In Windows 3.1, you must run a terminal application such as WinQVT, Netterm, or Ewan. From a Mac, you must run a terminal application such as NCSA Telnet. Once you have connected to your VAX account, you will be asked for your username and your password. For example, Walter T. Door's username would be doorwal . Your password will NOT be visible on the screen as you type it.
All students have accounts set up when they register for classes.
The account names all have the same format consisting of the first 4 letters of the last name, followed by the first 3 letters of the first name. This makes it easy to find the account names of other students. If a duplicate account name would be created, a number is added to the end. In case a person's last name is shorter than 4 letters, all of the last name is used and letters from the first name are used to bring the account name to 7 characters. Existing faculty account names are department abbreviation followed by faculty member last name, up to a total of 12 letters.