The following is a description of what each file in the submission from B. Z. Lederman is. ABORT .MAC Allows Abort ASTs to be easily recognized by Fortran programs. Used by the SPM programs. DCLCATCH .DOC A copy of the Multi-Tasker article on how to get DCL to work as a catch-all for MCR. Makes life quite a bit easier DCLCATCH .RNO Runoff source for above GETTIM .MAR Used to determine how long it takes to go a $GETTIM on a VAX. See SPEED.DOC to find out why. MSORT1 .DOC A description of tests of Sort-11 V3.0, comparisons with V2.0, problems noted, performance issues, etc. MSORT2 .DOC Tables of data showing the performance of Sort-11 V2.0 and V3.0, and how it can be improved by re-building it with the RMS resident library, non-overlayed, and as and I-and-D space task. MSORT3 .DOC Task build and ODL files to build Sort-11 non-overlayed and/or I-and-D space. MSORT1 .RNO Runoff source for the above documents. MSORT2 .RNO MSORT3 .RNO QIOERR .CMD Compile and build QIOERR QIOERR .FTN Translates the QIO error number into a text message using the file that comes with RSX. QIOERRBLD.CMD Task build the above program RPTUTL .DOC How I got the Error Log Report generator (RPT) to run very much faster by building it non-overlayed I-and-D space. Also a version which is partially overlayed for systems which don't support I-and-D space. RPTUTL .RNO Runoff source for above. SPEED .DOC This decribes the method used to test the CPU speed of various machines, how the program (S1D) works, how accurate it should be, etc. Also describes the preliminary VAX speed testing program S3V. SPEED .RNO Runoff source for the above document. SPMOVL .FTN Reads a CLF file from SPM-11 and lists all of the overlay reads recorded. SPMOVLBLD.CMD Builds the above. SPMRBLD .CMD Builds the SPMREAD program SPMREAD .CMD Compiles the SPMREAD program. SPMREAD .FTN This program reads the data collected by SPM-11 and outputs each record translated into english. All records are time-stamped, directives are translated into their normal abbreviations (like GTIM$), I/O to devices are translated into the device name (DB6:, TT3:, etc.), etc. Useful for when you want a detailed account of what a program (or set of programs) is doing over time, rather than the summary results in the SPM reports. You must first process the SPM data using the CLF utility (supplied with SPM). STB .FTN A simple program to read a symbol table file and list what is defined there. I use it to find out what lables are in DEC supplied resident libraries and similar stuff. S1D .MAC These three programs measure CPU speed for PDP-11 machines. S2D .MAC Please ready SPEED.DOC for how they work, TIMES.DOC for S3D .MAC test results to date. S1D .CMD compiles and builds the speed testing programs S2D .CMD S3D .CMD S1DBLD .CMD S2DBLD .CMD S3DBLD .CMD S3V .MAR A preliminary program to measure CPU speed for VAX machines. Please read SPEED.DOC before using. TIMES .DOC Gives some test results I have obtained on PDP-11/70, PDP-11/84 and PRO-350 processors with the speed testing programs. TIMES .RNO Runoff source for the above document.