Preface
This publication
is
intended for all users of
VM/PC.
It
assumes a general knowledge of the
VM
operating
environment. This publication has two sections:
1.
Chapters 1 through 5 contain basic information to help
you start using
VM/PC.
2.
Chapters 6 through 8 and the Appendixes contain more
specialized and reference information.
"How
to
Use This Book" on page 1-3 describes the layout
of
this book in greater detail.
If
you are
not
familiar with using
VM/SP
or
something
similar, you may
want
to order the
IBM
publication Virtual
Machine/
Personal Computer Primer, part number 6024174,
from your
IBM
Marketing Representative. This Primer
is
intended for beginning users.
It
provides many examples
of
basic usage.
VM/PC
is
based upon
VM/SP
Release 2.
It
may
be
necessary
to
reference some
VM/SP
publications to find
further reference information for
VM/PC.
Appendix
C, "Comparison
of
VM/PC
and
VM/SP"
on
page C-1
provides information about where
to
find further information
in the
VM/SP
library, and gives the Titles and Order
Numbers for the
VM/SP
books.
When you see text printed in this color it indicates either:
1.
This
is
the first occurrence of a term defined in the
glossary.
2.
This
is
a user entry (for example, a command).
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