About This Manual
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VME-MXI-2 User Manual
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The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms
used in this manual, including abbreviations, acronyms, metric
prefixes, and symbols.
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The Index contains an alphabetical list of key terms and topics in
this manual, including the page where you can find each one.
Conventions Used in This Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual:
italic
Italic text denotes emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction to a
key concept.
bold italic
Bold italic text denotes a note, caution, or warning.
monospace
Lowercase text in this font denotes text or characters that are to be
literally input from the keyboard, sections of code, programming
examples, and syntax examples. This font is also used for the proper
names of disk drives, paths, directories, programs, subprograms,
subroutines, device names, functions, variables, filenames, and
extensions, and for statements and comments taken from program code.
bold
Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the
monospace
computer automatically prints to the screen.
<>
Angle brackets enclose the name of a key on the keyboard—for
example, <PageDown>.
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A hyphen between two or more key names enclosed in angle brackets
denotes that you should simultaneously press the named keys—for
example, <Control-Alt-Delete>.
Abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, mnemonics, symbols, and
terms are listed in the Glossary.
How to Use This Manual
If you will be installing your VME-MXI-2 into a system with a VXIbus
Multiframe Resource Manager, you only need to read Chapters 1
through 3 of this manual. If you have more than two VME-MXI-2
modules extending your system, you will find useful system
configuration information in Chapter 5. Appendix E is a quick
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