bobp@tektronix.UUCP (06/22/84)
#N:tektronix:18800008:000:3118 tektronix!bobp Jun 22 11:29:00 1984 ************************************ * Portland Area Local Users Group * ************************************ Greetings! It's time to meet again. It has been 2 months since our last meeting and since that time I've had numerous calls from people new to our LUG. Apparently word is getting around and this is to everyone's advantage. Pass the word about these meetings. Who knows, maybe you'll make a contact with someone here at the LUG meeting that may be able to help you out of a tough spot someday because they either have similiar equipment or run similiar software. Advertising pays! Since our last meeting DECUS has had their semi-annual symposium. This time it was held in Cincinnatti with an attendance of over 4500. I'll be discussing some of the things I saw/heard/did while I was there for a week. We will also have Norm Keifer from EMULEX present to give a short (1/2 hr.) presentation on communications devices, ie; differences between DH-11's, DZ-11's, DMF-32's, etc. This is intended to be a talk of a general nature for technical and non-technical audiences. As of the time of this writing DEC plans to have a person from the local office come to the meeting to give a short presentation on their newly announced product Rdb. This is a relational database system that (currently) runs on VAX's under VMS. One last piece of business I'd like to bring up at the meeting is the topic of special interest groups. I've had numerous calls from folks who would like to start "birds of a feather" groups. These groups would meet on their own, in addition to our LUG meeting, to discuss topics of a common nature. For example, I've had numerous inquiries from people interested in starting a group which would be for those who have personal computers (made by DEC, of course). This would include Rainbows, Decmates, and probably Pro's. There has also been interest in starting groups with PDP-11's, Vax's, and groups with different hardware, but running the same operating system. I will do my best to start these groups where there is any interest at all. As a result of this I am enclosing a survey which I hope you will either bring with you to the meeting or return to me by mail. This will help to determine who has comparable systems and who has an interest in forming a group. I haven't received any new DECUS tapes, yet, but this may have changed by time you get this letter. Check with me at the meeting. Once again, I only have the capability/time to copy 800 or 1600 bpi tapes. If you need to get any other type of media, I'll help you find someone in the LUG who can do the copying for you. Now for the bad news. I messed up by not reserving the auditorium here at Tektronix early enough in advance, so we only have the area reserved from 12:00 to 1:30. I guess we'll just have to make do with that. =========================================================================== Next meeting: June 28 12:00 to 1:30 (bring your lunch if you want) Tektronix Bdlg. 50 auditorium Call me if you need instructions on how to get here. See you there! Bob Perry (503) 627-5410