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text editorá úúúúúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO COMPOSE TEXT FOR UPLOADING AND EDIT DOWNLOADED TEXT. pRESS 'b' AT THE MENU SCREEN UNTIL 'editor' IS HIGHLIGHTED, THEN HIT return. yOU'LL BE ASKED IF YOU WANT 80 COLUMN MODE. tHE 80 COLUMN MODE IS ONLY FOR VIEWING TEXT TO SEE HOW IT'LL LOOK ON PAPER, SO IF YOU WANT TO ENTER NEW TEXT OR EDIT OLD TEXT, HIT THE 'n' KEY. aNY DATA IN THE BUFFER WILL THEN APPEAR ON THE SCREEN. iF THE BUFFER IS EMPTY, THE SCREEN WILL CLEAR AND THE CURSOR WILL BE IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER. nOW YOU CAN TYPE IN NEW TEXT OR EDIT THE BUFFER CONTENTS. yOU GET TEXT INTO THE BUFFER EITHER BY TYPING IT IN, DOWNLOADING IN TERMINAL MODE, OR LOADING FROM DISK. uSE THE CURSOR AND inst/del KEYS TO MOVE ABOUT THE SCREEN AND MAKE CHANGES TO THE TEXT. cursor down WILL ALSO CAUSE TEXT TO SCROLL UP FROM THE BOTTOM text editor úúúúúúúúúúúúú OF THE SCREEN WHEN THE CURSOR IS ON THE BOTTOM LINE. cursor up SCROLLS TEXT DOWN WHEN ON THE TOP LINE. tHE home KEY MOVES TO THE BEGINNING OF TEXT. wORDS, SENTENCES, OR PARAGRAPHS CAN BE ERASED OR MOVED USING ctrl-w, ctrl-l, AND ctrl-p RESPECTIVELY TO ERASE AND ctrl-r TO REINSERT. fOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HOLD DOWN control, EACH TIME YOU HIT 'l' THE SENTENCE TO THE RIGHT OF THE CURSOR WILL BE ERASED. bUT THESE SENTENCES AREN'T LOST, THEY GO INTO AN 'ERASE BUFFER'. ctrl-r REINSERTS THE CONTENTS OF THE ERASE BUFFER TO THE RIGHT OF WHEREVER THE CURSOR IS THEN POSITIONED. cLEAR THE ERASE BUFFER WITH ctrl-c. shift + clear ERASES ALL TEXT FROM THE CURSOR ON. cHECK MARKS APPEARING IN THE TEXT ARE NOT PRINTED, THEY SHOW WHERE CARRIAGE RETURNS MARK THE ENDS OF PARAGRAPHS. tO EXIT FROM THE EDITOR, HIT THE british pound KEY. load file úúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO LOAD DATA INTO THE BUFFER FROM DISK FOR UPLOADING EDITING, PRINTING, MOVING TO ANOTHER DISK, OR TO READ IT ON THE SCREEN. pRESS THE 'b' KEY UNTIL 'load' IS HIGHLIGHTED, THEN PRESS return. yOU WILL SEE A PROMPT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN FOR THE FILE TYPE, PROGRAM OR SEQUENTIAL. tHE FILE TYPE IS SHOWN IN THE DISK DIRECTORY TO THE RIGHT OF THE FILE NAME. pROGRAM FILES ARE USUALLY JUST THAT, basic OR MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AND CAN'T BE READ WITH THE TEXT EDITOR. uSUALLY, YOU WILL ONLY LOAD A PROGRAM FILE IN ORDER TO UPLOAD IT OR MOVE IT TO ANOTHER DISK. sEQUENTIAL FILES ARE USUALLY TEXT AND, BESIDES UPLOADING, THEY CAN ALSO BE READ FROM THE SCREEN, EDITED, OR SENT TO THE PRINTER. oNCE YOU HAVE ENTERED THE PROPER FILE TYPE ('p' OR 's'), YOU'LL BE ASKED FOR load file úúúúúúúúúúú A FILENAME. eNTER THE FILE NAME AS IT APPEARS IN THE DISK DIRECTORY AND HIT return. tHE FILE WILL THEN BE LOADED INTO THE BUFFER. fILES THAT ARE TOO LONG TO FIT IN THE BUFFER WILL BE LOADED UNTIL THE BUFFER IS FILLED. tHE PROGRAM WILL THEN SWITCH TO editor TO ALLOW YOU TO VIEW THAT PORTION OF THE FILE. iT'LL THEN BE NECESSARY TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FILE BY DELETING ALL OR PART OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BUFFER USING shift & clear. wHEN FILES ARE BEING LOADED, ANY DISK ERRORS WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU SCREEN. note: iF YOU load A FILE WITHOUT FIRST CLEARING THE buffer, THE FILE WILL BE APPENDED TO WHAT IS ALREADY IN THE BUFFER. tHE buffer IS cleared IN THE editor MODE USING THE shift & clear KEY COMBINATION. save file úúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO SAVE DATA FROM THE BUFFER TO DISK. tHE BUFFER COULD CONTAIN TEXT ENTERED IN THE editor MODE (SEE editor), DATA LOADED FROM DISK (SEE load file), OR DATA DOWNLOADED IN terminal MODE (SEE terminal). pRESS THE 'b' KEY UNTIL 'save file' IS HIGHLIGHTED AND HIT return. yOU WILL BE ASKED TO SELECT A FILE TYPE (note: PROMPTS APPEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU SCREEN). yOU MAY CHOOSE EITHER PROGRAM OR SEQUENTIAL ('p' OR 's'). iF THE DATA IN THE BUFFER IS A PROGRAM, YOU SHOULD HIT THE 'p' KEY. iF THE BUFFER CONTAINS TEXT, YOU WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO SAVE IT AS A SEQUENTIAL FILE ('s' KEY). hOWEVER, THAT MAY DEPEND UPON YOUR FUTURE USE OF FILE, FOR INSTANCE, SOME WORD PROCESSORS USE PROGRAM FILES. oNCE YOU HAVE ENTERED THE PROPER FILE TYPE ('p' OR 's'), YOU'LL BE ASKED FOR save file úúúúúúúúúúú A FILENAME. eNTER ANY NAME YOU WANT UP TO 16 CHARACTERS AND HIT return. tHE DRIVE WILL RUN AND THE CONTENTS OF THE BUFFER WILL BE SAVED TO DISK. aNY DISK ERRORS WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU SCREEN. bESIDES SAVING DOWNLOADED DATA OR EDITED TEXT, THIS OPTION IS MAY ALSO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 'load file' OPTION TO COPY FILES FROM ONE DISK TO ANOTHER. printer úúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE A PRINTED COPY OF TEXT IN THE BUFFER. tHE BUFFER COULD CONTAIN TEXT ENTERED IN THE editor MODE (SEE editor), DATA LOADED FROM DISK (SEE load file), OR DATA DOWNLOADED IN terminal MODE (SEE terminal). iF THE BUFFER CONTAINS A PROGRAM, YOU WILL PROBABLY GET STRANGE RESULTS, UNLESS IT IS IN ascii FORM (I. E. A basic LISTING). pRESS THE 'b' KEY UNTIL 'printer' IS HIGHLIGHTED AND HIT return. note: IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR PRINTER BE ON LINE PRIOR TO SELECTING 'printer', OR A 'LOCKUP' MAY RESULT. aT THIS POINT, THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THE BUFFER WILL BE SENT TO YOUR PRINTER. iF YOU DON'T WANT TO PRINT EVERYTHING, YOU MAY USE THE 'editor' TO DELETE PARTS OF THE TEXT YOU DON'T WANT TO PRINT. printer úúúúúúúúú yOU CAN ALSO BYPASS PARTS OF THE TEXT BY USING THE editor TO IMBED ctrl-1 AND ctrl-5 IN THE TEXT. ctrl-1 SUSPENDS PRINTING, ctrl-5 RESUMES IT FURTHER ALONG IN THE TEXT. tHIS FEATURE ALSO WORKS WHEN UPLOADING ascii. wHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR PRINTOUT IS WHAT'LL BE UPLOADED. sET margins BY IMBEDDING ctrl-4(left) AND ctrl-8(right) FOLLOWED BY A 3 DIGIT NUMBER. fOR EXAMPLE, [ctrl-4]010[ctrl-8]070[return], AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TEXT, PLACES THE LEFT MARGIN AT PRINT POSITION 10 AND RIGHT MARGIN AT PRINT POSITION 70. yOU CAN ALSO PRINT OUT DATA WHILE YOU ARE ON LINE. iF YOU HIT THE left arrow KEY WHILE IN THE terminal MODE, ALL RECEIVED DATA WILL GO TO THE PRINTER, HOWEVER, UNLESS THE HOST RECOGNIZES x-on/x-off PROTOCOL, YOU WILL LOSE SOME DATA (SEE terminal). convert basic úúúúúúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO CONVERT A basic LISTING (ascii) INTO A RUNNABLE (TOKENIZED) basic PROGRAM. lISTINGS ARE MOST COMMONLY FOUND ON bbs'S. tHEY ARE STORED AS ascii INSTEAD OF BINARY (TOKENIZED) AS A WAY TO MAKE THEM MORE PORTABLE BETWEEN DIFFERENT COMPUTERS. bEFORE MAKING THIS SELECTION, YOU MUST HAVE A basic LISTING IN THE BUFFER. yOU CAN GET A LISTING INTO THE BUFFER EITHER BY DOWNLOADING TO THE BUFFER OR BY LOADING THE FILE FROM DISK. oNCE THE FILE IS IN THE BUFFER, PRESS THE 'b' KEY UNTIL 'convert basic' IS HIGHLIGHTED AND HIT 'return'. yOU SHOULD SEE EACH LINE OF THE PROGRAM APPEAR AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN AS IT IS TOKENIZED. wHEN THE PROCESS IS COMPLETED, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR A FILE NAME. convert basic úúúúúúúúúúúúúúú eNTER A FILE NAME AND HIT 'return'. tHE PROGRAM WILL BE SAVED TO DISK AND YOU'LL BE RETURNED TO THE menu SCREEN. note: iF THE PROGRAM WASN'T ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR A cOMMODORE COMPUTER, IT MAY CONTAIN SOME basic STATEMENTS NOT RECOGNIZED BY YOUR COMPUTER. tHIS MAY RESULT IN AN ERROR CONDITION WHICH MAY TERMINATE THE CONVERSION AND DESTROY THE FILE. tO AVOID THIS YOU SHOULD USE THE editor TO DELETE OR CHANGE ANY UNUSUAL basicáSTATEMENTS. iT'S ALSO A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL FILE ON DISK. directory úúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION WILL DISPLAY THE DISK DIRECTORY. tO SEE THE DIRECTORY, HIT 'd' AT THE menu SCREEN 'TIL 'directory' IS HIGHLIGHTED, THEN PRESS 'return'. iF THERE IS A DISK IN THE DRIVE, ITS DIRECTORY WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN. tO RETURN TO THE MENU SCREEN FROM THE DIRECTORY DISPLAY, HIT ANY KEY. disk commands úúúúúúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION LETS YOU SEND COMMANDS TO THE DISK DRIVE. yOU CAN FORMAT DISKS, SCRATCH (ERASE) FILES, ETC. WITHOUT LEAVING THE PROGRAM. pRESS 'd' UNTIL 'commands' IS HIGHLIGHTED, THEN HIT 'return'. a PROMPT ( > ) WILL APPEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. yOU CAN THEN ENTER ANY DISK COMMAND DESCRIBED IN THE DISK DRIVE USER'S MANUAL. fOR EXAMPLE, TO FORMAT A DISK WITH THE NAME 'DATA' AND DISK id 01, TYPE: >N:DATA,01 <return> OR >N0:DATA,01 <return> tO ERASE A FILE NAMED 'CHESS', TYPE: >S:CHESS <return> OR >S0:CHESS <return> read errors úúúúúúúúúúúúú iN MOST CASES, THE PROGRAM MONITORS ANY DISK ERRORS AND AUTOMATICALLY DISPLAYS THEM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU SCREEN. hOWEVER, THERE MAY BE A TIME WHEN THE RED led ON THE DRIVE WILL BE FLASHING. tHIS SELECTION LETS YOU READ THE DISK DRIVE ERROR MESSAGE. program keys úúúúúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO RETREIVE PROGRAMMED KEYBOARD DATA FROM DISK. sEE 'build file' FOR A DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO CREATE A PROGRAMMED KEYBOARD FLLE. tO RETRIEVE A FILE, PRESS 'p' AT THE MENU SCREEN UNTIL 'get file' IS HIGH- LIGHTED, THEN PRESS 'return'. yOU WILL BE PROMPTED WITH 'fILENAME:'. eNTER THE FILENAME OF THE DESIRED FILE AND PRESS 'return'. tHE DATA IS NOW LOADED INTO MEMORY AND THE PROGRAMMED KEYS CAN BE USED TO SEND COMMANDS, PASSWORDS, ETC. WHILE ON LINE. program keys úúúúúúúúúúúúúú iF YOUR KEYBOARD DATA WAS SAVED AS PART OF THE 'DEFAULT' FILE (SEE 'oPERATING pARAMETERS'), THE DATA WILL BE LOADED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN YOU BOOT THE PROGRAM AND YOU NEED NOT USE THIS OPTION. sEE 'build file' FOR A DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO USE PROGRAMMED KEYBOARD DATA, AND HOW TO SAVE IT AS PART OF THE 'DEFAULT' FILE. program keys úúúúúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION LETS YOU PROGRAM CERTAIN KEYS TO SEND COMMANDS, PASSWORDS, ETC. uP TO 25 KEYS CAN BE PROGRAMMED, AND THERE IS SPACE FOR UP TO 256 TOTAL CHARACTERS. yOU CAN PROGRAM EACH KEY TO SEND AS MANY CHARACTERS AS YOU WANT, JUST SO THE TOTAL IS NOT MORE THAN 256. aLL THE LETTER KEYS (A-Z, EXCEPT J) CAN BE PROGRAMMED. tO PROGRAM THE KEYS, PRESS 'p' AT THE MENU UNTIL 'build file' IS HIGHLIGHTED, & HIT 'return'. yOU'LL SEE THE CURRENT PROGRAMMED KEYS IN MEMORY. hOLD DOWN THE cbm lOGO KEY AND PRESS A LETTER KEY. tHE LETTER WILL APPEAR AFTER THE PROMPT, AND YOU CAN ENTER A STRING OF CHARACTERS. wHEN YOU HIT return THE ENTRY IS ADDED TO THOSE ALREADY IN MEMORY. iF YOU SELECT A KEY THAT'S ALREADY PROGRAMMED, THE NEW ENTRY WILL REPLACE THE OLD ONE. wHEN FINISHED, HIT THE bRITISH pOUND KEY AND YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR A fILENAME. progr┴m keys úúúúúúúúúúúúúú iF YOU DON'T WANT TO SAVE THE FILE SEPARATELY (yOU CAN SAVE YOUR KEYBOARD DATA AS PART OF A LARGER FILE; SEE operating parameters - modem OPTION), HIT 'return' WITHOUT ENTERING A FILE NAME AND YOU'LL BE RETURNED TO THE MENU SCREEN. oTHERWISE ENTER A FILENAME, HIT 'return' AND YOUR DATA WILL BE SAVED FOR FUTURE USE (SEE 'get file'). iN EITHER CASE, YOUR DATA WILL REMAIN IN MEMORY AS LONG AS YOUR COMPUTER IS LEFT ON. wHEN ON LINE, YOU CAN SEND A COMMAND OR PHRASE BY HOLDING DOWN THE cOMMODORE lOGO KEY AND PRESSING THE CORRECT LETTER KEY. fOR EXAMPLE IF YOU PROGRAMMED THE 'a' KEY WITH YOUR NAME, >a: jOHN sMITH yOU CAN SEND IT BY HOLDING DOWN THE ╠OGO KEY AND HITTING THE 'a' KEY. program keys úúúúúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION WILL DISPLAY THE PROGRAM KEY DATA CURRENTLY IN MEMORY. uSE THIS FEATURE IF YOU NEED A REMINDER OF WHICH KEY SENDS WHICH STRING. tO DISPLAY THE DATA, PRESS 'p' AT THE MENU UNTIL 'display file' IS HIGHLIGHTED, AND HIT 'return'. tHE SCREEN WILL CLEAR AND YOU'LL SEE YOUR DATA (PROVIDED THERE'S ANYTHING STORED THERE - SEE 'get file' AND 'bu╔ld file'). yOU SHOULD SEE A LIST LIKE THIS: >p: PASSWORD >b: bILL >s: sMITH >c: cOMPUSERVE >a: 74335,507 progr┴m keys úúúúúúúúúúúúúú aS WITH MOST OF THE PROGRAM'S FUNCTIONS, PRESSING THE bRITISH pOUND KEY RETURNS YOU TO THE MENU SCREEN. get file (auto dial) úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO RETREIVE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY DATA FROM DISK. sEE 'build file' FOR A DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO CREATE A TELEPHONE DIRECTORY FLLE. tO RETRIEVE A FILE, PRESS 'a' AT THE MENU SCREEN UNTIL 'get file' IS HIGH- LIGHTED, THEN PRESS 'return'. yOU WILL BE PROMPTED WITH 'fILENAME:'. eNTER THE FILENAME OF THE DESIRED FILE AND PRESS 'return'. tHE DATA IS NOW LOADED INTO MEMORY AND PHONE NUMBERS CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY DIALED BY USING THE 'dIAL' OPTION. get file (auto dial) úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú iF YOUR PHONE DIRECTORY WAS SAVED AS PART OF THE 'DEFAULT' FILE (SEE 'oPERATING pARAMETERS'), THE DATA WILL BE LOADED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN YOU BOOT THE PROGRAM AND YOU NEED NOT USE THIS OPTION. sEE 'dial' FOR A DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO USE THE PHONE DIRECTORY TO AUTODIAL, AND 'build file' TO SEE HOW TO SAVE IT AS PART OF THE 'DEFAULT' FILE. build file (auto dial) úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE A TELEPHONE DIRECTORY FOR AUTODIALING. sEE 'dial' FOR A DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO DIAL FROM THE PHONE DIRECTORY. tO CREATE A DIRECTORY, PRESS 'a' AT THE MENU SCREEN UNTIL 'build file' IS HIGHLIGHTED, THEN PRESS 'return'. a COLUMN OF LETTERS (A - O) WILL APPEAR. sELECT A LETTER FROM THE KEYBOARD AND ENTER THE DESIRED PHONE NUMBER. yOU MAY PRECEDE NUMBERS BY DESCRIPTIVE NAMES. fOR INSTANCE, EITHER 9224095, 922-4095, OR bbs 9224095 ARE VALID. jUST REMEMBER NAMES AND DASHES USE UP MEMORY AND YOU HAVE ROOM FOR A TOTAL OF 256 CHARACTERS IN EACH DIRECTORY. aFTER ENTERING THE PHONE NUMBER, HIT return AND IT WILL APPEAR NEXT TO THE PROPER LETTER IN THE COLUMN. iF THERE IS A PHONE NUMBER THERE ALREADY, IT'LL BE REPLACED BY THE NEW NUMBER. iF YOU SELECT A LETTER AND HIT return WITHOUT build file (auto dial) úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú MAKING AN ENTRY the old entry will be erased. wHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED CREATING YOUR DIRECTORY, PRESS THE 'british pound' KEY. yOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO SAVE THE DIRECTORY TO DISK. iF YOU PRESS THE 'y' KEY YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR A FILE NAME, OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE menu SCREEN. iN EITHER CASE, THE PHONE DIRECTORY WILL STAY IN MEMORY UNTIL YOU LOAD ANOTHER DIRECTORY OR TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER. yOU CAN ALSO SAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBERS AS PART OF THE 'default' FILE (SEE 'modem') AND THEY WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY LOADED WHENEVER YOU BOOT THE PROGRAM. sEE 'dial' FOR A DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO USE THE PHONE DIRECTORY TO AUTODIAL, AND 'get file' TO SEE HOW TO LOAD ONE FROM DISK. dial úúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO AUTODIAL A NUMBER FROM THE PHONE DIRECTORY THAT IS CURRENTLY IN MEMORY. bEFORE TRYING TO DIAL MAKE SURE THAT THE MODEM YOU ARE USING HAS BEEN SELECTED (SEE 'oPERATING pARAMETERS'). tO DIAL A NUMBER, PRESS 'a' AT THE menu SCREEN UNTIL 'dial' IS HIGHLIGHTED, THEN PRESS 'return'. iF THERE IS A DIRECTORY IN MEMORY, IT WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN. eACH NUMBER IS PRECEDED BY A LETTER. iT SHOULD LOOK LIKE: a: bbs 922-4095 b: tYMNET 1234567 tO DIAL THE tYMNET NUMBER, FOR EXAMPLE SIMPLY PRESS THE 'b' KEY. iF YOU ARE USING A MODEM SUCH AS THE 1650, YOU WILL BE REMINDED TO 'sWITCH TO dATA'. wITH A 'hAYES' TYPE, YOU'LL BE PROMPTED FOR PULSE OR TONE DIALING. dial úúúúúú tO ABORT THE DIALING AT ANY TIME, PRESS 'run/stop'. oNCE THE DIALING IS DONE AND A CONNECTION IS MADE, YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY PLACED IN THE 'tERMINAL' MODE AND CAN BEGIN COMMUNICATING (SEE 'exit TO terminal'). iF A CONNECTION CAN'T BE MADE (I.E. BUSY, NO ANSWER) YOU WILL BE PROMPTED WITH: rEDIAL?(N). iF YOU DON'T RESPOND WITHIN 10 SECONDS, THE NUMBER WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REDIALED. pRESSING THE 'n' KEY AT THE 'rEDIAL?(N)' PROMPT WILL TERMINATE THE AUTO-REDIAL AND ALLOW YOU TO DIAL A DIFFERENT NUMBER OR EXIT. tO EXIT THE 'dial' MODE, HIT THE 'british pound' KEY AND YOU WILL BE BACK AT THE menu SCREEN. tO HANG UP THE 1660 OR mITEY-MO IN THE TERMINAL MODE, HIT cursor down. bOTH THESE MODEMS ARE PLACED off hook WHEN EXITING AND REENTERING terminal MODE. colors úúúúúúúú tHE PROCEDURE FOR CHANGING border, screen, OR text COLOR IS THE SAME. hIT 'c' AT THE menu SCREEN UNTIL ONE OF THE THREE CHOICES IS HIGHLIGHTED AND HIT 'return'. nOW, EACH TIME YOU HIT A KEY (EXCEPT 'return'), THE COLOR WILL CHANGE. wHEN YOU SEE THE COLOR YOU WANT, HIT 'return' TO SELECT IT. colors úúúúúúúú yOU CAN REPEAT THIS PROCEDURE AS MANY TIMES AS YOU NEED TO GET THE DESIRED COLOR COMBINATION. sELECTED COLORS CAN BE MADE PERMANENT BY SAVING THEM IN THE 'dEFAULT' FILE. tO DO THIS, SELECT 'modem' FROM THE 'operating parameters' MENU. aFTER MAKING A MODEM SELECTION, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO SAVE THE NEW PARAMETERS. yOU WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO SAVE THEM AS EITHER 'dEFAULT' OR ANY OTHER FILE NAME. tHE DIFFERENCE IS THE dEFAULT PARAMETERS ARE LOADED EACH TIME YOU 'BOOT' THE PROGRAM. tHIS FILE WILL CONTAIN THE THE CURRENT OPERATING PARAMETERS AND SELECTED COLORS AS WELL AS THE PHONE DIRECTORY AND PROGRAM KEY DATA CURRENTLY STORED IN MEMORY. sEE 'modem' FOR MORE ON THIS OPTION. load file (operating parameters) úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO RECALL A PRESET SERIES OF PARAMETERS (baud RATE, PARITY, WORD LENGTH, ETC.) FROM DISK. tHIS IS USEFUL WHEN YOU NEED TO CONNECT WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT HOSTS THAT USE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS. pROGRAM KEYBOARD DATA AND PHONE NUMBERS CAN ALSO BE IN THE FILE. sO YOU CAN LOAD PARAMETERS, PHONE NUMBERS, AND COMMANDS FOR ANY PARTICULAR HOST WITH A FEW KEYSTROKES. rEFER TO 'modem' FOR INFORMATION ON CREATING AND SAVING THE PARAMETERS. tO LOAD PARAMETERS, PRESS 'o' UNTIL 'load' IS HIGHLIGHTED, HIT 'return', AND YOU'LL BE ASKED TO ENTER THE NAME OF THE FILE. load file (operatingáparameters) úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú tYPE IN THE FILE NAME, HIT 'return', AND THE DATA WILL BE LOADED. tHE PARAMETER VALUES DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN WILL CHANGE TO THOSE THAT ARE LOADED (IF THE SCREEN SHOWS 300 baud IS CURRENTLY SELECTED, AND THE FILE HAS 1200 baud, YOU WILL SEE THE baud RATE CHANGE TO 1200, ETC.). iF THE FILE CONTAINS KEYBOARD DATA, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT BY SELECTING 'display file' (SEE 'program keys'). yOU CAN SEE ANY PHONE NUMBERS THAT WERE LOADED BY SELECTING 'dial' (SEE 'auto dial'). baud rate úúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT A baud RATE. baud RATES AVAILABLE ARE 300 AND 1180 - 1240 BPS IN INCREMENTS OF TEN. pRESS 'o' UNTIL 'baud rate' IS HIGHLIGHTED AND HIT 'return'. nOW, HIT ANY KEY (EXCEPT 'return') TO STEP THROUGH THE 8 POSIBLE baud RATES. yOU WILL SEE THE NUMBERS CHANGE ON THE SCREEN. wHEN THE DESIRED RATE APPEARS, HIT 'return' TO SELECT IT. baud rate úúúúúúúúúúú tHE 1180 THRU 1240 BPS RATES ALLOW YOU TO COMPENSATE FOR SLIGHT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODEMS. wE HAVE FOUND THAT A SETTING OF 1220 SEEMS TO WORK BEST WITH hAYES TYPE MODEMS WHILE 1200 SEEMS TO WORK BEST WITH THE 1670 MODEM. note: WE USE THE TERM baud TO REFER TO BITS PER SECOND AS IS COMMONLY DONE, THOUGH NOT TECHNICALLY CORRECT. duplex úúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO TOGGLE BETWEEN half AND full duplex. pRESS 'o' UNTIL 'duplex' IS HIGHLIGHTED AND HIT 'return'. iF fulláWAS PREVIOUSLY DISPLAYED, IT WILL CHANGE TO half AND VICE-VERSA. half duplex ALLOWS YOU TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE TYPING WHEN THE HOST DOESN'T ECHO YOUR KEY STROKES BACK TO YOUR COMPUTER. duplex úúúúúúúú iF YOU SELECT half WHEN THE HOST DOES ECHO BACK YOUR KEYSTROKES, YOU WILLáSEE DOUBLE CHARACTERS ON YOUR SCREEN. xon/xoff úúúúúúúúúú yOU CAN ENABLE OR DISABLE THE xon AND xoff. wHEN IT IS on, ctrl-s IS SENT WHEN EXITING tERMINAL mODE TO STOP THE HOST FROM SENDING AND ctrl-q IS SENT WHEN YOU REENTER THE tERMINAL TO TELL THE HOST TO RESUME SENDING. tHE HOST MUST RECOGNIZE xon/xoff OR THESE SIGNALS WILL HAVE NO EFFECT. xon/xoff úúúúúúúúúú xon/xoff MAY INTERFERE WITH xmodem, SO IF YOU ARE USING xmodem, WE RECOMMEND TURNING THEM off. stop bits úúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO TOGGLE BETWEEN one OR two stop bits. pRESS 'o' UNTIL 'stopábits' IS HIGHLIGHTED HIT 'return'. iF oneáWAS PREVIOUSLY DISPLAYED, IT WILL CHANGE TO two AND VICE-VERSA. tHE SELECTION YOU MAKE HERE WILL DEPEND UPON THE HOST COMPUTER'S REQUIREMENTS. stop bits úúúúúúúúúúú uSUALLY, one STOP BIT IS CORRECT, BUT SOME SYSTEMS MAY REQUIRE two. iF THE LINK UP WORKS OK WITH one STOP BIT, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS SELECTION. word length úúúúúúúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT THE word length. wORDS CAN BE 5, 6, 7, OR 8 BITS LONG. tO SELECT A word length, PRESS THE 'o' KEY UNTIL 'word length' IS HIGHLIGHTED AND HIT 'return'. nOW, HIT ANY KEY (EXCEPT 'return') TO STEP THROUGH THE 4 POSSIBLE word lengths. yOU'LL SEE THE CHOICES APPEAR ON THE SCREEN. wHEN THE DESIRED word length APPEARS, HIT 'return' TO SELECT IT. word length úúúúúúúúúúúúú tHE CHOICE OF word length MAY DEPEND ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE HOST. iT WILL USUALLY BE 7 OR 8 BITS. iF THE LINK IS TO BE USED TO TRANSFER BINARY FILES (I.E. PROGRAMS), WORD LENGTH must BE 8 BITS. parity úúúúúúúú tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT THE TYPE OF parity. parities AVAILABLE ARE odd, even, mark, space, AND none. tO SELECT ONE PRESS 'o' UNTIL 'parity' IS HIGHLIGHTED AND HIT 'return'. nOW, HIT ANY KEY (EXCEPT 'return') TO STEP THROUGH THE 5 POSSIBLE parity CHOICES. yOU'LL SEE THE CHOICES APPEAR ON THE SCREEN. wHEN THE DESIRED parity TYPE APPEARS, HIT 'return' TO SELECT IT. parity úúúúúúúú tHE CHOICE OF parity WILL DEPEND UPON THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE HOST. wHEN IN DOUBT, TRY none. modem úúúúúúú uSE THIS FUNCTION TO SELECT THE TYPE OF AUTODIAL modem YOU ARE USING. tHE PROGRAM SUPPORTS AUTODIALING USING THE 1650, 1660, mIGHTY-mO, OR hAYES TYPE MODEMS. tO SELECT THE TYPE OF modem, PRESS 'o' UNTIL 'modem' IS HIGHLIGHTED AND HIT 'return'. nOW, HIT ANY KEY (EXCEPT 'return') TO STEP THROUGH THE 4 POSSIBLE modem TYPES. yOU'LL SEE THE CHOICES APPEAR ON THE SCREEN. wHEN THE DESIRED modem APPEARS, HIT 'return' TO SELECT IT. iF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE OF THE ABOVE MODEMS, YOU CAN MANUALLY DIAL USING ANY OF THE SELECTIONS. aFTER SELECTING A modem, YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPTION OF SAVING THE CURRENT PARAMETERS TO DISK ALONG WITH ANY PROGRAMMED KEY DATA OR PHONE NUMBERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN MEMORY. iF YOU HIT THE 'y' KEY AT THE 'SAVE' PROMPT, YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPTION OF SAVING THE DATA AS 'DEFAULT'. modem úúúúúúú iF YOU HIT 'y' AT THE 'DEFAULT' PROMPT, PARAMETERS, PROGRAMMED KEY DATA, AND PHONE NUMBERS WILL BE STORED IN THE 'DEFAULT' FILE. tHIS 'DEFAULT' DATA WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY LOADED EACH TIME YOU BOOT THE PROGRAM. iF YOU HIT THE 'n' KEY AT THE 'DEFAULT' PROMPT, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR A FILE NAME. eNTER A FILE NAME AND HIT 'return' AND THE DATA WILL BE STORED SEPARATELY, READY TO BE RECALLED ANY TIME YOU WANT TO CHANGE PARAMETERS, PHONE DIRECTORY, ETC. (SEE 'load file (operatingá parameters)'. uSING THIS FEATURE, YOU COULD SET UP, DIFFERENT SETS OF PARAMETERS, PHONE NUMBERS, AND KEY DATA FOR DIFFERENT HOSTS AND LOAD THEM WHEN NEEDED. tHE DEFAULT FILE COULD CONTAIN THE MOST OFTEN USED DATA. upload úúúúúúúúú tHIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO UPLOAD A FILE FROM YOUR DISK TO ANOTHER COMPUTER. bEFORE YOU SELECT THIS OPTION, THE HOST MUST BE READY TO RECEIVE THE FILE. fIRST, GO ON LINE (SEE 'auto dial' OR 'terminal'). nOW, FOLLOW THE UPLOAD PROCEDURE OF THE HOST. wHEN THE HOST TELLS YOU IT IS READY TO RECEIVE, HIT THE britishápound KEY TO CALL UP THE MENU SCREEN. pRESS 'f' AND THE 'u' IN 'upload' WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED. hIT 'u' UNTIL EITHER 'xmodem' OR 'punter' IS HIGHLIGHTED, THEN HIT 'return'. yOUR CHOICE HERE DEPENDS ON WHETHER THE HOST SUPPORTS 'xmodem' OR 'punter' (THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS 'xmodem' AND 'new punter'). sELECT THE FILE TYPE ('p' OR 's') AND FILE NAME OF THE FILE YOU ARE SENDING AND HIT 'return'. upload úúúúúúúú tHE DRIVE WILL ACTIVATE OPENING THE FILE YOU SELECTED TO UPLOAD AND YOU'LL BE PUT INTO 'upload' MODE (THE STATUS LINE AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN INDICATES 'upload'). nOW THE FILE TRANSFER WILL BEGIN. tHE SCREEN WILL DISPLAY STATUS INFORMATION AS EACH BLOCK OF DATA IS SENT, AND THE DRIVE WILL RUN NOW AND THEN AS DATA IS READ FROM THE FILE. wHEN THE ENTIRE FILE HAS BEEN SENT, THE MESSAGE 'xfer completed' WILL APPEAR AND YOU'LL BE BACK IN NORMAL 'terminal' MODE (THE TOP STATUS LINE CHANGES FROM 'upload' TO 'terminal'). nOW YOU CAN RESUME NORMAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE HOST COMPUTER FROM THE KEYBOARD. note: yOU CAN ABORT AN UPLOAD ANYTIME BY HITTING 'run/stop'. download (ascii) úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú tHIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO DOWNLOAD A TEXT FILE FROM ANOTHER COMPUTER TO YOUR DISK. tO USE THIS OPTION, THE HOST COMPUTER MUST SUPPORT THE x-on x-off (ctrl-s/ctrl-q) PROTOCOL OR SOME DATA WILL BE LOST. tO DETERMINE IF THE HOST DOES SUPPORT x-on/x-off, GO ON LINE AND WHILE YOU ARE RECEIVING TEXT, HOLD THE 'control' KEY AND HIT THE 's'. tHE TEXT SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP BEING PRINTED TO THE SCREEN. hOLD 'control' AND HIT 'q' AND TEXT SHOULD RESUME BEING PRINTED. tO SELECT THIS OPTIONáWHILE ON LINE, HIT THE british pound KEY TO CALL THE menu SCREEN. hIT 'f' AND THE 'd' IN 'download' WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED. hIT 'd' UNTIL 'ascii' IS HIGHLIGHTED AND HIT 'return'. yOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR A FILE TYPE ('p' OR 's') AND A FILE NAME. download (ascii) úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú sELECT A FILE TYPE AND NAME AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT STORED ON YOUR DISK AND HIT 'return'. nOW YOU'LL BE PUT INTO 'download' MODE (THE TOP STATUS LINE INDICATES 'download'). fROM THEN ON EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN WILL GO TO DISK UNTIL YOU HIT run/stop WHICH WILL TERMINATE DOWNLOAD, CLOSE THE DISK FILE AND RETURN TO NORMAL terminal MODE (TOP STATUS LINE CHANGES FROM 'download' TO 'terminal'. download úúúúúúúúúúú tHIS OPTION LETS YOU DOWNLOAD A FILE FROM ANOTHER COMPUTER TO YOUR DISK. bEFORE YOU SELECT THIS OPTION, THE HOST MUST BE READY TO SEND THE FILE. fIRST, GO ON LINE (SEE 'auto dial' OR 'terminal'). nOW, FOLLOW THE DOWNLOAD PROCEDURE OF THE HOST. wHEN THE HOST TELLS YOU IT IS READY TO SEND, HIT THE britishápound KEY TO CALL UP THE MENU SCREEN. pRESS 'f' AND THE 'd' IN 'download' WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED. hIT 'd' TIL EITHER 'xmodem' OR 'punter' IS HIGHLIGHTED, THEN HIT 'return'. yOUR CHOICE HERE DEPENDS ON WHETHER THE HOST SUPPORTS 'xmodem' OR 'punter' (THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS 'xmodem' AND 'new punter'). sELECT THE FILE TYPE ('p' OR 's') AND FILE NAME OF THE FILE AS YOU WANT IT STORED ON YOUR DISK AND HIT 'return'. download úúúúúúúúúú tHE DRIVE WILL ACTIVATE OPENING A FILE FOR THE DATA YOU WILL DOWNLOAD AND YOU WILL BE PLACED IN THE 'download' MODE (THE TOP STATUS LINE INDICATES '─ownload') AND THE FILE TRANSFER BEGINS. tHE SCREEN WILL DISPLAY STATUS INFORMATION AS EACH DATA BLOCK IS RECEIVED, AND THE DRIVE WILL RUN NOW AND THEN AS DATA IS STORED TO DISK. wHEN THE ENTIRE FILE HAS BEEN RECEIVED, 'xfer completed' WILL APPEAR AND YOU WILL BE BACK IN NORMAL 'terminal' MODE (THE TOP STATUS LINE CHANGES FROM 'down load' TO 'terminal'). nOW YOU CAN RESUME NORMAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE HOST COMPUTER FROM THE KEYBOARD. note: yOU CAN ABORT A DOWNLOAD ANYTIME BY HITTING 'run/stop'. important: dOWNLOADING (EITHER TO DISK or BUFFER) WILL OVERWRITE ANY DATA THAT IS IN THE BUFFER. sO IF YOU HAVE SOME- THING THERE save BEFORE DOWNLOADING. terminal úúúúúúúúúú tHE 'HEART' OF THE PROGRAM; WHERE ON LINE COMMUNICATIONS TAKE PLACE. tHERE ARE TWO WAYS TO ENTER THIS MODE, FROM 'auto dial' MODE (AUTOMATICALLY WHEN A CONNECTION IS MADE) OR BY HITTING THE 'e' KEY ('exit to terminal') FROM THE menu SCREEN. tHE TOP status LINE SHOWS CURRENT MODE (terminal OR up/download) FREE BLOCKS REMAINING IN THE BUFFER, & TIME ON LINE. bELOW THAT A MENU OF ON LINE OPTIONS. bESIDES SIMPLE ON LINE COMMUNICATIONS, YOU HAVE SEVERAL OTHER OPTIONS WHILE IN THE 'terminal' MODE: upload: dATA IN THE 34k BUFFER CAN BE UPLOADED VIA ascii (f5) OR xmodem (f7). yOU GET DATA INTO THE BUFFER VIA THE load, editor, OR download OPTIONS. download: dATA CAN BE DOWNLOADED INTO THE 34k BUFFER VIA ascii (f1) OR xmodem (f3). dATA IN THE BUFFER CAN BE SAVED TO DISK, EDITED, PRINTED, OR UPLOADED. terminal úúúúúúúúúú printer- hIT THE left arrow (_) KEY AND ALL INCOMING TEXT WILL BE SENT TO THE PRINTER AS WELL AS THE SCREEN. uSE THE run/stop KEY TO TERMINATE. help menu- HIT clr/home AND THE HELP MENU WILL SCROLL OFF THE SCREEN, GIVING YOU 5 MORE LINES OF TEXT DISPLAY. hIT clr/home AGAIN AND THE help REAPPEARS. uploading WILL AUTOMATICALLY END WHEN ALL THE BUFFER CONTENTS HAVE BEEN SENT. iT CAN BE ABORTED ANY TIME BY HITTING run/stop. download VIA xmodem WILL AUTOMATICALLY END WHEN THE ENTIRE FILE IS RECEIVED, run/stop WILL ABORT. dOWNLOAD VIA ascii WILL END WHEN THE BUFFER IS FULL OR run/stop IS HIT. tO EXIT TO THE menu SCREEN, HIT THE british pound KEY. warning: wHEN FIRST ENTERING terminal MODE, download OVERWRITES ANY BUFFER DATA. aS LONG AS YOU STAY IN terminal MODE, YOU CAN TOGGLE download OFF (run/ stop) AND ON (f1) WITHOUT LOSING DATA.