1 11/24/87 Getting Started with Multics Online Work Station Environment
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3 This info segment gives a brief description of how to get started with
4 the Multics Online Work Station Environment MOWSE.
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7 Resources you will need to use MOWSE:
8 o Any IBM PC, PC-XT, PC-AT, PS/2 or compatible with at least 384K of
9 RAM.
10 o Any video adapter will do: Monochrome, CGA, EGA or Hercules.
11 o A communications card and a telephone line.
12 o DOS 2.1 or greater.
13 o An account on a Multics system that has the MOWSE product.
14 o The MOWSE User's Manual Order number GB66.
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17 Before you can use MOWSE:
18 o You must have installed MOWSE on your PC see Installing MOWSE on
19 your PC below.
20 o You must have modified CONFIG.SYS to ensure that the PC uses the
21 ANSI.SYS supplied with DOS or FCONSOLE.DEV a product of
22 Hersey Microcomputing so that the ANSI X3.64 terminal control
23 sequences are supported see Choosing a screen driver below.
24 o You MUST set your Multics terminal type to MOWSE or MOWSE_FANSI
25 with the set_tty command See Getting MOWSE into operation below.
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28 Installing MOWSE on your PC:
29 o Refer to load_mowse.info for more detail and further instructions.
30 o If you have a communications package with a file transfer feature
31 supported by Multics, simply download the five files given in
32 load_mowse.info.
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35 o If you have a communcations package with NO file transfer feature,
36 but WITH a screen logging feature, you can capture the necessary
37 BASIC program as follows:
38 Activate screen logging on your PC.
39 ! help load_mowse
40 ...
41 ... More help? ! section load
42 load_mowse code 18 lines More help? ! rest
43 Deactivate screen logging.
44 The screen log file on your PC now contains a BASIC program that
45 can be used to download the files. Invoke the BASIC system on the
46 screen log file, edit out the extraneous text, and proceed as shown
47 in load_mowse.info.
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50 o If you dont have a communcations package, make a hardcopy of
51 load_mowse.info and proceed as outlined therein.
52 o Put the five PC programs into a DOS directory of your choice and
53 assure that the path for that directory is in your DOS PATH list
54 see your DOS Users Guide for information on managing your PATH
55 list.
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58 Choosing a screen driver:
59 MOWSE uses ANSI X3.64 terminal control sequences for managing the
60 screen display on the PC, therefore you MUST have a screen driver
61 module specified as a DEVICE in your CONFIG.SYS see your DOS Users
62 Guide for information on managing your CONFIG.SYS file. Two
63 screen driver modules are supported:
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65 o ANSI.SYS
66 This module is supplied with DOS and implements the minimum subset
67 of the ANSI control sequences.
68 o FCONSOLE.DEV
69 This module is available at moderate cost from Hersey
70 Microcomputing, Inc., and implements a much richer subset of the
71 ANSI control sequences; use of this module will result in better
72 performance.
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75 Getting MOWSE into operation:
76 o Read mowse.info to determine what MOWSE options you may need for
77 your communications connection e.g. baud rate network
78 connection etc.
79 o Type 'MOWSE' and press the ENTER key. The memory resident part of
80 MOWSE will then load itself and return to DOS command level.
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83 o Type 'WSTERM' and press the ENTER key. This will connect you to the
84 communication facility installed on your PC and result in the usual
85 modem, network, or Multics greeting message. At this point, log in
86 to Multics as you normally do.
87 o When you are logged into Multics, type:
88 "set_tty -ttp mowse" if you are using ANSI.SYS
89 You are now using MOWSE in character stream mode and all Multics
90 facilties EXCEPT the video system are available to you.
91 "set_tty -ttp mowsef" if you are using FCONSOLE.DEV
92 You are now using MOWSE in character stream mode and all Multics
93 facilties INCLUDING the video system are available to you.
94 o If you want to use the video system or any MOWSE background
95 application including bft you must type:
96 attach_mowse -control_args
97 before doing so see attach_mowse.info for more information.
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100 Manual References:
101 o MOWSE Users Manual
102 for information on using MOWSE, BFT, and WSTERM
103 o MOWSE Application Programmers Manual
104 for information on how to write MOWSE background applications
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107 Info segs:
108 mowse.gi.info - for general information on MOWSE
109 mowse.info - the MOWSE invocation command on the PC
110 exitmows.info - the command to exit MOWSE on the PC
111 attach_mowse.info - the MOWSE invocation command on Multics
112 detach_mowse.info - the command to exit MOWSE on Multics
113 ws_.info - for Multics MOWSE entrypoints
114 pc_mowse_.info - for PC MOWSE entrypoints
115 load_mowse.info - for information on installing MOWSE using
116 load_mowse
117 mowse_io_.info - for information on mowse_io_
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120 bft.gi.info - for general information on BFT
121 bft.info - the BFT commands for Multics and the PC
122 bft_.info - the Multics BFT entrypoints
123 pc_bft.info - the PC BFT entrypoints
124 wsterm.info - for information on WSTERM