NOVATERM 9.6
                                   
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    Contents | Introduction | Getting Started | Getting Familiar |
   On-line Activities | Configuration | Disk Utilities | Scripts |
                     Utility Modules | Appendices
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                          5. DISK UTILITIES
                                   
   Novaterm provides a menu of options to perform common disk
   operations. This section covers the options listed on the Disk
   Operations menu.
   
   Note: All disk operations use the "current" disk device. The
   current device is displayed at the top of the menu. The current
   device number may be changed using the "Disk command" option
   (see below).
   
  5.1 Disk command
  
   You may send a disk command to the current device by selecting
   Disk command. In addition to the normal DOS commands, Novaterm
   supports a few others:
   
   Directory: The disk directory may be called up by entering a $
   symbol. Pattern matches are also allowed. For example, to get a
   directory of files whose names start with prt, you would type:
   $:prt.*
   
   Read error channel: Type @ by itself to read the drive's error
   channel.
   
   Select device: The # symbol selects a different disk drive. For
   example, to switch to device 9, drive 0, enter: #9,0
   
  5.2 Disk directory
  
   This option lists the directory of the disk. Pressing the P key
   pauses the listing; pressing the S key stops it.
   
  5.3 Textfile (SEQ file) options
  
   Textfiles on the C64 are labeled as seq files in a disk
   directory. In the following discussion, "textfiles" and "seq
   files" have the same meaning.
   
   5.3.1 View textfile
   
   This option lists a textfile on the screen.
   
   5.3.2 View textfile in 80 columns
   
   This option lists a textfile on the screen using 80-column mode.
   
   5.3.3 Print textfile
   
   This option prints a hard copy of the file.
   
   5.3.4 Textfile to modem
   
   This option outputs a textfile line by line to the modem. (This
   is sometimes called an "ASCII upload".)
   
   For instance, if you wanted to enter a message on a BBS that you
   had already typed and saved in a seq file using Novaterm's text
   editor, you would use this option. On the BBS, you would execute
   the command to enter a message. When the BBS's message editor is
   ready, you would go to the Disk Operations menu, select Textfile
   to modem, and give the name of the file you created previously.
   
   As Novaterm sends the file one line at a time, the BBS will echo
   the characters back to Novaterm, just as if you were typing
   them. There is often a delay involved in this which you do not
   notice when typing, but which will become significant since
   Novaterm sends the data as fast as possible. To compensate for
   the delay, Novaterm must be told to wait a certain number of
   seconds between each line to give the BBS time to catch up. This
   number of seconds is specified with the Line pacing option in
   Novaterm's Configuration menu (see 4.6.6, Line pacing). A line
   pacing of zero eliminates the delay compeletely.
   
   5.3.5 ASCII file to PET
   
   This option converts a textfile from standard ASCII to Commodore
   PETSCII. (See 3.3.7.5, ASCII to PET)
   
   5.3.6 PET file to ASCII
   
   This option converts a textfile from Commodore PETSCII to
   standard ASCII, ending each line with a carriage
   return/linefeed. (See 3.3.7.6, PET to ASCII)
   
   5.3.7 PET file to Unix
   
   This option converts a textfile from Commodore PETSCII to
   standard ASCII, ending each line with only a linefeed. (See
   3.3.7.7, PET to Unix)
   
   5.3.8 UUdecode file
   
   This option uudecodes a file. (See 3.3.7.8, UUdecode file)
   
   5.3.9 UUencode file
   
   This option uuencodes a file. (See 3.3.7.9, UUencode file)
   
   5.3.10 UUencode file in PET
   
   This options uuencodes a file to Commodore PETSCII. (See
   3.3.7.10, UUencode in PET)
   
  5.4 Multiple file scratch
  
   This option brings up the file selection screen and allows you
   to select files to be scratched. Before bringing up a menu of
   files, Novaterm prompts you for a pattern match. This allows you
   to enter Commodore DOS wildcards to bring up only certain files.
   For example, if you entered per*, only file names beginning with
   the letters per are shown. Pressing RETURN here without an entry
   brings up all files in the directory (the pattern match "*" is
   used).
   
   The file selection menu brings up the first 21 files on the disk
   and displays them in the left-hand column. To select files, move
   the menu bar to the file you want and press either RETURN or F3.
   This puts the file name in the right-hand column. Repeat this
   until you have selected all of the files you want. To call up
   the next 21 files from the directory, press F5. If you select a
   file you don't want, move the menu bar to the file name in the
   right-hand column and press F4 to remove it. Once you are
   finished, press F7 to start erasing the files you have selected.
   
   With the menu bar in the right-hand column, you may edit or add
   file names by typing them in directly rather than paging through
   the directory list. Move the menu bar to the file name you wish
   to edit, and press RETURN. You may then re-type the file name.
   If you move the menu bar to the blank line below the last file
   name and press RETURN, you may type in a new file name.
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    Contents | Introduction | Getting Started | Getting Familiar |
   On-line Activities | Configuration | Disk Utilities | Scripts |
                     Utility Modules | Appendices