The new VAXen are hooked up and appear to work. Kim and Charm's SYS$BATCH
default to running on the compute server (GAWD) and we strongly recommend
that you use BATCH for all your compiles, assemblies, links, PPS utilites
and any other compute bound tasks. You'll find that your jobs will complete
in 1/3 to 1/4 the time it would take on an un-busy 780 (there used to be
such a thing as an unbusy 780, but I think such a thing is extinct these days).

I believe it will be faster to batch even "tiny" compiles than to run them
interactively. Besides, you'll automatically get a log of any errors.

There are two commands (.COM files actually) that make it easy to use the
batch stuff: AT and BATCH. Use AT in place of an "@" on a .COM file that
you would normally run interactively to cause that file to be executed in
batch mode. Use BATCH to execute a DCL command in batch mode. For example:

	$ AT A_COM_FILE
	$ BATCH MAKE MY_PROGRAM

MAC65 users are out of luck for a little while yet. MAC65, LINKM, TECO and the
BSO 68000 assembler will only run on a 780. You should switch from using TECO
to TPU; from LINKM to LLF; BSO to Intermetrics. If these system problems
give me a break, a new MAC65 written in C should be useable by April.

DEC will be out this coming thursday to "install" the new VAXen, so I'll have
to take them apart and put them back in the box wednesday night. They should
be back online by noon thursday unles DEC breaks them.

dms