home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
- ╨AGE 10 ├-64/128 ╦ERMIT ╒SER'S ╟UIDE
-
-
- ╘ROUBLESHOOTING: ╔F ┘OU ╚AVE ╨ROBLEMS
-
- ╚ERE ARE SOME COMMON PROBLEMS AND THEIR MOST LIKELY SOLU-
- TIONS. ╘HE BEST TROUBLESHOOTING USUALLY COMES FROM SOMEONE
- WHO HAS EXPERIENCE USING ╦ERMIT, BUT THIS ISN'T ALWAYS
- AVAILABLE.
-
- 1) ╨ROBLEM: ╦ERMIT WON'T BOOT.
-
- ╙OLUTION: ═AKE SURE ALL OF YOUR EQUIPMENT IS HOOKED UP
- CORRECTLY. ╔F THE RED ERROR LIGHT BLINKS ON YOUR
- DISK DRIVE, YOU MIGHT A) HAVE A BAD DISK OR B) BE
- MISSING THE INITIALIZATION FILE, ╦┼╥═╔╘.╔╬╔. ╙EE THE
- ╦NOWN ╥ESTRICTIONS SECTION OF ┴PPENDIX ┴ FOR MORE
- INFORMATION.
-
- 2) ╨ROBLEM: ╔ CAN'T GET OUT OF ├ONNECT MODE.
-
- ╙OLUTION: ╥EMEMBER TO TYPE <├╘╥╠> - <┘>, LET UP, THEN
- HIT THE LETTER "C". ╘HE ESCAPE CHARACTER MIGHT ALSO
- BE SET TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN <├╘╥╠> - <┘>. ┘OU CAN
- CHECK IT WITH THE ╙╚╧╫ ┼╙├┴╨┼ COMMAND AND CHANGE IT
- WITH THE ╙┼╘ ┼╙├┴╨┼ COMMAND.
-
- 3) ╨ROBLEM: ╫HEN ╔ CONNECT TO A HOST MACHINE, ALL ╔ GET IS
- GARBAGE.
-
- ╙OLUTION: ├HECK THE BAUD, PARITY AND WORD-SIZE PARAME-
- TERS. ┘OU MAY HAVE TO HANG UP AND TRY AGAIN IF YOU
- CHANGE SOME OF THE PARAMETERS.
-
- 4) ╨ROBLEM: ╔ CAN'T SEE WHAT ╔ AM TYPING, BUT ╔ SEE WHAT
- THE HOST MACHINE IS SENDING.
-
- ╙OLUTION: ├HECK TO SEE IF THE HOST MACHINE IS SUPPOSED
- TO ECHO CHARACTERS BACK TO YOU. ┘OU MIGHT NEED TO
- ╙┼╘ ╠╧├┴╠-┼├╚╧ ╧╬.
-
- 5) ╨ROBLEM: ╔ DOWNLOADED A BINARY FILE BUT THE FILE ╔
- RECEIVED WAS GARBAGE.
-
- ╙OLUTION: ╥EMEMBER TO ╙┼╘ ┼╔╟╚╘-┬╔╘ ╤╒╧╘╔╬╟ ╧╬. ┴LSO,
- CHECK THE FILE TYPE ON THE HOST ╦ERMIT. ╔T SHOULD BE
- SET TO ┬╔╬┴╥┘ AS WELL AS ON YOUR END.
-
- 6) ╨ROBLEM: ┴LL OF A SUDDEN OUTPUT STOPPED APPEARING ON
- THE SCREEN AND NOTHING ╔ TYPE SHOWS UP EITHER.
-
- ╙OLUTION: ┘OU MAY HAVE HIT THE <├=> KEY ACCIDENTLY,
- WHICH PAUSES ALL DATA TRANSMISSION TEMPORARILY.
- ╨RESS IT AGAIN TO RE-START TRANSMISSION.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- ├-64/128 ╦ERMIT ╒SER'S ╟UIDE ╨AGE 11
-
-
- ┼MULATION: ╘ERMINAL-╘YPE ╞EATURES
-
- ╦ERMIT IS A VERY POWERFUL TERMINAL EMULATOR. ╞OR TEXT
- DISPLAYS, IT CAN EMULATE BOTH A ╓╘-100 (WITH OR WITHOUT
- ADDED ╓╘-102 FEATURES) AND A ╓╘-52. ╞OR GRAPHICS WORK, ╦ER-
- MIT HAS LIMITED ╘EKTRONIX 4010 EMULATION. ┼MULATION CAN BE
- TURNED COMPLETELY OFF AS WELL.
-
- ╔T IS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THIS MANUAL TO PRESENT EACH OF THE
- ESCAPE SEQUENCES THAT THESE TERMINALS USE. ╘HIS SECTION
- WILL INSTEAD DESCRIBE IN GENERAL TERMS WHAT EACH OF THE EMU-
- LATIONS CAN DO, AND PROVIDE A TABLE OF WHICH ╘EK COMMANDS
- ARE SUPPORTED.
-
-
- ╓╘-100 ┼MULATION
-
- ═OST PEOPLE WILL USE ╦ERMIT'S ╓╘-100 EMULATION MORE THAN ANY
- OTHER. ╘HE ─┼├ ╓╘-100 TERMINAL IS AN INDUSTRY STANDARD, AND
- SO IS SUPPORTED ON VIRTUALLY EVERY MEDIUM-TO-LARGE-SIZED
- OPERATING SYSTEM. ╘HE ╓╘-100 TERMINAL PROVIDES YOU WITH
- MANY POWERFUL FEATURES THAT MAKE COMMUNICATING WITH A REMOTE
- HOST (ESPECIALLY AT SPEEDS UNDER 9600 BPS) MUCH MORE EFFI-
- CIENT AND THEREFORE, QUICKER.
-
- ╘HE MAJOR ╓╘-100 FEATURES ARE SUMMARIZED BELOW:
-
- 1) ╙CROLLING REGIONS. ╘HIS FEATURE OF THE ╓╘-100 ALLOWS
- SELECTED PARTS OF THE SCREEN TO BE SCROLLED, CUTTING
- DOWN ON CHARACTER TRANSMISSION GREATLY-- MAKING
- TELECOMMUNICATING FASTER.
-
- 2) ╘EXT ATTRIBUTES. ╘EXT ON A ╓╘-100 CAN BE DISPLAYED IN
- NORMAL OR BOLD, AND BE VANILLA, UNDERLINED, OR BLINKING
- (OR ANY LOGICAL COMBINATION), AND DISPLAYED ON EITHER A
- DARK OR LIGHT BACKGROUND. ╦ERMIT HAS THE ADDED FEATURE
- OF SELECTABLE COLORS FOR TEXT, BOLD TEXT, DARK-
- BACKGROUND, LIGHT-BACKGROUND, AND BORDER FOR MOST
- SCREEN DRIVERS.
-
- 3) ╬UMERIC KEYPAD. ┴ ╓╘-100 HAS A NUMERIC KEYPAD THAT
- INCLUDES FOUR PERSONAL FUNCTION (╨╞) KEYS. ╦ERMIT HAS
- THIS FEATURE ON BOTH A ├-64 & 128.
-
- 4) ╟RAPHICS CHARACTERS. ┴ ╓╘-100 HAS A WIDE RANGE OF
- GRAPHICS CHARACTERS THAT CAN BE USED FOR GRAPHS AND
- CHARTS.
-
- 5) ╙TATUS LINE. ╦ERMIT HAS AN EXTRA 25TH SCREEN LINE THAT
- CAN BE USED AS A SYSTEM STATUS LINE ON OPERATING SYS-
- TEMS SUCH AS ╒╬╔╪ (╘═). ╬OTE THAT A STANDARD ╓╘-100
- TERMINAL DOES ╬╧╘ HAVE A STATUS LINE.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- ╨AGE 12 ├-64/128 ╦ERMIT ╒SER'S ╟UIDE
-
-
- ╞OR A CHART SHOWING WHAT KEYS HAVE BEEN RE-DEFINED IN ╦ER-
- MIT, PLEASE SEE ┴PPENDIX ├: ╦EYBOARD ╠AYOUTS. ┴LSO, IF YOU
- ARE USING ╦ERMIT ON A MACHINE RUNNING ╒╬╔╪ (╘═), PLEASE SEE
- ┴PPENDIX ─: ╒╬╔╪ (╘═) ╘ERMCAP ╙ETTINGS, FOR INFORMATION ON
- HOW TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR TERMCAP TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF
- ╦ERMIT'S FEATURES.
-
- ╬OT ALL OF THE ╓╘-100'S FEATURES WERE FEASIBLE TO SUPPORT IN
- ╦ERMIT. ┬ELOW IS A LIST OF THE RESTRICTIONS TO THE ╓╘-100
- EMULATION:
-
- 1) ╬O 132 COLUMN MODE
- 2) ╬O DOUBLE HIGH/DOUBLE WIDE CHARACTERS
- 3) ╠IMITED TERMINAL REPORTS (ONLY THE IMPORTANT ONES ARE
- EMULATED)
- 4) ╬O FOREIGN CHARACTER SETS
- 5) ╬O SMOOTH SCROLLING
- 6) ╬O TERMINAL ╠┼─S
-
- ╞OR RELATED INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE THE ╙CREEN ─RIVER ├OM-
- PARISON SECTION.
-
-
- ╓╘-102 ┼MULATION
-
- ╧NLY THE FOUR MOST IMPORTANT ╓╘-102 TERMINAL FEATURES ARE
- PRESENT IN ╦ERMIT. ╘HESE ARE ╔NSERT ├HARACTER, ─ELETE ├HAR-
- ACTER, ╔NSERT ╠INE, AND ─ELETE ╠INE. ╘HE ╔NSERT ├HARACTER
- FUNCTION, AS ON A REAL ╓╘-102 TERMINAL, IS REALLY A SWITCH-
- ABLE ╔NSERT/╥EPLACE MODE.
-
- ╘HESE ADDITIONAL FEATURES ALLOW ═╒├╚ FASTER, MORE EFFICIENT
- COMMUNICATION, SINCE THE ├-64/128 HANDLES MUCH OF THE TIME-
- CONSUMING WORK (INSERTING AND DELETING LINES & MOVING CHAR-
- ACTERS AROUND ON A LINE). ╔F YOU ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE
- ╓╘-102 FEATURES, YOU WILL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AT HOW
- MUCH QUICKER CERTAIN OPERATIONS ARE, SUCH AS EDITING TEXT
- FILES.
-
-
- ╓╘-52 ┼MULATION
-
- ╦ERMIT EMULATES A ╓╘-52 TERMINAL AS A SUBSET OF ITS ╓╘-100
- EMULATION, JUST AS A REAL ╓╘-100 TERMINAL DOES. ╔T IS A
- COMPLETE EMULATION, EXCEPT THAT THE GRAPHICS CHARACTER SET
- IS THE ╓╘-100'S, NOT A TRUE ╓╘-52'S. ┴LL OF THE REAL ╓╘-100
- TERMINALS WE HAVE SEEN ALSO USE THE ╓╘-100 CHARACTER SET IN
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- ├-64/128 ╦ERMIT ╒SER'S ╟UIDE ╨AGE 13
-
-
- PLACE OF THE TRUE ╓╘-52 SET IN ╓╘-52 MODE.
-
-
- ╘EKTRONIX 4010 ┼MULATION
-
- ╦ERMIT SUPPORTS A LIMITED KIND OF ╘EKTRONIX 4010 EMULATION.
- ╘WO RESOLUTIONS ARE SUPPORTED: 320 X 200 (├-64) AND 640 X
- 200 (├-128 80 COL.). ┘OU CAN USE THE ╘EKTRONIX EMULATION
- EVEN IF YOU ARE USING A ┬╔-80 CARD, AS ╦ERMIT WILL AUTOMATI-
- CALLY SWITCH BETWEEN THE APPROPRIATE GRAPHICS SCREEN AND THE
- ┬╔-80. ┴LL PLOTS AND TEXT ARE PLOTTED USING THE CURRENT
- CHARACTER COLOR AND ARE PLOTTED ON THE CURRENT BACKGROUND
- COLOR. ┬OTH THE 320 X 200 AND 640 X 200 SCREENS ARE A LIT-
- TLE TOO WIDE HORIZONTALLY SCALE-WISE COMPARED WITH A REAL
- ╘EKTRONIX 4010 TERMINAL. ╫E THOUGHT IT WAS BETTER TO USE
- THE FULL WIDTH OF THE SCREEN GIVEN THE LIMITED RESOLUTION
- THAN TO HAVE PERFECT SCALING.
-
- ╦ERMIT SUPPORTS THREE ╘EK MODES: ┴LPHA ╘EXT, ╨OINT ╨LOT, AND
- ╓ECTOR ╨LOT, FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT DIFFERENT ╘EK COMMANDS.
- ╘HE COMMANDS ARE:
-
- ╙EQUENCE ┴CTION
-
- <┼╙├> ╞╞ (╞ORM ╞EED) ┴CTIVATE ╘EK EMULATION AND CLEAR SCREEN
- ╥╙ (╥ECORD ╙EPARATOR) ╙WITCH TO INCREMENTAL PLOT MODE
- ╒╙ (╒NIT ╙EPARATOR) ╙WITCH TO ALPHA TEXT MODE
- ╟╙ (╟ROUP ╙EPARATOR) ╙WITCH TO VECTOR PLOT MODE
- ├┴╬ (├ANCEL) ─EACTIVATE ╘EK EMULATION AND CLEAR SCREEN
-
- ╘EK MODE IS ALSO EXITED WHEN MANY ╓╘-100/52 ESCAPE SEQUENCES
- ARE RECEIVED. ╘HESE INCLUDE ANY SEQUENCES BEGINNING WITH
- <┼╙├> "[" OR <┼╙├> <UPPER-CASE LETTER>. ┴LSO, ONCE ╘EK MODE
- IS ACTIVATED, ANY FURTHER <┼╙├> ╞╞ SEQUENCES RECEIVED WILL
- CLEAR THE CURRENT GRAPHICS SCREEN. ╞INALLY, THE CURRENT
- TEXT SCREEN IS NOT SAVED WHEN ╘EK MODE IS ENTERED, AND THE
- CURRENT ╘EK SCREEN IS NOT SAVED WHEN ╘EK MODE IS EXITED.
-
- ┴LPHA ╘EXT ═ODE
-
- ┴LPHA ╘EXT MODE USES THE STANDARD ┴╙├╔╔ CHARACTER SET AND
- CAN DISPLAY 79 COLUMNS BY 24 LINES OF TEXT IF ╘EK MODE IS
- ENTERED FROM ANY OF THE SCREEN DRIVERS EXCEPT ├-64 40
- COLUMNS. ╔F ╘EK MODE IS ENTERED FROM THE ├-64 40 COLUMN
- SCREEN DRIVER, UP TO 40 COLUMNS OF TEXT CAN BE DISPLAYED.
-
- ╘HIS MODE IS USED GENERALLY TO LABEL GRAPHS. ╬O ON-SCREEN
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- ╨AGE 14 ├-64/128 ╦ERMIT ╒SER'S ╟UIDE
-
-
- EDITING SHOULD BE ATTEMPTED WHILE IN THIS MODE.
-
- ╨OINT ╨LOT ═ODE
-
- ╔N THIS MODE THE DRAWING PEN IS GIVEN A DIRECTION TO MOVE
- AND WHETHER TO HAVE THE PEN UP (NO LINE DRAWN) OR DOWN (LINE
- DRAWN) WHEN MOVING. ╘HIS ALLOWS CONSIDERABLE FREEDOM IN
- DRAWING ODD-SHAPED OBJECTS.
-
- ╓ECTOR ╨LOT ═ODE
-
- ╔N ╓ECTOR ╨LOT ═ODE, JUST THE ENDPOINTS OF A LINE TO BE
- DRAWN ARE SPECIFIED. ╘HIS ALLOWS LINES TO BE DRAWN QUICKLY,
- SINCE NOT ALL THE POINTS ON THE LINES MUST BE SPECIFIED
- INDIVIDUALLY.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- ├-64/128 ╦ERMIT ╒SER'S ╟UIDE ╨AGE 15
-
-
- ─ISPLAYS: ╙CREEN ─RIVER ├OMPARISON
-
- ┼ACH OF ╦ERMIT'S SCREEN DRIVERS HAS DIFFERENT CAPABILITIES.
- ┬ELOW IS A DISCUSSION OF THE VARIOUS LIMITATIONS OF THE DIF-
- FERENT SCREEN DRIVERS.
-
-
- ├-128 80 ├OLUMN ─RIVER
-
- ╘HIS DRIVER IS THE BEST THAT ╦ERMIT HAS. ┴LL VIDEO ATTRI-
- BUTES ARE SUPPORTED WITH NO LIMITATIONS, AND THE HIGHEST ╘EK
- RESOLUTION (640 X 200) IS AVAILABLE. ╘HE ONLY FEATURE NOT
- AVAILABLE WITH THIS DRIVER, THAT IS ON SOME OTHERS, IS A
- BORDER. ╘HIS IS BECAUSE THE ├-128'S 80 COLUMN CHIP (THE
- 8563 ╓─├) DOES NOT SUPPORT A BORDER.
-
- ╧NE NOTE: MANY PEOPLE WHO USE THE 80-COLUMN MODE ON THE ├-
- 128 DO SO ON A MONOCHROME MONITOR. ╫ITH THIS SETUP, ONLY
- ╘╚╥┼┼ COLORS ARE POSSIBLE: BRIGHT, NORMAL, AND BLACK. ╘HIS
- CAN POSE A PROBLEM WHEN TRYING TO SET UP READABLE LIGHT- AND
- DARK-BACKGROUND SCREENS. ╧NE SOLUTION TO THIS IS TO BUY A
- GREY SCALE ATTACHMENT FOR THE 80-COLUMN VIDEO CABLE TO PRO-
- VIDE A WIDER RANGE OF GREY SHADES.
-
-
- ├-64 80 ├OLUMN ─RIVER
-
- ╘HIS SCREEN DRIVER IS TRADITIONALLY THE MOST POPULAR, MAINLY
- BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE HAVE ├-64S THAN ├-128S. ╫HEN USING THIS
- DRIVER, EVEN ON A ├-128, THE ╘EK 320 X 200 MODE WILL BE USED
- FOR GRAPHICS. ╘HIS DRIVER IS FULL-FEATURED EXCEPT FOR ONE
- MINOR LIMITATION.
-
- ┬ECAUSE OF THE WAY HI-RES GRAPHICS SCREENS ARE CREATED ON A
- ├-64, IF TWO CHARACTERS WITH DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTES ARE PLACED
- ADJACENT HORIZONTALLY, THE FIRST CHARACTER SOMETIMES WILL
- NOT HAVE THE CORRECT ATTRIBUTE. ╞OR EXAMPLE, IF A BOLD
- CHARACTER IS PRINTED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A FLASHING
- CHARACTER, THE BOLD CHARACTER MAY CHANGE TO A FLASHING CHAR-
- ACTER. ╘HIS CAN EASILY BE AVOIDED BY INSERTING A SPACE
- BETWEEN THE TWO CHARACTERS.
-
-
- ┬ATTERIES ╔NCLUDED ┬╔-80 ─RIVER (╙TANDARD)
-
- ╘HE ┬╔-80, AN EXCELLENT 80-COLUMN CARD FOR THE ├-64 (ALSO
- ├-128 IN 64 MODE), IS NO LONGER IN PRODUCTION AND GENERALLY
- VERY HARD TO FIND USED. ╫E ADDED SUPPORT FOR IT BECAUSE IT
- OFFERS THE SAME TEXT RESOLUTION AS THE ├-128'S 80 COLUMN
- SCREEN, MAKING IT CLEARER THAN THE STANDARD ├-64 80 COLUMN
- SCREEN.
-
- ╘HERE ARE SEVERAL LIMITATIONS WHEN USING THIS DRIVER. ╘HE
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- ╨AGE 16 ├-64/128 ╦ERMIT ╒SER'S ╟UIDE
-
-
- MAIN LIMITATION IS THAT THE ┬╔-80 CHARACTER SET IS NOT REDE-
- FINABLE THROUGH SOFTWARE, MEANING THAT SOME CHARACTERS LIKE
- THE BRACES, TILDE, UNDERSCORE, ETC., ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
- ┴LSO, THE ╓╘-100/52 GRAPHICS CHARACTER SET IS NOT AVAILABLE.
- ┴ CLOSEST MATCH WAS MADE ON MANY OF THE CHARACTERS, BUT SOME
- OF THEM LOOK PRETTY UNRECOGNIZABLE.
-
- ┴LSO, THE ONLY CHARACTER ATTRIBUTE AVAILABLE IS REVERSE.
- ┴LL OTHER MODES, SUCH AS BLINKING, BOLD, AND UNDERLINED, ARE
- MAPPED INTO REVERSE, SO YOU CAN AT LEAST TELL WHEN THE TEXT
- IS NOT PLAIN VANILLA.
-
- ╞INALLY, NO COLOR CHANGE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE AS THE ┬╔-80
- CARD OPERATES ONLY IN BLACK AND WHITE MODE WITH NO BORDER.
-
-
- ┬ATTERIES ╔NCLUDED ┬╔-80 ─RIVER (├USTOM)
-
- ╘HIS DRIVER IS FOR USE WITH THE CUSTOM ┬╔-80 CHARACTER ╥╧═
- AVAILABLE FROM ─R. ┼VIL ╠ABORATORIES. ╘HIS DRIVER MAKES USE
- OF THE RE-DEFINED CHARACTERS IN THE REPLACEMENT ╥╧═. ╘HE
- FULL ┴╙├╔╔ CHARACTER SET IS AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS THE ╓╘-
- 100/52 GRAPHICS CHARACTER SET. ┴LL OTHER RESTRICTIONS FROM
- THE STANDARD ┬╔-80 DRIVER APPLY.
-
- ╨LEASE SEE ┴PPENDIX ┼: ┬╔-80 ╥EPLACEMENT ╥╧═ ╔NFORMATION FOR
- DETAILS ON HOW TO OBTAIN A REPLACEMENT CHARACTER ╥╧═.
-
-
- ├-64 40-├OLUMN ─RIVER
-
- ╘HIS DRIVER SUPPORTS ALL CHARACTER ATTRIBUTES AND SCREEN
- FUNCTIONS. ╔TS MAIN LIMITATION IS ITS WIDTH-- 40 COLUMNS IS
- GENERALLY NOT VERY USEFUL WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH MOST LARGE
- COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-