N 164 University Of Queensland Computer Centre Newsletter 10 Jun 74

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N-164
lOJUN74
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
Computer Centre
NEWSLETTER
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Director of the Computer Centre

SYSTEM PERFORMANCE

PERIOD FOR MAY 1974
USEFUL TIME
GOOD TIME
ON TIME

347 HRS
350 HRS
434 HRS

NO OF CRASHES
TIME BETWEEN CRASHES

80%
81%
100'%

24
14.61 HRS

Problems associated with the settling in of new disk drives
and new communications hardware and software on the PDP-8
reduced our performance during the month.
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STAFF CHANGES

John Noad (Senior Systems Analyst) will be on six months leave
of absence from the 1st July to further his studies. "During
this period, Mr Jim Sokoll (Senior Engineer) will be in charge
of the Centre at any time the Director is absent. Mr Doug Lennox
will be in charge of the Systems Software Group and Mr Robert
Crago will be in charge of the Applications Programming Group.
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NEW VERSION OF LOGIN

A new version of LOGIN, V54(ll4)-2 will replace V54(113)-2 on
12 JUNE 1974.
The change will affect only those projects using Group Accounting.
LOGIN ensures that the group code begins with "X", and suppresses
echoing of the type in.
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THE PROGRAM LIBRARY

A library of programs of general interest to users is held at
the Computer Centre.
The functions of this program library
are fully described in the Computer Centre's 'General Information
Manual' (MNT-l). The following changes have been made in
accessing the library catalogue and programs:
(a)

Due to access problems, the library catalogue file has been
renamed CATLOG.TXT and is now held on the LIBRAR: directory.
A copy of this catalogue may be inspected in the client room
or printed by the command:
.PRINT LIBRAR:CATLOG.TXT
This catalogue includes information describing access of all
programs kept in the library.

(b)

With the introduction of the File Migration System, infrequently accessed programs are now held in off-line (archival)
storage. The DIRECT command can be used to determine
whether a program currently resides in the on-line area.
LANG:BCPL,UTILIT:CODE
BCPL SHR 96 <155> 2S-JAN-74 DSKB:[S,102]
%NO SUCH FILES AS UTILIT:CODE.*[S.113]

~DIRECT

The BCPL program is currently on-line and may be run
immediately by the command:
.RUN LANG:BCPL
However, the CODE program is held on off-line storage and
The following command will
must be retrieved before use.
cause the file to be queued for retrieval to the users own
area.
.RETRIEVE UTILIT:CODE.SHR/P
DSKB:CODE.SHR[S,113] RIP
After the file has been retrieved (some 12 to 24 hours later)
it may be run by the command:
.RUN CODE
(Note that the IP or 'preserve' switch is necessary on the
RETRIEVE command and its omission would cause the error
message:
%PROTECTION FAILURE FOR DSKB:CODE.SHR[S,113])
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(c)

It is intended that all files listed in the catalogue will
be available by Tuesday, June 18.
Thereafter, NOTICE. TXT
will describe changes in the status of the program library.
Users with enquiries about the Library or wishing to
submit programs should contact the program librarian
(Mr Arthur Hartwig) at the Computer Centre (extension 6288).

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MANUALS

5.1

FORTRAN-I0
Fortran-IO manuals are now available from the Centre at a
price of $3.60.
These manuals are available by kind
courtesy of La Trobe University who have arranged for their
printing.
A number of minor typographical errors exist
and an addendum sheet will be available in due course.

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It should be noted, however, that a number of the routines
listed in table 15-3 (pp15-15 to 15-19) are concerned with
plotting and have been superceded by other routines as
described in the U.Q. Plotting Manual.
These routines are:
AXIS, LINE, MKTBL, NUMBER, PLOT, PLOTS, SCALE, SETABL,
SYMBOL, WHERE.
The subroutine JOBI0 has been added to the library. It is
used as:
CALL JOBIO (IIN,IOUT)
It returns in lIN the unit number of the job input device
and in lOUT the unit number of the job output device.
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5.2

~mT-2

Using the U.Q. PDP-I0 System

This manual is now available from the Centre at
5.3

$1.50.

MNT-12 Absolute Overlays
This manual is now available from the Centre at

********

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$1.30.
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