jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA (08/24/87)
The less than useful graphics characters may be corrected in later releases of OMNIVIEW. I still have the old ROM in my system but I understand that the new one supports tilde and curly braces. Re: Hayes modem support. I have found it extremely convenient to use the OmniCom keypad editing features to program the numeral keys to send ATDT plus my favorite phone numbers. With CTRL-numeral and SHIFT/CTRL numeral, that is TWENTY possible pre-programmed autodial keys, or ten autodial keys and ten special function keys. A strip of white correction tape can be pasted across the top of the keyboard, just above the numeral keys, to remind you what the CTRL- and SHIFT/CTRL- versions of the keys do. In addition, the sequence gets displayed by Hayes modem local echo in command mode so you can see what number you are dialing. Fred Sullivan's comments on shortcomings of OmniCom should be forwarded to David Young of CDY, as David has been extremely helpful in correcting bugs and adding useful new features when they are pointed out to him. I am sure David will want to provide excellent support to 2400-baud users and will welcome comments on the problems experienced by the few who are lucky enough to already have 2400-baud modems. -John Sangster / jhs@mitre-bedohaohao wa