Pathworks for DOS Users Handbook V4.1 Aug91

This document is the PATHWORKS for DOS User's Handbook, Version 4.1, published by Digital Equipment Corporation in August 1991.

It serves as a comprehensive guide for personal computer users to understand and utilize the PATHWORKS for DOS software, which connects their DOS-based PCs to a network for sharing resources and communication.

The handbook covers:

• Network Fundamentals: Explains core networking concepts (clients, servers, nodes, LANs, WANs) and supported network transports like DECnet, TCP/IP, LAD/LAST, and LAT.
• Core Services: Details how to use and manage network file services (personal, common, application, virtual disks) and printer services (local and remote) through both command-line utilities (like USE, COPY, NET PRINT) and the menu-driven LAN Manager Screen.
• File Management: Provides instructions for transferring various file types (binary, ASCII) between DOS, VMS, and ULTRIX servers and other DECnet nodes, as well as over TCP/IP using utilities like NFT and FTP.
• Terminal Emulation: Explains how to configure a personal computer to act as a terminal to connect to host systems, using both the command-line SETHOST utility and the VT320 terminal emulator for Microsoft Windows.
• Graphical Environment: Guides users on setting up and interacting with PC DECwindows Motif, which enables the PC to function as an X server for displaying graphical X Window System and DECwindows Motif applications. This includes managing multiple windows and basic text editing within this environment.
• Integrated Applications: Describes the use of the SEDT full-screen text editor for writing and editing, and the Mail and Broadcast utilities for sending and receiving electronic messages across the network.
• Multilingual Support: Highlights the software's capability to support multiple languages for its applications.

The handbook is intended for PATHWORKS for DOS users, especially those new to networking concepts, and assumes basic familiarity with personal computers and DOS.