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Subject:Re: another bad manuscript From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 3 Aug 1994 16:51:57 GMT
Here's my collection of classics -- as a tech editor, it was either
write these down to share them or bang my head against the wall! Names
of products have been changed to protect the guilty.
Choose the number of the option you want to choose.
Most printers have a specific format or language that it expects all
the files sent to it to be in.
Type 4 to see what 4 does.
The printer loopback test relies on the special loopback plugs doing
things with the data lines and the status lines.
It is possible to achieve 40 MFLOPS when executing DP linpack saxpy
inner loop.
Indexing is just what many hope it is by the time they actually get to
it: a simple utility with a few well-chosen features.
The TTY version of this application is available for dumb terminal
users.
It will make for smooth sailing down the road if you are familiar with
the process from the start.
Holding the Volume-Down button down will auto-repeat shifts downward
one interval, thereby lowering the volume to your desired listening
level.
Primitives taking a list of point lists use a separate bounding box
parameter, the bounding box of all the point list bounding boxes.
In earlier workstations, it was possible for I/O to significantly
reduce performance by hogging all of the memory bandwidth.
The standard ISDN telephone set is essentially the same as the digital
telephones commonly found in modern offices except that the interface
is different.
Depending on the type of application and tools available, a single
large job can be decomposed into several smaller ones.
Wherever you enter the great chain of software being, this application can
help you gain control of the programming task.
Adherance to these interface standards strikes a blow for ease of
use.
This system offers considerably more expandability, giving it room to
grow in just about every dimension.
If the short condition is outside the system unit, remove it.
Repeat the previous two steps until you get it right.
Caution - Ensure that the main power circuit breaker has been switched
to the OFF position as indicated in the procedure referred to in the
previous step prior to proceeding.
add [<files>] Adds the files in the current directory or the
files specified by <files> to the list of files
read from the tape. Files are marked with the
character * (asterisk) when they are listed
with the ls interactive command once they are
specified to be read by this interactive
command.
Booting the Operating System
1. Go to the handbook for your system's operating system that came with
the peripheral to find this procedure.
2. See the section about booting the system.
3. Return to this book after you perform the procedures.
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Janice Gelb | (415) 336-7075
janiceg -at- marvin -dot- eng -dot- sun -dot- com | "A silly message but mine own" (not Sun's!)
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