README.1ST Florida Atlantic University Contributions DECUS Fall 1987

Here are contributions from Florida Atlantic University Digital Signal
Laboratory. The contributions consist of four command files as described
below.

INUSE.CMD This is a VERY handy command procedure which locks your
terminal for up to ten minutes (up to 99 minutes for
privileged users). This allows a user to leave their
terminal logged in while its unattended. It supports
VT100 or higher class terminals as well as VT52s
(don't laugh, we've got a bunch of VT52 emulators still!)
Because of the nature of the beast, I choose not to
support Hardcopy terminals (try it and see why!).

It expects RSX-11M+ V3.0 or above (should work with V2.1)
I have a version (not this one) which works with RSX11-M
V4.1 but I can't get to the machine right now.

VT200.CMD
TEK4010.CMD These two files work in conjunction with each other.
They allow a user to toggle between VT200 and TEK4010
mode on VT200 series (and up I think) without having
to go into SET-UP on the terminal.
Please note that these file will do nothing unless
the terminal is a vt200 (or greater) series as
defined in the RSX terminal driver database.


ALIAS.CMD This version is rather awkard right now, however it
works rather well. It provides a nice secure way of
a user defining a ALIAS to another system (including
node, username, and password) without having to
continually type it on the screen. The alias is
cleared as soon as the user logs out.

PLEASE READ THE INTERNAL COMMENTS, THERE IS INFORMATION
FOR CONFIGURING THIS FILE TO YOUR NETWORK.

The next version will be better (i.e. Reading the node
name and node description out of file instead of being
imbeaded in the command file itself. This was tested on
RSX-11M+ V3.0 thru V3.0E

Have fun!

As with all FREE Software, I nor Florida Atlantic
Universtiy assume any liabilty for the usefulness
or uselessness of this stuff. You are on your own!

Comments Welcomed!

Arnold S. De Larisch
Florida Atlantic University
Center for Complex Systems
Building MT-9
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(305) 338-2230

BITNET: DELARISC@SERVAX
UUCP: novavax!arnold
DCS: TOPAZ::DELARISCH
DECUSERVE: DECUSV::DELARISCH
FAUNET: FAUCCS::DELARISCH


P.S. If this file seems incohearent, its because I've got a million
things till I hop on the plane for Anaheim in 5 Hours. Sorry
for any misspellings/bad grammer! 8-)