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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
BKPTHWRK.RVW 931015
CBM Books
101 Witmer Road PO Box 446
Horsham, PA 19044
215-957-4265 215-957-4287 Fax: 215-957-1050
76702.1565@compuserve.com books@propress.com
"The Complete Guide to Pathworks", Spencer, 1878956221
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.
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.
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."
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.
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1993 BKPTHWRK.RVW 931015
Permission granted to distribute with unedited copies of the Digest
DECUS Canada Communications, Desktop, Education and Security group newsletters
Editor and/or reviewer ROBERTS@decus.ca, RSlade@sfu.ca, Rob Slade at 1:153/733
DECUS Symposium '94, Vancouver, BC, Mar 1-3, 1994, contact: rulag@decus.ca