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 SETTING TERMINAL OPTIONS

 Selecting the second option of the Configuration Menu shows a
 screen of settings related to Telix operation while in termi-
 nal mode (with some extending to other areas of Telix). To se-
 lect a setting to change type the letter beside it. Telix will
 then allow you to change the old setting. Press Esc at this
 point to exit without changing anything. Options include:

     A: The default communications parameters. These include
        baud, data bits, parity, and stop bits. Note that this
        will not change the current settings, only the defaults
        the next time you run Telix.

     B: The default communications port. This can be COM1
        through COM8. Note that this will not change the cur-
        rent port, only the port used the next time you run
        Telix.

     C: The terminal Telix emulates by default. Allowable ter-
        minals are "TTY", "ANSI-BBS", "VT102", "VT52", and
        "AVATAR". Note that this will not change the current
        port, only the port used the next time you run Telix.

     D: The Status Line. Telix allows a status line to be dis-
        played at the bottom or top of the screen. The status
        line shows some useful information. This option con-
        trols whether Telix displays the status line at the
        bottom or top of the screen, or not at all.

     E: Local echo on/off. This controls whether or not Telix
        should echo on the screen any characters you type while
        in Terminal mode. This is usually off for BBS use. Lo-
        cal echo on is often also called Half Duplex, while lo-
        cal echo off is called Full Duplex.

     F: Add line feeds on/off. This controls whether or not
        Telix should add line feeds to incoming Carriage Re-
        turns characters while in terminal mode. If you are
        connected to a remote system and lines are overwriting
        each other, this should be on, otherwise it should be
        off.

     G: Strip high bit on/off. Telix can strip the high (most
        significant) bit from incoming data bytes while in ter-
        minal mode. This is sometimes useful because it allows
        the high/parity bit of incoming text to be ignored.

     H: Received backspace destructive on/off. This setting
        controls how Telix treats incoming backspace charac-
        ters. If backspace characters are destructive, Telix
        backs up over the previous character and erases it,
        otherwise the existing character is not erased.

     I: Backspace key sends. Normally, Telix sends Backspace
        when the Backspace key is pressed, and DEL when Ctrl-
        Backspace is pressed. This option allows these settings
        to be swapped.

     J: XON/XOFF software flow control on/off. This controls
        whether or not Telix should use the XON/XOFF software
        handshaking protocol while in terminal mode and during
        ASCII file transfers. This should usually be on.

     K: CTS/RTS hardware handshaking on/off. Hardware handshak-
        ing is used with high speed modems and null modem cable
        links to regulate the flow of data. If the modem sup-
        ports Hardware handshaking this should be on. If a null
        modem cable is being used and these signals are valid
        over the cable, this should be on.

        When  CTS/RTS hardware  handshaking is on by default, but
        the CTS line is low  at Telix  start-up, Telix  will give
        a message to that effect, while waiting up to 10 seconds
        for the signal to come on. During this time  the user may
        press Space to continue with handshaking on anyway, or any
        other key to continue with it off.

     L: DSR/DTR hardware handshaking on/off. Hardware handshak-
        ing is used with high speed null modem cable links to
        regulate the flow of data. If a null modem cable is be-
        ing used and these signals are valid over the cable,
        this should be on. Often a null modem cable will allow
        one type of hardware handshaking to be used, but not
        the other.

     M: Compuserve Quick B transfers on/off. Compuserve Quick B
        transfers are initiated by Compuserve, which sends a
        special character. Telix, upon detecting this character
        while in terminal mode, starts the transfer. This op-
        tion allows this recognition to be disabled.

     N: Zmodem auto-downloads on/off. Telix, while in Terminal
        Mode, can detect the packet from another computer send-
        ing files using the Zmodem protocol, and automatically
        begin a Zmodem download on the local end. This option
        allows this feature to be disabled.

     O: Answerback string. Some systems require that the termi-
        nal program send an identification string when an ENQ
        (Ctrl-E) character is received. You may define such an
        'answerback' string here. If this string is empty,
        nothing is sent. As well, note that the answerback
        string is not sent if Compuserve Quick B transfers are
        enabled (above), as Ctrl-E is used as part of that pro-
        tocol.