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A MODEM7 Cheat Sheet
Snip this out! It’s a handy summary of commands for the free MODEM7 program.
◾ TO MAKE MODEM7 APPEAR ON YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN: Type MODEM7 from the A> prompt and hit your carriage return. You’ll end up in the program’s main menu. Or if you’re using a new program, you might instead see a screen telling how to reach the menu.
◾ TO USE THE TELETYPE-LIKE TERMINAL MODE: Tap the letter T and a carriage return after the main menu appears. You can use this mode with The Source, MCI Mail, and other on-line services.
◾ TO USE THE ECHO MODE: Type E and the return. For Teletype-like use when the other machine is in “Terminal.”
◾ TO GO FROM ONE MODE TO ANOTHER: Use Control-E. This gearshift mode returns you to the main menu.
◾ TO SEND MATERIAL ON YOUR DISK WITHOUT THE WARD CHRISTENSEN ERROR-CHECKING PROTOCOL: Type Control-T after you’re in the terminal mode. Give the name of the file to transmit. Here, as in other cases, precede the name by B: (no space after the :) if the file is on Drive B. Hit your carriage return.
◾ TO RECEIVE MATERIAL WITHOUT A PROTOCOL: After typing the usual T in the terminal mode, you skip a space. Then specify the name of the file where you’ll collect the received data. Now hit your return several times. Use Control-Y to tell your computer to start saving material; also use it to turn off the save feature. (On newer versions of MODEM7, Control-R might be the off switch.) IMPORTANT: After you’ve finished talking to the other machine, you must return to the main menu and type WRT and return. Otherwise your computer won’t save the material on the disk.
◾ TO SEND TO SOMEONE WITH A MODEM7-STYLE PROTOCOL: Type S, skip a space, then type the name of the file that you’ll send—with the B: before it if necessary. Hit the carriage return.