Novaterm 9.6 User's Guide
4. CONFIGURATION
The Configuration menu allows you to modify various settings for
Novaterm. The options cover the whole range of Novaterm's
operations. Many of the options may also be set elsewhere in the
program. The Configuration menu, however, is where you'll find all
configuration options in one place.
Most of these options may be saved in a configuration file that is
loaded each time you start Novaterm (see 4.5.2, Save configuration).
Using a configuration file is highly recommended. In fact, if you
follwed Novaterm's initial configuration procedure (see 1.1,
Starting up the program), a configuration file was created for you.
The Configuration menu is split into two halves, because there are
more options than will fit on the screen at one time. To switch
between the two parts of the Configuration menu, use the cursor-right
key.
Options on the configuration menu are physically grouped according
to the category of the option. This section describes each category
and option is detail.
4.1 Communication option
4.1.1 Terminal emulation
This option allows you to change the terminal emulation (see 3.1.1,
Terminal emulations for a description of terminal emulations). It has
the same effect as pressing C= T in terminal mode (see 3.1.3,
Commodore key commands).
4.1.2 Baud rate
The baud rate is the speed at which data is sent and received from the
modem. (Actually, the more accurate term for this option is the "BPS
rate", where BPS stands for "bits per second". "Baud rate" is not the
same thing. However, for purposes of clarity among users of the
software, the terms "baud rate" and "BPS rate" are used
interchangeably in Novaterm).
Novaterm can operate at 2400 baud through the user port, and higher
using an enhanced serial device, such as the SwiftLink cartridge. The
highest speed you can select here will be limited by the serial driver
and modem driver you have installed. (Each serial driver and modem
driver stores the maximum baud rate that may be used with it).