The purpose of this book is to help the novice become comfortable using any of the Digital Equipment Corporation's VAX computers, from the MicroVAX to the powerful VAX 8000 system. The first nine chapters cover systems which run on Version 4 of DEC's VAX/VMS operating system, while the last two introduce the user to the UNIX operating system. The book is meant to be used as a tutorial. A reader, even one with no experience, should be able to sit down at a VAX terminal and carry out the exercises in each chapter. Self-test exercises at the end of each chapter provide reinforcement, and readers are encouraged to experiment with each system, and the utilize the relevant HELP files.

Guide to the introduction of microcomputers in librarys - describes computer equipment, computer programmes, and library applications (incl. Cataloguing, periodicals control, acquisitions, circulation, indexing, information dissemination and word processing); appends a directory of hardware and software suppliers in the UK and USA. Bibliography, illustrations, photographs.

"The Encyclopedia of Microcomputers serves as the ideal companion reference to the popular Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology. Now in its 10th year of publication, this timely reference work details the broad spectrum of microcomputer technology, including microcomputer history; explains and illustrates the use of microcomputers throughout academe, business, government, and society in general; and assesses the future impact of this rapidly changing technology."