On-Line Documentation

Academic and Research Computing produces instructional documents on using computing services and facilities in the form of Quick Studies, one-page in length, and longer, more detailed memos.

Quick Studies and memos are available in printed form from the racks outside the VCC Help Desk.

To view a Quick Study or a Memo, select either HTML or PDF after the title.
Click here for a list of Quick Studies and Memos by subject.
Click here for a list of Quick Studies and Memos by number.

Quick Studies and Memos (by subject)

Using UNIX/RCS

• Quick Study #1: RCS Basics ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #2: Useful UNIX Commands ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #19: Changing Your RCS and Windows Passwords ( HTML | PDF)
• Quick Study #23: Using the UNIX emacs Editor ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #24: Using the UNIX Visual Editor (vi) on the RCS UNIX Platform ( HTML | PDF )
• Memo RPI.112: Using UNIX Workstations ( HTML | PDF )
• Memo RPI.113: Using UNIX: The Rensselaer Computing System (RCS) ( HTML | PDF)
• Memo RPI.114: Sharing Files in RCS UNIX ( HTML | PDF )
• Memo RPI.116: Usenet News ( HTML )

Mail

• Quick Study #3: Using the Eudora Pro Mail Program on Your PC (Version 4.0.1 and Above)
  ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #4: Configuring and Using the Microsoft Outlook Mail Program on Your PC ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #5: Using Netscape Mail on Your PC ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #6: Using Netscape Mail in the UNIX Environment ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #21: Using Z-Mail Electronic Mail on the RCS UNIX Platform ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #31: Using Z-Mail Remotely with the Command Line Interface ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #34: Using Rensselaer Webmail ( HTML | PDF )
• Memo RPI.115: Using Electronic Mail in UNIX: UCB Mail ( HTML )

Printing / Scanning

• Quick Study #8: Installing an RCS Printer on Your PC ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #16: Printing From RCS UNIX Systems ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #27: Printing Mailing Labels from RCS UNIX Systems ( HTML | PDF )
• Memo RPI.126: Scanning Images and Text ( HTML | PDF )

Software

• Quick Study #20: Using TeX and LaTeX on RCS UNIX Systems ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #33: Maple ( HTML | PDF )
• Memo RPI.109: Text Formatting With LaTeX: A Tutorial ( DVI | PDF | TXT)
• Memo RPI.110: Preparing a Thesis With LaTeX ( HTML | PDF )

Remote Access

• Quick Study #9: Mapping an RCS Drive on a PC ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #10: Enabling File and Print Sharing in Windows 9x and ME ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #11: Sharing PC Files Using RCS (sambasrv) ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #12: Installing and Configuring a TCP/IP Stack: Dynamic and Static IP Addresses
  ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #25: Transferring Files in RCS UNIX Using ftp ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #26: Transferring Files on a PC Using FTP ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #28: Windows 95/98/ME and Dial-up PPP Connections (HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #29: Windows 2000 and Dial-up PPP Connections (HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #32: Some Basics about the EZ-Snapshot File Backup Service ( HTML | PDF )
• Memo RPI.117: Transferring Files: Using FTP in UNIX ( HTML )
• Memo RPI.122: VersaTerm ( HTML )
• Memo RPI.125: Connecting Your Windows 95/98 PC to RCS HTML )

Netscape/RPInfo

• Quick Study #6: Using Netscape Mail in the UNIX Environment ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #7: Reading News Groups Using Netscape Communicator ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #22: Using Netscape and RPInfo on the UNIX Platform ( HTML | PDF )
• Memo RPI.120: Creating Web Pages in RPInfo Using HTML ( HTML )

Using Your Rensselaer Laptop

• Quick Study #13: Re-Imaging Your T22 Rensselaer Laptop ( HTML | PDF )

Numerically Intensive Computing

• Quick Study #30: Batch Processing for NIC Users ( HTML | PDF )

List of Quick Studies and Memos (by number)

• Memo RPI.109: Text Formatting With LaTeX: A Tutorial ( DVI | PDF | TXT)
• Memo RPI.110: Preparing a Thesis With LaTeX ( HTML | PDF )
• Memo RPI.112: Using UNIX Workstations HTML | PDF )
• Memo RPI.113: Using UNIX: The Rensselaer Computing System (RCS) ( HTML | PDF )
• Memo RPI.114: Sharing Files in RCS UNIX ( HTML | PDF )
• Memo RPI.115: Using Electronic Mail in UNIX: UCB Mail ( HTML )
• Memo RPI.116: Usenet News ( HTML )
• Memo RPI.117: Transferring Files: Using FTP in UNIX ( HTML )
• Memo RPI.120: Creating Web Pages in RPInfo Using HTML ( HTML )
• Memo RPI.122: VersaTerm ( HTML )
• Memo RPI.125: Connecting Your Windows 95/98 PC to RCS ( HTML )
• Memo RPI.126: Scanning Images and Text ( HTML | PDF )

• Quick Study #1: RCS Basics ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #2: Useful UNIX Commands ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #3: Using the Eudora Pro Mail Program on Your PC (Version 4.0.1 and Above)
  ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #4: Configuring and Using the Microsoft Outlook Mail Program on Your PC ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #5: Using Netscape Mail on Your PC ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #6: Using Netscape Mail in the UNIX Environment ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #7: Reading News Groups Using Netscape Communicator ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #8: Installing an RCS Printer on Your PC ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #9: Mapping an RCS Drive on a PC ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #10: Enabling File and Print Sharing in Windows 9x and ME ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #11: Sharing PC Files Using RCS (sambasrv) ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #12: Installing and Configuring a TCP/IP Stack: Dynamic and Static IP Addresses
  ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #13: Re-Imaging Your T22 Rensselaer Laptop ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #16: Printing From RCS UNIX Systems ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #19: Changing Your RCS and Windows Passwords ( HTML | PDF)
• Quick Study #20: Using TeX and LaTeX on RCS UNIX Systems ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #21: Using Z-Mail Electronic Mail on the RCS UNIX Platform ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #22: Using Netscape and RPInfo on the UNIX Platform ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #23: Using the UNIX emacs Editor ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #24: Using the UNIX Visual Editor (vi) on the RCS UNIX Platform ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #25: Transferring Files in RCS UNIX Using ftp ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #26: Transferring Files on a PC Using FTP ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #27: Printing Mailing Labels from RCS UNIX Systems ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #28: Windows 95/98/ME and Dial-up PPP Connections (HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #29: Windows 2000 and Dial-up PPP Connections (HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #30: Batch Processing for NIC Users ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #31: Using Z-Mail Remotely with the Command Line Interface ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #32: Some Basics about the EZ-Snapshot File Backup Service ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #33: Maple ( HTML | PDF )
• Quick Study #34: Using Rensselaer Webmail ( HTML | PDF )

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