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TALK THE TERMINAL MODE . .
WHAT IS THE TERMINAL MODE . . THE TER
MINAL MODE IS THE INTERACTIVE .MODE OF
VIP TERMINAL. HERE YOU DO YOUR .TALKING
WITH OTHER SYSTEMS, AND YOUR .UPLOAD
ING AND DOWNLOADING OF FILES. .YOU
MAY CONNECT WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM .FROM
THE TERMINAL MODE WITH THE DIALING .MET
HODS OF THE TEL# DIRECTORY SECTION. . .
WHEN YOU ARE ON LINE WITH ANOTHER .
SYSTEM, YOU WILL REMAIN ON LINE UNLESS
.YOU HANG UP YOUR PHONE OR DISCONNECT
.YOUR MODEM. WHEN YOU LEAVE THE TERMI
- .NAL MODE TO GO TO ANOTHER MENU, A PAU
SE .CHARACTER IS SENT TO THE HOST. W
HEN .YOU RETURN TO THE TERMINAL MODE A
RE- .SUME CHARACTER IS SENT TO RESUME C
OMMU- .NICATIONS. YOU MAY ALSO PAUSE BY
PRES- .SING 'FIRE'. THIS RETURNS THE
HAND. .TO RESUME, PRESS 'FIRE' AGAIN.
. DISPLAY MECHANICS . . IN T
HE TERMINAL MODE, THE DISPLAY .WILL B
E THE ONE YOU SELECTED FROM THE .OPTIO
NS MENU. THE SCREEN WIDTH IS THE .MAXI
MUN LINE WIDTH FOR RECEIVING DATA. . .
THE ENTIRE STANDARD 128 SYMBOL ASCII .C
HARACTER SET, INCLUDING CONTROL A (.. .
A) THROUGH CONTROL Z (.. Z) IS SUP-
.PORTED (SEE APPENDIX A). MOST OF THE
.ASCII CHARACTERS ARE ON THE KEYBOARD
. .TO GET A CONTROL LETTER PRESS THE '.
.' .KEY AND THEN THE LETTER OF THE ALP
HA- .BET. AN ESCAPE CHARACTER (DECIMAL
27) .IS GENERATED BY FIRST PRESSING
'..' .THEN PRESSING 'LEFT BRACKET',
OR BY .PRESSING 'STOP'. . . . . . . LO
WERCASE MAY BE LOCKED OUT BY YOUR .SEL
ECTION OF ONE OF TWO UPPERCASE .MO
DES. IF YOU PRESS 'SHIFTLOCK' YOUR .K
EYBOARD WILL ONLY PRODUCE THE SHIFTED .
VERSIONS OF THE KEYS. IF YOU PRESS
.'SHIFT' '..', ONLY THE KEYS WITH THE
.ALPHABET WILL BE SHIFTED. . . VIP TER
MINAL ALSO HAS A STRIP AND RE- .PLACE FE
ATURE SO THAT YOU ......................
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