1 INFO-VAX	Sat, 02 Dec 2000	Volume 2000 : Issue 673       Contents:. !! THEY'RE TORTURING CHILDREN !! PLEASE HELP!!* %DEBUG-E-NOFREE, no free storage available7 Compaq Secure Web Server for OpenVMS - access violation  Re: Connecting a CD-writer..) Re: DEC Side panel needed/TS05 available? ! Re: How fast is a SCSI connection  Re: SW Raid 310 and VMS  Re: Time sensitive Re: VMS vs. Tru64 Unix Re: Write out char$(9) in DCL   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 13:49:14 GMT , From: "WatchDog" <WatchDog@GreatParents.com>7 Subject: !! THEY'RE TORTURING CHILDREN !! PLEASE HELP!! F Message-ID: <u57W5.9352$0r2.328833@bgtnsc07-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>   
"Mommy whats a SCAG?"

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Uses of Internet Pornography for Mass Extortion.

	How the extreme left and right in America are 
	destroying you and your children!

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In the "brick and mortar" days of extortion the extortionist was 
met with great challenge attempting to discover those individuals 
or families in a community who were involved   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 11:51:56 -0700 + From: "Barry Treahy, Jr." <Treahy@mmaz.com> 3 Subject: %DEBUG-E-NOFREE, no free storage available ( Message-ID: <3A2944CC.3C1EF2CF@mmaz.com>  E Anyone know what this really means?  The error messages imply that it C has to do with patching, and I know that the VMS debugger does some ? creative image activation, but there is no clue to the cause or  work-around...   Barry    --  ? Barry Treahy, Jr  *  Midwest Microwave  *  Vice President & CIO   A E-mail: Treahy@mmaz.com * Phone: 480/314-1320 * FAX: 480/661-7028    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 12:35:38 +0100   From: Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch>@ Subject: Compaq Secure Web Server for OpenVMS - access violation+ Message-ID: <VA.000001ac.1dceb595@sture.ch>    Problem Report   This on Alpha VMS V7.2-1H1.   E 1. After installing the CSWS PCSI kit dated 28-SEP-2000 12:03:41, and C configuring it according to the Release Notes, running the startup  = shows that a process is created, but this process disappears   immediately.  G According to the Accounting utility, the final status code os 10000024, A text %SYSTEM-F-NOPRIV, isufficient privilege or object protection 
 violation.  D But Analyze/Audit shows no file access violations; only a successfulH READ,WRITE access of SYSUAF by that process. I do have the audit set to G report all file access violations, which leads me to believe that CSWS  # itself is setting this exit status.   E 2. After installing the PERL PCSI kit V0505-3A1-1, dated 29-SEP-2000, B and setting the logicals etc according to the installation notes, - trying to invoke PERL produces the following:    $ perl/ %DCL-W-ACTIMAGE, error activating image PERLSHR  -CLI-E-IMGNAME, image file5 $2$DKA0:[APACHE_KITS.PERL5_005_03.][000000]PERL.EXE;1 : -SYSTEM-F-SHRIDMISMAT, ident mismatch with shareable image $!@ $! Have I set the symbols/logicals up correctly? Yes I think so: $ show log/fu perl_root ?    "PERL_ROOT" [exec] = "DATA_DISK:[APACHE_KITS.PERL5_005_03.]"  [concealed] (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE) $ show log ubs_disk/fu7    "DATA_DISK" [exec] = "$2$DKA0:" [concealed,terminal]  (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE) $ sho sym perl'   PERL == "$PERL_ROOT:[000000]PERL.EXE"  $ show log perlshr>    "PERLSHR" = "PERL_ROOT:[000000]PERL.EXE" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)( $ dir/da/siz PERL_ROOT:[000000]PERL*.EXE   Directory PERL_ROOT:[000000]  5 PERL.EXE;1                 6  29-SEP-2000 09:58:44.17 5 PERLSHR.EXE;1           2151  29-SEP-2000 09:58:40.68    Total of 2 files, 2157 blocks.         ___ 
 Paul Sture Switzerland    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 07:42:59 -0500 2 From: "Richard B. Gilbert" <DRAGON@compuserve.com>% Subject: Re: Connecting a CD-writer.. 7 Message-ID: <200012020743_MC2-BCDF-56A0@compuserve.com>   G         What has "Open Source" to do with the question?  If you had the J complete source to VMS, what would you do with it?  I don't think I could=  H begin to understand tens of millions of lines of BLISS, Macro, C, etc. =  E Given the quality of the code and the Unix culture's attitudes toward H documentation I suspect that the Unix source would be even less useful!!  J         The interfaces necessary to write a device driver are documented.=  =  E Is it easy?  Hell no!  It's not even easy to modify one of the sample J drivers and get it to work!  Nevertheless, it can be done; I did it once =  F fifteen years ago.  I also tracked down a couple of bugs in a vendor'sJ driver. That's where I learned most of what I know about interpreting cra= sh. dumps!  (I was foolishly brave in those days!)  J         Any market, that cannot support the development and maintenance o= f J a product is no market at all!  If you are sure that there is a market go=   ahead and do it.  H         Some people may prefer not to install anything that did not comeJ from VMS Engineering but TGV, Process Software, TWG, etc. seem to have ha= d J reasonable success marketing their products in spite of "free" competitio= n  from UCX. =     + Message text written by "David J. Dachtera"  >"Richard B. Gilbert" wrote: > =   H >         Everyone seems to have all these ideas for **someone else** toA > implement!  Someone else usually seems to mean VMS Engineering.  > =   D >         The Unix guys seem to just go ahead and implement them.  =    7 Does the expression "open source" mean anything to you?   E There IS a source license available for OpenVMS; however, even Compaq G and OpenVMS Engr'g. admits that this kit lacks all the pieces necessary E to rebuild the entire operating environment from source, unlike *BSD,  Linux, etc.    > What's! > wrong with the VMS community? =     D I've seen more than one poster here express a sentiment which can beF summarized as: if OpenVMS Engr'g. didn't issue it, we won't even think about implementing it.   > You think there's a market? =     B I *KNOW* there is, but I am frequently the only one who holds suchG faith. Witness: the lack of action on Affordable OpenVMS and/or OpenVMS > Marketing, despite direct communication with top management at2 OpenVMS/Compaq, both privately and in public fora.   > Invest half a  > man year of your time,  D ...not to mention selling your soul and those of your entire kinship0 into indentured servitude for seven millennia...  5 > produce a product of commercial quality, and try to J > get your money out of it.  Everyone will want it and almost no one will=   pay , > for it.  They will all want it to be FREE!  F ...or at least affordable. No *ONE* customer is going return my entireH investment or put my step-daughter all the way through college to a PhD.  F ...then again, there's the whole discussion about margin vs. volume...   No easy answers, eh? <    ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 13:42:23 GMT / From: StevenU@POBoxes.com (Steven P. Underwood) 2 Subject: Re: DEC Side panel needed/TS05 available?2 Message-ID: <3a28fb9d.213042408@news.telocity.com>  , On Sat, 02 Dec 2000 00:16:12 -0500, JF Mezei% <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> wrote:    >"Steven P. Underwood" wrote: H >> I have rescued(?) an empty equipment rack at work for reuse but it is >> missing a side panel. > M >Are these the fat panels with the airvents on one side that were used on the L >Microvax II large cabinets as well as the RA82 cabs as well ? If so, do you >neex the left or right one ?   @ The one side panel I have is a simple flat panel which can go onE either side.  I think some were made of plastic and some metal, but I 7 am not sure.  That is the basic style cabinet, however.    Steve  Steven P. Underwood,DNRC Whitinsville,MA  StevenU@POBoxes.com    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 07:43:00 -0500 2 From: "Richard B. Gilbert" <DRAGON@compuserve.com>* Subject: Re: How fast is a SCSI connection7 Message-ID: <200012020743_MC2-BCDF-56A1@compuserve.com>   * It depends!  (God I love to be helpful!!!)  J Narrow SCSI-2 can be either 5Mb/second or 10Mb/s.  Wide is either 10 or 2= 0.H  Ultra wide SCSI, I believe, is 20Mb/s or 40.  The difference is whether. transfers are "asynchronous" or "synchronous".! Synchronous transfers are faster.   J Friedhelm Schmidt, in "The SCSI Bus and IDE Interface" offers the followi= ng table & Transfer Rate   8-bit   16-bit  32-bit$ Asynchronous    3Mb     6Mb     12Mb$ Synchronous     5Mb     10Mb    20Mb1 Synchronous     10Mb    20Mb    40Mb  (Fast SCSI)   H I believe that the PCI bus is 133Mb/sec (subject to correction by anyone& who knows what he is talking about!) =    " Message text written by Mike PriceH >Does anyone know the authoratative (sorry about the spelling) source onD how fast a SCSI bus can run. Obviously the type of disk etc. matters/ but I just need to know the actual SCSI limits. D If it is dependant on the machine I am mostly interested in an AlphaB 4100 so the connection is via the PCI bus the disks in question onF Ultra, wide and narrow busses (different Alphas)and some are on cachedF Raid system while some are directly connected to a Storage Works shelf  > Also I suppose the limits of the PCI bus might be nice to know <    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 11:36:46 +0100   From: Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch>  Subject: Re: SW Raid 310 and VMS+ Message-ID: <VA.000001aa.1d98d279@sture.ch>   ; In article <907i9g$j6m$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Uwe Zessin wrote: ' > From: Uwe Zessin <zessin@my-deja.com>  > Newsgroups: comp.os.vms " > Subject: Re: SW Raid 310 and VMS% > Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT  > 2 > In article <905rl6$2m4$1@aquila.news.mdx.ac.uk>,# >   david20@alpha2.mdx.ac.uk wrote: E > > In article <3A25A7BA.D7F355C3@earthlink.net>, "David J. Dachtera" ' > <djesys.nospam@earthlink.net> writes:  > > >Mike Price wrote: > > >>E > > >> > I don't think HSZTERM is supported any longer. As I wrote in F > > >> > another reply, I beleive Dave Gudewicz does not have a RA310,9 > > >> > but a RA3000. That one does not run HSOF or ACS.  > > >> > > > >> > > [snip] 
 > > >> > > > > > ) > > >Do not try to us SWCC - *PERIOD* !!!  > > > ) > > >> HSZTERm is not offically supported  > > > E > > >As are all of the known ways to communicate with HSx controllers F > > >from a batch job. Not sure why that is, or what can be done aboutF > > >it, but it remains one of the many obstacles to getting OpenVMS +' > > >StorageWorks into more sites, IMO.  > > I > > Agreed. Compaq really need to either fully support HSZTERM or provide , > > something with equivalent functionality. > H > Then you must have missed one of my previous responses in this thread,F > although part of it is still here - the first unattributed paragraph  > above. Here is the info again: > H > There is a new product (= costs money) for the most recent controllers0 > (HSZ70 and up), the SANworks Command Scripter:= >     http://www.compaq.com/products/sanworks/sanmgt/scs.html  >   ) Thanks for the pointer. It requires SWCC.   H > > Although there are undoubtedly some people who want to control theirD > > storage from a PC there are far more who want/need to be able to; > > connect directly from the VMS system to the controller.  > D > My understanding - I haven't worked with the scripter - is that it > offers both. > 4 Which raises the question: "Both at the same time?". ___ 
 Paul Sture Switzerland    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 11:36:47 +0100   From: Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> Subject: Re: Time sensitive + Message-ID: <VA.000001ab.1d98d609@sture.ch>   K In article <908ctu$mlc$1@mailint03.im.hou.compaq.com>, Sue Skonetski wrote: 7 > From: "Sue Skonetski" <susan.skonetski@compaq.nospam>  > Newsgroups: comp.os.vms  > Subject: Time sensitive & > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 09:36:12 -0500 > L > I have just received the following and wanted to get it out to you becauseJ > of the limited time offer.  I have also tried to take out any MSwordism. >  > Warm Regards,  >  Sue,  @ This is great news. Three big pluses spring immediately to mind:  ' o - It caters for those outside the US. < o - It caters for those who distrust the use of credit cards     over the net. = o - It caters for folks in countries where obtaining books in 1     English often involves a hefty price premium.   = Please convey my thanks to those involved in organizing this.   M PS it would be nice to see the OpenVMS shop stuff accessible via these other   methods too :-)   1 PPS Make that 4 pluses - I like the discount too! N > ____________________________________________________________________________ > __________________ > A > Digital Press offers unprecedented savings to OpenVMS customers  > = > The Compaq OpenVMS Group and Digital Press, a subsidiary of I > Butterworth-Heinemann,  recently established a partnership agreement to L > strengthen and enhance their working relationship. In addition to updatingI > current Digital Press OpenVMS titles and generating new titles, Digital N > Press is offering OpenVMS customers a unique 35% discount until December 31, > 2000.  > G > The 35% discount applies not only to Digital Press titles, but to all B > Butterworth-Heinemann publications on the Digital Press web siteD > (www.bhusa.com/digitalpress <http://www.bhusa.com/digitalpress> orK > www.bh.com/digitalpress <http://www.bh.com/digitalpress> ).  Here are the  > program details: >  > How to Order:  > I > When ordering, you must mention the Compaq promotion code T011TCZW01 to  > receive the 35% discount!  > * > Five ways to order within North America:H > Online: www.bhusa.com/digitalpress <http://www.bhusa.com/digitalpress>& > Call: 1-800-366-2665 or 781-904-2500% > FAX: 1-800-446-6520 or 781-933-6333 3 > Email: orders@bhusa.com <mailto:orders@bhusa.com> N > Mail: Butterworth-Heinemann Fulfillment Center, 225 Wildwood Ave. Woburn, MA > 01801  > . > Five ways to order outside of North America:B > Online: www.bh.com/digitalpress <http://www.bh.com/digitalpress> > Call: 44 (0) 1865 888180 > FAX: 44 (0) 1865 314572  > Email: bhuk.orders@repp.co.uk M > Mail: Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford, 0X2 8DP, UK  > L > Remember, this is a limited time offer, all orders must be placed and paidL > for by December 31, 2000.  Call one of the numbers listed above to get allA > of the details, or visit either of the Digital Press web sites: C > www.bhusa.com/digitalpress <http://www.bhusa.com/digitalpress> or : > www.bh.com/digitalpress <http://www.bh.com/digitalpress> >    ___ 
 Paul Sture Switzerland    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 09:04:10 +0100 2 From: martin@radiogaga.harz.de (Martin Vorlaender) Subject: Re: VMS vs. Tru64 Unix ; Message-ID: <3a28acfa.524144494f47414741@radiogaga.harz.de>     Ray (lists@aik.tec.sc.us) wrote:' : > VMS or Unix?  Thanks for your help!  : M : One thing to consider is that Tru64 has an 8 character username limitation.   7 I'm not really sure whether I understand that argument.  VMS has 12 characters. So what?    cu,    Martin --J One OS to rule them all       | Martin Vorlaender  |  VMS & WNT programmer7 One OS to find them           | work: mv@pdv-systeme.de N One OS to bring them all      |       http://www.pdv-systeme.de/users/martinv/> And in the Darkness bind them.| home: martin@radiogaga.harz.de   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 07:42:57 -0500 2 From: "Richard B. Gilbert" <DRAGON@compuserve.com>& Subject: Re: Write out char$(9) in DCL7 Message-ID: <200012020743_MC2-BCDF-569F@compuserve.com>   J         How about F$FAO("!_").   This is an under utilized function that = is( capable of all sorts of nice formatting!  ) Message text written by "Mark-Simon Pope" J >    I need to write out a tab delimited file, I believe I'd need to do i= t  byJ writing out an ASCII character 9, however, I can't seem to recall a metho= d  to do this in DCL. <    ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2000.673 ************************                                                                                                                                    