠┼ PICTURE. (╨ICTURES ARE SAVED IN STANDARD ╥╠┼ FORMAT SO YOU CAN SEND THE PICTURES TO FRIENDS THAT HAVE AN ╥╠┼ COMPATIBLE TERMINAL PROGRAM, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF COMPUTER THEY HAVE!) ╥╠┼ PICTURES AREN'T STORED IN THE BUFFER, DUE TO THE FACT THAT SOME CAN GET VERY LARGE. ╘HAT'S WHY THERE IS A SPECIAL SAVE COMMAND. ┴LTHOUGH, IF YOU DO HAVE THE BUFFER OPEN AND VIEW AN ╥╠┼ FILE, WHILE ON-LINE, THE CHARACTERS 'GH' WILL APPEAR ON THERE OWN LINE, SHOWING WHERE YOU VIEWED AN ╥╠┼ FILE. ╧NLY ONE ╥╠┼ PICTURE CAN BE IN MEMORY AT ONE TIME, SO IT IS WISE TO SAVE THEM AFTER VIEWING. ╥╠┼ PICTURES CAN BE LOADED INTO THE BUFFER, WHICH HAS BEEN GREATLY REDUCED TO 23551 BYTES, AND BE VIEWD BY PRINTING OR TRANSMITTING IT, OR BE VIEWED USING THE ╥EAD/╙END COMMAND. ╬OTE: ╫HEN VIEWING AN ╥╠┼ FILE BEING TRANSMITTED BY ANOTHER COMPUTER IT CAN BE ABORTED BY PRESSING ANY KEY, BUT THE COMPUTER ON THE OTHER END WON'T STOP SENDING THE DATA. ╙O YOU MUST SEND THE PROPER CHARACTER TO STOP THE TRANSMITION. ┴BORT CODES VARY FROM SYSTEM TO SYSTEM. ┴NY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE ╥╠┼ & OTHER GRAPHIC CODES (WHICH AREN'T DOCUMENTED IN THIS FILE) SEND ┼-═AIL TO... JEFF LITZ ┼LECTRIC ─REAMS ┬┬╙ (╚OME OF THIS NEW TERM.) 414-654-9158 300/1200 ┬AUD 24 ╚RS. ╧R J LITZ ON ╤-LINK. ╧╠─ ├├╟═╙ ├╧══┴╬─╙ úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú ╘HE ├├╟═╙ ╘ERMINAL WAS WRITTEN FOR USE WITH ├├╟═╙ (├OMMODORE ├OLOR ╟RAPHICS ═ANIPULATION ╙YSTEM) ┬ULLETIN ┬OARDS. ╔T SHOULD ALSO BE COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER COLOR ┬┬╙ SYSTEMS AND WITH ┴╙├╔╔ (┴MERICAN ╙TANDARD ├ODE FOR ╔NFORMATION ╔NTERCHANGE) ┬ULLETIN ┬OARDS. ╫HEN YOU RUN THE ├├╟═╙ ╘ERMINAL, YOU WILL SEE THE FOLLOWING MENU DISPLAYED: <╞1> ╒PLOAD <╞2> ╙END/╥EAD FILE <╞3> ─OWNLOAD <╞4> ┬UFFER ├OMMANDS <╞5> ─ISK ├OMMAND <╞6> ─ISK ─IRECTORY <╞7> ─IALER/╨ARAMS <╞8> ╙WITCH ╘ERMS ╚ERE IS A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF EACH OF THESE FEATURES: <╞1> - ╒PLOAD ╘HIS FEATURE ALLOWS YOU TO SEND A FILE TO EITHER A ┬┬╙ OR TO ANOTHER PERSON. ╔F YOU ARE ON A ┬┬╙, YOU SHOULD FIRST SELECT THE ╒PLOAD OPTION ON THE BULLETIN BOARD AND WAIT UNTIL IT TELLS YOU TO "╙ELECT ╘RANSMIT", OR SOMETHING SIMILAR, BEFORE PRESSING <╞1>. ╔F YOU WISH TO SEND A FILE TO ANOTHER PERSON, THEY MUST SELECT THE ─OWNLOAD (╥ECEIVE) ╧PTION IN THEIR TERMINAL AT THE SAME TIME. ┴FTER PRESSING <╞1>, THE ╘ERMINAL WILL ASK YOU FOR A FILENAME. ╘YPE IN THE NAME OF THE FILE ON YOUR DISK YOU WISH TO SEND (AND HIT <╥┼╘╒╥╬>, OF COURSE.) ╔T WILL THEN ASK YOU WHETHER THE FILE IS A ╨ROGRAM OR ╙EQUENTIAL ╞ILE. ╨RESS <╨> OR <╙> ACCORDINGLY - NORMALLY IT WILL BE A ╨ROGRAM FILE. ┴FTER A BREIF PAUSE, THE ╘ERMINAL WILL GIVE YOU THIS DISPLAY: ╒PLOADING... ├= ABORTS .2.4.6.8./.2.4.6.8./.2.4.6.8./.2.4.6.8./ ╔F YOU DO NOT GET THIS DISPLAY WITHIN A FEW SECONDS OR SO, THEN SOMETHING HAS PROBABLY GONE WRONG WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE TRANSFER, AND YOU SHOULD PRESS THE ├= KEY TO ABORT AND THEN TRY THE WHOLE PROCEDURE AGAIN. ╘HE NUMBERS ACROSS THE SCREEN SIMPLY ACT AS A "METER STICK" TO TELL YOU HOW MANY BLOCKS OF THE PROGRAM HAVE BEEN SENT OR RECEIVED SO FAR. ┴S THE TRANSFER PROGRESSES, DASHES WILL BE PRINTED ON THE SCREEN, ONE FOR EACH GOOD DATA BLOCK SENT. ╔F A COLON (:) APPEARS, IT SIGNIFIES A BAD BLOCK, WHICH MAY BE CAUSED BY INTERFERENCE ON THE PHONE LINE. ─O NOT WORRY ABOUT BAD BLOCKS UNLESS YOU GET A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM, BECAUSE THE TERMINAL WILL KEEP ON RESENDING THEM UNTIL THEY TRANSFER CORRECTLY. ╫HEN THE TRANSFER IS FINISHED, AN ASTERISK (*) WILL BE PRINTED AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO ╘ERMINAL ═ODE. ╔F AT ANY TIME YOU NEED TO ABORT THE TRANSFER, PRESS AND HOLD THE ├= KEY. <╞3> ─OWNLOAD ╘HIS FUNCTION LETS YOU RECEIVE A FILE FROM A ┬┬╙ OR FROM ANOTHER PERSON. ╔F ON A ┬┬╙, YOU MUST FIRST PICK THE ─OWNLOAD OPTION OF THE BULLETIN BOARD, AND ENTER THE TERMINAL'S DOWNLOAD OPTION WHEN IT TELLS YOU TO "╙ELECT ╥ECEIVE". ╔F RECEIVING A PROGRAM FROM SOMEONE, THEY MUST ALSO ENTER THE ╒PLOAD OPTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. ╘YPE IN THE NAME OF THE FILE AS YOU WANT IT TO APPEAR ON YOUR DISK. ┴FTER A BRIEF PAUSE, TRANSFER WILL BEGIN. ╞ROM THIS POINT ON, THE TRANSFER WORKS EXACTLY LIKE THE ╒PLOAD OPTION, LISTED IN DETAIL ABOVE. ╔F YOU HAVE TROUBLE REMEMBERING WHICH IS SEND AND WHICH IS RECEIVE, ALWAYS THINK OF THE PERSON OR ┬┬╙ AT THE OTHER END AS BEING ABOVE YOU, OVER YOUR HEAD. ╔F YOU WANT TO SEND SOME- THING, YOU HAVE TO SEND IT ╒╨ TO HIM. ╔F YOU WANT TO RECEIVE SOMETHING, IT HAS TO BE SENT ─╧╫╬ TO YOU. <╞2> ╙END/╥EAD FILE ┴FTER PRESSING <╞2> THE TERMINAL WILL ASK YOU WHETHER YOU WANT TO <╥>EAD A FILE OR <╙>END A FILE. ╘O READ THE CONTENTS OF A FILE ON DISK, PRESS ╥, AND THEN ENTER THE NAME OF THE FILE. ╔F YOU WANT THIS FILE TO BE SENT TO THE MODEM AS WELL, PRESS ╙ AND THEN ENTER THE NAME. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO PRE-MAKE YOUR MESSAGES OFF-LINE AND THEN SEND THEM TO A ┬┬╙. <╞4> ┬UFFER ├OMMANDS ╨RESSING <╞4> WILL GIVE YOU THIS MENU: <╧>PEN <├>LOSE <┼>RASE <╘>RANSMIT <╠>OAD <╙>AVE <╨>RINT: ╘HE STATUS OF THE BUFFFER (WHETHER IT IS OPEN OR CLOSED AND HOW MANY BYTES ARE STILL UNUSED) WILL BE DISPLAYED IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THIS COMMAND LINE. ╨RESS THE APPROPRIATE KEY OF YOUR CHOICE, OR <╥┼╘╒╥╬> TO RETURN TO ╘ERMINAL MODE. ╫HEN THE ┬UFFER IS <╧>PEN, EVERYTHING YOU RECEIVE THROUGH MODEM IN TERMINAL MODE WILL BE STORED. <├>LOSE THE BUFFER TO STOP THE INCOMING CHARACTERS FROM BEING STORED. <┼>RASE THE BUFFER TO CLEAR IT. ╘HE <╘>RANSMIT OPTION WILL SEND WHAT IS IN YOUR BUFFER THROUGH THE MODEM, JUST AS IF YOU WERE SENDING A FILE WITH THE MAIN <╞2> OPT. <╠>OAD ALLOWS YOU TO LOAD THE CONTENTS OF A DISK FILE INTO YOUR BUFFER, WHILE <╙>AVE WILL SAVE THE CONTENTS OF YOUR BUFFER TO DISK. ╞OR THESE TWO OPTIONS, TYPE THE NAME OF THE FILE ON YOUR DISK. ┴NY FILE THAT IS LOADED WILL AUTO- MATICALLY BE APPENDED TO WHATEVER MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE BUFFER BEFORE THE LOAD. ╞INALLY, <╨>RINT WILL OUTPUT THE CONTENTS OF THE BUFFER RAPIDLY TO YOUR SCREEN, STOPPING AT THE LAST CHARACTER STORED. ╨RESS <SPACE> TO PAUSE AND ╙╘╧╨ TO ABORT DURING THE OUTPUT. <╞5> ─ISK ├OMMAND ╘HIS OPTION WILL GIVE YOU THIS PROMPT: ─ISK-> ╘YPE IN A COMMAND FOR THE DISK DRIVE TO EXECUTE, SUCH AS: S0:FILENAME TO SCRATCH (DELETE) A FILE. ╥EFER TO YOUR DISK DRIVE MANUAL FOR AN EXPLAN- ATION OF THE DISK DRIVE COMMANDS. ╨RESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬> TO READ THE DRIVE ERROR STATUS AND ABORT. <╞6> ─ISK ─IRECTORY ─ISPLAYS A NORMAL DISK DIRECTORY. ╨RESS <SPACE> TO PAUSE AND ╙╘╧╨ TO ABORT THE LISTING. <╞7> ─IALER/╨ARAMS ╘HIS WILL TAKE YOU TO A COMPLETELY SEPARATE MENU FOR AUTO-DIALING AND CHANGING TERMINAL PARAMETERS: <┴>UTO-DIAL ═ODEM <┬>AUD ╥ATE - 0300 <─>UPLEX - ╞ULL <═>ODEM ╘YPE - 1650 COMPATIBLES ├HECK TO MAKE SURE THE ═ODEM ╘YPE MATCHES YOUR MODEM. ╔F NOT, PRESS THE <═> KEY TO SELECT BETWEEN 1650 COMPATIBLES, ╚┼╙ ╔╔/═ITEY ═O, 1660 MODEM PULSE DIALING, 1660 WITH TOUCH- TONE DIALING, AND THE ═╨╨ 1064 MODEM. ╔F YOU HAVE A NON-DIAL MODEM, LIKE THE ╓╔├ 1600, DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE ═ODEM ╘YPE. ┘OU MUST DIAL BY HAND AND THEN CONNECT THE MODEM WHEN YOU HEAR A CARRIER TONE. ╨RESS <┬> TO SELECT THE BAUD RATE, BETWEEN 300, 450, AND 1200 BAUD. ┬AUD RATE IS THE TRANSFER SPEED IN BITS PER SECOND, AND THE NORMAL RATE IS 300 BAUD. ╨RESS <─> TO SELECT ╞ULL OR ╚ALF DUPLEX. ╞ULL DUPLEX IS THE MODE YOU SHOULD BE IN WHEN YOU CALL A ┬┬╙. ┘OU SHOULD SELECT ╚ALF-─UPLEX WHEN YOU WANT TO TYPE TO A FRIEND WHO IS ALSO IN A TERMINAL, OR WHEN YOU WANT TO TYPE WHILE OFF-LINE, PERHAPS TO CREATE PRE-MADE MESSAGES IN YOUR BUFFER AND SAVE THEM AT A LATER TIME. ╥EMEMBER TO SWITCH BACK TO ╞ULL BEFORE CALLING ANY ┬┬╙'S. ╫HEN YOU WANT TO USE YOUR AUTO-DIAL MODEM TO DIAL A NUMBER, PRESS THE <┴> KEY. ╘YPE IN THE NUMBER YOU WISH TO CALL. ╔T WILL THEN DIAL THE NUMBER AND WAIT UNTIL IT RECEIVES A CARRIER. ╔F NO CARRIER TONE IS RECEIVED, IT WILL HANG UP ANDKEEP REDIALING THE NUMBER UNTIL IT GETS THROUGH, OR UNTIL YOU ABORT BY HOLDING DOWN ╙╘╧╨. ╬╧╘┼: ╔F YOU HAVE A 1660 MODEM, YOUR MODEM DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DETECT IF A CARRIER IS BEING SENT. ╔NSTEAD, ANSWER THE PROMPT YOU WILL BE GIVEN AS TO WHETHER YOU WANT TO DIAL A <╬>EW NUMBER, <╥>EDIAL, OR ABORT TO <╘>ERMINAL ═ODE. ╘O ABORT THE ┴UTO-─IALER COMPLETELY, PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬> WHEN IT ASKS FOR A NUMBER TO DIAL. <╞8> ╙WITCH ╘ERMINALS ╘HIS KEY SIMPLY SWITCHES BETWEEN ╟RAPHICS AND ┴╙├╔╔ ╘ERMINALS. ╫HEN CALLING A ├├╟═╙ OR OTHER COLOR ┬┬╙, USE THE ╟RAPHICS ╘ERM. ╫HEN CALLING ANY OTHER ┬┬╙, USE THE ┴╙├╔╔ ╘ERM. ╘HIS CONCLUDES THE SUMMARY OF THE ╞UNCTION ╦EY COMMANDS AND THEIR SUB-OPTIONS. ╘HE FOLLOWING KEYS ARE ACTIVE IN EITHER ╟RAPHICS OR ┴╙├╔╔ ╘ERMINAL ═ODES: ╙╚╔╞╘ ╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨ - ╚ANGS UP THE MODEM, ╚ANGS UP THE PHONE. ╫ORKS WITH AUTO- DIAL MODEMS ONLY. ╙╚╔╞╘ <- (LEFT ARROW) -╘OGGLES BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT CURSOR TYPES, DESTRUCTIVE AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE. ╘HE DESTRUCTIVE CURSOR ERASES ANY CHARACTER IT MOVES OVER, AND LOOKS LIKE A LEFT ARROW. ╘HE ╬ON-─ESTRUCIVE ├URSOR (╬─├) LOOKS LIKE A NON-BLINKING VERSION OF ┬ASIC'S CURSOR, AND ALLOWS CURSOR MOVEMENT OVER EXISTING CHAR- ACTERS WITHOUT ERASING THEM. ╬OTE: ╫HEN YOU ARE ON A ├├╟═╙ ┬ULLETIN ┬OARD, PLEASE USE THE ├╘╥╠-╩ AND ├╘╥╠-╦ KEYS TO SELECT YOUR CURSOR TYPE INSTEAD OF ╙╚╔╞╘ <-. ╘HIS WAY THE ┬┬╙ WILL KNOW WHAT CURSOR MODE YOU ARE IN, SO OTHER PEOPLE CAN READ YOUR MSSGS IN THE SAME CURSOR TYPE THEY WERE CREATED IN. ╠AST, BUT NOT LEAST: ╙╚╔╞╘ ├╘╥╠ AND 1 - 4. ╘HESE KEYS TOGGLE BETWEEN ONE OF FOUR SEPARATE STORAGE SCREENS, USED SIMULAR TO ╞IRSTERM'S ├╘╥╠-╪ OPTION. ┘OU CAN USE THESE SEPARATE SCREENS TO CAPTURE SCREEN-FULS OF INFO SO YOU MAY REFER TO THEM AT A LATER TIME. ╟REAT FOR CAPTURING ┬┬╙ ═ENUS, MAIL, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ╘O USE, WHENEVER SOMETHING YOU WISH TO "CAPTURE" IS ON THE SCREEN, HOLD DOWN ╙╚╔╞╘ AND ├╘╥╠, AND PRESS A NUMBER KEY 1-4, DEPENDING ON WHICH ALTERNATE SCREEN YOU WANT IT TRANSFERED TO. ╫HEN YOU DO THIS, IT WILL SWAP THE SCREEN THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY STORED UNDER THAT NUMBER WITH WHATEVER YOU HAVE ON THE SCREEN TO "CAPTURE". ╫HEN YOU FIRST START OUT, ALL 4 ALTERNATE SCREENS WILL BE BLANK. ╘O VIEW THAT SCREEN AGAIN AFTER IT'S CAPTURED, JUST PRESS ╙╚╔╞╘ ├╘╥╠ AND THE SAME NUMBER KEY AGAIN. ╫HEN YOU ARE THROUGH LOOKING AT THE MENU OR WHAT- EVER YOU HAVE SAVED ON THAT SCREEN, PRESS THE KEY AGAIN TO GO BACK TO THE SCREEN YOU WERE ON BEFORE. ┼XPERIMENT WITH THIS TO GET THE HANG OF HOW IT WORKS. ╧NCE YOU DO, YOU'LL FIND THIS FEATURE A VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE TERMINAL. ╚OPE YOU ENJOY THE NEW VERSION OF THE ├├╟═╙ ╘ERMINAL. ╘HAT'S ALL, FOLKS. !!!! 
