G. Everhart submissions for Spring 1985

The following are offered for your amusement or use:

1. in [.DTC...], several versions of DTC. These have been somewhat
debugged and new features added. In particular the [.dtc.mvaxdtc]
is an entirely new revision with many enhancements by C. Garman
of RCA MSR. A few features were left out of his version however,
so it does not replace all existing ones. A new version for 8088
has been supplied also. This is a really nifty desktop calendar
that keeps getting nicer as more features are added. The new
version is also MUCH faster than the original one, though it
is designed for Vax only.

2. In [.gcegen] are a few handy items from various places. These
include a revision of the DDT symbolic (Pdp11) debugger with some
features to permit back tracing where a program came from to
get to an error. It is quite useful on VAX or RSX as a symbolic
image examine/patch utility also. The ATT program (which reads
or alters file attributes in place) and the BIGTPC fast tape
to disk to tape copy utility are supplied. A version of DUMPER.C
(to read TOPS-20 DUMPER tapes on VMS) is supplied. Also the
LISTRS multicolumn lister, and CB.C, another BBS utility to
"beautify" C code.

3. In [.PCCOBJ] are object libraries (and DTRIF.OBJ for those
who don't have Datatrieve) for the new PortaCalc spreadsheets
for use by folks who lack Fortran (or equivalently are trying
to use the new V4.0 release of the compiler) and want to link
PortaCalc for their systems. The DTR-32 interface is supported
for the PCCX.OLB library, so now your spreadsheets can directly
access your DTR-32 databases.

4. In [.PCCPDP] is the latest PDP11, PRO 350, and VAX version
of AnalytiCalc with VAX support for DTR-32 (see DTRIF.DOC
for further info on how it works). DTR-32 is NOT required,
and a version can be built not using it if desired. Some
code speedups and other random novelties have been added
too, including ability to generate very wide output reports
(up to 512 characters, probably wider than YOUR printer).

5. In [.PCCVAX] is the lastes VAX spreadsheet that does not
use DTR (actually, on VMS you can pick the one here or the
one in [.PCCPDP]. The one here is a bit faster but uses more
memory. The one in [.PCCPDP] uses less memory but is a bit
slower. It can however access DTR-32. Try both and compare,
then choose. All documents are here, plus income tax templates,
a management system template for predicting manpower needs with
several jobs, and a Business Expense Report template (to help
you write up expenses for DECUS symposia and the like) with
all the numbers at your fingertips.

6. In [.RTDB] is a DBMS for RT11 with some necessary hooks to
convert to RSX (including VAX/RSX) or P/OS.

7. In [.SQUTL] is a new squeeze/unsqueeze system that is far
superior to SQ/USQ, works on binary files (at least, on .EXE
files) as well as text, and compiles in DECUS C or VAX11 C
thanks to M. Minow. There are some sources for LAR (a utility
to read CP/M or MSDOS LU libraries or write them) and a
dialect of LOGO, both done for un*x originally and awaiting
conversion to RSX or VMS. LAR is actually pretty close as it
stands and will list directories of libraries now in VMS.


	G. Everhart
	May, 1985
