[Simh] RSTS/E FORTRAN installation.

[Michael Richter]

I've got a tape for FORTRAN-77 v5.4 for my RSTS/E system.  The contents are
a bit confusing, however, and I can't find an installation guide for the
package.

The point of contention is this file list:

$ dir mm4: /full


 Name .Typ    Size       Date       Name .Typ    Size       Date      MM4:

AUT101.A       244 P  90.02.21     AUTVER.BCK       1 P  90.02.21

F77F77.BCK       3 P  90.02.21     F77REL.BCK       7 P  90.02.21

F77504.A       407 P  90.02.21


Total of 662 blocks in 5 files in MM4:

F77REL.BCK just contains a DOC file containing release notes for this
version (no installation guide).  F77F77.BCK contains a CFG file that
configures the FORTRAN installation, assuming that it ever gets installed.
 AUTVER.BCK just  contains a file, AUTVER.DAT, that has the number 101 (in
text) inside.

It seems that all the actual action revolves around the F77504.A and
AUT101.A files ... but I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do with
these.  Peering at their contents it looks like it's some kind of
(uncompressed) archive file but I have no idea what tools to use to extract
the contents.  Are there any RSTS/E grognards out there who know what the .A
files are and how to use them to install F77?

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