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Chapter
1
Introduction
Welcome to POISE-SkyLite. This book is a guide to using SkyLite for end users and systems
administrators, and is divided into the following chapters:
Chapter Title Topics covered
Chapter 1 Introduction How to install SkyLite, an overview of
SkyLite’s features, plus Quick Start
instructions so you can get started
immediately.
Chapter 2 Using SkyLite How to… information in a step-by-step form.
Chapter 3
Networks and
Emulations
An in-depth guide to configuring SkyLite to
connect your PC to a host.
Chapter 4 Advanced SkyLite Tips for more experienced users and systems
administrators on making the most of
SkyLite.
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting What to do if things go wrong - advice on
solving some of the more common problems
and where to go for further information.
Chapter 6 POISE Applications Using the graphical features of SkyLite in
POISE applications.
Appendix A
Appendix B
Systems Administrator
Reference
Running SkyLite in a
Web Browser
Reference material on traces, command line
options, the Loopback facility, and DDE.
Embedding and running SkyLite emulation
sessions within a Web browser, issues and
FAQs.
Terminal Emulations
In the past, you could access information, programs, processing power, and functions
such as printing from a host using dumb terminals, which are so called because they have
no processor, all the work being done by the host computer (the mainframe or mini
computer). However, as technology has become more advanced, terminals have become
increasingly intelligent, that is, more and more processing is done by the terminal rather
than by the host.
In 1983, the personal computer was introduced, which has, by and large, replaced the
terminal. The PC contains a Central Processing Unit (CPU) which enables it to process
information. It is designed to be used by one person and can work in standalone mode,
which is not connected to a host, or it can be linked to a host via a network or serial
connection to a modem.
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