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Getting Started in VISTA is the must-have introductory manual you need to get you up and running quickly and easily. In clear, jargon-free language, this friendly guide will walk you through signon, navigation, and basic operation of the VISTA medical software.

"A must-read for users new to VISTA. A very sound introduction to VISTA conventions for the user." -Greg Kreis, Pioneer Data Systems

Getting Started in VISTA is intended for new end users of VISTA. It provides a basic introduction to VISTA's standard (non-Windows) user interface, and covers such topics as signing on, navigation, getting help, and using the native text editors. It provides a brief introduction to Mailman, but does not introduce any other specific VISTA package or application.

Wire-bound, soft cover, 117 pages.

$20 (plus $5 shipping and handling)

(Need several copies for your facility? Contact us about a site license!)

VISTA Expertise Network intends to sell Getting Started in VISTA until we earn back our initial investment in editing and illustrating this new edition. At that time, we intend to make the book freely available to the VISTA community as a PDF download.

Also available is the new and updated printing of the 1995 Standard MUMPS Pocket Guide, fifth edition, by Frederick D. S. Marshall. This represents the first release by MUMPS Books. It is available from us in hardcopy for $6 (plus $1 shipping and handling), or for free as a PDF download (in the upper-right corner of this page).

Future Releases

Our plans for future publications will include a self-instruction workbook for students, Programming in MUMPS: Volume I, which will be published in 2012.

For an in-depth description of MUMPS complete with extensive examples, we will be offering MUMPS for Everybody (working title), incorporating the ANS MUMPS Programmers' Reference Manual, which will be published by MUMPS Books in late 2012.

The seventh and significantly improved edition of the 1995 Standard MUMPS Pocket Guide will also be published in late 2012.

Finally, in 2013 we plan to publish Programming in MUMPS: Volume II, as well as an updated manual for the Victory Programming Environment.

For a textbook for teaching MUMPS, we suggest consulting the excellent M Programming: A Comprehensive Guide by Richard Walters.

For an authoritative definition of MUMPS consult the standard itself: X11.1-1995 by the MUMPS Development Committee. The third edition of the 1995 standard, ISO/IEC 11756:1999, Information Technology-Programming Languages-M, is available from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

For more information about these and other MUMPS references: Contact Us.