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XEROX
BUSINESS SYSTEMS
System Development Division
To: D. Liddle Date: September 22, 1978
From: W. C. Lynch Location: Palo Alto
Subject:Status Report Organization: SDD/SD/SS
for September 78
Filed on: [Iris] September78.Status
Copies: Archives Belleville Bergsteinsson Bewley Clark DeSantis
Harslem Heinrich Irby Kennedy Lampson LeCesne
Liddle. Lynch Mendelson Metcalfe Reilly, D. Reiley, J.
Sonderegger Szelong Townsend Wallace Weaver Wick
Wickham White
Cc: Ayers Bishop Frandeen Horsley Howard Lauer
Linden McJones Purcell Redell
Pilot
The release date for Pilot 2.0 is October 30, 1978.
The alpha test release date for Pilot 2.0 is October 2, 1978.
Alto/Pilot will be co-released with Pilot. Not all features of Pilot 2.0 will be supported in
Alto/Pilot 2.0.
Staffing and Equipment
A second model 31 has been installed on Dave Redell's Alto. This, together with the use of the
double disk on the Sequoia server Alto, is being used for the build of Pilot releases. Pilot cannot
be bu ilt on a Single disk Alto.
l11e Alto scheduled for delivery to the Pion~er group on August 4th has anived.
Negotiations are in progress with a candidate for the third Pioneer' req.
Pilot Implcnlcntation
As we approach the alpha test release of Pilot 2.0, we are converting control of the Pilot project
from Gantl20.sil to a Pilot task list.
. Pilot 2.0b was released on August 24th. A pre-alpha release was made on September 5th.
Integration of ~111 required components for alpha test has been completed and tested. We are
finding only isolated bugs and those at a low rate.
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Effort must now be concentrated on the deliverable test programs and on release documentation.
Implementation status is as follows:
VFS: complete.
Processes: Integrated and delivered in Mesa 4.0 (No further changes for Pilot 2.0)
Pilot/Mesa: complete with Pilot 1.0d
System: completed with Pilot 1.0c
Stream: completed for Pilot 2.0
RigidDisk: complete.
StartPilot and the wartscript: complete.
Other: OIS communications ar~ complete.
The microcode exec has been deleted from Pilot 2.0
The RS232C handler has been deleted from Pilot 2.0
DevelopUlent Common Software (DeS)
The Mesa group has implemented a reduced file stream package (not implementing the Mesa
System defs module).
A typescript for the display package has been completed using this reduced file stream package.
Greg Shaw has implemented a Mesa System compatible Pilot directory package in consultation with
Dave Redell.
A portion of the Xfer trap processing has become a part of DCS.
Pioneer
Work on the Pioneer Design Specification continues. Forrest Howard is implementing the decimal
aritilemetic package from the Pioneer Functional Specification as a training exercise.
See the minutes of the Pioneer Team Meetings for more information.
PerfOrIllanCe Evaluation Tools
Development of the performance evaluation tools is complete. Paul Jalics has returned to his
teaching duties.
Maintenance of the breakpoint pair .timing facility has been transferred to the Mesa group. This
facility will track with the Mesa Debugger.
A portion of the Xfer trap processing has become a part of DCS while the bulk of it is being
maintained by tile Mesa group and will track with the Mesa Debugger.
The Logger Functional Spec will become a parl of Pilot 2.0 and its implementation wilt become a
part of Pilot 2.0. We are in need of alpha test client~ of this feature (the Xfer trap mechanism is a
condidate).
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Assignments
Ayers: On loan to tools
Bishop: Continue to work on DataTalk
Frandeen: Pioneer design specification
Horsley: Pilot implementation.
Howard: Come up to speed - Pioneer design specification and decimal arithmetic package.
Jalics: Completed duties on September 13th.
Lauer: Pilot implementation.
Linden: Common Software and Data Management.
Lynch: Manage Pilot implementation.
McJones: Pilot implementation
Purcell: Pilot implementation.
Redell: Pilot implementation
Snow: Has reported and is directed by Bob Metcalfe.