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New MULTICS Network Software Features

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Network Working Group                             M. A. Padlipsky
Request for Comments #411                             MIT-MULTICS
NIC 124D3                                       November 14, 1972

                 NEW MULTICS NETWORK SOFTWARE FEATURES

Two recently-installed features of the Multics  Network  software
might be of general interest to the Network community, and should
be of particular interest to those who use Multics via TIP's:

Case Mapping
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In  order  to allow Network users at upper-case-only terminals on
systems which do not  furnish  case-mapping  to  access  Multics,
typing   "MAP"   (upper-case,   followed   by   Telnet  New-line)
immediately after receipt of the Multics  load  message  actuates
Multics software which applies the following typing conventions:

1) as most Multics  input  is  lower-case,  alphabetic  input  is
    mapped  to  lower-case,  except  for  any  letter immediately
    preceded by "
2) back (left) arrow  is  treated  as  underscore,  up  arrow  as
    circumflex, apostrophe as acute (right) accent
3) escape sequences exist for the following:
    backspace = -
    grave (left) accent = '
    left brace =
    vertical line =
    right brace = )
    tilde = =
4) the sequence "\" is treated as  "
    octal  escape, it is only necessary to type     a "
    them

The case-mapping software is also actuated if "HELP" (upper-case)
is  typed  prior  to  login  in  response  to the system's "login
incorrect" message, in which case the normal  information  (which
would  appear  in response to lower-case "help" as well) on login
format will be printed out.  (Note: the escape sequences are  the
same  as  existing Multics   conventions for direct-dialled Model
33/35 TTY's.  On these particular devices, "
indicated on the key-caps: it is input as SHIFT-L.)
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