Ham Radio Operator's Guide

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Building on the success of Prompt's publishing of the very first HAM Radio Guide (Hayden) in the late-1960s, Prompt brings the HAM radio user up-to-date with the 2nd edition of HAM Radio Operator's Guide. Bergquist has updated this recent text with the latest in HAM technology, regulations, and ideas.

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For Those Interested in Amateur Radio.......2004-08-07

This guide provides a fascinating overview of Amateur (Ham) Radio from how to get a Ham Radio license to a wide range of information on Amateur Radio communications to some basic electronics projects for your Ham Shack.

"Ham Radio Operator's Guide" starts off with an overview of the Ham License Classes, including the spectrum's and modes each license is allowed to operate on. Unfortunately, despite being published only last year, the Federal Communications Commission changed the number and types of Amateur Radio licenses for the United States. Regardless, the advice about how to study for and take the examinations is still valid.

The book continues with a discussion of all of the things you can do with a Amateur Radio License. The author covers the basic characteristics of the various frequency bands and modes of transmission that Hams use. He also discusses the basic electronics equipment required to communicate and operate a radio shack, from transmitters and receivers to microphones and power supplies.

The "Ham Radio Operator's Guide" describes many of the activities that Ham Radio Clubs conduct, from swap meets and field days to fox hunts and educational efforts. In addition to discussing why all Amateur Radio operators should join their local Ham Radio Club, the author comments on Ham traditions, conventions and etiquette.

Finally, the book wraps up with eight simple electronics contruction projects for useful items from a field strength meter and radio frequency relay to four different types of antennas.

After a successful career as a photojournalist, the author, Carl Bergquist, KG4AIC, has turned to his lifelong hobby of electronics and writes articles for Popular Electronics and Electronics Now. He wrote "Ham Radio Operator's Guide" from the perspective of a new potential radio amateur. His writing style is very entertaining, keeping what could be dry, technical topics fresh and interesting.

I strongly recommend this book for anyone who thinks they might be interested in becoming an Amateur Radio operator or in learning what being a Ham is like.

Review by Mike Powers, Radideo.com Guide, November 2000

Totally Awesome.......2003-04-10

This book has it all - you really need to get it if you are into ham radio like I am! There is some key information here that I haven't found in other sources. The best!

Youn cnt go without it.......2001-07-12

This ook has erything that you need to know about Hm Radio. It even includes field guids! This bookis great for all ages. I truely recomendit!

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This book investigates the relationship between corporate governance, market structure and innovation. The editors observe that a number of radical mutations are occurring in industries that have played a crucial role in sustaining and fostering the pace of technological progress.

Specifically, three classes of institutional discontinuities are discussed: privatization processes, mergers and acquisitions and liberalization of the market. The authors show that the effects of such institutional discontinuities may seriously affect, in the short term, the market value of the firm, and in the medium/long term, the performance of the national system of innovation as a whole.

The book outlines the theoretical background to the empirical analyses that are later developed and illustrated using original longitudinal data set from US and European markets. It goes on to present selected empirical evidence drawn from different industries, which provide the reader with an interesting insight into how major changes in corporate governance and in market structures have affected innovation activities in high tech sectors. Finally, the authors discuss the technology policy implications that are derived from the evidences illustrated.

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From undeniable Classics to mind-grating Bad Seeds. From elusive Unsung Heroes to risky Risky Calls. Complete with an easy-to-use five-pot-leaf rating system, incisive self-indulgent babble, troubleshooting procedures for the Bad Seeds gone berserk, and much much more, Baked Potatoes arrives in a blaze of glory, rating and reviewing over 150 films and videos for the discerning high.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Blade Runner, Bambi, Repo Man, Superfly, Time Bandits, Highlander, 2001, Evil Dead II, Ganjasaurus Rex, Freaks, Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke, The Maltese Falcon, Ronald Reagan's 1984 State of the Union Address, Gates of Heaven, Story of Ricky, The Blizzard of Aahhhs, Meet the Feebles!

Why say "No" when you can just say "Fine, I have a problem" and be done with it? Why read fiction when you can read strange but easily digestible sound-bite reviews written by marijuana users? There is no reason.

Join us for a picnic on the fried cinematic playground.

John Hulme and Michael Wexler are the editors of Voices of the Exiled and creators of the nationally syndicated radio drama Vanishing Point. Writers, filmmakers, and radio producers, they have been friends since high school.

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A great book to read while eating whatever you happen to have around, like pork rinds, Frankenberry cereal, and alfalfa sprouts........2005-10-05

If you regard your three-foot glass Boba Fett water pipe as your most essential piece of furniture and you enjoy watching movies without necessarily caring about cinematic details like plot, narrative, or short-term recall, then this spud's for you.

Pick up the book and enjoy tonight's in-flight movie on Baked Potatoes Airlines. Tell 'em Superfly sent you.

Read the book, just don't see the movies.......2004-03-27

I've gotta say that the book is a million times better than the actual movies they recommend. A couple years ago my friend and I made the mistake of taking the authors' word on a few of their "Unsung Heroes" picks. Perhaps the The Element of Crime paid off in the end, but it was one of the few flicks I never managed to watch all of. (Apparently most of Lar Von Trier's movies are like that.) And even though I did manage to watch all of The Last Wave, I didn't enjoy it, much less find the ending "mind-blowing". Maybe they were so high they were imagining a better movie than the one that was actually playing.

Code Green.......2003-12-21

This is it. Better than the bible. Read and BELIEVE.

The best film guide period.......2003-06-17

This is the single best guide to film ever made; and the biggest flaw is that they've never made another sequel for recent movies.

This book can be enjoyed on two levels; on one hand, it is a film review book that has rated many different movies out there, and it is also excellent satire. I've actually bought movies that were recommended by this book.

In short, if you like movies, get this book.

Two of my fav subjects in one handy volume.......2000-08-15

Finally, my two favorite subjects in one cool book. I agree with the other reviewers, this book has opened my eyes to many great movies. First, you should read this book for the laughs, then reread it for the movies. Again, you don't have to be a stoner to read this book, but it helps. Also, if anyone knows what became of the Baked Potatoes website, give me a buzz. Also, Mike and John, maybe in future edition you could get make a few of the pages out of rolling papers. Might I recommend Bambu?

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Living on Faith and Baked Potatoes

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Baked Potatoes.(recipe): An article from: Child Life

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Baked Potatoes.(recipe): An article from: Child Life
Clara Ingram Judson
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Date: April 1, 1999
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Chase the winter blahs with a baked potato party. (includes recipes): An article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal

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Chase the winter blahs with a baked potato party. (includes recipes): An article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal
Jim Hunter
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This digital document is an article from Countryside & Small Stock Journal, published by Countryside Publications Ltd. on January 1, 1993. The length of the article is 1012 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: A great party idea is to provide baked potatoes with a variety of toppings. Slice the potatoes in half and place on the table among the toppings. Plan on two to three potato halves per person.

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Title: Chase the winter blahs with a baked potato party. (includes recipes)
Author: Jim Hunter
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Holiday Vegetables.(Baked Squash; Mashed Sweet Potatoes)(Recipe): An article from: Child Life

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Holiday Vegetables.(Baked Squash; Mashed Sweet Potatoes)(Recipe): An article from: Child Life
Clara Ingram Judson
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This digital document is an article from Child Life, published by Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc. on December 1, 1999. The length of the article is 475 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Holiday Vegetables.(Baked Squash; Mashed Sweet Potatoes)(Recipe)
Author: Clara Ingram Judson
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HOT POTATOES, VERSION 5.(Half-Baked Software, Inc.; language testing software)(Software Review)(Evaluation): An article from: Language, Learning & Technology

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HOT POTATOES, VERSION 5.(Half-Baked Software, Inc.; language testing software)(Software Review)(Evaluation): An article from: Language, Learning & Technology
Paula Winke , and David MacGregor
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This digital document is an article from Language, Learning & Technology, published by University of Hawaii, National Foreign Language Resource Center on May 1, 2001. The length of the article is 2468 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: HOT POTATOES, VERSION 5.(Half-Baked Software, Inc.; language testing software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
Author: Paula Winke
Publication: Language, Learning & Technology (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2001
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The Best 50 Baked Potatoes
Christie Katona
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A baked potato – the basis of a delicious meal! From your oven or your quick potato baker, a baked potato is a healthy, nutritious, wholesome base for a variety of delicious toppings and sauces. This book, by a bestselling author, is chock full of recipes and ideas for topping baked potatoes. You'll also find additional recipes for stuffed potatoes, sweet potatoes and yams, and descriptions of potato varieties.

The effect of herbicides on organoleptic qualities of baked sweet potatoes (Research report / University of Georgia, College of Agriculture, Experiment Stations)

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The effect of herbicides on organoleptic qualities of baked sweet potatoes (Research report / University of Georgia, College of Agriculture, Experiment Stations)
T. S Boggess
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The Beatles have profoundly touched the lives of millions. But have you ever wondered why? Why did they become the most powerful artists in history and one of the twentieth century's major symbols of cultural transformation? Meet the Beatles answers those questions and more as it examines the ways the lives of John, Paul, George, and Ringo were inextricably tied to the cultural revolutions their music helped inspire. From their long hair and interest in India to their drug use and admiration for strong women, the Beatles changed the way we look, the way we feel, and even the way we think. This is the book for those who have always been infatuated with the Beatles, as well as those who want to learn for the first time what it all really meant.

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Beat the Meetles........2007-03-15

This is yet another biography of the Beatles. This particular one tells the story of the Beatles while explaining the influences that shaped them, and also the ways that they helped to shape culture, especially the women's movement and the youth movement. The author does a particularly good job in discussing "the boys" childhoods, and how that influenced the men they became. It's true that John and Paul are mentioned much more than George and Ringo, but then again, they were the "leaders" of the group and thus of the most influence to society. Overall, I found the book to be quite interesting.

Meet the Beatles: A Cultural History of the Band .......2006-03-27

this book is good. It is not excellent, but it is good. It does touch on the background of the fab four and I would say that it is intrresting to read. I have tons and tons of books on the Beatles and I saw them on stage "live" twice back in 1966, the last year that they stopped touring on stage.

I would recomomend this book to anyone who wanted to know their background .

Overall, good, but not enough about Ringo & George.......2006-02-11

I literally couldn't put this book down once I started it. That hardly ever happens to me.

Having only been 4 when the Beatles exploded on the U.S. scene in '64, I have only vague memories of the early Beatles--I do remember skipping across the playground at Our Lady of Providence School, circa '66, and singing "She Loves You, yeah, yeah, yeah" with playmates. And I remember circulating the riddle du jour: "What did the boy octopus sing to the girl octopus? I wanna hold your hand, hand, hand, hand..."

If you're already a fan who knows every bit of minutiae about the Fab Four, this book probably isn't for you. But this is THE book to read if you're a new fan or if you were too young for the Beatles Experience when it was happening or especially if you question WHY the Beatles became a virtual religious experience when no other bands did.

My only complaint is that author Stark far too often overlooks my two fave Beatles -- George & Ringo. They receive precious little ink with regard to their own biographies. In that respect, the book should really be titled _Meet Paul & John_.

Not having read any other Beatles books, I've been recently informed that this is typical of books about the Beatles. That's really too bad. Perhaps it's because (as I learned in this book) George had the most normal and loving childhood of the four and was the only Beatle with a fully intact family in which a parent neither fled nor died. Maybe that's why Stark gave us so little info. about George. Perhaps George was too boring because of this--too few sensational stories.
(Do read the new, '06 biography of Harrison, _Here Comes the Sun_ if you long to know more about him.)

As for Ringo, God love him, the little that is in the book helps one understand his incredible "everyman" appeal and also why he's always seemed the most empathic of the four. It's because he was an only child who spent most of his childhood sick, in bed, at the doctor, and/or in hospital. But his mum was quite steadfast and loving (dad wasn't around), and little "Richie" seems to have coped by developing quite the sense of humor as well as a sensitivity to the downtrodden "little guy" which he both figuratively and literally was in the Beatles. (Though he got the most fan mail, much of it from children.)

Overall a great read. I just hope Stark writes another book that focuses on the two "economy class" Beatles (George Harrison's term, not mine.)

GREAT BOOK! HERE'S ANOTHER..........2005-11-07

After finishing this tome, be sure to pick up the book TURN ME ON, DEAD MAN by Andru J. Reeve. It's the true saga of the story behind the infamous "Paul-Is-Dead" hoax of 1969, when millions believed a persistent rumor that Beatle Paul McCartney was killed in a car crash, his death kept a secret while the Beatles replaced him with a lookalike and planted "clues" to his death on subsequent Beatles albums. It's an amazing story and Reeve explores the who-what-and-whys of the story, explaining how this hoax was perpetrated and who was behind it. One of the most talked-about books of the year -- and it's available right now, right here at Amazon.com !!!

"An Amazing Book! I couldn't put it down!" -- Dr. Heritage Smith, folklorist and urban legends historian

Doesn't Measure Up.......2005-09-23

While I do agree with some of the author's insights, the book for the most part doesn't live up to his own stated goals in the introduction: to tell the "why" of The Beatles phenomenon as opposed to the "what". Mr. Stark definitely wastes far more paper on the latter rather than the former.
After reading halfway through the book I am exhausted by the too many instances of over-indulgent and sloppy writing (Donovan's "Catch The Wind" a protest song?, "Anytime At All" is a dark and honest song?, "She's A Woman" displays rock's traditional attitude to women?, etc., etc.) and faulty fact-checking.
I've said it before in my other reviews and I will keep saying it: the book publishing industry desparately needs more editors.

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In this daring study of queer life and the public sphere, Eric O. Clarke examines the effects of inclusion within public culture. Departing from studies that emphasize homophobia and its mechanisms of exclusion, Virtuous Vice details how mainstream efforts to represent queers affirmatively continually fall short of full democratic enfranchisement. Clarke draws on contemporary writings along with late-eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English and European cultural history to investigate how concepts of value, representation, and homoeroticism have interacted and circulated in the West since the Enlightenment.
Examining the role of eroticism in citizenship and why only normalizing
constructions of homosexuality enable inclusion, Clarke reconsiders the work of Habermas and Foucault in relation to contemporary visibility politics, Kant’s moral and political theory, Marx’s analysis of value, and the sexualized dynamics of the Victorian cultural public sphere. The juxtaposition of Habermas with Foucault reveals the surprising value of reading the former in the context of queer politics and the usefulness of the theory of the public sphere for understanding contemporary identity politics and the visibility politics of the 1990s. Examining how a host of nonsexual factors impinge historically upon the constitution of sexual identities and practices, Clarke negotiates the relation between questions of publicity and categories of value. Discussions of television sitcoms (such as Ellen), marketing techniques, authenticity, and literary culture add to this daring analysis of visibility politics.
As a critique of the claim that equal representation of gays and lesbians necessarily constitutes progress, this significant intervention into social theory will find enthusiastic readers in the fields of Victorian, cultural, literary, and gay and lesbian studies, as well as other fields engaged with categories of identity.

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"If you have ever turned on the TV after the 11 o'clock news and laughed, you owe Steve Allen a debt of gratitude." That's how Entertainment Weekly described Steve Allen's enormous contribution to American popular culture in a tribute to the legendary entertainer after his death on October 30, 2000. Steve Allen created the Tonight show—America's longest running entertainment show and most successful late-night TV show. In so doing he led the way for other American icons: Johnny Carson, Jack Paar, David Letterman, and Jay Leno. The formula we all now take for granted did not exist before Allen: the desk, the opening monologue, breezy chats with celebrities, wacky stunts, comedy sketches, cameras roaming down the hall and outside the theater, off-the-cuff interviews with passers-by, and ad-lib banter with the studio audience. It's all great fun and it's all due to the incredibly witty, incurably silly, musically gifted, and ever-likeable Steve Allen.

Based on exclusive interviews, Ben Alba has produced this wonderful history of the first Tonight show, complete with terrific photos from the show and revealing insights from over 30 entertainment legends who knew and worked with Steve Allen—including Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Jonathan Winters, Don Knotts, Louis Nye, Tom Poston, Bill Dana, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Andy Williams, Tim Conway, the Smothers Brothers, Diahann Carroll, Eartha Kitt, and Bill Dana. In addition, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Bill Maher, Bob Costas, and other TV veterans reflect on Allen's contributions.

Starting with Allen's early career in radio, Alba shows how the young radio talent developed many of the elements that would soon light up late-night television. He then highlights Allen's many innovations that made the Tonight show so appealing and enduring: the single-guest and single theme shows, road shows and live segments from across the country, Broadway shows visiting Tonight, creating a forum for jazz artistry and a groundbreaking showcase for African-American talent, musical tributes, and the use of the studio audience as a comedy goldmine.

Alba has created an invaluable, entertaining, and revealing behind-the-scenes look at the birth of an American television institution and its brilliant inventor, whose influence continues to make America stay awake and laugh—night after night.

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A Bio It's Not.......2007-02-20

Be forewarned, for those interested in a full fledged biography of the true inventor of late night TV, who provided the 'template' of late night variety/talk TV , Steve Allen, this is not the book for you. After a brief, cursory review of his early life the book dissolves into a review of Allen's TV career, especially on NBC. Using lots of secondary sources, e.g.newspaper and magazine accounts, with some oral history mixed in, the book has a choppy format, occasionally going back and forth in time. The stories are fun to read but one doesn't really get to know what made Steve Allen tick. Although not particularly well written, it's a good book to at least get an idea of how significant Allen was in TV history.

Before Johnny Carson, There Was Steve Allen........2006-09-03

Steve Allen invented the late-night TV talk show as we now know it. The whole rigamarole was his creation, the desk, the band, the opening monolgoue, the tacky skits, the going up into the audience to answer questions, the guest chatter, according to Ken Tucker in an 'Entertainment Weekly' article tribute in 2000. Steve Allen was born in New York City on St. Stephen's Day and named for the first Christian martyr. His parents were vaudeville performers. Mother was from an Irish family in Chicago. His first job at the age of seventeen (same as me) was as a salesman at $15 per week. He in Chicago, me in backward Knoxville. Neither of us was doomed to be the world of sales. His first job in the entertainment business was as d.j. at KOY as a staff announcer and d.j. on KFAC on Wilshire Blvd. in L.A. He had gone to high school one year in Hollywood.

Allen wrote a lengthy autobiographical poem in '38 then rewrote it in '56 after his success on television for 'Chicago' magazine. Men know much less for certain than they think they do. How much intelligence does it take to play records? He started writing songs but found Tin Pan Alley to be a 'myth' for success financially; $5,000 or $6,000 as royalties was considered "peanuts" back then in the magic world of music.

He grew jaded and considered t.v. a passing phenonmon. How wrong he was! Some of the musicians/singers who performed on his Tonight Show included Alan Jones, John Scott Trotter, Paul Desmond, Eddie Fisher, Dorothy Collins, Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, Buddy Rich, Lester Young, Victor Young, Bob Crosby, Eddie Heywood, George Shearing, Johnny Desmond, Polly Bergen, Dinah Shore, and Vaughn Monroe. A plethora of actors also agreed to be interviewed including Marjorie Lord, William Bendix, Andy Devine, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood, Cornel Wilde, Gordon MacRae, Judy Holiday, Andy Griffith, Rhonda Fleming, and Ray Bolger. Some public figures were Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Truman, and Countess Alexandria Tolstoy. Writers on t.v. to promote their books include Tennessee Williams, Dorothy Kilgallen, James Michener, Carl Sandburg, and Herman Wouk. Some of the composers were Aaron Copland, Adolph Green, Bob Merrill, Don Costas, Jimmy Van Heusen, and Jimmy McHugh. Comedians Pinky Lee and Ernie Kovacs were regulars as were some people in the audience.

One of his early books was "Mark it and Strike it" meaning a direction to stagehands used in t.v., a command to the crew to mark the position of the scenery and then remove it. He claims he used that title due to the "impermanence" of the medium. He says he didn't ever let television become his whole life becaues of its "here-today-gone-tomorrow" existence'.

These were the magic years of television for the above listed stars. They were actual stars of their time, and now their time has past. We are the here-and-now. His show was on NBC from 1956 to 1960 and introduced the world to Steve Lawrence and Edyie Gorme, for whom he wrote a song, and furthered their individual careers and as a team. In 1986, Allen was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame for his lifetime contributions to t.v. He died on October 30, 2000 and is sorely missed by his fans, family and friends.

Inventing Late Night.......2006-08-09

I normally read a book in about one week. It took me a day and a half to read "Inventing Late Night" - I could not put it down! Ben Alba's book is hilarious, insightful, impeccably researched, sensitive and portrays an accurate accounting of the genesis of late night TV. He gives full credit to the genius of Steve Allen and is loaded with transcripts from many of Allen's side-splitting comedy bits. As a fan of Allen for over fifty years, I've read every accounting possible concerning his numerous contributions to TV. None is more poignant, dead on precise, humorous and intelligent than Alba's "Inventing Late Night".

A delightful book..........2006-07-31

Mr. Alba's "Inventing Late Night" gives a wonderful insight into the genuis that was Steve Allen. It is rare book that can be so meticulously researched, yet remain an entertaining page-turner. The fabulous interviews are especially enjoyable. I felt I learned something new about the genesis of the Tonight Show on every page. Mr. Alba is a superb writer with a clever sense of humor.

Good book - could have more pictures.......2006-03-28

Good book ...great detail ....could have more pictures ...Mike P.

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Ideal for AS/400 programmers, system administrators, and operators, this newly revised edition explains core AS/400 concepts and shows how to perform 30 essential functions, including installation, troubleshooting, administration, and programming. Topics cover RPG IV programming, new system values, ILE concepts, important new system security information, and running the AS/400 as an Internet server.

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I literally owe my career to this book!.......1999-08-10

I literally owe my career to this book. If there were only one AS/400 sys admin book you could own, this would be the one! Two years ago I was thrown into the fires of AS/400 System administration. This book was the water I needed to put out those fires and become a proactive system administrator. It sits on the corner of my desk and I still reference it all the time. The "Primer" explains the situation in simple enough terms that a beginner will become excited about setting up and working with the AS/400. Then it will take you to the next level so that you can become a proactive administrator rather than a reactive one. I have recommend the "Primer" to friends that are seasoned administrators and they reference it all the time too. I just can't say enough about this book.

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