VM/CMS : a user's guide

Author(s)

    • Chase, Paul

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VM/CMS : a user's guide

Paul Chase

Wiley, c1989

  • : pbk.

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Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book is a comprehensive introduction to VM/CMS (Virtual Machine/Conversational Monitor System) which is a general purpose operating system developed by IBM to run on computers ranging from minicomputers such as the IBM 9370, to supercomputers such as the IBM 3090. These machines, under VM/CMS, are used for a variety of applications such as statistics, text editing, text processing, communications, and the computational sciences. The book contains command syntax as well as tutorial discussions clarifying the use of particular commands and how they relate to others. Substantial material on the full screen text editor (XEDIT) is also included. This volume will be of use to data processing professionals, scientific statistical and text processing professionals.

Table of Contents

THE VM/CMS SYSTEM. A Conceptual Overview of VM/CMS. Accessing and Leaving VM/CMS. Becoming Acquainted with VM/CMS. CMS Disks and CMS Disk Files. CREATING AND EDITING FILES WITH XEDIT. Becoming Acquainted with XEDIT. Performing Common Editing Tasks with XEDIT. Special Topics in XEDIT. Customizing the XEDIT Environment. WORKING WITH DISK FILES. Working with Disk Files. Managing Disk Files. COMMUNICATING WITH OTHER COMPUTER USERS. SPECIAL TOPICS IN VM/CMS. Managing Your Virtual Machine. Virtual Devices and Spooling. Customizing the CP/CMS Environments. Diagnosing and Correcting Problems. Index.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA52132165
  • ISBN
    • 0471501700
  • LCCN
    88026069
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvi, 466 p.
  • Size
    26 cm.
  • Classification
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