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Table of Contents

From the Editors

Workina Grouo Reoort

RSX Pre-Svmoosium Taoe Directorv

SORT V~.O Problem

Sorina 1983 RSX SIG Taoe Distribution Tree

DECUS Librarv Uodate

FROM THE EDITORS
Allen Watson The Record
This is the last issue of the Multi-Tasker that I will co-edit with Dominic DiNollo; as of January. Dom will be taking over the editorship solo. I have enjoyed bein~ able to contribute to the RSX SIG in this way. but I have to admit I won't miss the monthly deadlines.
As I have said before. in July. 1983 we received two VAX ll/780's. and since that time the majority of my time has been spent on VAX systems instead of RSX. In fact. for the last six months I have not had an RSX system available to me without major difficulty. and I've almost forgotten what PIP switches are or why people groan about the Task Builder. So it doesn't really make sense for me to continue editing this newsletter.
One of the major things I miss about RSX is the opportunity it offers to let you look under the hood and tinker with the engine. VMS is wonderful. I really like it. but I don't have the same feeling of close familiarity with it that I had with RSX. Half of the fun things I did in years gone by were stuff like finding new and strange ways to increase pool. setting up CCL interfaces for my users. and so on.
On the other hand. with VMS most of the reasons for doing that sort of thing are gone as well. I certainly don't miss the long nights of labor trying to get foreign controllers and boot proms to work again after a new SYSGEN. It made great war stories. but who really likes a war?
I still plan to receive the Multi-Tasker and the RSX tapes: after all. a lot of that stuff works on VAXs too. I am a heavy user of Bonner Lab Runoff in preference to DSR on the VAX. for example. So from time to time I may contribute an article even though I don't run RSX anymore. I have the Cincinatti tape on its way to me right now and plan to at least put together a summary of what's on it for an upcoming issue. For others like myself who are VAX users. you might be interested to know that all the RSX tapes from 1977 onward are now in the DECUS library in VMS BACKUP format.
The joint editorship between Dominic and me worked out well. and I recommend it as a good alternative when one person finds the job to be too much. It depended. in our case. on the fact that we live only 25 miles apart and were able to get together once a month to "put the issue to bed". I am certain that the Multi-Tasker will continue to thrive under Dom's leadership: we shared an eaual
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concern that ouality material continue to be published for RSX users.
As a partin~ shot: lots of people have contributed to the Multi-Tasker this past year. and I want to thank them all for their fine efforts. But it has to keep on happenin~. The last two or three months have been pretty lean. and we have had to ask for material from people who are already heavily loaded down. You may not be able to write a five pa~e article. Maybe your idea can be expressed in half a pa~e. But a half-pa~e idea can be as valuable as a long article in many cases. So send it.
If you have a problem you haven't been able to solve. send it along too. Questions from readers generate answers from many readers, so your little contribution provokes lots of contributions and we need that. Look at all the fun we had from Roger Jenkins's question about how to put a double quote in an Indirect symbol! Perhaps you think your question is trivial or stupid, but it isn't. My favorite question is one I know the answer to. It makes me feel smart. and I know others like me are out there waiting to answer just about anything you can ask.
CONTRIBUTING MATERIAL TO THE MULTI-TASKER
Please send all contributions for the Multi-Tasker to: Dominic DiNollo Loral Electronic Systems Engineering Computer Center Ridge Hill Yonkers, New York 10710
Contributions must be in machine-readable format on either mag tape or floppy disk. Acceptable formats are: RSX BRU, VMS BACKUP, PIP, or FLX. 1600 BPI tapes preferred. PR0/350 floppies are also acceptable.
I do not know if I will be able to keep the dial-in account for the Multi-Tasker alive on my VAX after I am no longer editor. I will try to do so as long as I can. Dom can dial my VAX and transfer files over to his machine. If you want to submit an article by dial-up, please call me, Allen Watson, for the appropriate login passwords and telephone number. My phone number is (201)-646-4111. Kermit is available on the VAX for file transfers.
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Working Group News
Jeff Hamilton Working Group Coordinator
(214)457-4175
Date of this report: 13NOV84 The working group chairmen are as follows: RSX-llM Unsupported Versions:
Bill Burton Texas Research Institute 1300 Moursand Houston, Texas 77030 System Performance and Accounting Roy S. Maull
u. S. Air Force
HQ SAC I ADlAE Offutt AFB, Ne 68113 DECUS Library Bruce Zielinski RCA Marne Highway M/S 138-2 Moorestown, N. J. 08057 SIG Tape Collection Glenn Everhart RCA Government Systems Division Route 38 Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08358 SRD Bob Turkelson NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Mail Code 614 Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 RSX Realtime Ed Cetron University of Utah Center for Biomedical Engineering 3168 Merrill Engineering Building Salt Lake C!ty, Utah 84112 Runoff Chuck Spalding Adept Technology Inc. 1202 Charleston Rd. Mountain View, Calif. 94043 Cheap Networks Evan Kudlajev Philadelphia Electric Company P.O. Box 8699 Phildelphia, Pa. 19101 The Unsupported Versions working group continues in its efforts to provide support for "old" versions of RSX. People presenting solutions to problems in previous releases of RSX will be submitting articles to Multitasker, covering changes to retro-fit
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Bonner lab Runoff, SRO, etc. on old versions of RSX. An article was sent to the Multi-tasker in regard to using BRU with MT: tape drives. Bill Burton will be unable to attend the fall symposium but Jeff Hamilton will chair the unsupported versions working group session.
The System Performance and Accounting working group is continuing its work in preparing the index of the past RSXSIG tapes in regards to System performance and accounting. There is much interest in continuing the development of performance measuring tools. Further contact with DEC in regards.to the working groups goals is being pursued. An article is being prepared for the multitasker. Further work is being done in the area of consolidating the working group's division of labor. A search of all the past SIG tapes is being done inregards to the software analysis.
In regards to the DECUS library working group, a restructoring of the tree for distribution of the DECUS library tape has been done. The people on the tree are being used in the evaluation of a sample 2400' 800 bpi tape that will be submitted to the DECUS library. The tape was sent to the volunteers the Friday before the Spring Symposium. Evaluation is being done on the tape at this time. A couple of responses have been returned. A lot of the tree evaluation team have failed to return the tape with their evaluation and some have even disappeared with their tapes. Bruce requests those he has not been able to get in touch with to please help him by either returning their tapes or finishing their evaluation.
The SIG Tape working group reports that the spring 84 tape has been distributed to the tree and responses of those individuals who received the tape have started to come in. The distribution tape has been submitted to the DECUS library. A 4 tape VMS hackup set of all the past RSX SIG tapes has been submitted to the DECUS library. Faster distribution of the RSXSIG tape is being planned.
The SRD working group has started making changes to SRO for Micro/RSX and POS (basically for named directories). Hopefully they will have the changes made by the next symposium. A minor bug fix is being worked up for the Fall symposium tape. The SIG data base is bein~ used in the evaluation of different SRD and SRO command file procedures. The SRD Workin~ ~roup has submitted a seperate article to this issue of the Multi-Tasker describin~ corrections for SRD V6.4.
The Real-time and Industrial Automation workin~ ~roup is workin~ on the pre-symposia seminar that they are sponsoring. They are also workin~ on a mailing about the role of the Real-time working ~roup versus the LABS SIG. Other work is being done in the are of volunteers and objectives. Anyone with ideas. su~~estions. or extra time and energy; please let Ed know.
The Cheap Networks working ~roup has continued in it's evaluation
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of the current free software for networkin~ applications is the
group's first task. Further work in the area of layerin~ a mail
application on this software was discussed. An article is bein~ prepared for the Multitasker.
The formation of the computer aided instruction working ~roup still awaits the appointment of a workin~ group chairperson.
If you are interested in providing information to a special working group concerning problems or ideas in that area. please get in touch with the working group chairman of that group.

RSX SIG Pre symposium seminar TAPE Documentation

Backup Set Name MT:KERMIT.BCK
MT:VDDSK.BCK MT:VDMULT.BCK
MT:VDMEM.BCK MT:PCCVAX.BCK
MT:PCCPDP.BCK MT:PCCFILES.BCK MT:DDTLST.BCK
MT:OPA.BCK MT:FFL.BCK MT:BASICl.BCK MT:BASIC2.BCK MT:RUNOFF.BCK MT:RUNOFF2.BCK

Contents Overview
KERMIT communications system selection. Includes Kermits for RSX-11, RSTS. VMS. CP/M, P/OS, and MSDOS. plus the user manuals. Virtual Disk package for disk file based virtual disks (M+) Virtual Disk packa~e for single or multiple file virtual disks (Mor M+) (i.e., allows you to merge several files or devices if needed into a larger disk. Also can work as single file disk. Memory virtual disk. Makes a dedicated memory partition act like a fast disk. Spreadsheet/DB package. VAX version and common documents and files here. Named PortaCalc or AnalytiCalc. Spreadsheet/DB package. PDPll and PRO and VAX common version here. Docs in previous area. Keypad definition files for Spreadsheet pkg here. DDT Symbolic Debugger and LST multicolumn lister, ATT file attribute list/set, and FFL Fast FLX tape reader and TECO EDT simulator macro. Also BIGTPC tape copy utility. Online Pool Analyzer (Kitty Bethe version, M+) Fast FLX tape reader. Gets all files in 1 pass, can create output directories & set ownership. Michael Reese BASIC. Main directory Michael Reese BASIC aux directory. Few extra .cmd files here. Rice University RUNOFF (Bonner Lab), very similar to DSR Runoff from DECOS Library

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MT:OOB.BCK
MT:OTC.BCK MT:TECO.BCK
MT:BRUOIR.BCK
MT:OOSFIX.BCK
MTAO:OECUSC.BCK MTAO:POS.BCK MTAO:POSCTX.BCK MTAO:POSFONT.BCK MTAO:POSRMSP.BCK MTAO:POSZZOEC.BCK MTAO:COMMANO.BCK MTAO:COMP.BCK MTAO:CPP.BCK MTAO:H.BCK MTAO: I,IBC. BCK MTAO:RSXLIB.BCK MTAO:TOOLS.BCK MTAO:VAXLIB.BCK MTAO ::!'>1:ISC. BCK MTAO:OTSCOM.BCK MTAO:OTSIO.BCK MTAO:PML.BCK

Object file disassembler. Turns .OBJ or .OLB
files back into source. Supports new .OBJ records.
Desk Top calendar utility for RSX, P/OS, or VMS. Schedules meetings, appointments, etc. etc. etc. TECO source distribution for TEC0-11 V36. files
not distributed in commented source are present as disassemblies in case .obj files get fouled up. Program to make directories of entire BRU tapes and tell you ALL about the files, not just names. One pass does an entire multi backlupset volume. Files-11 OOSl fixup and file recovery utilities, CWD, WHO, Supermac, TRN (Task Rename), undelete, file squisher (removes trailing whitespace and fields beyond given width), DAMMIT, Cookie
(fortune cookie),mail, and more. Top level DECUS C kit directory DECUS C P/OS top level kit (binaries) DECUS C POS CTEXLIB directory DECUS C POS Font directory DECUS C POS RMSPCLIB directory
DECUS C POS header directory DECUS C "Command" directory DECUS C "comp" directory, contains C compiler and
assembler source and build files DECUS C C preprocessor DECUS C directory full of .H files
DECUS C C library in C (yes, there's even a SCANF in C) DECUS C RSX runtime library sources
DECUS C useful tools programs + build files (build!) DECUS C VAX runtime library sources DECUS C misc. goodies including a BASIC, a FOCAL, aROFF, a speller, games, and much more. DECUS C system independent OTS in MACR0-11
DECUS C various I/0 services in the OTS for some OSs DECUS C Portable Math Library in C

At this point the tape is completely full. We wanted to add CCL, a super command language enhancement, and SRO, a super file structure maintenance utility, and also FRAG (which shows how fragmented your disk is) and ENA which allows you to turn on privileges temporarily, and VS, the Variable Length Send/Receive driver. However. there's no more room. so these have been left off. The last SRO and CCL were on the RSX Fall 1983 SIG tape. in UICs [352,4] and [344,61] respectively. This tape is available from the OECUS library as number 11-SP-60 in either BRU or VMS Backup form. (The VMS Backup version is under a different number).
To read a tape in RMS Backup format you use RMS Restore.

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If you have VMS. define the command $RST:==MCR RST
and if you have RSX. install RMSRST via >INS $RMSRST/CKP=YES/TASK= ··· RST
Each backup set should be placed in a separate directory on output. To do so. set your default output to the directory you want the output to go into. and mount the tape as an ANSI volume (label is RSXSIG). Then ~ive the command:
RST *.*;*/FR=MT:name.BCK
where you may use MS: or MF: or MM: instead of MT: if you have a different type tape controller. The /FR switch forces UIC ownership to be yours. Without it. it will be the same as the source system. which will ~enerally mean that unless you are privile~ed enou~h (and have exouota set on VMS) you will ~et error messages as BCK tries to close the files.
RMS BCK was used because it is the only utility readily available to RSX. VMS. and RSTS sites which uses fairly lar~e tape blocks and preserves all file attributes. Also. it does not ~lobalize tape errors the way BRU does. so errors in input files tend to be much better localized than on BRU tapes. We want you to be able to use this tape when you ~et back to your systems.
You are ur~ed to obtain the last 2 RSX SIG tapes ( 11-SP-60 for Fall '83 BRU. and 11-SP-67 for Sprin~ 1984 BRU) from DECUS if you do not have them already. Both are available in VMS Backup format also unaer different catalog numbers; a call to DECUS will get you the numbers if you prefer VMS Backup format for reading the tapes on a VAX. Additional versions of RUNOFF, CCL. SRD. and the rest of the Kermit distribution. plus much much more. are on these volumes. They also include the LBL Tools. a complete Unix-like system that runs on RSX (or VMS or about 30 other OSs) with equivalents to nearly all the Unix utilities in source. with build files.
If you run RSX or VMS, in fact. the complete RSX SIG tape collection has many worthwhile offerin~s. even on the oldest of the tapes. Many of these even run in native mode under VMS. as they are written in compatible HOLs.
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PLAY WITH SORT V3.0 FIRST
I recently installed the new SORT V3.0 packa~e on my M-PLUS V2.1 system (runnin~ with autopatch D). There were many nice new features which were appealing to my site. We tested it one weekend and it seems ok. Then we went live with it. Yuck!@ : it blew over half of our production jobs out of the water and created a bundle of headaches. The problems have been SPRed with a plea for Quick response. At this point, I would sug~est that the rest of you review its usage in your environment VERY CAREFULLY before migratin~ unconditionally. We tried to determine if the problems could be tied to certain file types. record lengths, etc. The problems seem to be inconsistent and we could not accurately define the nature of the problem in the timeframe we had.
In summary. SORT V3.0 looks very nice but some polish is needed.
Terry Medlin Survey Sampling. Inc
Spring 1984 RSX SIG Tape Distribution Tree
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A.F. Stokes #27 Teledyne Brown Engineerin~ MS 102 Cummings Research Park Huntsville, Alabama 35807 205-532-1842 Dan Tipton #14 East Tennessee LUG GE 117 Flint Road Oak Ridge, TN 37830 615 482 5000
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Jerry Ethington #83 Kentucky PDP-11 LUG Federal Land Bank of Louisville 201 W. Main St. P.O. Box 32390 Louisville. KY 40232 502 566-7187
Frank Atkinson #71 Central Ohio LUG 1900 E. Dublin-Granville Rd. Suite 100 Columbus, Ohio 43229 614-889-0841
Brian Nelson Toledo Ad Hoc LUG Univ. of Toledo Computer Services 2801 W. Bancroft Toledo, Ohio 43606 419 537 2511
Rick Sharpe #65 Toledo Sci+Tech Prog LUG Toledo Edison M/S 3085 300 Madison Toledo, OH 43652 419 259-5000 470
Tom Haase #72 Western Reserve LUG SOHIO 4440 Warnersville Center Cleveland, Ohio 44128 216 581 5724
Harry Atherton #42 Tri-State LUG RSX Librarian U. C. Medical Center ML 541 231 Bethesda Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45267 513 872-5341
Mike Fauber #12 Dayton LUG Delco Products, P.O. Box 1042 MS 4-07 Dayton~ Ohio 45401
513-25~~7707
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Tim Gardner #61 Central Indiana LUG Purdue University Smith 105, AG Data Network West Lafayette, IN 47907 317 494-8333
Jim Downward #37 Southeastern Michigan LUG KMS Fusion Inc. P.O. Box 1567 3621 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48106 313 769-8500
Hugh Gregg #91 Greater Lansing LUG Michigan State University Dept. of Physiology East Lansing, MI 48824 517 355-5125
Kreigh Tomaszewski #63 West Michigan LUG Amway Corp. EDP Technical Support 21A-2D 7575 E. Fulton Rd. Ada, MI 49355 616 676-7402
Jim Flatten #35 Skunk River Small Systems LUG Ames Laboratory ISU/VSDOE 304 metallurgy Ames, IA 50011 515 294-4823
Bob Streeper #04 Bi-State DECUS LUG The Cedar Rapids Gazette 500 Third Avenue SE P.O. Box 511 Cedar Rapids, IA 524~1 319 398-8275
William Patterson #23 Madison Wisconsin LUG U. of Wisconsin Medical School Div. of Neurosurgery 600 Highland Ave. Madison, WI 53792 608 263-5227

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Steven Peschke #90 Northeastern Wisconsin LUG Network-Systems Design 230 Koeller Rd. Oshkosh, WI 54901 414 231-3333
John Vilandre #01 Loon LUG University of Minnesota 1-210 HSUA Lab of Physical Hygiene Minneapolis, MN 55455 612 376-4066
Jim Leedham #36 Southeast Minnesota LUG Mayo Foundation Section of Engineering 200 First Street SW Rochester, MN 55905 507 284-2620
Tony Scandora #09 Chicago Area Real Time Society Science Applications Inc. Suite 819 1701 E. Woodfield Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60195 312 885-6800 (or 972 7541)
Gerald McGinnis Argonne LSI LUG Argonne National Labs 817-A105 Argonne, IL 60439 312 972-6963
Jerald Wray #06 Central Illinois LUG University of Illinois 487 Loomis Laboratory of Physics 1110 W. Green St. Urbana, IL 61801 217 333-4922
Richard Wrenn St. Louis LUG Washington University Dept. of Biochamistry Campus Box 8094 St. Louis, Mo. 63110 314 362-3354
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Dr. Robert Fairchild #67 Midlands LUG Nebraska Wesleyan University
50th & St. Paul Streets
Lincoln, NE 68504 402 466-2371 341
Gene Dugger #19 Arkansas LUG Harding University Academic Computer Center P. O. Box 753 Searcy~ AR 72143 501 260-6161 266
Guy Dunbar Central Oklahoma PDPll LUG
Wm. E. Davis & Sons Inc.
37 NW 122nd St. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73114 405 751-4660
Paul Sandwell #44 Tulsa LUG 8611 E. 78th Street South Tulsa, OK 74133 918 252 5815
Mike Drabicky Conrad Schlundt North Texas LUG Rockwell International 1200 N. Alma Way MS 406-280 Richardson, Texas 75081 (214) 996-7532
Peter Reinecke #15 Greater Houston Area LUG Texas Instruments 4950 Sugar Grove, Apt. 1701 Stafford, TX 77477 713 879-2132
Paul Tompkins #82 Brazosport LUG Dow Chemical Co., Texas Div. Computer Engineering Dept. APB Building Freeport, TX 77541 409 238-7040
Fred Duzik
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LOTA LUG UTHSC- C0Mputing Resources 7703 Floyd Curl Drive San Antonio, Texas 78234 512 691-7351
Douglas H. Threatt #77 Alamo PDP-8/PDP-11 LUG School of Aerospace Medicine SAM/BRS Brooks Air Force Base San Antonio, TX 78235 512 536-3886
Craig Bentsen #75 Coastal Bend LUG Celanese Chemical Co. P.O. Box 9077 Corpus Christi, TX 78469 512 241-2343
Margaret H. Knox #02 Computation Center University of Texas Austin, TX 78712 512 471-3241

David Taff #76 Denver Area PDP-11 LUG
u.s.G.s.
Box 25046 MS 978 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 (303)234-6479
Dave Healey #85 Intermountain Area LUG Utah Power & Light Room 184 1407 North West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84116 (801)535-2804
James F. Harrison #22 Los Alamos Users of RSX Los Alamos National Lab

Wayne Little #53 Idaho Falls LUG E G & G Idaho Bldg. TSA-F6 Box 1625 Idaho Falls, ID 83415 (208)526-9353
Bradford Castalia #43 Tucson LUG The Graphics Studios Co. 712 N. 7th Ave. Tucson, AZ 85705 (602)624-6629
Doug Gladden #84 Southern New Mexico LUG White Sands Missile Range
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MP-1, MS H828 P.O. Box 1663 Los Alamos, NM (505)667-5688

87545

NR-AD-A White Sands, NM 88002 (505)678-3348

James K. Neeland #38 Los Angeles RSX LUG Hughes Research Labs M/S RL63 3011 Malibu Canyon Rd. Malibu, CA 90265 (213)317-5333
Roger Jenkins #50 Orange County LUG Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. 19891 Beach Blvd. Huntington Beach, CA 92647 (714)536-9346

Ruth Heidi #52 Caltech/JPL LUG Calif. Institute of Technology MC 220-47 Pasadena, CA 91125 (213)356-4293
c. H. Stockley #03
Bay Area RSX/IAS LUG Sandia National Labs Division 8411 Livermore, CA 94550 (415)422-2143

Bill Minasian #56 Sacramento Valley LUG University of California Davis Digital Systems Dept. Davis, CA 95616 (916)752-7762
Clifford Lloyd #99 EGG LUG P.O. Box 1912 MS C-81 Las Vegas, NV 89125 (702)295-0392
Larry Ehinger #69 Central New Mexico RSX LUG Sandia National Labs Division 7121 Albuquerque, NM 87185 (505)844-4186
Paul Wilfong #30 San Diego PDP-11/VAX LUG Verac Suite 300 10975 Porreyana Rd. San Die~o. CA 92121 (619)457-5550

Robert N. Perry #32 Portland Area PDP-11 LUG Tektronix, Inc. M/S 50-454 P.O. Box 500 Beaverton, OR 97077 (503)627-5410
Roger Engleman #17 Idaho LUG Computer Partners, Inc. 2995 N. Cole Rd., Suite 140 Boise, ID 83704 (208)377-2070
Larry Levine #45 Biomedical Computing UCLA LUG Dept. of Chemistry 2072 Youn~ UCLA Los An~eles. CA 90024 (213)825-3288
Allan Van Lehn #55 Livermore National Lab LUG Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab MS L-233 P.O. Box 808 Livermore. CA 94450 (415)422-6652

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Steve Lorentzen #34 Seattle Area LUG Unicomp Corp. 500 Fourth & Battery Bldg. Seattle. WA 98121 (206)223-6453

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I Thomas Viana

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Library Updates

new PRO-l'-4

C Language System for the Professional-l5A with Native Toolkit Version: November 1983

Author: navid Conroy, Robert Denny, Charles Forsythe, Clifford Geshke and Martin ~inow

Submitterl By: Martin Minow Operating System: P/OS v1.q

Source Language: C, M~CR0-11
·c· is a general purpose programming language well suited for professional usage. This ·c· distribution contains a subset of the DECUS ·c· programming system which includes:
~ compiler for the ·c· language. The entire language is
supported except for an emulated (software) floating point, macros with arguments, bit fields, and enumerations.
A common runtime library ('standard I/O library') or ·c·
programs running under the RSX-11 or RT-11 operating systems.
By using this library, ·c· programs may be developed on one
operating system for eventual use on another. A RSTS/E extensions library allowing access to all RSTS/E executive services. ~n RSX-11/M extensions library allowing access to all RSX-11~ executive services. More than 2~ "C" programs, including a cross-reference lister for "C" programs, a lexical analyser program generator, cross-assemblers for several microcomputers, and several games.
·c· may be built to run under RSTS/E V7.2/V8.A, ~SX-llM v~.~,
RT-11 V4.0, ~S V3.l - l.'- (compatibility mode) or TSX-PLUS V2.2/V3.~. It may be modiied to run on earlier versions of these operatin9 systems and should run on subsequent versions without extensive modification.

Note: For sources and documentation manuals see DECUS No. ll-SP-18.
Restrictions: This submission contains neither documentation nor sources for the compiler or Run-Time Library. The ·tools· are not provided. Some functions for accessing P/OS menus are provided.
Sources not included. Limited documentation on magnetic media.
Media (~ervice Charge Code): ~ 1/4· Floppy Diskette (JC)
Format: FILES

Keywords: Programming Languages Operating System Index:
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i:>O/S

User Command Linkage-Plus for the PR0-300 Series

new
PR0-12~

Version: V6J, July 1984
Author: William K. Walker, Monsanto Research Corp., Miamisburg, OH
Operating System: RT-11 VS.Al

Source Language: MACR0-11 Memory Required: 8872 Words

UCL+ is a user command linkaqe program for use with RT-11 VS.~l on the PR0-300 series computers. It allows dynamic, on-line definition of user commands (or ·symbols·) and is upward-compatible with the UCL program distributed with RT-11 vs.01. Among the extended features are:
1. An ·execute-immediate· mode for commands that are defined in
terms of other UCL+ commands. 2. Deletion of multiple symbol definitions in a single command
line. 3. Optional chaining to additional ·ucL·s·.
4. A user-definable ·run-by-name path· which extends the RT-11 ·run-from-SY:· default.
5. Provision to STORE/RECALL program settings to/from a separate·.ucL· file.
~. A PASS ON command that allows you to force UCL+ to ·pass-on· a given command string to the next ·ucL·in the chain (the default mode) or to a program that you specify.
7. DISPLAY of command expansions with or w.ithout execution. The DISPLAY command can also be used to output pre-defined ASCII strings to the console, the printer, or some other device/file (handy for sneaky escape sequences).
8. Several useful built-in ·hard-wired· commands including a DCL-style RNO command for use with the DECUS RUNOFF (DECUS No. PR0-104) program.
9. Provision for accepting lower-case input (as well as most control characters).
10. Provision to list all program parameters, including SYI,!lbol definitions; list output may be directed to devices/files other than the console.

The V~J distribution also includes the source text and instructions necessary to create an on-line HELP facility for UCL+.

Documentation on magnetic media. Media (Service Charge Code): 5 1/4· Floppy Diskette (JA) Format: RT-11
Keywords: Utilities - RT-11, PR0-300 Series Operating System Index: RT-11
October 1, 1984

PORTACALC: ~ 30 Spreadsheet/Database System

revision 11-SP-47

Version: Vl2.1, July 1984
Author: Glenn c. Everhart, Ph.D.

Operating System: IAS, RSTS/E, RSX-llD, HSX-llM, RSX-llM-PLUS, VAX/VMS
Source Language: FORTRAN IV-PLUS, FORTRAN 77, VAX-11 FORTRAN, MACR0-11, MACR0-32
PORTACALC is a powerful 3-dimensional spreadsheet/database and analysis system with easy user extensibility designed to outperform most any commercial package available, running on PDP-11 systems able to support the F4P compiler, or VAX systems, needing the VAX FORTRAN compiler to compile. Several terminals are supported, including the VTl~O series, VT52, Datamedia Colorscan lA and Elite lSAA, Televideo 925, and ANSI color terminals.

The program is designed for portability to other FORTRAN systems, with peculiarities used documented, and its manual is designed to be turned into a system HELP file so that it can be read online.
Tutorials are supplied as well. Recustomizing for other terminals
is easy; only direct cursor addressing, screen erase, and line erase are required, though reverse video allows use of the VTlOA templates which yield an easier-to-read screen.

A data management system interface is built in, permitting spreadsheets to access a potentially unlimited number of files and records or parts of records in those files for user defined functions, numbers, formulas, text or whatnot. In fact it has many of the attributes of a language. Every cell may contain far more complex formulas than most commercially sold programs, and indeed may be a complete program with the abilty to execute most command-level spreadsheet commands, though with minor restrictions.
Merging of multiple sheets, matrix algebra, general function solving (a la TK!SOLVER, though with a less polished user interface), and easy document load/unload make this spreadsheet very significantly more powerful than all but the most elaborate mainframe packages, and infinitely easier to customize. User commands may be entered via a keyword or function key and are provided with a comprehensive HELP system permitting users to individually tailor commands to their needs.
A powerful text integration function permits integration of word processing files with reports, permitting use of AnalytiCalc (PORTACALC) to integrate sections of reports which are edited with

any editor. It also simplifies inserting text from ex~ -~nal files flexibly over null cells of the spreadsheet. Note: VAX/VMS users, see DECUS NO. V-SP-24. Changes and Improvements: This version has better graphics interface and search-formula functions. Deleted some obsolete module versions. PR0-35A PortaCalc sources added. Restrictions: This version uses screen independent cursor control. PDP-11 version easily customized to almost anything. Release notes distributed with each tape. Documentation on magnetic media. Media (Service Charge Code): Manual (EA), ~A~' Magtape (MC) Format: RMSBCK (1~0A BPI only)
Keywords: PORTAC~LC, Spreadsheet, nata Base Management, Business Applications Operating System Index: RSX-11/IAS, RSTS/E, VAX/VNIS October 1, 1984
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new 11-755 CLE: Command Line Editing and Storage Utility for RSX-llM Version: V3, March 1983 Author: F. Kuster, Eidg. Techn. Rochschule, Hybridrechenzentrum AIE, Zurich, Switzerland Operating System: RSX-llM V3.2, V4.x (RSX with SPAWN qupport is Required) Source Language: MACR0-11 Memory Required: 3.SKW CL~ is an interface to the actual CLI, which remembers the last commands, so that they can be recalled and edited after an error or modified for reuse. It also allows for up to ten commands to be stored in a temporary buffer for later use either individually or as a group of commands. CLE executes some often used commands with one single control-character. CLE runs with RSX-llM 3.2 and 4.x and supports MCR, DCL and User-CLis. No special type of terminal required. Documentation on magnetic media. Media {Service Charge Code): Floppy Diskette {KA) Format: RT-11, 6AA' Magtape (MA) Format: DOS-11 Keywords: Editors, Utilities - RSX-11 Operating System Index: RSX-11/IAS October 1, 1984
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new V-SP-27
Symposium Tape from the RSX SIG, Fall 1983, Las Vegas in VMS/BACKUP
Version: Fall 1983
Author: Various
Submitted By: ~lenn c. Everhart, Ph.n.
Operating System: IAS, RSX-lln, RSX-llM, RSX-llM-PLUS, VAX/VMS
Source Language: various
This tape consists of two BRU (V3.2) backup sets at 1~00 bpi with no extra files afterwards. Some of the highlights of the tape are:
Swedish PASCAL updated for RSX-llM V4.A and V4.l, FCB program for RSX-llM-PLUS V2.B, CRT library for VT1A0 control, RUNOFF from the RSX SIG Runoff Working Group, Multi Trek (multi-user startrek game), RSX-llM/M-PLUS Activity monitor, written for V3.2, COMLIB module patch to get BRU to write files from tape to VAX disks. DGT - read DG, Unix TAR, IBM, many more tapes1 writes some too. FIXED up ORC object Disassem. Resubmission of IAS virtual disks and pseudo tty drivers. Multi-file or multi-disk virtual disk package with security enhancements. FX: memory virtual disk package for M/M+. Desk Top Calendar. Appt/mtg sched, cal. display. Spelling checker, signal processing programs, tape
copier, secs, day-of-week subroutine and more.
Rice University RUNOFF. Many word processing enhancements and letter quality output support. Similar to DSR. Interr-interrogate a central QECnet node for new network control info in big networks. RSX-llM/M+ User Monitor. Network time coordinators. KMSKIT (RSX accounting and performance enhancements). CCL V9.A Concise Command Language ··· better catchall task, very user friendly. Machine-readable versions of Hows and Whys of ASTs in RSX1 MSCAN1 Cluster and Resident Libraries1 and RSX Sysgen session. Online Pool Analyzer for RSX-llM+ V2. SRO working group SRO. This is the definitive version of SRO, a super-useful directory/file maintenance utility. Manuscript and files for developing an ACP for RSX-llM in a Higher Order Language. Supermac in FORTRAN. Datatrieve structures needed to make RSX-llM+ accting reports SFGL7A graphics package enhancements. Complete distribution of KERMIT communications for many micro, mini and mainframe systems (1/12/84, fixes bugs of 19/21/83 version of VAX Fall '83 tape). Very complete comm program, runs on DEC, MSDOS, CP/M, Unix, VM/370, Apple, etc. etc. OG ADS Kermit (in RATFOR and FORTRAN). RSX and RSTS Kermit. Adventure compiler and runtime for RSX. 30 Plotting Package for Textronix 4914. TED full screen and line editor.
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No guarantees are made as to the completeness, usability, or quality of the programs on the tape. The material has not been checked or reviewed and documentation may or may not be included. Note: PDP-11 users see DECUS ~o. 11-SP-~0. Complete sources not included. Documentation on magnetic media. Media (Service Charge Code): 240A' ~agtape (PS) Format: V~S/BACKUP (Blocked at 2048)
Keywords: Symposia Tapes RSX-11, PASCAL, RUNOFF, Word Processing Operating System Index: RSX-11/IAS, VAX/VMS October 1, 19R4
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revision
PR0-1~1
BASIC, PASCAL, PortaCalc, Kermit and a Desk Top Calendar for the Professional - 35~
Version: V2, ~ugust 1984
Author: Various
Submitted By: Glenn c. Everhart, Ph.D.
Operating System: P/OS, RSX-llM-PLUS
Source Language: c, FORTRAN 77, MACR0-11
Other Software Required: PASCAL is not useful without the PRO Toolkit
These diskettes contain a grab bag of several RSX-11 tools off old RSX-11 SIG tapes, converted to RX5~ format for the DEC Professional-35A under P/OS Vl.7 or later (Maybe earlier too1 no way to test that).
The following are provided:
PortaCalc for Professional-350 is the most powerful spreadsheet available. This version is compatible with the VAX/Vt.1S version and does essentially everything you ever wanted your spreadsheet to do. The tutorial and manual file are supplied, and an install file is there too, in case you want to run it from a menu.
DTC for Professional-35A is a good desktop calendar facility for handling your calendar on the PRO. Full screen day/week/month/year displays, appointment selection, meeting scheduling, etc. etc.
RSX BASIC for the Professional-350 is the Michael Reese BASIC, a full language dialect similar to BASIC PLUS. This version starts up with a spurious error message, but works well.
SWEDISH PASCAL for the Professional-35A is the latest ·swedish PASCAL· compiler {updated for the new RSX versions) for the PRO. It is a full language compiler and OTS, plus the manual. This program is useful for those who have the PRO Toolkit so they can build programs in PASCAL now.
PRO Kermit Vl is a full featured communications package with host versions in the public domain available for practically any host or other Micro you ever heard of, and many you haven't. This package allows full VT102 emulation, file transfer, logging and much more and makes it totally unnecessary for you to buy anybody's communications packages. Includes the hexify and dehexify tools, making it possible to send even files with weird rms attributes around and rebuild the attributes.
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There are install command files for BASIC, OTC, PortaCalc, and Kermit. The PASCAL kit is to be run from the PRO Toolkit, so is
not installable from a menu. The others can run under the PRO Toolkit too; it is not necessary to go through the menu, except maybe for Kermit, which is heavily into PRO menus.

Changes and Improvements: Cleaned up speedups for PortaCalc, BASIC. Added a couple of C tools.
Complete sources not included. Documentation on magnetic media.

Media (Service Charge Code): Format: FILES-11

5 1/4· Floppy Oiskette (JD)
Keywords: Rpreadsheet, Calendars, Compilers, PASCAL BASIC, Kermit Operating System Index: RSX-11/IAS, P/OS
October 15, 1984

new
11-SP-~9
Symposium Tape from the German RSX SIG, Spring 1984, Darmstadt Version: Spring 1984 Author: various Submitted By: Klaus Centmayer, TU Muenchen, Lst.f.
Datenverarbeitung, Munich, West Germany Operating System: IAS, RSX-llD, RSX-llM Source Language: BASIC, FORTRAN IV, FORTRAN IV-PLUS,
MACR0-11, Teco This tape contains the programs submitted by users at the DECUS Munich Symposium, 1984. The following is a very brief summary of the programs and routines on the tape. This collection also includes some revised versions of other RSX SIG tapes and a summary of available DECUS-SIG-tapes. German RUNOFF, RECFIL, File Recover, Disk File Change, Editors, Text-processing, FORTRAN-debug, BASIC, Games, Common Region Modify, Device online/offline, Eventflag Reeort, ~onitor Console Emulator, Computer Link, Catch All, ARll-dr1ver, ZX-driver, Driver Database Dump, TT Status, Sysgen-modifications, TECO-macros, CAMAC Support, Plot-routines, Pictures on LP, Fast File I/O Routines, div. MT-routines (QIO, foreign taees, EBCDIC-ASCII}, Variable send/receive, Program-AST, IAS-ut1lities; Batch Level, STD. No guarantees are made as to the completeness, usability, or quality of the programs on the tape and the material has not been checkea or reviewed. Documentation may or may not be included on the magnetic media. Media (Service Charge Code}: 2400' Magtape (PS) Format: DOS-11 (1~00 bpi ONLY)
Keywords: Symposia Tapes RSX-11 Operating System Index: RSX-11/IAS October 15, 1984
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TCU-SODYR Handler for RSX-llM, -PLUS, MICRO

new 11-752

Version: June 1984

Author: Phil Harms, Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma, WA

Operating System: MICRO/RSX-11 Vl

Source Language: FORTRAN 77, MACR0-11

Memory Required: 7KW

Special Hardware Required: Digital Pathways TCU-S~DYR battery backup clock/calendar
TCUSET/RSXSET and TCLOCK provide the software interface to the TCU-SADYR clock card. These routines set the TCU clock from the RSX-11 system time, and maintain the correct date over leap day and year end.

Restrictions: Routine TCLOCK must be scheduled to run shortly after midnight each day to insure that leap day and start of new year are maintained on the clock. TCUSET must be run after system time is manually changed for daylight savings time or other time/date changes.

Media (Service Charge Code): Floppy Diskette (KA), 6~q· Magtape (M~)

Format: FILES-11

Keywords: Clock, Device Drivers - RSX-11, Calendars Operating System Index: ~ICRO
RSX-11

October 15, 1984

new V-SP-28
Symposium Tape from the RSX SIG, Spring 1984, Cincinnati, in VMS/BACKUP
Version: Spring 1984 Author: Various
Submitted By: Glenn c. Everhart, Ph.D.
Operating System: IAS, RSX-110, RSX-llM, RSX-11~-PLUS, VAX/VMS
Source Language: various
This program is the RSX, Spring 1984, Cincinnati Symposium tape for the convenience of VMS users. It is available in either BRU format (DECUS Program No. 11-SP-~7) or VMS/BACKUP format at 1~00 BPI.
The following are some highlights of the tape:
Michael Reese BASIC, ATT, DEV, Force command line, DOS cross supports, virtual disks (memory and disk resident), spreadsheet, calendar, Runoff from Rice University, spelling checker, several communications utilities including updates and extensions of XMITR and DUPLEX, graphics, full Kermit distribution (as of 7/15/1984), BUG screen debugger for IAS, LBL Tools toys (L~X, YACC, LISP,
RATFOR, AR, etc.), DECUS c for PR0-35A, phone list manager,
mailing list manager, sorter, HEX file mgr, Task Image zap, and numerous PR0-35A loadable task images and runtimes including Swedish PASCAL, BASIC, OTC, AnalytiCalc (spreadsheet), ODT (sources for symbolic debugger), TECO SRD, COPY, LISTRSX, and much more. Since many of these programs are as useful on VAX as on RSX, they are provided.
No guarantees are made as to the completeness, usability, or quality of the programs on the tape. The material has not been checked or reviewed and documentation may or may not be included.
Complete sources not included. Documentation on magnetic media.
Media (Service Charge Code): 24~0' Magtape (PS)
Format: VMS/BACKUP (Blocked at 2A48)
Keywords: Symposium Tapes RSX-11, Spreadsheet, BASIC, RUNOFF Operating System Index: RSX/IAS, VAX/VMS
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