Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 17:22:24 GMT Server: NCSA/1.5 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 03:58:47 GMT Content-length: 6091
Instructor: Sid Hummert Email: hummert@cs.wisc.edu WWW: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~hummert/hummert.html Office: 1307 CS & ST, 1210 W. Dayton St. Office Hours: TBD or by appointment Phone: 262-6602 (office)
Welcome to CS110. In this class, all documentation, including class information, assignments, and the syllabus, will be available ``on-line'' only. You will be responsible for reading the on-line information; I will announce when there is something new for you to read. This document is prepared to get you started so that you can access the on-line information. Fortunately, it's not so difficult, so you shouldn't have any trouble.
By ``on-line'' documents I mean information that is accessible using the computers in the CS110 lab. This information is available via the World Wide Web, or WWW, which is a system for browsing on-line documents through a simple hypertext interface -- if you see a word or picture underlined or highlighted, you can click on it to get more information. You may have already used the most common WWW browser: Netscape. If not, you will learn to use it very quickly!
First, go to the CS110 lab, which is located in room 1350 of the Computer Sciences and Statistics building (1210 W. Dayton Street). If you enter the building from Dayton Street, go straight ahead, all the way past the two elevators to the water fountain. Take a drink. Turn left, and the CS110 lab (``the Vectra lab'') is the first room on your left.
Find a vacant seat. The first step is to ``activate'' your CS110 account. There are instructions for this posted on the walls, but it really isn't too hard: simply type ``newuser'', followed by the ENTER key, at the ``WILEY login:'' prompt. When prompted for a password, simply hit the ENTER key. Now, follow the instructions, entering information such as your student id number (be sure not to type in the dashes in your id number!). Check the information, and read the policies for your account. Finally, you will be prompted to choose a password. You will need this password to login to the system in the future, so PLEASE choose one that you can remember! It is not generally a good idea to write your password down in case you forget it --- but if necessary, write it down in a safe place. You will probably want to write down your login name (e.g., my login name is ``dsilva'') in any case. When you next login, you will use your assigned login name and your newly chosen password, not ``newuser''.
Once you have logged in, the computer will (annoyingly?) ask you if you plan on using any floppy disks during this session. Hit ``n'' to indicate you aren't. Now Microsoft Windows will start up; you will see lots of little pictures, or ``icons'', all over the screen. Each icon represents a program you can run.
In this class, we will be primarily using the programs associated with the following three icons: Borland C++ 4.5, Netscape (a big N), and File Manager.
If you are totally clueless when it comes to Microsoft Windows, this would be an excellent time to go through the ``Windows tutorial'' that exists on-line. You will have to view this using the Netscape browser program. In order to accomplish this follow these steps:
Before you begin this assignment, it would be to your benifit to browse through the Introduction to Microsoft Windows and Introduction to Borland C++turorials. Netscape has another neat feature built into it--the back button. This is situated on the upper left corner of the Netscape window (just below the file menu). Clicking on this button returns you to previous documents you had been viewing.
Important to note is that Program 0 is due next Wednesday. So be sure to take a look at it while still in Netscape. I recommend that you get started on the tutorials and familiarize yourselves on the Borland C++ environment right away. This is what the first week is all about --- the more time you spend now, the more you will learn about the system, so that later on in the semester you can concentrate entirely on the harder programming assignments.
If you have any questions or problems, feel absolutely free to ask one of the on-duty consultants for help. These are people (probably sitting at a computer) wearing yellow name badges. There should always be 2 or 3 consultants in the lab. Consultants are on duty Monday-Friday 8am-10pm, Saturday 12pm-8pm, and Sunday 12pm-10pm
Good luck, and have a great semester!