09/08/88 mowse, MOWSE Syntax as a command: MOWSE {/control_args} Function: Invokes MOWSE on the PC and sets up the PC for communications. The user can now invoke WSTERM to communicate with Multics with the PC acting as a terminal. To run software on Multics and/or the PC that uses the WS subroutine library, the user must subsequently invoke MOWSE on Multics (see the attach_mowse command for Multics). Any argument values specified on the command line will override any conflicting specifications included in the file specified with the /F option. In addition, the first specification of an argument value overrides any subsequent specification for the same parameter. In the case of using /L to load applications, ALL the applications specified are loaded, whether they are specified on the command line, or in the file used with /F. Control arguments (communication): /B BAUD This is the baud rate for the specific line that you are using. This may be from 110 bps to 9600 bps. (DEFAULT -- 9600). /P PARITY This is a one letter indication of Parity. E - Even (DEFAULT) O - Odd M - Mark S - Space N - None /S STOP_BITS This is a one integer specification of the number of stop bits in each byte of data coming over the line. 1 - One stop bit/byte (DEFAULT) 2 - Two stop bits/byte /D DATA_BITS This is a one integer specification of the number of Data bits in each byte of data coming over the line. 7 - Seven data bits/byte (DEFAULT) 8 - Eight data bits/byte /H Hold communications line. This specifies that MOWSE is to maintain an existing connection on the communications port. If this option is NOT specified, then MOWSE will drop Data Terminal Ready (DTR) and Clear To Send (CTS) long enough that the connection to the communications port connection is broken. /C COMM_PORT The communications port (COM1 and COM2) number provides the user (applications) with a means of specifying which communication port is to be used by MOWSE. 1 - COM1 port (DEFAULT) 2 - COM2 port Control arguments (startup files): /F FILE Specifies the PC file which is to be analyzed by MOWSE at startup. This file (created by the user) contains parameter options which would normally be specified in the MOWSE command line. Any of the options may be specified, except /F itself. (DEFAULT -- MOWSE.INI) /L CAPABIL Specifies that CAPABIL is to be loaded as an application at the time MOWSE is started up. CAPABIL is the name of the application to be loaded. You may load more than one application at a time, but the name of each application must be preceeded by /L. Control arguments (interrupt vectors): /I USER_INTERRUPT_NUMBER Specifies that interrupt USER_INTERRUPT_NUMBER is to be used by application programs to make runtime requests of MOWSE. This allows the user to force MOWSE into using an interrupt number which, to his knowledge, will not be used by other non-MOWSE applications. Acceptable values are between 97 and 101 inclusive. (DEFAULT -- 97) Control arguments (network compatability): /E CHAR Specifies that the CHAR character (given as an octal value) is to be escaped when transmitted to the PC. /N Specifies that a network will be used to connect to Multics. This has the effect of forcing end of packet (EOP) characters to be . The use of this should be reserved to networks which require the as the forwarding character as opposed to the character. 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