README.md


THIS UIC CONTAINS ALL THE FILES NECESSARY TO BUILD THE UPDATING
DEVICE STATUS REPORT PROGRAM. THE TASK IS CALLED DVC, AND PER-
FORMS THE SAME TYPE FUNCTION AS DEV PLUS MORE. BY USING THE
SWITCHES, DVC CAN PRINT A CONTINUOUSLY UPDATING STATUS REPORT
OF ANY OR ALL DEVICE TYPES. IT CAN ALSO BE USED TO WAIT FOR A
FREE DEVICE OF A PARTICULAR TYPE. IT WILL PERIODICALLY CHECK
FOR A FREE UNIT OF THE TYPE DESIRED, ALLOCATE THAT FREE UNIT
TO YOU, AND THEN BROADCAST A MESSAGE TO YOUR TERMINAL REPORTING
THE FACT.
NOTE - DVC CONTAINS A LIST OF THE POSSIBLE DEVICE NAMES. THAT
LIST WILL NEED TO BE CHANGED FOR YOUR SYSTEM. (TABLE IS AT LABEL
"LEGDEV:"). DVC ALSO EXECUTES A TASK CALLED CLR WHICH SIMPLY
CLEARS A CRT SCREEN. THAT CALL WILL NEED TO BE CHANGED IF YOU
DO NOT HAVE A TASK CALLED "CLR". (CAN BE FOUND AT LABEL "CLSPWN:")

FILES CONTAINED IN THIS UIC:

1. DVC.CMD - MASTER BUILD COMMAND FILE
2. TTY.MAC - COMMON SUBROUTINE TO CALC TTY NUMBER (MACRO11)
3. DVC.MAC - SOURCE FILE (MACRO-11)
4. DVC.HLP - ASCII HELP FILE
5. DVC.OBJ - OBJECT
6. DVC.LST - LISTING
7. DVC.TSK - TASK IMAGE

DVC HAS BEEN RUN UNDER RSX-11M V3.2.

REFER COMMENTS TO:
STEPHEN RAINIER
SINGER/LINK
P.O. BOX 59
NAS MOFFETT FIELD, CA 94035
(408)732-3800 EXT. 325