Dialing From The Keyboard - Atari XM301 Owner's Manual

4.
Type
Y.
XE Term saves your dialing mode in a disk file that keeps track of
your Dialing Menu information. Unless you change phones, you do
not have to adjust the dialing mode again.
DIALING FROM THE KEYBOARD
The easiest way to dial another computer is to use the Dial from
keyboard option.
Before you start, make sure the sound on your TV or monitor is
turned on. It will help you tell whether you got a busy signal or
have reached the other party.
If you are calling a bulletin board or information service that
requests log-on information before starting to communicate
with you, be sure you have your log-on information at hand.
(Most log-on information includes a user ID and password.)
Follow these instructions to dial from the keyboard:
1
. Go to the Dialing Menu. When the Dialing Menu appears, press
K.
XE Term displays a "scratchpad" on which you type any number
you like. Later you'll send that number to the modem.
2. Type the phone number If you use 9 to dial an outside number,
type:
9,
followed by the phone number. Be sure to include the comma. You
can put the area code in parentheses and include dashes if you
like. Use the
[Delete Bk Sp]
key or the
[Control]
with the arrow
keys to correct mistakes.
The next time you use the Dial from keyboard option, the scratch¬
pad will display this number again.
3.
When the number is typed correctly, press
[Return].
The XM301 Modem dials the number. If you have a rotary phone,
you will hear the pulses for each number. If you have a touch-tone
phone, you'll hear the tones. When your modem reaches the other
number, you will hear the phone ringing or a busy signal.
The Dialing Menu disappears. Your screen prepares to receive
messages from the other computer.
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