HP 3000 Manuals

Understanding Your System

Table of Contents

 Understanding Your System
   Understanding Your System : COPYRIGHT NOTICE

   Ch 1.  What Is a Computer?
      Parts and Pieces--Seen and Unseen
          Hardware
             Peripheral devices
          Software
          Files
      What Are Programs?
      How Do Programs Do What They Do?
      The Idea Behind Computing
          Your mental computer
          So a computer is....
          What computers do
      Interruptions
          Shutdowns
          Backups
          System too busy
          What to do

   Ch 2.  Where Am I?--Logging On
      Maintaining Order
      Gaining Admission
      Starting a Session
          When you log on
          I have logged on--now where am i?
             The address of files
             The full names of files
          Where is that file?
             LISTFILE options
          Session names
          Password protection
          Logging on without a group
          Shared group
      SYS--A Special Account
          MANAGER.SYS
          OPERATOR.SYS
          The PUB group
          The account manager

   Ch 3.  What Are Files?
      Where Are Files?
          Disk memory
          File recording
          Pointing to the right pieces
          The naming of files
      The Location of Files
          File names and logons
          Types of files
          Execution or information
          Mnemonics
      The File Connection
          Devices
             $STDIN and $STDLIST
             The LDEV connection
             The console
             Other LDEVs
          The file equation connection
          Input default for PRINT
          Redirecting STORE
          Configuration--teaching the computer
          Spool files/print files

   Ch 4.  Here I Am--What Can I Do?
      Capabilities
      Who Can, Who Cannot...
          In charge of the entire system
          In charge, day to day
          In charge of an account
          At the group level
          Users
          If you log on in...
             User JOHN logs on in PUB
             User JOHN logs on in MYGROUP
             User John logs on in OTHERGRP
          Other capabilities
          Access control definitions (ACDs)
          User and Group IDs
      Can I...?
          Programs
          Commands
      Starting Programs
          Starting with the RUN command
          Starting without the RUN command
             Path restriction
             Name restriction
          Starting with the XEQ command

   Ch 5.  Where Does the Information Go?
      To and From Your Terminal
          What computers "know"
          Understanding your command
          Acting on your command
      Destinations for Information
          Computer memory
             Random access memory (RAM)
             Read only memory (ROM)
          Disk--saving information
          Tape--protecting information
             Backing up files: full or partial
          Printers
      Spool Files/Print files
          Output spool files
          Input spool files

   Ch 6.  Behind the Scenes
      Why Numbers?
          Binary notation
          ASCII code
             Control and Escape
             Letters and numbers
             Files: ASCII or binary?
      A Practical Problem
      Addition--Computer Problem Solving

   Ch 7.  Commands
      Types of Commands
          Restricted commands
          Console commands
      Command Parameters
          Optional parameters
          Required parameters
      Help with Commands
          Syntax diagrams
          Variables and keywords
             Variable--required parameter
             Variable--optional parameter
             Keyword--not variable
          The elements of syntax
      Defaulted or Omitted Parameters
      PRINT--A Closer Look

   Ch 8.  Command Files and Jobs
      Command Files
      Jobs and Job Files
      Job or Session?
          Starting jobs through HP Easytime/iX
          Starting jobs through MPE/iX Commands
      When You Run a Job
          At the start
          Job priority
          Getting over the fence
          Scheduling
          Errors and your job listing
   INDEX
       Index

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