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Apple Access III: Addendum (1 of 7) 

Article ID: 35
Created: 9/21/84
Modified: 10/29/84
 

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DISCUSSION 

TABLE OF CONTENTS                                      PAGE

       Introduction.................................... 2

           New Features Summary........................ 2
               Answerback
               Remote Control of the Recording File
               Queuing File Transmission

           Summary of Changes from Version 1.0......... 3

           What's On the Master Diskette............... 4

       Changes and New Features........................ 6

           Changes to the Main Menu.................... 6

           Additions to Set-Up Mode.................... 6
               Set the Answerback
               Change the Recording File Name

           Additions to the STATUS Screen.............. 7

           New File Transmission Features.............. 7

           New Escape Sequences........................ 8
               Turn Recording Off
               Turn Recording On
               Turn the Filter Off
               Turn the Filter On
               Change the Recording File Name
               The Reply Sequence

           A New Command Key...........................10

       Using ACCESS III With a ProFile.................11

           ProFile and Pascal..........................11

           ProFile and Business BASIC..................13

       Problems Reported and Resolutions...............14

INTRODUCTION

ACCESS III Version 1.1 includes numerous new features.  This addendum
describes these features.  It also outlines differences between versions 1.0
and 1.1 and lists problems with version 1.0 and how these problems have been
resolved.

This document will be part of the Access III package.  The Apple part number
for the addendum will be 031-0243-B.

NEW FEATURES SUMMARY

Two new selections have been added to the Set-Up Menu, "Set the answerback"
and "Change the recording file name."  When you save the Set-Up settings, both
the answerback text and the recording file name are saved and restored the
next time you run ACCESS III.

You can now prepare a file for transmission and have transmission begin
unattended after ACCESS III receives a password that you specify.

And, several new escape sequences have been added that permit a remote
computer to completely control the recording capability.

ANSWERBACK

The answerback is a series of up to sixteen characters that is automatically
transmitted when ACCESS III receives a CTRL-E (ASCII 5).  The answerback can
be transmitted by operator command by holding down the open-apple key and
pressing E. Selecting "Set the answerback" on the Set-Up menu lets you enter
the text that will be transmitted.  The answerback is saved along with the
other Set-Up characteristics.

REMOTE CONTROL OF THE RECORDING FILE

ACCESS III Version 1.1 has a series of unique escape sequences that allow a
remote computer to control the recording file. Sequences are provided to turn
the filter on and off, turn recording on and off, and change the name of the
recording file. These sequences are available ONLY when ACCESS III is in ANSI
mode.

QUEUING FILE TRANSMISSION

You can now prepare a file for transmission and when ACCESS III asks "Are you
ready to start transmitting?"  you can instruct ACCESS III to queue the file.
ACCESS III then asks for a password of up to sixteen characters and displays a
"Waiting..." message.  ACCESS III waits for the password to be received over
the RS232 line.  When the complete password has been received, file
transmission begins.

ACCESS III cannot be used while it is waiting for the password, but the wait
can be aborted by pressing the ESCAPE key. Pressing ESCAPE also completely
aborts file transmission.

When ACCESS III has finished transmitting the file, it automatically returns
to terminal mode.