Novaterm 9.6 User's Guide

toggle this feature, press C= - (minus) in terminal mode.

This feature also works when you upload a Commodore PETSCII text
file to a non-Commodore-based service. Novaterm translates the file
as it reads from your disk, so that the transmitted data blocks are
ASCII-translated.

If you downloaded a text file without Transfer Translation, and later
found it to be in standard ASCII, you can use the ASCII file to
PET option on the Disk Operations menu to convert the file to
Commodore PETSCII (see 5.3.5, ASCII file to PET).

3.4.9 Transferring files between two computers

Some people have (sadly) upgraded from the Commodore 64 to a
newer computer. In the process, they often want to copy their valued
documents form the C64 to the new computer. The easiest way to do
this is to purchase a "null-modem" or a "null modem cable"; you can
find one at any computer store. This device connects two 9-pin or 25-
pin RS232 serial ports together (they are usually available in both
varieties). If you  new computer is an IBM PC-compatible, it will
have a 9-pin or 25-pin RS232 port. On the Commodore side, you will
need either an RS232 interface (provides a 25-pin RS232 port from
the user port) or a high-speed serial cartridge (see 1.1.3, Selecting
a serial device).

To set up the computers for file transfers:
  1. Connect the computers' serial ports with the null modem cable.
  2. Start Novaterm on the Commodore 64.
  3. Start any communications software on the other computer.
  4. Set both computers to the same baud rate.
Now try typing characters on the Commodore 64 keyboard. You
should see the characters appearing on the other computer screen.
Make sure you also try typing characters on the other computer's
keyboard; you should see them show up on the Commodore 64's
screen. If characters in either direction are not appearing, check your
connections.

Once the connection is working, you may transfer files. Make sure
both computers are using the same file transfer protocol. To transfer
files from the Commodore 64 to the other computer, press C= U in
Novaterm's terminal mode, and select the "download" on from the
other computer. To transfer files from the other computer to the
Commodore 64, press C= D in Novaterm's terminal mode, and select
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