Logging on to Igor from Microsoft Windows

1. First fire up cygwin (or some other SSH client if you have not got cygwin).

2. Inside the terminal type:

   startxwin
   

   A new white xterm opens. Then type:

   ssh -X <username>@igor.gold.ac.uk
   

   Where <username> is your username. Then type in your password when asked.

Having logged on to igor you will see soemthing like:

---------------GOLDSMITHS COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING---------------
                          (_) ___   ___  _ __
                          | |/ _ \ / _ \| '__|
                          | | (_) | (_) | |
                          |_|\__  |\___/|_|
                             |___/
    Email enquiries regarding this server to sysadmin@doc.gold.ac.uk
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[mas01sd@igor ~]$