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     ╘HE "HEART" OF ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64, THE FEATURE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO
PERSONALIZE IT TO ┘╧╒╥ NEEDS, IS THE USE OF PROGRAMMABLE MACRO KEYS.  ┬Y
USING MACROS, YOU CAN DO SIMPLE THINGS LIKE SENDING A PRE-PROGRAMMED TEXT,
OR COMPLEX THINGS LIKE HAVING YOUR COMPUTER SIGN ONTO A NETWORK
AUTOMATICALLY AT A PREDETERMINED TIME, DOWNLOAD SPECIFIC DATA, AND SIGN OFF
AUTOMATICALLY.  ┘OU CAN HAVE AS MANY DIFFERENT SETS OF MACROS AS YOU LIKE,
MAKING ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 INFINITELY FLEXIBLE.

     ┴ MACRO IS A PRE-PROGAMMED COMMAND THAT SENDS DATA AS IF YOU'D TYPED
IT IN.  ┬UT INSTEAD OF SENDING MANY KEYSTROKES, YOU SIMPLY PRESS ONE OF THE
MACRO KEY COMBINATIONS: (├=)1 THROUGH (├=)8, AND <F1> THROUGH <F8>.  ┼ACH
MACRO CAN CONTAIN UP TO 80 SEPARATE KEYSTROKES.  ╔N EXPLORING ╙IXTH ╙ENSE
64, YOU'VE ALREADY USED MACROS TO SEE THE HELP SCREENS, SINCE THE PROGRAM
COMES WITH A SET OF PRE-DETERMINED MACRO KEYS.  ╠ET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.
╨RESS (├=)7 TO SEE THE MACRO HELP SCREEN.  ╬OW PRESS (├=)K, AND THE STATUS
LINE ASKS:

         ╠╧┴─, ╙┴╓┼, ─╔╙╨╠┴┘ ╧╥ ─┼╞╔╬┼?

╨RESS ─ TO DISPLAY THE SET OF MACROS THAT COMES WITH ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 .  ╘HE
LIST WILL SHOW YOU WHICH MACRO IS PROGRAMMED INTO WHICH KEY.  ╠ET'S LOOK AT
KEY 1, WHICH YOU WOULD ACCESS BY PRESSING (├=)1.  ╔T SHOWS AN UNDERLINED ╞,
FOLLOWED BY THE WORDS INTRO.SCR, FOLLOWED BY A CHECKMARK.  ╘HE UNDERLINE
MEANS THAT THE F IS ACTUALLY (├=)F, WHICH IS THE COMMAND THAT READS A TEXT
FILE FROM THE DISK AND DISPLAYS IT ON THE SCREEN.

     ╨RESSING (├=)1 IS THEREFORE THE SAME THING AS PRESSING (├=)F, THEN
ANSWERING THE PROMPT ON THE SCREEN WITH THE WORDS INTRO.SCR (THE NAME OF
THE FILE TO BE READ) AND THEN PRESSING (╥┼╘╒╥╬).  ┘OU CAN SEE THAT USING
MACROS CAN SAVE YOU A LOT OF TIME IN TYPING.  ┘OU CAN PROGRAM ANY KEYBOARD
COMMAND, OR A STRING OF COMMANDS, INTO A MACRO.

     ┘OU CAN ALSO TELL YOUR COMPUTER TO WAIT FOR CERTAIN EVENTS TO OCCUR,
AND THEN TAKE ACTION BASED ON THOSE EVENTS.  ╘HERE ARE FOUR KINDS OF EVENTS
YOU CAN CHECK THIS WAY: (1) ╘HE RECEPTION OF PARTICULAR STRINGS OF DATA, AS
HAPPENS WHEN SIGNING ONTO A NETWORK THAT ALWAYS SENDS THE SAME INQUIRY TO
YOUR COMPUTER WHEN YOU SIGN ON, (2) ┴ SPECIFIC TIME OF DAY, FROM THE CLOCK
BUILT INTO ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64, (3) ┴ SPECIFIC COUNTER VALUE (ASKING THE PROGRAM
TO TAKE NOTE OF HOW MANY TIMES A PARTICULAR ACTION OCCURS) AND (4) ╘HE
FIRST LINE OF THE VIRTUAL SCREEN, WHICH WOULD TELL ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 TO WAIT
TILL YOU TYPED IN A PARTICULAR INSTRUCTION.

     ╔F YOU CHOOSE TO HAVE YOUR COMPUTER WAIT FOR A PARTICULAR STRING OF
DATA (AS IN #1 ABOVE), NOTE THAT A STRING MAY BE A COMBINATION OF LETTERS,
NUMBERS, AND PUNCTUATION RANGING IN LENGTH FROM ONE TO SIXTEEN CHARACTERS.
┘OUR MODEM SETTING WILL HAVE TO MATCH THAT OF THE HOST COMPUTER, TO INSURE
THAT THE STRING IS UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY BY ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64.

     ┼ACH EVENT THAT YOU INSTRUCT ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 TO CHECK FOR WILL BE
DESIGNATED IN YOUR MACRO BY A LETTER (A TO H) OR A NUMBER (1 TO 8).  ╘HESE
LETTERS AND NUMBERS ARE CALLED "CONDITION FLAGS."  ┘OU CAN TELL ╙IXTH ╙ENSE
64 TO CHECK EACH OF THEM, TO SEE IF THE SPECIFIED EVENT HAS OCCURRED, AND
THEN PROCEED TO WHATEVER ACTION YOU SPECIFY NEXT.

     ├ONDITION FLAG 1 IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS; IT SIGNIFIES AN
UNCONDITIONAL WAIT TILL THE SPECIFIED STRING IS RECEIVED.  ╘HAT IS, ╙IXTH
╙ENSE 64 WILL SUSPEND ALL ACTION UNTIL IT RECEIVES THE DATA YOU SPECIFY.
╘HE OTHER CONDITION FLAGS DON'T WORK THAT WAY; THEY ALLOW OTHER ACTIONS TO
CONTINUE WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THE PROPER STRING TO BE RECEIVED.

═┴├╥╧ ├╧══┴╬─ ╦┼┘╙

     ╘HERE ARE SPECIAL KEYS AND KEY COMBINATIONS USED IN PROGRAMMING
MACROS.  ╔N GENERAL, YOU'LL USE THE ├OMMODORE KEY (├=) IN COMBINATION WITH
ANOTHER KEY WHEN YOU TELL A MACRO WHAT ACTION TO TAKE.  ╘HE LETTER OR
SYMBOL ON THE KEY WILL APPEAR ON YOUR SCREEN WITH AN UNDERSCORE, TO SHOW
YOU THAT THE (├=) KEY HAS ALSO BEEN PRESSED.

     (├=)K IS USED TO BEGIN PROGRAMMING MACROS, AS INDICATED ABOVE.  ╘HE
SCREEN WILL ASK YOU:

          ╠╧┴─, ╙┴╓┼, ─╔╙╨╠┴┘ ╧╥ ─┼╞╔╬┼?

     (├=)+ (├OMMODORE-PLUS) IS USED TO TELL A MACRO TO TEST FOR A
PARTICULAR STRING.  ╨LACE THE (├=)+ BEFORE AND AFTER THE STRING TO DEFINE
IT.  (├=)+ IS ALSO USED TO TELL ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 TO TAKE ACTION, WHEN PLACED
BEFORE THE NUMBER OR LETTER OF A CONDITION FLAG TO CHECK OR TO SET.

     (├╘╥╠)1, WHICH PRINTS THE WORD ╔╞ ON YOUR SCREEN, TELLS THE PROGRAM TO
BEGIN TESTING THE CONDITION FLAG (THE LETTER A TO H OR NUMBER 1 TO 8) THAT
FOLLOWS IT, AND THEN WHAT ACTION TO PERFORM ONCE THE CONDITION HAS BEEN
SATISFIED.

     (SHIFT)(DELETE) RESETS ALL CURRENT MACRO CONDITIONS AND STOPS MACRO
OPERATIONS STILL PENDING.  ╘HIS BASICALLY TELLS ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 TO START
OVER FROM THE BEGINNING, SO YOU CAN HAVE THE SAME MACRO ACTION PERFORMED
REPEATEDLY IF YOU WISH.

     ├=)╘ (UPPER CASE ╘) TELLS ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 THAT YOU'LL BE BASING ACTIONS
ON THE CLOCK.  ┘OU USE (├=)╘ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LETTERS R (RESET),T
(TEST) AND W (WAIT) AS WELL AS P (PRINT CURRENT TIME).

     ╒SE THE LETTER ╨ (UPPER CASE) TO INDICATE A PAUSE OF ONE SECOND IN A
MACRO.  ┘OU CAN USE THE LETTER REPEATEDLY IF YOU NEED A LONGER PAUSE.

     ╔F YOU WANT THE PROGRAM TO SOUND A BELL WHEN SOME PARTICULAR ACTION
TAKES PLACE, PROGRAM THAT IN BY TYPING (CTRL)┬RITISH POUND.  ╘HE PROGRAM
WILL SOUND A BELL BUT IT WON'T TRANSMIT IT.

     (╙╚╔╞╘)@ SIGNALS THE END OF A PARTICULAR MACRO, AND RETURNS YOU TO
WHATEVER SCREEN YOU WERE VIEWING.  ╘O PROGRAM ANOTHER MACRO, PRESS (├=)K
AGAIN.

     ╚ERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW THE COMMANDS ARE USED.  ╔F YOU WANTED TO
HAVE ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 WAIT FOR A PARTICULAR STRING, AND TAKE NO ACTION TILL
THAT STRING IS RECEIVED, YOU'D USE CONDITION FLAG 1, AS NOTED ABOVE.  ╠ET'S
SAY YOU WANTED IT TO WAIT FOR A QUESTION MARK.  ┘OU'D TYPE IN (├=)+,THEN
THE NUMBER 1, THEN A QUESTION MARK, THEN (├=)+ AGAIN.

     ╙INCE AN UNDONDITIONAL WAIT SUSPENDS ALL OPERATIONS TILL THE PROPER
STRING IS RECEIVED, YOU CAN PROGRAM FURTHER COMMANDS INTO THE SAME MACRO IF
YOU WISH.  ╘HEY WON'T BE PERFORMED TILL THE SPECIFIED EVENT OCCURS.  ╞OR
EXAMPLE, TO TELL THE PROGRAM TO WAIT TILL A QUESTION MARK IS RECEIVED, AND
THEN SEND THE WORD "HELLO" TO THE MODEM, YOU'D TYPE (├=)+, THEN THE NUMBER
1, THEN A QUESTION MARK, THEN (├=)+ AGAIN, THEN THE WORD "HELLO" FOLLOWED
BY (╥┼╘╒╥╬).

     ╔F YOU WANTED ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 WAIT TILL THE CHARACTER > WAS RECEIVED
AND THEN SET CONDITION FLAG 2, YOU'D TYPE (├=)+, THEN THE NUMBER 2, THEN
THE SYMBOL >, AND THEN (├=)+ AGAIN.

     ├ONDITIONAL WAITS ALLOW OPERATIONS TO OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE, SO IF
YOU PROGRAM ADDITIONAL COMMANDS INTO THE MACRO, THEY'LL BE PERFORMED
IMMEDIATELY.  ╙O YOU NEED TO TELL THE MACRO TO KEEP CHECKING TO SEE IF THE
PROPER CONDITION HAS BEEN SATISFIED, AND THEN WHAT ACTION TO TAKE.  ╞OR
EXAMPLE, TO SET CONDITION FLAG 2 TRUE WHEN A ">" IS RECEIVED, THEN TELL THE
PROGRAM TO EXECUTE MACRO 3, BUT WHILE IT'S WAITING FOR A ">" TO PRINT THE
WORDS "NOT YET" ON THE SCREEN, YOU'D TYPE (├=)+, THEN THE NUMBER 2, THE
CHARACTER >, THEN (├=)+ AGAIN, THEN (├╘╥╠)1, THEN THE NUMBER 2 [THIS
COMBINATION TELLS ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64  TO KEEP TESTING CONDITION 2], THEN (├=)3
[THE NEXT MACRO TO PERFORM], AND THEN THE WORDS NOT YET FOLLOWED BY
(╥┼╘╒╥╬).  ╘HIS SOUNDS RATHER COMPLICATED, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT TAKES LONGER TO DESCRIBE THAN IT DOES TO DO.

     ╠ET'S ACTUALLY PROGRAM SOME MACRO KEYS, TO SEE HOW THEY WORK.  ╫E'LL
SEPARATE THE KEYSTROKES SO YOU CAN SEE HOW EACH ONE WORKS.

PRESS (├=)K          [PROGRAM A MACRO]
      (├=)2          [MACRO KEY TO PROGRAM]
      (├=)+          [TAKE ACTION]
      2              [SET CONDITION FLAG 2]
      >              [THE SYMBOL YOU WANT IT TO WAIT FOR]
      (├╘╥╠)1        [TEST TO SEE IF CONDITION IS SATISFIED]
      2              [NUMBER OF CONDITION FLAG TO TEST]
      (├=)3          [MACRO TO EXECUTE NEXT]
TYPE  NOT YET        [WHAT TO DISPLAY WHILE WAITING]
PRESS (├=)2          [MACRO TO REPEAT WHILE WAITING]
      (SHIFT)@       [END OF MACRO]

╬OW, SINCE YOU TOLD THE PROGRAM TO PERFORM MACRO 3 ONCE THE PROPER
CONDITIONS HAD BEEN SATISFIED, LET'S PROGRAM MACRO 3.

PRESS (├=)K           [PROGRAM A MACRO]
      (├=)3           [NUMBER OF MACRO TO BE PROGRAMMED]
TYPE  GOT IT!         [ACTION TO TAKE NEXT]
PRESS (SHIFT/DELETE)  [CLEAR THE MACRO STACK AND START OVER]
      (SHIFT)@        [END PROGRAMMING]

     ╬OW LET'S SEE THE NEWLY-PROGRAMMED MACRO IN ACTION.  ╨RESS (├=)2, AND
YOU'LL SEE THE WORDS "NOT YET" PRINTED ON YOUR SCREEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
╫HEN YOU PRESS >, YOU'LL SEE THE WORDS "╟╧╘ ╔╘!" AND THE MACRO ACTION ENDS.
╘HIS IS A SIMPLE EXAMPLE, BUT EXTENSIVE MACRO ACTIONS ARE PROGRAMMED IN THE
SAME WAY.  ┘OU CAN HAVE UP TO 80 KEYSTROKES IN ANY ONE MACRO, AND YOU CAN
HAVE ANY MACRO CALL UP ONE, OR SEVERAL, OTHER MACROS, OR AN ENTIRELY NEW
SET OF MACRO DEFINITIONS FROM YOUR DISK.  ╘HE POSSIBILITIES ARE INFINITE.

     ╚ERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO PROGRAM A MACRO TO USE THE CLOCK.

PRESS (├=)K             [PROGRAM A MACRO]
      (├=)2             [NUMBER OF MACRO TO BE PROGRAMMED]
      (├=)╘             [INDICATE USE OF CLOCK]
      R                 [RESET]
      (├=)╘             [CLOCK]
      T                 [TEST FOR SPECIFIED TIME]
TYPE  00:00:20          [TIME]
PRESS (├=)3             [MACRO TO PERFORM AT SPECIFIED TIME]
      (├=)4             [MACRO TO PERFORM WHILE WAITING]
      (SHIFT)@          [END PROGRAMMING]

╘HIS PROGRAMS MACRO (├=)2.  ╬OW LET'S PROGRAM MACROS (├=)3 AND (├=4).

PRESS (├=)K             [PROGRAM MACRO]
      (├=)3             [NUMBER OF MACRO]
TYPE  THE TIME IS       [PHRASE TO PRINT]
PRESS (├=)╘             [USE CLOCK]
      P <RETURN>        [PRINT CURRENT TIME]
      (SHIFT-DELETE)    [CLEAR MACRO STACK]
      (SHIFT)@          [END MACRO]
PRESS (├=)K             [PROGRAM MACRO]
      (├=)4             [NUMBER OF MACRO]
TYPE  NOT YET <RETURN>  [PHRASE TO PRINT]
PRESS (├=)╨             [PAUSE ONE SECOND]
      (├=)4             [MACRO TO EXECUTE WHILE WAITING]
      (SHIFT)@          [END PROGRAM]


     ═ACRO KEY 2 SAYS:  RESET THE TIME, THEN TEST THE TIME FOR 00:00:20 (20
SECONDS) AND PERFORM MACRO KEY 3 IF TRUE.  ├ONTINUE WITH MACRO 4
IMMEDIATELY.  ═ACRO KEY 3 SAYS: PRINT "THE TIME IS" AND THE CURRENT TIME,
THEN CLEAR THE PROGRAM STACK.  ═ACRO KEY 4 SAYS PRINT "NOT YET," THEN PAUSE
ONE SECOND, THEN REPEAT MACRO KEY 4.  ╘O SEE THIS IN ACTION, PRESS (├=)2.

     ┴ "TEST TIME" COMMAND IS LIKE A CONDITIONAL STRING; IT DOESN'T SUSPEND
OPERATIONS.  ╔F YOU WANTED THE PROGRAM TO WAIT FOR A PARTICULAR STRING, AND
TO DO NOTHING ELSE TILL THAT STRING WAS RECEIVED, YOU'D SUBSTITUTE THE
LETTER W TO INDICATE AN UNCONDITIONAL WAIT FOR TIME.  ╘HE WAIT INDICATOR
USES HOURS AND MINUTES ONLY, SO THE MINIMUM SETTING IS 0001 (ONE MINUTE).
╬OTICE THAT YOU DON'T USE THE COLON WITH A "WAIT" SPECIFICATION.  ╔N ORDER
TO USE A WAIT TIIME RATHER THAN A TEST TIME IN THE PREVIOUS EXAMPLE,
SUBSTITUTE "W0001" FOR THE "T00:00:20" IN MACRO 2.  ╨RESSING (├=)2, NOTICE
THAT THE "NOT YET" MESSAGE DOESN'T APPREA, BECAUSE ALL MACROS ARE SUSPENDED
DURING AN UNCONDITIONAL WAIT.  ┴FTER ONE MINUTE HAS PASSED, THE MESSAGE
"THE TIME IS 00:01:00" WILL BE DISPLAYED.

     ╘HE COUNTER CAN ALSO BE PROGRAMMED INTO A MACRO.  ╘HIS CAN TELL THE
PROGRAM TO COUNT SPECIFIC OCCURRENCES, AND THEN, WHEN THE RIGHT NUMBER HAS
BEEN REACHED, TO TAKE OTHER ACTIONS.  ┘OU CAN USE THE CLOCK AND COUNTER TO
PROGRAM YOUR COMPUTER TO WORK UNATTENDED, VERY CONVENIENT IN USING
INFORMATION SERVICES THAT ARE OFTEN BUSY DURING THE DAY.  ╙ET THE PROGRAM
TO LOG ON AUTOMATICALLY LATE AT NIGHT, AND TAKE WHATEVER ADDITIONAL ACTIONS
YOU DESIRE.

    ╠ET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT HOW THE COUNTER WORKS.  ╨RESS <F1> TO SEE
THE CLOCK-COUNTER SCREEN.  ╘HE COUNTER IS DISPLAYED RIGHT ABOVE THE CLOCK,
AND IT'S CURRENTLY SET AT ZERO (0000). ╘O SET THE COUNTER, PRESS (├=)N, AND
YOU'LL SEE THE PROMPT

        ┌┼╥╧ ╔╬├╥ ─┼├╥ ╦┼┘ ╙┼╘ ╘┼╙╘ ╟┼╘ ╨╒╘

╨RESS ╙ TO SET THE COUNTER; YOU CAN ENTER A VALUE FROM 0 TO 9999.  ╠ET'S
SET IT TO 55 AS AN EXAMPLE--JUST TYPE IN 55 AND (╥┼╘╒╥╬).  ╘O INCREMENT
(ADD TO) THE COUNTER, PRESS (├=)N AGAIN, AND THEN TYPE ╔ TO INCREMENT.
┘OU'LL SEE THAT THE COUNTER NOW SHOWS 56.  ╘O DECREMENT (SUBTRACT FROM) THE
COUNTER, YOU'D FOLLOW THE ABOVE PROCEDURE, BUT USE ─ TO DECREMENT.

    ╔F YOU'VE EVER USED A CALCULATOR WITH A MEMORY, YOU'VE UNDOUBTEDLY
SAVED AND RECALLED NUMBERS.  ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64'S COUNTER CAN DO THE SAME
THING.  ╨RESS (├=)N, AND CHOOSE ╨ TO PUT THE VALUE INTO MEMORY.  ╘O CHECK
WHETHER THE NUMBER IS IN MEMORY, PRESS (├=)N AND THEN CHOOSE ┌ TO ZERO THE
COUNTER.  ╘HEN PRESS (├=)N AGAIN, CHOOSE ╟ TO GET THE NUMBER FROM MEMORY,
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE COUNTER NOW SHOWS 55.  ╘HE ╦ COMMAND IS USED TO
SEND THE CURRENT COUNTER VALUE TO THE MODEM.

     ╬OW LET'S SEE HOW THE COUNTER FUNCTION CAN BE PROGRAMMED INTO A MACRO.
╘HE PROPER KEY SEQUENCES APPEAR BELOW.

(├=)K  (├=)2  (├=)+  2  A  (├=)+  (CTRL)1  2  (├=)3  (╙╚╔╞╘)@
(├=)K  (├=)3  (├=)N  I  (├=)N  T  0005  (├=)2  (SHIFT)@
(├=)K  (├=)4  <RETURN>THE COUNTER IS  (├=)N  K<RETURN>  (├=)N  Z
(SHIFT-DELETE)  (SHIFT)@


═ACRO KEY 2 SAYS: SET CONDITIONAL FLAG 2 FOR RECEIPT OF AN "A."  ╔F
CONDITION 2 IS SATISFIED, PERFORM MACRO KEY 3.

═ACRO KEY 3 SAYS:  RESET THE COUNTER, THEN TEST THE COUNTER FOR A VALUE OF
5.  ╔F THE COUNTER TEST IS SATISFIED, PERFORM MACRO KEY 4.  ╨ERFORM MACRO
KEY 2 AGAIN IMMEDIATELY WHILE WAITING FOR THE COUNTER TEST TO BE SATISFIED.

═ACRO KEY 4 SAYS: PRINT <RETURN> THE COUNTER IS" FOLLOWED BY THE CURRENT
COUNTER VALUE, THEN PRINT (╥┼╘╒╥╬).  ┌ERO THE COUNTER, THEN RESET THE
PROGRAM STACK.

     ╘HERE'S ONE ADDITIONAL COMMAND THAT YOU MAY USE WITH MACROS.
╙OMETIMES YOU'VE SET A MACRO TO WAIT UNTIL A PARTICULAR STRING IS RECEIVED,
BUT DUE TO LINE NOISE OR SOME OTHER PROBLEM, YOUR COMPUTER DOESN'T RECEIVE
THE STRING PROPERLY.  ╔F YOU'VE PROGRAMMED IN AN UNCONDITIONAL WAIT, THE
╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 WILL KEEP WAITING UNTIL THE EXACT STRING IS RECEIVED, NOT
KNOWING THAT THE STRING HAS BEEN RECEIVED IMPROPERLY.  ╔N THIS CASE, YOU
CAN SEND THE PROPER STRING MANUALLY FROM THE KEYBOARD BY USING (SHIFT)-
(SHIFT-MINUS).

     ╙IXTH ╙ENSE 64 ADDS EACH LETTER AND SYMBOL IN A MACRO RESPONSE INTO
WHAT'S CALLED THE "STACK."  ╘HE STACK INDICATOR IS ON THE TOP STATUS LINE
ON THE LEFT SIDE, AND IF THERE'S NO PENDING ACTION, IT READS ╙000.  ╔F, FOR
EXAMPLE, YOU'D PROGRAMMED A MACRO TO WAIT FOR THE WORD "STRING" AND THEN
PRINT THE WORD "RECEIVED," THE STACK INDICATOR WOULD READ ╙011, BECAUSE
THERE ARE 11 ITEMS ARE ON THE STACK WAITING FOR THE PROPER RESPONSE TO AN
UNCONDITIONAL WAIT COMMAND.  (╘HE 11 ITEMS ARE THE CHARACTERS
<RETURN>RECEIVED<RETURN>).  ╘O PRINT THE WORD "RECEIVED" TO THE SCREEN,
PRESS (SHIFT)-.  ╒SING (SHIFT)- PERFORMS THE ACTION, BUT DOESN'T STOP THE
MACRO FROM WAITING FOR THE PROPER CONDITION.  ╔F YOU WANT TO CLEAR THE
MACRO AFTER PERFORMING THE ACTION MANUALLY, PRESS (├=)- [MINUS] FOLLOWED BY
THE NUMBER 2.

     ╠ET'S GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU'D USE A MACRO TO SIGN ON TO A SERVICE
LIKE ├OMPU╙ERVE AUTOMATICALLY.  ╘HE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS DIAL THE
TELEPHONE NUMBER.  ╚ERE WE'LL ASSUME YOU'RE USING A MODEM SUCH AS THE
├OMMODORE 1650, WHICH IS AN AUTODIAL MODEM.

PRESS (├=)K             [PROGRAM A MACRO]
      (├=)1             [NUMBER OF MACRO TO PROGRAM]
      (├=)A             [PICK UP PHONE LINE]
TYPE  5551212<CR>       [NUMBER TO DIAL]
PRESS (├=)+             [DEFINE STRING]
      1                 [UNCONDITIONAL WAIT]
TYPE  ╔─:               [TEXT TO WAIT FOR]
      (├=)+             [END STRING DEFINITION]
      70000,000<CR>     [TEXT TO SEND]
PRESS (├=)+             [DEFINE STRING]
      :                 [TEXT TO WAIT FOR]
      (├=)+             [END STRING DEFINITION]
TYPE  PASS*WORD<CR>     [TEXT TO SEND]
PRESS (SHIFT)@          [END OF MACRO]


┬Y USING THIS MACRO, YOU COULD SIGN ON LINE BY JUST PRESSING (├=)1, RATHER
THAN TYPING EVERYTHING IN.