LASER
LASER is a user-written print symbiont that is tailored specifically to the
Apple LaserWriter family and other PostScript printers.

The symbiont as distributed is configured to print normal text files in
a variety of formats on the laser printer.  Support is also included for
printing PostScript files, MacPaint files, and Zeta plot files.  See
LASER.C for additional capabilities of the symbiont.

	MAGTAPE_BUF
  The MAGTAPE_BUF program is used to set the default buffer size on a magnetic
tape drive prior to COPYing VMS BACKUP savesets to it.  This is necessary
because the software distribution savesets distributed by Digital are not
all the same record (block) size.  If a BACKUP saveset is COPY'd to a tape
that is MOUNT'd with a different "/BLOCKSIZE" then that saveset will be
unreadable by BACKUP.  (Actually it will work one way (saveset record size
versus tape block size), but not the other.)
  This is a real hack program that uses CMKRNL and IOC$SEARCHALL to find the
tape drive's Unit Control Block and then uses a 'poke' to change the buffer
size.  It is for Uniprocessors only.  For an example usage, see the
WRITESWDIST.COM command procedure.
 
  Copyright 1990, The University of Texas at Austin

	READTAPE
  The READTAPE program is used in conjuction with WRITETAPE to read and
write a complete magnetic tape into a single disk container file.  After a
source tape is read using READTAPE, the WRITETAPE program is used to write
a duplicate.  The WRITETAPE program is used for creating Standalone backup
kits on TK-50 VMS distributions and also for writing all Ultrix tapes.  See
WRITETAPE.C, READTAPE.C, WRITESWDIST.COM and WRITEULTRIX.COM for further info.
 
  Copyright 1990, The University of Texas at Austin

	SWDIST
  This directory contains command procedures and programs that are
used to perform redistribution of Digital software products on 
magnetic tape.  The source of the distributions can be compact disc
(CONDIST) or magnetic tape.  This software was developed to support
the University of Texas DEC Software Program (UTDSP) that encompasses
the Digital Campus Software License Grant (CSLG) program and the
Digital Educational Software Library (ESL).

 Copyright 1990, The University of Texas at Austin

 Submitted by:  Thomas Linscomb
   The University of Texas Computation Center, 512/471-3241
   internet: cctj001@utadnx.cc.utexas.edu     bitnet: watson@utadnx
   uucp:     ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!linscomb
   span:   utspan::utadnx::cctj001

 Created by:  Thomas Linscomb with contributions from Rick Watson.