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What You Need
To communicate with Compu-
Serve, you need a way of con-
necting to an ordinary tele-
phone—You can use either:
• The Tandy 200 modem cable
that you used in the last
chapter—This is the most
reliable because it connects the
Tandy 200 directly to the
telephone wire.
or
• An acoustic coupler (Cat. No.
26-3805)—Use this when you
cannot directly connect to a
telephone (for example, when
using a pay phone).
You also need to find the follow-
ing CompuServe materials that
come with the Tandy 200 modem
cable:
• A packet containing a Compu-
Serve user ID and password—
You can use this ID and pass-
word to access CompuServe
for 1 hour, free of charge,
during "standard time" (6PM
to 5AM).
• A pamphlet listing Compu-
Serve's telephone numbers—
CompuServe has numbers in
almost all the major U.S.
cities; you can use any of
these numbers to access
CompuServe.
If you do not have a modem
cable, you can obtain a Compu-
Serve ID, password, and tele-
phone number by calling
CompuServe—(800) 848-8199 or,
in Ohio, (614) 457-0802—or by
purchasing the Radio Shack
Universal Signup Kit (Cat. No.
26-2224).
Connecting to CompuServe
1. Set the TELCOM
Parameters.
Enter the TELCOM program and
check its parameters. The last
parameter (10 pps, 20 pps, or T)
is only for autodialing, but the
others must be:
M7E1ENN.0
If your parameters are different,
press the Stat key (CED) and then
type M7E1ENN,O (ENTER!.
Then press CED (ENTER") again
and you should see the correctly
set parameters.
2. Connect to the telephone.
Modem Cable: Connect the Tan-
dy 200 to the telephone as you
did in the last chapter. Be sure
the DIR/ACP switch (on the
left) is set to DIR.
Acoustic Coupler: Connect the
acoustic coupler to the Tandy
200 PHONE jack (on the rear).
Set the DIR/ACP switch (on the
left) to ACP.
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