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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.
                       [Iris]  September78.Status   September 22. 1978                       2


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.

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