Before You Start Transferring Files; Exchanging Files With Compuserve; Transferring Text Files: Upload/Download Commands.18 - Atari XM301 Owner's Manual

You can go on typing information while Capture Text is operating.
Capture Text creates a permanent record of a selected portion of
your online communication.
You can use Capture Text to:
• Receive a discrete file (without error-checking)
• Save bulletin board messages, menus, and lists in a
permanent file
• Keep a permanent record of your online communication
Before You Start Transferring Files
The four file transfer commands work the same for every system
with which you communicate. However, before you begin trans¬
ferring, you need to know what each particular system expects
from you.
For example, information services and bulletin boards may have
one area — one menu selection — in which you can transfer files.
You need to know how to access that area or selection. Also, you
need to know whether that system will send files with or without
XMODEM protocol, and whether the system expects any special
messages or commands from you before you transfer.
Contact the service and find out this information before you start
transferring.
Exchanging Files with CompuServe
CompuServe uses its own unique form of error-checking when it
transfers files—A-protocol. XE Term automatically recognizes
A-protocol, so you can send and receive files to and from
CompuServe as easily as any other service.
TRANSFERRING TEXT FILES:
UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD COMMANDS
The procedure for sending and receiving files using the Upload
and Download commands are identical, except that you choose
the Upload Text command to send files and the Capture Text
command to receive files.
Follow these instructions to send or receive files:
1. Dial the other system. When you connect online, go to the
menu selection or area of the service or bulletin board which is
set up to transfer files.
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