DECUS VAX Systems SIG Tapecopy Submissions
                        Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
                                  Spring, 1991


                                 submitted by:


                                Matthew Madison
                         Engineering Computing Services
                        Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
                         Troy, New York 12180-3590 USA
                                +1 518 276 2606

                       madison@vms.ecs.rpi.edu (Internet)
                           MADISON@RPIECSVX (BITNET)



     This submission contains five subdirectories with  items  of  possible
     interest to VMS system managers and users.  All entries include source
     code,  object  code,  executables,  and  documentation.   Updates   to
     previously submitted entries are noted.

     All entries,  unless  otherwise  noted,  are  written  BLISS-32.   All
     entries include the BLISS source code contained in a compressed BACKUP
     save set to save space.  Use the LZDCMP program to decompress the save
     sets  and  BACKUP  to  unload  them.  Some of the entries also contain
     MACRO source code as generated by the BLISS compiler.

     All entries include an AAAREADME.DOC file; most also  include  further
     documentation.

     All entries require VMS V5.0 or later.

     1.  [.MDMLIB]

         MDMLIB is a set of utility routines called by some of the programs
         in  this  submission,  and  is required if rebuilding the programs
         from sources.  [update of Spring 1990 submission]

     2.  [.MX]

         Mesage  Exchange  (MX)  is  an   electronic   mail   routing   and
         distribution  facility,  supporting  local  delivery via VMS MAIL;
         SMTP  over  CMU-Tek  TCP/IP,  TGV  Multinet,  or  DEC   VMS/ULTRIX
         Connection;  BITNET mail over Jnet; and UUCP mail over DECUS UUCP.
         It also supports mailing lists and file distribution over  E-mail.
         [update of the Spring 1990 submission]

     3.  [.NEWSRDR]

         NEWSRDR is an NNTP client program for reading  Usenet  news.   Can
         use  CMU-Tek  TCP/IP  or  VMS/ULTRIX Connection as NNTP transport.
         [update of Spring 1990 submission]

     4.  [.PCX]

         PCX is a utility for reading and writing MSDOS-format floppies  on
         VMS.  Works with most RX23 and RX33 floppy disk drives.  [new]

     5.  [.WATCHER]

         WATCHER is a flexible idle terminal monitor.  The  system  manager
         specifies   which   terminals   should   be  watched;  and,  on  a
         per-terminal basis, which measurements should be used to determine
         that  a  process  is  idle and how long the job should remain idle
         before being logged out.  One can also specify which  jobs  should
         not  be  monitored  based  on  any  combination  of username, UIC,
         identifiers and privileges held, terminal, port  information,  and
         day  of week/hour of day.  This version also supports both VWS and
         DECwindows workstations.  [update of Spring 1990 submission]