<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< [Ivy]Documentation.Root >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< This net must be a community effort in order to be successful. Please keep the net up-to-date by inserting new sections, references, anecdotes, names of available hardcopy documents, etc. If you try to look something up and find no references, please add the relevant pointers when you do find some documentation. This is intended to be an informal system with no limitations on topics included. The [Ivy] directory is open to writing by anyone so that you may update this file (and its index file) or add additional publicly modifiable documentation files. Bug any of the following terms to get started into the net. (If you are unfamiliar with Poppy, bug Help for instructions.) Alto Hardware Alto Operating System Alto User's Handbook BCPL (A system's programming language.) Bicycling (Local trips, hints, good repair shops, etc.) Bravo (A Display-Based Text Editor) Directories (Useful ones to know about) EtherNet (How all the Altos communicate.) A Field Guide To AltoLand Fonts FTP (for transferring files between machines) Laurel (A message/letter system for your Alto) Mesa (A strongly-typed systems programming language.) NetExec (An Alto executive program available off the EtherNet.) People (Name, address, interests, etc.) Phone Numbers (Xerox folk - internal numbers.) Poppy (A file retrieval, indexing, and display program.) Restaurants (A local guide.) ---- end of Top-Level entries into the documentation net ---- (The initial entries below are very skeletal entries merely to suggest what such a net may be like rather than to provide much real information. If you can improve on any of them, please do so. A reasonable organization eventually might be to have the root node consist entirely of brief entries each with an index entry pointing to a more elaborate Poppy file giving more extensive definitions and references. (As the Poppy pointer does now.) Alto Hardware: The hardware description manual is [Maxc]AltoHardware.press. Alto Operating System: The operating system is described in [Maxc]OS.press. Documentation on some of the subsystems available is given in [Maxc]SubSystems.press. Alto User's Handbook: This is a Xerox PARC Report (Oct. 1976), with subsections on the following topics: Alto Non-programmers Guide Bravo Manual MarkUp User's Manual Draw Manual DDS Reference Manual FTP Reference Manual (It's becoming a bit dated.) Bravo: There are two documents describing Bravo: [1] Jerome, Suzan. Bravo Course Outline. Xerox PARC Internal Report. [2] Alto User's Handbook. Xerox Parc Report. (Oct. 1976) Directories: The following directories are useful places to know about. [Maxc] Alto programs and subsystems (code only) [Maxc] Documentation for Alto programs is stored here. [Maxc] Source files for programs. [Maxc] Contains fonts and Fonts.widths files. [Maxc] Documentation about graphics facilities. [Iris] Where the Mesa system resides. The subdirectory System> contains the .bcd files for the standard modules. [Iris> Utilities and packages. A Field Guide To AltoLand: This is an excellent introduction to AltoLand, highly recommended for first-time users. You can print it from [Ivy]AltoLand>FieldGuide.press. Mesa: The following documents describe Mesa and its systems: Mesa Language Manual (by J. G. Mitchell, W. Maybury, and R. Sweet). Xeros PARC Report CSL-78-1. February 1978. Mesa Debugger Documentation. Version 4.0 May 1978. Xerox PARC Internal Report. Mesa System Documentation. Version 4.0 May 1978. Xerox PARC Internal Report. (Describes what's new in version 4.0.) The Mesa system is kept on the directory [Iris].