To: profs@cs.mcgill.ca
Subject: SOCS Inside-Out -- http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~guide

A bunch of current and former students have been putting together and
maintaining a reference guide targeted especially at first year ugrads,
but designed to still be useful for veteran students.  It's called "SOCS
Inside-Out" and a lot of work has gone into making it as helpful to
students as possible.  If you can we'd appreciate if you could mention
it in your classes.
                      
The guide is made up of two parts: a 20-page pamphlet and a website.  The
pamphlet covers certain basics that everyone here should be aware of and
are handy to have on paper, such as getting a cs account, connecting to
SOCS machines, available SOCS facilities, and basic security issues.  It
costs a cheap 50 cents and is available at Copi-EUS.
 
The website goes into more detail, including Unix tips and a juicy "SOCS
culture" section, as well as the entire contents of the pamphlet.  It's at
http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~guide/
 
Thanks for any help you can give us in getting the word out.

-- 
The SOCS Inside-Out Editors
Jacob Eliosoff, Vincent Stephen-Ong.
http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~guide/