[VAX000]0README.ALSO INFORMATION REGARDING THE VAX SIG DECUS TAPES VAX Systems SIG DECUS Symposia tapes have come out of every symposium since the Spring of 1979: 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 [VAX83A] and [VAX83B] Spring 1983 tapes (St.Louis) 96099 [VAX83C] and [VAX83D] Fall 1983 tapes (Las Vegas) 165 2804 73568 [VAX84A] AND [VAX84B] Spring 1984 tapes (Cincinnati) 299 5629 109703 [VAX85A] Spring 1985 tapes [VAX85B] (New Orleans) 128 4824 63086 [VAX85C] Fall 1985 tapes 157 2445 57549 [VAX85D] (Anaheim) 85 2166 60828 [VAX86A] Spring 1986 tapes 193 2561 54037 [VAX86B] (Dallas) 69 2171 59647 [VAX86C] Fall 1986 tapes 277 2815 47330 [VAX86D] (San Francisco) 151 2498 54048 [VAX87A] Spring 1987 tapes 262 3608 50342 [VAX87B] (Nashville) 60 1107 62579 [VAX87C] Fall 1987 tapes 176 2490 42295 [VAX87D] (Anaheim) 62 1571 61340 [VAX87E] (3 reels) 126 1985 54020 [VAX88A1] Spring 1988 tapes 61 1052 49077 [VAX88A2] (Cincinnati) 133 1728 50273 [VAX88A3] (4 reels) 70 1557 50621 [VAX88A4] 31 1015 66196 [VAX88B1] Fall 1988 tapes 91 2028 43744 [VAX88B2] (Anaheim) 134 1571 48726 [VAX88B3] (5 reels) 138 1956 43188 [VAX88B4] 20 303 55000 [VAX88B5] 38 1515 55852 The sizes given are the approximate total size after the directories listed in SUPERCEDE.TXT have been deleted. (Note that SUPERCEDE.TXT has not been updated since the Fall of 1981.) On a disk with a cluster factor of 3 the allocated size will be about 10% higher. Also note that the sizes of the more recent tapes (especially [VAX87B]) are deceiving because of the extensive use of compression. 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] 000README.TXT - General information about this tape. 0README.ALSO - This file. AAAREADME.88B1 AAAREADME.88B2 AAAREADME.88B3 AAAREADME.88B4 AAAREADME.88B5 - The AAAREADME.TXT files from the [VAX88B1], [VAX88B2], [VAX88B3], [VAX88B4] and [VAX88B5] trees concatenated into one file (respectively). The AAAREADME files provide an overview of the contents of each top level directory. Almost every submission has additional documentation in AAAREADME.DOC or .1ST or somethingelse.DOC, .TXT, .MEM (or a .RNO which can be made into a .MEM with RUNOFF), or a .1ST. ABSTRACT.TXT - A short description of the submissions on this tape. (The abstract submitted to the DECUS Library.) 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 (and consistent) way to copy a VAX SIG tape (or tapes) from disk to tape. COPYTREES uses TREESIZE.COM and TREETAPE.COM. It uses VAXyys.SIZ if it exists or creates a new one if it does not. Note: the preferable way to arrange to copy VAX SIG tapes is by using the BACKUP utility. COPYTAPES.COM - An easy (and consistent) was to copy VAX SIG tapes from tape to tape. This procedure generally will fail now due to large block sizes needed to fit everything on tape. Use of VMSTPC or TCOPY (on [vax000.tools]) is recommended for copying VAX SIG tapes now. [.OLD_AAAREADME] - AAAREADME.TXT's for the last several tapes. SUBMIT.TXT and TEMPLATE.RNO - Useful information for preparing a submission to a symposium tape. Glenn C. Everhart GE Aerospace Technology Operations GE Bldg. 100, Room U3040 230 Goddard Blvd. King of Prussia, PA 19406 215 354 7610 Everhart%Arisia.decnet@crd.ge.com (Alternate via UUCP zone: Everhart@Arisia.GE.Com) (Preferred mailing address: Glenn Everhart 25 Sleigh Ride Rd Glen Mills, PA 19342 215 358 3866)