Date   : Fri, 22 Jun 1984 08:58:11 EDT
From   : Rick Conn <rconn@Brl-Mis.ARPA>
Subject: Some Metrics on the ZCPR3 Release

       The release of ZCPR3 is now underway, and the first three shipments
have gone to Echelon in Silicon Valley (see the latest Microsystems for
address/phone), SIMTEL20, and the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)
EE Dept at Wright-Patterson AFB (for internal use, altho they might let
you copy the disks if you are in the AF at WPAFB).  I am preparing three
more shipments to go out soon to SIG/M, the San Diego Computer Society, and
XEROX (again, for internal use, altho they might let you copy the disks
if you work for XEROX).  AMPRO Computers was one of the test sites, and an
earlier version of ZCPR3 (1 before the release) has been hidden on their
disks for some time now, and they will be upgrading to the release soon
(see the AMPRO ads if you want to contact them).  Also, Echelon has installed
ZCPR3 on the Kaypro 10 (again, 1 before the release version), and you can
contact Echelon for details if you are interested.

       The release of ZCPR3 is taking place in three phases:

               Phase 1 --
                       the ZCPR3 Command Processor
                       the main ZCPR3 System Segments
                       a 120-page installation manual
                       a 40-page user's perspective
                       58 utilities and associated HLP files
                       SYSLIB 3.0 and associated HLP files
                       [ complete sources to all of the above]
               Phase 2 --
                       more ZCPR3 utilities and HLP files
                       more System Segments
                       Z3LIB and associated HLP files
                       VLIB and associated HLP files
                       TIMELIB and associated HLP files
                       [ all sources provided ]
               Phase 3 --
                       published book: ZCPR3 user/programmer doc
                       published book: ZCPR3 libraries
                       [ bookpublished by NY Zoetrope, Inc ]

       The doc provided in phases 1 and 2 is quite adequate to install
and begin using the system.  The books provide hardcopy of all online
doc and much internal information (which is not available elsewhere).

       There are 14 disks in the ZCPR3 Phase 1 distribution --

               2 ZCPR3 System disks (ZCPR3 CP and System Segments)
               1 ZCPR3 utilities (all COM files)
               2 HLP files documenting the utilities and CP/Sys Segs
               3 sources for utilities
               1 installation manual (WordStar with MailMerge needed to print)
               1 user's perspective (WS with MM needed to print)
               3 SYSLIB 3.0 sources
               1 SYSLIB 3.0 HLP files and 2/3 differences

       ZCPR3 Phase 1 Statistics --

               58 utilities, the largest of which is 8K in size
               Lines of Code:
                       ZCPR3 Command Processor          4669
                       ZCPR3 Sys Segments (6)           7655
                       ZCPR3 utilities (58)            35588
                       SYSLIB 3.0 sources              14433
               Documentation:
                       ZCPR3 Ins Manual (120 pp)        6086 lines
                       ZCPR3 User's Pers 40pp)          1940 lines
                       ZCPR3 HLP files (17)             8465 lines
                       SYSLIB 3.0 HLP files (20)        4572 lines
                       SYSLIB 2/3 diff summary           239 lines


       More detail later on how to contact Echelon and Zoetrope.

       As more sets of disks are released, I will post locations to the net.

               Rick