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-)