[VAX000]0README.1ST

INFORMATION REGARDING THE VAX SIG DECUS TAPES

	There are eight VAX Systems SIG DECUS Symposia tapes.  The names
used are:

directory   contents                  - - number of - -    size 
                                      directories files

[VAX000]    General information              x      xx     xxxx

[VAX79A]    Spring 1979 tape                19     516     9486
[VAX79B]    Fall 1979 tape (San Diego)       9     148     1762
[VAX80A]    Spring 1980 tape (Chicago)      19     421     5259
[VAX80B]    Fall 1980 tape (San Diego)      19     294     6945
[VAX81A]    Spring 1981 tape (Miami)        27     513     8650
[VAX81B]    Fall 1981 tape (Los Angeles)    67    1255    20218
[VAX82A]    Spring 1982 tape (Atlanta)      72    1230    27838
[VAX82B]    Fall 1982 tape (Anaheim)       147    2711    54668 (old record!!!)
[VAX83A]and 
[VAX83B]    Spring 1983 tape(s) (St.Louis)                96099 (Whew...)

The sizes given are the approximate total size after the directories listed
in SUPERCEDE.TXT have been deleted.  On a disk with a cluster factor of 3
the allocated size will be about 10% higher.

	You are free, of course, name the root directories anything you
want to.  The above names were chosen to put the creation date in the name
and at the same time make the lexical order of the names correspond to
their calandar order. 



A description of some of the files contained in [VAX000]

	0README.1ST - This file.

	83ABMEMO.TXT - Memo to pass on with the tapes.

	AAAREADME.81B - The AAAREADME.TXT files from the Fall 1982 tape
		concatenated into one file.  This file was created by
		BUILDREAD.COM.

	AAAREADME.82A - The AAAREADME.TXT files from the Spring 1982 tape
		concatenated into one file with BUILDREAD.COM.

	AAAREADME.82B - The AAAREADME.TXT files from the Fall 1982 tape
		concatenated into one file with BUILDREAD.COM.

	AAAREADME.83A and AAAREADME.83B - The AAAREADME.TXT files for the
		Spring 1983 tape concatenated into one file per tape.

	BUILDREAD.COM - A command file to build one large AAAREADME.nnn
		file from all the AAAREADME.TXT files on the directory tree.
		This command file checks file attributes and creates a uniform
		output file.

	COPYTREES.COM - An easy way to copy a VAX SIG tape (or tapes) from
		disk to tape.  COPYTREES calls TREESIZE.COM.

	[.INDEX] - A set of indexes into the eight tapes.

	[.TEMP] - A temporary storage place for temp files while generating
		the tapes.

	SUBMIT.TXT and TEMPLATE.RNO - Useful information for preparing
		a submission to a symposium tape.

	TREE061.83A - The tape distribution tree for the Spring 1983 tape.

	TREEDIST.MEM - The cover letter for the Spring 1983 distribution 
		tree.





Dave Leonard					Joe Bingham
VAX Systems SIG Symposia tape coordinator	VAX SIG Librarian
Advanced Data Management			ManTech International
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