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- UTIL Command E - Echo
-
- This command lets you specify what computer will "echo" what you type.
- When you type on your keyboard, you will not see your keystrokes on your
- screen unless one of the computers echoes it back to you. Options for echo
- are:
-
- C)aller's software Your communications software will echo your keystrokes
- to your screen. This will make your keystorkes appear
- faster, since they do not have to be processed by
- RBBS-PC and sent back to you.
-
- R)BBS-PC RBBS-PC will echo all your keystrokes back to you.
- this is the default mode for RBBS-PC. The advantage
- to this mode is that you can be sure that what you
- typed is what RBBS-PC got, since it echos back to you.
-
- I)ntermediate network A data network (i.e. Compuserve) does the echoing and
- neither RBBS-PC nor the caller's software need echo
- the characters back to the keyboard as they are
- typed in. When the network delay is significant,
- this selection may be useful.
-
- TIPS:
- 1. The fastest performance is C)aller's software, because echo does not
- have to wait to transmit character and the get it transmitted back.
-
- 2. The safest form of echo is RBBS-PC. That way the caller sees what
- RBBS- PC really received rather than what was sent.
-
- 3. Intermediate host echo can be used when RBBS-PC is accessed through
- other computers, such as as Compuserve.
-
- 4. Use "C" or "I" if it seems to take a long time for what you type to
- appear on your screen. This is a common problem when typing must pass
- through several computers, e.g. on PC-Pursuit and Compuserve.
-