TOPS-10 Documentation Directory Apr79

This document is the "TOPS-10 DOCUMENTATION DIRECTORY" (Order Number AA-0858C-TB), published by Digital Equipment Corporation in April 1979. It serves as a comprehensive guide and "road-map" to the TOPS-10 operating system's software documentation for all users.

Its main purposes are to:

1. Introduce the complete set of TOPS-10 software manuals, including those found in the "TOPS-10 Software Notebooks" and various standalone manuals.
2. Guide different types of users—such as beginning users, system managers, system programmers, higher-level language users, assembly language users, batch users, operators, and non-programmers—to the manuals most relevant to their interests and recommend a reading order.
3. Provide synopses detailing the content of each manual.
4. Inform users about Digital Equipment Corporation's numerous Software Support Services, including how to report software problems, order additional documentation, and access resources from the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (DECUS) like program library catalogs, symposia proceedings, and newsletters.

The document aims to clarify where to find specific information within the extensive TOPS-10 documentation.