




UD X             X

ETS THE AUD RATE. HIS IS THE SAME AS IN 3.51 (3.60). OR  PERATION 300
BAUD RATE IS USED, HOWEVER UNDER CERTAIN OPERATING CONDITIONS OTHER PARAMETERS
HAVE TO BE SET IN ORDER TO ACCOMODATE THE SLOWER BAUD RATE, SUCH AS ,
 AND OTHERS.  T MAY BE PRUDENT, IF THE OPERATOR WILL WORK BOTH /
AND  TO PERM MORE THAN ONE SET OF OPERATING PARAMETER FILES, AND LOAD THE
APPROPRIATE ONE EACH TIME. , FOR 300BAUD  OPERATION, THE ACTUAL ODEM
 HAVE A SWITCHEABLE AUD, RATE AS SOME CHEAPER VERSIONS OF THE 
MODEM DO NOT. HE CIRCUIT DIAGRAM INCLUDED WITH THIS MANUAL DOES MAKE
PROVISIONS FOR  PERATION.  OR / PERATION, THE NORM, AT THE MOMENT IS
1200 AUD RATE. ERTAINLY WITH  5.0 HIGHER BAUD RATES ARE POSSIBLE UP
TO 2400 AS THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE LIMIT FOR THE CASSETTE PORT VERSION OF THE
OMMODORE 64. N ITS OWN THE 64  ACCEPT ANY FASTER BAUD RATES, ONLY THE
OMMODORE 128 AND THE OMMODORE 64 WITH THE >64 PLUG-IN ARD CAN ACCOMODATE
THE HIGHER THAN 2400 BAUD RATES.
EFAULT 1200.

HE 128 WILL ACCOMODATE UP TO 4800 BAUD.  ITH THE >64 ARD BOTH THE
OMMODORE 64 AND THE 128 WILL ACCOMODATE BAUD RATES UP TO 19200.  HE SCREEN
OUTPUT OF THE OMMODORE 64 THOUGH CANNOT ACCOMODATE THESE FAST RATES AND IT IS
REDUCED, BUT THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS BETWEEN THE TWO CHANNELS OF THE CARD.


P               

ISTS ALL PERMISSIBLE COMMANDS ON THE TRANSMIT/COMMAND SCREEN. HE OUTPUT TO
THE SCREEN HALTS WHEN THE SCREEN IS FULL THUS ALLOWING THE PERATOR TIME TO
READ THE COMMANDS. T CAN BE RE-STARTED BY PRESSING ANY KEY. HIS IS AN
IMMEDIATE COMMAND.


ES /        /

WITCHES BETWEEN 40 CHARACTERS PER LINE (), AND 80 HARACTERS PER LINE ().
. HE 80 COLUMN SCREEN IS A COMPOSITE ONE AND NOT A  ONE FOR THE
OMMODORE 64. T IS PRODUCED BY USING THE RAPHICS MODE OF THE OMPUTER AND A
3 * 7 POINT MATRIX PER LETTER. HIS WILL REQUIRE A  QUALITY  SET IN
LACK AND HITE, IN ORDER TO BE COMFORTABLY READABLE. HE 40 HARACTER (
)  TRANSMIT 40 CHARACTERS AT THE TIME THUS ONLY FILLING HALF A LINE OF A
NORMAL SCREEN. HERE IS NO PROVISION FOR TRANSMITTING TWO LINES AT A TIME. LSO
TANDARD EXTS (IN THE  EXT IST) IN ORDER TO HAVE FULL 80 CLOUMN LINES 
BE SET WITH IRES .
EFAULT .


K /         /

WITCHES THE KEYBOARD TO OWER ASE HARACTERS (), OR PPER ASE HARACTERS
(). HE  EY INVERTS THIS SETTING.
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C /         /

WITCHES ON THE MERICAN/APENESE  TANDARD FROM /. N UROPE EITHER
 OR   TANDARDS ARE USED AND  IS SET TO .  N  AND 
 IS USED AND  IS SET TO .
EFAULT .


 $     ..

MMEDIATE OMMAND, PERFORMS A EXADECIMAL DUMP OF THE  STARTING AT ADDRESS
$.  HIS MACHINE LANGUAGE MONITOR WILL SHOW ONE LINE AT A TIME, TO ADVANCE
TO THE NEXT LINE PRESS <>. O ESCAPE FROM THE MONITOR PRESS
<><>.


 $ EXT.....

MMEDIATE OMMAND, PERFORMS AN  DUMP OF THE EXT IN THE . S THIS WAS
SELDOM REQUIRED IT HAS BEEN DROPPED FROM  5.0.


 $           $

TARTS A ACHINE ANGUAGE PROGRAM FROM DDRESS $. ETURN WITH .


TOK /       /

F SET TO  THEN THE YSTEM WILL  TRANSMIT. LTHOUGH THE WORD  WILL
APPEAR ON THE TATUS LINE, THE RIG WILL  BE KEYED UP. HIS IS USED MAINLY
FOR SELF-CONNECTS.



5.2    .

N ERSION 5.0 OF  IT IS POSSIBLE, STILL, TO SAVE ATA ON THE DISKETTE
EVEN WITH THE >64 CARD IN PERATION. LTHOUGH THE AUDRATES HAVE BEEN RAISED
CONSIDERABLY, THE SLOWNESS OF THE ISK DRIVES (1541 OR COMPATIBLE) WILL CREATE
A BOTTLE-NECK.  HE SENDING AND RECEIVING OF PACKETS UNDER THE IMING
ARAMETERS ALWAYS TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER ALL DISK OPERATIONS. HAT WILL SLOW THE
DATA TRANSFER TO AND FROM THE DISKETTE EVEN FURTHER. T IS RECOMMENDED,
THEREFORE, THAT A FASTER ISK CCESS YSTEM IS USED.  OPERATES THE
RIVES AS EVICE NUMBERS 8....12 AND THE ERIAL -US PEEDOS AND OMPATIBLE
YSTEMS WILL BE RECOGNISED AND UTILIZED, BUT ANY OTHER TYPE OF ISK-CCELERATOR
WILL  BE RECOGNISED AND WILL BE IGNORED. OME OF THE ISK-CCELERATORS MAY
CAUSE PROBLEMS ON LOADING  AND MUST BE SWITCHED OFF PRIOR TO LOADING
.

LL DISKETTE DATA TRANSFER OMMANDS ARE OPERATIONAL FROM THE ACTIVE PORT. HE
OPERATOR THEREFORE CAN DIT A FILE ON ONE PORT, WRITE A FILE ON ANOTHER, AND
CALL UP THE DIRECTORY FROM A THIRD PORT. T IS ALSO POSSIBLE FOR TATIONS
CONNECTED REMOTELY TO INTERROGATE, WRITE OR READ PROGRAM AND SEQUENTIAL FILES




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PROVIDING THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO SO FROM THE  (EMOTE ONTROLLED OMMAND
ET) ARAMETER ET. (AGE 42). ECAUSE OF  LIMITATIONS OF THE -64 ONLY 3
OPEN FILES ARE ALLOWED, AT ANY ONE TIME.  HE IRECTORY CATALOGUE IS TREATED AS
AN OPEN FILE. F THIS IS OVERSTEPPED THEN  SIMPLY RETURNS THE  ERROR
PROMPT "-"

ESTS HAVE PROVEN THAT MOST VERSIONS OF THE 1541, AND COMPATIBLE, DISK DRIVES
ACCEPT MULTIPLE OPEN FILES, BUT SOME OLDER VERSIONS CANNOT DEAL WITH SUCH
OPERATING CONDITIONS. F THAT IS THE SITUATION, THEN ONE MUST EITHER ACCEPT THE
FACT, OR REPLACE THE ISK RIVE  WITH ONE THAT WILL ACCEPT THE
MULTI-TASKING. (OTE FROM THE WRITER: T IS MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT THE
 RIVE AND THE 1541 CIRCA 1988 ONWARDS PRODUCE NO PROBLEMS, ALSO THE
1570, FOR THE 128 COMPUTER HAS PROVED ITSELF MOST RELIABLE. OME MINOR PROBLEMS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO ME FROM USERS OF THE DOUBLE-SIDED 1571, BUT THAT APPEARS
TO BE SO ON THE VERY EARLY MODELS AND ONLY WHEN THE DRIVE STARTS TO WRITE ON
THE SECOND SIDE.).

N 80 OLUMN ISPLAY MODE, THE , , ,  COMMANDS WILL BE SHOWN ON
THE TATUS INE, RIGHT OF CENTER, AS , , , . LSO THE  ... ON THE
ISK RIVE WILL BE ILLUMINATED TO INFORM THE PERATOR THAT A ILE IS PEN.


 ARTITION (NLY 1581 RIVE).

MMEDIATE OMMAND.  T CHANGES THE ACTIVE PARTITION ON A 1581 ISK RIVE
(3.5). HIS IS EQUIVALENT TO THE OMMAND :LOPPY/PARTITION.  ITH :....HE
ROOT DIRECTORY CAN BE CHANGED TO SUIT THE PARTITION, ALSO THE ARRANGEMENT OF A
NEW PARTITION CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITH THIS COMMAND.
YNTAX : NAME TRACKLENGTH,C
HE LENGTH SHOULD BE AN EVEN NUMBERED MULTIPLE OF 40, A MINIMUM OF 120.
HE FIRST TRACK MUST BE ISSUED SO THAT THE PARTITION HAS A PLACE, OTHERWISE A
CORRESPONDING ERROR MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED. (E.G. : ,20400,).
EFER ALSO TO THE 1581 HANDBOOK. N DISK DRIVES THAT DO NOT IMPLEMENT
PARTITIONING (1541,1570,1571 ETC) THE COMMAND IS MEANINGLESS AND THEREFORE A
SYNTAX ERROR IS DISPLAYED.


ITE /       /

HIS IS THE "AUTOMATIC MAILBOX" FACILITY OF . HEN ENABLED THEN EVERY
TIME THERE IS A CONNECTION TO ONE OF THE 4 PERATING ORTS, (NOT TO THE ODE
ORTS, OR 2ND. LEVEL DIGIPEATING), THEN A FILE IS OPENED ON THE DISK, THE TIME
(IF SET), THE CALLSIGN OF THE CONNECTED STATION AND THE PORT NUMBER, ACT AS THE
HEADER OF THE FILE, AND ANY TEXT THAT IS SENT IS SAVED IN THAT FILE. OR
EXAMPLE IF ON THE DISK DIRECTORY THERE IS A FILE WHICH READS
>>>2  21-36-8/1    SEQ.  HEN THAT MEANS THAT AT 21-36 8 CONNECTED ON
PORT 1 AND TYPED IN A MESSAGE WHICH IS 2 BLOCKS LONG. HE DRIVE CLOSES THE FILE
AND SWITCHES ITSELF OFF AUTOMATICALLY ON DISCONNECTION. T CAN BE CLOSED, IF
THE  ALLOWS IT, REMOTELY BY THE SER TATION WITH //W OFF BEFORE
DISCONNECTION. HIS FACILITY PROVIDES A  AND AN UTO AILBOX, THE
APPROPRIATE WELCOME MESSAGE IS PERMED IN THE TANDARD EXT IST AND THE OTHER
RELATIVE PARAMETERS HAVE BEEN SET TO ACCOMODATE THIS. HE YSTEN IS DEFAULTED
SO THAT THE PERATOR WILL EXPLORE THE ODE FACILITY OF  TO THE FULL, SO
RATHER THAN SETTING THE YSTEM "CONVENTIONALLY" WITH A PORT DEDICATED TO A 




AGE 23                    ANDBOOK >64 ERSION 5.0







WITH AN  OF -2, AND WASTING TIME IN MAILBOX OPERATING MESSAGES TO AND FRO,
THE END USER DOES NOTHING OTHER THAN TYPE IN THE MESSAGE HE/SHE HAS FOR THE
OPERATOR. LL THE USERS HAVE TO DO IS  THEIR SCREEN AFTER CONNECTION.
: N MY EXPERIENCE SINCE  3.51 THIS FACILITY WORKS 100% EVERY TIME,
      EVEN IF ALL 4 PERATING ORTS ARE ACTIVE AND SERS ARE READING OR WRITING
      MESSAGES ON THE DISK, THE YSTEM APPEARS CAPABLE OF COPING WITH IT ALL




MMEDIATE OMMAND. HEN ISSUED LISTS THE DISK DIRECTORY ON THE /OMMAND
SCREEN. F THE SCREEN FILLS UP THEN THE SCROLLING STOPS UNTIL A KEY IS
PRESSED.  AN ALSO BE STOPPED WITH - OR ABORTED WITH .


VE <NUMBER>      <NUMBER>

HIS COMMAND CAN BE USED TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT DRIVE, OR FOR THE END SER
TO INTERROGATE ANOTHER DRIVE, IF THE PERATOR RUNS MORE THAN ONE DRIVE IN HIS
YSTEM. HE RANGE IS 8......15.
EFAULT 8


T <NAME>         <NAME>

HERE <NAME> IS THE NAME GIVEN TO A FILE. HIS COMMAND PENS A EQ. FILE ON THE
DISK AND SAVES ALL THAT IS WRITTEN ON THE TRANSMIT SCREEN. EXT IS ENTERED
WITHOUT THE COLON [:] BEING PRESENT. EXT IS SAVED AFTER THE <RETURN> KEY IS
PRESSED, OR IF THE 79TH CHARACTER IS TYPED AND A LINE-FEED OCCURS (39TH
CHARACTER FOR 40 COLUMN DISPLAY). AVED TEXT APPEARS ON THE ECEIVE SCREEN AND
ONCE THAT HAS HAPPENED TEXT  BE ALTERED. HIS FACILITY IS  A COMPLETE
WORDPROCESSOR, BUT IT IS EXREMELY USEFUL, WHEN LONG MESSAGES HAVE TO BE SEND TO
EITHER A MAILBOX AS A BULLETIN OR TO INDIVIDUAL STATIONS AS PRIVATE MAIL. T
ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR "LIVE" TYPING WHILE CONNECTED TO THE MAILBOX AND
THEREFORE MAKING MISTAKES. T DOES HAVE FULL WORD WRAPPING THOUGH SO THE
OPERATOR DOES NOT NEED TO WORRY ABOUT FUNNY-SPLIT WORDS (LIKE MOST 'S). HE
FILE CAN BE CLOSED WITH : .  EVERAL SMALL FILES CAN BE LINKED TOGETHER.
OR EXAMPLE IF  1  2 AND  3 WERE TO BE LINKED THEN A FILE IS OPENED
CALLED, SAY, :   <>. NCE THE ASTER ILE IS OPENED THEN
PLACE THE COLON [:] BACK ON THE COMMAND LINE AND TYPE :  1 <>.
HE CONTENTS OF  1 WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE ECEIVE CREEN AND
SIMULTANEOUSLY WILL BE SAVED IN THE FILE CALLED  . EPEAT FOR  2
AND  3. HEN FINISHED  THE  WITH : . LL 3 FILES WILL
BE NOW ON THE NEW FILE.  HE  COMMAND CAN ALSO BE USED TO PLACE TEXT IN A
PRE-OPENED FILE, SUCH AS THE  LIST OR MAYBE A PARAMETER FILE ETC.

 /          /

LACES A <><Z> CHARACTER AT THE END OF EVERY FILE THAT IS TRANSMITTED USING
THE  COMMAND. HIS CLOSES THE OPENED FILE ON THE TATION'S ISK DRIVE,
WHICH THE PERATOR HAS OPENED, AND PLACED THE TEXT WITH THE  COMMAND, THUS
SAVING ANY MISTAKES AND LEAVING OPEN FILES ON OTHER STATIONS DRIVES AFTER
DISCONNECTION, ESPECIALLY IF THE OTHER STATION IS NOT A  USER.
 USERS FILES OPENED WITH : WILL  BE CLOSED WITH <><>.
EFAULT 



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