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Learning More about Athena

The following resources are available:

Resource How to Use
Pocket Guide to Athena Athena Documentation
On-Line Consultants Type olc at the athena% prompt.
Athena Consultants Call x3-4435 or stop by N42.
Athena Accounts Call x3-1325 or visit N42 for help with accounts or passwords.
Manual Pages Type man and the command you want to look up (e.g., man ls).
SIPB Call x3-7788, stop by W20-557, or e-mail sipb@mit.edu.

You can also ask other users for help online, by using Zephyr. Type zctl sub help
to join the ``help'' class, and then use zwrite -c help -i topic (where topic is a one-word description, such as emacs) to ask your questions. Although this is an unofficial service with no guarantees, chances are you will get a correct answer.

Version 1.3 by amgreene 18-Oct-89; Version 1.4 by amgreene 21-Aug-90; Version 1.5 by sorokin 3-Oct-93; Version 2.0 by geofft 7-Oct-06.


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Geoffrey Thomas
2009-06-14