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- Subject: work sheet 3
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- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 23:49:16 PDT
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- to its file area. Use open-apple R in TIC or Alt-L in Telix to open a capture
- buffer and capture the text that will appear on screen. Now use the V)iew
- command to display your file. After a few screens, close the buffer (open-
- apple R in TIC or Alt-L in Telix).
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- 19. Saving the captured file is automatic in Telix. If you are using TIC,
- save it by entering open-apple W to write the file to a formatted disk in
- drive 2.
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- Refer to the separate handout for down/uploading for Telix or for TIC for the
- following activities.
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- 20. Go to the file area for your research community. Download one of the
- files to a formatted disk in your second floppy drive (Apple) or to your hard
- drive (IBM). Pick a small file (under 10,000 bytes).
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- 21. Create a text file using your word processor. Save the file as Ascii
- text. Upload the file you created to file area 20 (the upload area).
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- 22. Create a small text file (under 3000 bytes) using your word processor.
- Put a return at the end of each line (Keep line width 60 or under). Have no
- true blank lines; to skip a line indent using the space bar once or twice
- followed by a return. Try uploading this file as a message using the Upload
- command in the message area and XModem or ZModem transfer protocol.
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- 23. Try uploading this same message by starting to E)nter a message and then
- telling your telecomm program to do an ASCII upload while in the body of the
- message. (This may not work with TIC.)
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- Part III - Database (MINDS) Searches
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- 24. From the Main menu, enter D for the Database, and the D again from the
- next menu. In the database program, use the control-Z key combination to see
- the help screen. Make note of the various key combinations you can use.
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- ______________________________________________________________________
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- ______________________________________________________________________
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- 25. In the ERIC "context set" or database look for information on a specific
- minority group. (Note: When you search for information in MINDS, it is
- usually best to start by entering just one or two key words.) Select one of
- the indicated references. Then use control-R to highlight the key words.
-
- What key words did you use? ___________________
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- What is the name of the file corresponding to your selected reference?
-
- __________________________________________________
-
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- 26. Find a bulletin board in San Diego CA from the FIDOLIST context set, and
- give the board name and phone number.
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- ______________________________________________________________________
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- 27. Look in the CLIM_NWS (climate newsletters) context set for a topic of your
- choice. What key word(s) did you use, and how many references were there?
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- _____________________________________________________
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