This document is the December 1983 issue of "The Multi-Tasker," the official publication of the RSX Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (DECUS).
The newsletter serves as a technical resource for users of the RSX operating system, featuring the following content:
- Administrative Updates: Lists the RSX SIG Steering Committee members, activity coordinators, and working group chairmen.
- Technical Articles: Includes "Hints 'n Things" (with a modification for the OPS.CMD file), a guide to manipulating the FORTRAN environment, a utility to automatically clear terminal screens, and a definitive directory of RSX-11M V4.1 SYSGEN symbols.
- Working Group Reports: Provides updates from various working groups, including SRO, RUNOFF, Sigtape, and DECUS Library.
- Conference Reports: Recaps sessions from the DECUS Spring '83 Symposium, specifically regarding the Field Test Report Panel (covering RSX-11M V4.1 and RMS V2.0) and future plans for RSX-11M-PLUS on the Micro/PDP-11.
- Correspondence: Includes a "Speak Out" letter from a user expressing frustrations regarding software support.