268 Macintosh
User's
Handbook
Figure 8.6. Status Lights*
Notice in figure 8.6
that
the On Line indication
is
true.
This tells the operator that the Mac
is
passing information to
the modem. When offline
(On Line
is
false), the terminal
is
not
communicating with the remote computer. The communica-
tions link
will
be broken. This
is
useful when allowing a first-
time MacTerminal user
to
experiment with the document.
The Local indication can refer
to
the Local Echo mode
of
the document. When the modem
is
sending data, it does not
normally repeat the characters back
to
the user. Therefore,
when sending data, the user will not see what he
or
she types on
the MacTerminal document unless the remote computer can
echo the characters it receives back
to
the Mac. When the
application
is
in Local Echo mode, the Local indicator will
become true,
and
characters will appear
on
the document as
they are typed.
When the modem
is
not transmitting data but
is
accepting
instructions, it will repeat those instructions back
to
the user.
If
the document
is
in the Local Echo mode during these periods,
each character will appear twice on the document.
The Local indicator will also change
to
true when the
On
Line setting has been disabled. When this occurs, the
On
Line
indicator will be false.
*
We
have condensed this display due to size limitations.
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