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This sheet  tells you how  to use the Internet  from a Macintosh  at Syracuse
University.   The Internet is a  world-wide cooperative network that includes
NYSERNet, ARPANET, NSFnet and various networks on Syracuse University campus.
 
Using a Macintosh's Internet capabilities,   you can exchange electronic mail
with other Internet computers, transfer files between the Macintosh and other
Internet  computers and  can  sign-on to  and  use  other Internet  computers
interactively.   In particular, this is the method for reaching SUVM,  RODAN,
and SUNRISE from the ACS Macintosh clusters.
 
How is Your Macintosh Connected?
 
All Macintoshes  in the  ACS Macintosh  Clusters and  the Public  Workstation
Cluster as well as Macintoshes attached to SU Appletalk can use the Macintosh
Internet  utilities   as  described  starting   in  the   following  section,
"Preliminaries".   Other Macintoshes  need Kermit and a modem  (or some other
method of connecting to the ACS mainframes)   and authorization to use one of
ACS's mainframes--to use the  Internet from such a Macintosh,  you  log on to
one of  ACS's mainframes  and follow  its procedure  for using  the Internet.
Other help sheets deal with using Kermit, signing on to mainframes, and using
Internet services from the mainframes.
 
Preliminaries
 
The  Macintosh Internet  utilities  are available  through  the SU  Appletalk
network  on   the  SUMAC   Macintosh  file   servers  in   a  folder   called
"Communications".
 
(1) Take a  blank disk  to Academic  Computing Services  Helpdisk (116  Hinds
    Hall).
 
(2) Ask for a SUMAC disk.  They will trade your blank disk for the SUMAC disk
    or will copy the SUMAC software onto your disk.
 
(3) Boot your Macintosh from your SUMAC disk.   When it comes alive, you will
    see Icons for either the SUMAC-1 folder or the SUMAC-2 folder.
 
(4) Open whichever of those two folders (SUMAC-1 or SUMAC-2) is present.   In
    it will be several folders including one labeled "Communications".
 
(5) Open the folder  labeled "Communications".   In it will  be the following
    files:
 
    IBM/CMS/SUVM:   runs the  "Brown TN3270" application to logon  to SUVM or
        other VM/CMS systems and to transfer files between your Macintosh and
        SUVM.
 
    VAX/UNIX/Sunrise  &   Rodan:    runs  the  "Stanford   University  MacIP"
        application  to logon  to  other computers  on  the  Internet and  to
        transfer files between your Macintosh and them.
 
    Mail:    runs  the  "Stanford University  MacMH"  application  to  handle
        Internet electronic mail with your Macintosh.
 
    IBM/CMS/Help:    a Microsoft  Word document  from  Brown University  with
        information about Brown TN3270.
 
At this point, you are ready to use one of the applications listed above.
 
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Electronic Mail
 
Before the first time  you use electronic mail,  you must  follow yet another
special procedure outlined in the helpsheet "macmh".  Essentially, you log on
to RODAN once and execute the command "addmacmail".
 
You will also  need a Macintosh disk with  some free space in  which to store
your mail.   As you enter the application, it will prompt you for the name of
a folder where it can store your mail.  After that, you follow the directions
and use the menu options.
 
Reaching SUVM
 
Upon launching the application, the logon screen for SUVM will display.   You
log on and use SUVM normally.   After logging off, the screen remains blank--
select quit to return to the "Communications" folder.
 
To read a file from the Macintosh,  use  the SUVM command RMAC and to write a
file to the Macintosh,  use WMAC.   Each take a CMS file specification as the
parameter and cause the  Macintosh to prompt you for the  Macintosh file name
and location.  Help commands on SUVM describe some options.
 
Logging on to Unix and VMS systems
 
Launch the application labeled "VAX/Unix/Sunrise & Rodan" and select the menu
option  "Telnet".   The  application  will prompt  you for  the  name of  the
computer you wish to  log on to.   Once you have  selected the computer,  the
Macintosh will act  like a terminal connected  to the computer until  you log
out from the session or quit via a Macintosh menu operation.
 
Transferring files with Unix and VMS systems
 
Launch the application labeled "VAX/Unix/Sunrise & Rodan" and select the menu
option "FTP".   The FTP screen will display, listing numerous buttons as well
as a  window displaying  your Macintosh's files.    Select "Open"  to specify
which Internet computer you wish to exchange files with.   Upon doing so, the
Macintosh will prompt you for a username and a password.   You will also have
to select a drive  where the Macintosh can write (which  Stanford MacIP needs
for "scratch  space").   Then you  should be able  to copy files  between the
Macintosh and the other Internet computer.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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