2 Feb 1995
Recent changes to PCLT are noted in our newspaper, " Road and Hack ."
PC Lube and Tune is a Service Station and convenience store at Exit 130.132 on the National Information Highway. An ordinary Service Station provides gas, sodas, repairs, maps, and advice. The PCLT objective is to supply usable introductions, tutorials, and education on technical subjects to the large audience of computer users. The method is to supply system independent hypertext files using the tools of the Internet World Wide Web project.
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Self Service - We give advice, you do the work
No Minimum Speed Limit - Written at home, uploaded with SLIP, runs well on a modem
Rebuilds are our specialty - Nobody is a "Client/Server Expert." The new technology must be staffed by retraining existing professionals.
We offer Road Service. Is your Client/Server migration stalled out? Is your Information System planning stuck in the mud? You are not alone. Most IS thinking ran out of gas three years ago, and we have been coasting along and slowing down since then. Call PCLT staff for assistance.
Upgrade your skills with the PCLT "Master Mechanic" Seminar . Understand all about PC's, communication, and the corporate Client-Server environment. E-Mail PCLT to suggest we schedule a seminar in your city.
Articles in PCLT are freely available for network browsing by individuals. Copying, printing, redistribution, commercial, or corporate use is prohibited without a license as explained in the copyright policy .
Follow the posted signs . Example:
means slow down, curvy logic ahead.
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The Warp Internet Connection - An section of the larger Windows on the World package of special interest. This article is under development, comments are welcome.
Windows on the World - A guide to the options, installation, and configuration of Internet access in the Windows or OS/2 family of systems. Basic Internet support is included in OS/2 Warp, Windows NT, and Windows 95 (Chicago). It can be easily added to either Plain Old Windows or Windows for Workgroups. This article leads the viewer through the installation and configuration of Internet access through LANs or dial-up modems on each type of system. It then shows the advantages and limitations of popular freeware and shareware Internet applications available on the network.
Surviving the Next OS - It used to be possible to ignore OS/2 and Windows NT. Now Microsoft is about to Windows 95 (Chicago) to replace both DOS and older Windows. Everyone has to think about converting. Here is an objective comparison of the structural features of current and future operating systems.
The Storm Before the COM - A discussion of COM ports, modems and the new ISDN communications option. Why do COM ports have all these settings when there is only one right value? What is a "16550 UART" and why do you need one? This article explains how personal communications works and how to solve common problems.
An Introduction to PC Hardware - Wonder what the difference is between an SX, DX, SL, and SLC? Can't tell the difference between "interleave" and "interlace"? After reading this article, you will be able to understand the ads in Computer Shopper, and you may even make a better choice next time you buy a PC.
Das Boot - How to plan, partition, install, and remove DOS, OS/2, NT, and other operating systems on the same disk at the same time. How to diagnose boot time failures. Topics include: FDISK, MBR, Boot Manager, Dual Boot, boot sectors, primary partitions, logical volumes.
Introduction to SNA - To make the transition to Client/Server technology, it will still be necessary to communicate to legacy systems. To make the transition from Research to Production, networks have to achieve a high level of management and reliability. SNA provides mainframe and corporate access, and as it has evolved to provide more flexibility. Unfortunately, it is still almost impossible to understand the key concepts within the mass of standard documentation.
Introduction to TCP/IP - A bit more about the communications protocol used on the Internet.
Introduction to APPC - Lurking within the stupendously complicated collection of state-tables and return codes is a fairly simple and very powerful communications protocol. APPC is the most efficient choice for communications with a mainframe, an AS/400, or for transport through the big corporate backbone network. The traditional manuals are definitive, but impossible to understand. This paper approaches the same subject from a more reasonable perspective.
Ethernet - the most common choice for high speed communication to the desktop.
You will soon be able to visit our new Parts Department [under construction]. With hypertext, you can link a phrase in your documents to a separate file that defines and explains the term. However, jumping into the middle of some other document can be confusing, unless the author of the other document specifically prepares it to stand alone. PCLT is constructing a pool of spare parts for technical documentation on computers, communication, and networks. Some items have been constructed specifically as spare parts, while others are created by our Chop Shop from sections of larger documents. You will soon be able to search our Parts Catalog for the keyword you need.
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