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+<center>
+<h2>RDP to Node</h2>
+</center>
+
+<p>
+
+This is used to contact to a Windows node in your experiment and get a
+remote Windows Desktop using the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
+First, you need an RDP client program installed on your computer:
+
+<ul>
+
+  <li> There is a nice open-source RDP client for Unix and Linux at 
+       <a href="http://www.rdesktop.org/">www.rdesktop.org</a>.</li>
+
+  <li> There is a Microsoft RDC (Remote Desktop Client) installed in
+       Windows XP.  You can also install it from a Windows XP
+       installation CD onto Windows 95 through 2000.  For details, see
+       <a href="http://www.chicagotech.net/rdesktop.htm#How%20to%20install%20Remote%20Desktop%20Connection%20client">
+       How to install Remote Desktop Connection client</a>.
+
+</ul>
+
+Clicking "RDP to Node" in the Node Options page will send your browser
+a "text/x-testbed-rdp" ".tbrdp" file. In FreeBSD or Linux, you can save
+the file and pass it as an argument to <code>rdp-mime.pl</code> or
+associate it with <code>rdp-mime.pl</code> in your web browser. You
+can download the <code>rdp-mime.pl </code><a href="rdp-mime.pl">Perl
+program here</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<font size='+1'><b>Instructions for Linux/FreeBSD:</b></font>
+<ul>
+<li>Move the <code>rdp-mime.pl</code> script into 
+    a directory of your choice (<code>/usr/local/bin</code>, 
+    or <code>~/bin</code> are two good places.)</li>
+<li>Set up your browser to handle MIME type "text/x-testbed-rdp"
+    as outlined below.</li>
+<li>In the Web Interface Node view, click on the "RDP to Node" link.</li>
+<li>If your browser is properly configured to use <code>rdp-mime.pl</code>,
+    a new xterm window with an rdp session open to your node
+    should emerge.</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+
+<ul>
+  <li><font size='+1'><b>Linux/FreeBSD and Netscape 4.7:</b></font>
+  <ul>
+  <li>Choose <code>preferences</code> from the <code>edit</code> menu.</li>
+  <li>Select <code>Navigator</code>, then <code>Applications</code> under
+      it.</li>
+  <li>Click the <code>New...</code> button.</li>
+  <li>In the <code>MIMEType</code> box, type <code>text/x-testbed-rdp</code>
+      </li>
+  <li>In the <code>Suffixes</code> box, type <code>tbc</code></li>
+  <li>Choose <code>Application</code> in the <code>Handled by</code>
+      box</li>
+  <li>Next to <code>Application</code>, either type the path to the
+      <code>rdp-mime.pl</code> script, or use <code>Choose...</code> to find
+      it.</li>
+  <li>Now, <b>be sure to</b> put a space, then <code>%s</code> after the
+      path to the application in the box. This tells netscape to actually
+      pass the control file into rdp-mime.pl (Mozilla does not require this;
+      see below.)</li>
+  <li>Click <code>OK</code>, then <code>OK</code> again.</li>
+  </ul> 
+  </li>
+
+  <li><font size='+1'><b>Linux/FreeBSD and Mozilla:</b></font>
+  <ul>
+  <li>Choose <code>preferences</code> from the <code>edit</code> menu.</li>
+  <li>Select <code>Navigator</code>, then <code>Helper Applications</code> 
+      under it.</li>
+  <li>Click the <code>New Type...</code> button.</li>
+  <li>In the <code>MIMEType</code> box, 
+      type <code>text/x-testbed-rdp</code></li>
+  <li>In the <code>File extension</code> box, type <code>tbc</code></li>
+  <li>For <code>Application to use</code>, either type the path to the
+      <code>rdp-mime.pl</code> script, or use <code>Choose...</code> to find
+      it.</li>
+  <li>In Mozilla do <b>not</b> add a <code>%s</code>.</li>
+  <li>Click <code>OK</code>, then <code>OK</code> again.</li>
+  </ul>
+  </li>
+
+  <li><font size='+1'><b>Linux/FreeBSD and Opera:</b></font>
+  <ul>
+  <li>Choose <code>preferences</code> from the <code>File</code> menu.</li>
+  <li>Select <code>Applications</code>, then <code>File Types</code> 
+      under it.</li>
+  <li>Click the <code>New ...</code> button.</li>
+  <li>In the <code>MIMEType</code> box, 
+      type <code>text/x-testbed-rdp</code></li>
+  <li>In the <code>File extension</code> box, type <code>tbc</code></li>
+  <li>For <code>Open with other application</code>, either type the path to 
+      the <code>rdp-mime.pl</code> script, or use <code>Choose...</code> to 
+      find it.</li>
+  <li>In Opera do <b>not</b> add a <code>%s</code>.</li>
+  <li>Click <code>OK</code>, then <code>OK</code> again.</li>
+  </ul>
+  </li>
+</ul>
+
+<font size='+1'><b>Instructions for Windows:</b></font>
+<ul>
+   <li>Sorry, no windows support yet, although the script is really
+   simple, and should be trivially convertable to a windows batch
+   file, or even a windows Perl script if you care to install Perl on
+   your windows machine. 
+</ul>
+</p>