The Student Information Processing Board is devoted to helping the MIT community
use the Institute's computer facilities with greater ease and efficiency. Since
we know how dry and badly written the average user manual is, we write and maintain
many documents on our own. This documentation is freely provided to users in
the form of online and printed manuals, UNIX man pages, and emacs info files,
in addition to the documentation available in our office. The source for almost
all of this documentation is available online under the directory /afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/doc,
and is redistributable under certain conditions. All these documents are copyright
by the SIPB. Although these guides are mainly of use to Athena users, SIPB documents
are known to be used at universities other than MIT. Hardcopies of these documents
are available for free in the SIPB Office (W20-557) and online versions are
also available via Athena's online "help" facility, by selecting "Documentation
Archives" from the main menu.
| AFS |
- Inessential
AFS ( DVI )
- A guide to understanding and working with the Andrew File System.
|
| Athena |
- An Inessential
Quick Reference to Athena ( DVI
)
- A one-page reference to the most basic information about Athena, including
logging in, reading mail, and getting help.
- An
Inessential Guide to Athena ( DVI )
- A large guide on how to get the most out of your Athena account,
from reading mail, to using AFS, to sending zephyrs.
|
| Discuss |
- Using
Discuss ( DVI
)
- A guide to using and enjoying the Discuss bulletin board system on
Athena.
|
| DVI |
- DVI
files? What are those? What's XDVI? ( DVI )
- XDVI is a program to view DVI files, a common output format from
LaTeX et al.
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| Graphics |
- Inessential Bitmaps
( DVI )
- A guide to drawing and displaying XBM bitmaps and other graphics.
|
| Internal |
- Inessential Refrigerator Restocking ( inquire at
SIPB )
- A guide on how to restock a soda fridge. It isn't as hard as you
make it look.
- SIPB Office Manual ( inquire at SIPB )
- A guide to the SIPB.
|
| Java |
- Java Class
Notes
- These are the electronic slides that were used in SIPB's popular Java class.
|
| LaTeX |
- Inessential
LaTeX ( DVI )
- A guide to using LaTeX, a typesetting program for writing books,
papers, theses, etc.
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| Linux |
- Getting
Started with Linux on MITnet ( DVI )
- A one-page reference on Linux, a free implementation of UNIX for
386 and 486 computers.
- Inessential
Linux-Athena ( DVI )
- A draft guide on obtaining Athena services on computers running the
Linux operating system.
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| MATLAB |
- Inessential
MATLAB ( DVI )
- A guide to using the MATLAB
software on Athena.
|
| NetBSD |
- Installing
NetBSD/i386 on MITnet ( DVI )
- A one-page document describing how to install NetBSD/i386 on MITnet.
NetBSD is a freely distributable BSD-style unixfor many types of hardware,
including i386, m68k, hp300, Macintosh, and DEC Alpha, VAX, and pmax.
|
| Netnews |
- NetNews:
A One-Page Guide to the Usenet ( DVI )
- A one-page reference to reading NetNews.
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| Passwords |
- How
to Choose a Good Password ( DVI )
- A one-page list of guidelines and suggestions on how to choose secure
passwords, and why you should.
|
| PGP |
- Getting Started
with PGP on Athena
- A quick guide to using PGP security on Athena.
|
| Zephyr |
- Inessential Zephyr
( DVI )
- A guide on conversing with other users with the Zephyr message system
on Athena.
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