Computer Use for CS5604

Many computers will be of use in this course, in a variety of capacities.

Devices to Get Connected to Internet

• Your own computer may be on the Internet or may be connected using SLIP.
• Systems in labs are generally on the Internet.
• X terminals are on the Internet but must connect to some computer to be of use.

Computers to Run Mosaic or Netscape From

• Your own computer may run Mosaic or Netscape, if it is a Mac, PC, or UNIX type system. Simply get the latest reliable version from NCSA or Netscape.
• Most lab systems will run Mosaic and/or Mosaic.
• From an X terminal you can login to a computer running them and set the display to come to the X terminal. If you do not have another computer account for this purpose, you can use video.cs.vt.edu or similar system.

Principal Uses of Various Computers

• fox.cs.vt.edu: is a server or can be logged into. It runs various software tools like KMS, Mosaic, and a lot of software developed or loaded for the class.
• video.cs.vt.edu: is a server for Hyper-G and KMS or can be logged into. It runs xprcedit for viewing page images, and sqhm for editing HTML documents.
• info1.cc.vt.edu: holds OED2 and acts as a server for Mac clients invoking PAT and LECTOR

Using X Terminals

1. Hit RETURN to boot X-terminal (if not already booted).
2. To make connections: To create a telnet connection to any TCP/IP machine select the appropriate DECterm entry or launch a TELNET Terminal Window in the Create menu of the VXT V1.0 window. Enter the fully qualified host name (or IP address) for the machine to establish the connection. A window will appear for you to log into the chosen machine. Login, giving the appropriate password. Then set the display to your terminal with: setenv DISPLAY name.cs.vt.edu:0.0
   In most cases you will use "Mosaic" (sometimes called "xmosaic" or "mosaic") or "netscape".
3. To end your sessions: Log out of or close ALL windows and session managers. Choose the Quit option under the Session menu of the VXT V1.0 window. Verify that you want to quit.