Lotus 1-2-3 Upgraded To Version 1.2

Lotus 1-2-3 has been upgraded so that the popular spreadsheet program now supports a Motif graphical interface as well as OPEN LOOK. The licensing has been changed so that only Sun consoles (running X11R5 or OpenWindows) and X-terminals are able to run Lotus 1-2-3.

A separate license may be purchased in order to run Lotus 1-2-3 from an ASCII terminal, contact csehelp for more info.

Change your PATH variable (usually set in the .cshrc file) to reflect the new location for Lotus 1-2-3 binaries:

/usr/local/lotus/123.v12/sun4sol1/bin

Before running Lotus 1-2-3 for the first time, it is necessary to run setup123 in order to select the 1-2-3 interface:

Change Selected Options
Change Selected Display
Select your screen display card/driver:
None Classic 1-2-3 runs inside the xterm. Graphics can not be displayed. X Window (Classic mode) 1-2-3 runs in a window in Classic Mode. Graphics can be displayed, but mouse movement is not supported. OPEN LOOK Interface 1-2-3 runs in a window with OPEN LOOK. Graphics, mouse movement are supported. OSF/Motif Interface 1-2-3 runs in a window with Motif. Graphics, mouse movement are supported. Select display character set: CTRL-C End Setup Program

Do you want to save your changes? Yes Do you want to end setup123? Yes

To invoke Lotus 1-2-3 if the display option is None:

% 123

If either the X Window or Motif display options are selected, 1-2-3 can be invoked as a background job:

% 123 &

If the OPEN LOOK interface is selected:

% setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/openwin/lib
% setenv WINDOW_MGR olwm
% 123 &

Lotus is installed on odin, the CSE administrative computing system, but may be used from any CSE Sun 4 system running SunOS 4.1.X. At this time, only one license is available for general use. The lmstat -a command can be used to check the status of the nonreserved Lotus 1-2-3 license:

% /usr/local/lotus/123.v12/sun4sol1/bin/lmstat -a
lmstat -Copyright (C) 1989, 1992 Highland Software,Inc.
Flexible License Manager status on Mon 6/14/93 12:47

License server status:

	odin: license server UP (MASTER)

Vendor daemon status (on odin):

	LOTUS123 (v3.x):UP

Feature usage info:
	Users of 1-2-3: (Total of 5 licenses available)

joanna odin /dev/ttyr3 (v1.200) (odin/1200 21),
	start Mon 6/14 8:31
kathy odin /dev/ttyr7 (v1.200) (odin/1200 22),
	start Mon 6/14 8:49
  RESERVATION for USER jcox (odin/1200)
  RESERVATION for GROUP admin (odin/1200)

There is a new User's guide with this release of Lotus 1-2-3 which describes the OPEN LOOK and Motif interfaces. A copy is available for perusal in the CSE Business Office (Joanna Mancusi, AP&M3240.) An online copy of the release notes are also available in:

/usr/local/lotus/123.v12/sun4sol1/doc/rnotes.txt

Cindy Paloma--Supervisor, CSE Systems Support Group

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