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Preface to the Second Edition
Changes From the First Edition
The second edition of this book incorporates certain low-level changes
and technical additions, but retains a substantive identity with the
original version.
Changes from the first edition are indicated by left-margin vertical
rules.
Getting MIPS Documents On-Line
MIPS documents (including an electronic version of the errata) are
available on-line, through the file transport protocol (FTP). To
retrieve them, follow the steps below. The text you are to type is
shown in Courier Bold font; the computer’s responses are in
shown in Courier Regular font.
1. First, place yourself in the directory on your system within which
you want to store the retrieved files. Do this by typing:
cd <directory_you_want_file_to_be_in>
2. Access the MIPS document server, sgigate, through FTP by
typing:
ftp sgigate.sgi.com
3. The server tells you when you are connected for FTP by
responding:
Connected to sgigate.sgi.com.