Apple Macintosh - Establishing and Configuring a Communications Link

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With the Line Width o ption , the operator h as th e ca pabil-
ity of
ex pandin g th e M ac Te rmin al do c um e nt to a width of 132
co lumn s or l eav in g th e width at the d ef ault va lue of 80
co lumn s. With th e 132 co lumn s choice, th e horizo nt al scro ll
ba r b eco mes active so th at th e operat or ca n view the e ntir e
M
acTe rmin al d oc um ent.
Th e Protocol Converter item is used when th e M ac is
co
mmunicating with o th er da ta pro cess in g devices thr ough the
A
pp le Lin e® or Appl e Cluster C ontroll er®. The se d ev ices a re
designed
to allow th e Appl e e quipm e nt to co mmuni cate with
IBM main fra me co mp atible computer s.
Th e rem ai nin g selections of th e Te rmin a l Se ttin gs m en u
address
th e fo rm at of th e Ma cT e rminal do cum ent. Wh en th e
" X" a pp e ar s in th e b ox ne xt to the selec tion , th e item is
sele
cted . Wh en th e b ox is e mpt y, th e it em is un sel ec ted. Wh en
th e f ir st item, On Line , is un se le ct ed, th e M ac will be operating
in a L
oca l mode. T hat is , the co mp uter will not be in co mmun i-
cation w
ith the mod em. Cha racters typ ed into th e k eyboa rd
will a
pp ea r on th e local M ac into sh di spl ay onl y.
Wh en th e Local Echo item is selected, th e doc um e nt will
be
in L oca l mode wh e th er it is On Line or not. Thu s, the
cha
ract ers will a pp ea r on the Mac di s pla y as th ey are typed in.
If the remote co mput er d oes not e ch o char ac ters b ack to the
Mac, this item
wi ll need to be u sed.
T he Status Light s it em refers to th e in di ca t or lights wh ic h
can be di sp l aye d a bove the M acTer min al doc u me nt. Check
this item a nd select
O K in th e Ter min al Se ttin gs w ind ow.
Imm e di ately bel ow th e title ba r appea rs a g roup of indi ca t ors
which pro vides pe rtin ent inf o rm ation to the opera tor . Wh en
th e circle to th e rig ht of th e indi ca t or title is bl ac k, th e indi ca-
tion is tru e. Wh en th e circle is ho ll ow, th e indication is false.