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Page 1: ...TANDY 102 Owner s Manual Cat No 26 3803 ...

Page 2: ...jad ortly niemorv ROMJ format A portions ul his software whether in the KOM fottnat di other source code form forrrt t and the ROM drcuitry are t opyrish ed and are he proprietary anj r acio Hecret informal ton of Tandy Corporation and Mkrosi ft Use reproduction Or publication tf any pflftioii of this material ithom the prior wriHen authoii atiurt by Tandy CorfiOfat ioii is Slrktry prohibited Tetu...

Page 3: ...uilt in programs Part 2 shows how to communicate with public access computers such as CompuServe and Dow Jones Part 3 shows how to communicate with private computers such as an office computer or a time sharing computer Please feel at ease with the Tandy 102 Pressing the wrong key or typing the wrong information does no damage to a computer You can usually correct a mistake simply by typing the in...

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Page 5: ...inding Text TEXT 15 4 Finding Schedules and Addresses SCHEDL and ADDRSS 21 5 Dialing Telephone Numbers TELCOM 25 6 Running BASIC Programs BASIC 29 7 Expanding the Tandy 102 33 Part 21 Communicating with Public Access Computers 37 8 Subscribing to Public Computer Services 39 9 Accessing Public Computer Services 45 ...

Page 6: ...12 Using Public Bulletin Boards 65 13 Automatically Dialing and Logging On 69 Part 3 Communicating with Private Computers 75 14 Which Computers can Communicate with TELCOM 77 15 Setting Communication Parameters 85 16 Establishing a Connection Using the Built in Modem 89 17 Establishing a Connection Using a Direct Cable 95 it ...

Page 7: ...cating and Exchanging Files 103 References 1 09 Reference A Help 110 Reference B TEXT Special Features 115 Reference C Memory Required by TEXT Paste Buffer 119 Reference D BASIC Programs 120 Reference E Tandy 102 Technical Information 122 Reference F TELCOM Codes 127 ...

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Page 9: ...ual you will learn how to start the Tandy 102 how to im mediately begin using its 5 built in pro grams and where to find additional pro grams equipment and information on the Tandy 102 We suggest that all customers read this part Using Lhe Tandy 102 1 ...

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Page 11: ...Chapter 1 Starting Up This chapter shows how to start the Tandy 102 and enter programs You will need the Tandy 102 power adapter Cat No 26 3804 or 4 Size AA alkaline batteries Starting Up 3 ...

Page 12: ...he Tandy 102 2 Supply electric or battery power If using electricity connect the Tandy 102 to an electric outlet using the Tandy 102 power adapter Use only the Tandy 102 power adapter 3 Turn on the Power Switch and adjust the DJSP dial to your field of vision Battery power lasts 14 hours When the red battery indicator turns on you have about 20 minutes of battery power left 4 Starling Up ...

Page 13: ...are empty now but will contain the names of the files programs or data you store in RAM You h ve room to SLOre 19 files in RAM Kntering a File The file in reversed characters is ready to enter Move to other files by pressing the arrow keys at he top of the keyboard Move to BASIC Then enter it Press the METER key Yoli see BASIC S startup message TRS 80 Model 100 Software Copr 19X1 Microsoft 29382 B...

Page 14: ...d a leading T or used a wrong abbreviation Press SHE Then type the day date or time again correctly When finished Check to be sure ibat BASIC stored the cor rect day date and time Type PRINT DAYS EJMT yO PRINT DATES ENTER PRINT TIMES Center Return to the Main Menu by pressing COD and you see the current day date and time Turning Off the Tandy 102 When finished using the Tandy 102 simply turn off t...

Page 15: ...You can use most any Radio Shack parallel printer with the Tandy 102 To connect it you need to purchase the Tandy 102 printer cable Cat No 26 1409 Unpack your printer Refer to your printer s Owner s manual for instructions on Inserting a ribbon Inserting paper Turning on the printer s power Turning the printer online Turn all equipment off Then make these connections Do not force the connections t...

Page 16: ...the file and press BMTJEPj To move to a file Use the arrow keys BASIC To enter the dag date and time Use the DAYS DATES and TIMES commands Note Each chapter lists func tions you might want to remem H r fnci 02 w I t lit i i ttfck as JPRIJiT or MM work the same no matter what program you are using Other functions fsuch as the arrow keys might work differently with each program 8 Starting Up ...

Page 17: ... Letters TEXT iM In this chapter you will create a text file You will learn how to store notes letters sales orders or any information in this file and if you have a printer how to print the information Writing Noles and Letters 9 ...

Page 18: ... when you must end a line such as the end of a paragraph Use of Portable Computers at Customer Locations Computer Seminar June 15 1 Enter orders r gTTFETfl 2 Transmit orders to main computer feWTETD i Access timesharing computer ENTER Note how TEXT adjusts the words that wrap to the next line You sec this on your screen Use Pjrttb cotpuiiri it tuittitf Locations foiemter Seiinir June 5 1 Enter ord...

Page 19: ...NR DO The DO exten sion tells you that SEMINR DO is a lexl file not a program Also note that you now have fewer bytes free This is because of the memory consumed by SEMINR DO Now rc cntcr SEMINR DO Move to SEMINR DO and press ENTER You sec the informa tion still there just as you left ft Try turning the Tandy I02 s power off and then on again The information that you store in the Tandy 102 remains...

Page 20: ...cludes a record er to compuier cable Cat No 26 1207 To connect the recorder Plug in the 3 pronged end of the cable the black plug to EAR the large grey plug to AUX and the small grey plug to REM Conned The otlier end of the cassette connector to the back of the Tandy 102 When finished the connection should look like this To save a text file Insert a blank tape in the recorder and rewind it to the ...

Page 21: ...M1MR GENXEFl TEXT turns on the recorder and when it finds the SEM1NR file displays the message Found ShMlNR DO When the above prompt disappears TEXT has finished loading SEM1NR DO into RAM Chapter 2 Summary Ihndy 102 2b stop an operation Press 3HIEFXEIEAK1 7b turn on the numeric keypad Press tftMl Jb turn off the numeric keypad Release WLMJ TEXT 7b move the cursor Use the GD G3QDCE 7b move to the ...

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Page 23: ...formation on paper is static and cumber some to change In contrast the informa tion you store in a Tandy 102 text file is flexible and simple to change This chapter shows the easy way to edit text without retyping it Cutting Pasting and Finding Test 15 ...

Page 24: ...at you can move he cursor with the arrow keys To move the cursor quick ly you cats use a combination of an EtrrOw key and a SHIFT S or reTHn key fjsaziDe SllDE rsFnmm CShilETJCD cctfiijCD CcthJGCD Moves to the right word Moves to the left word Moves to the right of the line Moves to the left of the line Moves to the top of the display Moves to the bot tom of the display Moves to the top of he file...

Page 25: ... Text Now suppose you need to delete cut Elm Furniture s order of pine tables To cut test you first select what you want to cut I Move to the start of the text you want to select In this case move to the p in pinc tables 1 Press the Select key r_EZ l This puts you in the select mode 3 Seleet text using any of the cursor movement keys In this case press OfHTFT G 3 times TfcXT shows what you have j ...

Page 26: ... iste List Copy Cut Set Heiu After selecting text press the Copy key iSF3J to copy the text into the paste buffer Then move to where you wain the copied text to be in this example just under the l H in Handy Joe and press CFA sTe 4 HHN3T 0H itapte at Its H f inf ibints H pint tab i 1H r udd jc d t r L v e s ZO f Find Lead tni LIe se l Menu mwiwwtwiMnHyi Copying Text to Other if s I he information ...

Page 27: ...o the Main Menu and enter the BASIC program Then after entering BASIC press the CENYFFOkey and type the KILL command using the format l KILL filename ent E R For example KILL MLMO UO Ca TEK Again be sure to type the complete filename including the extension Chapter 3 Summary Tandy 102 To turn on and off the function key display Press CSfiEV TEXT To move to the next u rd Press CSjrUTX and EorE To m...

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Page 29: ...I Chapter 41 Finding Schedules and Addresses SCHEDL and ADDRSS This chapter shows how to use the Tandy 102 SCHEDL and ADDRSS programs to select information from a file Finding Schedules and Addresses 21 ...

Page 30: ...nf Nen A record is any text a word line paragraph or even an entire file that ends witli LWEED The above file has 5 records Your records can be in any for mat The above records are just I example Once you have created NOTE DO you can use SCHEDL to select records from it Return to the Main Menu and enter SCHEDL SCHEDL like all Tandy 102 programs shows all its functions on the bottom line Also like ...

Page 31: ...E DO you may want to use an asterisk to tag each critical date and a number sign to tag each persunal dale 10 03 85 11 45 lunch with Jones 10 10 8 reviews due 10 18 85 announcement due Or in ADRS DO you may want to use a code such as IN to tag the members of an insurance organisation or PR o tag prospective clients Rick Schell 2 14 925 7993 45 3 Red River Dallas TX 75229 1N Ellen Dunlap 3J 2 374 4...

Page 32: ...S To find records Press PX then enter what you want to find To find and list records on the printer Press F5 then filter what you want to find Note SCHEDL finds records from NOTE DO ADDRSS from ADRS DO 24 Finding Schedules and Addresses ...

Page 33: ...Chapter 51 Dialing Telephone Numbers TELCOM g This chapter shows how to autodial telephone numbers To use this feature you need a direct connect modem cable Cat No 26 1410 Dialing Telephone Numbers 25 ...

Page 34: ...ects the telephone unit to the telephone line This connection lets you use the telephone unit In the norma way Connect the silver cable as shown Set the DJR ACP switch to DIR and the ORIG AN5 switch to ORIG The DIR setting tells TELCOM that the buih in modem is direcL y connected to the telephone The OKJO setting tell TEI COM that the built in modem will be originating rather than answer ing the c...

Page 35: ...es 555 1212 1 214 352 3535 9 555 1212 Be sure to include all digits re quired to dial the number For example a 1 or 91 may be required TELCOM ignores extra symbols such as the hyphen and the slash As with other programs you can use BKSF i to correct mistakes Before pressing LEBJJ5rT pick up the telephone receiver Press r ENTER ajid you hear TELCOM dial I he number Finding and Autadialing Numbers Y...

Page 36: ... ENTER to check I flat you have entered the parameters cor rectly Your local telephone system may not be able to use 20 pps if noi change back to 10 pps Disconnecting from the Telephone For convenience you can discon nect the Tandy 102 from the modem cablcj but still leave the modem cable connected to the telephone If ynu do this you need to complete the circuit that normally goes to the Tandy 102...

Page 37: ...Chapter 6 j Running BASIC Programs BASIC I This chapter shows how to type and run simple programs using the BASIC i programming language Running BASIC Programs t 29 ...

Page 38: ...en The PR NT command will tell BASIC to display text on the screen at the specified position Tn ice if you have cntcicd all the lines in this program correctly press the List function key CEO I you typed a line incor rectly simply press CE NTER and type it again correctly When finished typing the program press ENTER Test the program by pressing the Run function key CE J Your screen shows HE LLC t ...

Page 39: ...en finished editing press fFir and the prog t am is loaded back into BAS1C Learning Morn About HASIC Many books are available in computer stores thai teach how to program in BASIC You can use any of these books to learn how 10 program and use the Tandy 102 Applications and BASIC Reference Guide to learn which BASIC commands the Tandy 102 uses Chapter 6 Summary BASIC To erase BASIC memory Type NEW ...

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Page 41: ...er 71 Expanding the Tandy 102 This chapter shows how you expand the Tandy 102 with add on equipment and programs and also gives sources for addi tional information on the Tandy 102 Expanding Ihc Tandy 102 33 ...

Page 42: ...o interface You can expand the use of the Tandy 102 to that of a larger computer by purchasing the Tandy Disk 1 CRT display unit Cat No 26 3806 This gives you one 5 A floppy disk drive and can be attached to a normal leEc vision display or video monitor A dirent connect modem cable You can direct ly connect the Tandy i02 s built in modem to the telephone as shown in Chapter 5 of this manual by usi...

Page 43: ...g the portable computing magazines described below You will normally be able to purchase programs either as ROM cartridges which the Radio Shack service technician will plug into the bottom of the Tandy 102 or as cassette tapes which you will need to load into RAM using a cassette recorder Please note that the Tandy 102 is fully compatible with the Model 100 Most all Model 100 programs wilt run on...

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Page 45: ...s For example by communicating with a public access computer you could access current news financial quotations and bulletin board services In this part of the manual you will learn how to subscribe to and communicate with a public access computer If you are not in terested in doing this you can skip this part without feeling that you have missed any important information Communicating with Public...

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Page 47: ...omputer Services This chapter gives an overview of the kinds of public computer services that are available in the continental United States It also explains how to arrange to use these services Subscribing to Public Computer Service 39 ...

Page 48: ... you normally need to logoff CompuServe CompuServe In form at ion Service 81 is a large multi purpose computer serviee Its services include news shopping electronic mail h con ferencing bulletin boards and financial quotations You can connect to CompuServe and use its services for 1 hour free of charge if you purchased the direct con reel modem cable introduced in Chapter 5 To use this free hour y...

Page 49: ... network rather than CompuServe and connect to CompuServe using the public net work as instructed in the next chapter When you use a public network to connect to CompuServe CompuServe will add the net work s cost to your bill At this writing CompuServe s added charges for using Telenet or Tymnet are 2 Whour standard time and 10 00 hour prime time When you access CompuServe through Datapac you need...

Page 50: ... may want tu subserihe to The Source is to use its elect ronic mail service called Source Mail Unlike CompuServe s elect ronic mail service Chapter 1 1 Source Mail places no limits on how large a document you can send The Source charges 100 to subscribe and a minimum month ly charge at this writing of 10 For basic online services in the continental United Stales the Source charges 20 75 hour prime...

Page 51: ...352 6689 Special uteres I Networks You can access special Jata bases by connecting to networks such as Wesilaiv West Publishing Company 58 V r Kellogg Blvd P O Box 43779 Si Paul MM 612 228 2429 Hardcopy Licet remit Mail Net works Vou can send elec tronic mail to a city and then have the mail printed and delivered by connecting to ser vices such as MCI Mail Ser vice 2000 M Street NW Washington DC 2...

Page 52: ... telephone number of a network you can use Co con ned to lhe service Unless you use an external modem discussed in Part 3 of this manual that is capable of transmitting at a higher rate of speed you can use only a number thai transmits at a speed of 300 biiad The instructions for how to access logon and logoff lhe service You can then connect to lhe ser vice using the next chapter as your guide 44...

Page 53: ...puter Services This chapter gives the general instructions for connecting and disconnecting to any public computer service and gives specific instructions for CompuServe Dow Jones and The Source Accessing Public Computer Services 45 ...

Page 54: ...Other Services See instruc tions later in this chapter if you need to reset the parameters Press 1F3 and enter the new value Example IT5 J M7E1K iMlEJftl Then display the new value by pressing Cf3 2 Contact to the telephone Modem Cable Connect the Tan dy 102 built in modem to the telephone line as you did in Chapter 5 Be sure the DIR ACP switch on the left of the Tandy 102 is set to DIR for direct...

Page 55: ...l Bye If these functions do not appear TELCOM has run established a connect inn Hang up he lelephonc and try again Check i hat you have the right TELCOM parameter settings telephone c tin ncct ions and ACP DIR settings Alio check the telephone number you are using Some networks have different telephone lines You can use only a l 30Q baud line Now turn to the section on Accessing CompuServe Accessi...

Page 56: ...nnec tion with Telenet press tbe ENTER key twice Telenet will then give you 2 prompts Re spond to the first by entering D1 Respond to the second by entering one of these symbols C 202202 or C fi14227 Example WTFP F WTFFT TERM1NAL D1 TNTETTl 2022D2 i RTeTT Using Datapsc lm mediately after establishing a terminal con nection wiih Datapac press OCSTTIK Datapae will display a message similar to DATAPA...

Page 57: ...sing Dow Jones through the specific network hat you are us ing When you see the Dow Jones WHAT SERVICE PLEASE prompt go to Step 8 Logon Lo Dow Jones Using Tymnet Tymnet will give you 2 prompts Respond to the first by typing A Do nu t press dHlEJO The second prompt might have many meaningless characters Respond to it by pressing CI rC TP Hold down CTRL while pressing I Then enter the symbol 1H W1 T...

Page 58: ...ets yon know that you are connected to the Dow Jones News Retrieval Service If you have not yet received a manual from Dow Jones res Kind to this prompt by typing INTRO lEHIEH ENTER QUERY INTRO EN IESJ INTRO gives an introduction to Dow Jones services arid lets you access a list of Dovi Jnnes current online charges While us ing INTRO ii may help To know that you can return to the main INTRO menu a...

Page 59: ...apcic You need lo con tact The Source for instructions on how to access it through Datapac These insi ructions vary according to your Source user ID 8 Logon to The Source The Source will give you 2 prompts Respond to the first prompt simply by pressing I ENTER Respond to the second by entering ID followed by your unique user ED and your unique password Example CETnrETTj ID USERU99 SECRET CENTER 9 ...

Page 60: ...Connecting to Other Services Use he following to determine how to set TLLCOM s tom niufiication parameters when communicating with services other than CompuServe Dow Jones and The Source The parameters that are in i Lai ics such as w and p need to match the parameters used by the computer service w is the word length TELCOM can use any of these parameters 6 7 or p is the parity TELCOM can use any ...

Page 61: ...ibe n tells yr u ibai ii need ia use are uses the following parameters _ MXN1 13 8 bit word length TJ Ante The meaning of alt no parity mj i i TELCOM s parameters are vmr rirr described in Chapter iS stars stop or XON WFF r disabled Accessing Public Computer Services 53 ...

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Page 63: ...Serve This chapter is a sample session The first part of this chapter shows how to retrieve information from CompuServe the last part shows how to use some TELCOM keys that are useful when retrieving information from any computer service Retrieving Information 55 ...

Page 64: ... quest ions CompuServe may ask and how we suggest you respond What kind of terminal do you have Select Other How many lines does your ter minal have Select How many characters per line does your terminal have Select 40 Do you want to read or agree to CompuServe s service terms Select the option that lets you exit the service You can agree to the terms and sign up for continued ser vice later after...

Page 65: ...it CompuServe For example typing T enter at the Hl prompt always returns you to the lop menu or the first menu of the system From CompuServe s top menu you can gel anywhere within its data bases For example assume you want to get he la lest business news stories From the top menu Choose the home services op tion and CompuServe displays a Home Services Menu Choose the news wcather sports option and...

Page 66: ...OM StartiStap Keys Before logging on to Compile Serve you set your cominunica Lion parameters to M7E1E The 5th parameter E causes TELCOM to enable a pro tocol that CompuServe and many 58 Retrieving Information fCTRi_ rff a stop transmis sion character also called XOFF CTK 03E a start transmis sion character also called XON Try using the slop start characters While scrolling through the CompuServe ...

Page 67: ...ion is on 11 you see Echo highlighted at the bottom To turn off this func tion press fPJTl again Please note that the print func tion causes transmission to be much slower The best way to get a hard copy of online infor mation is to download infor mation into a text file then print it Download Key Lft2 J To save online information in a normal Tandy 102 text file press i FjJ then enter a name with ...

Page 68: ...Each time you log on during your free hour Compu Serve asks if you warn to read and agree to its service terms Uy agreeing to these terms you will be able to sign up while online for con tinued CompuServe service CompuServe then will ask for billing tn format ion Be prepared to give either your i Master charge number 2 Visa charge number or 3 bank address and checking account number After signing ...

Page 69: ...CompuServe This chapter is also a sample session with CompuServe It shows how to use the Tandy 102 s upload function to send information letters memos reports or even chapters of books to another computer as instant electronic mail Sending Electronic Mail 61 ...

Page 70: ...he one described in thix chapter do not expect it to be identical CompuServe a ten revises or improves its Menus andprompts 62 Sending Electronic Mail EMAIL expects you lo send mail as follows 1 First compose a message by typing it into EMAIL S workspace and 2 then send the message to any CompuServe user s mailbox The charge for EMAIL is only the time you spend online with CompuServe To save on on...

Page 71: ...le to Upload Type the name of the text file you want to send in this exam ple type CLICNT DO f ENTER When the Tandy 102 asks Width simply press enter You then see your text file being entered as your EMAIL message just as if you were typing it 4 Send the EMAIL message to a CompuServe user After you finish uploading the Tandy 102 test file you need to tell EMAIL that you have finish ed composing yo...

Page 72: ...mail you may want to press TELCOM s download key TB j This saves your mail in a Tandy 102 text file Using Other Electronic Mail Services With CompuServe s EMAIL ser vice you have several limits Your document can be no longer than 2 000 bytes characters and must be accessed within 30 days or else it is deleted Many other kinds of electronic mail services are available Some let you send very large d...

Page 73: ...han 100 computer bulletin boards located across the United States and Canada are available This chapter shows how you can use these bulletin boards to share information and programs with other personal computer users Using Public Bulletin Boards 65 ...

Page 74: ...re free and can be accessed by anyone that dials the number You do not need to use a net work to access the bulletin board In most cases you can simply call the bulletin board and immediately start using it You may need to experi ment with TELCOM parameters Since you usually will not have made any prior arrangements with the service you will have to try out dif fered parameters CiiiuMvling id a Pu...

Page 75: ... your display you may need to type some characters to get the bulletin board s attention Try pressing fCTTTG 3 Hold down rCTRC while pressing 3D DLxcannveting from o Bulletin Board Many bulletin boards wiJl prompt you to logoff before disconnec ting If so follow the bulletin board s prompt To disconnect press OD and answer TELCOM s disconnect prompt with Y ENTEH Using Public Bulletin Boards 67 ...

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Page 77: ...logging on to com puter services can become tedious the Tandy 102 built in modem comes with a feature that lets you do this with a single keystroke To use this autodial autologon feature you must have a direct connect modem cable Automatically Dialing and Logging On 69 ...

Page 78: ...C1SCSN CENTER 4 Call the autodial autologon sequence Press TELCOM s cull key CEB When TELCOM calls 11 the autodial autologon sequence it automatically dials the number establishes a terminal connection and logs on Vou never even need to pick up the telephone Commonly Used Autodiai Aufologon Sequences The following are autodial autologon sequences for Compu Serve Dow Jones and The Source To use one...

Page 79: ...hr g i C 0 fU Sf r 1 djl n thf Dilipai HtllOrk through tyanit Sn 1 PJC T1fltHF J5 i i2 B P 1 5l04 P N7Hi 5 PUUSERLiriril 1 FSE i E T l JEifj the Daiitat Hetne 4 though TeLen et cjsgff ncfULtiiri j5 ii H i H0 tt nn M i cti n ii utiUTmt p iicHr H Uoy Jones Autodial A ufolugon lliinjlha Tj ntt NBtmri il s i j t s e T e I net Re t no rl jawe EMtTi Siiiiii c iiJTni H t owi ii antts Tfitcim jsi 5 t e Da...

Page 80: ...nest character Send the nest sym bol as a character The symbol is for when you need to send a special symbol as a character Example of an autodial autologon sequence c i sin at em i tu t 8 wss nt t h The above autodial autologon tells TELCOM to autodial the number 870 2461 enter the ter minal mode and logon to CompuServe as follows Pause for 2 seconds This ensures that CompuServe will receive your...

Page 81: ...Tandy Corporation com mon slock after logging on to Dow Jones you could add the following request to the end of the Dow Jones logon sequence tq Tffl The complcLc Dow J ones logon sequence using the Tymnet net work would then look like this iOHTTMET 5551_ 1 A tHHW j WJ N S PiE SET IPq T J Automatically Dialing and Logging On 73 ...

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Page 83: ...omputer a home computer or a central timesharing computer In this part of the manual you will learn which computers you can connect to the Tandy 102 how to make this connection and how to get the two computers to com municate If you are not interested in doing this you can skip this part without feeling that you have missed any important information Communica Ling with I fivaic Computers 75 ...

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Page 85: ...pter will help you determine whether another computer can com municate with TELCOM It also explains some important communication concepts so that you will be better equipped to handle any special problems that may occur Which Computer Can Communicate with TELCOM 77 ...

Page 86: ...and public access computers Any computer that is able to follow these con ventions can communicate with TELCOM Connection TELCOM lets you connect to another computer in 3 ways Over the telephone using the built in modem Over the telephone using an optionally purchased external modem Directly using an R5 232 cable For the connection to work both computers must be able to transmit data at the same s...

Page 87: ... Standards 1 It must have an RS 232 interface and 2 It must be designed for use with asynchronous rather than synchronous transmission Some external modems come with intelligent features such as autodial autoiogon and auto answer features TELCOM will not know how to use the in telligent features of an external modem RS 232 Connection The RS 232 C interface connector was designed by ihe Electronic ...

Page 88: ...TELCOM s echo off TELCOM calls this its full dupJex 1 mode The reason for turning TELCOM s echo off is because of the way many host computers such as CompuServe use 2 way transmission To let you know whether They received your characters correctly these com puters send you back an echo of each of your characters When communicating with a host computer such as CompuServe lliat echos your characters...

Page 89: ...a in careful Ly timed batches using a protocol such as BSC or SDLC The only way you can get the Tandy iQ2 to communicate using synchronous transmission is 1 by purchasing a device called a protocol converter or 2 by us ing a service for protocol conver sion such as the services offered by Tymnet and Telenet Co den Computers transmit data as codes When computers disagree on the meaing of codes stra...

Page 90: ...th TELCOM these codes will cause strange characters to appear on your display FUe Transfer TELCOM like many other com puters can transfer text files also referred to as ASCII files 1 and data files Some computers have options for transferring other kinds of files such as binary files TELCOM cannot transfer binary files It can transfer text files only TELCOM lets you transfer text files in the foll...

Page 91: ...t chapter TELCOM cannot follow any special error checkiitjj pro tocols such as XMODKM Tlicsc protocols use special methods to cheek for errors and if necessary retransmit dala They can be used Only when both computers follow the protocol I I I I I Which Computers Can Communicate with TELCOM 83 ...

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Page 93: ...apter 15 Setting Communication Parameters This chapter gives background information on the communication parameters you can use when communicating with another computer Setting Communication Parameters 8j ...

Page 94: ...ype unless you want to change it 3 Check the newiy set parameters by pressing i F3 i C ENTER What the Settings Mean Some parameters settings such as the connector are extremely important Tf set incorrectly no transmission will take place Other settings such as the dial type are less import a nt The following describes TELCOM s parameter settings in order of importance Connector M7E1EJ0 ppa Make su...

Page 95: ...word length parity and stop bit values you use as long as they agree with the other computer Exception Do not use a word length of 6 unless you have a specific reason to do this 1 f in doubt of what parameters the other computer is using try the 2 most common settings 7E1 and 8N1 Stop Start Protocol M E1E 1 pps Aim tailed XON1XGFF Handshaking Protocol Reset this only if you need to change start st...

Page 96: ...nt to this protocol we suggest you change TELCOM s auiodialing disable the stop stait characters method otherwise the other computer _ _ j Dial Type TO pps slow mav j n intentionally send you 1 pulse dialing stop characters and lock up 20 pps fast transmission pulse dialing 88 Selling Communication Parameters ...

Page 97: ...is chapter shows how to establish a ter minal connection with another computer using the Tandy 102 built in modem After establishing a connection go to Chapter 19 to learn how to use TELCOM in its terminal mode EiLiibliihing a Connection Usirty he JJuill in Modem 39 ...

Page 98: ...ormally use answer Computers running terminal programs normally use originate 1 Which word length parity and stop bit settings it will use You should also make sure thai the other computer will be com municating at a speed of 300 band 1 Set your communication paramtitet1 Enter TEL COM and make sure the important communication parameters are set correctly The connector should be M The word lenyih p...

Page 99: ...ill auto matically answer With these computers you wit immediately hear u high pitched tone 6 Press to enter the terminal mods If you are using an acoustic coupler place the receiver in the coupler 7 Wait for the terminal function key display A few seconds after you enter the terminal mode you should see the terminal function key display Prev Down Up Full Bye This lets yau know you have establishe...

Page 100: ...e Some computers wit dial your number wait for your high pitched tone and then enter the terminal mode ail automaiicalty 7 Wait for the function key itiyjlittt A few seconds afler the other computer enters the lerniinaf mode you should see the ter minal function key display Prev Down Up Full Bye This lets you know you have established a terminal connection with the other computer You can test this...

Page 101: ...d into the Tandy 102 PHONE jack and that you insert the speaker and the receiver in the correct coupler cups The ACP DJR selling This should be ACP for the acoustic coupler and DIR for the direct modem cable The ORIG ANS setting THs should be opposite from the mode being used by the other computer The orher computer s transmission signals These should be 300 baud Be 1 103 signals The connection pa...

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Page 103: ...ct Cable This chapter shows how to establish a con nection with another computer using a direct cable After establishing a connec tion go to Chapter 19 to learn how to use TELCOM in its terminal mode Establish live a Connection Using a Direct Cable 95 ...

Page 104: ...y 102 and the other end of the RS 232 cable to the null modem adapter 2 Try connecting the null modem adapter to the other computer s RS 232 connector If the other computer s RS 232 has pins rather than holes you need to use the male female adapter 3 If this connection is not secure use the RS 232 cable extender Establishing a Connection Before starting Find out this in formation about the other c...

Page 105: ...computers enter the terminal mode test that you have established a connection by typing characters Each character you type should be sent to the other computer each character the other computer sends should appear on your display If you have established a connection go to Chapter 19 If You Cannot Establish t Terminal Ctmneclitin If you cannot transmit any characters even meaningless characters you...

Page 106: ...n in Figure J 7 1 This works fine when connecting to most other computers There are however some exceptions Sfime computers use a DCE rather than a DTE version vf the RS 232 If this is the case you should not use the null modem adapter Some computers require dif ferent signals from the signals that the Tandy 102 requires If this is the case you need to have a technician cross the wires in the RS 2...

Page 107: ...al Modem This chapter shows how to establish a connection with another computer using an external modem After establishing a con nection go to Chapter 19 to learn how to use TELCOM in the terminal mode establishing a Connection Using an External Modem 99 ...

Page 108: ...102 2 Set TELCOM communica tion parameters Enter TELCOM and make sure the import am communication parameters are set correctly The connector should be set to an RS 232 baud rale that matches both I the external modem and 2 the other computer The word length parity and slop bit parameters should match the other computer Example 57Llt 10 pps This sets the connector to 5 an RS 232 baud rate of 1200 t...

Page 109: ...he following TEl COM s connection parameter This should be an RS 232 baud rale that matches the external modem The other computer s baud rate and telephone signals This should be the same as the baud rate and signals used by TELCOM and the external modem The external modem s connec tion Refer to the modem s manual The external modem s settings such as originate answer Refer to the modem s manual T...

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Page 111: ...mmunicating and Exchanging Files This chapter describes the TELCOM func tions that you can use while in its terminal mode It also gives instructions on how to transfer files Com municat ng a ad Exchanging Files 103 ...

Page 112: ...ss jElffiL and while holding down remx press or Computers sometimes disagree on the meaning of the codes for control characters For example the other computer may nOL agree that the code for Q2Tp L tfj means thai it should backspace If this is the case you cannot use rCTft L i H to backspace while communicating with thai computer Using TELCOM s Function Keys While in TELCOM s terminal mode you may...

Page 113: ...op Start method you must have TELCOM s start stop com munication parameter set 10 enable 2 Tandff J02 Send the file Press TELCOM s Upload key GEaD and TELCOM aiks for a filename Enter the name of any file thai has 1 he DO extension Example Pile to Upload SAMPLE DO CENTER TELCOM asks Width You can press MUBJ ot you can enter a line width from 1 132 characters For this example press en te r j Sy pre...

Page 114: ...ns the download function off the word Down is no longer highlighted Converting BASIC Files for Transfer You can transfer BASIC pro grams with another computer by converting them to text files us ing BASIC S ASCII option To send a BASIC prttgram 1 From the Main Menu cuiet BASIC Press EH for Load and enter the name of he BASIC program you want to send For example type HELLO center 2 Press CF 8 for S...

Page 115: ... will have a DO extension 2 Enter BASIC Then type the MERGE command in this for mat MERGH fsiename CENTER Be sure to include the DO extension For example type MERGE HELLO DO ENTER This causes BASIC io load the ASCII file 3 Press EaDH for Save and enter a filename For example type HELLO ENTH This causes BASIC to save the tile as a BASIC program Cornni ungating and Exchanging Files 107 ...

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Page 117: ...References A Help B TEXT Special Features C Memory Required by TEXT Paste Buffer D BASIC Programs E Tandy 102 Technical Information F TELCOM Codes References 109 ...

Page 118: ... the same time Try this several times 2 The Tandy 102 may be hung up A last resort press Reset the small button on the rear of the Tandy 102 next to the RS232C connec tor Try this several times Connvt return to Main Menu Press one of the following keys lEX The spacebar or ISHTFT fBREAkl at the same lime Ar files are on the Main Menu Check the Memory Switch on the bottom of the Tandy 102 Jf it is o...

Page 119: ... ksclf off automatically Press the Power Switch off and back on again Tandy 102 beeps for na ap parent reason This might be because you arc at the Main Menu and have inadvertantly pressed a number of keys Press ENTER 1 to clear the Select 5 line which is al the bottom of the screen TEXT SCIIEDL and ADDRSS Insertion is stow This happens when you are inserting lest at the beginning of a long scrolli...

Page 120: ...n of a cable a mismatch of communica tion parameters a switch set in correctly or a disagreement be tween TELCOM and the other computer on codes This section helps isolate what is causing a certain problem and suggests ways to correct the problem It contains information on 4 kinds of problems Problems with the Connec tion Problems with the Characters You Receive Problems with he Characters You Typ...

Page 121: ...te to match the baud Tate used by the other com puter as described in Chapter 15 You receive occasional strange characters This could be caused cither of these factors A bad telephone connection Disconnect and try be connec tion again A disagreement between I LL COM and the other com puter on he meaning of con trol extension or sequence codes Find out the other computer has a way to avoid sending ...

Page 122: ...characters you arc typing This could be caused by cither of these factors A bad telephone lint Discon nect and try the connection again A mismatch of word length parity or stop bit parameters Disconnect and react these parameters as described in Chapter IS A mismatch of baud rates If using the built in modem you can use only I baud rate 300 baud The other computer must also use 300 baud f us ing t...

Page 123: ...al special features that you can use with the TEXT program The first section shows how to use special printer codes for functions such as underlining text The second and third sec lions show how you can use special character and control keys The fourth section slums how you can transmit TFXT I iIls to another computer without ever exiting the TEXT program Printer Codes Many printers reco mi2E prin...

Page 124: ...ly and 33W J 3D followed by tCTRD fS alter the word only PEcase note that whenever you enter a CCtI fi L key you need to hold down CTR L while pressing the next key For example to enter XTFIL lTD you need to hold down CQTRJlj while pressing LID The following shows how the printer codes will look on your screen To use This special feature you can print text in A OonlyA N 1 way Printing the embedded...

Page 125: ...her compters Special Control Keys The TEXT program lets you use the following control keys to do the same editing and cursor movement functions that were discussed in Chapters 2 and 3 To use a control key press ctrlj and while holding down CTRLJt press the next key For example by pressing CTRL IX you can move the cursor down line Control Character CETBDB CGHDGD CTrTW i cTffrj E CTRLJ F lctrtw L CT...

Page 126: ...ment parameters that he other com puter is using For ejt ample assume you are connected to another computer with the RS 232 connection and the other computer is usiiig 9600 baud 8 bil word length even parity 1 stop bit and start stop enabled In response to Save lo or I oad from type COMiSKElR C MHPD As another example assume yon are connecting another computer with the built in modem connec tion a...

Page 127: ... 10 000 hytes of memory 5 000 bytes for the paste buffer to use and 5 000 bytes for the copy When you copy the tesi TEXT puts an extra copy of the 5 000 byies into the paste buffer When you paste the text TEXT put an extra e py of the 5 000 bytes into the text file If you do not have enough memory to cut and paste or copy and pasle a large block of text TFXT will give you a memory full error An ea...

Page 128: ...BA This program computes a full amortisation table of a loan You input 1 the full amouni of the loan do not type a comma or a dollar sign i2 be interest you pay and 3 the total number of months lo pay off the loan for example 20 years X 12 240 months 10 C1 S 1NPUT TVPF LOAN AMOUNT1 L 120 J References 20 INPUT ANNUAL IN FREST RATE IN PER CENTER 30 INPUT NUMBER OF MONTHS TO PAY OFF LOAN M 40 R R 01 ...

Page 129: ...60 IF NJ X 7 7 THEN 140 170 FOR V 1 TO J 180 IF NJ Y N X TIiEN y y 190 NEXT V 200 PRINT ft NJ X 210 NS X ZZ 220 GOTO 130 230 CLOSE ft 240 PRINT 137 FINISHED 250 END BAR HA This program leis you inpur 12 numbers then displays a simple bar chart of the numbers When you have finished running he program press SHIFT1 MEM 10 CLEAR IOOOiDIM D 1 1 20 FORl 1 TO 12 30 READ D 40 LF D l YH THEN YH D I 50 NEXT...

Page 130: ... times 6 seconds For example power io enterj The above command sets the time interval in I minute tlU X 6 seconds 60 seconds To cancel I he auto power off fund ion Enter BASIC and type the following POWER CONT i E NTEffl Cold Restart If you ever need to restore the Tandy 102 to its original memory condition you can do so with a told restart Warning This will erase all files you have stored In memo...

Page 131: ...N C j N C 12 N C 13 N C 14 N C 15 N C 16 N C 17 N C IS N C 19 N C 20 DTR Daia lermina ready 21 K C 22 N C 23 N C 24 N C 25 N C Casselle Interface Pin No Symbol Description 1 REM i Remote 2 GND 3 REM 2 Remote 4 R x C Receive data for CMT 5 T x C Transmit daia for CMT 6 G D GND 7 N C N C Input Level Impedance 100 ohm 800mV 5Vpp Output level Impedance 3 3 Kohm 650 mVpp RFMote 6V DCO SA max V yg 1 j R...

Page 132: ...D4 Bit 4 of output data byte 12 GND Ground 13 PDJ Bit 5 of output data byte I I Parallel Printer Interface Centronics Pin So Symbol Description S4 GND Ground 15 PD6 Bit i of output data byte 6 GND Ground 17 PD7 Bit 7 of Output data byte 18 GND Ground 19 N C 20 GND Ground 21 BUSY Input to Com puter from Printer 22 GND Ground 23 N C 24 GND Ground 25 BUSY Input to Com puter from Pr inter h high in di...

Page 133: ...ction lo Tel Line RING 4 R x MC Acoustic Coupler Connection MIC s T x MC Acoustic Coupler Connection Speaker 6 VDD RD tor answering telephone 7 T x MD Direct Confleet ion to Tel Line TIP 8 UF Ringing Pulse Bar Code Reader Pin Mo Symbol Description 1 N C 2 RxDB Receive data from hiir code reader 3 N C J N C 5 N C 6 N C 7 CM Ground 8 N C 9 VDD References J 25 ...

Page 134: ...AIO 33 AIL 9 AI2 32 A 13 10 AI4 31 A15 11 GND 30 GND 12 RD 29 VR 13 lO M 28 50 14 ALE 27 SI 15 CLK 26 CE for I O Com 16 RD WR 25 RESET out 17 NTR 24 1STA 18 GND 23 GND 19 RAM RESET 22 N C 2u N C 21 N C 40 39 33 37 36 35 3 33 32 31 30 29 2fl 27 Z6 SB 24 23 22 21 5 nnnnnnnnnnnnLin Li DnziDzir1 DDDDQDDDDDDDDDDDDDnn 1 2 J 4 5 6 T C 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 Ifl 13 SO 126 References ...

Page 135: ...s se quence codes In eacii able Column I lists the codes in decimal notation Col umn 2 lists the codes in hexa decimal notation Column 3 lists the codes in binary notation Column 4 gives TELOOM s in terpretation of a code received From the other computer aitd Column f gives the keyboard character that you need to press to send a code to ibe other com puter The third table docs not include Column 3...

Page 136: ...maoi 1A QO011010 EOF 1B 00011011 1C OOOlllOQ 10 00011101 1E 00011110 HUB IF CTfti hhdb to c CT L _ JTfcL cm f 7 07 0DOO0111 bell TO G a OB ooooiooc cwrfcspace CTlHiH g 09 QCCWiPDI lab tf i 10 OA 00001 01 lirht eed Ct J n 30 3DDO1011 Cursor hama m n 13 OC 00001100 C 1 1 13 OD 30001101 carriage return iSW CTfll N EJ LC CTiii P ETHLG CTRL R CTRL S CTBL T tpi L tfj v CTRi A C Hi TIFXV 1TIHJ2 B5J 31 IF...

Page 137: ...tOOIG 2 2 Si 33 CC110011 3 3 52 34 00110100 4 4 S3 35 0O11C1O1 5 5 5 36 OOiiOHfi 6 6 55 37 001 ifll 11 7 7 56 36 GC111GC0 5 6 57 36 001 11001 9 sn 34 O3111010 53 3EJ 001 11 till GO 3C com 100 61 3D 00111101 52 3E 0011111c S3 3F oaimn y i 4 4 1 oicoooac S C 66 41 01000001 A A H 42 C1CO3010 B 6 67 43 01000011 C C 68 44 01000100 D D 66 45 01ODO1O1 E E 70 f 0100C110 F F 71 47 aiaamii G 72 4 01001000 H...

Page 138: ...t 59 01011Q01 Y 90 5 01011010 2 Si JS 01011011 I 9Z 5C 01 01 1100 BWl 03 SO 01Q11101 I 1 94 5E 111 11 1 1C 9S i F 010 1111 96 60 OllOOOOO ifflom 97 61 O110QO01 a A 62 OllOCOlG b b 6 01100011 c c IOC 64 011O01CO d D 101 65 011OO1O1 e E 102 66 011OO11O f F 103 67 011001 1 1 g Q 1CM 66 01 01HX3 h H 105 69 01 1DI001 i 1 ice 6A 01 101010 j J 107 66 01101011 h K or 6C 0M0I1OO 1 L os 6D ononoi rn M 110 6...

Page 139: ...3011 s s 116 74 3 110 00 I l 117 75 01110101 u 11B 715 n iio V V US 77 01110111 W w 120 76 04111000 s X 121 79 01111001 1 V 122 7A 01111010 z J 123 7F1 01111011 1 puts a C onmoo B1W_ 125 TO 01111101 1 vfflHio 198 7E 01111110 Wfl 137 7F 01 1 1 1 1 1 1 Kl References 131 ...

Page 140: ...llOO WH 141 6D 1000H01 t Wri 142 F locomo s w i 143 BF 10001111 4 BIS 8 144 90 irjot KKJ ft MEEy 146 91 iwiqrjoi 8 CSfH MS 93 10010010 I MPff 147 93 10010011 BWq 148 94 lOOlOlOQ WI nr 149 9S 1C01010I s iaw b ISO 96 10010110 f iflBn 151 97 10010111 BE 57 36 10011COO t BWo il W 10011001 WR 154 9A lOOl 1010 i 5i 1SS 96 1001101 1 dffik 155 9C loomoo A lflHt 2 1ST 90 100H101 HP 158 3E 10011110 v1 HM 1S...

Page 141: ...0011 u CMfrU 186 94 0110100 f HfH 6 181 BS 01161O1 CMre i e BS on6nd i CHEiq 183 B7 0ii6 li a CH o 184 B8 On 1000 Q jnw j iflS BS nin 0 3 CWfrS 86 B iHC 0 u 1 PT B6 0111011 6 t rt 98 OC on I M u CME i eg BD 0111 s Dl n CWE n HE 0111MQ COOE 191 BF 011H11 f Wf F 9S CC 1006000 a tWE 1 53 CI lOOOOOl ME 3 1 C2 lOOOOfD JOE S 195 C3 1000011 a OSf 9 m C4 1000160 u 3HR7 197 C5 1000161 J3ffiJ ISA CG 1 00110...

Page 142: ...00 c WOE 7 221 DD 101 1M31 u C E M 222 DE 10111 0 E CHE C 223 DF 10111 11 A CME Z 24 ed 1 1 30000 fU 226 El 11100001 upper iBfll 5WH 1 E2 110001c p upper nghl jWH n 2 7 E3 111O0011 lower fllil CflPH 22a E4 11100100 lloiftftr nijNH C PH 223 E5 11100101 S CBfH 30 E6 1100110 5WM 31 F7 1100111 iuppar hrq 232 Fe 1101000 _ 0W pntiw 233 E9 1101001 1 W SfifKF 734 FA 1101010 trtahll Wl 235 FB 1101011 r CBf...

Page 143: ...A lniflim h AttfrJ 24 F5 11110101 flE 4g Rj U 1101 10 i_ IBM 2 7 F7 1111Q111 j fflfft 4g F 11111000 J JHtW 249 F9 1 1 t 11 0Q1 H fflsg 250 FA 11111010 HB k 251 FB n 1 11011 r fw n 25 FC 11 111100 A WH 253 fO 11111 I01 WH e 2fA FE 11111110 h WHY 25S FF 11111111 I flW C References 135 ...

Page 144: ...ert line 27 77 IB 4D LEJOElK Delete line IB 50 27 80 ESC Pl 1 urn cursor on 111 5 F 27 81 EStiT Turn cursor off IB 27 T84 Esern Set system line 27T 85 IB 55 LWSXTJTj Reset system Jine 27 S6 IB 56 xsiD n Disable video 27 87 18 57 ETEXSj Enable video 27 89 1B 59 ir c Move cursor to specified row column position 27 106 IBM CE3JECO Clear screen 27 108 IB 6C CESEKT Erase entire line IB 70 27 112 JEScif...

Page 145: ...control codes 104 Sequence 81 136 Bytes 5 Cassette interface 123 Cassette recorder See Tape Clock 6 Cold restart 122 CompuServe Accessing 48 Autologon sequence 71 EMAIL 62 Retrieving information 55 Sending electronic mail 4J 60 Using page 57 Connection Built in modem 80 93 Bulletin board 65 Cable RS 232 95 External modem 95 Public access cortipiiLer 39 43 Converting files BASIC files 106 Copying F...

Page 146: ...reen 59 Sending information upload 63 Set tine parameter 52 Subscribing 40 138 Index I Random access memory RAM Description 5 Extra 34 Read only memory ROM 5 Renaming files 19 I RS 232 79 80 95 98 10 Interface 123 SCHEDL 22 Sequence codes 81 Specifications 122 I Stop bit Meaning S 1 Setting 87 52 Synchronous transmission 81 I Tape Recorder Cassette interface 123 Connections 12 Loading text files 1...

Page 147: ...42 Creating a file 10 Time entering 6 Cursor Movement Keys J 6 Transmission 81 Cutting test 17 Tymnet 40 42 Deleting test 1 1 UnJnct 42 Entering tevt 10 Word length Finding text 17 Meaning SI Help 111 Setting 52 87 Pasting test 1 8 Printing 1 1 Repeating test 11 Saving to tape 12 Selecting iexi 17 71 I I Index 139 ...

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