Atari XM301 Owner's Manual page 26

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2. Press [Select].
XE Term temporarily stops communicating and the Functions
Menu appears on the screen.
3. If you want to send a file, type U. This selects the Upload Text
command.
If you want to receive a file or capture on-screen information, type
C. This selects the Capture Text command.
The screen prompts:
File to upload:_
or
File to capture:_
4. Type the drive number and the name of the file. To send a file,
specify an existing file. To receive a file, you can choose any
name within the Atari file-naming conventions. For example, type:
D2:SCHEDULE
to send or receive a file named SCHEDULE on Drive 2. If you do
not specify a drive number, XE Term uses Drive 1.
5. Press [Return].
XE Term returns you to terminal mode — brings you back online to
the other system. The screen prompts you to Press START to
begin transfer.
6. Be sure the other system is ready to begin transmitting or
receiving the file. Then press [Start].
Caution: Do not press [Start] until the prompt, Press START to
begin transfer, has disappeared. XE Term will not receive your
[Start] command while the prompt is displayed. When you start
uploading a file, the size of the file in bytes appears at the top of
your screen. This number decreases as the file is sent, showing
you how much remains to be sent.
After you press [Start], XE Term begins sending or capturing the
file or information. The screen prompts:
Press SELECT to stop transfer
7. Press [Select] to interrupt sending a file or to finish receiving
text.
Caution: The [Select] command does not work while the prompt,
Press SELECT to stop transfer, is displayed.
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