Computer Guides for ACES Employees

These links contain a number of mini-instructional guides, most of which are tailored for use by ACES staff. In many cases the information will apply to other personnel as well, but keep in mind that we have intentionally eliminated as many variables as possible to simplify the instructions.

PC Tips

* Win95 Tips Help related to printing, screensavers, and other helpful hints.

* Converting a Wordstar (or WordPerfect) Document to ASCII. For use with E-Mail, E-News, or for loading into another program.

* How to Install an HPLJ 5 on your PC serial port (Win95)

* Use and Care of HPLJ Printers.When it quits completely or starts acting abnormally, you may want to check this one out!

ACENET Tips

* Clean up behind yourself after an improper termination. Sooner or later you're gonna be doing something on ACENET and the service you've requested is going to lock up or maybe just be incredibly slow. In such cases we understand that it is impossible to properly logout of the system. This note will show you how to make sure you've not created problems for other users.

* Mail Errors Bounced mail isn't the end of the world. You too can figure out what it means.

* Getting Rid of the Extra Messages as you Login (ACES Only)

* Using Pine for E-Mail Many features of Pine (as configured for ACES) explained in a simple, easy to understand fashion.

Signature File for E-Mail Steps for creating or changing your email signature file.

* Extension Today - E-news Information

* Extension Today - Pine Addressbook

* To do the same thing to a bunch of files using the Unix C-shell.

* "mprint" A Unix script to make the task of printing multiple pages on one physical sheet of paper a painless one. Available ONLY on an ACES SPARCstation.

Network Administration

* How to add PPP clients to DP on the ACES network.

* Sun SPARCprinter "U2 Error" FixTo eliminate those aggravating horizontal lines produced on a SPARCprinter when the ROS begins to fail.

Modems

* US Robotics Modem Registers -- Courier and Sportster settings as used on the modem pool.

* WorldBlazer Modem Bank Registers as used on the modem pool

 Notes from the manufacturers...

* US Robotics Sportster Notes

* US Robotics Courier Notes

And More...

* Loading Sun Raster files into Island Paint (SPARCstation use only)

* ACENET -- an architectural overview of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Network. Info about the types of services provided.