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     ╥ETURN TO THE HELP MENU BY PRESSING (├=)R AND THEN (├=)<F5>.  ┴S YOU
CAN SEE, WE'VE ALREADY USED MANY OF THESE COMMANDS.  ╧NE OF THE MOST USEFUL
COMMANDS IS ╙EARCH.

     ╫ITH ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64, YOU CAN SEARCH THROUGH THE 700-LINE BUFFER TO
FIND ANY SPECIFIC DATA YOU NEED.  ╘HIS CAN BE A WORD, A PHRASE, A
PARTICULAR SEQUENCE OF NUMBERS, OR ANY DISTINCTIVE COMBINATION OF YOUR
CHOICE.  ╘HIS IS DONE WITH THE (├=)╟ COMMAND.  ╘O SHOW YOU HOW THIS IS
DONE, LET'S FIND THE WORD "╙EARCH" IN THE HELP SCREEN.

     ╨RESS (├=)╥ TO POSITION THE SCREEN TO THE BEGINNING OF THE BUFFER,
THEN PRESS (├=)╟.  ╘HE PROMPT ╙┼┴╥├╚: APPEARS.  ╘YPE IN THE WORD "╙EARCH"
AND PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬.  ╘HE SCREEN SCROLLS RAPIDLY UNTIL THE WORD "╙EARCH" IS
FOUND.  ╨RESS THE SPACE BAR, AND ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 WILL LOOK FOR THE NEXT
OCCURRENCE OF THE WORD.  ╙INCE THAT WORD DOESN'T OCCUR AGAIN, THE PROGRAM
WILL SCAN TO, AND STOP AT, LINE 1.  ╘O CONTINUE THE SEARCH, PRESS THE SPACE
BAR AGAIN, AND ONCE AGAIN THE PROGRAM WILL STOP AT THE WORD "╙EARCH."  ┘OU
CAN PRESS EITHER <╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨> OR <╥┼╘╒╥╬> TO QUIT THE SEARCH PROCESS.

     ╬OW, IN ORDER TO TAKE A LOOK AT ╙╨╠╔╘-╙├╥┼┼╬ ╘┘╨╔╬╟, YOU'LL NEED TO
MAKE A QUICK DETOUR.  ╥ETURN THE SCREEN TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION BY
PRESSING (├=)╥ (WHICH RESETS THE BUFFER TO LINE ONE) AND THEN PRESSING
(├=)<F5> TO SCROLL UP ONE PAGE.  ┘OU'LL SEE THE ╚ELP ═ENU THAT APPEARS WHEN
YOU FIRST RUN ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64.  ╔N ORDER TO SHOW HOW SPLIT-SCREEN TYPING
WORKS, IT'S NECESSARY TO "ECHO" THE INFORMATION BACK TO THE SCREEN, AND
THIS IS DONE BY USING THE MODEM.

      ╨RESS (├=)═, TO SET THE MODEM PARAMETERS.  ╘HE STATUS LINE WILL
DISPLAY THE FOLLOWING:

         0300:╞:1╙:8╫:╬:3  BAUD RATE   ┬╥╞=000

┘OU'LL NOTICE THAT THE WORDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LINE ARE IN A DIFFERENT
COLOR.  ╘HIS IS A DESCRIPTION OF WHICH PARAMETER YOU'RE CURRENTLY
ADJUSTING, AND IT SHOULD SAY "BAUD RATE."  ╘HE "300" THAT APPEARS ON THE
STATUS LINE INDICATES 300 BAUD.

     ╘O CHANGE PARAMETERS, PRESS (├╒╥╙╧╥ ╥╔╟╚╘), AND NOTICE THAT THE WORD
HAS CHANGED TO "DUPLEX."  ╘HE "╞" THAT APPEARS ON THE STATUS LINE INDICATES
THAT YOU'RE IN FULL DUPLEX. ╘HIS MEANS THAT THE HOST COMPUTER YOU SEND
INFORMATION TO WILL ECHO BACK WHAT YOU'VE SENT, SO YOU CAN SEE IT ON YOUR
SCREEN.  ╬OT ALL COMPUTERS DO THIS, HOWEVER, SO SOMETIMES IT'S NECESSARY TO
HAVE ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 PROVIDE THE "ECHO" SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE TYPING.
╫HEN ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 PROVIDES THE ECHO, IT'S CALLED HALF DUPLEX.  ╙INCE
YOU'LL WANT THE PROGRAM TO ECHO WHAT'S TYPED WHEN YOU USE THE ╙PLIT-╙CREEN,
CHANGE THIS SETTING TO HALF DUPLEX BY PRESSING <├╒╥╙╧╥ ─╧╫╬>.  ┴LL THE
PARAMETERS ARE CHANGED THIS WAY--PRESS <├╒╥╙╧╥ ╥╔╟╚╘> TILL THE PARAMETER
YOU WISH TO CHANGE APPEARS, AND THEN PRESS <├╒╥╙╧╥ ─╧╫╬> TO CHANGE IT.

     ╨RESS <├╒╥╙╧╥ ╥╔╟╚╘> AGAIN, AND THE PARAMETER WILL CHANGE TO "STOP
BITS," "WORD LENGTH," "PARITY," AND "HANDSHAKE" BEFORE COMING BACK TO "BAUD
RATE" AGAIN.  ╬OW PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬> TO RETURN TO THE HELP SCREEN.


╙╨╠╔╘-╙├╥┼┼╬ ╘┘╨╔╬╟

     ╨RESS (├=)╩, AND NOTICE THAT THE STATUS LINES DISAPPEAR, AND AN
UNDERSCORE CURSOR APPEARS UNDER THE NORMAL BOX CURSOR.  ╬OW TYPE A
SENTENCE, AND NOTICE THAT WHATEVER YOU TYPE APPEARS ON THE BOTTOM TWO
LINES, IN THE SAME COLOR AS THE UNDERSCORE CURSOR.  ┘OU CAN TYPE UP TO 80
CHARACTERS IN THIS AREA, BUT UNTIL YOU PRESS (╥┼╘╒╥╬) NONE OF THEM IS SENT
TO THE MODEM.  ╘RY PRESSING (╥┼╘╒╥╬) NOW, AND YOUR SENTENCE NOW APPEARS IN
THE UPPER SCREEN AREA.

     ╘HIS SPLIT-SCREEN FUNCTION IS ESPECIALLY USEFUL WHEN YOU'RE "TALKING"
WITH ANOTHER PERSON ON LINE.  ╔NCOMING MESSAGES DON'T INTERFERE WITH WHAT
YOU TYPE, AND VICE VERSA, AND IT MAKES THE SCREEN A LOT EASIER TO READ.
╫HEN YOU WANT TO TURN OFF THE SPLIT SCREEN, PRESS (╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨).

┴╒╘╧═╧─┼═╙

     ╨RESS <F2> TO READ THE ┴UTODIAL FUNCTIONS SCREEN.  ┘OU USE THESE
COMMANDS IF YOU HAVE A MODEM THAT DIALS THE TELEPHONE UNDER CONTROL OF A
COMPUTER PROGRAM.  ╔F YOU HAVE A ╙MART MODEM (╚AYES COMPATIBLE) OR A ═ANUAL
MODEM (LIKE THE ├OMMODORE 1600) YOU DON'T USE THE (├=)A AUTOMODEM COMMAND.
╙EE YOUR MODEM MANUAL FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

     ╘HE EASIEST WAY TO DIAL AN AUTOMODEM IS TO PRESS (├=)A AND THEN TYPE
IN THE NUMBER YOU WISH TO DIAL.  ┘OU CAN TYPE IN TEXT ALONG WITH THE NUMBER
IF YOU WISH, BUT THE PROGRAM WILL ONLY TRANSMIT THE NUMBERS.  ╔F YOU NEED
TO PROGRAM IN A PAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE WHEN DIALING A LONG DISTANCE NUMBER, OR
A LONG DISTANCE ACCESS CODE, ADD A COMMA WHEREVER YOU NEED A ONE-SECOND
PAUSE.  ┘OU CAN PUT IN MORE THAN ONE COMMA IF YOU NEED A LONGER PAUSE.
(CTRL)D AND (CTRL)F CONTROL THE SPEED OF PULSE DIALING; (CTRL)D IS THE
DEFAULT RATE (10 PULSES/SEC); (CTRL)F IS THE "FAST" RATE (20 PULSES/SEC).

     ╘HE PROGRAM WILL NORMALLY WAIT 20 SECONDS FOR A CARRIER TO BE
DETECTED.  ╔F YOU WANT TO CHOOSE A DIFFERENT WAIT TIME, PRESS (CTRL)W AND
THEN TYPE IN THE NUMBER OF SECONDS YOU WISH (ALWAYS A TWO DIGIT NUMBER).

     (CTRL)R TELLS ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 TO REDIAL THE LAST NUMBER; (CTRL)A WILL
PICK UP THE LINE TO ANSWER A CALL.  ╫HEN YOU USE (CTRL)A, THE PROGRAM
ASSUMES THAT THE CARRIER IS ALREADY PRESENT, SO IF YOU NEED TO CHECK TO SEE
IF CARRIER IS THERE, FOLLOW THE (CTRL)A WITH A (CTRL)W AND A NUMBER OF
SECONDS TO WAIT FOR THE CARRIER.  (CTRL)H WILL HANG UP THE LINE, IF YOU
WANT TO DISCONNECT.  ┴LL THESE (CTRL) COMMANDS NEED TO BE FOLLOWED BY
<RETURN>.


╨╥╔╬╘┼╥ ╞╒╬├╘╔╧╬╙

     ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 WORKS WITH WITH ALL ├OMMODORE AND ├OMMODORE-COMPATIBLE
PRINTERS.  ╨RESS (├=)4 TO SEE THE PRINTER FUNCTIONS SCREEN.

╬╧╘┼:  ═AKE SURE YOUR PRINTER IS TURNED ON BEFORE YOU EXPERIMENT WITH THESE
COMMANDS.

     ╨RESS (├=)Y.  ╘HE PROMPT WILL SHOW

             ┼╬╘┼╥ ╞╔╠┼ ╬┴═┼:0:HELP.PRT.

┘OU CAN USE THIS FILE NAME BY SIMPLY PRESSING (╥┼╘╒╥╬), OR YOU CAN CHANGE
IT TO ANY NAME YOU CHOOSE.  ╒SE THE DEFAULT FILE NAME FOR DEMONSTRATION
PURPOSES.  ╨RESS (╥┼╘╒╥╬), AND THE FILE WILL BE READ FROM THE DISK AND
DIRECTED TO THE PRINTER.

     ┘OU CAN SEND INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM YOUR SCREEN TO THE PRINTER AS
WELL, CHOOSING EITHER TO PRINT ONLY WHAT IS ON THE SCREEN, OR ANY SELECTED
PORTION OF THE SCREEN BUFFER.  ╘O PRINT ONLY WHAT APPEARS ON THE SCREEN,
USE THE COMMAND (├=)╙.

     ╘O PRINT A LARGER AREA OF THE SCREEN BUFFER, PRESS (├=)┬.  ╘HE PROMPT
LINE WILL ASK:

                ╘╧ ─╔╙╦, ╨╥╔╬╘┼╥, ╧╥ ═╧─┼═?

╨RESS ╨ TO SELECT THE PRINTER.  ╬EXT YOU WILL BE ASKED:

                ╙┼╘ ╞╔╥╙╘ ╠╔╬┼

╒SE THE SCROLL KEYS (├=)<F7> TO SELECT THE FIRST LINE, THEN PRESS <╥┼╘╒╥╬>.
╬EXT YOU'LL BE ASKED:

                ╙┼╘ ╠┴╙╘ ╠╔╬┼

┴ND, AGAIN, YOU USE THE SCROLL KEYS TO DO THAT.  ┴FTER YOU SELECT THE LAST
LINE TO BE PRINTED, THE INFORMATION IS SENT TO THE PRINTER, AND A NEW
PROMPT WILL APPEAR: ├╧╬╘╔╬╒┼?  ╘HIS IS ANSWERED EITHER YES (┘) OR NO (╬).
╞OR NOW, PRESS ╬ TO END THE DEMONSTRATION.

     ┴NOTHER WAY TO PRINT A RANGE OF INFORMATION FROM YOUR SCREEN IS TO USE
THE "BOOKMARK."  ╘HE BOOKMARK ALLOWS YOU TO SET A MARKER AT ANY PARTICULAR
POINT IN TIME, AND THEN LATER PRINT OUT ALL THE INFORMATION YOU'VE RECEIVED
BETWEEN THAT TIME AND ANY OTHER, LATER TIME YOU SPECIFY.  ╔F, FOR EXAMPLE,
YOU WANTED TO SAVE A TRANSCRIPT OF AN ON-LINE DISCUSSION, YOU COULD SET A
BOOKMARK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DISCUSSION, AND THEN LATER SET AN "END OF
FILE" MARKER, AND DIRECT THE CONTENTS OF YOUR SCREEN TO YOUR PRINTER.
(╘HIS ASSUMES, OF COURSE, THAT THE INFORMATION DOESN'T TAKE UP MORE THAN
THE 700 LINES IN THE VIRTUAL SCREEN).  ╘O SEE HOW THIS WORKS, FILL UP THE
SCREEN WITH INFORMATION.  ╨RESS <F7>, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU A LIST OF ALL THE
CONTROL AND FUNCTION KEYS THAT ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 USES.  ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 WILL
PRINT ALL THE INFORMATION ON YOUR SCREEN, AND THEN WILL AUTOMATICALLY
RETURN TO THE BEGINNING OF THE LISTING.  ╨RESS (├=)H, AND YOU'LL SEE THE
PROMPT:

              ╙┼╘ ╧╥ ╞╔╬─?

╨RESS ╙ TO SET THE BOOKMARK AT THIS POINT.  ╬OW, PRESS <F5> TO ADD A LIST
OF MACRO CONDITIONALS.  ╬OW USE THE <╙├╥╧╠╠> KEYS (IN THIS CASE, (├=)<F7>
AND (├=)<F3>) TO SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. ╨RESS (├=)┬, AND THE
PROMPT:

             ╘╧ ─╔╙╦, ═╧─┼═ ╧╥ ╨╥╔╬╘┼╥?

WILL APPEAR.  ╨RESS ╨ TO INDICATE YOU WANT THE INFORMATION SENT TO THE
PRINTER.  ╘HEN YOU'LL BE PROMPTED:

              ╙┼╘ ╞╔╥╙╘ ╠╔╬┼

BUT INSTEAD OF SETTING A FIRST LINE AS YOU DID BEFORE, SIMPLY TYPE THE
LETTER ┬ TO INDICATE THAT YOU WANT TO SEND ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE
PLACE AT WHICH YOU SET THE BOOKMARK, TO THE END OF THE FILE.  ╘HE
INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO YOUR PRINTER, AND YOU'LL GET THE PROMPT:

              ├╧╬╘╔╬╒┼?

╨RESS ╬ TO END THE DEMONSTRATION.

╧╘╚┼╥ ╨╥╔╬╘┼╥ ╞╒╬├╘╔╧╬╙

     ╘HE (├=)O COMMAND OPENS CHANNELS TO THE VARIOUS PERIPHERAL DEVICES IN
YOUR SYSTEM.  ╔T'S MAINLY USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MODEM, BUT YOU CAN
ALSO USE IT WITH THE PRINTER, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO TRANSLATE FILES TO
AND FROM ┴╙├╔╔/╨┼╘┴╙├╔╔.  ┘OU CAN SEND FILES THROUGH THE "TRANSLATION
TABLES" BUILT INTO ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 AND THEN TO YOUR PRINTER.  ╘O SEE HOW
THIS WORKS, FIRST, MAKE SURE ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 IS STILL IN HALF DUPLEX (CHECK
THE SECTION ON ╙╨╠╔╘-╙├╥┼┼╬ ╘┘╨╔╬╟ FOR AN EXPLANATION OF HOW THIS IS DONE).
╘HIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO SEE THE DATA ON YOUR SCREEN AS IT'S TRANSMITTED.

     ╨RESS (├=)O, AND YOU'LL SEE THE LIST OF ╔NPUT/╧UTPUT CHANNELS APPEAR.
╨RESS 7 TO "OPEN" THE PRINTER.  ╘HEN PRESS (├=)O AGAIN, AND PRESS 4 TO OPEN
THE DISK READ CHANNEL.  ┘OU'LL BE ASKED FOR A FILE NAME; TYPE ╔╬╘╥╧.╙├╥.
╘HE FILE ╔╬╘╥╧.╙├╥ IS READ FROM THE DISK, SENT TO THE MODEM (AND YOU CAN
SEE IT ON THE SCREEN) AND THEN IS SENT TO THE PRINTER.  ╬OTE THAT THE DISK
FILE CHANNEL IS AUTOMATICALLY CLOSED WHEN IT REACHES THE END OF THE FILE,
BUT THE PRINTER CHANNEL IS STILL OPEN, AND IT WILL STAY OPEN TILL YOU CLOSE
IT AGAIN.

     ╘O DEMONSTRATE THE ┴╙├╔╔/╨┼╘┴╙├╔╔ TRANSLATION, PRESS (├=)┬RITISH POUND
TO TURN OFF THE ╘RANSMIT ╘RANSLATE.  ╨RESS (├=)O, AND THEN 4 TO RE-OPEN THE
DISK READ CHANNEL.  ╘YPE IN THE FILENAME ╔╬╘╥╧.╙├╥ AS YOU DID BEFORE, AND
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS--YOU CAN SEE HOW STANDARD ┴╙├╔╔ IS DIFFERENT FROM
╨┼╘┴╙├╔╔.  ╫AIT TILL THE DISK CHANNEL IS CLOSED, AND THEN PRESS (├=)┬RITISH
POUND TO TURN THE ╘RANSMIT ╘RANSLATE BACK ON, AND THEN PRESS (├=)O AND THEN
8 TO CLOSE THE PRINTER CHANNEL.  ╘HE LAST LINE (OR MORE IF YOUR PRINTER IS
BUFFERED) IS PRINTED, AND THE PRINTER IS CLOSED.


─╔╙╦ ╞╒╬├╘╔╧╬╙

     ╨RESS (├=)5 TO SEE THE DISK FUNCTIONS SCREEN.  ╘HE ONE COMMAND WHICH
HASN'T YET BEEN USED IS (├╘╥╠)5, WHICH IS THE ╞ILE ├OPY (─ISK) ╒TILITY.
┘OU USE THIS TO COPY DISK FILES, WITH OR WITHOUT TRANSLATION; IT'S
EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR CONVERTING ┴╙├╔╔ FILES TO ╨┼╘┴╙├╔╔ IN THOSE CASES
WHERE YOU RECEIVED ┴╙├╔╔ FILES DURING ╪═╧─┼═ TRANSFERS.  (╙EE THE ╥EFERENCE
SECTION FOR A TABLE OF TRANSLATION CONTROLS TO USE WITH THIS COMMAND.) ╘HE
READ AND WRITE CHANNELS ARE GOVERNED BY THE ╙ET ├HANNEL COMMAND IN THE ─ISK
╫EDGE; SEE THE SECTION ─╔╙╦ ╫┼─╟┼ ├╧══┴╬─╙ FOR MORE DETAILS.

     ╙ET THE ╘RANSMIT AND ╥ECEIVE ╘RANSLATION TOGGLES AS INDICATED IN THE
╥EFERENCE ╙ECTION, AND THEN PRESS (├╘╥╠)5.  ┘OU'LL BE PROMPTED FOR THE
WRITE FILE NAME FIRST (THAT IS, THE FILE NAME YOU WANT TO APPEAR ON THIS
FILE ON YOUR DISK).  ╘HEN YOU'LL BE PROMPTED FOR THE READ FILE NAME, THAT
IS, THE NAME OF THE FILE AS IT ALREADY APPEARS ON YOUR DISK.  ╘HE ╞ILE ├OPY
╒TILITY EXPECTS THAT BOTH WILL BE SEQUENTIAL FILES.  ╔F YOU'RE COPYING A
PROGRAM FILE, MAKE SURE YOU TURN OFF BOTH TRANSLATE TOGGLES BEFORE YOU
BEGIN, AND ADD THE NOTATION ,╨,╫ (PROGRAM, WRITE) TO THE WRITE FILE AND
,╨,╥ (PROGRAM, READ) TO THE READ FILE.