From: mpye@netcom.com (Michael Pye)
Subject: VAX Operations Manual (continued)....
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 09:57:59 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

VERY sorry to all who wrote with suggestions on getting the manual to you
a bit easier.  I assumed WAY more than I should have.  Let's see if I can't 
botch it up some more....

The VAX Operations Manual was written to make life easier for Cal Poly 
Pomona's computer operators.  It contains instructions for 90% of what they 
do most often.  While some of it is highly specific to Cal Poly, much can 
be applied to any site.  

I think an ascii version would lose so much that it really wouldn't be worth
your time to download it.  There are several drawings/graphics, but what 
would probably make it most valuable is it's format.  It should be very/semi
easy to modify the manual for your own site.  The Cal Poly stuff can be 
deleted easily enough, and the format is already there to plop your site-
specific information into it.  

That said, I can provide the manual in the following formats:

   Word 5.0 for Macintosh (original format)
   Word 3.x for Macintosh
   MacWrite II 1.x
   Postscipt
   RTF (interchange format)
   Word for Windows 1.0
   Word for Windows 2.0
   Word for DOS
   Word Perfect 5.0
   Word Perfect 5.1

Not having a DOS machine, I'm not at all sure how these would translate.
It is doubtful that any would be perfect, but most of them should be 
halfway decent.  

To upload ANY of the above formats to comp.os.vms would require that
the file be UUENCODED.  This, simply stated, takes all control and funny
characters out and replaces them with standard ones.  This is necessary
to accomodate all the various types of computers out there connected to 
USENET.  So if a UUENCODED file is uploaded as a message in a newsgroup,
in order to use that file, the person downloading it will have to 
UUDECODE the file.  There are UUDECODE programs for every unix/vax/mac
box and I'm sure for the IBM PC as well.  

It gets worse....  Many systems cannot support extremely long messages.
In order to accomodate those systems, a file, such as the VAX Manual,
is split into multiple parts.  Each part is uploaded seperately.  If
a file is thusly split, it is necessary for the downloader to "unsplit"
the messages after they are downloaded.  This involves copying each
part into a single file and stripping out the headers/trailers of each 
part (usually there's a "cut here" line that gives clues).  Once the 
messages are in a single file, you can then UUDECODE the file to get
to the original.  

The best possible way to UUDECODE a file on the Mac is with a program
called UULITE.  UULITE is cool because you don't have to worry about 
stripping out the headers/trailers.  It does it for you.  All you have
to do is combine the messages into a single file, run UULITE on it, and
you're back to the original (usually).

Now a bad thing about UUENCODING files is that it tends to make them 
larger.  If the file is large in the first place, this just makes it
worse.  So in order to cut down on the size of the file, and the 
number of USENET messages needed to upload it, the file is usually 
compressed in some way.  For example, the VAX Manual would have been
over twice the size if had not been compressed.  On the Macintosh, 
the most common way to compress files is with Stuffit or Compact Pro.

So now the original file is first COMPRESSED, then UUENCODED, then
split into multiple messages, then each message is uploaded to USENET.
To retrieve such a file, you have to grab all the messages, put them in 
a single file, UUDECODE them, and then DECOMPRESS them.  

What I've described above is the classic way files like this are
transfered over USENET.  I could have/should have made life a little
easier by making the STUFFIT file self-extracting.  That way, STUFFIT
would not be needed.  At any rate, there's just not an easier way 
to transfer binary files over USENET.  Don't fret yet though....

Regarding sumex-aim: sumex-aim refered to sumex-aim.stanford.edu.  
This is ***THE*** site for Macintosh programs.  It accepts annonymous
FTP.  Stuffit Lite and UULite are both in the /info-mac/util directory.
Files with .HQX mean that they are BINHEXed.  This is the standard way
that Mac binary files are transfered over FTP.  To de-binhex such a
file, you'd need any version of Stuffit or Compact Pro or Binhex.
Yes, at some point, you're going to have to have some means of getting
a working copy of one of these programs and not a binhexed one.

*whew*

I can upload any of the mentioned formats for the VAX Manual using the 
above procedures. (I don't have access to a DOS compress program so they 
would be a bit longer than the mac formats.)  Keep in mind though that 
I'll probably get yelled at for wasting net-bandwidth if too many formats
are uploaded.  :)  

And for the REALLY squeamish, I'll do the following:  send a 
self-addressed, stamped disk-mailer and a 3.5" disk to:

   Michael Pye
   2910 Santez Drive
   Pomona, CA  91768

Specify which format(s) you'd like, and your disk will be returned 
with the files loaded.  I can read/write to any 3.5" DOS or Mac disk.
(BTW, 3 29cent stamps on a small photo/disk mailer should be all the
postage required.)  Also, please specify your net address in case 
there are any problems.  

For those still reading, here's the Table of Contents to give you a
better idea of what the manual contains:


Useful Phone Numbers                                     1
General Numbers                                          1
Computer Lab Numbers                                     1
Service Contracts                                        1
Miscellaneous Numbers                                    1
Computer Class Summary                                   2
Computer & Systems Bring-Up Order                        2
Normally                                                 2
     Quarter Break                                       2
Computer Status Hotline                                  3
     Updating the Hotline message                        3
     The message                                         3
     Sample message #1                                   3
     Sample message #2                                   3
Lab Alarm Procedures                                     4
Moisture Alarm Procedures                                5
Shutdown Procedures for VAX Systems                      6
Powerdown Procedures for VAX Systems                     7
Power Failure Procedures for VAX Systems                 8
Powerup Procedures for VAX Systems                       9
Startup Procedures for VAX Systems                       10
VMS/DCL Control Key List                                 11
HEGIS Program                                            11
Directory Specifications                                 12
File Security                                            13
     General File Permissions                            13
          SET PROTECTION                                 13
     Specific File Permissions                           14
          DIR/ACL                                        14
          SET ACL                                        14
Monitoring & Balancing the System                        15
     What to do For a System SlowDown                    15
     What to do If The System is Hung                    15
     Miscelanious Monitoring Commands                    16
          SHOW CPU/ALL                                   16
          SHOW DEFAULT                                   16
          SHOW DEVICE/FULL device-name                   16
          SHOW DEVICES/MOUNTED                           16
          SHOW ENTRY/FULL                                16
          SHOW ERROR                                     16
          SHOW MAGTAPE                                   16
          SHOW NETWORK                                   16
          SHOW PROCESS                                   16
          SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS/ID=pid                 17
          SHOW QUEUE                                     17
          SHOW QUEUE/FORM                                17
          SHOW QUOTA                                     17
          SHOW SYSTEM                                    17
          SHOW USERS                                     17
Displaying & Modifying Queues/Jobs                       18
     Displaying Print Queues                             18
     Starting & Stopping Print Queues                    18
     Changing Printer Forms                              19
     Moving Queues                                       19
     Reprinting Damaged Jobs                             20
     Aligning Standard Paper                             20
     Miscellaneous Commands                              21
          Delay printing job until after specified time  21
          Change number of copies to print               21
          Change form type for job                       21
          Hold a job for later processing                21
          Assign an operator message to a job            21
          Print selected portions of a job               21
          Set the priority of a job                      21
          Release a job that is on hold                  21
Initializing Tapes                                       22
Electronic Mail on the VAX                               23
     Your Electronic Mail Address                        23
     Sending Mail to Other Addresses                     23
     The Basics of Using Mail                            23
     Some More Advanced Mail Features                    24
     Sending Mail to Other Networks                      24
          AMERICA ONLINE                                 24
          COMPUSERVE EASYPLEX                            24
          MCI MAIL                                       24
          FIDONET MAIL                                   24
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)                             25
     Using FTP                                           25
     When Do I "GET" And When Do I "PUT"?                26
     Nationwide List of Anonymous FTP Sites              26
USENET News                                              27
     What is USENET News?                                27
     Reading USENET and Other News                       27
     Some Common News Commands                           27
Utilities                                                28
     No BIN# on Printouts                                28
     Printing Executable & Object Files                  28
     Banners (Line Printer Generated Signs)              29
     Fortune Cookies                                     29
     Line Printer Calendars                              30
     On-Screen Calendars                                 30
Miscellanious Useful Commands                            31
     DIRECTORY                                           31
     CREATE/DIR                                          31
     TYPE                                                31
     RENAME                                              31
     COPY                                                31
     DELETE                                              31
     PRINT                                               31
     PURGE                                               31
     HELP                                                31
     SET PASSWORD                                        31
     LOGOUT                                              32
     SET TIME                                            32
     SHOW                                                32
          /Device                                        32
          /Default                                       32
          /Error                                         32
          /User                                          32
          /System                                        32
     REPLY                                               32
          /Enable                                        32
          /Status                                        32
          /To                                            32
          /ABORT                                         32
          /USER                                          32
          /Term                                          32
          /All                                           32
          /URGENT                                        32
VAX Operator Hotkey Summary                              33
ASCII Character Table                                    34



The following conventions were used in the original manual:

  * TrueType Typefaces used throughout.
  * All body text in Times Roman - 10pt.
  * All terminal (example) text in courier - 10pt.
  * Courier-Plain indicates what the VAX displays.
  * Courier-Bold indicates what the operator is to type.
  * Footers in Helvetica 9pt.
  * Major sections indicated with 18pt. Times, underlined, italics, 
    and right justifed.
  * Minor sections indicated with 14pt. Times, italics and left justified.
  * Table of contents marks are used throughout.  I'm not sure how well this
    feature of Mac Word will translate to other formats.
  * All graphics were pasted in PICT format.  Again, I'm not sure if they'll
    translate well.