VAX SIG tape index

 This directory contains the following files:

  o  INDEX.DOC - A brief description of the process used to create the
     indexes.

  o  INDEX.LIS - A cumulative index of most material from SIG tapes
     from 1979 through the present.  The index is organized by keyword
     (extracted from text files).  For each keyword, files on the tape
     containing the keyword are listed.  On some tapes, this file may
     be replaced by INDEX.LZS.  As of the index containing the Dallas
     (VAX86A and VAX86B) tapes, I have omitted the leading "[8" from
     the file names in an attempt to fit more of the longer file names
     in the three column format.  Tapes from 1979 have only the "["
     omitted so that they can be easily distinguished from the 1980
     and later tapes.

  o  INDEX.LZS - A compressed version of the file INDEX.LIS.  Use the
     following DCL commands to expand the file:

             $ LZD = "$dev:[VAX000.INDEX]LZDCM"
             $ LZD  -B -X 0 -M 16 -V INDEX.LZS INDEX.LIS

     for additional information on the compression/decompression
     programs, see file AAAREADME.1ST.

  o  INDEXnnl.LIS - An index of the VAXnnl save set (and the one
     following it).  For example, INDEX85A.LIS indexes the VAX85A and
     VAX85B save-sets.

  o  CONDIT.LIS - A list of keywords that were eliminated from the
     index if they did not appear somewhere in the file name.

  o  NOISE.LIS - A list of keywords that were unconditionally
     eliminated from the index.


 Suggestions for improving the index are welcome and should be sent
 to:
                     Tom Gerhard
                     Advanced Data Management
                     15 Main Street
                     Kingston, NJ  08528
                     (609) 799-4600

 If there are submissions from older tapes that have been superceded,
 please drop me a note so that I can remove them from the cumulative
 index.