G. Everhart submissions for Spring 1985 The following are offered for your amusement or use: 1. In [.CPMRSX], is a package from the 1982 Astralian tape. It will allow one to read/write CP/M format 8" floppies on RSX (or VMS). You may be able to build a complete CP/M emulator with it. 2. 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. The PDP11 and 8088 MSDOS versions are also present however. 3. 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. A number of other additional utilities are present, so look around; a VT100 figure drawing package or two (also useful for flowcharts or org charts) can be found. Files of type ARC are in DECUS C Archive format and are pure source code. 4. 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. Note that the default PCCX.OLB build INCLUDES DTR32 calls and needs to be done with the .OPT file. use DTRIF.OBJ to OMIT the DTR32 calls from the PCCX version. 5. 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). 6. 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. 7. In [.PCPGMS] are a number of IBM PC, Rainbow, Z80, 8088 etc. programs that may be of some interest. One notable item is a VT100/VT52/VT102 emulator for IBM PC so you needn't go and buy one of the expensive ones. 8. 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. 9. In [.TARFLP] is (compat mode) code that can read or write Unix TAR format floppies on RX01, RX02, or RX50 disks. Use now on your regular VAXen or use on your microVAXen later when VAX/RSX V2 comes out in fall '85 sometime. Very handy for communicating at high rates between Unix and real OSs like VMS or RSX. 10. In [.WINDOW] is a program (which works only on VMS version 4 or higher) which allows the user to simulate having windows a la the Appolo or MacIntosh. 11. In [.YASS] is Yet Another System Status program that will display information about the processes on the system. G. Everhart May, 1985