Author: Kevin Danzig (See abstract)

Operating System: OS/8 Source Language: PAL-8/FORTRAN II

Memory Required: 8K Danzig and NIH Versions, 12K Haverford School

Version Special Hardware Required: Printer Keywords: Utilities - OS/8

Abstract: This utility program, or CUSP, prints a file name and extension

in large block letters on 132 column paper at the beginning of a line printer

listing. It is called by the OS/8 "PRINT" CCL command. The purpose is

to facilitate separation of listings when a large number of different files are

being printed. The format of the printout is similar to that used on the

PDP-11 and DECsystem-10 time sharing systems.

This package consists of three different implementations of LPTSPL.

The first, written in FORTRAN II and SABR, was formerly available as

DECUS No. 8-848 and was submitted to by Peter Lemkin, National Institute

of health, Bethesda, MD. The second, written in PAL-8, was submitted by

Henry Dreifus, The Haverford School, Haverford, CT. The third

implementation was written by an unknown author at Digital Equipment

Corporation, and was modified and submitted by Kevin Danzig. the

original sources for this third implementation have been lost and only the

".SV" file is included. Both the Danzig and the Dreifus version support the

current OS/8 date format.

Note: LPTSPL is not a print spooler in the conventional sense, in that it

does not maintain a print queue.

Media Service Charge Code: Write-Up (AA), DECtape (HA), Floppy

Diskette (KA) Format: OS/8

Catalog: June 1985