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File Transfer via FTP

At the University, windowed versions of Maple are available under the X Window System on X terminals, Microsoft Windows on PCs, and Multifinder on Macintoshes. The standard format worksheet (.ms) files from any platform may be transferred to another platform and read in. Proceed as follows (these instructions are for a PC; those for a Macintosh are similar).

  1. If necessary, open up the Communications folder by double clicking on its icon.
  2. Double click on Winsock FTP, a Microsoft Windows version of FTP.
  3. Connect to a CalcLab machine as follows. (You may alternatively move from field to field by using the Tab key.) Do NOT press Enter until the last step!
  4. Double click in Host name field and type in one of the following.

  5. Double click in User ID field and type in your CalcLab userid.
  6. Double click in Password field and type in your CalcLab password. Now press Enter.

Soon you connect to the chosen CalcLab server and two lists of files appear. The left one lists files on your PC's hard drive; the right lists files on your CalcLab account.





Art Belmonte
Tue Aug 27 11:05:59 CDT 1996