CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Overview 2 Using DEC SoftPC on a Workstation 2.1 Starting DEC SoftPC 2.1.1 Step 1: In ULTRIX, type /usr/lib/SoftPC/SoftPC at the prompt. In VMS, type SoftPC at the prompt. 2.1.2 Step 2: With the cursor in the SoftPC window, hold down MB2. 2.2 Exiting DEC SoftPC 2.2.1 Edit 2.2.2 Attach Mouse 2.2.3 Switch Sound On 2.2.4 Customize 2.2.5 Freeze/Unfreeze 2.2.6 Restart 2.3 Increasing Window Size 3 Hard Disks and Drives 3.1 Default Hard Disk 3.2 Creating a New Hard Disk Container File 3.2.1 Copying an Existing Hard Disk in VMS 3.3 Creating an Empty Hard Disk in VMS and ULTRIX 3.3.1 Step 1: With the cursor in the SoftPC window, hold down MB2 and move the cursor to Setup Devices and over the ar 3.3.2 Step 2: Release MB2 on Disk Drives. 3.3.3 Step 3: Move the cursor to Create and click MB1. 3.3.4 Step 4: Type the name of the new hard disk file. 3.3.5 Step 5: Click MB1 in the appropriate box to increase or decrease the file size by 1-Mbyte increments. 3.3.6 Step 6: Click MB1 in the Ok box when your entry is correct. 3.4 Preparing a New Hard Disk 3.4.1 Step 1: With the cursor in the SoftPC window, hold down MB2 and move the cursor to Setup Devices and over the ar 3.4.2 Step 2: Release MB2 on Disk Drives. 3.4.3 Step 3: Click MB1 in the Hard Drive D: filename box. Type the name of the hard disk file you want to create. 3.4.4 Step 4: Click MB1 in the Ok box when your entry is correct. 3.4.5 Step 5: If you are using VMS, click MB1 on Restart. 3.4.6 Step 1: At the prompt, enter: 3.4.7 Step 2: Enter Option 5 from the FDISK menu for your second hard disk. 3.4.8 Step 3: Enter Option 1 to create an MS-DOS partition. Then, from the following menu, enter Option 1 for a prima 3.4.9 Step 4: Enter Y to use the whole disk as a standard MS-DOS partition, unless you have special requirements. 3.4.10 Step 4: Press Return. 3.4.11 Step 5: Press any key. 3.4.12 Step 1: At the prompt, enter: 3.4.13 Step 2: MS-DOS asks you to confirm that the formatting should proceed. Enter: 3.5 Increasing the Size of Drive C: 3.5.1 Step 1: With the cursor in the SoftPC window, hold down MB2 and move the cursor to Setup Devices and over the ar 3.5.2 Step 2: Release MB2 on Disk Drives. 3.5.3 Step 3: Click MB1 on Create. 3.5.4 Step 4: Click MB1 in the Hard Disk Name box. Type the name of the hard disk file you want to create. 3.5.5 Step 5: Click MB1 in the Size box to increase the size of the disk. 3.5.6 Step 6: Click MB1 in the Ok box. 3.5.7 Step 1: With the cursor in the SoftPC window, hold down MB2 and move the cursor to Setup Devices and over the ar 3.5.8 Step 2: Release MB2 on Disk Drives. 3.5.9 Step 3: Move the cursor to the Hard Disk Name box. Type the name of the hard disk file you just created. 3.5.10 Step 4: Click MB1 in the Ok box. 3.5.11 Step 1: At the prompt, enter: 3.5.12 Step 2: Enter Option 5 from the FDISK menu to change the current fixed drive to 2. 3.5.13 Step 3: Press RETURN to use all of the default selections in FDISK. 3.5.14 Step 4: Enter FORMAT D:/S to format with the system transferred to the D: drive. 3.5.15 Step 1: Verify that you are in the top-level directory. Enter: 3.5.16 Step 1: With the cursor in the SoftPC window, hold down MB2 and move the cursor to Setup Devices and over the ar 3.5.17 Step 2: Release MB2 on Disk Drives. 3.5.18 Step 3: Move the cursor to the Hard Drive C: filename box. Use the delete key to delete the current C: drive nn 3.5.19 Step 4: Move the cursor to the Hard Drive D: filename box. Remove the hard disk file you created. 3.5.20 Step 5: Click on Ok. 3.6 Mounting a Hard Disk 3.6.1 Step 1: With the cursor in the SoftPC window, hold down MB2 and move the cursor to Setup Devices and over the ar 3.6.2 Step 2: Release MB2 on Disk Drives. 3.6.3 Step 3: Move the cursor to the Hard Disk Name box. Type the name of the disk or disks you have created. Type d 3.6.4 Step 4: Click MB1 on Ok when your entry is correct. 4 Loading Applications Software 4.1 Copying from a Floppy Disk or from SlavePC 4.2 Copying from a PC 4.3 Copying from Another DEC SoftPC 4.4 Copying Drive C: or D: from Another DEC SoftPC 5 Printers and Modems 5.1 Print Options 5.1.1 Background Information: Ports 5.2 Connecting Printers and Modems 5.2.1 Step 1: Physically connect the printer or modem cable to your workstation. 5.2.2 Step 2: With the cursor in the SoftPC window, hold down MB2 and move the cursor to Setup Devices and over the ar 5.2.3 Step 3: Release MB2 on Comms Devices. 5.2.4 Step 4: Move the cursor to the desired port and hold down MB1. 5.2.5 Step 5: Move the cursor to the desired print device and release MB1. 5.2.6 Step 6: To print to the default device, click on it. 5.2.7 Step 7: Click MB1 in the Ok box to assign the device to the specified port. 5.3 Printing from SoftPC 5.3.1 Step 1: With the cursor in the SoftPC window, hold down MB2 and move the cursor to Setup Devices and over the ar 5.3.2 Step 2: Release MB2 on Comms Devices. 5.3.3 Step 3: Move the cursor to the desired port and hold down MB1. 5.3.4 Step 4: Click MB1 on the selected print device. 5.3.5 Step 5: To print to the default device, click on the Ok box. 5.3.6 Step 6: Flush the internal print buffers. 5.3.7 Background Information: Flushing Buffers 6 Changing Display Type and Increasing Memory 6.1 Display Type 6.2 LIM (Lotus, Intel, Microsoft) Expanded Memory System 7 Floppy Disks and SlavePC 7.1 MS-DOS Drives 7.1.1 Drive A: 7.1.2 Drive A: Specifications 7.1.3 Configuring Floppy Disks for VMS 7.1.3.1 Finding the Drive A: Device Name 7.1.4 Configuring Floppy Disks for ULTRIX 7.2 System ROM Revision for the Floppy Disk 7.2.1 Formatting Floppy Disks 7.2.2 Attaching Drive A: 7.2.3 Detaching Drive A: 7.2.4 SlavePC 7.2.5 Setting Up the Communications Line to SlavePC 7.2.6 Attaching SlavePC 7.2.7 Detaching SlavePC 8 Using Files and Directories 8.1 File Sharing Architecture 8.2 Accessing MS-DOS Files in ULTRIX or VMS 8.2.1 Networked Drive Restrictions 8.3 Converting File Formats 8.3.1 Converting File Formats on ULTRIX 8.3.2 Converting File Formats in VMS 8.3.3 Drive E: Naming Conventions in ULTRIX 8.3.4 Naming Conventions in VMS 8.3.4.1 MS-DOS Filenames Not Valid Under VMS 9 Using DEC SoftPC on a VT220 Terminal 9.1 Essential Files and Restrictions 9.1.1 ULTRIX 9.1.2 VMS 9.1.2.1 Restrictions 9.2 Editing DEC SoftPC's Configuration File 9.2.1 Attaching Drive A: 9.2.2 Setting Up Devices 9.2.3 Display Type 9.2.4 Setting Up Memory 9.2.5 Setting Drive Filenames 9.2.6 Creating an Empty Hard Disk 9.3 Configuring the Terminal 9.3.1 System Administrator Tasks 9.3.2 User Tasks 9.4 Using DEC SoftPC on a Terminal 9.4.1 Starting DEC SoftPC Under ULTRIX 9.4.2 Starting DEC SoftPC Under VMS 9.4.3 Using the VT220 Terminal Keyboard 9.4.4 Flushing the Comms Ports 9.4.5 Refreshing the Screen 9.4.6 Resetting DEC SoftPC 9.4.7 Exiting DEC SoftPC 10 User Hints 10.1 Increasing VMS performance 10.2 Upgrading Your Large System Drive 10.3 Installing Native MS-DOS Windows 3.0 Drivers A ULTRIX Installation A.1 Preparing to Install DEC SoftPC for ULTRIX A.1.1 Release Notes A.1.2 Required Operating System Components A.1.3 Distribution Media A.1.4 Installation Procedure Requirements A.1.4.1 Time A.1.4.2 Privileges A.1.4.3 Disk Space A.1.4.4 Swap Space A.1.5 License Registration A.1.6 Floppy and/or SlavePC A.1.6.1 Backing Up Your System Disk A.1.7 Removing Previous Versions A.1.8 Recovering from Errors A.2 Installing DEC SoftPC Locally A.2.0.1 Procedure in Brief A.2.0.2 Step-by-Step Procedure A.2.1 Selecting Subsets During Installation A.2.1.1 System Reboot A.3 Installing DEC SoftPC into a Server Environment A.3.1 Installing DEC SoftPC into a DMS Environment A.3.1.1 Step-by-Step Procedure A.3.2 Installing DEC SoftPC Into a RIS Server Area A.4 Running the Installation Verification Procedure (IVP) After Installation A.4.1 Sample IVP A.4.2 Handling Problems A.4.3 Native Language Support A.4.4 fverify Command B VMS Installation B.1 Preparing to Install SoftPC Under VMS B.1.1 Accessing the Online Release Notes B.1.2 Installation Procedure Requirements B.1.3 User Account Quotas and Privileges B.1.4 VMS License Management Facility B.1.5 Using VMSINSTAL B.2 Installing SoftPC B.2.1 System Manager's Notes B.2.1.1 SoftPC Fonts B.2.1.2 SoftPC Help Text B.2.1.3 SoftPC Floppy Configuration File B.2.2 Installing SoftPC on a VAXcluster B.2.3 DECwindows V3.0 Server-Based System B.2.4 Installing the SoftPC License B.2.5 Setting File Protections B.3 Running the Installation Verification Procedure Separately B.4 Maintenance Updates B.5 Determining and Reporting Problems B.6 Sample Installation C Messages C.1 MS-DOS Messages C.2 SoftPC Messages-ULTRIX C.3 SoftPC Messages-VMS D SoftPC Configuration Files D.1 Sample .SoftPC File for ULTRIX Systems D.2 Sample SOFTPC.INI File for VMS Systems E Insignia Directory Files F SoftPC's Serial Port Emulation F.1 Troubleshooting the Serial Port Emulation F.2 Serial Port Emulation Limitations F.3 Cabling Guidelines F.3.1 Connecting a Workstation to a Printer, Terminal, or Other Computer F.3.2 Connecting a Workstation to a Modem G File Protection G.1 File Protection in ULTRIX G.2 File Protection in VMS H Keyboard Mapping H.1 The Keyboard H.2 Keyboard Mapping H.3 Keyboard Mapping-Digital Workstation to PC H.4 The Mouse FIGURES 6-1 Display Types 6-2 Expanded Memory Panel 9-1 Serial Terminal Keyboard C-1 SoftPC Error Panel C-2 SoftPC Error Panel F-1 Serial Port Emulation F-2 25-pin to 25-pin Physical Connection F-3 25-pin to 9-pin Physical Connection H-1 Digital Workstation Keyboard H-2 Digital VT220 Terminal Keyboard H-3 Digital LK201 Terminal Keyboard H-4 Digital LK401 Terminal Keyboard H-5 Digital Mouse TABLES 7-1 Types of MS-DOS Drives 7-2 Drives and Related Commands F-1 Modems G-1 Users and Protection Codes-ULTRIX G-2 Users and Protection Codes-VMS H-1 Key Assignments H-2 Key Assignments for Digital Workstations