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STAN-CS-81-839
Short Waits
by Arthur L. Samuel (37 pages, February 1981)

	This is an introductory manual describing the SU-AI timesharing system
that is available primarily for sponsored research in the Computer Science 
Department.  The present manual is written for the beginner and the user interested
primarily in the message-handling capability as well as for the experienced
computer user and programmer who either is unfamiliar with the SU-AI computer or
who uses it infrequently.  References are made to the available hard-copy manuals
and to the extensive on-line document files where more complete information can be 
obtained.

	The principal advantages of this system are:

1) The availability of a large repertoire of useful system features; 2) The large
memory; 3) The large file-storage system; 4) The ease with which one can access
other computers via the ARPA net; 5) The file transfer facilities via the EFTP
program and the ETHERNET; 6) The XGP and the DOVER printers and the large
collections of fonts available for them; and 7) The fast and convenient E editor
with its macro facilities.