[9fans] Pointers for using Plan 9?

["Kirk M. Anne" <kma@geneseo.edu>]

I am assisting a Computer Science faculty member with a Distributed
Systems undergraduate course and we are working on Amoeba now.  I spotted
that Plan 9 is now available for downloading and have tinkered around with
it and read through many of the papers.

I was wondering if there were any example programs or "How to" documents
that we can give out to the class to help them learn about Plan 9.  We
have built an Amoeba cluster and want to replicate the experience in Plan
9 so that the students can get a firm understanding of how distributed
systems work (where there are similarities and differences between the
two).

So, could anyone send me the following?

	1. Sample Plan 9 setup and guidelines for decisions (I'm still
           pouring over the Overview to Plan 9 networks)

	2. Sample programs that use Plan 9 features

	3. Recommendations for an upper level project using Plan 9

	4. Pointers to SPARC and NeXT installation instructions for Plan 9

If this goes well, we hope to continue with directed studies on using Plan
9 to solve scientific problems that other faculty around campus have in
Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Kirk Anne
Manager, Systems & Networking
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, NY 14454
716-245-5577