Access Software After you establish your hardware connection, you must obtain and install both network and client software. This section describes packages supported by the CAC. "Network" software enables you to connect to another computer and transmit or receive data. You can use any TCP/IP software that works for you. "Client" software enables you to access electronic information services. The client is used to request services from a "server" running on a remote system. Some CAC-developed packages include both network and client software. For up-to-date information about access software and issues, see the Netnews newsgroup psu.cac.access. This newsgroup contains discussions of issues related to information access. In addition, an Access FAQ (a list of frequently asked questions and answers) is periodically posted there. The following sections describe what software you need for Macintosh, Windows, and DOS environments. Documentation explaining how to use the individual packages is included with the software. Macintosh Software If you have a backbone connection, you need the MacTCP network software and the following clients: Eudora (for e-mail), InterNews (for Netnews), and TurboGopher (for Gopher). If you use a modem, you will need all of the above plus the MacPPP network software. MacTCP is free from the MOC in 12 Willard Building at University Park (and also comes with System 7.5). The other software can be obtained by using any of the following methods: (1) --Go to a Macintosh computer in a CAC public lab. --Launch FETCH from Global:Application Launchers:Communications:Fetch 2.1.2. (In Findlay and Wagner labs, use volume Local:) Fetch is the FTP program for the Macintosh. --In the first dialog, if the Host isn't ftp.cac.psu.edu, then click the down-arrow next to Shortcuts and select CAC. For Password put your e-mail address (userid@psu.edu) and next to Directory put pub/access/mac. --Click OK, and you'll soon be connected and looking at the correct directory. Put your first blank diskette in the drive. --Select one or more files and click on Get Files. --Select the diskette (found on the desktop, often called "Untitled") as the place to save the file(s). or (2) Use Fetch to FTP to ftp.cac.psu.edu and look in the directory pub/access for the following directories: pub/access/mac Packages for Macintosh pub/access/doc Documentation related to Access pub/access/test New versions of packages being tested/reviewed In each of these directories is a 00-index file with the name of each file in that directory, a brief description of what that file is, and whether the file should be transferred as binary or text. All the software packages are packaged as self-extracting archives and should be transferred as "binary." Each directory also has a "README" file with instructions on what to do with the files after you get them, including how to install the software. Briefly, the files in pub/access/mac are: macppp.bin For connecting with a modem (works with MacTCP) eudora.bin E-mail internews.bin News reader turbogopher.bin Gopher oasis.bin For accessing student records and information (planned availability--Feb. 1995) ph.bin For updating your phone directory entry fetch.bin FTP client for copying files tn3270.bin Telnet for logging on PSUVM or oas.psu.edu telnet.bin NCSA telnet or (3) Take three 3.5" DS/HD or four 3.5" DS/DD new blank diskettes to the Help Desk in 12 Willard Building, where you can trade them for diskettes containing the software. Windows Software The Windows clients work with any TCP/IP software that provides the "Windows Sockets" interface. If you already have a recent version of FTP Software's PC/TCP package, the clients should work. The CAC has site-licensed the software "Trumpet Winsock." It is available free to students, faculty, and staff. We have also written an installation program called CACTWIN that installs and configures Trumpet Winsock and the clients for either dial-up (SLIP) or packet-driver (LAN or IBC) connections. If you have Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and a LAN connection, the Microsoft TCP/IP-32 for Windows for Workgroups is recommended. It can be obtained free by "FTPing" to ftp.cac.psu.edu, directory pub/access/windows. CACTWIN can be used to install the clients on a machine that already has TCP/IP software by selecting "custom" or the "Trumpet Winsock" component. Note that the e-mail client Eudora in addition to Gopher clients supported by the CAC provide for queries of the on-line phone directory, PH. The PH client PHWin for Windows can be used to both query the database and change your entry. Use one of the following methods to obtain access software for Windows. (1) --Go to an IBM PC at any CAC public lab. --Select the item "Access Software" in the DOS menu. --In the next menu select "Acquire Access Software." --Select the packages you want. The files will be copied from ftp.cac.psu.edu to your diskette. The "README" or "README.WRI" files tell you what to do when you get back to your own machine. or (2) FTP to ftp.cac.psu.edu and look in the directory pub/access for the following directories: pub/access/windows Packages for Microsoft Windows pub/access/unsupported/windows Additional Windows software pub/access/doc Documentation related to Access pub/access/test New versions of packages under testing/review In each of these directories is an 00-index file with the name of each file in that directory, a brief description of what that file is, and whether the file should be transferred as binary or text. All the software packages are packaged as self-extracting archives and should be transferred as "binary." Each directory also has a "README" file with instructions on what to do with the files after you get them, including how to install the software. Read the 00-index file first. Files include: cactwin.exe CACTWIN (includes clients, plus Trumpet Winsock) hgopherp.exe Gopher pceudora.exe E-mail wintrump.exe News reader qws3270p.exe 3270 Telnet ws_ftpp.exe FTP client trumpwsk.exe Trumpet Winsock TCP/IP software wfwt32.exe Microsoft TCP/IP-32 for Windows for Workgroups 3.11 or (3) Take two 3.5" DS/DD new blank diskettes to the Help Desk in 12 Willard Building or 215 Computer Building, where you can trade them for diskettes containing CACTWIN. DOS Software If you have a backbone connection and use DOS without Windows, you need the network software CACBACKB or PC/TCP. If you use a modem you need CACSLIP. If you are running a 386/486 or Pentium PC with Windows 3.1 or above, then you should not be running DOS Access software. You should be running CACTWIN; see the previous section on Windows. CACBACKB and CACSLIP are free packages assembled by CAC staff that are relatively easy to install and include the clients NUPop (for e-mail), Trumpet (for Netnews), and PC Gopher (for Gopher). CACBACKB and CACSLIP have menus for Access Client use, while PC/TCP does not. PC/TCP software can be purchased for about $70 at the MOC. Only Penn State departments, colleges, and students are eligible to buy PC/TCP. Use one of the following methods to obtain Access software for DOS: (1) --Go to an IBM PS/2 at any CAC public lab. --Select the item "Access Software" in the DOS menu. --In the next menu select "Acquire Access Software." --Select the packages you want. The files will be copied from ftp.cac.psu.edu to your diskette. The "README" file tells you what to do when you get back to your own machine. or (2) FTP to ftp.cac.psu.edu and look in the directory pub/access for the following directories: pub/access/dos Packages for DOS pub/access/doc Documentation related to the Access Project pub/access/test New versions of packages being tested/reviewed In each of these directories is a 00-index file with the name of each file in that directory, a brief description of what that file is, and whether the file should be transferred as binary or text. All the software packages are packaged as self-extracting archives and should be transferred as "binary." Each directory also has a "README" file with instructions on what to do with the files after you get them, including how to install the software. Briefly, the files include: cacslip.exe All-in-one package for use with modem; includes clients (nothing else to get) cacbackb.exe All-in-one package for ethernet or token ring includes clients (nothing else to get) gopherp.exe PC Gopher III, for PC/TCP or packet drivers nupopf.exe NUPop (mail and other utilities) for PC/TCP or packet drivers, also supports PH queries but DOS users must Telnet to "access.psu.edu" to change their PH entry trumpetf.exe News reader for FTP Software's PC/TCP trumpetp.exe News reader for packet drivers or (3) Take two new blank 3.5" DS/DD diskettes to the Help Desk in 12 Willard Building or 215 Computer Building, where you can trade them for diskettes containing the software.