1 INFO-VAX	Mon, 18 Dec 2000	Volume 2000 : Issue 704       Contents:1 Re: HELP - DCPS RAWE TCP and Printer/Server Hangs 1 Re: HELP - DCPS RAWE TCP and Printer/Server Hangs * Re: How to determine current license usage" Re: No OpenGL extension on Display Re: RDB and a web browser  Re: soon enough? Re: start/que/search problem- Re: VMS tools for Linux: EDT, TPU, TECO, LAT? - Re: VMS tools for Linux: EDT, TPU, TECO, LAT? - Re: VMS tools for Linux: EDT, TPU, TECO, LAT? & Re: when is SYS$NODE normally defined?& Re: when is SYS$NODE normally defined? XP1000 - which Graphics Card  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:27:34 +1100 / From: "Phil Howell" <phowell@snowyhydro.com.au> : Subject: Re: HELP - DCPS RAWE TCP and Printer/Server Hangs2 Message-ID: <UXb%5.3998$%v1.131741@ozemail.com.au>  / Rick Cadruvi <rick@rdperf.com> wrote in message * news:91ed3c$9oo@dispatch.concentric.net...D > I am running VMS V7.2-1 UCX V5.0A, DCPS V1.8 and we have an HP4000H > connected to a LINKSYS 2 port print server (EFSP42).  We connect using > IP_RAWTCP H > to the IP Address and Port 4020 (the second port on the print server). > L > Whenever we try to print a second document to the printer while a document > isK > printing from the VMS system, the printer and server gets hung.  To reset  we	 > usually  > must do the following: >  >     $ stop/queue/reset HP4000 : >     Power off/on the HP4000 and the LINKSYS print server >     $ start/queue HP4000 > I > We did buy the upgraded firmware version for the HP4000 that was talked K > about in this newsgroup before we started this process.  We can print ALL 
 > day long to K > the HP4000 from the VMS system provided NO ONE tries to print to it while  > there  > is an active print job to it.  > K > We can also print from all of our PCs to the printer at the same time via  > Windows AppsI > (various Win 9x and NT versions) without hanging the printer and/or the  > print server.  Our3 > problem only happens when VMS is part of the mix.  > 2 > Can aanyone help me with a solution or proposal? > I > Does anyone use an inexpensive TCP/IP based print server that works for  them > using DCPS= > that they would be willing to recommend a brand name/model?  > @ > Does anyone have better experiences with GrayMatter Software's ScriptServer > for doing this?  >  >  >  > thanks,   Rick Cadruvi...  >  >  >    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:34:13 +1100 / From: "Phil Howell" <phowell@snowyhydro.com.au> : Subject: Re: HELP - DCPS RAWE TCP and Printer/Server Hangs2 Message-ID: <62c%5.4004$%v1.131728@ozemail.com.au>  / Rick Cadruvi <rick@rdperf.com> wrote in message * news:91ed3c$9oo@dispatch.concentric.net...D > I am running VMS V7.2-1 UCX V5.0A, DCPS V1.8 and we have an HP4000H > connected to a LINKSYS 2 port print server (EFSP42).  We connect using > IP_RAWTCP H > to the IP Address and Port 4020 (the second port on the print server). > L > Whenever we try to print a second document to the printer while a document > isK > printing from the VMS system, the printer and server gets hung.  To reset  we	 > usually  > must do the following: >  >     $ stop/queue/reset HP4000 : >     Power off/on the HP4000 and the LINKSYS print server >     $ start/queue HP4000 > I > We did buy the upgraded firmware version for the HP4000 that was talked K > about in this newsgroup before we started this process.  We can print ALL 
 > day long to K > the HP4000 from the VMS system provided NO ONE tries to print to it while  > there  > is an active print job to it.  > K > We can also print from all of our PCs to the printer at the same time via  > Windows AppsI > (various Win 9x and NT versions) without hanging the printer and/or the  > print server.  Our3 > problem only happens when VMS is part of the mix.  > 2 > Can aanyone help me with a solution or proposal? > I > Does anyone use an inexpensive TCP/IP based print server that works for  them > using DCPS= > that they would be willing to recommend a brand name/model?  > @ > Does anyone have better experiences with GrayMatter Software's ScriptServer > for doing this?  >  >  >  > thanks,   Rick Cadruvi...  >  > I We have experienced similar problems with other HP printers and Jetdirect  cards.L Though it is not a complete solution we reduced the frequency of the problemG by increasing the timeout parameter on the jet cards from the 90 second  default to 300 seconds.  Phil   ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:39:56 +0100 > From: "Jean-Franois Marchal" <jean-francois.marchal@x9000.fr>3 Subject: Re: How to determine current license usage . Message-ID: <91jf36$jub$1@reader1.imaginet.fr>  * Fine ... shouldn't have forgotten this ... Thanks a lot
 Jean-Franois   5 "Terry Kennedy" <terry@gate.tmk.com> wrote in message ! news:G5pn9s.6p9@spcuna.spc.edu... B > "Jean-Francois Marchal" <jean-francois.marchal@x9000.fr> writes:E > > I would need to know what usage is made of some "concurrent user" @ > > licenses, in order to prevent a "license exceeded ..." errorA > > (eg for LSE, or some compilers), and buy some additional ones % > > if near from the licensed number.  > >  > > Is it possible ? > L >   On recent(-ish) versions of VMS (it's in V7.2-1 and not in V5.5-2H4, notE > that that's a useful piece of information 8-) you can use the "show  license  > /charge" DCL command:  >  > 7_SERVER::$ sh lice/usage  > E > View of loaded licenses from node SERVER                17-DEC-2000  06:41:36.53  > @ > ------- Product ID --------   ---- Unit usage information ----@ > Product            Producer       Loaded  Allocated  AvailableG > ACMS               DEC        Unlimited license, no usage information @ > BLAH               BLAHBLAH            5          0          5 > 6 >         Terry Kennedy             http://www.tmk.com7 >         terry@tmk.com             Jersey City, NJ USA    ------------------------------   Date: 17 Dec 2000 22:20:46 GMT2 From: mathog@seqaxp.bio.caltech.edu (David Mathog)+ Subject: Re: No OpenGL extension on Display , Message-ID: <91je7u$2o6@gap.cco.caltech.edu>   In article <20001216071245.93177.qmail@web11403.mail.yahoo.com>, =?iso-8859-1?q?Nakamura=20Tamo?= <tamo_nakamura@yahoo.com.au> writes: >Dear Readers, > 6 >I wish to use OpenGL programming environment on a DEC7 >Alpha 500 with the Open VMS hobbiest licences.  When I 7 >try to run the IVP program I select the default device 3 >and the IVP attempts to run.  But it fails stating  >that " >"No OpenGL extension on Display".   Bet you have an Elsa card...   <SNIP> > 7 >I have an Elsa Gloria Gloria graphics (PBXGK-BB)  When   J As expected.  Unfortunately Digital/Compaq never graced the Elsa card withJ the driver for the OpenGL extension (if that's the right terminology).  So? your basic low end VMS workstation is useless for most graphics H applications.  If you really want OpenGL on VMS you have to buy a (much) more expensive card.    ( This isn't what you want to hear, but...  J Realistically, if graphics is your primary reason for using a workstation,K VMS is very nearly the worst possible choice.  The supported graphics cards G are few and far between, those that actually work well (which does NOT  G include the Elsa) are overpriced, and as you've discovered, the drivers K you think will be supported sometimes just never appear.  Moreover, there's K no AGP support and the fastest graphics cards are now 2x AGP (or higher).   I If you convert that DS10 to Linux you can use Mesa, or even get an honest F to goodness hardware accelerated OpenGL extension by buying one of theG commercial X11 servers (see, for instance, www.xig.com).   Plus you can I junk that cruddy Elsa card and for a couple of hundred dollars replace it 0 with an adapter that's much, much, much faster.    Regards,   David Mathog mathog@seqaxp.bio.caltech.edu ? Manager, sequence analysis facility, biology division, Caltech  J **************************************************************************J *                                RIP VMS                                 *J **************************************************************************   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 16:58:17 +1300 9 From: "Antony Wardle" <antony.wardle@nnnoospam.met.co.nz> " Subject: Re: RDB and a web browser2 Message-ID: <TTf%5.4130$%v1.135120@ozemail.com.au>   Thanks for that.   That sounds like what I want.    antony    ? "norm lastovica" <norman.lastovica@oracle.com> wrote in message $ news:3A3CBB0E.3A8EC060@oracle.com...G > access to oracle rdb via a web interface is commonly and easily done. I > use the rdb web agent.  checkout the rdb web site at www.oracle.com/rdb  > or contact oracle directly.  >  > Antony Wardle wrote: > > ' > > Anyone managed to get a web browser $ > > changing their rdb database yet? > > / > > Im interested in setting up an easy way for * > > someone to be able to change things in' > > an RDB database without knowing any  > > sql  > > ) > > I have heard of Attunity, but that is  > > about all. > > 
 > > cheers > > 
 > > antony >  > --@ > norman lastovica / oracle rdb engineering / usa / 610.696.4685   ------------------------------    Date: 16 Dec 2000 -387:07:48 GMT3 From: levitte@lp.se (Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker)  Subject: Re: soon enough? / Message-ID: <LEVITTE.00Dec17223649@nic.bofh.se>   Z In article <91hpbu$sr6$6@info.service.rug.nl> helbig@astro.rug.nl (Phillip Helbig) writes:  F    In article <91hhr0.bl.1@hans.myfqdn.de>, Hans.Bachner@altavista.net    (Hans Bachner) writes:   N    > >      o  The problem commonly known as the "Y2038 bug" has  been  fixed.    > >N    > >It seems that the Y2k problem was not as bad as feared (or everyone got :    > >everything fixed on time); what about the Y2038 bug?    >  O    > The Unix timebase (and so the related functions in the C Runtime Library)  N    > measure time by counting the seconds since 1-Jan 1970. They use a 32-bit M    > signed integer to store the time, which will go negative on 19-Jan 2038  H    > after 03:14:07 a.m. It then will display 13-Dec 1901 - a Friday ;-)    >  J    > The above mentioned ECO modifies the time related functions of the C L    > Runtime Library to use an unsigned integer for storing the time, which 0    > should make it safe until sometime in 2106.  I    Right.  I was just wondering whether all platforms have this fixed by  &    now, or is VMS a few decades ahead?  E Depends.  On some Unixen, time_t is defined as 'unsigned long', which E does exactly the above, others rely on 64-bit integers being the rule  i 37 1/2 years.    --  >              NEWBIE!  read and heed the Guidelines on Posting:<                http://richard.levitte.org/docs/post_hlp.html --- J R Levitte, Levitte Programming;  Spannv. 38, I;  S-168 35  Bromma;  SWEDENF     Tel: +46-8-26 52 47; Cell: +46-733-72 88 11; Fax: +46-708-26 53 88H   PGP key fingerprint = 35 3E 6C 9E 8C 97 85 24  BD 9F D1 9E 8F 75 23 6BI  http://richard.levitte.org/pubkey2.asc for my public key.  levitte@lp.se   A           "price, performance, quality.  Choose any two you like"    ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 03:54:56 GMT * From: martin.hunt@nbnz.co.nz (Martin Hunt)% Subject: Re: start/que/search problem / Message-ID: <3a3d8a60.29354189@news.xtra.co.nz>   . On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 12:18:53 +0000, Ray Phelan <Ray.Phelan@core-com.ie> wrote:    >All,  > C >We have a DCL menu facility for our clients, to restart printing a ; >report from a string, using the START/QUE/SEARCH commands.  > I >This was working fine, until recently we have moved our clients to Alpha @ >DS10, running VMS 7.2-1.  The print queue is a LAT print queue. > ? >When the users now use this facility, it puts the queue into a I >"RESUMING" state, and brings the box to a grinding halt.  Usually before I >this happens, we reboot the box, this also clears the state of the print  >queue.  > C >Is there a patch fix or bug fix for this problem, or is it a known   >problem with a work around.???? >   E Are your print symbionts running at a higher than usual priority? Try  lowering the process priority. -- Martin Hunt  Technical Specialist National Bank of New Zealand   ------------------------------   Date: 17 Dec 2000 12:59:29 PST* From: abuse@flying-disk.com (Alan Frisbie)6 Subject: Re: VMS tools for Linux: EDT, TPU, TECO, LAT?! Message-ID: <llShNy7sB$Ni@flying>   6 Thanks to everyone who replied to my query.   It looks6 like there are several choices.   In reply to a few of
 the comments:   ) Terry Kennedy <terry@gate.tmk.com> wrote:    >     1) EDT > http://www.bosbc.com/edt.htm >     2) TPU' > http://www.asoft-dev.com/tpu_info.htm   @ While both companies list "Unix" on their web site, neither list& any variety of Linux in their pricing.  ? Both companies used to have a presence at DECUS symposia, but I = have not seen either one for several years.   Their web sites ; appear to be their only sign of life.   The lack of mention : of Linux makes it seem that there is nobody home, however.  H ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Patteeuw <jjpatteeuw@voyager.net> wrote:   A > The only thing "close" to tpu outside of VMS and Ultrix (yes, I @ > said Ultrix not OSF1/ Digital Unix / or Tru(confessions)64) is@ > (was ?) A/Soft's nuTPU.  Unfortunately, I think they have goneB > belly up.  At least they haven't release a new version in 3 or 49 > years and the old version doesn't work with Tru64 V5.1.   9 I don't know if they are belly up, but they never replied 9 to my request for help on the copy I bought, nor did they ; respond to my bug report about it losing track of where the 3 cursor is when the lines are wider than the window.    > Hey Q are you listening !!3 > There are people here waving checkbooks at you !!   ; I would gladly pay good money for these utilities on Linux.   H ------------------------------------------------------------------------+ helbig@astro.rug.nl (Phillip Helbig) wrote:   8 > Interesting that your posting address is "abuse".  :-|  7 It sure cuts down on the spam!!!   (and it *is* a valid  address for me)    H ------------------------------------------------------------------------  5 "Terry C. Shannon" <terryshannon@mediaone.net> wrote:   2 > Boston Business Computing is a good, reputable, G > reliable company. Deal with them, you won't get burned (I never did).   7 I bought EDT+ for DOS several years ago, but it did not 7 include the promised printed manual.   I refused to pay 9 the invoice until I received it.   It didn't arrive until 7 roughly a year later.   When I reported some bugs, they 9 responded that they were fixed in the Windows version and 8 they had no intention of fixing them in the DOS version.   > Ditto for a/Soft.   $ See my earlier comment about a/Soft.  8 Both products have significant bugs, but neither company8 seems to be doing anything to fix them.   If I am wrong,8 I certainly hope that they will speak up and correct me.  9 On the other hand, there seem to be some alternatives out 2 there that I should look at.   Thanks to everyone.   --  B --  Alan E. Frisbie             Frisbie "AT" Flying-Disk "DOT" Com@ --  Flying Disk Systems, Inc.   Abuse "AT" Flying-Disk "DOT" Com   ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:30:10 +0100 , From: "Anders" <ccc28376a@post.cybercity.dk>6 Subject: Re: VMS tools for Linux: EDT, TPU, TECO, LAT?0 Message-ID: <O7b%5.312$V76.9270@news.get2net.dk>   http://www.sector7.com/home.htm   , These guys used to have all sorts of things.   cheers philip  5 Alan Frisbie <abuse@flying-disk.com> wrote in message  news:rX0sdEhQbEw2@flying... 7 > While I have no intention of giving up VMS, I do want 6 > to learn about Linux.   While doing so, I would like. > to have some of my favorite tools available: >  >     1) EDT >     2) TPU
 >     3) TECO + >     4) Printing to LAT-connected printers  > 8 > Does anyone know of Linux versions of any of the above/ > and where I can obtain (even for money) them?  > 	 > Thanks,  > Alan >  > --D > --  Alan E. Frisbie             Frisbie "AT" Flying-Disk "DOT" ComB > --  Flying Disk Systems, Inc.   Abuse "AT" Flying-Disk "DOT" Com   ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:05:20 GMT 4 From: LESLIE@209-16-45-102.insync.net (Jerry Leslie)6 Subject: Re: VMS tools for Linux: EDT, TPU, TECO, LAT?) Message-ID: <QEb%5.1039$XY5.18824@insync>n  * Jerry Leslie (leslie@clio.rice.edu) wrote:- : Alan Frisbie (abuse@flying-disk.com) wrote:e9 : : While I have no intention of giving up VMS, I do wantP8 : : to learn about Linux.   While doing so, I would like0 : : to have some of my favorite tools available: : :e : :     1) EDT : :r :  : Charles Sandmann's ED editor:n : 1 :    http://clio.rice.edu/EDstuff/ED_Overview.txt- : 6 : --Jerry Leslie     (my opinions are strictly my own)    E ED is freeware, comes with source, and runs on every variety of unix lE that Charles has had access to, including Linux, AIX, HP-UX, Digital v% Unix (now True64 Unix), and Solaris. 3  6 It also runs on VMS, Windows from a DOS box, and OS/2.  @ Since it comes with source, ED users can repair bugs themselves,; although any changes should be transmitted back to Charles.     / --Jerry Leslie   leslie@209-16-45-97.insync.net.;                  leslie@209-16-45-102.insync.net is invalidt2                  (my opinions are strictly my own)   ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:39:51 -0600 7 From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@earthlink.net>v/ Subject: Re: when is SYS$NODE normally defined?d- Message-ID: <3A3D1687.C1758DB7@earthlink.net>H   Phillip Helbig wrote:n > 6 > In article <3A3C86FD.5F005C3@videotron.ca>, JF Mezei( > <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> writes: >  > > Someone  wrote:43 > > > > $ IF F$TRNLNM( "SYS$NODE" ) .EQS. "" THEN -e= > > > > $ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC SYS$NODE 'F$GETSYI( "SCSNODE" )'  > >P > >f# > > Very basic DCL question here...i > I > Note that the above code is not "production".  There might be spaces incG > SCSNODE you would want to collapse, perhaps some additional single or  > double quotes are needed etc.n  / Embedded spaces in SCSNODE are, AFAIK, illegal.h  ( Trailing spaces would be ignored by DCL.  = No problem - works very well in production, in my experience.h   -- t David J. Dachtera  dba DJE Systemss http://www.djesys.com/  : Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page and Message Board: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/n  F This *IS* an OpenVMS-related newsgroup. So, a certain bias in postings is to be expected.  @ Feel free to exercise your rights of free speech and expression.  F However, attacks against individual posters, or groups of posters, are strongly discouraged.r   ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:40:57 -0600W7 From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@earthlink.net>v/ Subject: Re: when is SYS$NODE normally defined?p- Message-ID: <3A3D16C9.9BD9AF0D@earthlink.net>p   "John E. Malmberg" wrote:m > / > In article <3A3C3A95.44AF1E8E@earthlink.net>,a; > "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@earthlink.net> writes:2 > > Phillip Helbig wrote:R > >>L > >> I notice that, with machines with no DECnet installed, I have to define > >> SYS$NODE by hand.
 > > [snip] > >uD > > You could do this near the end of your SYSTARTUP_VMS processing: > > / > > $ IF F$TRNLNM( "SYS$NODE" ) .EQS. "" THEN - 9 > > $ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC SYS$NODE 'F$GETSYI( "SCSNODE" )'e > B > If you must declare SYS$NODE manually, please use the following: > # > $if f$trnlnm("SYS$NODE") .eqs. ""d > $theneK > $   define/system/exec sys$node "''f$edit(f$getsyi("SCSNODE"),"TRIM")'::"e > $endif > H > f$getsyi(SCSNODE) returns trailing spaces, and SYS$NODE is expected to* > have two colons following the node name. > K > I would recommend locating the references for SYS$NODE and contacting thesM > software vendors involved to get the software to use the "SCSNODE" instead.s > L > In the past I have only seen this in locally written site specific commandB > files that were moved from a system with DECNET to one with out.   Good observation - thanx, John!a   -- o David J. Dachtera  dba DJE Systems  http://www.djesys.com/  : Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page and Message Board: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/   F This *IS* an OpenVMS-related newsgroup. So, a certain bias in postings is to be expected.  @ Feel free to exercise your rights of free speech and expression.  F However, attacks against individual posters, or groups of posters, are strongly discouraged.    ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 21:27:27 GMTl3 From: "MrSignor" <MrSignor@nospam_bellatlantic.net>r% Subject: XP1000 - which Graphics Cards7 Message-ID: <3da%5.2578$TC3.833760@typhoon2.ba-dsg.net>    Hi,   G    I was offered an XP1000 with a PowerStorm 300 graphics card, only toh learn later ;    that in fact the machine has a ELSA Gloria Synergy card.-      2 - questions...r  5    Q1) What is the difference between the two cards ?.  K    Q2) I intend to run TRU64 + OpenVMS, is one card better than the other /i-           better suited for my choice of OS's        thanks inadvance   -Fredr   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2000.704 ************************