[VAX83C.BALL]AAAREADME.TXT


                           Ball Aerospace Submissions


                                   Dave Cook
                        Ball Aerospace Systems Division
                                   P.O. 1062
                            Boulder, Colo.     80306
                                 (303) 441-4058
                                   20-Sep-83



          This set of BASD submissions has been sitting on our  back  disks
     burning  for one to two years.  Due to a severe case of apathy, I have
     just now gotten them submitted to the DECUS library, but  you  may  be
     sure that they have been well tested up to now.

          LIBRARIAN'S  NOTE:   As  submitted  NCARSUBS.OLB  was  on   every
     subdirectory using it.  I deleted all but one copy of NCARSUBS.OLB and
     edited the command procedures refering to it so they could find it.

     1.  Com - A directory holding VMS command files which may be useful

         1.  Ptype - This is a utility that allows you to print  files  out
             to  the  printer  port  on  a  VT-100 with this option (or the
             equivalent, such as a Rainbow printer port).

         2.  Showdef - Yet another SET DEFAULT utility.  I  like  this  one
             because  it  it  not  incredibly complicated and also prevents
             accidental setting defaults to invalid directories.

                  LIBRARIAN'S NOTE:  Put under [VAX83C.SETDEF]  with  other
             similar procedures.


     2.  Ncarsubs - This is a set of routines that I have ripped  off  from
         the  Honorable  Ray  Bovet  of  NCAR here in Boulder.  I use these
         routines without restraint because they work  very  well  and  the
         price is right.

     3.  Othello - The ancient,  but  still  nasty  old  game  of  OTHELLO.
         Originally  written  by  John  Fedak  of  the  U.   of  Penn.  and
         submitted by Ira Winston to DECUS.  This version has VT-100 screen
         format  and  rewind capability, in case you should make a bad play
         (by mistake).

              LIBRARIAN'S NOTE:  Moved to the [VAX83C.GAMES] structure.

     4.  Pid - A simple routine which provides the PID of any given process
         on  the  system.   This  is  useful  to  us  because  we use wierd
         usernames and I have been known  to  stop  the  job-controller  by
         accident  upon  occasion.  Not really needed now that 'F$GETJPI is
         available on VMS 3.x, but a  handy  reference  on  how  SYS$GETJPI
         works.
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     5.  Ports - A set of routines to look at and kill various processes by
         port name, rather than user id.

              LIBRARIAN'S NOTE:  I got no such device errors when  I  tried
         to  run  this.  I presume it just needs a simple fix but I did not
         have time to work on it.

     6.  Send - My first crack at using CLI.  Not really great, but a  good
         example on how it works.  Used to send messages to other users.

     7.  VT180 - A number of useful VT180 (ROBIN) utilities.

     8.  Watch - A handy utility which allows you to keep an  eye  out  for
         guys  that  you  want to talk to or send mail to, without tying up
         your time by looking through the system all the time.

     9.  Who - Since we use these wierd user numbers  for  usernames,  this
         utility provides a cross reference to the real user names.