




PPY <COMMAND>    <COMMAND>

MMEDIATE COMMAND.  HIS CORRESPONDS TO THE THE  OMMAND  1,8,15 WHICH
ACTIVATES THE DRIVE AND EXPECTS A COMMAND FOR FURTHER ACTION. HIS COMMAND
ALLOWS THE OPERATOR A RANGE OF ISK RIVE OMMANDS. HESE ARE:
: 0:<FILENAME><RETURN> T ERASES A FILE OFF THE DISK. TAR (*) CAN BE
                              USED AS A "WILD-CARD" AND ERASE A RANGE OF
                              FILES. EG.: 0:1* WILL ERASE  FILES
                              STARTING WITH 1.
: 0:<DISKNAME>,<ID><RETURN>       ILL FORMAT A DISKETTE.
: 0                               ILL VALIDATE THE DISK.
: 0:<EW AME>=<LD AME><RETURN> ILL RENAME A FILE ON THE DISK.
HE FORMAT  BE AS SHOWN ABOVE OTHERWISE THE COMMAND WILL  OPERATE.

 X               X

MMEDIATE COMMAND.
OADS A PARAMETER FILE (X) FROM THE DRIVE AND WARM-STARTS THE PROGRAM. ILE (X)
IS ONE OF THE PARAMETER FILES SAVED UNDER :. HESE ARE  SEQ. FILES AND
CAMNNOT BE "READ" WITH THE :VIEW COMMAND. HEY ARE OF THE FORM --<X>.

 <NAME>          <NAME>

PENS A LOGBOOK ON THE DISKETTE. T IS A COMPLETE LOGBOOK OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED
TO THE TATION WITH TIME, PORT NUMBER, CONNECT CALLSIGN, DISCONNECT, ,
AND IGIS. LOSE WITH : ; CAN BE REOPENED WITH : <NAME>*,,<RETURN>
SO THAT THE TATION OG CAN BE CONTINUOUS IF SO REQUIRED, FOR ALL THE TIME THE
PERATORS STATION IS N THE IR, AND ON ONE FILE.


M X                X

AVES THE CURRENT PARAMETERS, INCLUDING THE TANDARD EXTS, ONTO THE DISKETTE
UNDER THE NUMBER X. (X = 0......9).  PART FROM THE PERATING ARAMETERS, OTHER
VARIABLE VALUES ARE ALSO SAVED, SUCH AS CREEN ORMAT, COLOUR ETC.   MAXIMUM
OF 10 DIFFERENT PARAMETER SETS CAN BE SET AND SAVED. ARAMETER SET 0 (--0)
IS THE SET WHICH , CASSETTE PORT VERSION, WILL LOAD AS DEFAULT ON POWER
UP. HE >64 ARD VERSION (>64.) WILL DEFAULT ON SET 9, (--9).
HEREFORE TO HAVE YOUR PERATING PARAMETERS INSTALLED ON FIRE-UP, MAKE SURE
THAT YOU SAVE THEM ON THOSE TWO FILES.  LTHOUGH THESE FILES APPEAR ON THE
DISKETTE WITH A  EXTENSION, THEY  BE LOADED SEPARATELY AS PROGRAMS.

D <NAME>           <NAME>

MMEDIATE OMMAND ISSUED AT THE COLON [:].  T READS A  FILE OFF THE
DISKETTE AND TRANSMITS IT ON THE AIR.  T CAN ONLY BE USED WHEN CONNECTED TO
ANOTHER STATION, NOT NECESSARILY A  USER.  HE TEXT IS ALSO SHOWN ON THE
ECEIVE CREEN.  HE FUNCTION CAN BE ABORTED BY PRESSING THE / KEY.
HEN DONE THE DISK DRIVE WILL STOP AUTOMATICALLY. HE SYSTEM CAN ALSO BE HALTED
BY TYPING AT THE COLON [:], :  <RETURN>. HE FACT THAT DATA IS
TRANSFERRED IN  MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR FILES TO BE PLACED INTO ANY YSTEM,
APART FROM IGICOM, THEREFORE EQUENCIAL FILES CAN BE PLACED INTO AILBOXES FOR
FORWARDING, EITHER AS GENERAL ULLETINS OR RIVATE MAIL.  T IS RECOMMENDED, IF
THE FILES TO BE TRANSFERRED ARE LARGE, TO CHOOSE TIMES WHEN THE FREQUENCY IS
NOT SATURATED WITH USERS. HIS WILL ACCELERATE THE TRANSFER AND KEEP THE
PERATOR POPULAR WITH THE FELLOW PACKETTERS.


AGE 25                    ANDBOOK >64 ERSION 5.0







G <NAME>           <NAME>

MMEDIATE OMMAND ISSUED  WHEN CONNECTED TO ANOTHER STATION.  HE OTHER
STATION  BE ANOTHER  SER, OTHERWISE THE TRANSFER WILL  BE
SUCCESSFUL.   IS  COMPATIBLE WITH  PROTOCOL, IT USES IT'S OWN
PROTOCOL TO TRANSFER PROGRAM FILES (XTENSION  ON THE DISKETTE).  HE
TRANSFER DOES TAKE PLACE IN TRUE 8 BIT INARY CODE, TRANSPARENTLY TRANSFERRED,
THEREFORE ANY OMMODORE PROGRAM, IN ASIC OR ACHINE ODE CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY
TRANSFERRED.  HE SYNTAX IS AS FOLLOWS:  PROGRAM FILE  BE OPENED ON THE
DISKETTE OF THE  STATION. HIS IS DONE BY ISSUING THE COMMAND
// <NAME><RETURN>, IT IS DONE WITHOUT THE COLON [:], SO THAT IT IS
TRANSMITTED TO THE CONNECTED STATION. HE RESPONSE  THE OTHER 
YSTEM WILL BE     / / <NAME>
                   00,OK,00,00
F THIS IS  SHOWN ON THE CREEN THE TRANSFER WILL  TAKE PLACE.  NCE THE
PROMPT IS RECEIVED  THE OLON [:] BACK ON THE SCREEN (COMMAND MODE) AND
TYPE : <NAME><RETURN>. HE DRIVE WILL START AND THE DESIGNATED PROGRAM FILE
WILL BE  AND TRANSMITTED TO THE SER'S DRIVE. N COMPLETION, THAT IS WHEN
THE DISK-DRIVE STOPS (RED LIGHT EXTINGUISHES), AND THERE ARE  OUTSTANDING
PACKETS SHOWN ON THE TATUS-LINE, TYPE WITHOUT THE COLON // 
<RETURN>,   . HEN THE PROMPT   / / 
                                                00,OK,00,00
IS SHOWN ON THE  CREEN, THE FILE OPENED IN THE SER'S DRIVE IS PROPERLY
CLOSED AND THE TRANSFER IS COMPLETED. (SEE ALSO  OMMAND).

W <NAME>           <NAME>

MMEDIATE OMMAND. HEN ISSUED AT THE COLON [:], THE DISK DRIVE DUMPS THE
DESIGNATED FILE ON SCREEN. T IS USED TO SEE EQUENCIAL FILES, (XT.  ON
THE DISKETTE). ITH THE :  <RETURN> COMMAND, ISSUED  THE ,
THEN A HARD COPY CAN BE OBTAINED. : SOME COMBINATIONS OF -64, RIVE, AND
RINTER CAUSE THE PROGRAM TO LOCK-UP. 'M AFRAID  CANNOT BE SPECIFC AS THIS
DOES NOT APPEAR WITH A SPECIFIC 64 OR WITH A SPECIFIC COMBINATION OF 64 + DRIVE
+ PRINTER. F YOU DO EXPERIENCE THIS THEN 'M AFRAID YOU CANNOT USE 
PRINTER AND ISK-RIVE AT THE SAME TIME, AND IT IS  'S FAULT.  HE
OUTPUT, TO SCREEN AND PRINTER, CAN BE HALTED BY PRESSING AND HOLDING THE
 KEY AND HITTING THE / KEY. HE INVERTED VIDEO  WILL APPEAR
ON THE STATUS LINE. O RESUME VIEWING THE FILE PRESS THE  . (-128
PRESS  ).


TE <NAME>          <NAME>

MMEDIATE OMMAND. ORMALLY USED TO  A EQUENCIAL FILE TO ANOTHER 
SER. SSUE THE OMMAND //WRITE <FILENAME>,RETURN> WITHOUT THE COLON [:] AND
WAIT FOR THE PROMPT    / /WRITE <NAME>
                  00,OK,00,00
HEN THIS IS DISPLAYED ON SCREEN, USE THE  COMMAND TO SEND THE FILE TO
THE OTHER STATION AS EXPLAINED ABOVE. F : <NAME> IS ISSUED   ,
THEN THE DRIVE WILL OPEN A FILE WITH THE <NAME> AND  ACTIVITY
ON THE FREQUENCY WILL BE SAVED IN THAT FILE. T IS RATHER POINTLESS TO
DO SO AS THE  COMMAND WILL KEEP A RECORD OF STATIONS THAT WORKED, OR
ATTEMPTED TO WORK YOUR YSTEM AND THE : COMMAND WILL PROVIDE AN AUTOMATIC
MAILBOX. ( THE DISK WILL FILL UP RATHER QUICKLY IF : <NAME> IS
USED)



                        ANDBOOK >64 ERSION 5.0              AGE 26







G <NAME>           <NAME>

MMEDIATE OMMAND.  S ISSUED TO A CONNECTED  SER , DOES  WORK
FOR OTHER YSTEMS INCLUDING  PROTOCOL.  O OPEN A  (PROGRAM) FILE ON THE
DISKETTE OF THE CONNECTED STATION AND TO SEND A  FILE TO THAT FILE. T IS
USED WITH THE  COMMAND AS EXPLAINED ABOVE.  HESE TWO COMMANDS ( &
) CAN BE USED IN REVERSE AS WELL, IN ORDER FOR PROGRAM FILES TO BE
PLACED  THE PERATOR DISKETTE  THE CONNECTED  SER TATION'S
DRIVE. LL THIS OF COURCE  IF THE RELEVANT  (EMOTE ONTROL ARAMETERS)
ALLOW IT.


   --   1581  .

AST-SERIAL-PERATION USING A 1581 (3.5IN.) LOPPY RIVE, IS NOW POSSIBLE,
WITH THE -64 OMPUTER.  HIS IS ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED ESPECIALLY WHEN THE
HIGHER BAUD RATES ARE USED WITH THE >64 CARD.  HE FOLLOWING CONNECTIONS
HAVE TO BE MADE.  ITHER SOLDER TWO WIRES, AS SHOWN BELOW, OR MAKE A REMOVABLE
PLUG, CONNECTED TO THE ERIAL ORT.  HE TWO WIRES MUST THEN BE CONNECTED TO
THE SER ORT, SIMILAR CONNECTIONS MUST BE MADE TO THE -128 AS WELL.
NE WAY IS SHOWN BELOW:

URPOSE    <---------          =  2 (OLDERING NEEDED)
         IN 1 ()  ---------  IN 6 (2)      IN 40
         IN 5 () ---------  IN 7 (2)       IN 39

IN 1 () OF THE ERIAL ORT MUST NOT BE CONNECTED TO THE OMPUTER'S ERIAL
ORT. IN 5 () WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE OMPUTER, BUT A SWITCH  BE
PROVIDED IN THE ATH TO , OTHERWISE DAMAGE CAN BE CAUSED TO THE PROMS.



5.3   

HIS CHAPTER COVERS THE PRINTER PERATION WITHIN .  INCE THE FIRST
VERSION OF  SOME COMBINATIONS OF OMPUTER-RIVE-RINTER GAVE PROBLEMS
WHEN THE PRINTER WAS ENABLED.  LTHOUGH THE SITUATION IS NOT AS BAD AS 1.50 OR
EVEN 2.00, IT IS STILL A PROBLEM. F THE PRINTER CAUSES THE PROGRAM TO
LOCK-UP, THEN THE PERATOR MUST SAVE ALL HE NEEDS ON DISK AS SEQUENCIAL FILES
AND USE EITHER A SEQ. FILE READER, SUCH AS , OR THE WORDPROCESSOR
PROVIDED WITH THIS PROGRAM, THE , TO OBTAIN A HARD COPY. (  FROM THE
WRITER: N MY EXPERIENCE THE PROGRAM MAY LOCK-UP IF  THE DISK DRIVE AND THE
PRINTER ARE ENABLED SIMULTANEOUSLY. HEREFORE IF YOU DO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS
THEN DO MAKE SURE THAT ONE OF THOSE TWO PERIPHERALS IS INACTIVE WHEN THE
OTHER IS ACTIVE.).

ERIAL OMMODORE COMPATIBLE PRINTERS CAN BE USED WITH DEVICE NUMBERS 4 OR 7.
HE COMMAND WILL ACCEPT MORE THAN ONE NUMBER, SO REFER TO YOUR PRINTER MANUAL
AND SET THE RELEVANT DEVICE NUMBER, CHARACTER SET, LINE-FEED ETC.  STARTING
POINT MAY BE : 7 7 0 <RETURN>.  ITH THE :  OMMAND THE SCREEN
DUMP CAN BE SEND TO THE PRINTER AND A HARD COPY CAN BE OBTAINED. HIS IS USEFUL
WHEN RECEIVING MAIL OFF THE 'S. HE PRINTER IS DISABLED WITH : 

HE YSTEM WILL WORK WITH PRINTERS WHICH USE OMMODORE INTERFACES INTO THE SER
ORT.



  AGE 27                 ANDBOOK >64 ERSION 5.0







.  S MENTIONED ABOVE THE PRINTER CAN LOCK OR AFFECT THE RUNNING OF
, THEREFORE MAKE SURE THAT THE PRINTER IS PHYSICALLY   THE
MAINS, WHEN YOU LOAD THE PROGRAM AND UN IT. LSO IT MAY BE WISE TO KEEP THE
PRINTER SWITCHED OFF, FROM THE MAINS, WHEN IT IS NOT IN USE. HAT WILL ENSURE
THAT YOU WILL HAVE NO PROBLEMS.  LSO IF YOU DO HAVE PROBLEMS TRY THE
FOLLOWING: OTH THE ERIAL-ORT AND THE INTERFACED SER-ORT RINTERS USE A
ONTROL ODE WHICH ALSO POWERS UP IN 1 IN THE ERIAL SOCKET OF THE OMPUTER.
HIS IS  USED BY  AND ALTHOUGH THERE IS A PROVISION MADE IN THE
ERSION 5.0  TO IGNORE IT, PROBLEMS MAY ARISE BY IT'S POWER-UP. T IS
RECOMMENDED THEREFORE THAT THE CONNECTIONS ARE DISABLED AT THE PLUG END. T
SHOULD NOT MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE TO THE PRINTER OPERATION.

HE PRINTER REMAINS ACTIVE ON THE ORT, FROM WHICH IT WAS ENABLED.  SECOND
REQUEST TO ENABLE IT WILL RESULT IN AN RROR ESSAGE.  HIS SITUATION, DID
CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF  AND PRINTERS UTILIZING THE
ERIAL-ORT. T WAS RATHER ANNOYING TO THE PERATOR, AS THERE ARE MANY PRINTERS
THAT USE THE ERIAL-ORT PROTOCOL. LTHOUGH SOME RE-PROGRAMMING HAS ELIMINATED
PART OF THE IRREGULARITIES, THE BASIC PROBLEM IS NOT REMEDIED.


NTER /        /

NITIALIZES THE PRINTER ON AND OFF, PROVIDING THE PRINTER IS POWERED FROM THE
MAINS AND IS SWITCHED ON. HEN  THEN THE PRINTER WILL BE INITIALIZED USING
THE PRINTER PARAMETERS SET IN .
EFAULT 


RSET X Y        X Y 

HERE X Y ARE THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ADDRESS TO THE PRINTER.  CAN BE
BETWEEN 0.......255, CONSULT YOUR PRINTER MANUAL.
: OMMODORE  801, 803 AND THE  1101 ETC SHOULD SEND TEXT TO THE
PRINTER EXACTLY AS RECEIVED ON SCREEN BY SETTING : 7 0.
EFAULT 7 7 0



5.4  -  .


CON X              X

HIS COMMAND SETS THE TIME INTERVAL FOR THE TATION'S BEACON TO BE TRANSMITTED.
T IS CALCULATED BY THE FORMULA X * 10SEC.  F  X = 0  THEN  BEACON WILL BE
SENT. T IS ADVISEABLE NOT TO SEND BEACONS OUT TOO OFTEN AS THIS MAY OFFEND
SOME OPERATORS, ALSO IT DOES NOT HELP AN OVERCROWDED FREQUENCY. N THE OTHER
HAND, ESPECIALLY IF A ODE IS OPERATED, THEN A REGULAR BEACON WILL INFORM OTHER
ODES, OF THE - TYPE, THAT THE STATION IS PRESENT AND THE CALLSIGN WILL BE
SHOWN IN THEIR  (OR ) LIST.
 BY THE WRITER: OR YOUR BEACON TO BE IDENTIFIED AS A  BY OTHER -
                    ODES SET YOUR  TO END WITH YOUR  CALLSIGN LIKE SO

      : >64 5.0 <CALLSIGN> <LOCATOR> <ODECALL>/< >




                     ANDBOOK >64 ERSION 5.0              AGE 28


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