AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons") (10/25/88)
>Date: Mon, 24 Oct 88 12:59:17 GMT >From: Doug Gwyn <adm!smoke!gwyn@NYU.EDU> >Subject: Re: advantages of AppleLink--PE >But apparently you can't abort the transfer of a message into your >AppleLink text buffer. If you ask for, say, technical information >and upon seeing the first few lines you realize it's not what you >wanted, you have to wait for the WHOLE THING to finish downloading >before you can escape. When it runs on for several pages, that is >yet another expensive waste of time. (Aren't they sending out manuals these days?) Apple-Period will work very nicely in that situation. It will also abort a sign-on sequence, or actually almost *anything* that you might want to abort. If a long menu is getting filled in across the phone and you just want one of the first options anyway, you can Apple-Period to make it stop. Same goes for categories and topics inside the "Let's Discuss..." areas of forums. --David A. Lyons bitnet: awcttypa@uiamvs DAL Systems CompuServe: 72177,3233 P.O. Box 287 GEnie mail: D.LYONS2 North Liberty, IA 52317 AppleLinkPE: Dave Lyons