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Many of you
have asked "how do I access physics from home?" and "can i do this
mathematica stuff from home?" and many questions along these lines. I tell you, this is not
easy, but according to Michael Weatherby, it IS possible.
NOTE, however, that if you log on to the internet using anything
less than a cable modem, this exercize will result in frustration, high
blood pressure and possibly loss of monitor!!! Please read on if you are
the lucky owner of a cable connection (or ADSL, for that matter), only:
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 11:52:53 -0700
From: Michael Weatherby <*******************>
To: aballest@physics.ubc.ca
Subject: remote computing from physics server
hello Anders (spelling?), this is Michael Weatherby from
the physics 259 class that you are TA'ing for. You said
you would like info on how to remote and where to get the
software.
>From www.starnet.com you can download a demo version of
X-Win32. This software is an evaluation package but let's
you have full use for two hour sessions.
>From the same site you can download an extra set of fonts
for Mathematica (this took me about three hours to figure
out) Since Xwin now includes an ssh option you don't need
SecureCRT for the physics server.
However when adding an extra font you must make sure that
you have these lines in your font list (accessible through
Xconfig option):
C:\Program Files\StarNet\X-Win32 5.0\Lib\Fonts\misc
C:\Program Files\StarNet\X-Win32 5.0\Lib\Fonts\75dpi
C:\Program Files\StarNet\X-Win32 5.0\Lib\Fonts\math
**if you just input the third line the default fonts are
skipped and XWin will not start up.**
The other stuff is host should be physics.ubc.ca, and
windows should be set to multiple mode, select XDMCP and
'Query' under session config. You can get more information
about Xwin32 from the cs website and the Xwin help files
(they are pretty good). Anyway, with this software you get
the full graphical interface that you get in the lab.
To print from home the best way is to print to a ps file
and then email it to yourself with Pine or Zmail....and then
you need GSview to print from home.
Anyway if you need any more information from me just email
me back here, though I'm sure you know much more than I
about this kind of thing.
P.S. I think my head is going to explode.
Michael Weatherby
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