Section Eight - The Terminal

The Terminal application provides a widely-used VT52 standard for communicating between a Cambridge Z88 and another computer, or between two Cambridge Z88 computers, over the RS232 serial line.

The Terminal can be entered from the Index APPLICATIONS menu, or by typing V. You can leave the Terminal by pressing the 

and  keys together.

Serial port settings

The serial port parameters can be configured from the panel which is entered with S; see Panel options.

Control keys

The equivalent Cambridge Z88 keys for the VT52 control keys are shown in the following table, together with a list of the codes transmitted: 

       

These functions are provided on the Terminal COMMANDS menu, with the following additional command:

Exit Terminal

Press 

to exit the terminal and return to the Index. From the Index, KILL is preferred.

Spooling files

Material received by the Terminal application can be spooled to a file :RAM.– /S.sgn automatically by typing +S before commencing the transfer. The file will be created in temporary RAM, and should be deleted after use.

Spooling can be disabled by typing -S.

Transmitting files

A convenient way of sending a file to a remote machine is to copy the file to the :COM device.

Enter the Terminal and establish contact with the remote machine in the usual way, and then type F to go into the Filer.

Select the file you wish to transmit and then choose Copy from the Filer menu (see pp. 85-87 for details of how to select and copy files). A dialogue box will appear. Type in :COM as the destination and press  

. The file will then be transmitted.

Once the transmission is over the dialogue box will disappear leaving the Filer display on the screen. You may then press  

 to return to the Terminal.