Decuscope

This document is a newsletter from the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (DECUS) published in 1971 to mark its 10th anniversary. It serves as an official communication channel for members, providing organizational updates, technical articles, and program library information.

Key contents include:

• Organizational Updates: The 1970 Annual Report details significant growth in membership (reaching 9,444), changes to the Executive Board structure, and the expansion of the DECUS library. It also highlights the establishment of DECUS/Europe and ongoing international expansion.

• Technical Articles:

  • Data Analysis: A conversational curve-fitting program (PKFIT) for the PDP-9/L and a program for histogramming data from four-word events.
  • Education: Use of the LAB-8 for computer-assisted instruction in chemistry.
  • Hardware Modifications: Instructions for modernizing a PDP-7 and adding a slow-run option to a PDP-8.
  • Programming Languages: A comprehensive introduction to Vector-8, an interpretive language for the PDP-8 family.

• User Contributions: Includes letters, programming tips (such as BCD to binary conversion and decimal conversion for FOCAL), and a "Customer Exchange Board" for equipment sales and trades.

• Administrative Features: Lists of the 1971 Executive Board members (both US and European), a table of contents for user-submitted programs, and information about DECUS publications.