                         SEATTLE IAS CONTRIBUTIONS


This tape consists of 4 contributions from the IAS community of the Seattle
Area LUG.  Two of these are modifications to DEC software (CDA and BRU) and
only the modified objects are included.  For those  with  source  licenses,
SLIPER  (.SLP)  files  are included that will make the necessary changes to
the respective DEC source modules, if desired.

     The 4 contributions and their UIC's are:

     1.  IAS C ( [5,3], [5,4] and [5,5] ):  This is  the  earlier  DECUS  C
         submission with "IAS incompatible RSX bugs" removed.  There is one
         outstanding problem with DECUS C (all versions) - the library DOES
         NOT support doubles.  As long as you don't use doubles, everything
         appears to work OK.  If anyone out there has  some  free  time  on
         their hands . . . . .
		[ed - moved to [330,5] through [330,7] ]

     2.  CDA ( [302,204] ):  DEC's Crash Dump Analyzer package modified  to
         create  and  run  from a disk image of the crash tape.  These disk
         images can be copied or transfered via DECNET, if desired.

     3.  BRU ( [302,205] ):  DEC's  infamous  backup/restore  utility  made
         user friendly.  changes include:

         1.  Disks can be mounted normally.

         2.  UIC's can be changed between disk and tape and vice versa.

         3.  DIR/DIS info can be written to a disk file instead of just  to
             the terminal.

         4.  INIT switch has been removed.  This prevents users restoring a
             single  file  from  wiping out an entire disk.  It also allows
             backup of disk types outside of the standard DEC family, e.g.,
             virtual disks such as DV.


     4.  Virtual disk handler ( [302,206] ):  Resubmission of  the  virtual
         disk  package submitted to the Spring 1980 tape on [377,40].  Most
         of the changes are  cosmetic  in  nature.   The  package  is  well
         documented  in  the  handler  source  code.   This version has one
         serious drawback in that it is a single volume handler.  That  is,
         only  one  virtual  disk can be mounted at a given time.  Multiple
         users can  each  mount  the  same  virtual  disk  separately,  but
         different  virtual  disks  cannot  be  mounted  at  the same time.
         Again, if anyone out there has some free time . . . .

