Re: Scanned paperback book "RSX A User's Guide"

[Al Kossow via cctalk]

On 4/16/18 7:54 PM, Mark Matlock via cctech wrote:

>I’d like to make it available online

it is online now

http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/rsx11/Pieper_RSX_A_Guide_For_Users_1987.pdf

Re: Scanned paperback book "RSX A User's Guide"

[Jason T via cctalk]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Al Kossow via cctech
 wrote:
> it is online now
>
> http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/rsx11/Pieper_RSX_A_Guide_For_Users_1987.pdf

D'oh - I was already working on trimming up Mark's copy and OCRing it.
I got the cover scans from him as well.  My document is here:

http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/index.php?dir=%2Fbooks%2FComputing/OperatingSystems

-j

RE: Scanned paperback book "RSX A User's Guide"

[Kevin Lee via cctalk]

Thanks for this great contribution.. it really gives me a heads up 
To rsx that I might need in the coming months.

Cheers


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Subject: Re: Scanned paperback book "RSX A User's Guide"



On 4/16/18 7:54 PM, Mark Matlock via cctech wrote:

>I’d like to make it available online

it is online now

http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/rsx11/Pieper_RSX_A_Guide_For_Users_1987.pdf

RE: Scanned paperback book "RSX A User's Guide"

[Jay West via cctalk]

Mark - if you don't find another good spot for it, I'd be happy to host it for 
free. Perhaps rsx.classiccmp.org or such.

Best,

J

Re: Scanned paperback book "RSX A User's Guide"

[Lee Courtney via cctalk]

"Since I didn’t have an industrial book shear to remove the binding,"

Mark - most Kinko's have one of these and can easily cut off the binding
for a small fee.

Lee Courtney

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 7:54 PM, Mark Matlock via cctech <
cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:

>I recently decided to make scan a paperback book that I happen to have
> two copies of. It is "RSX A Guide for Users by John Pieper” published in
> 1987 by DEC. I have not seen a copy of it in any of the online sources like
> bit savers. For anyone just starting out with RSX it is a nice general read
> that also covers some system topics like backups, etc. similar to the paper
> back VAX/VMS user and system manager books.
>
>I’d like to make it available online but wasn’t sure how to submit it.
> It is about 38 MB in size so bigger than an email (at my email).
>
>   Since I didn’t have an industrial book shear to remove the binding, I
> used a belt sander to remove enough go the binding to pull the pages free
> easily and then used a paper cutter to trim the pages a bit to remove any
> last traces of glue that would have jammed the scanner. The book is about
> 360 pages.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark Matlock




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