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Section A:
General Introduction
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General Introduction
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A.l. What is EOS like?
The term EOS designates the operating system of your computer.
It
con-
sists
of a package of programs which enable you to do meaningful things
with the computer. Without such kind of programs, a computer were hardly
more
than
a useless conglomeration of some electronic
and
mechanical
devices, at best suited to enlight a tinkerer's minds,
The operating system programs perform highly fundamental tasks.
Some of
them are always active without you being aware of it. Whenever you press
a key at your keyboard,
when a character is output on the screen,
even
when you switch on the machine and think that nothing at all happens, it
is always the operating system busy at work.
A number of the programs have names of their own. Later on, you will get
acquainted
with their names and functions.
Some other are buried
deep
into
the system's interior and only their programmer knows their
names
and what they are good for.
To
cut a long story short:
All those programs not directly related
to
the
problem you are working at,
but indispensable to keep the computer
running, are operating system programs,
EOS
is
an outstanding operating system in many respects.
It tries
to
give
all
advice
and messages.in
plain
English,
German,
French
or
Italian.
It
has built-in specific functions to assist a technician
in
troubleshooting,
should
the system once fail.
It works
faster,
more
thoroughly and more safely than other comparable operating systems,
EOS comes along with utility programs to enhance its operating
comfort,
data security and practical usefulness.
EOS is capable of operating your printer and at the same time, run other
programs.
The
era of waiting for the printer to finish has come to
an
end,
at
last!
You may do text processing,
inventory
management
or
accounting,
while
the
printer is busy listing the
results
of
other
program runs.
EOS User's manual
Daeumling
&
Zimmermann
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