The VAX Professional Workstation V2.0 May 20, 1983 The VAX Professional Workstation is a collection of all kinds of things. Since it has evolved piecemeal I have never tried getting it installed, up and running from scratch. However, I think all required files are here. During SYSTARTUP.COM $ASSIGN/SYSTEM SYS$SYSDEVICE:[VPW] SYS$VPWFILES $ASSIGN/SYSTEM SYS$SYSDEVICE:[VPW] SYS$SYSVPWFILES $ASSIGN/SYSTEM SYS$SYSDEVICE:[VPW.CAI] SYS$VPWCAI $! Set up help library. _x is " ", "_1", "_2" etc. $ASSIGN/SYSTEM SYS$SYSDEVICE:[VPW]VPW.HLB HLP$LIBRARY_x Note that for the spelling checker to work, you need the spelling checker program from the Fall 1982 VAX sig tape. And it must be set up with the correct logical assignments. SPELL.CLD will have to be edited to point to its location. The logical name for the spelling checker we assign during SYSLOGIN.COM $ASSIGN SYS$SYSDEVICE:[xxx] ENGL Documentation on using the VAX Professional Workstation can be found in VPWMANUAL.MEM All files on [KMSKIT.VPW] should be placed on a given directory and the logical assignments made. During SYSLOGIN.COM @SYS$SYSVPWFILES:SETVPWSYM is executed. Once that is done type VPW and all should go OK. Of course, as things generally work, I am sure there will be a few difficulties, but I think they will be minor and easy to fix. On this directory are a number of useful images. 1. ASK.EXE. This is a modified version of the ASK program which appeared on the previous SIG tape. I modified it so escapes sequences from a VT100 keypad could be input and for handling upper/lower case conversion a bit better. 2. BROADCAST. Allowes non priviledged users to broadcast (just like RSX) each other messages. Must be installed. Tracks you down where ever you are hiding. Now supports broadcasting to OPA0: 3. CALC. An updated version of the DECUS VAXCALC which supports online HELP. HELP is located in [SYSUTL]SYSUTL.HLB. 4. FLOLDRINDX and VPWDIRECT. Small mini programs to provide formatted outputs of directories and text libraries for use with the word processing command procedure. 5. Notebook. Note quite a poor man's DTR, but a fast simple way, of using and maintaing personal data bases. Very versitile and reasonably fast. All kinds of neat uses. 6. REMINDER. Everyone needs this. Works with REMINDUSR.COM to provide a way of leaving oneself (or others) dated reminder messages which get delivered at the specified time.. For it to work correctly, BROADCAST must be installed with the correct privileges. Noteworthy command procedures include 1. VPW.COM. The root procedure for the VAX Professional Workstation. The things command procedures can do never ceases to amaze me. Of course whether or not they should be made to do them is another issue..... However, throwing VPW together was a fun, and fast way of getting the functionality we needed. 2. WP.COM Given that we do not have a real word processing package on our system, this works pretty well. One secretary has used it for months (she lost her real word processor to a personell shuffle). Our system has two printers set up, TTA0: (an LA100) and a Diablo 630 letter quality printer (TTA1:) and if your system does not have its printers set up this way I suspect you will have to change WP.COM about to suit your needs. 3. DATEBOOK A guick and dirty personal datebook. The DATEBOOK command procedure requires Datatrieve-11. VAX Datatrieve also should work if appropriate modifications are made but I haven't tried doing so yet.