Installing the OSMIC prototype
 
(For the following, it is helpful to know about such matters as Perl, sockets and Emacs.)

THE ENVIRONMENT

In the TCP/IP world, program modules may be defined without regard for whether they are on the same machine or not.

Our Perl server is designed to service all incoming customers, from the same machine or across the network.

The mechanism we are using is the port connection.  The server listens on port 10000 for any input.  Any client connecting to port 10000 of that machine, and sending the proper messages, will get OSMIC service.  It is not necessary to know a password, merely the machine address.

NOTE THAT DUE TO BUGS IN NETSCAPE, Microsoft Internet Explorer should probably be used, and a right-click followed by "save", followed by "save target as" and your choice of filename.

Ken'ichi Unnai's original server (zip format) is at 

http://www.xanadu.com.au/ted/OSMIC/server.zip

Bek Oberin's improved server (textfile) is at 



http://www.xanadu.com.au/ted/OSMIC/server1.pl


The only client we presently have-- Ken'ichi Unnai's Emacs client (zip format)-- is at 


http://www.xanadu.com.au/ted/OSMIC/hyperdoc.zip

Install this in a server system (specifically, Windows 95 and Windows98 won't do, since they can't be servers, but Linux, WindowsNT, and various flavors of Unix are fine).

You'll need Emacs.  (This comes with Linux but you'll have to install it under Windows.)  Various configurations are necessary.  Wouldn't be nice if we had that information right here, right now.  We'll get it real soon, OR if you're a real sharp Linux type you won't need any instruction at all, will you.