RSX SIG Tape Distribution - Fall 1982 
 
 
          This is the RSX/IAS SIG Symposium Tape from the 1982  Fall  DECUS 
     Symposium  in  Anaheim.   The  tape contains material submitted by the 
     user community to the SIG at that meeting.   
 
          The programs on this tape are from user submissions.   The  DECUS 
     staff, the RSX/IAS SIG staff, and DEC are all in complete ignorance of 
     the contents of the tapes.  No warranty of any kind is implied in  the 
     distribution  of  these  tapes.   The  programs may or may not be well 
     documented, they may or may not work, they may even crash your system. 
     If  you  have  a  problem  with  the contents of the tape, contact the 
     author of the program.  Do not contact DECUS, DEC, or the RSX/IAS SIG. 
 
          The tape contains over 3000 files requiring 64,200 blocks of disk 
     space.   Since this will fit on a single 2400 foot tape only in BRU at 
     1600 bpi, it will be distributed as such.  Because it is  larger  than 
     an  RK07  disk, it has been split into 2 BRU container files, with the 
     1st (/BAC:RSXF82) as an RK07 image, and the 2nd (/BAC:SVENTOOLS) as an 
     RL02  image  containing  only  Joe  Sventek's  Software  Tools release 
     (15,600 blocks). 
 
          Directory [300,1] contains the files documenting the contents  of 
     the tape.  The following files are present: 
     RSXF82TPE.DOC contains an abstract of the contents of the tape by UIC. 
     README.ALL contains a concatenated list of all the README files on the 
        tape. 
     RSXF82.DIR contains a directory of all the files on the tape (BRU does 
        not produce nice directories). 
     SUBMIT.DOC contains guidelines for submissions to the RSX/IAS sig tape 
        collection.   This  is  MUST  reading  for  everyone who desires to 
        submit a program to the SIG tape.   
     BEGINF82.DOC has a copy of this text. 
     UICSETF82.CMD contains the UFD commands to create all the needed UIC's 
        on  device  XX:   exclusive  of those needed for the Software Tools 
        Backup_Set.  Edit it to  match  your  needs  before  using  BRU  to 
        extract the tape contents.  A word of caution:  under at least some 
        circumstances, 11M V4.0 BRU's /UFD switch creates directories  even 
        when it doesn't put anything in them). 
 
          The RSX SIG Tape Working Group is continuing to create a document 
     listing  the  most popular programs from past Sig Tapes.  From this we 
     will be able to create a "Best of the RSX/IAS Sig Tapes"  tape,  which 
     we  can  keep  updated.   The  problem is how do we determine the most 
     popular programs.  If you have taken a program off the  SIG  tape  and 
     used  it,  write me a letter and let me know.  This will at least be a 
     start.  Let me know about things that did not work also.  Be  sure  to 
     tell me which tape and what uic. 
 
 
                                        Jim Neeland 
                                        RSX-IAS SIG Tape Copy Coordinator 
                                        Hughes Research Labs 
                                        3011 Malibu Canyon Rd. 
                                        Malibu, California  90265 
                                        (213) 456-6411 ext. 333