A Multi Telnet Subsystem for Tenex(2)

　　In the following, and denote command parameters. They are　strings terminated by a space or carriage return. is a user　chosen string of 14 characters or less; site is either the name of an　ARPANET host or the string "LOCAL".

　　The commands recognized by MLTNET in local mode are:

　　ASSIGN:

　　syntax: ASSIGN

　　effect: Associates the user chosen string with a　connection to the ARPANET site .

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　　TALK:

　　syntax: TALK

　　effect: Switches from command mode to remote mode　directing subsequent console input to the site　associated with . If no ARPANET site is　currently associated with , the user is　asked to spesify a site. The first time the　user "talks" to a particular named site MLTNET　goes through the ARPANET initial connection　protocol with the remote site in order to　establish a duplex connection with it.

　　NAMES:

　　syntax: NAMES

　　effect: Prints on the console the /

　　associatins currently known to MLTNET.

　　QUIT:

　　syntax: QUIT

　　effect: Returns control to the TENEX EXEC breaking all　connections with remote hosts. It is good　practice to log out of each remote host before　using the QUIT command.

　　NETSTAT:

　　syntax: NETSTAT

　　effect: Prints on the console the network status as seen　from the local TENEX.

　　RENAME:

　　syntax: RENAME 1 2

　　effect: Associates 2 with the ARPANET site　previously associated with 1.

　　FLUSH:

　　syntax: FLUSH

　　effect: Breaks the network connection with the ARPANET　site associated with and, in addition,　breaks the association between and that　site.

　　HOSTS:

　　syntax: HOSTS

　　effect: Prints on the console the list of hosts　currently known to the MLTNET subsystem.

　　HELP:

　　syntax: HELP

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　　effect: Prints on the console a breif summary of how to　use MLTNET.

　　Remote Mode Commands

　　In remote mode MLTNET recognizes the escape character "!" as a signal to　interpret the following character as a command. Currently MLTNET　recognizes the following characters as commands to it:

　　Q: (quit) Causes MLTNET to switch from remote mode to local　mode.

　　L: (local echo) Causes MLTNET to echo characters as it　transmits them to the remote site. ;L is the inverse of　R. The default case.

　　R: (remote echo) Causes MLTNET to transmit characters typed　to it without echoing them; invers of L.

　　U: (upper case) Causes MLTNET to transmit upper case letters　as typed; the inverse of S. The default case.

　　S: (small letters - lower case): Causes MLTNET to transmit　upper case letters typed to it as lower case letters.

　　In this mode of operation "^" acts as a shift key; "^"　may be transmitted by typing "!^". S is the inverse of　U.

　　X: (where X is any character other than Q, L, R, U or S):

　　Causes MLTNET to transmit X.

　　The following is an annotated scenario which illustrates the use of　MLTNET; in it characters typed by the users are underlined.

　　[ This RFCwas put into machine readable form for entry ]

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