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Synopsis
The IBM RISC System 6000 family of UNIX-based workstations offers computing and network capabilities to large and small businesses. This new edition of an operator's text has been updated to include information on new releases of the RISC System 6000, and now includes over a dozen new RS/6000 models including a new POWERnotebook computer; new Xstations; a new version of the AIX operating system; and many new extension products. This 4th edition also introduces detailed information on: new 9333/9334 disk drive models; new graphics adapters; new RAIDiant disk drive arrays; new printers; new optical disk drives; and new tape drives. Aimed at the business user, the book includes detailed coverage of the basics, as well as hardware, networking, communication and peripheral issues. It uses case studies to illustrate what the latest computing technology can do for any business.
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From the Back Cover
Written by an IBM insider, IBM RISC System/6000, Fifth Edition is the businessperson′s complete guide to all important details of every model. Revised and updated, this Fifth Edition includes information on new releases of the RISC System/6000 hardware and software.
Provides detailed information on selecting and integrating the right RISC System/6000, and what it can do for your business
- Offers detailed coverage of the new systematic multiprocessors
- Covers Power PC architecture used in some RISC System/ 6000 models and developed jointly by IBM/Apple and Motorola
- Explains IBM′s Power and Power 2 architecture, which gives the RISC System/6000 its impressive performance
- Describes the many options and peripherals available for the RISC System/6000
- Discusses network configurations and purchase planning, training, maintenance, and security issues
- Covers over a dozen new RISC System/6000 models and new Xstations
- Covers the AIX operating system and many new extension products that support functions such as Distributed Computing Environment (DCE), continuous speech recognition, object–oriented programming, client/server computing, and many more
- Covers the new 9333/9334 disk drive models as well as new graphics adapters, RAIDiant disk drive arrays, printers, optical disk drives, and tape drives
- Supplies three examples of organizations that were outfitted with RISC System/6000 hardware and software to meet their needs in both commercial and technical environments
About the Author
JIM HOSKINS is the founder of Maximum Press and a former IBMer with ten years′ experience as an IBM design engineer, IBM manager, and IBM marketing representative. As part of the original development team for the IBM PS/2 family, Jim wrote IBM Personal Systems: A Business Perspective, which became a bestseller and has been translated into eleven foreign languages. Jim is also the author of IBM AS/400: A Business Perspective, now in its sixth edition, and IBM ES/9000: A Business Perspective, now in its second edition.
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- PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0471599352
- ISBN 13 9780471599357
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number4
- Number of pages364
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