1 09/08/88   mowse, MOWSE
  2 
  3 Syntax as a command:   MOWSE {/control_args}
  4 
  5 
  6 Function:
  7 Invokes MOWSE on the PC and sets up the PC for communications. The
  8 user can now invoke WSTERM to communicate with Multics with the PC
  9 acting as a terminal. To run software on Multics and/or the PC that
 10 uses the WS subroutine library, the user must subsequently invoke
 11 MOWSE on Multics (see the attach_mowse command for Multics).
 12 
 13 Any argument values specified on the command line will override any
 14 conflicting specifications included in the file specified with the /F
 15 option.  In addition, the first specification of an argument value
 16 overrides any subsequent specification for the same parameter.  In
 17 the case of using /L to load applications, ALL the applications
 18 specified are loaded, whether they are specified on the command line,
 19 or in the file used with /F.
 20 
 21 
 22 Control arguments (communication):
 23 /B BAUD
 24    This is the baud rate for the specific line that you are using.
 25    This may be from 110 bps to 9600 bps.  (DEFAULT -- 9600).
 26 
 27 /P PARITY
 28    This is a one letter indication of Parity.
 29      E - Even (DEFAULT)
 30      O - Odd
 31      M - Mark
 32      S - Space
 33      N - None
 34 
 35 
 36 /S STOP_BITS
 37    This is a one integer specification of the number of stop bits
 38    in each byte of data coming over the line.
 39      1 - One stop bit/byte (DEFAULT)
 40      2 - Two stop bits/byte
 41 
 42 /D DATA_BITS
 43    This is a one integer specification of the number of Data bits in
 44    each byte of data coming over the line.
 45      7 - Seven data bits/byte (DEFAULT)
 46      8 - Eight data bits/byte
 47 
 48 
 49 /H
 50    Hold communications line.  This specifies that MOWSE is to
 51    maintain an existing connection on the communications port.  If
 52    this option is NOT specified, then MOWSE will drop Data Terminal
 53    Ready (DTR) and Clear To Send (CTS) long enough that the
 54    connection to the communications port connection is broken.
 55 
 56 /C COMM_PORT
 57    The communications port (COM1 and COM2) number provides the user
 58    (applications) with a means of specifying which communication port
 59    is to be used by MOWSE.
 60      1 - COM1 port (DEFAULT)
 61      2 - COM2 port
 62 
 63 
 64 Control arguments (startup files):
 65 
 66 /F FILE
 67    Specifies the PC file which is to be analyzed by MOWSE at
 68    startup.  This file (created by the user) contains parameter
 69    options which would normally be specified in the MOWSE command
 70    line.  Any of the options may be specified, except /F itself.
 71    (DEFAULT -- MOWSE.INI)
 72 
 73 /L CAPABIL
 74    Specifies that CAPABIL is to be loaded as an application at
 75    the time MOWSE is started up.  CAPABIL is the name of the
 76    application to be loaded.  You may load more than one
 77    application at a time, but the name of each application must
 78    be preceeded by /L.
 79 
 80 
 81 Control arguments (interrupt vectors):
 82 
 83 /I USER_INTERRUPT_NUMBER
 84    Specifies that interrupt USER_INTERRUPT_NUMBER is to be used by
 85    application programs to make runtime requests of MOWSE.  This
 86    allows the user to force MOWSE into using an interrupt number
 87    which, to his knowledge, will not be used by other non-MOWSE
 88    applications.  Acceptable values are between 97 and 101 inclusive.
 89    (DEFAULT -- 97)
 90 
 91 
 92 Control arguments (network compatability):
 93 
 94 /E CHAR
 95    Specifies that the CHAR character (given as an octal value) is to
 96    be escaped when transmitted to the PC.
 97 
 98 /N
 99    Specifies that a network will be used to connect to Multics.
100    This has the effect of forcing end of packet (EOP) characters
101    to be <CR>.  The use of this should be reserved to networks
102    which require the <CR> as the forwarding character as opposed
103    to the <LF> character.  This control_arg must be used in
104    conjunction with attach_mowse -network control_arg.