Commodore modem 300 User Manual page 29

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guidetoyourcurrent location within screen 1.The scroll keys let
you traverse the 700 lines in screen 1 quickly and easily.
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THE DELAY FACTORS
Proceeding along the bottom line, the next field displayed is D000.
This is the " delay factor" indicator, which tells you (1) the delay time
between transmitted characters in thousandths of a second (milli­
seconds) and (2) the delay time after carriage return in seconds.
These factors can be important when sending information from
screen 1 or disk to a remote computer because many computer
systems can't process information as fast as COMMON SENSE can
send it. The D indicates that the factor displayed is the time
between characters. PRESS: OU. Notice that the D is replaced by a
checkmark (^). The <^ indicates that the factor now displayed is the
time after carriage return. Let's actually change the delay factor
after carriage return. PRESS: OD. The top status line has now been
replaced by a prompt: ENTER DELAY FACTOR: (this line is also your
prompt line). ENTER: 5. The top status line returns, and the delay
factor now displays *^005 indicating 5 seconds after carriage
return. Now, PRESS: OU, then PRESS: OD, then ENTER: 20. Now the
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