NS BASIC Tech Note September 6, 1996 27. How to connect from Windows 95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed by Fields C. Gunsett, gunsetfc© indy.net. 1. Start Hyperterminal with the following commands: Win95, Start/Programs/Accessories/Hyperterminal 2. Double click on the Hypertrm icon, enter the name of the of the connection that you want to establish, say, NEWTON. 3. This will open a new window labeled NEWTON-HyperTerminal. Another window opens labeled Phone Number. Click on the down arrow at the connect using box and select Direct to Com?, where ? is the com port that you would like to use. Use the same com port that you use to install new packages or backup the Newton. 4. This opens another window labeled COM? Properties. In this window set the baud rate (9600), the Data bits (8), the Parity (N), the Stop Bits (1) and flow control (Xon/Xoff). Select OK. 5. Select File/Properties and then select the Settings Tab, Select TTY as the Emulation type. Press on the ASCII Set Up button: the new window will have two parts (ASCII Sending and ASCII Receiving). In the ASCII Sending box, check Send line ends with line feeds, and check Echo typed characters locally. The delay option is set to zero milliseconds for both line and character. In the ASCII Receiving box, check Append line feeds to incoming line ends, and check Wrap lines that exceed terminal width. 6. Select OK 7. Select File then Save 8. Open the NS Basic Package on the Newton. 9. Close the keyboard. 10. Tap the Use Screen line and select Extr - External Serial 11. The screen on the PC will indicate that a connection has been made and an asterisk will appear. 12. You are now ready to begin data entry from your pc keyboard.