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From: culmer@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Charles Culmer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Need help dialing into a VAX
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Date: 20 Feb 89 11:32:19 GMT
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I need some help connecting my Apollo to the outside world (in particular,
to a VAX with ULTRIX at U Penn through which I access the net).  These are
the specs--

     model 3000
     version 9.7 (sys5)
     missing DOMAIN/IX documentation on order

If I should be able to do this with generic sys5 manuals, then all I need
are pointers to the relevant parts of the manuals.  (I have no experience
with this kind of thing.)

I have a less urgent question about manipulating windows from a C program.
There's something in C that lets me execute a shell command.  I figure it
will let me execute DM window commands.  Is there a better way to do this?
(I assume this is explained in one of the manuals I have on order.)

Thanks in advance.  I feel guilty about asking for help.  Therefore, when
I finally achieve file transfer capability, I shall post or make available
the code for an amusing program that traces the path of a planet orbiting
a double star (another program inspired by the Nova episode on chaos).

Charles W. Culmer
culmer@eniac.seas.upenn.edu       Truth, justice, and the American way