TYMNET DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Modified on Wednesday August 16, 1978 I. GENERAL INFO Honeywell subscribes to the communications service offered by TYMNET Corp. that allows dialing a local number in most major cities in the U.S., as well as some overseas locations, and by giving the proper id and password, being connected to the Multics system in Phoenix. While there is an hourly charge for this communications network ser- vice, it is usually less costly than either dialing direct or using HVN. II. TERMINAL TYPES Only 300 and 134.5 baud lines are available on Multics for access through the TYMNET network. 1.TYMNET supports a wide variety of terminal types. Each terminal type has an identifying character which _m_u_s_t be sent to TYMNET when you first log in to establish the transmission characteristics of the terminal. TERMINAL IDENTIFIERS ARE: IDENTIFIER CODE SPEED TERMINAL TYPE ====================================================================== a ASCII 30cps, 120cps a)CRT's with no line feed or CR delay, b)terminals with buffers. b ASCII 15cps all terminals. c ASCII 30cps impact printers. d ASCII 10cps all terminals. e ASCII 30cps thermal printers. f ASCII 15cps input (BETA) g ASCII 30cps, 120cps belt printers (GE Terminet) i ASCII 30cps, 120cps matrix printers. p CR EBCD/ 14.8cps (2741). Correspondence III. LOGGING IN TO TYMNET 1. Turn on the terminal and coupler. 2. If the terminal has adjustable data transmission speeds, set the terminal to 30 cps. This is to handle TYMNET's initial message. Lower settings give a garbled message during login. 3. If you are using a terminal that has an Auto Linefeed switch (such as the TermiNet 300), turn it off during the initial login procedure with TYMNET. Once you have made contact with Multics you may turn it back on. 4. Dial the TYMNET phone number and wait for the high-pitched tone. (If the tone sounds weak or raspy, hang up and re-dial to obtain a better line). 5. Place the telephone handset in the coupler or depress the "DATA" button if using a 103A or 113A dataset. 6. The following message will be sent to your terminal at 10 cps: PLEASE TYPE YOUR TERMINAL IDENTIFIER 7. Set your terminal to the desired speed (if necessary), and type your terminal identifying character according to the table above. 8. TYMNET will then send: -XXXX-YY-- PLEASE LOG IN: where: XXXX is the remote access node number, and YY is the port on the node to which your terminal is connected. 9. (OPTIONAL) You may check for the presence of the network supervisor (which controls the Tymsat you have called) by typing a single CR. If the supervisor is in control, the following prompt will appear: USER NAME: 10. You may need the following control characters _b_e_f_o_r_e entering your user name: a) control-H notifies TYMNET not to echo characters b) control-X to be used if you plan to input data from paper tape, cassette tape, or any other non-keyboard device. TYMNET must be able to start and stop data entry.For this, control-Q starts the device and control-S stops the device. c) control-P to be used if your terminal can only accept even parity. 11. After receiving "PLEASE LOG IN:" or "USER NAME:" enter your TYMNET user id (preceded by control characters if necessary). followed by a CR. (user id may be in upper OR lower case). 12. TYMNET will then prompt you for your password: PASSWORD: 13. Respond by typing your password(in upper or lower case), followed by a CR. N_O_T_E_: If you want to eliminate the prompt "PASSWORD:", enter your TYMNET user id, a semi-colon(;), and the password followed by a CR.(THIS MAY NOT WORK FOR NON-ASCII TERMINALS) 14. You should then receive either a semi-colon(;) or the following: P nn (which indicates the port number of the TYCOM connected to Multics) HOST IS ONLINE 15. From here on, the login procedure is exactly as if you were dialing directly into Multics. 16. When you logout from Multics, TYMNET will respond: CP DISCONNECTS DROPPED BY HOST SYSTEM PLEASE LOGIN: (at this point you may hang up the phone) IV. TYMNET Problem Responses 1. ALL PORTS BUSY All available Multics TYMNET ports are in use at the transmission speed you have requested. Try again later or try another transmission speed. 2. BUSY TONE If received when dialing the TYMNET network, wait a few minutes and try again. If the busy tone persists, call your local telephone repair service to check if the local lines are truly busy or out of service. If lines are continously busy, but not out of service, notify the Multics Computer Center. 3. HOST DOWN Indicates the Multics system is not in operation. Wait and try later or contact the Multics Computer Center. 4. SYSTEM ERROR ON PORTn System is operational but a specific port or channel is not answering. Notify the Multics Computer Center. 5. HOST NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH NET 1)The TYMCOM is down, or 2)invalid host requested, or 3)a new supervisor is taking over the net and has not picked up the host yet. 6. HOST NOT RESPONDING The link between the TYMCOM and the host is temporarily lost. Try again in a few minutes. 7. To report trouble call the Multics Computer Center - (602)249-7567 or HVN 341-7567. V. Assignment of TYMNET user id's and passwords contact: Lacy Johnson Honeywell LISD Multics Computer Center Box 6000 Mail Station K40 Phoenix, AZ 85005 phone: (602)249-7303 HVN 341-7303 VI. LOCAL LINES Do a "help TYMNET_lines" to obtain a list of TYMNET dial-up lines in the major cities serviced by TYMNET. VII. COST TYMNET charges $7.50 per connect hour which will be passed on to the appropriate cost center. ----------------------------------------------------------- Historical Background This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is provided and donated to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group BULL including BULL HN Information Systems Inc. as a contribution to computer science knowledge. This donation is made also to give evidence of the common contributions of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bell Laboratories, General Electric, Honeywell Information Systems Inc., Honeywell BULL Inc., Groupe BULL and BULL HN Information Systems Inc. to the development of this operating system. Multics development was initiated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project MAC (1963-1970), renamed the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the mid 1970s, under the leadership of Professor Fernando Jose Corbato. Users consider that Multics provided the best software architecture for managing computer hardware properly and for executing programs. Many subsequent operating systems incorporated Multics principles. Multics was distributed in 1975 to 2000 by Group Bull in Europe , and in the U.S. by Bull HN Information Systems Inc., as successor in interest by change in name only to Honeywell Bull Inc. and Honeywell Information Systems Inc. . ----------------------------------------------------------- Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute these programs and their documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,provided that the below copyright notice and historical background appear in all copies and that both the copyright notice and historical background and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the names of MIT, HIS, BULL or BULL HN not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the programs without specific prior written permission. Copyright 1972 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Honeywell Information Systems Inc. Copyright 2006 by BULL HN Information Systems Inc. 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