The Operating Systems Handbook: Unix, Openvms, Os/400, Vm, and MVS
by Bob DuCharme
Publisher: McGraw-Hill 1994
ISBN/ASIN: 0070178917
ISBN-13: 9780070178915
Number of pages: 390
Description:
In today's multivendor client/server environments, it is essential that computer professionals know how to do their job across a variety of platforms and systems. This book will help readers who are experts using one of the five most popular mainframe and mid-range operating systems become skilled users of the other four. Includes concise tutorials, step-by-step examples and quick-reference material.
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