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Introduction to the HP 3000
900 Series HP 3000
HP Precision Architecture (HP-PA)
MPE Operating Systems
MPE/iX and MPE V/E Operating Systems
Naming Conventions for HP 3000 Systems and Software
Native Mode and Compatibility Mode
MPE/iX Mixed Modes
900 Series Migration
Object Code Translator
Native Mode Compilers
Data Base Manipulations
Migration Restrictions
Cross-family Application Development
MPE/iX Features
Multiprogramming
Interactive and Batch Processing
MPE/iX Information Management
Self-adjusting System Tables
On-line Diagnostics for Peripherals
Disc Failure Tolerance
Automatic Power Fail Recovery
MPE/iX Transaction Management Facility
Transaction Locking
Transaction Logging and Recovery
Simplifying a Program
DEBUG
MPE/iX User Interface
MPE/iX System Performance
Mapped Files
Directory Entries
Native Mode System Components
Terminal Keyboard Layouts
Giving Commands to MPE/iX
MPE/iX Commands
Command Files and User-defined Command Files
Break Mode
Echo On/Off
Accounting Structure Overview
Logon and Logoff
Account
User
Group
File Specifications
Session and Batch Modes
Converting Data Files from MPE V/E to MPE/iX
Data Alignment Differences
Converting Files
Data Communications
Network File Transfer (NFT)
Remote Process Management (RPM)
Local Area Network (LAN)
Remote File Access
Remote Terminal Access
Remote Data Base Access

This chapter introduces the 900 Series HP 3000 and the MPE/iX operating system, describing how they fit into the HP 3000 family of computers and MPE operating systems, in general. It describes hardware and software naming conventions and provides a brief overview of migration to the 900 Series from MPE V/E-based systems. It describes MPE/iX dual operating modes, features, and major subsystems.

It provides an overview of MPE/iX accounting structure, session and batch modes, how to execute MPE/iX commands, and the considerations necessary to convert files to MPE/iX.

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