SJDMK%UNO.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU (08/28/86)
In a recent notice, Keith Peterson wrote about GEnie:
[
Set your communication parameters to 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit,
1200 or 300 baud, and full-duplex. Call 800-638-8369. When you get
the CONNECT or ON-LINE message from your modem, type three H
characters (must be upper case, no RETURN needed) to sync baud rates
then wait until you see a 'U#=' from GEnie (User Number Equals?).
Type the following:
^RVJM11999,GENIE<cr>
where ^R is a control-R (which tells the local node to echo) and <cr>
is a carriage return. You can omit the control-R if you prefer to do
your own local echo (the node defaults to that). You will then be
able to run a free demo, and sign up if you wish.
]
I have an ad for GEnie in front of me and it says to set your modem
to half duplex and at the U#= prompt, type
XJM11943,GENIE<cr>
I understand what is said about the ^R but why is the rest different?
Also, if I do sign up, is there a place to type the ^R so that I can
stay in full duplex instead of changing to half?
Steven Dawson
SJDMK@UNO.BITNETp40001@mcomp.UUCP (09/01/86)
1. I'm not sure why the user numbers in the AD and in the recent posting
are different; try either and see if it works.
2. The Full/half Duplex selection works the same after you sign up: pre-
cede your user number/password combination with ^R to put GENIE into
full duplex mode. There is no way to switch modes once you are logged
in, if you forget the ^R you can either turn local echo on or log off
and log in again, this time with ^R.
3. The GENIE manual lists several different settings which supposedly work,
to wit:
300 or 1200 Baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity FOR PCS;
300 or 1200 Baud, 7 data bits, 1 stop bit, even parity FOR TERMINALS.
In my experience there is good reason for this distinction: If you set
your parameters to 7 data bits, some XMODEM implementations will not
work properly, even if they supposedly switch to 8 bits temporarily.
XMODEM will run on PCs, not on TERMINALS, therefore the distinction.
4. Finally, GENIE has greatly improved in the four months that I have been
using it, both in terms of speed and in terms of what is being offered.
Definitely a better bargain than either Source or CS.
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Wolf N. Paul, 290 Dogwood, Plano, Tx. 75075
UUCP: convex!mcomp!p40001
or convex!mcomp!doulos!wnp
Phone: (214) 578-8023 W.U.ESL: 6283-2882medin@cod.UUCP (Ted Medin) (09/03/86)
I see that genie has lots of pgms for cpm to down load now how about apple // stuff. What do they have for apple // users?
doug@cbosgd.UUCP (Doug Scofea) (09/05/86)
After seeing the postings about GEnie, I thought I'd give it a try. However, I can't seem to find out how to access it. Do they have local access numbers from major cities? Please respond by e-mail. -- Doug Scofea ...!cbosgd!doug Phone: (614)-860-2065