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- Date: 20 Nov 93 18:49 -0600
- From: Rob Slade <roberts@decus.arc.ab.ca>
- Subject: Book Review: "The Complete Guide to Pathworks" by Spencer
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- BKPTHWRK.RVW 931015
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- CBM Books
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- "The Complete Guide to Pathworks", Spencer, 1878956221
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- The title here is almost justified, but is perhaps just a tad
- enthusiastic. Although the subtitle does refer to "Pathworks for VMS
- and DOS," it is a bit of a surprise to find the author extolling the
- virtues of Pathworks as a means to tie together VMS, DOS, Macs, OS/2,
- Windows and so forth, and thereafter completely ignoring everything
- except VMS and DOS.
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- If you are dealing with VMS and DOS only, then this is reasonably
- complete. Everything you need; installation, cabling, configuration,
- printing, management, security, troubleshooting, etc.; is in here
- someplace. You may, however, have to dig for it. The organization is
- not particularly logical for a tutorial, first telling you how to
- install it, and only then considering how to set up network cabling.
- The chapter divisions make sense, though, and as a reference it works
- just fine.
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- Generally speaking, the level of the material is sufficient to most
- common use. There will be times when you need additional help. This
- is particularly true in terms of MS-DOS. The book assumes that
- readers are well familiar with DOS: the "suggested readings" are
- primarily directed at getting more help for VMS. On the other hand,
- some DEC-specific areas are assumed as well. The coverage of DECnet
- is basically, "Start it and make sure it is set up properly."
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- For most reasonably simple applications, however, this is a basic "one
- stop" reference for a myriad details to do with the network. Although
- the average user won't find much helpful here, system managers and
- technical support staff will likely find it a handy quick guide.
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- copyright Robert M. Slade, 1993 BKPTHWRK.RVW 931015
- Permission granted to distribute with unedited copies of the Digest
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- DECUS Symposium '94, Vancouver, BC, Mar 1-3, 1994, contact: rulag@decus.ca
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