Spring 1981 Symposium Tape This is a short description of the contents of the spring 1981 symposium tape for the VAX SIG, alphabetically by subdirectory. Each subdirectory also contains a file named AAAREADME.TXT, which further describes the contents of the subdirectory and possibly gives pointers to specific documentation files. ACCNTNG - The files in this subdirectory are an update to the accounting system from the Air Force Weapons Lab that appeared in subdirectory ACCNTNG2 of the Fall 1980 VAX SIG tape. APL - This is a new version of the APL subset interpreter from SCI that appeared in subdirectory SCIAPL of the Fall 1980 VAX SIG tape. ASM6502 - A Motorola 6502 cross-assembler/downloader from the Air Force Weapons Lab. DECNET - Unsupported DECNET utility routines submitted by Bill Brindley. DPY - Several display-oriented utilities that all use a display package somewhat reminiscent of DPY on TOPS-10. From CalTech. EDITOR - The TEDI text editor that was described in a session at the DECUS symposium. Apparently it is not yet screen-oriented, but the next release will be. FILELIST - A flexible file listing utility submitted by William Wood of the Institute for Cancer Research. FORDAERO - A large set of programs submitted by Ford Aerospace. Among the submissions is: the FLECS preprocessor, a biomedical statistics package, a text formatter, and many COM files to simulate new DCL commands, together with extensive HELP for each. This subdirectory itself has eight subdirectories. FORTTOOLS - A FORTRAN formatter and a cross-reference utility (another one). GAMES - Contains several random games. See also subdirectory REALTREK. LBLTOOLS - This is an update to the version of the Software Tools package that was distributed by Joe Sventek at Lawrence Berkeley Labs on the Fall 1980 VAX SIG tape. MISCUTIL - Some of the functions provided by the procedures in this subdirectory Page 2 are: a text formatter, a datebook, a Pascal prettyprinter, routines to create and delete logical names in supervisor mode, a set of generally useful Pascal routines, a VMS HELP file for RUNOFF, and a teleconferencing program. NCAR - This subdirectory contains a large number of utilities submitted by Ray Bovet at NCAR. Some of the routines are probably not of general usefulness, while others definitely are. The examples used by Ray in his talk at the symposium on the use of FORTRAN as a systems programming language are also included. REALTREK - This is a multi-user, real-time star trek game from William Wood at the Institute for Cancer Research. It is an update from the Fall 1979 San Diego VAX SIG tape. SYSMGR - Among this collection of routines are a couple of command procedures for adding new users to the system, routines to force an image to exit and to hang up unused lines, a tape verifier, an incremental backup/restore facility, and a program to maintain a database of NOTICE.TXT files. TAPEUTIL - A collection of command files from Mantech that are useful for building tapes such as this one (MAKETAPE will probably be used for the production of future VAX SIG tape copy tapes). VPLOT - This package contains a set of routines to allow a Printronix 300 printer to emulate a drum plotter. If you have software which you would like to see on the symposium tape from Los Angeles, you may either bring it to Los Angeles or send it to me anytime between now and then. In either case, you will eventually get your tape back (no commitment as to when, and floppies do not get returned - it does not seem worth the expense). If you want to send me something before Los Angeles, you will have to get a release form, fill it out, and send it to me along with the software. To protect both DECUS and myself, I just cannot accept software which is not accompanied by a release form. In addition, if the software contains DEC copyright notices, a signed release from some responsible DEC person will be necessary. Release forms can be obtained from the DECUS office, 1 Iron Way, Marlboro, Mass., 01752. Tapes will be accepted in ANSI format or RMS BCK format only, at 1600 BPI, with machine readable documentation. Floppies will be accepted in ODS-2 format only, also with machine readable documentation. If the software that you would like to submit represents a reasonably complete and presentable package, even if it is not everything you would ever like it to be, please consider submitting it to the library. This will give your software more visibility in the VAX user community, allowing more people to benefit from it. A DECUS representative will be present at the symposium tape submittal desk in Los Angeles to assist you in filling out the library submittal form. Page 3 Contact your LUG chairman if you want a copy of this or a previous SIG tape (tapes exist for Fall 1979 and Spring and Fall 1980). If you are not a member of a LUG, the tapes are available through the DECUS library. My address is: Roger Lipsett Intermetrics, Inc. 4733 Bethesda Ave. Bethesda, MD. 20014 (301) 657-3775 Please feel free to call me with any questions. The files were put on the tape using RMS BCK. The best way to install the files is to situate yourself in a clean [sub]directory and execute the command file RESTORE.COM, as in the following example. $CREATE/DIRECTORY [someplace.VAXS81] $SET DEFAULT [someplace.VAXS81] $ALLOC MT?: RSTTAP: ! the logical name RSTTAP: $MOUNT RSTTAP: VAXS81 ! is required. $COPY RSTTAP:RESTORE.COM * $@RESTORE.COM Then selectively move the executables, com files, and documentation to their more appropriate and permanent [sub]directories. To reproduce the tape for distribution (which please feel free to do even if you are not part of the official distribution net), try one of the following three methods: 1. If your system has only one tape drive, get a copy of the file MTCOPY.EXE from the tape. Hang the tape and execute MTCOPY (which makes copies on a one drive system using a disk file). 2. If you have a system with more than one tape drive, mount the tape to be copied on one drive with logical name ITAPE, and the tape to receive the copy on another with logical name OTAPE. Then run a copy of TPCPY.EXE from this tape and follow directions. 3. Load the tape onto your system following the above example. Execute the command file TAPEBUILD.COM (also from the tape). Although NONE of the software is officially supported by the authors, most would probably like to hear about any trouble you have with their creations. As librarian, I will be happy to forward your unofficial SPR's to the authors. Please include "SPRING81" and the subdirectory of the offending package, as well as the names of the files involved and a BRIEF description of the problem. Include your name and address (complete) so the author can get in touch with you if details or dumps are needed. Please don't send me printouts, tapes, or floppies of the problem.