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TN6 IS FOR COMMUNICATING OVER THE NET
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WITH LINE AT A TIME SYSTEMS SUCH AS MULTICS.
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IT IS LIKE TELNET, WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:
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INPUT IS NOT SENT TO THE FOREIGN HOST UNTIL YOU HIT RETURN.
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LINEFEED SENDS THE INPUT OFF WITHOUT A NEW-LINE SEQUENCE AT THE
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END.
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RUBOUT IS DONE LOCALLY, AND ON DISPLAY TERMINALS THE LINE IMAGE
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IS CORRECTLY MAINTAINED.
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CONTROL/V RETYPES THE LINE IN CASE YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT YOU'VE
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RUBBED OUT.
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^P ERASES THE SCREEN. (ON A DATAPOINT, USE CONTROL/ZERO.)
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^K KILLS THE CURRENT LINE.
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^U AND ^L ARE USED FOR CASE SHIFTING INSTEAD OF \.
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HITTING SHIFT/RETURN ON A DATAPOINT WILL DO WHAT YOU MEANT.
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WHEN YOU ARE USING A DISPLAY TERMINAL AND THE FOREIGN HOST OUTPUTS
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A FORM FEED OR RUNS OFF THE SCREEN,
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TN6 WILL SAY "--MORE--". VALID RESPONSES ARE P (NEW PAGE),
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T (GO TO TOP OF SCREEN WITHOUT ERASING), OR S (SCROLL -- WON'T
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WORK UNTIL ITS SUPPORTS ^P>.)
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THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS ARE AVAILABLE. TO ENTER A COMMAND
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HIT CTRL/UP-ARROW AND ENTER A COMMAND LINE (ECHOS AT THE
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BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.) HIT CTRL/K TO LEAVE COMMAND MODE
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WITHOUT TYPING A COMMAND. IN COMMAND MODE, HIT QUESTION
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MARK FOR HELP.
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COMMANDS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK REQUIRE AN ARGUMENT
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WHICH HAS TO BE EITHER THE WORD ON OR THE WORD OFF.
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ATTACH DO :ATTACH - GETS RID OF HACTRN.
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ATTN SEND ATTENTION SIGNAL.
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*BOTTOM CONTROLS BOTTOM-LINE USE BY COMMUNICATE MODE.
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CLOSE CLOSE THE CONNECTION
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DDT GO TO DDT. USE P TO RESUME TN6
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*ECHO TURN LOCAL ECHO ON/OFF.
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EXIT :KILLS TN6.
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*FFMORE CONTROLS WHETHER ^L OUTPUT WAITS BEFORE ERASING SCREEN
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*FILE CONTROLS WRITING OF NETOUT > FILE.
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LOUD TYPE OUT.
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NEWTTY DECLARE THAT :TCTYP HAS BEEN USED, ETC.
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PROCED GIVE TTY DO DDT.
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QUIT SEND NETWORK ATTENTION SIGNAL.
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REINIT RESTART PROGRAM.
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SILENT DON'T TYPE OUT
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SOFT DON'T TYPE OUT
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TAB10 TEN COLUMN TABS
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TAB8 EIGHT COLUMN TABS
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*TIP CONTROLS TIP-SLAVE MODE, SEE BELOW.
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- CONTROL CHARACTERS -
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^A ATTENTION ^K DISCARD INPUT ^L LOWER CASE
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^O UNDERLINE ^P ERASE SCREEN ^Q QUOTE CHAR.
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^S STOP TYPING ^U UPPER CASE ^V REDISPLAY INPUT
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^^ COMMAND MODE RUBOUT ERASE CHAR. CR SEND LINE
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LF SEND INPUT WITH NO NEWLINE
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THE NAME OF THE HOST TO BE ATTACHED TO MAY BE ENTERED EITHER
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ON THE JOB-COMMAND-LINE OR IN RESPONSE TO "HOST="
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YOU MAY GIVE A HOST NUMBER OR A HOST NAME. NUMBERS ARE IN
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OCTAL UNLESS FOLLOWED BY A DECIMAL POINT, WHICH MAKES THEM
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DECIMAL. TO CONNECT TO A FUNNY SOCKET ENTER THE SOCKET
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NUMBER, A COMMA, AND THE HOST NAME OR NUMBER.
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TO CONNECT TO A TIP PORT ENTER THE PORT NUMBER, A SEMICOLON,
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AND THE TIP NAME OR NUMBER.
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IF YOU GIVE AN EXCLAMATION POINT TN6 WILL KEEP TRYING
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TO GET THROUGH, IF THE HOST IS DEAD OR NOT ANSWERING.
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WHEN ENTERING A HOST NAME, TN6 WILL FEEP AT YOU IF
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YOU ENTER A CHARACTER WHICH DOESN'T MATCH. SPACE COMPLETES
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THE NAME OR FEEPS IF IT IS AMBIGUOUS. QUESTION MARK OR
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ALTMODE LISTS ALL POSSIBLE COMPLETIONS. IF GIVEN INITIALLY,
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ALL THE HOSTS IN THE WORLD ARE LISTED.
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COMPLETE THE HOST NAME WITH A CARRIAGE RETURN.
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RUBOUT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO START OVER IF YOU ERR.
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THE TIP ON COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO SLAVE A TIP PORT
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TO YOUR CONSOLE. THE COMMAND ASKS FOR THE TIP NAME
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AND PORT NUMBER. THE SLAVED TIP PORT WILL TYPE OUT
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A SCRIPT OF ALL I/O. YOU CAN USE A SILENT COMMAND
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TO SHUT OFF TYPING ON YOUR OWN CONSOLE.
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INPUT FROM THE TIP IS NOT ACCEPTED.
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TYPE TIP OFF TO FLUSH THIS. NOTE: OUTPUT IS SENT TO
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THE TIP JUST AS IT IS RECEIVED FROM FOREIGN HOST.
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NO PROCESSING OF TABS, ETC. IS DONE.
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IF YOU GET AN IOC. ERROR WHEN YOU GIVE THIS COMMAND,
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TYPE P AND YOU WILL THEN WIN. SOMEDAY I WILL FIX THIS BUG.
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