2-12-95 [emulate]           Terminal Emulation

    If  you  cannot connect, three things must match on  both  sending  and
receiving modems/software. One is speed (bps). On non-V series modems,  set
the software to Autobaud or Autodetect = YES/ON, on V-Series NO/OFF. Two is
Terminal Emulation (most often ANSI), some mainframes use VT100, VT52,  TTY
or some other emulation.  Emulation has nothing to do with the Modem. It is
between  the  software  and your display.  (Some  special  emulations  will
require special software). The last is Parity, Stop, and Bits. You will see
somewhere  in the software a place to set N,8,1 or E,7,1  (could  be  8,N,1
or 7,E,1) the two most common settings. Most local BBS use N,8,1 and  large
BBS like Compuserve use E,7,1. When you log onto a BBS they normally give 
you an option of Length of Page and screen Width. A screen is 25 lines X 80 
columns. Then you may have some header lines too (21-23 lines X 78-80 works 
well).

 >>>  VT100  (and others) is not always standard. Some software allows  you
to  edit  keys  when they do not match.  Telix, Qmodem,  Procomm  Plus  and
MTEZ/WPCOM  are some that allow this. Procomm Plus, Qmodem and  Telix  have
more emulations available than some other programs. All three usually  have
shareware  or  test versions you can download from a local BBS.  They  also
have  transfer protocols like Kermit and  other less common types.  If  the
software  you are trying doesn't work, see if you can find out  what  other
people  are using with their 'Hayes compatible' modems when they call  that
same service. <<<

                                   Don Hinds - Zoom Tech

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