Using The Vt52 Emulator On An Atari St Computer - Atari SX 212 Owner's Manual

You can obtain the appropriate settings for these parameters
from the telecommunications service with which you wish to
communicate. To make the settings on your computer, follow
the instructions in your software user's manual. A typical
setting is 1200 bps, 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit. (If you
are using a terminal instead of a microcomputer, the settings
may have to be made with hardware switches.)
Using the VT52 Emulator on an ATARI ST Computer
The VT52 Emulator is a communications program that comes as
a desk accessory on the ST Language disk with most ATARI ST
Computers. The program (with the filename EMULATOR.ACC
or DESK2.ACC) is an industry-standard telecommunications
terminal program that is most useful for communicating with
large multi-user systems. You can use it, for example, to read
and send electronic mail and receive other types of information.
To use the VT52 Emulator, follow these steps:
1. With your ST Computer switched off, insert your ST Language
disk (or any bootable disk that contains the EMULATOR.ACC
or DESK2.ACC file) into drive A and switch on your computer.
2.
Select VT52 Emulator from the Desk menu.
3.
Press
[Help]
to view the RS232 Port Configuration dialog
box, which displays the options for setting several com¬
munications parameters.
4.
Select the communications parameters that match those of
the system you want to call by clicking in the appropriate
box. For example, select 1200 next to "Baud Rate" to com¬
municate at 1200 bps.
5. Click on the OK button when you are ready to get online.
You are now in the local command mode and can enter com¬
mands to dial a call or perform other functions. (See
Using
Modem Commands
iater in this chapter.)
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