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UTIL Command E - Echo
This command lets you specify what computer will "echo" what you type.
When you type on your keyboard, you will not see your keystrokes on your
screen unless one of the computers echoes it back to you. Options for echo
are:
C)aller's software Your communications software will echo your keystrokes
to your screen. This will make your keystorkes appear
faster, since they do not have to be processed by
RBBS-PC and sent back to you.
R)BBS-PC RBBS-PC will echo all your keystrokes back to you.
this is the default mode for RBBS-PC. The advantage
to this mode is that you can be sure that what you
typed is what RBBS-PC got, since it echos back to you.
I)ntermediate network A data network (i.e. Compuserve) does the echoing and
neither RBBS-PC nor the caller's software need echo
the characters back to the keyboard as they are
typed in. When the network delay is significant,
this selection may be useful.
TIPS:
1. The fastest performance is C)aller's software, because echo does not
have to wait to transmit character and the get it transmitted back.
2. The safest form of echo is RBBS-PC. That way the caller sees what
RBBS- PC really received rather than what was sent.
3. Intermediate host echo can be used when RBBS-PC is accessed through
other computers, such as as Compuserve.
4. Use "C" or "I" if it seems to take a long time for what you type to
appear on your screen. This is a common problem when typing must pass
through several computers, e.g. on PC-Pursuit and Compuserve.