RSX Multi-Tasker

This document is the January 1985 issue of the RSX Multi-Tasker newsletter. The core of the document provides a technical introduction to the RSX-11M/M-PLUS Task Builder (TKB) internals, including detailed breakdowns of its operation phases: initialization, command line processing, overlay descriptor language processing, option processing, module scanning, memory allocation, task header generation, task image/map file generation, and symbol table file generation. Appendices provide technical specifications for internal data structures like the Element Descriptor, Control Section Table, Symbol Table Entry, and Segment Descriptor. Additionally, the issue features a 'Hints and Kinks' section and 'Library Updates' describing various software packages available for the DEC Professional-350 and other RSX-11 compatible systems, including spreadsheet, calendar, and communication utilities.