Sign On Procedure For; Mark It Computer; Sample Sign On - GE TermiNet 300 Beginner's Manual

BEGINNERS GUIDE
telephone handset on the desk. Do not
fLJng up the telephone becaus e th is
will break your connection.
Idlen you 9u 11 up the DATA button, the
~r:A[)Y lignt (on the Printer control
panel) should come on. Within 5
seconds the computer should start
typing the SIGN
ON
questions on your
Printer.
SIGN ON PROCEDURE FOR
G. E. MARK II COMPUTER
The sign on procedure is easy. All
you have
to do is answer Just those questions the
computer asks you.
So~e
computer accounts do
not require all the following information
which further simplifies the
SIGN ON
procedure.
Please notice that this procedure is for
gaining access to the
G.E.
Mark
II
system.
If
you use another
syste~,
some details of your
sign on procedure might be slightly
different. Since it would be impractical to
cover all the sligot differences, we suggest
you contact your computer representative and
discuss the differences, if any, with him.
USER
NUMBER.
The
first computer question will
be
for the
User Number. As stated before, your manager
will have to supply tnis number.
The User Number will consist of
3
letters
followed by 5 digits. 8ST73884 would be an
example of a User Number.
It makes no difference if the letters are
u~per
or lower case; however, there must be
no spaces within the number; hence OST
73884
would not be permitted.
If you enter an invalid User Number, the
computer will say, "vALIDATION FAULT, RETYPE
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ou will h
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c han
c
est
0
get it r i
9
h t
before the computer disconnects you.
PHOJECT IDENTIFICATION.
The second question for many users will be
for PROJECT 10. If your computer account does
not use the Project ID, the computer will
merely skip this question
and
immediately ask
for SYSTEM. Your manager will tell you how he
wants the 10 question answered. Again,
remember that ·no spaces are to be inserted
into the number.
SYSTEM.
Usually the computer will then ask for
SYSTEM. This should be answered with the name
of the computer language you intend to use.
The 1 an guages current 1
y
avail abl e on Mark I I
are shown below.
8
ALGOL
BASIC
FORTRAN
REMAPT
NEfJ OK OLD.
Then the computer
~ill
ask whether
you
are
qoing to enter a
NEW
program or retrieve an
OLD
one.
ENTER FILE
NAMt..
The last
co~puter
question is for the program
name. Enter the name
~recisely~
with no extra
spaces, characters, or punctuation.
p ROGnAM ~{UN ..
After you finish
t;')(:)
::)IGN ()l~ proce:lure
t
d
e
pen din
q
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n you
r e o
rn :;
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ec
d '.: C 0
un t ~ the
program may automatically run, otherwise the
comouter will respond with READY. Then
you
type the command
RUN.
,~hen thE:~ program run is
finished, the computer will report how many
units of computing tLne
vvere
used ..
SIGN OFF.
When the program has finished running,
dependi ng on your computer
account,
SIGI~
OFF
may be automatic; otherwise you should give
the command BYE.
SAMPLE
SIGN
Or~
A sample sign on
is
snown oelo~. In the first
line the
com~uter
sent the
Utl= ; in the
sec
0
n d, i t s e n t t
it e I '1 : ;
j,
r:
1
i n e s 3 , 4.
i3
nd
5, the computer sent thCOUqtl
tIle tv\'(;
h'p;1(=;n3~
The rem
a
i n d
e
r
0
f e a en
1
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'II
,j
' : :j 1TI
Y
res p \.)
lise to
toe computer/s question.
The READY was typed
~)y thE: comput er, anJ in
the next line the RUN was typed by me~
Even though it doesn't
show~
remember that
each line needing an operator response must
be ended with
a
RETURN.
U#=QST73g84
ID:ENG4203111
SYSTEM--BASIC
NEW
OR
OLD--OLU
ENTER FILE NAM~--rN30U*
READY
RUN
NOTE.,
Do not use the above USEF~
NUMr3ER
or
PROJECT 10 when you call the
computer. Instead, use numbers
supplied by your manager,
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