Decus U.S. Chapter Sigs Newsletters

This document is a collection of newsletters for various Special Interest Groups (SIGs) within the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (DECUS), published in July 1987.

Key Contents:

• Editor's Welcome: Beverly J. Welborne, Communications Committee Chair, highlights the hard work of the volunteer newsletter editors, notes the shift to portrait mode for newsletter layouts, and encourages members to contribute articles.
• Datatrieve (DTR/4GL): Features a technical article on creating User Defined Functions (UDFs) for generating SIXEL graphics files, along with notes from the Nashville symposium covering dictionary conversion and graphics hardware support.
• Large Systems (LS): A message from the Chairperson discussing the success of the Spring Symposium in Nashville, including sessions on supercomputing and Ultrix/Unix, and reporting leadership changes on the Steering Committee.
• Office Automation (OA): Highlights "DECmate Secrets" for printer control blocks and includes "Notes on Notes" regarding VAX Notes usage.
• Personal Computer (PC): Includes a "Rainbow Chair's Column" addressing the end of the Rainbow line and VAXmate MS-DOS 3.10 technical details.
• Languages & Tools (L&T): Provides a comprehensive "Masters Directory" of volunteers offering technical expertise, and a "Trip Report" from the Nashville symposium covering the Source Code Analyzer (SCA) and VAX Project Manager.
• MUMPS (MMP): Includes the first issue of the "Global Access" newsletter.
• RSX: Features technical articles on debugging hooks, Data Cache Manager patches, and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to RSX," along with community notes on software issues.
• IAS: Provides a report on the Nashville symposium, including software update news and SIG operating procedures.
• VAX Systems: Contains detailed System Improvement Requests (SIRs) and a "VMS Security" column.

The document also includes various submission forms and contact information for the different SIG leadership teams.