rouner@mmm.UUCP (Bill Rouner) (03/26/85)
Does anyone know of a "user-friendly" introduction to the Symbolics 3640 similar to the one available for the Xerox 1108 "Dandelion", "The Friendly Dandelion Primer" by Quayle and others at the University of Pittsburgh, 1984? Please mail replies to me at: ihnp4!mmm!rouner If there is sufficient interest, I will post a summary to this topic. Thanks! Bill Rouner, Software and Electronics Resource Center, 3M Company
rouner@mmm.UUCP (Bill Rouner) (04/16/85)
> Does anyone know of a "user-friendly" introduction to the Symbolics > 3640 similar to the one available for the Xerox 1108 "Dandelion", > "The Friendly Dandelion Primer" by Quayle and others at the > University of Pittsburgh, 1984? Please mail replies to me at: > ihnp4!mmm!rouner > If there is sufficient interest, I will post a summary to this topic. Thanks to all of you who responded. There were three classes of responses: 1. Those who also wanted the guidebook. Unfortunately, no one responded that knew of such a guidebook. I am continuing my search, and if I find one, will post it here. I have been told that in Release 6 of the Symbolics software, there is a new user's manual, but I have not yet seen it. Release 6 is planned for distribution in May. 2. Those who wanted to know more about the Dandelion primer. We received our Dandelion primer when we got our Dandelions. This leads me to say that the primer may be available from XEROX. The cover sheet is reprinted here: The Friendly Dandelion Primer, Mary Ann Quayle, Jeffrey Bonar, William Weil Illustrated by Patte Kelley Intelligent Tutoring Systems Group Learning Research and Development Center University of Pittsburgh April 1984 Copyright (c) 1984 DRAFT - Do not cite or quote without permission - DRAFT This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research under Contract Numbers N00014-83-6-0148, N00014-83-K-0655. Any opinions, findngs, conclusions, recommendations expressed in this report are those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Government. I sure hope the above is not a citation! 3. Those who confused friendly guidebook with friendly machines. The few responses that fell into this category were derisive in tone, and deserve no further attention. I do disagree with their contention that the Symbolics machines are not user-friendly (a term which badly needs definition for any useful discussion). In certain usages, I find the Symbolics much easier to work with than other machines. Bill Rouner, Software Research and Development, 3M Company USENET address: ihnp4!mmm!rouner