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╨AGE 4 ├-64/128 ╦ERMIT ╒SER'S ╟UIDE ╔F YOU WANT TO SWITCH TO A DIFFERENT SCREEN DRIVER NOW, PLEASE SEE THE EXAMPLE GIVEN IN THE ├OMMAND ═ODE SECTION BELOW. ╘HE ╘HREE ═ODES OF ╦ERMIT ╦ERMIT HAS THREE BASIC OPERATIONAL MODES: ├OMMAND, ├ONNECT, AND ╞ILE-╘RANSFER. ╔N ├OMMAND MODE, YOU CAN COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH ╦ERMIT TO CHANGE VARIOUS PROGRAM SETTINGS AND ALSO ENTER EITHER OF THE TWO OTHER MODES. ╔N ├ONNECT MODE YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WITH ANOTHER COMPUTER (KNOWN IN MANY OTHER TERMINAL PROGRAMS AS ╘ERMINAL MODE). ╔N ╞ILE-╘RANSFER MODE YOU MAY SEND TO AND RECEIVE FILES FROM THE COMPUTER TO WHICH YOU ARE CONNECTED. ╠ET'S BEGIN BY LEARNING ABOUT ├OM- MAND MODE AND THE ╦ERMIT PARSER. ├OMMAND ═ODE ╫HEN ╦ERMIT FIRST BOOTS, YOU ARE PLACED AUTOMATICALLY IN ├OMMAND MODE. ╞ROM HERE YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE PRO- GRAM BY TYPING COMMANDS AT THE "╦ERMIT-65>" PROMPT. ├OMMAND MODE IS REALLY THE PROGRAM'S COMMAND "PARSER", WHICH IS THAT PART OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM WHICH TAKES YOUR COMMAND INPUT AND TRIES TO INTERPRET IT AND THEN EXECUTE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION. ╦ERMIT'S COMMAND PARSER IS VERY EASY TO USE. ╠ET'S BEGIN WITH A LOOK AT THE MAIN LEVEL COMMANDS. ┴T THE TOP OF THE SCREEN YOU SHOULD SEE "╘YPE '?' FOR HELP". ╙O LET'S DO JUST THAT: ╘YPE A "?". ┴ LIST OF ╦ERMIT'S MAIN COMMANDS (THERE ARE 16 OF THEM) SHOULD APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN TWO COLUMNS LIKE THIS: ╦ERMIT-65>? ╦EYWORD, ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: BYE CONNECT DIRECTORY DISK EXIT FINISH GET HELP QUIT RECEIVE RESTORE SAVE SEND SET SHOW STATUS ╘HE "?" IS A VERY HELPFUL FEATURE OF THE COMMAND PARSER. ┘OU CAN TYPE A "?" AT ┴╬┘ POINT IN THE MIDDLE OF A COMMAND TO RECEIVE A LIST OF THE VALID WAYS TO COMPLETE THE COMMAND. ┴ COMPLETE LIST OF COMMANDS MAY BE FOUND IN THE ├OMMAND ─ESCRIPTIONS SECTION. ╠ET'S TRY A SLIGHTLY MORE DIFFICULT COMMAND TO GIVE YOU PRACTICE WITH THE PARSER. ╞OR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY WE WANT TO ├-64/128 ╦ERMIT ╒SER'S ╟UIDE ╨AGE 5 CHANGE WHICH SCREEN DISPLAY WE ARE USING. ┴FTER LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS MAIN LEVEL COMMANDS, WE DEDUCE THAT THE ╙┼╘ COM- MAND MIGHT BE THE WAY TO GET THE JOB DONE. ╘YPE: ╙┼╘ FOL- LOWED BY A SPACE AND THEN A "?". ╦ERMIT SHOULD RESPOND WITH A LIST THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS: ╦ERMIT-65>SET ? ╦EYWORD, ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: BAUD BOLD BORDER CHARACTER DARK-BACKGROUND DEBUGGING EIGHT-BIT-QUOTING ESCAPE FILE-BYTE-SIZE FILE-TYPE FILE-WARNING FLOW-CONTROL IBM LIGHT-BACKGROUND LOCAL-ECHO PARITY RECEIVE RS232-REGISTERS SEND SCREEN-DRIVER TERMINAL-EMULATION WORD-SIZE ┴FTER LOOKING THROUGH THIS LIST, WE CAN DETERMINE WE NEED THE ╙├╥┼┼╬-─╥╔╓┼╥ SUB-OPTION. ╬OTICE THAT THE PARSER CON- VENIENTLY REPRINTED THE ╙┼╘ COMMAND SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WHERE WE LEFT OFF. ╙O, TYPE: ╙├╥┼┼╬-─╥╔╓┼╥ FOLLOWED BY A SPACE AND A "?". ╬OW WE HAVE ANOTHER LIST, LOOKING LIKE THIS: ╦ERMIT-65> SET SCREEN-DRIVER ? ╦EYWORD, ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 40-COLUMNS 80-COLUMNS BI-80 COMMODORE-128 CUSTOM-BI-80 ╔T SHOULD NOW BE OBVIOUS WHAT TO DO TO CHANGE TO A DIFFERENT SCREEN DRIVER. ╘RY IT OUT. ╬OW, LET'S GO BACK TO 80 COLUMNS. ╧NE THING YOU ARE PROBABLY WONDERING IS, "─O ╔ HAVE TO TYPE ┴╠╠ OF THAT OUT?" ╠UCKILY, NO, YOU DON'T. ╘HE LEFT ARROW KEY (UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE KEYBOARD) IS THE "┼SCAPE" KEY IN ╦ERMIT. ╘HIS KEY WILL SPELL OUT A COMMAND ONE LEVEL AT A TIME FOR YOU IF YOU PROVIDE IT WITH THE FIRST FEW CHARACTERS OF THE COMMAND. ╬OTE: IF YOU ARE USING A ├-128, YOU CAN ALSO USE <┼╙├>. ╘O TRY THIS OUT, TYPE: ╙┼╘ ╙├ AND HIT THE LEFT ARROW KEY. ╦ERMIT SHOULD SPELL OUT ╙├╥┼┼╬-─╥╔╓┼╥ AND PUT A SPACE AT THE END. ╬OTICE THAT WE HAD TO USE "SC" AND NOT JUST "S". ├ONSULTING THE LIST ABOVE, WE CAN SEE WHY. ┬OTH ╙┼╬─ AND ╙├╥┼┼╬-─╥╔╓┼╥ BEGIN WITH AN "S". ╔F WE HAD JUST TYPED "S", ╦ERMIT WOULD HAVE CHOSEN ╙┼╬─ BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST COMMAND IN THE LIST THAT MEETS THE SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS. ╘HE SAME APPLIES FOR WHY WE SPELLED OUT ╙┼╘. ╙┼╬─ IS BEFORE ╙┼╘ IN THE MAIN COMMAND LIST, MAKING THE LEFT ARROW USELESS. ╙O KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU MUST ALWAYS USE ╨AGE 6 ├-64/128 ╦ERMIT ╒SER'S ╟UIDE ENOUGH CHARACTERS TO UNIQUELY IDENTIFY THE COMMAND BEFORE HITTING THE LEFT ARROW. ╧K, LET'S FINISH OUR COMMAND. ╘YPE "8" AND HIT THE LEFT ARROW. ╦ERMIT SHOULD FINISH THE COM- MAND. ╬OW PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬>. ╨RESTO! ╫E'RE BACK TO 80-COLUMN MODE, SAVING 19 CHARACTER'S WORTH OF TYPING. ╬OT ALL COMMANDS ARE NEARLY THIS LONG, BUT THE LEFT ARROW (ALONG WITH THE "?") CAN BE VERY HELPFUL. ╬╧╘┼: ╧NCE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PARSER, YOU CAN SAVE EVEN MORE KEYSTROKES BY USING JUST THE ABBREVIATIONS FOR THE COMMANDS. ╔N OTHER WORDS, YOU DON'T ╚┴╓┼ TO USE THE LEFT ARROW KEY. ╞OR EXAMPLE, YOU COULD JUST TYPE "╙┼╘ ╙├ 8" TO SET THE SCREEN DRIVER TO ├-64 80 COLUMNS. ╘HERE ARE A FEW OTHER USEFUL TRICKS TO KNOW ABOUT THE PARSER. ╘HEY ARE: 1) ╨RESSING <├╠╥> OR <├╘╥╠> - <╠> INSTEAD OF <╥┼╘╒╥╬> TO EXECUTE A COMMAND WILL CLEAR THE SCREEN FIRST AND THEN EXECUTE THE COMMAND. 2) ╨RESSING <├╘╥╠> - <╫> WHILE TYPING A COMMAND WILL BACK THE CURSOR UP TO THE PREVIOUS WORD, ERASING ANY ASSOCI- ATED TEXT. 3) ╨RESSING <├╘╥╠> - <╒> WHILE TYPING A COMMAND WILL CAN- CEL THE COMMAND BY BACKING THE CURSOR UP TO THE "╦ERMIT-65>" PROMPT. ├ONNECT ═ODE ├ONNECT MODE IS THE MODE IN WHICH YOU WILL SPEND MOST OF YOUR TIME WHILE USING ╦ERMIT BECAUSE IT IS IN THIS MODE THAT YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WITH ANOTHER COMPUTER (OFTEN KNOWN AS THE REMOTE HOST). ╬OW LET'S PREPARE TO CONNECT TO ANOTHER COMPUTER. ╘YPE: ├╧╬╬┼├╘. ╘HIS COMMAND WILL TAKE US OUT OF ├OMMAND MODE AND INTO ├ONNECT MODE. ╔F YOU TYPE ├╧╬╬┼├╘ THEN HIT <├╠╥>, THE SCREEN WILL BE CLEARED BEFORE ENTERING ├ONNECT MODE. ┼VERY TIME YOU ENTER ├ONNECT MODE, YOU WILL SEE THE MESSAGE: [├ONNECTING TO HOST: ╘YPE ^┘ C TO RETURN] ╘HIS TELLS US THAT WE ARE IN ├ONNECT MODE AND THAT TO RETURN TO ├OMMAND MODE WE SHOULD TYPE <├╘╥╠> - <┘> THEN TYPE "C". ╘RY IT OUT. ╘HEN RETURN TO ├ONNECT MODE. ╬OW WE WILL CALL THE OTHER COMPUTER. ┴ ├OMMODORE 1670 OR OTHER ╚AYES COMPATIBLE MODEM CAN DIAL DIRECTLY FROM ├ONNECT MODE VIA ITS BUILT-IN DIALING COMMANDS, BUT WITH MOST OTHER MODEMS YOU WILL HAVE TO DIAL MANUALLY. ╔N OTHER WORDS, ╦ER- MIT DOES ╬╧╘ HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO AUTO-DIAL A MODEM ├-64/128 ╦ERMIT ╒SER'S ╟UIDE ╨AGE 7 DIRECTLY. ┴LSO PLEASE NOTE THAT ╦ERMIT CURRENTLY DOES ╬╧╘ WORK WITH THE ├OMMODORE 1660 MODEM. ╔T WILL, HOWEVER, BE SUPPORTED IN A FUTURE VERSION. ╨LEASE SEE ┴PPENDIX ┴: ╔MPLEMENTATION ╬OTES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. ╫E NEED TO CHECK A FEW THINGS BEFORE DIALING. ┼ACH COMPUTER YOU CONNECT TO MAY HAVE DIFFERENT BAUD, PARITY, AND WORD- SIZE REQUIREMENTS. ╦ERMIT DEFAULTS TO THE SETTINGS FOUND IN THE INITIALIZATION FILE: 1200 BPS TRANSMISSION SPEED, EIGHT BIT WORD LENGTH, NO PARITY, AND ╓╘-100 TERMINAL EMULATION. ╘HESE SETTINGS MAY BE DIFFERENT IF YOU DID NOT GET YOUR COPY OF ╦ERMIT FROM ─R. ┼VIL ╠ABS. ╘O ADJUST ANY OF THESE PARAM- ETERS, ESCAPE BACK TO ├OMMAND MODE AND USE THE ╙┼╘ COMMAND AS WE DID ABOVE TO CHANGE THE SCREEN-DRIVER. ╞OR EXAMPLE, TO CHANGE TO 300 BPS TRANSMISSION SPEED, TYPE: ╙┼╘ ┬┴╒─ 300. ╥EMEMBER TO USE THE "?" TO GET HELP AT ANY LEVEL. ╔F YOU WISH TO SAVE ANY CHANGES YOU MAKE AS NEW DEFAULTS, PLEASE SEE THE ╙┴╓┼ COMMAND EXPLANATION IN THE ├OMMAND ─ESCRIPTIONS SECTION. ╧NCE YOU HAVE SET UP YOUR COMMUNICATIONS PARAMETERS CORRECTLY, ALL THAT'S LEFT TO DO IS DIAL THE PHONE AND CON- NECT TO THE REMOTE HOST. ╞ILE-╘RANSFER ═ODE ╧NCE YOU HAVE CONNECTED TO A REMOTE HOST YOU MAY WISH TO SEND AND/OR RECEIVE FILES. ╫ITH ╦ERMIT YOU CAN SEND AND RECEIVE MOST ANY KIND OF FILE, AS ╦ERMIT HAS AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION FEATURES FOR MANY TYPES OF FILES. ╞OR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN AUTOMATICALLY CONVERT A ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ (├OMMODORE'S SPECIAL ┴╙├╔╔) TEXT FILE TO ┴╙├╔╔ WHEN SENDING IT TO ANOTHER MACHINE, AND VICE VERSA. ╞OR A LIST OF THE VARIOUS FILE- TYPES SUPPORTED, SEE THE ╙┼╘ ╞╔╠┼-╘┘╨┼ COMMAND EXPLANATION IN THE ├OMMAND ─ESCRIPTIONS SECTION. ╘HE PROCEDURES FOR TRANSFERRING FILES WITH ╦ERMIT CAN DIFFER WIDELY DEPENDING ON THE SYSTEM TO WHICH YOU ARE CONNECTED. ╘HIS TUTORIAL CAN'T POSSIBLY COVER EVERY POSSIBLE SITUATION. ╔NSTEAD, WE WILL WALK THROUGH A SIMPLE TRANSFER AND POINT OUT SOME THINGS OF WHICH YOU SHOULD BE AWARE. ╘HE ═╧╙╘ IMPORTANT THING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TRANSFER FILES WITH ╦ER- MIT IS TO HAVE YOUR FILE-TRANSFER PARAMETERS SET CORRECTLY! ┘OU MAY WANT TO SKIP AHEAD TO THE ╘RANSFERRING ╞ILES SECTION FOR MORE INFORMATION. ╬OW, WE WILL SHOW TWO EXAMPLES: 1) UPLOADING A ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ SEQUENTIAL TEXT FILE, CONVERTING IT TO STANDARD ┴╙├╔╔, AND 2) DOWNLOADING A ├ LANGUAGE PROGRAM SOURCE CODE FILE FOR USE WITH THE ├ ╨OWER (NOW SOLD AS ╨OWER ├) ├ COMPILER FOR THE 64/128. ╨AGE 8 ├-64/128 ╦ERMIT ╒SER'S ╟UIDE ╘EXT ╞ILE: ╫E ARE SENDING AND THE OTHER END IS RECEIVING. ╔N NOTE FORM, HERE IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO: 1) ├HECK FILE-TRANSFER PARAMETERS!! ═AKE SURE THE ╞╔╠┼- ╘┘╨┼ IS SET TO ╨┼╘╙├╔╔. 2) ╙TART ╦ERMIT ON THE HOST MACHINE USING THE APPROPRIATE COMMAND. 3) ╘ELL THE HOST ╦ERMIT TO ╥┼├┼╔╓┼ THE FILE. 4) ┼SCAPE TO ├OMMAND MODE IN OUR ╦ERMIT (<├╘╥╠> - <┘> THEN <"C">). ╘YPE ╙┼╬─ FOLLOWED BY THE FILENAME OF THE ├OM- MODORE TEXT FILE YOU WISH TO SEND. ╫HEN THE TWO ╦ERMITS HAVE FINISHED TRANSFERRING THE FILE, YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO ├OMMAND MODE. ╘YPE: ├╧╬╬┼├╘ AND CONTINUE WITH YOUR LOGIN SESSION. ╬╧╘┼: ╘HE RECOMMENDED PARAMETERS (WORK MOST OF THE TIME) ARE: ╞ILE TYPE IS ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ ╞ILE BYTE SIZE IS ┼╔╟╚╘-┬╔╘ ┼VERYTHING ELSE SHOULD RETAIN ITS DEFAULT VALUE. ├ ╨OWER ╞ILE: ╫E ARE RECEIVING AND THE HOST IS SENDING. ╔N NOTE FORM, HERE IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO: 1) ├HECK PARAMETERS!! ═AKE SURE THE ╞╔╠┼-╘┘╨┼ IS SET TO ├-╨╧╫┼╥. 2) ╙TART ╦ERMIT ON THE HOST MACHINE USING THE APPROPRIATE COMMAND. 3) ╘ELL THE HOST ╦ERMIT TO ╙┼╬─ THE FILE. 4) ┼SCAPE TO ├OMMAND MODE IN OUR ╦ERMIT (<├╘╥╠> - <┘> THEN <"C">). ╘YPE ╥┼├┼╔╓┼ FOLLOWED BY THE FILENAME OF THE ├ SOURCE CODE FILE YOU WISH TO RECEIVE IN ├ ╨OWER FORMAT. 5) ╫HEN THE TWO ╦ERMITS HAVE FINISHED TRANSFERRING THE FILE, YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO ├OMMAND MODE. ╘YPE: ├╧╬- ╬┼├╘ AND CONTINUE WITH YOUR LOGIN SESSION. ╬╧╘┼: ╘HE RECOMMENDED PARAMETERS (WORK MOST OF THE TIME) ARE: ├-64/128 ╦ERMIT ╒SER'S ╟UIDE ╨AGE 9 ╞ILE TYPE IS ├-╨╧╫┼╥ ╞ILE BYTE SIZE IS ┼╔╟╚╘-┬╔╘ ╫ORD SIZE IS ┼╔╟╚╘-┬╔╘ ┼VERYTHING ELSE SHOULD RETAIN ITS DEFAULT VALUE. ╔F YOU HAVE PERSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH TRANSFERRING FILES, DON'T HESITATE TO ASK SOMEONE FOR HELP. ┴LSO TRY ╓┼╥┬╧╙┼ DEBUGGING TO SEE MORE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING DURING TRANSFERS. ╦ERMIT IS VERY FLEXIBLE, BUT FLEXIBLE CAN MEAN COMPLICATED! ╫E NOW HAVE COMPLETED THE INTRODUCTORY TUTORIAL. ╘HE NEXT SECTION OF THIS MANUAL, ╘ROUBLESHOOTING, MAY HELP IF YOU HAVE SOME PROBLEMS USING ╦ERMIT. ╘HE ├OMMAND ─ESCRIPTIONS SECTION DESCRIBES IN DETAIL EACH OF ╦ERMIT'S COMMANDS AND WILL PROVE TO BE INVALUABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY USING THIS PRO- GRAM. ╟OOD ╠UCK WITH ╦ERMIT!