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DECUS U. S. C H A P T E R SI Gs . ' · APRIL \ MAY Your best connection for: peer-to-peer interaction technical exchange DECEMBER DECUS Printed in the U.S.A. "The Following are Trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation" ALL-IN-1 PDP-11 VAX BASIC CSS/PLUS PRO/BASIC VAXC DATATRIEVE Rainbow VAXcluster DATATRIEVE-11 (et al.) RALLY VAX COBOL Generator DEC RL02 VAX DATATRIEVE DECalc RLV12 VAX Decision Expert DECforms RSTS/E VAX FORTRAN DECgraph RSX VAXmate DECpage RSX-llM VAXnotes DECslide RSX-llM-PLUS VAX OPS5 DECnet RXOl VAXset DECUS RX02 (et al.) VAXSPM DECUS logo RX50 VAXstation 3100 DECwindows TK25 VAX/VMS DECwrite TK50 VMS DIGITAL ULTRIX VT50 (et al.) LA50 (et al.) VAX VTlOO LAT VAX Ada Copyright©DECUS and Digital Equipment Corporation 1989 All Rights Reserved The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Digital Equip ment Corporation or DECUS. Digital Equipment Corporation and DECUS assume no responsibility for any errors that may appear (Jn this document. \ rt is assumed that all articles [or letters] submitted to the editor[s] of this newsletter are with the authors' permission to publish in any IDECUS publication. The articles are the responsibility of the authors and, therefore, DECUS Digital Equipment Corporation, and the editor[s] assume no responsibility or liability for articles or information appearing in the document. The views herein expressed are [necessarily] those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of DECUS or Digital Equipment Corporation. [Replies to any articles or editorials may be sent to the appropriate SIG editor or to the Newsletter chair. Editors' addresses may be found in the specific SIG sections. Replies can also be sent to the DECUS office.] CP/ M is a trademark of Cad Centre, Ltd.; Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corporation; GW-BASIC, C, COBOL, BASIC, Pascal are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation; RMS is a trademark of American Management Systems, Inc.; UNIX is a registered trademark of American Telephone & Telegraph Company; X Window Systems is a trademark of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.; Pagemaker is a registered trademark of Aldus, Inc. ; Apple is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.; BASIC is a trademark of Dartmouth College; CAST is a registered trademark of Master Class Corporation; IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation; MacDraw is a registered trademark of Claris Corporation; MUMPS is a registered trademark of Massachusetts General Hospital; PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. Production Staff: Clyde Poole: Communications Committee Chair The University of Texas at Austin Frank Borger: SIG Publications Chair Michael Reese Hospital Judy Mulvey: Publications Manager DECUS Judy Tessier: Phototypographer/Graphics Designer DECUS Address general correspondence to: Address editorial replies to: DECUS U.S. Chapter Frank R. Borger SIGs Newsletters Physics Division 219 Boston Post Road, BP02 Micha e Hospital Marlboro, MA 01752-4605 Lake Shore . @31 St. Chicago, IL 60 6 Circulation: 5615 GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTIONS PAGE NO. GENERAL INTEREST .Dear DECUS Member . GI-1 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SIG .From the Editor . AI-1 .Expert Systems and DOD Contracts. AI-2 .Book Review . AI-3 DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SIG .SQL Standards Committee Trip Report. DMS-1 DATATRIEVE/4GL SIG .From the Editor's Pen .......... DTR-1 .Announcing VAX DATATRIEVE Version 5.0 . DTR-1 .Announcing DATATRIEVE-11 Version 3.3 .. DTR-2 .Dear Wombat Wizard . DTR-3 .Wombat Magic, Spring 1989 - Part 3 ..... DTR-7 .DTR/4GL Fall 1989 Special RALLY PIR Ballot . QU-1 E-PUBS .The Editor's Screen . ..... EP-1 .Editor's Wishlist . EP-1 .Wanted: Associate Newsletter Editors. EP-1 .E-PUBS Software Improvement Request and Wishlist Form . .QU-3 EDUSIG .EDUSIG Steering Committee Election . EDU-1 .EDUSIG Pre-Symposium Seminar. EDU-1 .Library News. EDU-2 .EDUSIG At The Anaheim Fall DECUS . EDU-2 .BITNET Mail At DECUS . EDU-3 GBAPIDCS SIG .GAPSIG Booth at SIGGRAPH '89 - a report. GRA-1 .From the Editor . GRA-2 .Finding your Graphics Way in Anaheim. GRA-4 .Hardcopy Contest Winner . GRA-10 HMS SIG .From the Editor . HMS-1 . Fall DECUS Sessions for the Hardware SIG Watcher ..... HMS-2 .Hardware Submission Form - A SIG Information Interchange . .QU-5 LANGUAGES AND TOOLS SIG .Editor's Notes . L&T-1 .Spring '89 Clinic Report . L&T-2 .PDP-11 Pascal Retirement Announcement . L&T-6 .FORTRAN BX - It's Your Turn...... L&T-8 MUMPS SIG .$VIEW(Editor) . .MMP-1 .$HOROLOG ......... .MMP-1 .$DATA ............ .MMP-2 .$0RDER("benighted, contingency, and friends") . MMP-11 .$NEXT .. MMP-11 .$RANDOM ................... MMP-11 NETWORKS SIG .From the Editor's Cobweb . .NTW-1 .Best Node Names Contest . .NTW-1 .Terminal Server Notes Part 1, DECUS Spring Symposium NOTES .NTW-2 .Networks DATAGRAM . .QU-7 OFFICE AUTOMATION SIG .From the Editor . OA-1 .Name the Newsletter . OA-2 .Initial Defaults for New ALL-IN-1 Users . OA-2 .Get More Out of the Next Symposium. OA-3 .Open Letter to VTX Working Group. OA-5 .Pictures from Atlanta . OA-8 PERSONAL COMPUTER SIG .Rainbow Bibliography - Part 4: the Letters D Through F . PC-1 .Announcing The PRO Public Domain TAPE. PC-22 .Macintosh News . PC-23 .Coming Next Month . PC-24 RSX SIG .Editor's Cotner. RSX/IAS-1 .Submitting Articles to the Multi-Tasker. RSX/IAS-2 .Bulletin Board Notes .... RSX/IAS-2 .RSX/IAS Hall of Fame . RSX/IAS-3 .Dynamic Patch o RSX Exec . RSX/IAS-6 .Spring 89 RSX SIG Tape. RSX/IAS-13 .The DECameron . .. RSX/IAS-14 RT SIG .From the Editor . RT-1 .A Pilgrim's Progress . RT-3 .RT-11 EMT Summary . RT-9 .SYSLIB/SYSMAC for Programmers . RT-13 .Aw, Go CREFYourself....... RT-18 UNISIG .From the Editor . UNI-1 .DECstation 3100 . UNI-2 .DEC's Support of ULTRIX vs. VMS . UNI-2 .ULTRIX 3.1 and SIGSEGV . UNI-3 .Creating a Second Swap Partition .. UNI-3 .The Playing Field at DEC . UNI-4 .C Compiler (and lint) bug on DECstation 3100 UNI-5 VAX SIG .VMS and Open Systems - VMS Development . VAX.-2 .VMS on the Desktop - VMS Development . VAX.-5 .VMS Production Systems - VMS Development VAX.-11 .VTX Working Group Masters Application . .QU-9 .VTX Working Group Volunteer Application .. QU-11 .VTX Working Group Wishlist Questionnaire . QU-13 .VAX. System Improvement Request Submission Form .. QU-1 .VAX. Systems SIG Fall 1989 SIR Ballot ....... QU-17 LIBRARY .New Library Programs A'Vailable .LIB-1 .Revisions to Library Programs. .LIB-3 ii SIG INFORMATION SECTION .Special Interest Committee List . .SIC-1 QUESTIONNAIRE SECTION .DTR/4GL Fall 1989 Special RALLY PIR Ballot . .QU-1 .E-PUBS Software Improvement Request and Wishlist Form . .QU-3 .HMS Submission form - A SIG Information Interchange . .QU-5 .Networks DATAGRAM . .QU-7 .vrx. Working Group Masters Application ...... .QU-9 .vrx. Working Group Volunteer Application ..... QU-11 .vrx. Working Group Wishlist Questionnaire .... QU-13 .VAX Systems Improvement Reqest Submission Form. QU-15 .VAX Systems Fall 1989 SIR Ballot ..... QU-17 SUBSCRIPTION AND MEMBERSHIP FORMS .DECUS U.S. Chapter Newsletter Order Form. S&M-1 .DECUS U.S. Chapter Application for Membership . S&M-3 iii Dear DECUS Member, As you can see, another SIG mascot recently dropped in for a visit. (Actually, the pig is an ex mascot, since the OA SIG switched to an eagle.) My friend is rather irate about the whole deal. "Here I spend years representing the SIG, and they up and dump me for a dude that can fly a little higher and faster and looks like Mom and Home and Apple pie." Oh well, that's show business. If any SIG or UIG is looking for a mascot, my friend is available. A couple of weekends ago we were at the Communication Committee woods meeting. As usual the newsletter managed to generate more than its share of discussion. Among other things, a task force was charged with coming up with a business plan for the newsletter. Hopefully if we have a better sense of direction for the newsletter, in terms of what it is and where it is going, we can do a better job of improving the product. Ve should have more stuff for you in subsequent issues. One of the nice things about woods meetings compared to the hectic schedules at national symposia is that you can spend some time socialising with people who are only a voice on the phone or a message over DCS the rest of the year. The hotel location and meeting rooms were very conducive to a good meeting, with the possible negative that the swimming pool was directly outside the room, and visible thru floor-to-ceiling windows. Ve haven't been as distracted at a CommComm meeting since we managed to get booked next to an international beer tasting convention a couple of years ago. One of the things we were glad to hear was the status of Judy Hulvey' s twins. If you read the November 88 GI message, we mentioned that Judy's twins were born prematurely at around 2 pounds each. Yell folks, the news is really good. Shannon Marie and Brendon Michael just celebrated their 1st birthday. For premies, the first birthday is a real milestone. Although they still have to visit their pediatrician a lot more than term babies, (mainly as a precautionary measure,) both babies are doing fine. This was also the first time that Judy left the twins for more than one day, and we are glad to report that she managed the withdrawal fine.