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- "RS232 MADE EASY"
- "DOS|UNIX becoming a super user"
- IBM PC/XT:Making the Connections
- SCS warranty card
- SOFTWARE CABLING SYSTEM enhancements
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- "RS232 Made Easy" This book is a handbook for both the beginning
- data communicator and the advanced technician. Elements of the
- RS-232 specification are explained, including hardware handshaking,
- synchronous and asynchronous timing, parity, and all other factors
- that go into RS-232. There is a comprehensive list of the
- pinouts for over 300 different brand name computers and printers,
- making this book ideal for the computer and peripheral salesman's
- desk. Charts depicting how to construct the cables are included.
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- ORDERING: To order, please visit your local bookstore, or call
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- Market Central, Inc.
- 15 N. Jefferson Avenue
- Canonsburg, PA 15317
- 412 746 6000
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- PRICE: $21.95
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- "DOS|UNIX becoming a super user" This book, by authors Martin
- Seyer and William Mills, eases the transition between MS-DOS
- and UNIX operating systems.
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- For users familiar with MS-DOS commands, there is a chapter
- providing a cross-reference with equivalent UNIX commands,
- including examples of commands with their output. A mixture of
- IBM and AT&T computers are covered. Understanding print
- spoolers, I/O redirection, pipes, and filters will give the
- reader an important edge on making their job easier. Sample
- Systems administration sessions allow for optimal software
- setup, modem and printer connections, use of shell scripts,
- and autoboot operations. This book is an absolute must
- for those users who are working in both MS-DOS and UNIX
- environments.
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- ORDERING: To order contact your local bookstore or call
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- Market Central, Inc.
- 15 N. Jefferson Avenue
- Canonsburg, PA 15317
- 412 746 6000
- PRICE: $21.95
- Press any key to continue.
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- "IBM PC/XT: Making the Right Connections" Martin D. Seyer's book
- covering 'how to' interfacing with IBM PC/XT offers the reader
- insight into a variety of topics. Topics discussed at length
- include communications software, connecting modems, serial and
- parallel interfacing of printers, and tutorials on the RS-232
- and Centronics parallel interfaces. Tools of the trade are
- explained, such as break-out boxes, with complete examples of
- how they may be used to make connections simpler. A chapter
- is dedicated to means of optimizing your PC installation. The
- appendices include pinouts of popular peripherals, escape
- sequences for setting up printers, ASCII charts, and much more.
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- ORDERING: To order please consult your local bookstore, or call
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- Market Central, Inc.
- 15 N. Jefferson Avenue
- Canonsburg, PA 15317
- 412 746 6000
-
- PRICE: $21.95
-
- Press any key to continue.
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- Have you sent in your Software Cabling System warranty card???
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- This entitles you to one free update of the software over the
- next twelve months. There will be enhancements to the software
- program that you will receive free. Also, more entries for the SCS
- database will be provided in this update. This will allow you
- to quickly design even more cables. Simply fill out the
- registration card and forward it the following address.
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- Market Central, Inc.
- 15 N. Jefferson Avenue
- Canonsburg, PA 15317
- 412 746 6000
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- Feel free to mail in any suggestions for improvements to this
- software. The authors are anxious to provide you with the best
- possible software to aid you with your work. If your suggestion
- is used in a release of the software, you will receive an
- additional year's worth of updates on the software.
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- Watch for the introduction of future modules to the
- Software Cabling System. Several modules are soon
- to be released. The RS232 Quick Cabler, Cable Tracker,
- and Network Designer should be released soon. Please
- call or write to the following address to find out
- more details.
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- Market Central, Inc.
- 15 N. Jefferson Avenue
- Canonsburg, PA 15317
- 412 746 6000
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