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HP 3000 Series 9X7LX Computer Systems Understanding Your System Concept Guide for the HP 3000 Series 9X7LX HP Part No. A1707-90003 Printed in USA Edition Second Edition E0692
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Reproduction, adaptation, or | |translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as | |allowed under the copyright laws. | ________________________________________________________________________ Copyright (c) 1992 by Hewlett-Packard Company ________________________________________________________________________ |Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to | |restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c) (1) (ii) of the Rights | |in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013. | |Rights for non-DoD U.S. Government Departments and agencies are as set| |forth in FAR 52.227-19 (c) (1,2). | | | |Hewlett-Packard Company | |3000 Hanover Street | |Palo Alto, CA 94304 U.S.A. | ________________________________________________________________________ Restricted Rights Legend Printed 1992 Printing History The following table lists the printings of this document, together with the respective release dates for each edition. The software version indicates the version of the software product at the time this document was issued. Many product releases do not require changes to the document. Therefore, do not expect a one-to-one correspondence between product releases and document editions. Edition Date Software Version --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Edition September 1991 B.31.00 Second Edition June 1992 B.40.00 Introducing the HP 3000 Series 9X7LX Hewlett-Packard's HP 3000 Series 9X7LX computer system for the multi-user environment combines office computing with mainframe power. The system is designed to be used in a standard office setting without the stringent environmental controls of the typical computer room. Its compact size accommodates a number of office configurations. Typically, the system consists of the following components: * The main computer that fits comfortably alongside a desk or table. * The system console connected to the computer for system activities.* An optional cabinet containing additional disk and tape drives for extra data storage. * The data communication and terminal controller, also called the DTC, that enables you to connect multiple terminals and printers to the system. * Terminals or PCs set up on each user's desktop and connected to the DTC. * Various styles of printers conveniently located for easy access by several users.In This Book You may conclude one day that there are good reasons for knowing a little more about what goes on inside your computer. You may wonder: * What really happens when you use your MPE/iX computer--what makes it work? * Why you must do certain tasks, or why you must do them in a certain way. * Whether it is time to investigate more of the full potential of your computer. This book will not turn you into a computer expert. Instead, it provides an introduction to what computers do, and how they do it. [REV BEG] ________________________________________________________________________ | | |Worth Knowing | | | |This book is not required reading. There is no requirement to | |memorize anything here, although there are ideas Worth Knowing, as | |well as facts Worth Remembering. What you will find are facts that | |you may want to know as you work with your computer and as you begin | |to discover its potential. | ________________________________________________________________________ [REV END] Each chapter presents a set of related ideas and facts about your computer. No chapter is very long. You may read the chapters in any order. But as with any body of knowledge, some facts and ideas are basic, while others are more advanced. Becoming comfortable with the basics will give you an advantage with everything that comes later. Chapter 1 What Is A Computer? The parts of computer, including the hardware and the programs that make it run. Chapter 2 Where Am I? When log on, where do you find yourself inside the computer's account structure? Knowing the account structure, and how files are named, will help to guide you to the work you want to do. The meaning of user names, session names and passwords. Chapter 3 What Are Files? The nature and structure of files--where they are kept. How the computer uses files to move information from one place to another. Chapter 4 Here I Am--What Can I Do? How your user capabilities affect your work. Programs and how to start them running on your computer. Chapter 5 Where Does the Information Go? How the computer gets information from you, and what it does with that information. Protecting your information once it is in the computer. Chapter 6 Behind the Scenes How the computer sees things. Chapter 7 Commands Types of commands, using parameters, understanding how to read the syntax diagram of a command. Chapter 8 Command Files and Jobs You create them for your own use--command files and jobs. Chapter 9 Jobs and Job Files You create them and tell the computer how and when to do your work for you. This concept guide is a companion book to Setting Up and Maintaining Your System and Using Your System. Setting Up and Maintaining Your System is the installation guide for the HP 3000 Series 9X7LX. Follow the instructions in the installation guide to get your system ready for use. Using Your System is the user's guide for using the HP 3000 Series 9X7LX computer. It describes how to use the system from two perspectives, namely by using menu-driven screens of HP Easytime/iX and by using MPE/iX commands directly. MPE/iX, Multiprogramming Executive with Integrated POSIX, is the latest in a series of forward-compatible operating systems for the HP 3000 line of computers. In HP documentation and in talking with HP 3000 users, you will encounter references to MPE XL, the direct predecessor of MPE/iX. MPE/iX is a superset of MPE XL. All programs written for MPE XL will run without change under MPE/iX. You can continue to use MPE XL system documentation, although it may not refer to features added to the operating system to support POSIX (for example, hierarchical directories). Finally, you may encounter references to MPE V, which is the operating system for HP 3000s, not based on the PA-RISC architecture. MPE V software can be run on the PA-RISC (Series 900) HP 3000s in what is know as compatibility mode.
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