WORKSHOP XII June 8-14,1986 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
LIST OF ATTENDEES Simon Fraser University
University of Alberta
Frances Atkinson Doug Davey Rob Gottschalk George Lindholm Steve Peterson Margaret Sharon
Peter Buttuls Don Howell Ruth Parnall Allen Supynuk
University of British Columbia Alan Ballard Dave Brent John Coulthard Ron Hall Bruce Jolliffe Jon Nightingale Ralph Sayle University of Michigan Mike Alexander Diane Bodwin Jim Bodwin Kevin Bosley Steve Burling Elaine Cousins Gavin Eadie Steve Gold Andy Goodrich Dan Hyde Denny Jaworski Lawrence Kirchmeier Conrad Mason Jeff Odgen Steve Rothwell Jon Sell Fred Swartz Christine Wendt University of Newcastle Jill Foster Mary Morris Terry Ratcliffe Bob Vine Durham Ian Bell Nigel Hall John Lindley
Wayne State University Ann Marie Curley Michael Edelman Gerald Kasiowniak Keith Schackleford Dan Snyder Thomas Stevenson Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Joyce Armao Brian Borchers Harriet Borton John Bradley John Brady Nelson Brownell John Calka David Covey Garance Drosehn Brian Eliot Mario Farina Jon Finke Peter Frosch Robert Gallagher Nancy Gardner Ron Goodman Gail Kupferschmid Michael Kupferschmid Nancy Kutner Joan LaFleur Herb Lee Bruce McKenney David Nettleman Chet Osborn Don Porter Elaine Rinehimer Fran Ross Sharon Roy Anne Saturnelli Gary Schwartz Randall Shane Pat Valiquette Shao-li Wang
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Sunday, June 8 7:30-10:30 PM
Wine and Cheese Reception at Voorhees Computing Center
Monday, June 9 8:30-9:00 AM 9:00-10:30 AM 10:30-11:00 AM 11:00-12:00 12:00-1:00 PM 1:00-2:30 PM 2:30-3:00 PM 3:00-4:30 PM
Continental Breakfast Opening Session-CC 337 Midmorning Break Technical Sessions Lunch Technical Sessions Afternoon Break Technical Sessions
Tuesday, June 10 8:30-9:00 AM 9:00-10:30 AM 10:30-11:00 AM 11:00-12:00 12:00-1:00 PM 1:00-2:30 PM 2:30-3:00 PM 3:00-4:30 PM 6:30
Continental Breakfast Plenary Session Midmorning Break Technical Sessions Lunch Technical Sessions Afternoon Break Technical Sessions Clambake Dinner
Wednesday, June 11 Free day Thursday, June 12 8:30-9:00 AM 9:00-10:30 AM 10:30-11:00 AM 11:00-12:00 12:00-1:00 PM 1:00-2:30 PM 2:30-3:00 PM 3:00-4:30 PM
Continental Breakfast Plenary Session Midmorning Break Technical Sessions Lunch Technical Sessions Afternoon Break Technical Sessions
Friday, June 13 8:30-9:00 AM 9:00-10:30 AM 10:30-11:00 AM 11:00-12:00 12:00-1:00 PM 1:00-2:30 PM 2:30-3:00 PM 3:00-4:30 PM 6:30
Continental Breakfast Plenary Session Midmorning Break Technical Sessions Lunch Technical Sessions Afternoon Break Technical Sessions Busses leave for Banquet Dinner
Saturday, June 14 9:30-11:00
Closing Session and Champagne Brunch
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D-1 Site Reports Chair Rcdr Room CC337
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D-2 MTS/Supercomputers Chair Rcdr Room CC 337
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D-3 MTS Futures Chair Rcdr Room CC 337
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K-1 Language Survey Chair Rcdr JBrady Room CC 232 C-1 Comm/Netwk Status Rpts Chair BE 1 lot Rcdr JFinke Room CC 235
L-3 Dealing with Users Chair HBorton Rcdr RGoodman Room CC 232 G-3 UMMPS Subtasking Chair DHowel1 Rcdr DNettleman Room CC 235 M-2 Micro<->Ma1nframe Chair Rcdr Room CC 236
M-3/K-3 Joint Languages Chair Rcdr Room CC 232 C-2 Bitnet Support Chair BE1lot Rcdr BBorchers Room CC 235 B-2 Graphics Futures Chair JCoulthard Rcdr MKupferschmId Room CC 236
F-3 As needed Chair Rcdr GDrosehn Room CC 232 B-1 VSS Chair Rcdr GSchwartz Room CC 235 M-5 Micro Potpourri Chair Rcdr Room CC 236 E-3 Consulting Chair PButtuls Rcdr FRoss Room CC 239
A-1 Agenda Setting Chair Rcdr Room CC 232 L-1 Status Reports Chair
F-1 UBC line file Chair Rcdr GDrosehn Room CC 235
F-2 Filename Char, FSUB Cha i r / Rcdr GDrosehn ' * Room CC 232 L-4 SGML.Postscript et al1a Chair ASupynuk Rcdr JBrady Room CC 235
E-2 Help Facllities Chair JNightingale Rcdr JBrady Room CC 232 H-1 Securlty/Privacy,$Mess Chair / Rcdr RGoodman V Room CC 235 A-2 Management Chair Rcdr GSchwartz Room CC 236
E-1 Documentation Chair Rcdr SRoy Room CC 235 K-2 Misc Language Topics Chair Rcdr PFrosch Room CC 232 M-1 Micro labs, stores Chair Rcdr Room CC 239 H-4 Subtasking Chair Rcdr DNettleman Room CC 236
M-4 WP/Mainframe Conversion Chair Rcdr Room CC 236 H-2 Accounting Chair Rcdr COsborn Room CC 235
L-2 Xerox 9700/8700 Chair MSharon Rcdr HBorton Room CC 235 H-3 Performance, 31 Bit Chair X Rcdr BMcKenney V Room CC 232
B-3 (As needed) Chair Rcdr Room CC 232 G-2 SWAT,Virtual Machine Chair IBell s Rcdr COsborn \f Room CC 235 •A-3 Management (As needed) Chair Rcdr GSchwartz Room CC 236
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INDEX TO PAPERS: MTS WORKSHOP XII
11 June 1986
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11 June 1986
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A: MANAGEMENT
B: APPLICATIONS & GRAPHICS
C-3
EARN - The European Academic Research Network Jfll Foster (NCL)
C-4
Nunet Network Status Report Denis Russell, Jill Foster, Lyn Greenwood, Zubeda Sharif (NCL)
B-1
Status Report on ORACLE Wolfgang Richter (SFU)
C-5
SSMP and the MTS Screen Routines David Lee (DUR)
B-2
Graphics at NUMAC: Status Report 1986 Nigel Hall (DUR) and Margaret Hindmarsh (NCL)
C-6
MTS/RM BITNET Implementation: A Progress Report Brian Eliot (RPI), Michael Hayward (UBC), and Kent Wada (UBC)
B-3
Graphics Status Report John Brady (RPI)
C-7
UBCNET: Status Report Dennis O'Reflly (UBC)
B-4
Status of Graphics at UM: June 1986 Dave Whipple (UM)
B-5
Matrix PCR 35mm Slide Production System: June 1986 Dave Whipple (UM)
B-6
Status of Graphics at UBC Susan G. Mair (UBC)
B-7
Status of Graphics at UQV Peter I. Buttuls (UQV)
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UM Applications Software: Status Report Jonathan Sell (UM)
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B-9
Recent Enhancments to VSS Howard Young and Jonathan Sell (UM)
D: MTS COMMUNITY ISSUES
C-2
Pipes in MTS: A Task to Task communications proposal Jon Finke (RPI) Information Transfer on a Campus: Some thoughts on the Future Keith Heron, John Givens and Vince Baton (NCL)
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MTS as a Trusted Computer System: Report on obtaining an NSA rating for MTS Jim Bodwin (UM)
D-2
Site Report from University of Durham, England: DUR Site Report John Lindley (Director, DUR)
D-3
Site Report for University of Newcastle upon Tyne (NCL) Elizabeth Barraclough, Director, Terry Ratcliffe, Deputy Director
D-4
Site Report - SFU Steve Peterson (SFU)
D-5
Report to the 1986 MTS Workshop - UBC J. L. Leigh, Acting Director (UBQ
D-6
RPI Site Report Don Porter (RPI)
D-7
Information Technology Services Strategic Plan Don Porter (RPI)
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INDEX TO PAPERS: MTS WORKSHOP XII
INDEX TO PAPERS: MTS WORKSHOP XII
11 June 1986
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E: USER SERVICES: CONSULTING, DOCUMENTATION, EDUCATION
F: FILES, TAPES, I/O
11 June 1986
E-1
Academic Services Status Report Elaine Rinehimer (RPI)
F-l
A proposal to modify File System Subroutine RENAMEIT Ron Kerr (NCL)
E-2
Documentation and Layout Design Cathy Ozubko (UQV)
F-2
Future File System Work Paul Whaley (UBC)
E-3
Sharing Documentation: Our Experience Joan LaFleur (RPI) and Mike Patterson (UBC)
F-3
E-4
User Services Status Report Brian Jones (NCL)
Directory Separator Character for MTS: Report from the Directory Character Committee Diane Bodwin (UM)
F-4
WRITEI Efficiency changes Mike Alexander (UM)
E-5
PC Classroom at Durham: Status Report 1986 (see paper M-2) Clive Bowery (DUR)
E-6
Documentation and User Education Sharon Roy, Nancy Kutner, Joan LaFleur, Fran Ross, Joyce Armao (RPI)
G: DEEP SYSTEM ISSUES
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G-1
Subtasking in MTS: A Preliminary Design Document Kevin Bosley (UM)
E-7
On-Line Documentation Designed for Users Sharon Roy and Joan LaFleur (RPI)
G-2
Making MTS Easier to Install Paul Whaley (UBC)
E-8
Hardcopy Documentation from FSHELP Files: The UBCnet Help Service Experience Mark Fox and Mike Patterson (UBC)
G-3
Replacing More of the System Without IPLs Paul Whaley (UBC)
E-9
User Services at WSU: Status Report Ann Marie Curley (WSU)
G-4
MTS Machine Check Handler Rewrite: A Preliminary Design Document David Nettleman (RPI)
E-10
Defining the Audience for User Documentation Sharon Roy (RPI)
G-5
RPI Changes to The Resource Manager Brian Eliot and Bruce McKenney (RPI)
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Reorganization of the HELP Database: Progress Report Suzan Alexander (UM)
G-6
Support for New Architectural Features Brian Eliot (RPI)
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Ideas about an MTS/XA I/O Configuration Program Alan Ballard (UBC)
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INDEX TO PAPERS: MTS WORKSHOP XII
11 June 1986
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NAS Futures Steve Peterson (SFU)
G-9
The VM/MTS Operating System Bruce A. Cowan, Arnold Vitalis (SFU)
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J: OPERATIONS
K: LANGUAGES K-l
H: MTS JOB PROGRAM
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Gated CC routines: Extensions to the MTS gate Jim Bodwin (UM)
H-2
MTS as a Trusted Computer System: Report on obtaining an NSA rating for MTS (see paper D-1) Jim Bodwin (UM)
H-3
Accounting (Update on new Accounting subroutines) Paul-Andre Panon (UBC)
H-4
Subtasking in MTS: A Preliminary Design Document (see paper G-1) Kevin Bosley (UM)
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PLUS/68 - current status Paul Whaley (UBC)
K-2
Status Report of the C Language at UM ' Dave Snyder (UM)
K-3
Changes to Plus for XA (see paper H-7) Alan Ballard (UBC)
K-4
Languages Survey John Stevens (UBC) and Fred Swartz (UM)
U TEXT/WORD PROCESSING L-l
SFU Text/Word Processing Status Report: 1985-1986 W. Richter, E. Sangster, M. Sharon, R. Sharpe (SFU)
H-5
The MTS Gating Mechanism: Simplification and Extensions Ron Hall (UBC)
L-2
Text Processing Status Report University of Alberta Debbie Reinhart, Leona Tuck, Betty Hung (UQV)
H-6
Messagesystem Related Issues Michael Hayward (UBC)
L-3
Text at WU: A Status Report Michael J. Edelman (WSU)
H-7
Changes to Plus for XA Alan Ballard (UBC)
L-4
Text Processing at RPI: Status Report 1986 Harriet Borton (RPI)
H-8
NAS Futures Steve Peterson (SFU) (see paper G-8)
L-5
H-9
Big Address Spaces: Exposition for discussion Bruce McKenney (RPI)
L-6
TeX at the University of Durham David Lee (DUR)
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Textprocessing at The University of Michigan on MTS Elaine Cousins, Kari Gluski, Ellen Hoffman, Gail Lift, Janis Michael, Pat Smith (UM)
9700 Text Processing Development: University of Alberta . Debbie Reinhart (UQV)
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INDEX TO PAPERS: MTS WORKSHOP XII
11 June 1986
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M: MICROCOMPUTERS M-1
RPI Micro Computer Status Report Elaine Rinehimer (RPI)
M-2
PC Classroom at Durham: Status Report 1986 Clive Bowery (DUR)
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AGENDA As of Monday June 9,1986
A. Management 1. Set agenda 2. Future of the MTS workshop B. Applications and graphics 1. VSS status and futures, Full screen applications under *VSS Database - Spires, Oracle, Selected applications - OCP B-1 WRichter@SFU "Status Report on Oracle" 2. Future Trends in Graphics: Chair JCoulthard@UBC B-2 NHall@DUR "Graphics at NUMAC" B-3 JBrady@RPI "Graphics Status Report" B-4 DWhipple@UM "Status of Graphics at UM: June 1986" B-5 DWhipple@UM "Matrix PCR 35mm Slide Production System: June 1986" B-6 Susan Mair@UBC "Status of Graphics at UBC" B-7 P. Buttels@UQV "Status of Graphics at UQV" 3. Free session - as required C Communications & Networks 1. Status reports C-3 JFoster@NCL "EARN—The European Academic Research Network" C-4 Russell@NCL "Nunet Network Status Report" C-2 Heron@NCL "Information Transfer on a Campus" 2. Bitnet support C-1 JFinke@RPI "Pipes in MTS" C-5 DLee@DUR "SSMP and the MTS Screen Routines" C-6 BFJiot@RPI "MTS/RM BITNET Implementation Progress Report" D. MTS Community Issues 1. Opening session site reports D-2 D-3 D-4 D-5 D-6
JLindley@DUR "Durham Site Report" EBarracIough@NCL "NCL Site Report" SPetersen@SFU "Site Report - SFU" JLeigh@UBC "Report to the 1986 MTS Workshop - UBC" DPorter@RPI "RPI Site Report"
2. MTS and Supercomputing APs, 3090, Amdahl 1200 3. MTS Futures - marketing, growth, new user facilities required for continued MTS viability, etc. D-1 JBodwin@UM "MTS as a Trusted Computer System" 4. MTS development - incorporating updates from other sites, UM's leadership role, MTS distribution's, promises and broken promises. E. User Services 1. Documentation - Sharing, layout design, hierarchy, on-line documentation. E-2 Cozubko@UQV "Documentation and Layout Design" E-3 JLaFleur@RPI "Sharing Documentation" E-6 Roy@RPI "Documentation and User Education" E-10SRoy@RPI "Defining the Audience for User Documentation" 2. Help facilities, Gendoc E-8 Fox@UBC "Hardcopy Documentation from FSHELP Files" E-ll SAlexander@UM "Reorganization of the HELP Database" E-7 Roy@RPI "On-Line Documentation Designed for Users" 3. Consulting, user education E-1 ERinehimer@RPI "Academic Services Status Report" E-4 BJones@NCL "User Services Status Report" E-5 CBowery@NCL "Durham PC Classroom Status Report" E-8 Fox@UBC "Hardcopy Documentation from FSHELP Files" E-9 ACurley@WSU "User Services at WSU: Status Report" F. Files, Tapes, I/O 1. UBC line file proposal F-1 RKerr@NCL "proposal to modify File System Subroutine RENAMEIT" F-2 PWhaley@UBC "Future File System Work" Performance issues/mods for very large files 2. Filename character resolution - the committee's recommendation Hardware - experience (eg, 3380 clones) and plans (eg. 3480) 3. FSUB, rewrites, status Ron Kerr's proposal to decouple lastref updating from lastchg updating for a file G. Deep System Issues (Supervisor and Job Programs)
1. XA system - status, plans, problems, etc Architectural and model dependent enhancements - 370 vector processing facility, 3090 expanded storage, Amdahl VP G-4 DNettleman@RPI "MTS Machine Check Handler Rewrite" G-6 BHiot@RPI "Support for New Architectural Features" G-7 ABallard@UBC "An MTS/XA I/O Configuration Program" 2. Test environment - Virtual machine, SWAT Making UMMPS/MTS easier for new installations to install G-2 PWhaley@UBC "Making MTS Easier to Install" G-3 PWhaley@UBC "Replacing More of the System Without IPLs" Spooling - HASP, RM plans, projects, status C—5 BHiot@RPI "RPI Changes to The Resource Manager" 3. UMMPS level sub-tasking G-1 KBosley@UM "Subtasking in MTS" Using NASs to make more of MTS dynamically replaceable G-8 SPeterson@SFU "NAS Futures" H. MTS Job Program 1. Security and Privacy issues, $Mess/*Userdirectory H-2 JBodwin@UM "MTS as a Trusted Computer System" H-6 MHayward@UBC "Messagesystem Related Issues" 2. Accounting - "UNE" accounting utility vs. $Acc,acc:mainL.. H-3 PPanon@UBC "Accounting (Update on new Accounting subroutines)" 3. Performance/31-bit/gate stuff H-1 JBodwin@UM "Gated CC Routines" H-4 KBosley@UM "Subtasking in MTS" H-5 RHall@UBC "The MTS Gating Mechanism" H-7 ABalIard@UBC "Changes to Plus for XA" H-8 SPeterson@SFU "NAS Futures" 4. Subtasking C-1 JFinke@RPI "Pipes in MTS" J. Operations No sessions scheduled K. Languages 1. Languages Survey K-4 JStevens@UBC "Languages Survey"
2. Miscellaneous Language Topics (C, FORTRAN, others) K-l PWhaley@UBC "PLUS/68 - current status" K-2 DSnyder@UM "Status Report of the C Language at UM" K-3 ABallard@UBC "Changes to Plus for XA" 3. Joint languages/micro session L. Text/Word Processing 1. Status Reports, Textform, Tex, Textedit; Chair JNightingale L-l WRichter@SFU "SFU Text Processing Status Report" L-2 DReinhart@UQV "UQV Text Processing Status Report" L-3 MEdelman@WSU "WSU Text Processing Status Report" L-4 HBorton@RPI "RPI Text Processing Status Report" h-7 ECousms@UM "Text Processing at UofM on MTS" 2. The Xerox 9700: OD's, font work, graphics; Chair MSharon L-5 DReinhart@UQV "9700 Text Processing Development at UQV 3. Dealing with Users: Educating, conversions, documentation, typesetting; Chair HBorton 4. Futures: SGML, Postscript, Interpress; Chair ASupynuk L-6 DLee@DUR "TeX at the University of Durham" M. Micros and workstations 1. Retailing and maintenance issues and experience micro labs, support for instructional program M-1 ERinehimer@RPI "RPI Micro Status Report" M-2 CBowery@NCL "Durham PC Classroom Status Report" 2. MTS as a file server for micros and workstations Micro to mainframe wordprocessing - conversion programs, etc. 3. Joint languages/micro session 4. Wordprocessing mainframe conversion 5. Micro Potpourri
Papers with more than 1 author are listed by thefirstauthor here. The workshop paper index author attribution will be complete.
