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Eight sections. Enough to be at home on a machine from 1985 without having been there the first time.

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Name

ipnx — Research Unix Eighth Edition on an emulated VAX-11/780

Description

This manual covers the app: what it does on first launch, what the windows are, and how to get at the parts of the machine that are not obvious. It does not try to teach Unix — the system carries its own manual, and man works inside it exactly as it did.

Contents

  1. 01Getting startedFirst launch, the account it makes for you, and how to log in.
  2. 02The terminalsThe console, tty01–tty07, and why there are windows rather than tabs.
  3. 03The DMD 5620The bitmapped terminal, its two screen sizes, and the phosphor.
  4. 04mux and layersDownloading the window system, sweeping a layer, and running jim.
  5. 05Sharing files with your Mac/n/macos and /n/home over Weinberger’s network file system.
  6. 06NetworkingThe Interlan card, TCP/IP, name resolution, and reaching the Internet.
  7. 07SettingsScreen, phosphor, scaling, terminal speed, snapshots and the disk.
  8. 08TroubleshootingWhen the machine will not stop, and what a clean halt is for.

Something missing or wrong? Tell me — the manual is as much a part of this as the code.