Index

-backing_store (command line option)
-backing_store
Graphics cards

-batch (command line option)
-batch

-c (command line option)
-c (lower case)
-C (upper case)

-config (command line option)
-config

-keymap (command line option)
-keymap

-snerror (command line option)
-snerror

-std_windows (command line option)
-std_windows

-term (command line option)
-term

-visual (command line option)
-visual

8.3 format
Filename mapping
Filename mapping

80486 processor
80486 processor emulation

A
drive
deassigning
To deassign a floppy disk drive
setting up
Setting up floppy disk drives

abbreviations
Abbreviations

application licensing
Application licensing

authorization code
To license SoftWindows

AUTOEXEC.BAT file
AUTOEXEC.BAT
Files installed on the SoftWindows hard disk

B
drive
deassigning
To deassign a floppy disk drive
setting up
Setting up floppy disk drives

Banyan VINES
Banyan VINES
configuration
Configuring the Banyan VINES client for SoftWindows
installation
Installing the Banyan VINES client
running
Running the Banyan VINES client
technical details
Technical details
troubleshooting
Troubleshooting the The ODI driver

C
drive
creating
To create a new C: drive
increasing the size of
To increase the size of the C: drive
setting up
To choose the hard disk file for C: or D:

CD-ROM drives
device names
To set up the CD–ROM drive
setting up
To set up the CD–ROM drive

CD-ROMs, device driver
CDROM.SYS

CDROM.SYS (MS-DOS utility)
CDROM.SYS

codepage 850, using
To configure SoftWindows for a different keyboard

COM ports, default values
_DEFAULT entries

COM_PORT_x_TYPE (configuration option)
COM_PORT_x_TYPE

command line options
Command line options
-backing_store
-backing_store
Graphics cards
-batch
-batch
-C
-C (upper case)
-c (lower case)
-config
-config
-keymap
-keymap
-snerror
-snerror
-std_windows
-std_windows
-term
-term
-visual
-visual

COMMAND.COM file
Files installed on the SoftWindows hard disk

concurrent (full) license
Installation

CONFIG.SYS file
CONFIG.SYS
Files installed on the SoftWindows hard disk

configuration
introduction
Configuration
resetting
Resetting the configuration

configuration files
Software installed by the installation procedure
Configuring SoftWindows
specifying
-config

conventions
Conventions

cphd (Unix utility)
cphd

CPU memory, effect on performance
CPU memory

cut and paste
Cut and paste

D
drive
creating
To create a new D: drive
removing
To remove the hard disk file from D:
setting up
To choose the hard disk file for C: or D:

deinstalling SoftWindows
Deinstalling SoftWindows

demo license
Installation

DEVICE_DEFAULT (configuration option)
User's configuration file

DEVLOD.COM (MS-DOS utility)
DEVLOD.COM
DECLK401.SYS

Disk Drives (Options menu)
Setting up SoftWindows

display
effect on performance
Local display versus remote display
specifying for SoftWindows
-visual

DISPLAY (environment variable)
DISPLAY

Display… (Options menu)
Setting up SoftWindows
To specify the display adapter

DISPLAY_GRAPHICS_ADAPTOR (configuration option)
DISPLAY_GRAPHICS_ADAPTOR

DOS2UNIX.EXE (MS-DOS utility)
USECD.BAT

dos6 (Unix utility)
dos6

dos6net (Unix utility)
dos6net

DOSLIC.EXE (MS-DOS utility)
To enable MS-DOS application licensing
DOSLIC.EXE

dostounix (Unix utility)
dostounix and unixtodos

DRIVE_HARD_DISK_MAX_SIZE (configuration option)
User's configuration file

drives, setting up
Setting up drives

enabling application licensing
Setting up application licensing

environment variables
Environment variables
DISPLAY
DISPLAY
HH_WARNING
HH_WARNING
HHHOME
HHHOME
HHLOCAL
HHLOCAL
HHPATH
HHPATH
HOHPATH
HOHPATH
LM_LICENSE_FILE
The TCP port number
LM_LICENSE_FILE
LM_LICENSE_FILE
Products using different license servers
MANPATH
SWIN2HOME
NLSPATH
NLSPATH
SNERROR
SNERROR
SWIN2HOME
SWIN2HOME
SWIN2HOME
SWIN_USEHHENV
SWIN_USEHHENV
WINDOWS_DPI
WINDOWS_DPI
XPPATH
XPPATH
XUSERFILESEARCHPATH
XUSERFILESEARCHPATH

error messages
Error messages

Ethernet frame types
Ethernet frame types

ETHERNET_802.2 packet format
ETHERNET_802.2 packet format

ETHERNET_802.3 packet format
ETHERNET_802.3 packet format

ETHERNET_II packet format
ETHERNET_II packet format

ETHERNET_SNAP packet format
ETHERNET_SNAP

ETHERSPC.COM (MS-DOS utility)
What is SoftNode?
ETHERSPC.COM

Excel 5, running
PC memory

EXITSWIN.COM (MS-DOS utility)
EXITSWIN.COM
Additional security features

expanded memory
Setting up memory

fax back server
Insignia's fax response service

file servers, selecting
Selecting a server

FILE_DEFAULT (configuration option)
User's configuration file

filenames
mapping
Filename mapping
MS-DOS
Filename mapping

FLEXlm
application licensing
Generating application licenses
HostID
To license SoftWindows
licensing other products
Licensing SoftWindows with other products using FLEXlm
location of files
Software installed by the installation procedure
shutting down
To shut down FLEXlm
starting
To start FLEXlm manually
troubleshooting
Licensing problems (FLEXlm)
version compatibility
FLEXlm version compatibility

floppy disk drives
device names
To set up the floppy disk drives A: and B:
setting up
Setting up floppy disk drives

fonts
menu sizes
Menu font sizes
troubleshooting
Bad or missing fonts

French keyboard
To configure SoftWindows for a different keyboard
Keyboard configuration

French language
Language

FSA drives
assigning
NET USE
performance considerations
FSA performance considerations
removing
NET USE
setting up
Setting up FSA drives
temporary
To set up a temporary FSA drive
using
FSADRIVE.COM

FSADRIVE.COM (MS-DOS utility)
FSADRIVE.COM

generating application licenses
Generating application licenses

GENLIC.EXE (MS-DOS utility)
Generating application licenses

German keyboard
Keyboard configuration
To configure SoftWindows for a different keyboard

German language
Language

graphics cards, effect on performance
Graphics cards

hard disk files
choosing
To choose the hard disk file for C: or D:
creating
To create a new D: drive
mkhd
increasing the size
To increase the size of the C: drive
making bootable
MAKEBOOT.COM
removing
To remove the hard disk file from D:
setting up
Setting up hard disk files
upgrading
Upgrading a version 1.x hard disk file

help
files
Software installed by the installation procedure

HFX filenames
HFX filename mapping

HH_WARNING (environment variable)
HH_WARNING

HHHOME (environment variable)
HHHOME

HHLOCAL (environment variable)
HHLOCAL

HHPATH (environment variable)
HHPATH

HOHPATH (environment variable)
HOHPATH

HOST.SYS (MS-DOS utility)
HOST.SYS

HostID
To license SoftWindows

HyperHelp environment variables
HHHOME
SWIN_USEHHENV

installation
Installation
introduction
Installation
mounting the CD-ROM
Installing SoftWindows
on a second workstation
Installing SoftWindows on a second workstation
requirements
Before you install
Installation requirements
selecting components to install
Installing SoftWindows
software installed
Software installed by the installation procedure
troubleshooting
Troubleshooting

international
keyboards
Setting up keyboards

introduction
Introduction

ISTCPIP.COM (MS-DOS utility)
ISTCPIP.COM

keyboard configuration
IBM
To set up a keyboard for Windows
Silicon Graphics
Keyboard configuration

keyboard mapping files
Software installed by the installation procedure
To configure SoftWindows for a different keyboard

Keyboard… (Options menu)
To configure SoftWindows for a different keyboard

keyboards
international
Setting up keyboards
specifying type
-keymap
using different types
To configure SoftWindows for a different keyboard

keycode lookup table
Software installed by the installation procedure

LAN Manager
LAN Manager
running
Running the LAN Manager client
technical details
Technical details
troubleshooting
Troubleshooting the The ODI driver

LAN Workplace for DOS
LAN Workplace for DOS
configuration
Setting up LAN Workplace for DOS
installation
Installing LAN Workplace for DOS
running
Running LAN Workplace for DOS
technical details
Technical details
troubleshooting
Troubleshooting the The ODI driver

License Manager
To display the License Manager

license utilities
License administration tools
lmcksum
lmcksum
lmdown
lmdown
lmgrd
Products using different license servers
lmhostid
lmhostid
lmremove
lmremove
lmreread
lmreread
lmstat
lmstat
lmswitchr
lmswitchr
lmver
Imver

license.dat file
The FLEXlm licensing system

licensing
Modifying SoftWindows licenses
Licensing SoftWindows
concurrent (full) license
Installation
demo license
Installation
MS-DOS applications
Licensing MS-DOS and Windows applications
DOSLIC.EXE
other products
Licensing SoftWindows with other products using FLEXlm
troubleshooting
Licensing problems (FLEXlm)
Windows applications
WINLIC.EXE

Licensing (Actions menu)
To display the License Manager

LIM memory
Setting up memory
MS-DOS only, real mode applications
LIM

LINK DRIVER section of NET.CFG
LINK DRIVER

LINK SUPPORT section of NET.CFG
LINK SUPPORT

LM_LICENSE_FILE (environment variable)
LM_LICENSE_FILE
LM_LICENSE_FILE
Products using different license servers
The TCP port number

lmcksum (license utility)
lmcksum

lmdown (license utility)
lmdown

lmgrd (license utility)
Licensing problems (FLEXlm)
Products using different license servers

lmhostid (license utility)
lmhostid

lmremove (license utility)
lmremove

lmreread (license utility)
lmreread

lmstat (license utility)
lmstat

lmswitchr (license utility)
lmswitchr

lmver (license utility)
Imver

LPT ports, default values
_DEFAULT entries

LPT_PORT_x_TYPE (configuration option)
LPT_PORT_x_TYPE

MAKEBOOT.COM (MS-DOS utility)
MAKEBOOT.COM

MANPATH (environment variable)
SWIN2HOME

media replacement
Media replacement

memory
effect on performance
Physical memory
setting up
Setting up memory

Memory… (Options menu)
To specify the PC memory
Setting up SoftWindows

MEMORY_EXTENDED_MAX_SIZE (configuration option)
User's configuration file

menus
changing font sizes
Menu font sizes
disabling
Running SoftWindows in secure mode

Microsoft information sources
Microsoft information sources

Microsoft Windows
configuration
Windows configuration
display sizes
Windows driver display sizes
installing
Windows installation methods
running
win3
specifying display colors
To specify the number of colors for Windows

Microsoft Windows applications
licensing
WINLIC.EXE

Microsoft Windows Resource Kit
Microsoft information sources

mkhd (Unix utility)
mkhd

mounting a CD-ROM
Installing SoftWindows

mounting a copy of SoftWindows
Mounting a copy of SoftWindows

mouse driver
MOUSE.COM

MOUSE.COM (MS-DOS utility)
MOUSE.COM

MS-DOS
configuration
MS-DOS configuration
PATH command
MS-DOS PATH command
upgrading
To modify the MS-DOS “CONFIG.SYS” file

MS-DOS applications
licensing
Licensing MS-DOS and Windows applications
DOSLIC.EXE

MS-DOS commands, executing
-C (upper case)

MS-DOS filenames
Filename mapping

MS-DOS utilities
MS-DOS utilities
CDROM.SYS
CDROM.SYS
DEVLOD.COM
DEVLOD.COM
DECLK401.SYS
DOS2UNIX.EXE
USECD.BAT
DOSLIC.EXE
To enable MS-DOS application licensing
DOSLIC.EXE
ETHERSPC.COM
ETHERSPC.COM
What is SoftNode?
EXITSWIN.COM
Additional security features
EXITSWIN.COM
FSADRIVE.COM
FSADRIVE.COM
GENLIC.EXE
Generating application licenses
HOST.SYS
HOST.SYS
ISTCPIP.COM
ISTCPIP.COM
MAKEBOOT.COM
MAKEBOOT.COM
MOUSE.COM
MOUSE.COM
MSCDEX
MS–DOS configuration
NET JOIN
NET JOIN
NET SUBST
NET SUBST
NET USE
NET USE
To set up Unix directories as FSA drives using NET USE
NETX
Selecting a server
ODINSUP.EXE
What is SoftNode?
RUNUX.COM
RUNUX.COM
SECURITY.COM
SECURITY.COM
SPARCKB4.SYS
SPARCKB4.SYS,
TOKENSPC.COM
What is SoftNode?
TOKENSPC.COM
UNIX2DOS.EXE
UNIX2DOS.EXE
USECD.BAT
MS–DOS configuration
USECD.BAT
WINLIC.EXE
To enable Windows application licensing
WINLIC.EXE

MSCDEX (MS-DOS utility)
MS–DOS configuration

MSWIN_RESIZE (configuration option)
MSWIN_RESIZE

multiple license servers
To set up multiple license servers

multiple SoftWindows sessions
CPU and memory usage – multiple SoftWindows sessions

Native Language Support catalog pathname
NLSPATH

NDIS system
Using NDIS-based networking software
configuration
Configuring the NDIS system
starting
Starting the NDIS system

NET JOIN (MS-DOS utility)
NET JOIN

NET SUBST (MS-DOS utility)
NET SUBST

NET USE (MS-DOS command)
To remove a Unix directory from a drive

NET USE (MS-DOS utility)
NET USE
To set up Unix directories as FSA drives using NET USE

NET.CFG file
PC networking protocols
Configuring the ODI

Network Driver Interface Specification
What is SoftNode?

network products
installing
To install the network software

networking
Network support
Networking with SoftWindows
SoftWindows networking architecture
effect on performance
Busy networks
limitations
SoftWindows networking limitations
selecting a server
Selecting a server
starting SoftWindows with
dos6net

NETX (MS-DOS utility)
Selecting a server

New Drive… (Options menu)
To create a new D: drive

NLSPATH (environment variable)
NLSPATH

Novell NetWare 3.x
Novell NetWare 3.x
configuration
Configuring the NetWare client
installation
Installing the NetWare client
login drive
Changing the login drive
running
Running the NetWare client
technical details
Technical details

Novell NetWare 4.x
configuration
Installing the NetWare client
installation
Installing the NetWare 4.x client software
starting
Configuring SoftWindows

ODI drivers
What is SoftNode?

ODI system
configuration
Configuring the ODI
starting
Starting the ODI system
stopping
Stopping the ODI system
troubleshooting
Troubleshooting ODI

ODINSUP.EXE (MS-DOS utility)
What is SoftNode?

on-line help
Configuration
files
Software installed by the installation procedure

Open Data-link Interface
Introduction to ODI
What is SoftNode?

Open Drive… (Options menu)
To choose the hard disk file for C: or D:
To set up the floppy disk drives A: and B:
To set up the CD–ROM drive
To remove the hard disk file from D:
Setting up drives

packet formats
ETHERNET_802.2 packet format

PATH (environment variable)
MS-DOS PATH command

PC memory, recommended setting
PC memory

PC networking protocols
PC networking protocols

PC-NFS
PC-NFS v5.x
configuration
Configuring SoftWindows for PC-NFS
running
Running the PC-NFS client
troubleshooting
Troubleshooting the The ODI driver

performance considerations
display
Local display versus remote display
FSA drives
FSA performance considerations
graphics cards
Graphics cards
memory
Memory considerations
network
Busy networks
screen size
SoftWindows screen size
swapping
Windows versus Unix swapping
X terminals
X terminals

performance tuning
Tuning the performance of SoftWindows

PIPE_DEFAULT (configuration option)
User's configuration file

ports, default values
_DEFAULT entries

PostScript, printing
PS and PSfilter
PS and PSfilter

printing, PostScript
PS and PSfilter

product upgrades
Product upgrades

PS (Unix utility)
PS and PSfilter

PSfilter (Unix utility)
PS and PSfilter

Registration… (Info menu)
Software registration

removing
SoftWindows
To remove SoftWindows

Resize dialog box
MSWIN_RESIZE

restarting SoftWindows
Restarting SoftWindows

RO_DISK_PANEL_DISABLE (configuration option)
RO_DISK_PANEL_DISABLE
Additional security features

ROM-based BIOS emulation files
Software installed by the installation procedure

running SoftWindows, secure mode
Running SoftWindows in secure mode

RUNUX.COM (MS-DOS utility)
RUNUX.COM

screen size, effect on performance
SoftWindows screen size

SECURE (configuration option)
User's configuration file

secure mode
Running SoftWindows in secure mode
enabling keys
SECURITY.COM

SECURE_MASK (configuration option)
User's configuration file

SECURITY.COM (MS-DOS utility)
To run SoftWindows in secure mode
SECURITY.COM

serial number
To license SoftWindows

serial terminal mode
-term

setting up
Setting up SoftWindows
drives
Setting up drives
floppy disk drives
Setting up floppy disk drives
FSA drives
Setting up FSA drives
memory
Setting up memory

SmartCopy
SmartCopy

SmartDrive
SmartDrive

SNERROR (environment variable)
SNERROR

SoftNode network driver
Introduction

SoftPC hard disk files, copying
cphd

software installed
Software installed by the installation procedure

software registration
Software registration

SoftWindows
deinstalling
Deinstalling SoftWindows
home
SWIN2HOME
introduction
Introduction
mounting a copy
Mounting a copy of SoftWindows
packages
Installing SoftWindows
running on a second workstation
Running SoftWindows on a second workstation
tuning performance
Tuning the performance of SoftWindows

SPARCKB4.SYS (MS-DOS utility)
SPARCKB4.SYS,

support
Technical support

swapping, effect on performance
Windows versus Unix swapping

.swin2config file
SoftWindows configuration file
User's configuration file

SWIN2HOME (environment variable)
SWIN2HOME
SWIN2HOME

SWIN_USEHHENV (environment variable)
SWIN_USEHHENV

sys.swin2config file
The system defaults
Software installed by the installation procedure

system configuration file
The system defaults

system defaults
The system defaults

TCP port number
The TCP port number
changing
To change the TCP port used for licensing
To change the TCP port used for licensing

TCP/IP protocol stack
ISTCPIP.COM

technical support
Technical support

text files
converting from MS-DOS to Unix
dostounix and unixtodos
DOS2UNIX.EXE
converting from Unix to MS-DOS
unixtodos
DOS2UNIX.EXE

Token ring
Token ring
frame types
Token ring frame types
introduction
Token ring
ODI driver
TOKENSPC.COM

TOKEN-RING packet format
TOKEN-RING packet format

TOKEN-RING_802.5 packet format
TOKEN-RING packet format

TOKEN-RING_SNAP packet format
TOKEN-RING_SNAP packet format

TOKENSPC.COM (MS-DOS utility)
TOKENSPC.COM
What is SoftNode?

Unix commands, executing from MS-DOS
RUNUX.COM

Unix directory
removing from a drive
To remove a Unix directory from a drive
using as drive E
to Z:
To set up Unix directories as FSA drives using NET USE

Unix utilities
Unix utilities
cphd
cphd
dos6
dos6
dos6net
dos6net
dostounix
dostounix and unixtodos
mkhd
mkhd
PS
PS and PSfilter
PSfilter
PS and PSfilter
unixtodos
unixtodos
win3
win3
win3net
win3net

UNIX2DOS.EXE (MS-DOS utility)
UNIX2DOS.EXE

unixtodos (Unix utility)
unixtodos

upgrading
MS-DOS
To modify the MS-DOS “CONFIG.SYS” file

USECD.BAT (MS-DOS utility)
MS–DOS configuration
USECD.BAT

user interface enhancements
User interface enhancements

users, setting up SoftWindows for
Setting up SoftWindows for each user

Video, setting up
Setting up the display

win3 (Unix utility)
win3

win3net (Unix utility)
win3net

WINDOWS_DPI (environment variable)
WINDOWS_DPI

WinIdle utility
WinIdle
CPU and memory usage – multiple SoftWindows sessions

WINLIC.EXE (MS-DOS utility)
WINLIC.EXE
To enable Windows application licensing

Winsock
Winsock Dynamic Link Library
Winsock

Word 6, running
PC memory

World Wide Web server
Insignia's World Wide Web server

X resource files
Software installed by the installation procedure
configuring
X resource configuration
search path
XUSERFILESEARCHPATH

X terminals, effect on performance
X terminals

XPPATH (environment variable)
XPPATH

XUSERFILESEARCHPATH (environment variable)
XUSERFILESEARCHPATH