Rsx Multi-Tasker

This document is the June 1985 issue of the RSX Multi-Tasker newsletter, published by the DECUS (Digital Equipment Computer Users Society) RSX Special Interest Group (SIG). The publication contains technical updates, news for members, and programming tips for users of RSX-11M and RSX-11M-Plus operating systems.

Key sections of the document include:

• Editorial News: An announcement regarding the upcoming consolidation of all DECUS SIG newsletters into a single monthly publication, with the Multi-Tasker becoming a dedicated section within it.
• SIG News: Information regarding nominations for the RSX SIG Executive Committee, including submission instructions and deadlines.
• The RSX System Manager: A technical column addressing system security risks associated with the "undelete" (UND) utility and providing detailed instructions for modifying the RSX line printer despooler (LPP) task to include custom flag page headings, filetype filtering, and console logging of print jobs.
• The Bag of Tricks: MACRO-11: A technical article providing a routine to determine if a host CPU possesses a Floating Point Processor (FPP).
• Extensions to FORTRAN: Tutorials on how to perform direct access file manipulations, such as retrieving the record count, and a method for implementing recursive subroutines in FORTRAN on PDP-11 systems.