Background information
Capturing system messages for later printout
Downloading whole files to your system
Downloading part of a .LBR file to your system
Uploading files to this system
Printing while on-line with remote system
:Background information
     There are hundreds of versions of MODEM7 
currently in use.  More are being written and 
modified every day.  There is no way to adequately 
document the use of all versions.  In the directions 
which follow, the most common commands are shown.
     If these commands are not correct for the 
version which you use, you must refer to the 
documentation for your version of MODEM7 or obtain a 
copy of a version which uses the command structure 
demonstrated here.
:Capturing system messages
     To capture the system messages or a list of the 
files on this system, you must set up a text file.  
This is done by returning to the command prompt.  
Normally this is done with a ^E.
     You should then open a file and return to the 
terminal (communication) mode.  Enter the terminal 
command followed by a filename.  For example:
                 T filename.typ<cr>
     If you want this file to be on drive b:, 
preceed the name with a drive indicator.
    A ^Y opens the buffer.  Another ^Y temporarily 
closes the buffer.  When you are finished saving 
material, return to the command line with a ^E.  You 
will be reminded that the buffer is still open and 
present you with the possible options.
:Downloading whole files to your system 
     MODEM7 was specifically written to work with 
XMODEM for downloading files from this system to 
your system.  You must tell this system which file 
you want.  XMODEM is the program which sends files 
from this (or any remote) system to you.  Note that 
on most FOG systems, you will not be able to 
download an entire library disk.
     The first step to downloading is to move to the 
section (drive and user area) where the file you are 
interested in is located.
     Additional details may be obtained by reading 
the XMODEM.HLP file (type HELP XMODEM<cr> at the 
prompt).
     If you wish to download an entire file, you 
start by typing:
            XMODEM S filename.typ<cr>
at the A>.  "filename.typ" should be the EXACT name 
of the file you want to download.
     XMODEM will check to see if it can find the 
file you want and then will compute the time to send 
you the file.  If the sending time is more than 30 
minutes, XMODEM will tell you that it cannot send 
you the file.
     If the sending time is less than 30 minutes, 
XMODEM will tell you how long it will take to send 
the file.  At this point, you must tell AMCALL to 
receive the file.
     To tell your system to receive the file, enter 
a ^E to return to the COMMAND prompt.  Now you tell 
MODEM7 to receive the file.  You may enter the same 
name or you may take this opportunity to change the 
name.  The format is:
                 R filename.typ<cr>
     If you wish to save the file to a disk in your 
B: drive, preceed the filename by the B:.  Sit back 
and wait until the transfer is completed and you 
again see this system's prompt.
:Downloading part of a .LBR file to your system 
     MODEM7 was specifically written to work with 
XMODEM for downloading files from this system to 
your system.  You must tell this system which file 
you want.  XMODEM is the program which sends files 
from this (or any remote) system to you.  Note that 
on most FOG systems, you will not be able to 
download an entire library disk.
     The first step to downloading is to move to the 
section (drive and user area) where the file you are 
interested in is located.
     Additional details may be obtained by reading 
the XMODEM.HLP file (type HELP XMODEM<cr> at the 
prompt.
     If you wish to download a single file which is 
contained within a .LBR file, you start by typing:
         XMODEM L lbrname filename.typ<cr>
at the A>.  The "lbrname" is the name of the .LBR 
file.  The "filename.typ" should be the EXACT name 
of the file you want to download.
     If you are not sure of the correct filename, 
use the type command to view the contents of the  
 .LBR file:
               TYPE filename.LBR<cr>
For more details on this command read the FILES.HLP.
     XMODEM will check to see if it can find the 
file you want and then will compute the time to send 
you the file.  If the sending time is more than 30 
minutes, XMODEM will tell you that it cannot send 
you the file.
     If the sending time is less than 30 minutes, 
XMODEM will tell you how long it will take to send 
the file.  At this point, you must tell AMCALL to 
receive the file.
     To tell your system to receive the file, enter 
a ^E to return to the COMMAND prompt.  Now you tell 
MODEM7 to receive the file.  You may enter the same 
name or you may take this opportunity to change the 
name.  The format is:
                 R filename.typ<cr>
     If you wish to save the file to a disk in your 
B: drive, preceed the filename by the B:.  Sit back 
and wait until the transfer is completed and you 
again see this system's prompt.
:Uploading files to this system
     Basically, the difference between uploading and 
downloading is which system is sending and which 
system is receiving.
     First, tell this system to receive the file 
             XMODEM R filename.typ<cr>
Again, "filename.typ" is the name of the file you 
are sending.  There is no need to tell this system 
where to put the file as it automatically puts it in 
the UPLOAD.PUB section.
     You should then set your system to send the 
file by returning to the COMMAND prompt with a ^E
and then enter the name of the file you wish to 
send.  Remember, if the file is on a disk in your B: 
drive, you will have to preceed the filename with 
the drive designator.  For example:
                S d:filename.typ<cr>
(Where d: = the drive the file is located on and 
filename.typ = the exact name of the file.)
     Sit back and wait for the transfer to finish.
:Printing while on-line with remote system
     If you have a centronics printer, it is 
sometimes possible to print the messages appearing 
on the screen as they appear rather than storing the 
information to a disk file.  The major drawback to 
this is that many printers will print too slowly.  
Since this will slow the transmission, this can 
increase the phone costs.
     You will need to check your documentation to 
see how to do this since I never bothered to learn 
how.
