How to Try Out Polaris

The Polaris system is currently only available to users at Carnegie Mellon University. For information on access please send mail to documentation+@andrew.cmu.edu.

To try out the system, pick a system type:


Accessing Polaris:

From a Macintosh:
From Mosaic:

  1. Select "Open URL..." from the File menu.
  2. Type "http://polaris.andrew.cmu.edu/help/sys=mac_os/env=gamma/TopPage"
    in the "Open Document" window.
From Netscape:
  1. Select "Open Location..." from the File menu.
  2. Type "http://polaris.andrew.cmu.edu/help/sys=mac_os/env=gamma/TopPage"
    in the "Open Document" window.

Or just click HERE.

From a PC:
From Mosaic:
  1. Select "Open URL..." from the File menu.
  2. Type "http://polaris.andrew.cmu.edu/help/sys=pc_win/env=gamma/TopPage" in the "Open Document" window.
From Netscape:
  1. Select "Open Location..." from the File menu.
  2. Type "http://polaris.andrew.cmu.edu/help/sys=pc_win/env=gamma/TopPage"
    in the "Open Document" window.
Or just click HERE .

From a UNIX workstation:
From Mosaic:
  1. Select "Open URL..." from the file menu.
  2. Type "http://polaris.andrew.cmu.edu/ in the "Open Document" window.
  3. Click on the system type you will be using: Ultrix 4.2a (DECstation), HPUX 9.0.5 (Hewlett Packard), or Solaris 2.5.1 (Sun Microsystems)
From Netscape:
  1. Select "Open Location..." from the File menu.
  2. Type "http://polaris.andrew.cmu.edu/ in the "Open Document" window.
  3. Click on the system type that you will be using, DECstation(Ultrix4.2a), Hewlett Packard(HPUX 9.0.5), or Sun Microsystem (SunOS 4.1.3.)

Or just click HERE .

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