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Warner Communications Atari PLATOTERM Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL ..........ii I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION ............1 II. OPERATION ............... 2 III. USER CONTROLS .............. 6 IV. AN EXAMPLE SESSION ............ 10 A. EXAMPLE SETUP .............. 22...

  • Page 3: How To Use This Manual

    HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL The PLATOTERM Manual has been structured for two levels of users. The new user will find PLATOTERM explained in well-defined termi- nology and step by step instruction, while the experienced user will find what they need to use PLATOTERM to access PLATO on-line services quickly and efficiently.

  • Page 4: General Description

    I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION PLATOTERM is a cartridge which provides the software necessary to send and receive data to PLATO services located on remote comput- ers, connected via the Internet. To connect the ATARI® computer to the Internet, an Internet MODEM is required, which simultaneously connects the ATARI®...

  • Page 5: Operation

    II. OPERATION This cartridge runs on any ATARI® 400™, ATARI® 800™, ATARI® 600XL™, ATARI® 800XL™, ATARI® 1200XL™, ATARI® 1400XL™, ATARI® 1450XLD™, ATARI® 65XE™, ATARI® 130XE™, ATARI® 800XE™, ATARI® XE Game System™, or compatible system. To use, insert the cartridge into your computer. For ATARI® 800™ systems, use the LEFT CARTRIDGE slot.
  • Page 6 OPERATION Important If your MODEM is set to different communication parame- ters, be sure to set your MODEM configuration parameters in the appropriate setup program, before launching PLA- TOTERM. Use the following procedure to connect to a PLATO™ service: 1. If an ATARI® 810™, ATARI® 1050™, ATARI® XF-551, or com- patible drive is attached, insert a DOS diskette with an appropriate "R:"...
  • Page 7 OPERATION 2. Switch the ATARI® 850™ Interface Module (or compatible device) power to ON. 3. Switch your MODEM power to ON. 4. Switch the ATARI® computer power to ON. Wait for 1200 Baud. Terminal Ready. to appear.
  • Page 8 OPERATION 5. Enter any commands you need, before you dial, such as ATB2, if running APE, or AT&K0&C1 if using TCPSER. 6. Enter your MODEM's command to dial, such as ATDTIRATA.ON- LINE:8005. Wait for the connect message. 7. Follow the prompts to log on to the system. 8.

  • Page 9: User Controls

    III. USER CONTROLS PLATOTERM's controls are very simple to use. There are three main keys which alter the operation of the program: KEYS FUNCTION SELECT T Selects TTY mode. All incoming data is simply dis- played as ASCII text, with no parsing of incoming information, All keys are also sent as ASCII keys.
  • Page 10 USER CONTROLS The CTRL key is used to press the special PLATO keys, described below: PLATO Key ATARI® KEY CTRL A BACK CTRL B SHIFT-BACK CTRL + COPY CTRL C SHIFT-COPY CTRL - DATA CTRL D SHIFT-DATA CTRL * EDIT CTRL E SHIFT-EDIT SHIFT CTRL E...
  • Page 11 USER CONTROLS PLATO Key ATARI® KEY CTRL L CTRL = SHIFT-LAB SUPER CTRL P SHIFT-SUPER SHIFT CTRL P SQUARE CTRL Q ACCESS SHIFT CTRL Q STOP CTRL S SHIFT STOP SHIFT CTRL S TERM CTRL T MULTIPLY CTRL X CTRL Y SHIFT-SUB SHIFT CTRL Y SHIFT CTRL G...
  • Page 12 USER CONTROLS SYMBOL ACCESS SYMBOL ACCESS ö δ SHIFT A ´ ← æ SHIFT X ↓ ø SHIFT D → å SHIFT W ↑ ä © SHIFT C SHIFT F λ μ Æ SHIFT G Ø SHIFT H ˚ Å SHIFT J π...

  • Page 13: An Example Session

    IV. AN EXAMPLE SESSION The following procedure shows an example session with IRATA.ON- LINE, a PLATO service for retro-computing users. It assumes that: • Your ATARI® computer is set up. • Your ATARI® 850™ Interface Module (or compatible) is connected to your ATARI® computer. •...
  • Page 14 AN EXAMPLE SESSION 1. Turn on your ATARI® 850™ Interface Module, or compatible. 2. Turn on your WIFI MODEM, if needed. 3. Insert the PLATOTERM cartridge into the appropriate cartridge slot in your ATARI® computer console, and close the cartridge door, if needed.
  • Page 15 AN EXAMPLE SESSION 6. Type the following to dial IRATA.ONLINE: ATDTIRATA.ONLINE:8005 7. After a short moment, you should see something similar to the fol- lowing: Connecting to host - please wait ... Connected WELCOME TO THE NOS SOFTWARE SYSTEM COPYRIGHT CONTROL DATA SYSTEMS INC. 1994. 91/01/04.
  • Page 16 AN EXAMPLE SESSION 9. Type guest and press RETURN in response to the prompt for user name. 10. T ype guest and press RETURN in response to the prompt for group. 11. O nce the main menu has finished drawing, press C to navigate to the Games menu.
  • Page 17 AN EXAMPLE SESSION 12. O nce the games menu has finished drawing, press F to select the Checkers game. The description for Checkers will appear.
  • Page 18 AN EXAMPLE SESSION 13. P ress CTRL D. This sends the DATA key to the PLATO host, and starts the game.
  • Page 19 AN EXAMPLE SESSION 14. P ress RETURN, which sends NEXT to the PLATO host, to start the game.
  • Page 20 AN EXAMPLE SESSION 15. P ress 1 to start the game with you playing first.
  • Page 21 AN EXAMPLE SESSION 16. U se your pointing device to move the pointer over a piece you wish to move. Press the selection, or fire button. 17. U se your pointing device to move the pointer to an adjacent empty square to move the piece.
  • Page 22 AN EXAMPLE SESSION 18. W ait for the computer to play its turn and return to you. 19. O nce you are ready to quit the game, press SHIFT CTRL S which sends SHIFT-STOP to the PLATO host, and presents you with a menu to either continue working in the menu, or to log off.
  • Page 23 AN EXAMPLE SESSION 20. P ress SHIFT CTRL S once again, to log off the system.
  • Page 24 AN EXAMPLE SESSION 21. H ang up the modem by typing +++ ... Waiting a few seconds until you see OK, and type: 22. T he modem should hang up. Followed by the message: NO CARRIER Congratulations, you've successfully communicated with a PLATO host using PLATOTERM.

  • Page 25: Example Setup

    A. EXAMPLE SETUP The following diagram shows an ATARI® 800™ connected to an RS-232 WIFI MODEM through an ATARI 850™ Interface Module. A common WIFI modem is based on the ESP8266 micro-controller, and provides a connection to the Internet, so that PLATO services can be accessed.

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