Some Available Programs

1. Chemistry Software
   1. HyperChem (Molecular modeling program)
   2. Spartan (Molecular modeling program)
   3. Mathematica (A mathematics program)
2. Internet
   1. Netscape (Web Browser)
   2. Telnet
   3. FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
   4. Pine (Program for sending and receiving E-mail)
3. Miscellaneous
   1. Jot (A text editor)
   2. Vi (A text editor)

1. First open a Unix shell by finding the Toolchest menu.
2. Click on the Desktop option.
3. Click on the Open Unix Shell option.

A window will appear with the title winterm. When you place the mouse over this window, it's border will become highlighted. The text on the screen of this window will be known as the command prompt in this help file.

To start HyperChem,

1. At the command prompt, type "HyperChem".
2. Press "Enter".

You can also start HyperChem from Find, Applications, HyperChem.

To get more help, you can open the online Help pages once you've started the program. Just click on the "Help" option from the menu bar at the top of the screen.

To start Spartan,

1. At the UNIX shell command prompt (%), type "spartan".
2. Press "Enter".

You can also start Spartan from Find, An Icon, and type "spartan".

To start Mathematica,

1. At the command prompt, type "mathematica".
2. Press "Enter".

To start Netscape,

1. Type "netscape" at the command prompt.
2. Press "Enter".

You can also start Netscape from Find, An Icon, and type "netscape".

To connect to a remote server,

1. Type "telnet" at the command prompt.
2. Enter a space and type the IP address for the remote server.
3. Press "Enter".

Please note that some programs that ordinarily work when you telnet to a server, may not work due to the program's inability to recognize the SGI terminal.

To send or get files from a remote server,

1. Type "ftp" at the command prompt in a Unix shell (winterm) window.
2. Enter a space and type the IP address of the remote server.
3. Press "Enter".

alternatively, you can

1. Select Internet from the Toolchest menu.
2. Select Icon view of an FTP site.

This will open a window, but you will not be connected to a remote server until you enter the IP address of the server in the text box that follows the "ftp://".

To send and receive mail,

1. Type "pine" at the command prompt in a Unix shell (winterm) window.
2. Press "Enter".

If you've never used the Pine application before, you can press "?" to get help once the program has started.

If you need a simple text editor that doesn't require you to open it within a Unix shell, you can use Jot.

1. Open the Icon Config window.
2. Select the Applications tab.
3. Double-click on the "jot" application using the left mouse button.

A window should open with a blinking cursor. You can begin typing your document. You can edit an existing document by simply opening that file.

1. Select File from the menu bar.
2. Select Open.
3. Choose the file you want to open.
4. Click the "OK" button.

Although you don't have to open "Jot" from within a Unix shell, you can.

1. At the command prompt, type "jot".
2. Press "Enter".