What if . . .you have lost your data set? 



TYPE catlist TO SEE WHETHER IT IS IN PERMANENT FILESPACE. RE-ENTER THE PROGRAM 

 YOU WITH TO RUN WITH YOUR FILENAME AND PRESS A [CR]. TYPE: rwf WHICH WILL 

 REWIND YOUR FILE. NOW TRY RUNNING IT BY TYPING: -PROGRAMNAME, FILENAME [CR] 



What if . . .you must leave your terminal for a few minutes? 



AFTER A / , YOU MAY TYPE rollout, 7777 AND THE COMPUTER WILL 'WAIT' FOR YOU 

 APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AND THEN LOG YOU OFF AUTOMATICALLY. TYPE: stop [CR] 

 TO RESUME. rollout, 7777 IS NOT APPLICABLE IN THE MIDST OF THE -QUERY,, 

 QUESTIONNAIRE. This procedure is expensive. 



What if ...the computer stops? 



"DOWN-TIME" IS TIME THE COMPUTER IS NOT FUNCTIONING. IF THE COMPUTER DISCON- 

 NECTS FROM YOUR TERMINAL WITHOUT WARNING, YOU HAVE LITTLE CHOICE THAN TO 

 ATTEMPT TO log on AGAIN. IF YOU SUCCESSFULLY log on WITHIN THE NEXT TEN 

 MINUTES, THE COMPUTER MIGHT ANNOUNCE recoverable job ON YOUR SCREEN. YOU CAN 

 RECOVER YOUR PREVIOUS WORK BY ENTERING THE LETTERS AND NUMBERS COMBINATION 

 THAT THE COMPUTER ASSIGNED YOUR INTERRUPTED JOB. IF YOU WOULD RATHER START A 

 NEW JOB, TYPE: go [CR] 



What if ...your terminal screen reads: READY ? 



"READY" IS ANALOGOUS TO THE / NOTATION AND MEANS THE COMPUTER AWAITS A 

 COMMAND. YOU MAY CHOOSE TO SEE THE -MENU, RUN A PROGRAM, OR CREATE A FILE. 

 It is less expensive to type BATCH and run in that mode. 



What if ...your terminal screen reads: ?? ? 



THE DOUBLE QUESTIONMARKS ARE FOUND ON IN xedit. THEY ARE ANALOGOUS TO / 

 NOTATION IN batch mode. THE COMPUTER IS WAITING FOR YOUR COMMAND, THE MOST 

 LIKELY OF WHICH WOULD BE input WHICH LETS YOU EITHER CREATE OR ADD TO A FILE. 

 TO GET OUT OF XEDIT WITHOUT SAVING ANYTHING TYPE: abort [CR] 



What if ...your terminal screen reads: ? ? 



YOU ARE NOW IN THE input MODE OF xedit WHEN YOU SEE A SINGLE ? . EVERYTHING 

 YOU TYPE AFTER IT WILL BE RECORDED VERBATIM IN YOUR FILE. WHEN YOU FINISH 

 ENTERING THE INFORMATION YOU WISH TO RECORD, PRESS CR TWICE. 



What if... the pri nter i s not pri nti ng out your file? 



CHECK THE COMMUNICATION LINES BETWEEN YOUR TERMINAL, PRINTER AND MODEL. CHECK 

 THE PRECISE PROCEDURES FOR TRANSFERING INPUT. 



What if ...you must choose the size output for your printer when using 

 -Mapum, , program? 



1) 80 column PRINTS ON 8 and 1/2 INCH PAPER; 



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