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 3 Syntax as a command:  station station_id {station_password}
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 6 Function:  used by a driver to identify and validate a remote station.
 7 This command is similar to the standard Multics login command.
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10 Arguments:
11 station_id
12    is the registered id of the station, as defined by the
13    administrator.
14 station_password
15    is the registered password for the remote station.
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18 Notes:  The station's identifier and password are registered in the PNT
19 using the card input password as the station password and are supplied
20 by the administrator for each station location.
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22 If the remote station includes an operator's terminal with keyboard and
23 CRT or printer, the station password may be omitted from the station
24 command.  The system will then request the station password and either
25 suppress printing of the password or hide it with a suitable mask.
26 This feature is particularly useful when a remote station is actually a
27 high-quality letter printer (e.g., a Diablo 1640), where the printer is
28 used both as the slave console and as the actual output device.
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31 Remote stations that have no input device do not have to give a station
32 command.  However, these stations must use a dedicated phone line and
33 have the station identifier specified in the iod_tables for Type II
34 remote stations.