Sending And Receiving Information; Calling The Other Person Before You Start; Starting Communication - Brother GeoBook NB-60 Getting Started Manual

Sending and Receiving Information
You can use your modem to communicate with computers or bulletin board
systems. You can also share information with other computer users.
This section describes how to do the folowing:
• Get started using Communication
• Establish various modem, terminal, and window settings
• Dial phone numbers
• Send messages and fries
• Receive messages and files
Calling the Other Person before You Start
Modem settings must match the settings of the other computer. Before you
begin, call the person you will communicate with by modem and fred out the
following information:
• Protocq!settings on receiver's computer:
Word Length or data bits
Stop bits
Parity _"
• Type of terminal the other person selects on his or her computer.
• Phone number of phone connected to his or her modem.
Starting Communication
!_ To start Communication:
1. Insert the diskette labelled Communication.
2. Click on the File Manager icon on the Main Menu; then click on the drive A -,
icon. The contents of the diskette appear.
3. Double-click on the Communication icon. The Communication window
appears.
)g window settings
You can control the size of the Communication window to show as much or
as little information at a time as you want.
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