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You may conclude one day that there are good reasons for knowing a little more about what goes on inside your computer. You may wonder: What really happens when you use your MPE/iX computer -- what makes it work? Why you must do certain tasks, or why you must do them in a certain way. Whether it is time to investigate more of the full potential of your
computer.
This book will not turn you into a computer expert. Instead, it provides an introduction to what computers do, and how they do it. Each chapter presents a set of related ideas and facts about your computer. No chapter is very long. You may read the chapters in any order. But as with any body of knowledge, some facts and ideas are basic, while others are more advanced. Becoming comfortable with the basics will give you an advantage with everything that comes later. - Chapter 1:
What Is A Computer? The parts of computer, including the hardware and the programs that make it run. - Chapter 2:
Where Am I? When log on, where do you find yourself inside the computer's account structure? Knowing the account structure, and how files are named, will help to guide you to the work you want to do. The meaning of user names, session names and passwords. - Chapter 3:
What Are Files? The nature and structure of files—where they are kept. How the computer uses files to move information from one place to another. - Chapter 4:
Here I Am—What Can I Do? How your user capabilities affect your work. Programs and how to start them running on your computer. - Chapter 5:
Where Does the Information Go? How the computer gets information from you, and what it does with that information. Protecting your information once it is in the computer. - Chapter 6:
Behind the Scenes How the computer sees things.
- Chapter 7:
Commands Types of commands, using parameters, understanding how to read the syntax diagram of a command. - Chapter 8:
Command Files and Jobs You create them for your own use—command files and jobs. - Chapter 9:
Jobs and Job Files You create them and tell the computer how and when to do your
work for you.
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