Hi folks - just wanted to say hello and introduce myself, and of  
course, beg for pointers to newbie information.

I picked up what I think is a really cool 917LX from eBay, loaded with  
MPE/IX 6.0. I have successfully encouraged it to IPL
and let me in, but just about the sum total of my MPE command  
repertoire consists of "HELLO MANAGER.SYS;HIPRI" and
Control-A SHUTDOWN DTC.  Oh, and getting the feeling my eyes glazed  
over and crossed when trying to figure out NMMGR.

I'm not even quite sure what DTC means. :)

Anyways, if anyone would be so kind as to point me to where the  
manuals might be stored on the internet, and in particular, any  
tutorials for how to learn and use MPE/ix, I would be most  
appreciative. And in particular, if anyone could be point me to the  
information on how to configure the network card so I might actually  
be able to access it without being on a serial console... :)

I live in the Austin area- if there are any gurus around the area who  
would like dinner on me in exchange for a bit of knowledge transfer,  
that can be arranged.

This is only a "play" machine for me, I have no commercial work  
involved with it. However, I can trade expertise if you happen to need  
Unix, Mainframe, VMS, iSeries, Mac, C, COBOL, or Assembler help.  Or I  
can payback in (root) beer of your choice. :)

Paul