290 Macintosh
User's
Handbook
Mac's keyboard will be entered into the
data
base computer.
The
data
base
computer
will treat those commands as if
you
had entered them directly.
One
important function offered by most
data
base services
is
the keyword search. Once the search
is
initiated, the compu-
ter
will search the files you specify for
the
occurrence
of
some
keyword which you also specify. Then the computer will report
on
the
number
of
files in which it found
the
word. You
then
have the option
of
displaying one
or
more
of
those files (news-
paper
articles, magazine articles,
or
abstracts) on the
Mac
screen. Since the
Mac
stores the entire document, you can save
the information
on
the MacTerminal document
or
transfer it
to
another
application's document. With the Handshake func-
tion, you can use the
Stop
Scrolling command
to
instruct the
data
base computer to wait, if you need
to
copy information,
before it
compl~tes
the file transfer. This applies only if the
data
base computer uses Handshaking.
Once you have finished with the
data
base, you will exit
the account by entering a terminating command.
The
"Off'
entry
is
a prevalent command for exiting a computer account.
Upon
logging
out
of
the computer, you will be returned
to
the
computer network facility.
From
there you may access
another
computer
if
you
wish,
or
you may hang up. Select Hangup
from the
Phone
menu.
The
link will be broken,
and
the modem
will be returned to the command mode
of
operation.
Communication with the IBM PC XT
Communication links between individual personal com-
puters are widely used.
In
our
example,
we
will illustrate a link
between the
Mac
and
an
IBM
PC
XT.
Since most terminal
emulators use the ASCII communications format, the
Mac
may be connected with any computer which contains the
proper hardware
and
software.
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