MooWP: More Ways of Signing On

MooWP: Ways of Signing On

How to Get There

MooWP is a "place" in cyberspace--its address is it.uwp.edu 7777. The first part of this address is a computer server at UW-Parkside, the numbers after the space are the "port" which is the specific address of the moo. There are three ways to get there from UW-Parkside accounts:

(1) You can sign on to your e-mail account and go to the prompt. On UW-Parkside's new email machine, you get to the prompt by typing 14 (for "shell") and then pushing enter, and the prompt will look like email% Type telnet it.uwp.edu 7777 There is a space between telnet and the machine name. Users with shell accounts elsewhere can type the same address.
(2) Instead of http://www.blah.blah, you can set your Netscape or other web browser to http://it.uwp.edu:8000 (no space after the colon). If your browser supports telnet, you also can use this web gateway to establish a telnet connection or a Java-applet with an integrated connection.
(3) For a telnet connection only, you can set your Netscape or other web browser to telnet://it.uwp.edu:7777 There are no spaces in that phrase.
(4) You can use the Communication menu from a UW-Parkside lab machine without going through your e-mail account. Hit the number for Telnet and a box will appear on your screen. Because our telnet has trouble with port numbers, you must type in the address enclosed in quotes: "it.uwp.edu 7777"

Signing On

If you've typed the right address, you should see (after a brief pause) the welcome screen for MooWP. If you are not a regular "player," you type co guest (which is short for "connect as a guest"). If you are a regular player, you type co, then a space and your name as a player, then another space and your special password as a player. Passwords are "case-sensitive," so that it makes a difference whether you type upper or lower case letters. To leave, by the way, just type @quit

Fixing Problems

People signing in via these routes may sometimes find that they can't see what they are typing. On the menu bar at the top of your screen (if there is one) look for Terminal or Options or Preferences. You want to poke around until you find a box labelled "Local Echo"--check that and see if it helps.

A common problem is not having one's backspace key work. From UWP and other shell accounts, it may help to type at the shell prompt, "stty" then a space, then "erase" and then hit the backspace key. If that doesn't work, when you get on the moo type HELP BACKSPACE and try some of the suggestions offered there.

Click here to visit it now by telnet
Click here for information on instructional uses for moos.
Click here for a guide to using MOOs.

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1996, University of Wisconsin-Parkside. All rights reserved. Questions, suggestions should be directed to canary@cs.uwp.edu--or just click here. Last updated June 26, 1996. This page's URL is http://voice.uwp.edu/moo/signon.html