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SYSTEM MEETING							5 Dec. 1978
			      EQUIPMENT

11/45 memory:	Partly works -- no change.

New Ampex	Still debugging - TED.

MG10 memory:	Not broken after all - JBR.

Megastore:	Due in "mid-December" - LES.

KA10:		Pager problem fixed - JBR.

DCA scanner:	Still awaiting replacement parts.

Foonly channel:	Several design bugs and one system bug found and fixed.
		File clobberage and substantial downtime continued through
		early part of month - JBR & BH.

Ampex Discs:	LLL & DEK drives still haven't worked yet - JBR.
		Floppy drive in old controller still broken?

9-track tapes:	Limbo - LES.

Datamedias:	Will try to order some this week - LES.

UDS modems:	One ordered from NSF funds; 2 more should be supplied by LLL - LES.

Arms:		Gold arm still being refurbished.

Varian Plotter:	Awaiting a volunteer interface designer - LES.

TTY11 Autodialer: Broken.  Awaiting a new hardware department - LES.

DEC 11/03:	Gift from Tom Stockebrand of DEC.  May be used as Dialnet front
		end - LES.

DD replacement:	Suggest looking at Grinnell bit-map display generators - JBR.

			PROGRAMS

WAITS:		November availability was 82%, mostly because of Foonly channel
		bugs - LES.

		LLL line still generates excessive system interrupts occasionally.
		Bullet-proofing in progress.

		Modification in system scheduler recovered 5-6% wasted time.

		New DET privilege may be used to specify auto-detach preferred
		over autologout if DD channels needed.  LIV privilege will
		protect dead core images for debugging but goes away when a
		new program is run.

		Because of address space limitations in BBN Pager, system will
		shortly be changed so that user jobs can no longer run on KA10 - BH.

			PEOPLE

Equipment:	Still looking for a TED replacement.

WAITS:		BH leaving for Boston area at end of December.
		ME will assume responsibility.