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.H1 "Getting Started
.pp
To get started, just make sure
.i ~ptolemy/bin
and
.i ~ptolemy/bin.ARCH
are in your PATH
(where
.i ARCH
is replaced by ``sun3'' if you are on a Sun-3, ``sun4'' if you are on a Sun-4,
``vax'' if you are on a Vax, or ``mips'' if you are on a DecStation based
on the MIPS architecture).
.IE path
Now type
.c ptcl
to invoke the Ptolemy interpreter.  It is also possible to specify a file
of interpreter commands as a command line argument; see the section ``Loading
Commands from a File'' for details.

