Communicating with
other users
You can send short messages to other stations by using the
*NOTIFY command.
Type:
*NOTIFY <user id><message>[RETURN]
or:
*NOTIFY <station><message>[RETURN]
<user id> here stands for user identifier;
<station> stands for stantio number.
EXAMPLE
You are at station 199. To send the message "Hello" to a user
whose identifier is JULIE and who is working at station number
123
type:
*NOTIFY JULIE HELLO[RETURN]
or:
*NOTIFY 123 HELLO[RETURN]
Julie at station 123 will hear a beep, and this will come up
on her screen:
-- 199: HELLO --
The "199" tells her the station the message came from.
If someone sends you a message, it will come up on your screen
straight away, perhaps while you are in the middle of a piece of
work. Once you have read it, delete it using the [DELETE] key,
and the work you were doing will not be affected. Do not press
[RETURN] until you have deleted the message.
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