1 INFO-VAX	Tue, 04 Apr 2000	Volume 2000 : Issue 188       Contents: 2 microVAX II questions  Re: 2 microVAX II questions  Re: 2 microVAX II questions  Re: Accounting UtilityA Configuring NIC from 10Base2 to 10BaseT in an AlphaServer OpenVMS & Re: Dual Processor/program runs twice?, Re: First come first served: VAX 11/750 (UK), Re: First come first served: VAX 11/750 (UK)6 Re: Fw: A proposed change to the Info-VAX mailing list, Re: How to "publish" to the OSU HTTP server?: Re: MAC window won't scroll back after TCPIP 5.0.A upgrade& Re: method for "reply to all" in MAIL? Microsoft ruling Re: Microsoft ruling Re: Microsoft ruling Re: Microsoft ruling RE: Pipe Command Re: Pipe Command Re: Pipe Command Re: PWS 433a Questions. Re: Q : Automatic installation tool in OpenVMS SHAREWARE txt2pdf 3.3  Re: So who will buy VMS ?  Re: So who will buy VMS ?  Re: So who will buy VMS ?  Re: So who will buy VMS ?  Re: So who will buy VMS ? * Re: Spin down hard disk on idle VMS system Re: split large files  Re: Suggestion for authorize Re: Suggestion for authorize SUPERVISOR from decus  Re: SUPERVISOR from decus  Re: SUPERVISOR from decus ) Re: VAX-Macro problems on Alpha VMS 7.2-1 0 Re: VMS today: % users x-widnows vs VT terminals0 Re: VMS today: % users x-widnows vs VT terminals% We be the BIG PAINFUL OUCH in dot com   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------   Date: 3 Apr 2000 18:28:14 GMT , From: lukasz@mbi.ucla.edu (Lukasz Salwinski)  Subject: 2 microVAX II questions3 Message-ID: <8canru$e0m$1@carroll.library.ucla.edu>   ; 1. what settings shall I use to connect to the console port <    on the bulkhead (besides matching speed) ? no matter what6    i try (data/parity/stop bits) i get only garbage...>    I'm using linux box and minicom as a terminal substitute...  ? 2. any idea where to get replacement battery for the bulkhead ? =    the original one is long dead... while booting LED on the  >    bulkhead goes down to 3 and then jumps back to 8 so i guess=    i'm supposed to set whatever is missing due to bad battery 0    but with problem #1 it's kind of hard... :o((   lukasz   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 14:56:53 -0400 0 From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vl.videotron.ca>$ Subject: Re: 2 microVAX II questions. Message-ID: <38E8E964.AC33C51@vl.videotron.ca>   Lukasz Salwinski wrote: = > 1. what settings shall I use to connect to the console port > >    on the bulkhead (besides matching speed) ? no matter what8 >    i try (data/parity/stop bits) i get only garbage...@ >    I'm using linux box and minicom as a terminal substitute...  L 9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, X-on/X-off. Make sure your terminal is a VT100 or more emulator.   A > 2. any idea where to get replacement battery for the bulkhead ? > >    the original one is long dead... while booting LED on the@ >    bulkhead goes down to 3 and then jumps back to 8 so i guess? >    i'm supposed to set whatever is missing due to bad battery 2 >    but with problem #1 it's kind of hard... :o((  G Batteries are basically 3 AAA batteries in series (4.5 volts). They are J rechargeable NI-cad batteries.  If you suspect that the batteries are veryJ bad, you can disconnect them and boot without it. (every time you boot, itK will prompt for the time). I changed mine with AAA nicad batteries I bought ' from Radio Shack and soldered together.   M You could be able to recharge externally these if you have an external source D of 4.5 volts. However, I doubt this is what is causing your problem.  M Note that the 9 pin plug is NOT a IBM-PC-serial port. Back in the days of the K Microvax II, I don't beleive that IBM-PCs were using the 9-pin ports and in H any case, there were not standard (neither was the MV-II's plug for that0 matter, DB-25 was standard for RS-232 back then.   ------------------------------   Date: 3 Apr 2000 19:24:11 GMT 2 From: hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.nospam (Hoff Hoffman)$ Subject: Re: 2 microVAX II questions6 Message-ID: <8car4r$cnj$1@mailint03.im.hou.compaq.com>  b In article <8canru$e0m$1@carroll.library.ucla.edu>, lukasz@mbi.ucla.edu (Lukasz Salwinski) writes:< :1. what settings shall I use to connect to the console port= :   on the bulkhead (besides matching speed) ? no matter what 7 :   i try (data/parity/stop bits) i get only garbage... ? :   I'm using linux box and minicom as a terminal substitute...   D   Please see the OpenVMS FAQ for the DB9 pinout and for information F   on the MicroVAX console and the console communications requirements.?   The OpenVMS FAQ is available at various sites, including via:   "     http://www.compaq.com/openvms/  @ :2. any idea where to get replacement battery for the bulkhead ?> :   the original one is long dead... while booting LED on the ? :   bulkhead goes down to 3 and then jumps back to 8 so i guess > :   i'm supposed to set whatever is missing due to bad battery1 :   but with problem #1 it's kind of hard... :o((   C   This behaviour does not initially appear to be the battery.  The  E   battery on the MicroVAX II may well be long dead, but systems with  D   a bad battery will typically bootstrap, but will request the time <   at the system console whenever the system is cold-started.  >   Here are the KA630 self-test codes used for the countdown...  #         F       Electrical power-up &         E       Wait for PWR-OK signal.         D       ROM and time-of-year RAM tests1         C       Initialize console program memory          B       Run IPCR testsC         A       Test QDSS/VCB02 or QVSS/VCB01 graphics (if present) 8         9       Test console port, and identify terminal          8       Console I/O mode(         7       Run memory pattern tests(         6       Run memory address tests!         5       Run I/O map tests          4       Run CPU tests #         3       Run interrupt tests ,         2       Search for a valid bootstrap7         1       Load the bootstrap and transfer control   ;   (Yes, the above list is going into the next OpenVMS FAQ.)   I   Your local Compaq office or Compaq Assisted Services can likely acquire H   you the appropriate part.  Please see the OpenVMS FAQ for a pointer to1   information on the assisted services program...   I   Assuming you are trained and experienced in working directly with tools L   and static-sensitive hardware devices, the battery packs are (IIRC) three M   size N rechargable cells shrink-wrapped together -- check with a shop that  M   sells rechargeable batteries for cordless telephones, as I've seen similar  J   shrink-wrapped size N battery packs in a few of these places...  Though K   the one I was looking at was -- just to keep it all interesting -- using     a different connector...  N  --------------------------- pure personal opinion ---------------------------L    Hoff (Stephen) Hoffman   OpenVMS Engineering   hoffman#xdelta.zko.dec.com   ------------------------------  $ Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 10:19:27 +1000/ From: "Phil Howell" <howellp@snowyhydro.com.au>  Subject: Re: Accounting Utility 3 Message-ID: <myaG4.62108$3b6.241134@ozemail.com.au>   6 Dick Adams <adams.dick.rc@bhp.com.au> wrote in message news:1103_954745405@shl-6089...  > Hi everyone,D >     I want to create some reports from the accounting file but the accounting utility doesn'tI > seem to be able to do everything that I (might) want to do. I thought I 
 would write a L > program to read the accounting file but I am very inexperienced in writing anything otherI > than DCL on a VMS machine. Does anyone have some code (in c) that would  get me
 > started? >  > TIA 
 >     Dick  F There was a utility called 'sysuaf' on old decus software distribution% I don't know if it is still available  Phil   ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 16:57:43 GMT ) From: "ggepitulan" <gp2lan@earthlink.net> J Subject: Configuring NIC from 10Base2 to 10BaseT in an AlphaServer OpenVMSE Message-ID: <bUpF4.12355$9m6.484300@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>   E We hav an Alpha Server 1000 running OpenVMS 7.2 and just upgraded our , network from 10Base2 connections to 10BaseT.E My problem is that, I can't get the Network Interface Card to work in  10BaseT.G Does anyone know how to configure the NIC from 10Base2 (BNC) to 10BaseT  (RJ45). - Any information I would really appreciate it.    ------------------------------   Date: 3 Apr 2000 18:52:13 GMT 2 From: hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.nospam (Hoff Hoffman)/ Subject: Re: Dual Processor/program runs twice? 6 Message-ID: <8cap8t$bub$1@mailint03.im.hou.compaq.com>  l In article <VKaF4.122022$_G1.1055159@news1.sttls1.wa.home.com>, "Daniel Bohner" <dbohner@uswest.net> writes:I :Recently we migrated our VAXen to Alphas and have experienced one little A :glitch with one of our systems - and perhaps you folks can help.   I   Details on the OpenVMS version, configuration (eg: cluster or not) and  M   specifics on the particular "little glitch" -- rather than (and no offense  L   is intended here) only providing your theory on what happened -- would be I   very useful information here.  If you can describe what you saw or what H   error messages were received and/or what you tried to do, we might be H   better able to understand the environment, and better able to suggest L   specific alternatives.  Details on what sort of control (if any) you have K   over the application source code can be useful information, as well -- it /   appears you have access to the source code...   K :Because our Alphas are dual processor - we believe a process can be kicked E :on and run twice - once on one processor and before it is complete a 3 :duplicate process be up and running on the second.   K   The same can happen on uni-processor VAX and Alpha systems.  This ability G   is inherent in the ability of the OpenVMS operating system to handle  J   multi-processing and pre-emptive multi-tasking -- you can have multiple G   copies of any application(s) running.  (Whether or not each of these  I   copies can "play nice" together is another discussion -- and they quite ;   clearly do not "play nice" in this particular case... :-)   L :What switch - either during compile or after - do I have to throw that will? :keep the same process from running simultaneously on different ! :processors(within the same box).   G   There is no switch.  You can choose to code the application such that F   it uses exclusive access to a resource (file, lock, etc), or you canJ   code the application to permit shared access and to operate in parallel.I   Or you could create the run-time environment to prevent multiple copies H   through process names, or via single-slot batch queues, or via various<   task management packages, or via stub "lock" files, etc...  F   As was suggested elsewhere, the distributed lock manager is probablyE   the most flexible and powerful way to prevent duplicate jobs (queue K   up an exclusive lock on a known resource, in other words), but something  J   as simple as opening a key data file for exclusive access can work, too.     --  J   Process name "interlocking" (usually) works when all processes share theM   same UIC group.  That "(usually) was said because, until recently, process  K   names were not acquired under an interlock -- so it was possible (though  K   rare) to see multiple processes in the same UIC group with the same name.      --  M   Another source of duplicate process problems involving batch jobs involved  I   certain (older) OpenVMS queue management versions when the system time  *   values within the cluster were skewed...  N  --------------------------- pure personal opinion ---------------------------L    Hoff (Stephen) Hoffman   OpenVMS Engineering   hoffman#xdelta.zko.dec.com   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 18:18:43 GMT . From: Peter Moreton <petermoreton@my-deja.com>5 Subject: Re: First come first served: VAX 11/750 (UK) ) Message-ID: <8can9j$hof$1@nnrp1.deja.com>    <SNIP># >The RA82 was double that, at 800MB 4 > 4 RA82's were sold together as a "3.5GB" solution. > 8 > Amazing how we did so much with so little back then :)  : Actually, I consider it amazing how little we manage to do9 with so much these days. My first VAX 11/750 had 8mbytes, : and a couple of RA81's. Ran the entire business. Nowadays,8 we have PC's with 100 times the CPU power of the 11/750,< 128mbyte RAM, and 18gig harddrives as the norm, and they can? just about manage to run Word, albeit more slowly that Wordstar 1 on a CP/M machine 10 years ago. Progress?  Where?    -- Peter Moreton, MCSE 	 Pytchley,  Northamptonshire, UK, Peter.^Moreton@chase.com (remove ^ to email)    & Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.    ------------------------------  $ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 21:03:10 -04002 From: "Richard B. Gilbert" <DRAGON@compuserve.com>5 Subject: Re: First come first served: VAX 11/750 (UK) 7 Message-ID: <200004032103_MC2-9FC5-3E1F@compuserve.com>   % Message text written by Peter Moreton  ><SNIP> # >The RA82 was double that, at 800MB 4 > 4 RA82's were sold together as a "3.5GB" solution. > 8 > Amazing how we did so much with so little back then :)  : Actually, I consider it amazing how little we manage to do9 with so much these days. My first VAX 11/750 had 8mbytes, : and a couple of RA81's. Ran the entire business. Nowadays,8 we have PC's with 100 times the CPU power of the 11/750,< 128mbyte RAM, and 18gig harddrives as the norm, and they can? just about manage to run Word, albeit more slowly that Wordstar 1 on a CP/M machine 10 years ago. Progress?  Where?  <   H         Ummm. . .  yes, but could you use Wordstar with ever having readJ the manual?  I had Wordstar on a VT180 once upon a time and I wouldn't wa= nt/ to try to use it now, with or without a manual!   J         The user interface is beautiful.  If the software actually worked= ,  it would be a killer!    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 12:38:30 -0700 0 From: Mark Berryman <Mark.Berryman@Mvb.Saic.Com>? Subject: Re: Fw: A proposed change to the Info-VAX mailing list , Message-ID: <38E890C6.407198AF@Mvb.Saic.Com>   Tim Shoppa wrote:  >  > .  > .  > . 9 > Would this affect those of us who read and post via the  > comp.os.vms Usenet mirror?     Tim Llewellyn wrote: > A > I'm sorry if I misunderstand, I use the newsgroup not info-vax. ? > Does what is being suggested mean that posts to the newsgroup ) > will not be forwarded to the mail list?   C No.  This change is relevant to Info-VAX subscribers only (or, more H accurately, those who post via the mailing list) and will have no effectE on those who read or post via news or on the gateway between Info-VAX  and comp.os.vms.  
 Mark Berryman    ------------------------------   Date: 3 Apr 2000 16:27:41 PDT T From: Fairfield@SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Ken Fairfield; SLAC: 650-926-2924; FAX: 926-3515)5 Subject: Re: How to "publish" to the OSU HTTP server? 3 Message-ID: <uvS7t$Az4lTz@mccdev.slac.stanford.edu>   ) In article <38E4BADA.757CD36D@ohio.edu>,  4     	"Richard D. Piccard" <piccard@ohio.edu> writes:L > Perhaps the original request is to be able to a "publish" command built inK > to some software such as Front Page.  In that case, the simplest response I > is, "use FTP to transfer the files from the personal computer they were  > prepared on up to the Alpha."        Richard, et al.,    H         I posted the original query to  the VMS-Web list (at the requestH     of  one of our developers).  I have _no_ idea why Macallister postedH     his follow-up here, without context or attribution.  I  elected  not)     to continue his misplaced "thread"...   H         But to fill out  the  picture  a  bit,  Netscape has a "publish"H     feature  in its html editor, which uses ftp as the protocol  (albeitH     with plain-text username/password authentication),  and  allows  theH     author  to move all the files related to the current page to anotherH     system in one go (less error  prone  than  ftp'ing them by hand).  IH     simply  needed to enable the PUT method in the OSU web server on the9     target end, and that made everything work as desired.   H         I'm told (1) that this  publishing  feature is an http standard,;     and (2) IE doesn't support it, FWIW, but Netscape does.            -Ken --M  Kenneth H. Fairfield            |  Internet: Fairfield@SLC.Slac.Stanford.Edu0:  SLAC, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, MS 46  |  Voice:    650-926-2924:  Menlo Park, CA  94025           |  FAX:      650-926-3515N  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------B  These opinions are mine, not SLAC's, Stanford's, nor the DOE's...  N ============================================================================== > John Macallister wrote:f > L >> >        I have a  request  from  one  of  my  developers  to  be able toG >> >    "publish" to the OSU web server running on our VMS Alpha system  >>L >> The way I would do this would be to create a link from a HTML page on theK >> Alpha system to the "published" page. This approach removes the securityaI >> issue and keeps the actual Web page on a server with which it is fullydK >> compatible. It's also using the WWW in the way for which it was designedlE >> i.e. the physical location of any WWW page should not be an issue.e   ------------------------------  " Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 17:38:39 GMT- From: "Richard D. Piccard" <piccard@ohio.edu>oC Subject: Re: MAC window won't scroll back after TCPIP 5.0.A upgradeS( Message-ID: <38E8D71A.B6885A35@ohio.edu>  H I use VersaTerm.  Currently they are selling V5.0, but I have been happyC with 4.6.3 for the last eight years.  I consider it a very positiveiI characteristic that the software continues to work on a B+W G3 with MacOS-G 8.6 under OpenTransport, considering that I first used it on a Mac IIsikF with OS 7 and MacTCP.  They wrote the software in conformance with the( standards, and it still works just fine.  K By the way, the ~50% extra cost for the Pro version gets you the ability toeG emulate fancier Tektronix graphic terminals, but does nothing extra fortG ordinary access to a VMS host.  I have not recognized any problems witht their VT-220 emulation.r  +                                         RDP    Chihfang Lin wrote:s   > Hi:d > C > We recently upgraded our UCX 4.1 to TCPIP 5.0A (on Alpha, running H > 7.1/7.1-1H2). Since the upgrade, several MaCintosh users reported thatJ > their windows' scroll bar won't stay in previous screens.  They can dragG > the mouse pointer to scroll back to previous screens, but the currentrH > screen moves right back after they release the mouse button.  They areG > using 'Better Telnet 2' on their Mac to connect to the Alpha servers.i >i4 > Has anyone have similar problem?  How to fix this? >e	 > Thanks,r >  > Chihfang Lin) > Administrative Systems, Rice Universityh > Chihfang@rice.edup   --B ==================================================================B Dick Piccard                           Academic Technology ManagerB piccard@ohio.edu                                 Computer ServicesB http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~piccard/                Ohio University   ------------------------------  # Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 02:25:30 GMTa7 From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@earthlink.net> / Subject: Re: method for "reply to all" in MAIL?a- Message-ID: <38E95343.5D9507AB@earthlink.net>o   Larry Kilgallen wrote: > c > In article <8caaj5$9f4@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, mathog@seqaxp.bio.caltech.edu (David Mathog) writes:s > J > > OpenVMS engineers: could we maybe have it added to mail at some point?7 > > (For instance, when the real MIME support goes in?). > G > Please no.  Somebody who wants to blast something to the world shouldeG > do original typing.  There should be no way to achieve that effect bya > accident.l  A Under what circumstances would it be an accident to append a /ALL 2 qualifier when issuring the REPLY command in MAIL?   --   David J. Dachteraa dba DJE Systemsv" http://home.earthlink.net/~djesys/  : Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page and Message Board:+ http://home.earthlink.net/~djesys/vms/soho/t   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 17:02:11 -0400-0 From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vl.videotron.ca> Subject: Microsoft rulinga/ Message-ID: <38E906B9.860858D5@vl.videotron.ca>t  F as of 17:00 EDT, the gorvernment has released the ruling on Microsoft.  I Microsoft is guilty of violating Sherman Antitrust Act. MS stock down 14%k today already.   MS to respond by 18:00 EDT.n   ------------------------------   Date: 3 Apr 2000 21:25:12 GMTe2 From: hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.nospam (Hoff Hoffman) Subject: Re: Microsoft ruling 6 Message-ID: <8cb27o$fuk$1@mailint03.im.hou.compaq.com>  b In article <38E906B9.860858D5@vl.videotron.ca>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vl.videotron.ca> writes:; :...the gorvernment has released the ruling on Microsoft... = :...Microsoft is guilty of violating Sherman Antitrust Act.../    8   http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/microsoft-conclusions.html      N  --------------------------- pure personal opinion ---------------------------L    Hoff (Stephen) Hoffman   OpenVMS Engineering   hoffman#xdelta.zko.dec.com   ------------------------------  $ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 18:18:17 -0400  From: norm.raphael@jamesbury.com Subject: Re: Microsoft rulingo4 Message-ID: <C22568B6.0079BDEC.00@jklh21.valmet.com>  4 http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/default.htm        7 hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.nospam on 04/03/2000 05:25:12 PMt  / Please respond to hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.nospams   To:   Info-VAX@mvb.saic.coma4 cc:    (bcc: Norm Raphael/Worcester/Neles-Jamesbury) Subject:  Re: Microsoft ruling          8 In article <38E906B9.860858D5@vl.videotron.ca>, JF Mezei) <jfmezei.spamnot@vl.videotron.ca> writes: ; :...the gorvernment has released the ruling on Microsoft...R= :...Microsoft is guilty of violating Sherman Antitrust Act...(    8   http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/microsoft-conclusions.html      N  --------------------------- pure personal opinion ---------------------------L    Hoff (Stephen) Hoffman   OpenVMS Engineering   hoffman#xdelta.zko.dec.com   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 18:19:03 -0400 0 From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vl.videotron.ca> Subject: Re: Microsoft rulinga/ Message-ID: <38E918B7.B27B1188@vl.videotron.ca>   D Anyone notice how MS was over 10 minutes late in starting their news
 conference ? c  H Sounds like they had to <alt><ctrl><del> their video server in their own studio :-) :-) :-)   ------------------------------  $ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:12:10 -03001 From: "Boyle, Darren" <boyledj@bankofbermuda.com>  Subject: RE: Pipe CommandrK Message-ID: <F150836441C5D311A11700508B6FF01A595209@bdant024.bda.bobda.com>s   Yes.  E pipe show system | search sys$pipe darren/out=darren_temp.lis; | waiti: 00:00:30 | print/hold darren_temp.lis/notify/que=SYS$PRINT     Thanks,  Darren   > ----------/ > From: 	Markus Eymann[SMTP:eymannm@bluewin.ch]k' > Sent: 	Sunday, April 02, 2000 7:57 AMt > To: 	Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com > Subject: 	Pipe Command >  > Hi everybody,r > @ > I use the command "pipe show system | search sys$input igt" toH > search a specific process. Now I'd like to expand the command, so that% > the output is printed to sys$print.  > Is it possible and how?  >  > Thanks > Markus > eymannm@rtc.ch >  >     F **********************************************************************C This message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and5J may be privileged and/or subject to the provisions of privacy legislation.M They are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom theyoL are addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, B please notify the sender immediately and then delete this message.I You are notified that reliance on, disclosure of, distribution or copying  of this message is prohibited.   Bank of Bermuda F **********************************************************************   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 18:22:13 GMT-+ From: Jeff Campbell <jcampbell@ins-msi.com>1 Subject: Re: Pipe Commandu+ Message-ID: <38E8DF9C.3F689242@ins-msi.com>u  5 I have a terminal printer (on TXA6:) called $PRINTER.S  & 	$ PIPE DIRE | COPY SYS$INPUT $PRINTER  A works,  so if you know the name of the printer SYS$PRINT feeds...   B 	pipe show system | search sys$input igt | copy sys$input $printer   HTH,  
 Jeff Campbell  n8wxs@arrl.net   Markus Eymann wrote: >  > Hi everybody,a > @ > I use the command "pipe show system | search sys$input igt" toH > search a specific process. Now I'd like to expand the command, so that% > the output is printed to sys$print.p > Is it possible and how?  >  > Thanks > Markus > eymannm@rtc.ch   ------------------------------   Date: 3 Apr 2000 18:17:57 GMT82 From: hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.nospam (Hoff Hoffman) Subject: Re: Pipe Command96 Message-ID: <8can8l$b0d$1@mailint03.im.hou.compaq.com>  [ In article <8caivs$mp3$1@bw107zhb.bluewin.ch>, "Markus Eymann" <eymannm@bluewin.ch> writes:g? :I use the command "pipe show system | search sys$input igt" to G :search a specific process. Now I'd like to expand the command, so thatd$ :the output is printed to sys$print. :Is it possible and how?  F   If the target printing device is a spooled device widget (many are),&   you can copy directly to the device:  C     pipe show system | search sys$input: igt | copy sys$pipe: ddcu:s    N  --------------------------- pure personal opinion ---------------------------L    Hoff (Stephen) Hoffman   OpenVMS Engineering   hoffman#xdelta.zko.dec.com   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 05:22:52 GMTn( From: "Zig Wiedemann" <zig@our-site.net> Subject: Re: PWS 433a QuestionsaG Message-ID: <MUVF4.33658$pK3.599579@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>w   Zane ...   in response to6 > how friendly is OpenVMS to 3rd party UW SCSI drives?H > I'm using DEC drives in all my other Alpha's and VAXen, but since thisF > system was an unexpected expense I'm looking for cheap alternatives.  G we always ran Seagate Barracuda drives ... on VAX 4300s, uVax 3100s anda Vaxstation 4000/60ss  G at some point we needed a HW version of VMS that supported the "bigger"n? drive but the 6 & 7.x releases didn't seem to be a problem ....i  I the boot drive on the VS 4000 were either the RZ that came or the Seagatel  !                     ZIG Wiedemanna   ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 10:24:54 +0900 + From: John Il-Joong Kim <jkim@computer.org>o7 Subject: Re: Q : Automatic installation tool in OpenVMSn, Message-ID: <38E94466.AB69EB3B@computer.org>  , This is a multi-part message in MIME format.& --------------11F4B584D22E033ED0238ECA* Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bits   Thank you for your suggestion.  < But, I meant both 'packaging' AND 'installation' in OpenVMS.Q I have distribution copies of files and executable. In order to use VMSINSTAL.COM U I guess that I first do make them into one package file (or distribution volume) thene use VMSINSTAL.COM.  O I have looked through the manual that you suggest, but I cannot find the manual ) to describe a making distribution volume.n  * More suggestion will be certainly helpful~   - John& --------------11F4B584D22E033ED0238ECA- Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii;   name="jkim.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bits/ Content-Description: Card for John Il-Joong Kimw  Content-Disposition: attachment;  filename="jkim.vcf"   begin:vcard  n:Kim;John Il-Joongo tel;cell:017-270-6656h tel;fax:+82-2-773-3090 tel;work:+82-2-316-2654  x-mozilla-html:FALSE= org:Daewoo Information Systems Co., Ltd.;VP.Auto-Nesting Teame
 adr:;;;;;; version:2.1n  email;internet:jkim@computer.org title:System Developer fn:John Il-Joong Kim	 end:vcardu  ( --------------11F4B584D22E033ED0238ECA--   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 19:22:29 GMT-, From: SANFACE Software <sanface@sanface.com> Subject: SHAREWARE txt2pdf 3.3) Message-ID: <8car12$m0b$1@nnrp1.deja.com>   5 txt2pdf is a very flexible and powerful PERL5 programr9 (5 penguins at LinuxBerg, 5 cows at TuCows Mac and BeOS). 5 It's a converter from text files to PDF format files.c Why do you need txt2pdf?% Most of your documents are text fileswF Usually, your reports from legacy applications, DBs, ERP applications, datawarehouse are textual 5 txt2pdf is a PERL5 script, so you can use it in everyaA operating systems supported by PERL5 (View the list of OS tested) H txt2pdf is a native converter, you don't need to pass through PostScript format2 txt2pdf is specific for text to PDF conversion, soG you can mark yellow, red, green, blue or bold, italic, bolditalic (withW8 PERL regular expression) words in the produced PDF filesH you can produce a 2-columns PDFyou can add page number in every page you9 can add text at the beginning and at the end ofevery file " you can add a border to every page; every word like http://... ftp://... mailto:... https://...-. file:... ldap:... news:...  will become an URL> you can create a link to a specific page within a PDF document http://...pdfdocument#pdfmark70 every word like mime:... will become a link that1 launch the correct application and opens the fileo9 you can use a few parse commands (e.g.[!blue]...[!/blue]) , you can use background and foreground layers! txt2pdf supports STDIN and STDOUTh  the fee for every licence is $55H SANFACE Software is going to give you a free licence for every good idea or for every good modify   txt2pdf is shareware5 The txt2pdf source code is our company core business.e
 We trust you. $ You can test text2pdf and modify it.A You can't use a modify version of txt2pdf for production purpose.tB You can't resell txt2pdf or a modify version of it without SANFACE Software authorization. C You can't copy part of it to include in your source without SANFACEo Software authorization.e   What's new in this version   Full Screen page mode support E Possibility to select the page layout from Single Page (deafult), One ) Column, Two Column Left, Two column Rightf   Test txt2pdf 3.3!y   You can find it in our new site  http://www.sanface.com     -- SANFACE Software http://www.sanface.com mailto:sanface@sanface.com    & Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.t   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 14:44:56 -0400 0 From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vl.videotron.ca>" Subject: Re: So who will buy VMS ?/ Message-ID: <38E8E699.F59FB61F@vl.videotron.ca>    "Terry C. Shannon" wrote: M > course, you want to adopt the pigmentation of a Smurf. The Q may not marketsH > OVMS as effectively--or in as many markets--as we'd like, but the firmF > continues to reap Generous Margins from OVMS hardware, software, and > services.,  K But wouldn't a "freed" VMS group under CMGI not thrive more and offer the QtL more long term profits than the current "stale" VMS group that is struggling. to prevent the Titanic from sinking too fast ?  L If spinning off the company into a separate entity whose profits come to youI or your shareholders makes that company maximize the product's potential,tF doesn't it make sense to do it since it will reap even more profits to shareholders ?    L Also, since Compaq would retain the bulk of the VMS revenus (support), then,K doesn't it make sense to spin off the less lucrative "sales" departmnent toiN let them loose and increase sales ? The more you increase sales, the more your support revenus will grow.   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 21:29:10 GMTp From: Dirk Munk <munk@home.nl>" Subject: Re: So who will buy VMS ?' Message-ID: <38E90D2C.C0899B58@home.nl>i   Let's do a bit of analyzing:  B Compaq has a turnover of about $3.9 billion / year in VMS systems,5 software and services, not something to be discarded.c  H VMS is build closely around Alpha hardware and vice versa, it is hard toD see how you can split up this relationship by selling VMS to another company.  B There are 3 major operating systems available on Alpha's, OpenVMS,C True64 Unix and Linux. True64 and Linux are both Unix variants, butvD Linux is free... So if you don't need all the high quality and fancyG features of True64 you will be a lot cheaper off with Linux if you wanteG Unix. So Linux is very dangerous for True64 and all of its revenues. Nod> such situation exists for OpenVMS, unless you want to go for a6 completely different operating system like Unix or NT.  G Compaq regards OpenVMS as a higher quality / more sophisticated o.s. asK Unix.   * Tandem will also move to Alpha (with EV8).   So Compaq has two options: 0? Retain the Alpha line of processors and systems, and all of thenC accompanying operating systems. Streamlining and combining software-H development for these operating systems will lower the costs and speedup development.D The other option is to become just another Wintel box mover (again).   Dirk    =     David Turner wrote:= > L > All said and done - it certainly seems as though the Almighty Q is panningJ > for one it's fellow demi-gods and will undoubtedly dump it's last trusty > disciple, VMS  >  > Who's gonna buy it ? >  > AT&T ? > Siemens ?s > 3 > Someone's got to make an offer the Q can't refusep > N > Curious, because I have seen an obvious drop on our Online-DEC-Broker trades > in VMS systems > L > From this time last year, every dealer in the US and Europe were trying to  > buy USED VMS ALpha's and Vaxen > I > Now, the mostpart are buying Proliants and the base Tru64 Alpha systems  >  > What's gonna happen ?- >  > -- > David Turner! > Island Computers US Corporationi > 2700 Gregory Streetu > Savannah GA 31404w > Tel: 912 447 6622c > Fax:912 201 0096 > sales@islandco.com   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 14:45:43 -0700g! From: Shane.F.Smith@healthnet.com4" Subject: Re: So who will buy VMS ?8 Message-ID: <882568B6.0077940E.00@WHDOM99.HEALTHNET.COM>  P Well we /know/ you'd like to use it, but the question was about serious computer users.   Shanei                3 wetboy <wetboy@shore.net> on 04/03/2000 05:16:21 AMoP                                                                                 P                                                                                 P                                                                                     >                                                               >                                                               >                                                               >  To:      Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com                               >                                                               >  cc:      (bcc: Shane F Smith/WH/HN/FHS)                      >                                                               >                                                               >                                                               >  Subject: Re: So who will buy VMS ?                           >                                                                              Who will buy VMS?h   Necrophiliacs.    	 -- Wetboy=   ------------------------------  " Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 23:30:50 GMT* From: young_r@eisner.decus.org (Rob Young)" Subject: Re: So who will buy VMS ?& Message-ID: <2000Apr3.193050.1@eisner>  H In article <38E90D2C.C0899B58@home.nl>, Dirk Munk <munk@home.nl> writes:   > , > Tandem will also move to Alpha (with EV8). >  					EV7   			Rob   ------------------------------  # Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 01:18:02 GMTr2 From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh@shell1.aracnet.com>" Subject: Re: So who will buy VMS ?6 Message-ID: <epbG4.1483$h81.27100@typhoon.aracnet.com>  * Arne Vajhj <arne.vajhoej@gtech.com> wrote: > David Turner wrote:pM >> From this time last year, every dealer in the US and Europe were trying toi! >> buy USED VMS ALpha's and Vaxen  >> iJ >> Now, the mostpart are buying Proliants and the base Tru64 Alpha systems  & > Regarding sales, then I assume that:H >   - 1 year ago a lot of people were buying used Alphas for Y2K testing > of old> >     VMS applications (there are simply not so many old Tru64 > applications) ( >     and for VMS hobbyist license usageI >   - now there is a Tru64 hobbyist license (more Tru64 Alphas) and a lotp > ofJ >     people are probably now experiencing that their old hardware running, >     NT 4 can not run 2000 (more Proliants)   > Sounds plausible to me !  I Actually I can see a real problem with the Hobbyist reasoning.  For me my K OpenVMS cluster is a *serious* hobby (at least in the sense I've spent someeH serious money on it starting with the improved hobbyist licenses).  I'veI purchased an AlphaStation 500/333 and a PWS 433a from dealers in the lasteJ year.  Neither were "VMS Alpha's" or "Tru64 Alpha's", the AS500 was a bareJ machine, and the PWS was running NT (actually still is since I just got it8 Saturday, and haven't had time to correct that problem).  L Do I have a point?  I'm starting to wonder myself :^)  Basically my point isK that I think David is talking about Alpha's that *include* OpenVMS or Tru64eL licenses.  That's something that as a hobbyist I can't afford, and I assume K neither can most other hobbyists, as it takes away from the hardware we can  afford!-  I As for the Proliants, that's probably a very good explanation.  Although,fC I'm wondering if Linux runs on the Proliants.  Linux is very likelym effecting things also.   			Zane    ------------------------------  $ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:45:40 -0400- From: "Peter Weaver" <peter.weaver@stelco.ca>23 Subject: Re: Spin down hard disk on idle VMS systemc. Message-ID: <seht7nk3eop41@corp.supernews.com>  = Alan Greig wrote in message <38DBC797.E8527AE3@virgin.net>...e >s >d >Peter Weaver wrote: >c@ >> We are seeing this spin-down on our ES40's with Fibre ChannelC >> connected to HSG80's and 9.1GB disk drives (some show up as "DEC F >> RZ2DD-LS(C)DEC 0306" some are "COMPAQ BD009122C6 B016" according toD >> the Command Console). Everything says either DEC or COMPAQ on it,B >> everything was bought as one package that was designed as a VMS systemD >> from the start, but the drives still spin down after a while then goF >> into a mount verify for about 0.3 to 0.4 seconds then they are back on >> line. >> > F >Are you certain the drives are spinning down? Mine don't in a similar >configuration.-F >However we did have a mount verify problem which turned out to be due to0 >a poorly seated controller cache memory module. >r >>A >> I could give more information but these are ES40's running VMSc 7.2-1S >> so;  >>     - I can not run ANA/ERRORE >>     - DIAGNOSE (V2.9) gives me a "_DIAGNOSE-FAT: Execution failed"r6 >>       error after pumping out a few screens of data >-C >Yep, we got that as well. You need DECEvent 3.1 then hopefully allB will >become clear. >n >--r >Alan Greigu >c    ? I still do not know 100% if the drives are spinning down, but I5F mounted a drive last Friday and tried to access it today. When I did I> had a Mount Verify error and three entries in the error log. ID captured the three error log entries through Compaq Analyze, this is what I am seeing;   ' This is what I see from the DCL prompt;S   $ reply/ena,8 %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   3-APR-2000 15:24:15.38  %%%%%%%%%%%8 Operator _DARTH$RTA1: has been enabled, username PWEAVER   $p8 %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   3-APR-2000 15:24:15.38  %%%%%%%%%%%) Operator status for operator _DARTH$RTA1:mA CENTRAL, PRINTER, TAPES, DISKS, DEVICES, CARDS, NETWORK, CLUSTER,b	 SECURITY, @ LICENSE, OPER1, OPER2, OPER3, OPER4, OPER5, OPER6, OPER7, OPER8, OPER9, OPER10, OPER11, OPER12   $ type $1$dga104:[000000]x.x8 %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   3-APR-2000 15:25:06.22  %%%%%%%%%%%0 Device $1$DGA104: (DARTH PGA, VADER) is offline." Mount verification is in progress.  8 %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   3-APR-2000 15:25:06.23  %%%%%%%%%%%B Mount verification has completed for device $1$DGA104: (DARTH PGA, VADER)  8 %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   3-APR-2000 15:25:06.23  %%%%%%%%%%%? 15:25:06.22 Multipath access to device $1$DGA104: has been autod switched from pa< th PGA0.5000-1FE1-0002-F1E3 to path PGA0.5000-1FE1-0002-F1E1  > %TYPE-W-SEARCHFAIL, error searching for $1$DGA104:[000000]X.X; -RMS-E-FNF, file not found    C This also caused three error to appear in my browser window while If" was pointing at HTTP://DARTH:7902.   The first error is;n  8 COMMON EVENT HEADER (CEH) V2.0 OS_Type  2 -- OpenVMS AXP Hardware_Arch 4 -- Alpha+ CEH_Vendor_ID 3,564 -- Compaq Computer CorpY) Hdwr_Sys_Type 34 -- 21272 Tsunami/Typhoont' Logging_CPU 0 -- CPU Logging this Event  CPUs_In_Active_Set 0* Entry_Type 1,001 -- VMS Device Error Event, DSR_Msg_Num 1,815 -- Compaq AlphaServer ES40   .... 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 Revision 3 HW_Revision V84F DK_Error_Type x05m  DK3_SCSI_ID x0000 0000 0000 0005! DK3_SCSI_LUN x0000 0000 0000 6800- DK_Port_Status x0000 0001o DK3_SCSI_CMD_Len 66 DK3_SCSI_CMD Dump starting at offset: 1b5[0] x00000000	 [4] x0000o  & SCSI_Status 2 Status sent the the Host DK3_SCSI_Sense_Len 18e     Version 1.0 Sense_byte_0 x70    Error Code[6:0] x70    Valid[7] x0  
 Segment_Num 0S
 Sense_Key x06a#    Sense_Key[3:0] x6 Unit Attention@    ILI[5] x0    EOM[6] x0    Filemark[7] x0.  & Info_bytes x0000 0000 Infomation Bytes Additional_Sense_Len 10d5 Cmd_spec_info x0000 0000 Command Specific Informationa& ASCQ_ASC x012A Mode Parameters Changed    ASC[7:0] x2An    ASCQ[15:8] x01c   FRU_code x00 Sense_Key_Specfic_Byte0 x00a    Bit_Pointer[2:0] x0    BPV[3] x0     C/D[6] x0 Error in Data Field!    Sense_Key_Specific_Valid[7] x0i  < Sense_Key_Specfic_Bytes x0000 Sense Key Specific Information     The second error is;  8 COMMON EVENT HEADER (CEH) V2.0 OS_Type  2 -- OpenVMS AXP Hardware_Arch 4 -- Alpha+ CEH_Vendor_ID 3,564 -- Compaq Computer Corp ) Hdwr_Sys_Type 34 -- 21272 Tsunami/Typhoonu' Logging_CPU 0 -- CPU Logging this Eventn CPUs_In_Active_Set 0* Entry_Type 1,001 -- VMS Device Error Event, DSR_Msg_Num 1,815 -- Compaq AlphaServer ES40   .... CPU Slots: 3 (500Mhz)   .... PCI Slots: 10   .... MMB Slots: 8 (DIMMs)- Chip_Type 8 -- EV6 21264
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 Revision 3 HW_Revision V84F DK_Error_Type x05e  DK3_SCSI_ID x0000 0000 0000 0005! DK3_SCSI_LUN x0000 0000 0000 6800  DK_Port_Status x0000 0001: DK3_SCSI_CMD_Len 66 DK3_SCSI_CMD Dump starting at offset: 1b5[0] x00000000	 [4] x0000m  & SCSI_Status 2 Status sent the the Host DK3_SCSI_Sense_Len 160     Version 1.0 HSZ_Error_Code x70 HSZ_Sense_Key x06E#    Sense_Key[3:0] x6 Unit Attention-   Additional_Sense_Len 152 ASCQ_ASC x09A0#    ASC[7:0] xA0 Vendor Specific ASCa    ASCQ[15:8] x09:    Failed_Controller_Target_Num x00) Affected_LUNS x0000 0001 Affected LUN Maps Instance_Code x4302 0064- Template_Type x04 Multiple Bus Failover Event  Template_Flags x80 Other_Ctlr_Serialnum ZG93308226  Ctrl_Serialnum ZG93413749l Ctlr_Firmware_Rev V84F LUN_Status x00  Affected_LUN_Extension[13] x0000         The third error was;  8 COMMON EVENT HEADER (CEH) V2.0 OS_Type  2 -- OpenVMS AXP Hardware_Arch 4 -- Alpha+ CEH_Vendor_ID 3,564 -- Compaq Computer Corpn) Hdwr_Sys_Type 34 -- 21272 Tsunami/Typhoon ' Logging_CPU 0 -- CPU Logging this Eventr CPUs_In_Active_Set 0* Entry_Type 1,001 -- VMS Device Error Event, DSR_Msg_Num 1,815 -- Compaq AlphaServer ES40   .... CPU Slots: 3 (500Mhz)   .... PCI Slots: 10   .... MMB Slots: 8 (DIMMs)r Chip_Type 8 -- EV6 21264
 CEH_Device 54l CEH_Device_ID_0 x0000 0000 CEH_Device_ID_1 x0000 0000 CEH_Device_ID_2 x0000 0000 Unique_ID_Count 596n Unique_ID_Prefix 0        9 TLV Section of CEH TLV_DSR_String Compaq AlphaServer ES40p TLV_DDR_String DEC HSG80 TLV_Sys_Serial_Num NI92502243.0 TLV_Time_as_Local Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:25:06 -0400 TLV_OS_Version V7.2-1w TLV_Computer_Name DARTHp             Version 1.0 emb_ertcnt 16l
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 Revision 3 HW_Revision V84F DK_Error_Type x05a  DK3_SCSI_ID x0000 0000 0000 0005! DK3_SCSI_LUN x0000 0000 0000 6800i DK_Port_Status x0000 0001v DK3_SCSI_CMD_Len 66 DK3_SCSI_CMD Dump starting at offset: 1b5[0] x00000000	 [4] x0000n  & SCSI_Status 2 Status sent the the Host DK3_SCSI_Sense_Len 160     Version 1.0 HSZ_Error_Code x70 HSZ_Sense_Key x06o#    Sense_Key[3:0] x6 Unit Attentioni   Additional_Sense_Len 152 ASCQ_ASC x00A0#    ASC[7:0] xA0 Vendor Specific ASCl    ASCQ[15:8] x00a   Instance_Code x0102 030A$ Template_Type x01 Last Failure Event Template_Flags x00 Ctrl_Serialnum ZG93413749w Ctlr_Firmware_Rev V84F LUN_Status x00 Last_Fail_Code x011C 0011w# Last_Failure_Parameter[0] x0000003Fc# Last_Failure_Parameter[1] x00000000d# Last_Failure_Parameter[2] x00000000-# Last_Failure_Parameter[3] x000000000# Last_Failure_Parameter[4] x00000000M# Last_Failure_Parameter[5] x00000000># Last_Failure_Parameter[6] x00000000 # Last_Failure_Parameter[7] x00000000e   ------------------------------  # Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 02:20:08 GMT 7 From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@earthlink.net>  Subject: Re: split large files- Message-ID: <38E95201.C142BFD3@earthlink.net>r   Gerke Grashuis wrote:  > , > Better get an update for your zip utility.K > I'm using G(UN)ZIP 1.2.4 on VMS systems and have seen it pack files of 10e > GB and greater!t >  > Gerke.   *****************************g * * * * W A R N I N G * * * *o *****************************n  $ __D_O__ __N_O_T__ __A_T_T_E_M_P_T__   B ...to use GZIP for _A_N_Y_ RMS files other than Stream_LF. All RMS attributes will be lost !!!i   -- o David J. Dachtera  dba DJE Systems " http://home.earthlink.net/~djesys/  : Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page and Message Board:+ http://home.earthlink.net/~djesys/vms/soho/k   ------------------------------  # Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 02:02:09 GMTl7 From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@earthlink.net>e% Subject: Re: Suggestion for authorize - Message-ID: <38E94DC3.7B215011@earthlink.net>0   JF Mezei wrote:  >  > "David J. Dachtera" wrote:F > > For a collection of users not easily identifiable (hundreds of UAFG > > records), increase process quotas to certain minimum values withouttK > > depriving accounts which already have quotas in excess of the minimums.  >  > $allin1/NOINIT  C True. However, All-in-1 was DECpaq's most expensive layered producteC license. All-in-1 sites are now even more rare than they ever were.o   --   David J. Dachtera  dba DJE Systems " http://home.earthlink.net/~djesys/  : Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page and Message Board:+ http://home.earthlink.net/~djesys/vms/soho/    ------------------------------  # Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 02:03:06 GMTo7 From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@earthlink.net>o% Subject: Re: Suggestion for authorizeN- Message-ID: <38E94E03.3B5DB9F9@earthlink.net>o   "Richard B. Gilbert" wrote:d > " > Message text written by JF Mezei > >"David J. Dachtera" wrote: F > > For a collection of users not easily identifiable (hundreds of UAFG > > records), increase process quotas to certain minimum values withoutAK > > depriving accounts which already have quotas in excess of the minimums.s >  > $allin1/NOINIT6 > for UAI$ with .WSQUOTA LT 15000 DO WRITE CHANGE UAI$ > %key=.%KEY,WSQUOTA=15000 > M > That would raise WSQUOTA to 15000 for all users whose WSQUOTA is lower thano > 15000n. > You can select the records on any UAF field. >  > <d > G >         Can't you achieve the same effect with SYSGEN PQL parameters?  > PQL_MWSQUOTA=15000% > should do the job with less effort.s  C ...except that there may be circumstances under which this would ben infeasible.o -- ' David J. Dachteraf dba DJE Systemsf" http://home.earthlink.net/~djesys/  : Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page and Message Board:+ http://home.earthlink.net/~djesys/vms/soho/r   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 11:14:25 -0700x+ From: Jay T. McCanta <jmccanta@immunex.com>n Subject: SUPERVISOR from decus8 Message-ID: <binhesornrppfiv449g2nb7rjo65h073sc@4ax.com>  C I tried to download the SUPERVISOR package from decus. It's for VAXnC VMS to watch a terminal.  I went to the decus web-site, but the ftpdF archives are all gone (or moved and left no forwarding address).  DoesA anyone have a pointer to the archives or to the Supervisor stuff?   E -===================================================================- 9 Jay McCanta              |  My opinions are barely my own ; System Administrator     |  My employer doesn't necessarilyb' Immunex Corp.            |  share them.:E -===================================================================-    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 16:41:38 -0700 5 From: "Larry D Bohan, Jr" <LBohan@dbc.spam_less..com> " Subject: Re: SUPERVISOR from decus2 Message-ID: <CSzpOAXDg7AQWBVfVoHC4ClCd7lx@4ax.com>  2 On Mon, 03 Apr 2000 11:14:25 -0700, Jay T. McCanta <jmccanta@immunex.com> wrote:   D >I tried to download the SUPERVISOR package from decus. It's for VAXD >VMS to watch a terminal.  I went to the decus web-site, but the ftpG >archives are all gone (or moved and left no forwarding address).  Does B >anyone have a pointer to the archives or to the Supervisor stuff? > F >-===================================================================-: >Jay McCanta              |  My opinions are barely my own< >System Administrator     |  My employer doesn't necessarily( >Immunex Corp.            |  share them.F >-===================================================================-    - ftp://ftp.wku.edu/vms/fileserv/SUPERVISOR.ZIPo   ------------------------------  " Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 23:55:16 GMT( From: Terry Kennedy <terry@gate.tmk.com>" Subject: Re: SUPERVISOR from decus' Message-ID: <FsGt44.Cvu@spcuna.spc.edu>e  - Jay T. McCanta <jmccanta@immunex.com> writes:kE > I tried to download the SUPERVISOR package from decus. It's for VAXiE > VMS to watch a terminal.  I went to the decus web-site, but the ftpaH > archives are all gone (or moved and left no forwarding address).  DoesC > anyone have a pointer to the archives or to the Supervisor stuff?1  F   I believe there's some temporary rearrangement going on w/ the DECUSA FTP server. In the meantime, you should be able to get a copy at:d  ? http://www.tmk.com/ftp2/ftp-wku-edu/vms/fileserv/supervisor.zip      You'll also need one of:  5 http://www.tmk.com/ftp2/ftp-wku-edu/vms/unzip.vax_exes7 http://www.tmk.com/ftp2/ftp-wku-edu/vms/unzip.alpha_exee  +   If you don't already have a recent UNZIP.f  - 	Terry Kennedy             http://www.tmk.com(5         terry@tmk.com             Jersey City, NJ USA    ------------------------------   Date: 3 Apr 2000 17:44:17 GMTu2 From: hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.nospam (Hoff Hoffman)2 Subject: Re: VAX-Macro problems on Alpha VMS 7.2-16 Message-ID: <8cal9h$ac2$1@mailint03.im.hou.compaq.com>   In article <E472188161D5D311B08700105AF4CAAA01160A76@kuumex03.barco.com>, "Johan Devos" <johan dot devos (at) barco dot com> writes:  B re: potential bug in Macro32 compiler processing of autoincrements  I   I have passed the report along to the engineers via internal channels, cH   but if you need an answer I would encourage a direct call to the folks(   at the Compaq customer support center.  7   And thank you for the examples and detailed report...n  N  --------------------------- pure personal opinion ---------------------------L    Hoff (Stephen) Hoffman   OpenVMS Engineering   hoffman#xdelta.zko.dec.com   ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:07:15 GMTt7 From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@earthlink.net> 9 Subject: Re: VMS today: % users x-widnows vs VT terminalsa- Message-ID: <38E584A3.5166AFB1@earthlink.net>h   David A Froble wrote:d [snip]R > Well, I guess I'm a bit old fashioned and possibly lazy.  I still use EDT.  MostM > of the time I want to change a few things, and EDT is more than sufficient.sL > I've never learned the newer stuff.  I have seen multi-windows from TPU onN > SmarTerm.  I watched one of our programmers do this, and was soon hopelesslyK > lost.  The single screen on the great big monitor works for this old dog.o   Yeah - gotta agree with ya.g  G If I were to take the time to write a real TPU program, I would write aWA _COMPLETE_ EDT emulator, not just provide the EDT keypad and somen EDT-like functions.   ; Here's an example of what I mean. Crank up EDT and do this:6   Type:  CTRL+K B CTRL+G (0  F Now, press INSERT HERE (or its equiv. on your keyboard), hit the space bar, hit KP-0, then type ")."   H Notice how the functions popped up on the bottom line of the screen? See/ how this differs from TPU/EVE's LEARN function?n  A Now, hit ENTER (_NOT_ RETURN!). Press SELECT, and type "$ SET DEFrC SYS$LOGIN". Press REMOVE. Now, press PF1, type "25" and hit CTRL+G.g  F Of course, this is an extremely simple example. The real test would be* similar to this admittedly contrived case:   Type:  CTRL+K e CTRL+G (l  D Press INSERT HERE. Type "=A". Hit the spacebar. Type a "3". Hit KP--F (Keypad dash). Hit the spacebar. Press INSERT HERE. Type "=B". Hit theG spacebar. Type a "4". Press KP-1. Press INSERT HERE. Type "=C". Hit thel= spacebar. Press KP-0. Type ").". Press ENTER (_NOT_ RETURN!).-  G THAT is the kind of stuff I do when I need to, for example, convert thelD output of SHOW QUEUE/FULL into REBUILD_QDB.COM, or some similar taskE (the preceding example is a total contrivance, and has no relation toa% processing the output of SHOW QUEUE).d  H THAT is what I need TPU/EVE to do: _COMPLETE_ and _TOTAL_ EDT emulation.? The user should not even be aware that he/she is not using EDT.h  G The other gripe, of course, is that EDT will puke attempting to process,G large files (many hundreds of thousands of lines). TPU/EVE on the otherTE hand will attempt to load the entire file before returning control to3B you. This will either allow you time to go get coffee, blow up andG return you to DCL, cause your process to be terminated for some kind ofT> corruption or (worst case) crash VMS (yes, I _HAVE_ seen it!).   -- E David J. DachteraO dba DJE SystemsP" http://home.earthlink.net/~djesys/  : Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page and Message Board:+ http://home.earthlink.net/~djesys/vms/soho/.   ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:10:34 GMT57 From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@earthlink.net>f9 Subject: Re: VMS today: % users x-widnows vs VT terminalsC- Message-ID: <38E58567.537B2AA4@earthlink.net>:   JF Mezei wrote:e >  > David A Froble wrote:eT > > used for console terminals.  On the desktop, it's a PC with the biggest monitorsS > > we can find/afford running SmarTerm for accessing VMS, and mess office and suche > > for other purposes.  > L > Ok, how come folks aren't running a X emulator on a PC to at least benefitN > from "windowed" editor (TPU) on VMS, as well as the ability to have multiple1 > windows open (multiple decterms for instance) ?d > # > Wasn't Xcursions a good product ?r   Good? Matter of opinion.  3 Affordable? Remember - you're talking Digital here!P   <RANT>E One of my pet peeves: Why do we always convert product names to their  plural form?  6 It's "eXcursion" (singular), not "eXcusions" (plural).  H Same with WRQ's product. It's "Reflection" (singular), not "Reflections"	 (plural).i </RANT>0   -- 0 David J. Dachtera0 dba DJE Systemsi" http://home.earthlink.net/~djesys/  : Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page and Message Board:+ http://home.earthlink.net/~djesys/vms/soho/g   ------------------------------  " Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 04:03:45 GMT* From: young_r@eisner.decus.org (Rob Young). Subject: We be the BIG PAINFUL OUCH in dot com& Message-ID: <2000Apr4.000345.1@eisner>  - Ouch.. This one has to hurt.  Check this out:y  $ http://www.gis.net/whathappened.html  O "The question was why did this filesystem fail, when the RAID technology shouldw6 force the system to use a redundant copy of the data."  5 	Uhhh... because you forgot to apply the Jumbo Patch?e  G "In particular the /var filesystem, which contains other files that arenM critical. We broke this mirror too, but we weren't so lucky in recovering the_ files."x  < 	Ummm... luck has nothing to do with it Chucky... you forgot& 	to apply the Jumbo Patch, didn't you?  G "We then started to mount some additional filesystems and ran into more 	 trouble."n  ; 	Well no kidding... bet money you forgot to apply the Jumbo] 	Patch.V  K "With the assistance of Sun storage engineers, we attempted to recosntituteoO this filesystem several different ways. Unfortunately, we were not successful."a  A 	Guess if you had applied the Jumbo Patch you would be a success.d  G "At this point, we had a fully running system, but we had lost the home ( directories and e-mail was flooding in."  . 	Pop the champagne corks, you are almost home.  F "So why did this happen? It looks like a failure of Sun's RAID storage  manager called DiskSuite."c  ? 	I'll tell you why it happened.  You bought into a myth... lookr5 	at your intro, psychologists would have a field day:e  A "We call this thing "the BMW" because it sells for over $70,000."p  > 	Nice and fast and shiny.  Little boys and their toys perhaps?< 	But back to the real reason why it happened.  You forgot to 	apply the Jumbo Patch.r  / "What can we do to prevent this in the future?"S  < 	Ummm .. buy a reliable storage subsystem?  And buy productsE 	that work (might have to give up on the BMW idea and go for a legacyiC 	product)   And by all means keep up to date on your Jumbo Patches.   C "While this RAID product may have turned out to be a piece of junk"C  ; 	Ouch... that hurt.  But hey, it looks good and people likeH 	things that look good.l  4 We have already ordered a "backup for the backup, "   ; 	Ordered a backup for the backup?  I'm going to puke.  Been ? 	talking to the eBay folks or what?  Must be nice to have a BMW  	in the garage "just in case".  # 	So just what caused your problems?8  L "We are running the current version, but Sun tells us they have a patch that has fixed some known problems."m  F 	Why how convenient, ye old Jumbo Patch!  The *exact* same thing they C 	told the eBay folks and they bought it hook line and sinker too.  .C 	Guess you got to believe in those BMWs!  You have no choice.  You 0H 	spent too much to turn back now.  The whole concept of needing a patch 9 	reminds me of story I read recently, that a friend sent:D    G This story is credited to David Greisilng of the Chicago Tribune, whichs  appeared in Curmudgeon's Corner.  G In 1895, a railroad customer complained about a bedbug bite he sufferedKF while sleeping aboard a Pullman Palace Car.  He received an apologeticF letter from the corresponding secretary to Chicago rail magnate GeorgeK Pullman himself.  The letter explained bedbug bites were extermely rare andd? the car in question had been fumigated and returned to service.p  J The effect was spoiled by a handwritten note the Pullman official wrote toG his secretary.  "Sarah," it read, "Send this S.O.B. the bedbug letter."       C 	Sun engineer:  "Boss, we got a big problem here, they are down and- 			corrupted."  3 	Sun Boss:    "Quick, tell them the bed bug story."o  % 	Sun engineer:  "What you mean boss?"s  = 	Sun Boss:	"Oh yeah, you're new here.  Tell them they haven't_ 			applied the latest patch."-   	Sun engineer:  "What patch?"_  9 	Sun Boss:   "The one you are about to start working on."0     				RobP   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2000.188 ************************Device_ID_0 x0000 0000 CEH_Device_ID_1 x0000 0000 CEH_Device_ID_2 x0000 0000 Unique_ID_Count 596n Unique_ID_Prefix 0        9 TLV Section of CEH TLV_DSR_String Compaq AlphaServer ES40p TLV_DDR_String DEC HSG80 TLV_Sys_Serial_Num NI92502243.0 TLV_Time_as_t'oq2s9ǋ,?|J[0^4O+4ocv9	m`bA5yh-@q-UVY,ʺCnfh=w8(ngew
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