[VAX000]0README.1ST INFORMATION REGARDING THE VAX SIG DECUS TAPES There are eight VAX Systems SIG DECUS Symposia tapes. The names used are: directory contents - - number of - - size directories files [VAX000] General information x xx xxxx [VAX79A] Spring 1979 tape 19 516 9486 [VAX79B] Fall 1979 tape (San Diego) 9 148 1762 [VAX80A] Spring 1980 tape (Chicago) 19 421 5259 [VAX80B] Fall 1980 tape (San Diego) 19 294 6945 [VAX81A] Spring 1981 tape (Miami) 27 513 8650 [VAX81B] Fall 1981 tape (Los Angeles) 67 1255 20218 [VAX82A] Spring 1982 tape (Atlanta) 72 1230 27838 [VAX82B] Fall 1982 tape (Anaheim) 147 2711 54668 (old record!!!) [VAX83A]and [VAX83B] Spring 1983 tape(s) (St.Louis) 96099 (Whew...) The sizes given are the approximate total size after the directories listed in SUPERCEDE.TXT have been deleted. On a disk with a cluster factor of 3 the allocated size will be about 10% higher. You are free, of course, name the root directories anything you want to. The above names were chosen to put the creation date in the name and at the same time make the lexical order of the names correspond to their calandar order. A description of some of the files contained in [VAX000] 0README.1ST - This file. 83ABMEMO.TXT - Memo to pass on with the tapes. AAAREADME.81B - The AAAREADME.TXT files from the Fall 1982 tape concatenated into one file. This file was created by BUILDREAD.COM. AAAREADME.82A - The AAAREADME.TXT files from the Spring 1982 tape concatenated into one file with BUILDREAD.COM. AAAREADME.82B - The AAAREADME.TXT files from the Fall 1982 tape concatenated into one file with BUILDREAD.COM. AAAREADME.83A and AAAREADME.83B - The AAAREADME.TXT files for the Spring 1983 tape concatenated into one file per tape. BUILDREAD.COM - A command file to build one large AAAREADME.nnn file from all the AAAREADME.TXT files on the directory tree. This command file checks file attributes and creates a uniform output file. COPYTREES.COM - An easy way to copy a VAX SIG tape (or tapes) from disk to tape. COPYTREES calls TREESIZE.COM. [.INDEX] - A set of indexes into the eight tapes. [.TEMP] - A temporary storage place for temp files while generating the tapes. SUBMIT.TXT and TEMPLATE.RNO - Useful information for preparing a submission to a symposium tape. TREE061.83A - The tape distribution tree for the Spring 1983 tape. TREEDIST.MEM - The cover letter for the Spring 1983 distribution tree. Dave Leonard Joe Bingham VAX Systems SIG Symposia tape coordinator VAX SIG Librarian Advanced Data Management ManTech International 15-17 Main Street 2320 Mill Road Kingston, NJ 08528 Alexandria, VA 22314 (609) 799-4600 (703) 838 5600