Kathleen D. Morse VAX/VMS Software Development Digital Equipment Corporation ZK01-1/D42 110 Spit Brook Road Nashua, NH 03061 603-884-8396 (Please don't call/write me.) These are the slides for some of the sessions given by the VAX/VMS developers at Spring DECUS in New Orleans. Listed below are the summaries of the sessions, and the name of the text file that contains the slides. All files are just text files and can be printed on any terminal or line-printer (*.TLK). PAGING, SWAPPING & WORKING SET ADJUSTMENT: MEMORY.TLK This talk details some of the internals of the VMS memory management subsystem. SYSGEN parameters are discussed for working set adjustments. VMS UPDATE: VMSUPDATE.TLK Update of new things happening in VMS. VMS V4 BATCH AND PRINT: BATCHPRNT.TLK This talk provides an overview of the batch and print capabilities of VAX/VMS. Topics include the job controller, and related DCL commands and system services with emphasis on new features for Version 4. The distribution and control of jobs in a VAXcluster is also described. VMS BATCH/PRINT SUBSYSTEMS INTERNALS: BATCH.TLK Talk on the internals of the batch and print subsystems. THE IMAGE ACTIVATOR (PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE): IMGACT.TLK This talk describes how the image activator works currently, and how it worked for each release of VMS. GUIDE TO WRITING A VMS UTILITY: DCLGUIDE.TLK This talk describes how to write a VMS utility. MicroVMS FUTURES: UVMS4M.TLK This talk describes the VMS support for the new MicroVAX II product. GUIDE TO CREATING A VMS INSTALLABLE PRODUCT: INSPROD.TLK VMSINSTAL is a command procedure used by layered products to install their software products on VAX/VMS. This presentation will describe the internals of VMSINSTAL, the callbacks that are available, and how this VMS supported procedure can be used to install your own software products. DCL AND THE VMS UTILITIES: DCLUTIL.TLK There have been many enhancements to DCL and the utilities for Version 4.0 of VAX/VMS. This session will highlight many of the new features that are available at the command level interface to VMS and discuss the advantages they provide. Knowledge of the DCL interface is assumed. RMS ISAM INTERNALS: RMSISAM.TLK This talk will address the internal structure of RMS ISAM files, concentating on Prolog 3. Among the items discussed will be RRVs, RFAs, structure of primary and secondary indexes. Some attention will be given to the mechanism behind RMS operations (such as $GET, $PUT, and $UPDATE), and to what happens during bucket splits.