1 INFO-VAX	Thu, 12 Apr 2001	Volume 2001 : Issue 204       Contents: Andrew in peril? Re: Andrew in peril?	 Re: basic  Basic Clustering question  Re: Basic Clustering question  Re: Basic Clustering question  Re: Basic Clustering question  Re: Directory lexical functions $ Re: free disk space on a bound disks$ Re: free disk space on a bound disks Re: FTP hijacking of VMS sites Future Computing. - Re: KZCCA Ultrawide SCSI Adapters for the VAX - Re: KZCCA Ultrawide SCSI Adapters for the VAX ( Re: London, England Technical Update Day5 Re: Mozilla Crashes (was Re: VMS friendly website???) 5 Re: Mozilla Crashes (was Re: VMS friendly website???) 7 OSU HTTPD 3.9 directory browsing - show me the versions 3 Re: Q: Converting a VAX 6000-420 to a VAX 6000-620?  Re: Silent Sun Re: SMP_SPINWAIT Re: SMP_SPINWAIT3 Re: Solaris tmpfs (was Re: VMS-Related: Affordable)  Re: Status of EV7 7 Re: strange behaviour of DIRECTORY with long file names ' Re: TCP/IP 5.0A/ECO 2 FTP "425" Failure ' Re: TCP/IP 5.0A/ECO 2 FTP "425" Failure  The Sands PAYS OUT! + VAX 4000-100: diode 4 on and no OPA0 access  Re: VMS friendly website???  Re: VMS friendly website???  Re: VMS friendly website???  Re: VMS friendly website???  Re: VMS friendly website???  Re: VMS friendly website???  Re: VMS friendly website???  VMS Tape Restoration Re: VMS Tape Restoration Re: VMS Tape Restoration@ Re: Why set PYHSICALPAGES? (was: [Q] Adding Memory to a MV 3100) Re: [Q] %SYSTEM-I-BOOTUPGRADE   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:32:29 -0400 ; From: "Webb, William W Raleigh, NC" <wwebb1@email.usps.gov>  Subject: Andrew in peril? K Message-ID: <D46FE9B132FB9B44AEC242A96E4AB75001925AE0@rlghncst625.usps.gov>   L http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5567122.html?tag=pt.abc.tech..ne_556712 2   , Sun uses reviews to whittle down work force % By Dawn Kawamoto and Michael Kanellos  Staff Writers, CNET News.com     April 10, 2001, 4:35 p.m. PT    E Sun Microsystems is implementing a new employee review process that,  E combined with cost-cutting measures, will likely lead to a reduction   in the company's work force.    A Under the "Employee Improvement Program," Sun managers will rank  H employees according to their abilities, a Sun representative confirmed. B The bottom 10 percent of employees will then be offered a choice: F improve performance, successfully fill another position inside Sun or < accept a voluntary severance package and leave the company.   '  Click the link if you want the rest...     # # #  C When the headline said "reviews", I thought they were talking about  *product* reviews....    WWWebb   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 01:11:02 -0400 2 From: rdeininger@mindspring.com (Robert Deininger) Subject: Re: Andrew in peril? L Message-ID: <rdeininger-1204010111030001@user-2ive63a.dialup.mindspring.com>  
 In articleG <D46FE9B132FB9B44AEC242A96E4AB75001925AE0@rlghncst625.usps.gov>, "Webb, 5 William W Raleigh, NC" <wwebb1@email.usps.gov> wrote:     E > When the headline said "reviews", I thought they were talking about  > *product* reviews....   M Is Andrew a product?  Who designed him?  When will they finish debugging him?    JUST KIDDING  :-)    --   Robert Deininger rdeininger@mindspring.com    ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 23:24:43 GMT / From: "Tom Simpson" <simpsont@xxx.mediaone.net>  Subject: Re: basicE Message-ID: <%I5B6.7566$Gi5.105327@typhoon.jacksonville.mediaone.net>    Here is one simple example...    PROGRAM TEST  E  %INCLUDE "$libdtdef"  %FROM %LIBRARY "sys$library:basic$starlet.tlb" 2  EXTERNAL long FUNCTION LIB$CVT_FROM_INTERNAL_TIME  DECLARE LONG idoy, rs  DECLARE STRING j_date)  DECLARE STRING CONSTANT mask_3 = "<0>##"   9  rs = lib$cvt_from_internal_time(LIB$K_DAY_OF_YEAR, idoy)     J_DATE = format$(idoy, mask_3)     PRINT "Day of Year: "+ j_date   END PROGRAM   2 "ramirez" <ramirezr@sendlove.net> wrote in message2 news:r4jg701g841hk89k6r5inff4bte5oq2u5a@4ax.com...8 > Does anyone have some 'basic' sample code of using theA > lib$cvt_from_internal_time call that they are willing to share?  >  > Thanks a million.  >  >    ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 21:24:17 GMT - From: "Jim McKinney" <jmckinney@duvoisin.com> " Subject: Basic Clustering question: Message-ID: <5Y3B6.4622$Up.163412@sea-read.news.verio.net>  H This is probably a dumb question, but here goes. We have a single AS1200I that supports several hundred users in a wide geographic area. All of the L users connect via a Windows application that talk directly to an IP port. WeJ have had some hardware problems in the past that have resulted in extendedJ downtime (8 hours plus). I would like to look at getting another 1200 withJ duplicate hardware and then setting these two machines up in a cluster andF using volume shadowing to mirror the production machine's disks to theI second box. In the event of a failure of the primary machine I would then K have the second box ready to take over. Where I am getting confused is what L is the easiest way to have all of the clients connect to the second box? I'mH thinking that one way is to change the identity (IP address, etc) on theH second box and reboot non-clustered when the primary is down. This isn'tI pretty, but will it work? We can afford 20-30 minutes to bring up another B system in the event of a disaster and I need a solution that is asJ inexpensive as possible. The application itself is not clusterable and theL vendor will not support it. The database can be clustered but the additionalE licensing cost are over $50,000. So what I am looking for is a simple D inexpensive way to bring a second duplicate box online as quickly as6 possible. Any ideas would be most appreciated. Thanks.   Jim    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 19:25:42 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> & Subject: Re: Basic Clustering question, Message-ID: <3AD4E7F5.B2A29255@videotron.ca>   Jim McKinney wrote: M >> downtime (8 hours plus). I would like to look at getting another 1200 with L > duplicate hardware and then setting these two machines up in a cluster andH > using volume shadowing to mirror the production machine's disks to the
 > second box.    Been there done that...   M With only two machines, you will have quorum issues to deal with. Your second M machien should be setup as a satellite (no votes) with the primary machine as J the main one (with votes). Of the primary machine goes down, the secondary@ will freeze. You will then have to reboot the secondary machine.  N One trick is to have two system roots on each system. One root contains systemK configs and boot up procedures to put it into "backup" mode, and the second D root contains the configs and procedures to boot it into production.  M If you put in a 3rd machine (a cheap vax for instance), it greatly simplifies I your clustering and quorum issues. A third machine also allows the backup H machine to take-over without a reboot. (with only two machines, when oneM fails, the other one must freeze to ensure data integrity and prevent cluster H partitioning. A 3rd vax will also greatly simply your configs since eachM machine can live with a single config and it is just a matter of playing with ( the application to bring it up and down.    L Be very careful about what happens when machines boot to ensure that after aJ failure, the drives that contain the most recent data are mounted first toN ensure that they are the source of the data and the older disks are the target of the copy operation.  J As far as your IP connections are concerned, you can use VMS's IP fallbackK (Kerry can explain this better). You could also use a router to do the job.   5 Remember that you must handle all possible situations    	A-prod B-backup 	A-fails B-freezes 	B-boots while A down  	B-prod A-down	  	B-prod A-boots ) 	B-prod A-backup  (rebuilding the drives) ) 	B-switched to backup A-switched to prod.  etc etc   P It is not difficult, but you have to the do the homework and think this through.  M And test it big time at night ! You want to make sure you know it works well, F because the last thing you want is to have problems during a disaster.    L In the system I had setup, the backup node was booted with different configsJ that also allowed the application to boot off different logicals and henceK provided a test environment that happened to also be shadowned to the other N node. So each node could be booted as a production or test node with the otherB acting as the opposite. That application was also non-clusterable.   ------------------------------  # Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 02:02:24 GMT $ From: Scott Vieth <svieth@wi.rr.com>& Subject: Re: Basic Clustering question) Message-ID: <3AD50CEE.F76FE0FC@wi.rr.com>   B TCPware has a little widget built-in that will let cluster members< "share" an IP address.  One system grabs the address at boot> time and then the other machines in the cluster wait patiently= for the machine with the IP address to die.  Then one of them > gloms onto the address.  It's very quick and invisible to your
 end users.  4 In TCPware, it's done with an ADD/SECONDARY command.  4 Don't know if Multinet has that same feature or not.  
 -Scott :^)   Jim McKinney wrote:   J > This is probably a dumb question, but here goes. We have a single AS1200K > that supports several hundred users in a wide geographic area. All of the N > users connect via a Windows application that talk directly to an IP port. WeL > have had some hardware problems in the past that have resulted in extendedL > downtime (8 hours plus). I would like to look at getting another 1200 withL > duplicate hardware and then setting these two machines up in a cluster andH > using volume shadowing to mirror the production machine's disks to theK > second box. In the event of a failure of the primary machine I would then M > have the second box ready to take over. Where I am getting confused is what N > is the easiest way to have all of the clients connect to the second box? I'mJ > thinking that one way is to change the identity (IP address, etc) on theJ > second box and reboot non-clustered when the primary is down. This isn'tK > pretty, but will it work? We can afford 20-30 minutes to bring up another D > system in the event of a disaster and I need a solution that is asL > inexpensive as possible. The application itself is not clusterable and theN > vendor will not support it. The database can be clustered but the additionalG > licensing cost are over $50,000. So what I am looking for is a simple F > inexpensive way to bring a second duplicate box online as quickly as8 > possible. Any ideas would be most appreciated. Thanks. >  > Jim    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 01:30:42 -0400 2 From: rdeininger@mindspring.com (Robert Deininger)& Subject: Re: Basic Clustering questionL Message-ID: <rdeininger-1204010130420001@user-2ive63a.dialup.mindspring.com>  5 In article <3AD4E7F5.B2A29255@videotron.ca>, JF Mezei % <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> wrote:    > Jim McKinney wrote: O > >> downtime (8 hours plus). I would like to look at getting another 1200 with N > > duplicate hardware and then setting these two machines up in a cluster andJ > > using volume shadowing to mirror the production machine's disks to the > > second box.  >  > Been there done that...  > O > With only two machines, you will have quorum issues to deal with. Your second O > machien should be setup as a satellite (no votes) with the primary machine as L > the main one (with votes). Of the primary machine goes down, the secondaryB > will freeze. You will then have to reboot the secondary machine.  J If there are disks with direct connections to both machines (HSx or sharedI SCSI), you can use a quorum disk instead of a third machine.  Shared SCSI A for a couple of disks needn't cost much, provided there are slots J available.  A quorum disk doesn't need a VMS cluster license.  This can beH done with a BA353, an RZ26, whatever controllers the systems prefer, andD maybe a DWZZx.  Ebay stuff, if you're on a tight budget.  Definitely( cheaper than a 3rd system with licences.  E If the important data is on dual-pathed disks (probably not the right I terminology) which are not in either system enclosure, loss of one system , needn't interrupt access to the data at all.  P > One trick is to have two system roots on each system. One root contains systemM > configs and boot up procedures to put it into "backup" mode, and the second F > root contains the configs and procedures to boot it into production.  I This sounds much harder to keep correctly configured than a solution with  a quorum disk, IMHO.   O > If you put in a 3rd machine (a cheap vax for instance), it greatly simplifies $ > your clustering and quorum issues.  ( > A third machine also allows the backupJ > machine to take-over without a reboot. (with only two machines, when oneO > fails, the other one must freeze to ensure data integrity and prevent cluster  > partitioning. )   F What about the IPC quorum-adjusting voodoo?  As I understand that, theJ mechanism forces the cluster to re-compute the quorum and un-freeze.  In aE node with 2 nodes, each having 1 vote, the quorum is 2 votes.  If one A machine dies, the other freezes.  I think using the voodoo on the E remaining node causes it to adjust quorum downward (in this case to 1 G vote) and resume operation.  Just be darned sure the dead node is dead, @ not just comatose.  If it comes back to life you have may have aI partitioned cluster, which is a Very Bad Thing.  (I have never personally F been a practitioner of the voodoo, so take this with a chunk of salt.)    < > A 3rd vax will also greatly simply your configs since eachO > machine can live with a single config and it is just a matter of playing with * > the application to bring it up and down. >  > N > Be very careful about what happens when machines boot to ensure that after aL > failure, the drives that contain the most recent data are mounted first toP > ensure that they are the source of the data and the older disks are the target > of the copy operation.   I still think this sounds icky.    L > As far as your IP connections are concerned, you can use VMS's IP fallbackM > (Kerry can explain this better). You could also use a router to do the job.   G Previously, UCX did round-robin IP address sharing.  I think the latest B version does failover and load balancing.  As you said, Kerry will probably give details.   --   Robert Deininger rdeininger@mindspring.com    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 21:27:53 +0200 5 From: Christophe Evrard <christophe.evrard@skynet.be> ( Subject: Re: Directory lexical functions( Message-ID: <3AD4B039.8050007@skynet.be>  I I wouldn't use a lexical, but rather a dir [starting_dir...] /grandtotal  + /out=results, and then arrange the results. H Per directory totals are given for non-empty directories, including the ( size, and the grand total is at the end.   Christophe.   & Adam.lewiax@integris-health.com wrote:  K > How can I return the number of files in a given directory using a lexical L > function.    I'd like to do two things.  First return the total numbers ofG > files on a given disk then give a break down of each directory total.  >  > Thoughts?  >  >    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:59:17 -0400 ) From: Andrew Robert <arobert@townisp.com> - Subject: Re: free disk space on a bound disks + Message-ID: <3AD4FDE5.CE73B10C@townisp.com>    LOL.  8 Actually, it is easier to grab the freeware DFU utility.  L This easily generates fragmentatio, disk utilization, and space free reports among other options.   No muss. No fuss.   0 The freeware can be found on the Compaq VMS site$ http://www.openvms.compaq.com/portal   Regards,
 Andrew Robert  Principal Systems Analyst % TS&S Infrastructure Support - OpenVMS   Massachusetts Financial Services     Brad wrote:   2 >    Wow and you guys complain UNIX is Cryptic !!! > J > > Here's some DCL I use to display disk volumes, their total size, theirJ > > space in use, space free and percent free. Note that it was written to' > > handle shadow-sets and volume-sets.N > >X" > > USER$ROOT:[EXE]FREEDISK.COM;14 > > ! > > $ IF P1 .EQS. "" THEN P1 := *  > > $ SAY := WRITE SYS$OUTPUT 
 > > $ TMB = 0i
 > > $ FMB = 0e > > $ CNTR = 0 > > $ PCNT = 0 > > $P_LOOP:$ > > $ ELEM = F$ELEM( PCNT, ",", P1 ) > > $ PCNT = PCNT + 1 ' > > $ IF ELEM .EQS. "" THEN GOTO P_LOOPn- > > $ IF ELEM .EQS. "," THEN GOTO EXIT_P_LOOPd > > $ LNMTRN = F$TRNLNM( ELEM )t > > $ IF LNMTRN .NES. "" THEN - 6 > > $ ELEM = F$PARSE( ELEM,,, "DEVICE", "NO_CONCEAL" ) > > $! ELEM = LNMTRN > > $ GOSUB GET_DATA > > $ GOTO P_LOOPa > > $EXIT_P_LOOP:  > > $ PCNT = 0 > > $ GOSUB P_SHIFT?% > > $ IF P1 .NES. "" THEN GOTO P_LOOPf > > $ IF    TMB .NE. 0
 > > $ THEN/ > > $ FPCT = ((( FMB * 1000) / TMB ) + 5 ) / 10: > > $ SAY ""L > > $ MSG = F$FAO( "!UL Volume!%S Mounted, Aggregate: (MB, rounded)", CNTR )L > > $ SAY F$FAO( "!45AS !8UL !8UL !8UL !3UL", MSG, TMB, TMB - FMB, FMB, FPCT > > )  > > $ ENDIFi
 > > $ EXIT > > $!
 > > $P_SHIFT:e
 > > $ P1 = P25
 > > $ P2 = P34
 > > $ P3 = P4e
 > > $ P4 = P5C
 > > $ P5 = P6a
 > > $ P6 = P7d
 > > $ P7 = P8A
 > > $ P8 = ""d > > $ RETURN > > $! > > $GET_DATA: > > $ PREV_DISK :=/ > > $ ELEM = ELEM - "_" - "_" - ":" - ":" - ":"b > > $ ELEM = "_''ELEM':" > > $DISKLOOP:' > > $ DISK = F$DEVICE("''ELEM'","DISK")d, > > $ IF DISK .EQS. PREV_DISK THEN GOTO TAPE% > > $ IF DISK .EQS. "" THEN GOTO TAPEo > > $ PREV_DISK = DISK# > > $ MNT = F$GETDVI( DISK, "MNT" )(% > > $ IF .NOT. MNT THEN GOTO DISKLOOPe- > > $ SMSTR = F$GETDVI( DISK, "SHDW_MASTER" )-, > > $ SMBR = F$GETDVI( DISK, "SHDW_MEMBER" )  > > $ IF SMBR THEN GOTO DISKLOOP+ > > $! IF SMSTR .NES. "" THEN GOTO DISKLOOPi) > > $ IF    F$GETDVI( DISK, "VOLSETMEM" )A
 > > $ THEN > > $       GOSUB PROC_VSETF
 > > $ ELSE > > $       GOSUB VOL_STATS. > > $ ENDIF  > > $ GOTO DISKLOOPn
 > > $TAPE: > > $ RETURN > > $PROC_VSET:.1 > > $ DISK = F$GETDVI( DISK, "ROOTDEVNAM" ) - "_"w
 > > $PV_LOOP:D > > $ GOSUB VOL_STATSl1 > > $ DISK = F$GETDVI( DISK, "NEXTDEVNAM" ) - "_" ( > > $ IF DISK .NES. "" THEN GOTO PV_LOOP > > $ RETURN > > $! > > $VOL_STATS:w) > > $ MNAME = F$GETDVI(DISK,"MEDIA_NAME")g% > > $ ERCNT = F$GETDVI(DISK,"ERRCNT")i% > > $ VOLNM = F$GETDVI(DISK,"VOLNAM") ' > > $ MBLKS = F$GETDVI(DISK,"MAXBLOCK") ) > > $ FBLKS = F$GETDVI(DISK,"FREEBLOCKS")n > > $ UBLKS = MBLKS - FBLKSe  > > $ IF    (FBLKS * 100) .LT. 0. > > $ THEN  FPCT = (FBLKS * 10) / (MBLKS / 10)( > > $ ELSE  FPCT = (FBLKS * 100) / MBLKS > > $ ENDIFh > > $ IF    CNTR .EQ. 0 
 > > $ THEN > > $ SAY ""@ > > $ SAY "                   Media    Err     Volume      Total > > Blocks    Free > > Pct"J > > $ SAY "Device Name        Name     Cnt     Label       Blocks   in use
 > > Blocks	 > > Free"b > > $ ENDIF- > > $ CNTR = CNTR + 1 ) > > $ lvn = f$getdvi( disk, "logvolnam" )m > > $ lv :=m> > > $ if f$length( lvn ) .eq. 2 then lv =f$fao( "(!AS)", lvn )@ > > $ SAY F$FAO( "!16AS !10AS !3UL !13AS !8UL !8UL !8UL !3UL", -G > >         DISK + lv, MNAME, ERCNT, VOLNM, MBLKS, UBLKS, FBLKS, FPCT )h6 > > $ TMB = TMB + ((( MBLKS * 10 ) / 2048 ) + 5 ) / 106 > > $ FMB = FMB + ((( FBLKS * 10 ) / 2048 ) + 5 ) / 10 > > $ RETURN > >h > > -- > > David J. Dachterap > > dba DJE Systems  > > http://www.djesys.com/ > >n> > > Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page and Message Board:# > > http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/i > >mJ > > This *IS* an OpenVMS-related newsgroup. So, a certain bias in postings > > is to be expected. > >sD > > Feel free to exercise your rights of free speech and expression. > >6J > > However, attacks against individual posters, or groups of posters, are > > strongly discouraged.%   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:18:52 -0500R1 From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@fsi.net>A- Subject: Re: free disk space on a bound disksA' Message-ID: <3AD5027C.4BD92217@fsi.net>r   Andrew Robert wrote: >  > LOL. > : > Actually, it is easier to grab the freeware DFU utility. > N > This easily generates fragmentatio, disk utilization, and space free reports > among other options. >  > No muss. No fuss.2 > 2 > The freeware can be found on the Compaq VMS site& > http://www.openvms.compaq.com/portal  6 ...but you'd be better off to get the newest DFU from:  # http://www.djesys.com/freeware/vms/-  $ Be sure to get the ECO-1 file, also.   -- 1 David J. DachteraM dba DJE Systemse http://www.djesys.com/  : Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page and Message Board: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/s  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.t   ------------------------------    Date: 12 Apr 2001 03:50:34 +0800, From: Paul Repacholi <prep@prep.synonet.com>' Subject: Re: FTP hijacking of VMS sites - Message-ID: <87y9t7cj1x.fsf@prep.synonet.com>s  4 mathog@seqaxp.bio.caltech.edu (David Mathog) writes:  E > It's been a year since I tightened up that ftp server and I'm stille. > seeing access attempts to those directories.  & > It wasn't movies though but "WareZ".  " > >Has is cropped up at VMS sites?   There are many people who:   Scan for FTP ports. . When they find one, try anon access for write.1 If OK, log and dump a shit load of Warez, mp3s...i< They often don't try to read, just go on to the next victim.; The only way I know to stop it is to totally block write tof9 the anon ftp account. But, if you have a use for uploads,s; put a pointer to say "ftpuser/ftpuser" in the logon banner. > A human can do a close/open to upload. A bot will just go away to the next IP address.o   -- o< Paul Repacholi                               1 Crescent Rd.,7 +61 (08) 9257-1001                           Kalamunda.s@                                              West Australia 6076. Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked.   ------------------------------    Date: 12 Apr 2001 01:21:48 -00004 From: Doc.Cypher <Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1]> Subject: Future Computing.6 Message-ID: <20010412012148.15384.qmail@nym.alias.net>  " -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----  J COE promises a 20-year lifeline for the VMS Operating System. Yet, what doI the COV group members see when gazing into their crystal balls? What willnH the next 20 years in computing hold? And just where in that picture does our much-loved OS fit?  G In looking for some inspiration on this topic I came across a couple ofs1 60's papers hidden in the Digital FTP archives...h  > ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/SRC/research-reports/SRC-061.pdf   _Man-Computer Symbiosis_* & _The Computer as a Communication Device_     Both by J.C.R. Licklider  E Now, does The Q have any visionaries to rival those of old, or are we J doomed to a future of computing controlled by the love child of Bill Gates and Lara Croft?d     Doc.   -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----p Version: 2.6.2  @ iQEVAwUBOtI+8sriC3SGiziTAQFKSgf+IVbjAuSrJCq0JWiHlITgEJyunV/pJUOw@ +1gp66+ldMPH0Y0X8IKrB2S5SERhutBV5dJD62NmF4h/XSQ3eg3i7ED7jjQEh84K@ lWTWHXbD+xgu5t5XbGBS1mYB0Lhz5pzhWIYryrbSYNFvf5URuMs8LL77nmKpbgnM@ 18T6zgLkTqyUnmr1mJ69iXBzmhxubvwtwIYlHNmm2h+3qkTB6NdPG0G2Eel3cYcH@ rydY4TUHJvj/6OUl+EoelXn/KXRvjmeEvzvrQCQUjlklZaahkLjxntVmz0eschqQ8 jh0vPYxRvLEzlqdhLg18XVbG4wop6YyLr0XXWNN6rd8wQLSgdmFDhw== =VTf3  -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----a   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:35:16 -0700b+ From: "Barry Treahy, Jr." <treahy@mmaz.com> 6 Subject: Re: KZCCA Ultrawide SCSI Adapters for the VAX( Message-ID: <3AD4DC24.EA4EF387@mmaz.com>   Rob Buxton wrote:c  B > I had to replace a KZCCA Configuration here with HSD Technology. >   L After a lengthy off-line discussion with Rob, this adapter may or may not be
 a great idea.n  B Allow me to toss out another question.  I need good Ultrawide SCSIJ performance for a VAX 4000/100 and 4000/705.  The problem is that I made aF conscious decision to move away from anything SW last fall.  Any otherH suggestions or recommendations that will get me to the point where I canK support external Ultrawide SCSI devices without the need of SW's?  It wouldeL seem that all of the DSSI to SCSI options require SW and even then, the SCSI* bus speed will bottleneck at the DSSI, no?   TIAt   Barryw   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 01:34:37 -0400t2 From: rdeininger@mindspring.com (Robert Deininger)6 Subject: Re: KZCCA Ultrawide SCSI Adapters for the VAXL Message-ID: <rdeininger-1204010134380001@user-2ive63a.dialup.mindspring.com>  < In article <3AD4DC24.EA4EF387@mmaz.com>, "Barry Treahy, Jr." <treahy@mmaz.com> wrote:   > Rob Buxton wrote:p > D > > I had to replace a KZCCA Configuration here with HSD Technology. > >- > N > After a lengthy off-line discussion with Rob, this adapter may or may not be > a great idea.c > D > Allow me to toss out another question.  I need good Ultrawide SCSIL > performance for a VAX 4000/100 and 4000/705.  The problem is that I made aH > conscious decision to move away from anything SW last fall.  Any otherJ > suggestions or recommendations that will get me to the point where I canM > support external Ultrawide SCSI devices without the need of SW's?  It wouldtN > seem that all of the DSSI to SCSI options require SW and even then, the SCSI, > bus speed will bottleneck at the DSSI, no?  N Um, what bus on a VAX 4000 has enough bandwidth to even come close to UW SCSI?F You've got Q-bus, DSSI, or ethernet.  Maybe an embedded HDSx gives youA SCSI without going through Q-bus, but it's still limited by DSSI.    I must be missing something...   --   Robert Deininger rdeininger@mindspring.coml   ------------------------------  # Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:12:40 GMT.4 From: "Terry C. Shannon" <terryshannon@mediaone.net>1 Subject: Re: London, England Technical Update Dayn< Message-ID: <Yp6B6.4838$%_1.1477009@typhoon.ne.mediaone.net>  = "Sue Skonetski" <susan.skonetski@compaq.com> wrote in message , news:ZRXA6.775$fB6.19551@news.cpqcorp.net...B > I can not give an honest answer to the question of will the same information L > be presented at DECUS Lisbon because I have not seen the presentations.  IL > am sure there will be some overlap, but none of the speakers are the same. >e > Suex >d  I That's right... if you want to hear Sue speak, you gotta go to the Londonl event!   ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:56:47 GMT 2 From: hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.nospam (Hoff Hoffman)> Subject: Re: Mozilla Crashes (was Re: VMS friendly website???)2 Message-ID: <jy3B6.812$fB6.20158@news.cpqcorp.net>  p In article <009FA62D.50B31BD9@SendSpamHere.ORG>, system@SendSpamHere.ORG (Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-) writes:H :The latest 0.8.1 is still little more than a DECWindows server crasher.  F   Weird.  I've been running various baselevels of Mozilla for a while B   now and haven't seen anything approaching this level of softwareD   cratering -- Mozilla has certainly fallen over on me on occasion, D   with the stability definitely improving over the various releases.  B   I'd tend to look at Mozilla and at the local DECwindows run-timeB   environment -- something looks weird, and like something we need
   to look at.   H :On the one platform where I was actually able to fire it up without theH :DECWindows server going belly-up, any pages with 3 or more .GIF images / :would cause an ACCVIO and process stack dump. e  F   I regularly display rather more than three GIFs -- the internal page:   that I used as a home page has several dozen GIFs on it.  H   Mozilla and a custom LOGINOUT bitmap I created a while back did exposeE   a bug in the DECwindows LOGINOUT image; the image was not correctly.    freeing up colormap entries...  N  ---------------------------- #include <rtfaq.h> -----------------------------N       For additional, please see the OpenVMS FAQ -- www.openvms.compaq.com    N  --------------------------- pure personal opinion ---------------------------L    Hoff (Stephen) Hoffman   OpenVMS Engineering   hoffman#xdelta.zko.dec.com   ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 21:41:32 GMT = From: system@SendSpamHere.ORG (Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-)a> Subject: Re: Mozilla Crashes (was Re: VMS friendly website???)0 Message-ID: <009FA637.1C04ED42@SendSpamHere.ORG>  g In article <jy3B6.812$fB6.20158@news.cpqcorp.net>, hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.nospam (Hoff Hoffman) writes:sq >In article <009FA62D.50B31BD9@SendSpamHere.ORG>, system@SendSpamHere.ORG (Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-) writes:sI >:The latest 0.8.1 is still little more than a DECWindows server crasher.r >dG >  Weird.  I've been running various baselevels of Mozilla for a while oC >  now and haven't seen anything approaching this level of softwarehE >  cratering -- Mozilla has certainly fallen over on me on occasion, ,E >  with the stability definitely improving over the various releases.t >eC >  I'd tend to look at Mozilla and at the local DECwindows run-timeaC >  environment -- something looks weird, and like something we need. >  to look at.  D I don't believe that I'm the first to report that Moz does more than kill the DECWindows server.     I >:On the one platform where I was actually able to fire it up without theaI >:DECWindows server going belly-up, any pages with 3 or more .GIF images f0 >:would cause an ACCVIO and process stack dump.  >tG >  I regularly display rather more than three GIFs -- the internal page ; >  that I used as a home page has several dozen GIFs on it.q  H ... and your workstation is a GS160 with how many terrabytes of physical mem?  ;)    F I never got my problems with Netscape trashing fonts when run resolvedF so I'm not holding out hope for Moz.  The environment is a simple one.E AlphaServer 200 4/233, 384MB of memory, ZXLp-E1/E2/E3 (tried 'em all)a and V7.1-2 and V7.2-1.  F I know, 384MB isn't supported ... only 192MB.  Well, that's been tried too...   --O VAXman- OpenVMS APE certification number: AAA-0001     VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COMi            .O city, n., 1. a place where trees are cut down and streets are named after them.a   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:08:35 +0100 5 From: "Donald Elliot" <donald.elliot@virginnet.co.uk> @ Subject: OSU HTTPD 3.9 directory browsing - show me the versions- Message-ID: <8Y1B6.8860$1l3.61708@news1-hme0>   H Anybody know how to make this web server list multiple versions of filesI without resorting to major surgery ? At the momement in default directoryvE browsing mode ( which now uses the http_directory.conf script), it iseK possible to specify display of the file name, size and date. The problem isvF it only shows the most recent version. I would like to be able to listE multiple versions as I am creating .pdf files for users to view theirrL reports on-line, and lazily want them to be able to view previous day / week1 /month reports without creating static web pages.n  @ Interestingly, you can access the previous version by specifying: http://<directory>/<file>;-1 etc ! which amused me anyway.   Thanks for any helps   Regards,  
 Donald Elliotc   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 19:45:07 +0100p+ From: "antonio.carlini" <arcarlini@iee.org>:< Subject: Re: Q: Converting a VAX 6000-420 to a VAX 6000-620?' Message-ID: <3AD4A633.EC6EB27B@iee.org>k   Brian Chase wrote:D > Yeah, if you could get the part numbers for both cables, that'd beL > helpful.  The reseller with which I'm dealing has asked for the numbers so9 > they can be sure I get my T2019 with everything I need.   0 I'll scan the page with the picture and mail you1 the result if you like. Mail me when I forget :-)D  4 Basically the cable is (allegedly) blue and fixed on with four screws.b  , I'll look again for the part number now that, I can see what it looks like from the manual" but it may not actually be listed.   AntonioN   --     ---------------n- Antonio Carlini             arcarlini@iee.orge   ------------------------------    Date: 12 Apr 2001 03:43:06 +0800, From: Paul Repacholi <prep@prep.synonet.com> Subject: Re: Silent Suna- Message-ID: <873dbfdxyt.fsf@prep.synonet.com>u  2 andrew harrison <andrew.nospam@uk.sun.com> writes:  B > Given Compaqs tendency to ignore OpenVMS completely do you thinkD > that they are refering to all their ftp services on all their OS'sD > in this response. Or are they as is generally the case refering to > Tru64.  B Andrew, get a clue. Even *IF* the VMS TCP v5 ftp server was totalyH stuffed and rortable, all they would get is a very cripled user account.   -- :< Paul Repacholi                               1 Crescent Rd.,7 +61 (08) 9257-1001                           Kalamunda. @                                              West Australia 6076. Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked.   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 23:13:38 -0400U4 From: "Mark Buda" <buda@tabasco.zko.dec.no.spam.com> Subject: Re: SMP_SPINWAIT_, Message-ID: <9b36h5$16ka$1@lead.zk3.dec.com>   SMP_SPINWAIT  D SMP_SPINWAIT establishes, in 10-microsecond intervals, the amount ofA time a CPU in an SMP system normally waits for access to a shared - resource. This process is called spinwaiting.   ( A timeout causes a CPUSPINWAIT bugcheck.  H The default value is 100 milliseconds (10,000 10-microsecond intervals).    - mark     - <jamese@beast.dtsw.army.mil> wrote in message5* news:01041112581666@beast.dtsw.army.mil... > Hello, > 5 > I received this URL to the new OpenVMS Times today: 7 > http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvmstimes/index.htmlL >=6 > In it there is an "OpenVMS Tech Tips" box that says: >'; >     If your Alpha system has more than one CPU, make sure 5 >     SYSGEN parameter SMP_SPINWAIT is set to 3000000I > & >     -- Guy Peleg, OpenVMS Ambassador >  > Well, I am running:D >L. >     AlphaServer 4000 5/400 4MB VMS  V7.1-1H1 >- > which has: >GG > Parameter Name         Current    Default     Min.      Max.     Unit  DynamicSH > --------------         -------    -------    -------   -------   ----  ------- D > SMP_SPINWAIT             100000     100000         1    8388607 10 usec.N > B > The only references to SMP_SPINWAIT I can find in DSNLINK are in releaseKH > notes for versions 6.2 and later.  They describe a problem if you haveB > an SMP system with CIPCA adapters and say to set SMP_SPINWAIT to 300000.S- > This is a standalone system without CIPCAs.  >V9 > Does anyone have any other information on SMP_SPINWAIT?  >R > Thank you very much, >"< > Ed James                           ed.james@telecomsys.com7 > TeleCommunications Systems, Inc.   voice 410-295-1919B= > 2024 West Street, Suite 300              800-810-0827 x191907 > Annapolis, MD 21401-3556           fax   410-280-1094  >    ------------------------------    Date: 12 Apr 2001 00:14:24 -0500+ From: young_r@encompasserve.org (Rob Young)  Subject: Re: SMP_SPINWAITE3 Message-ID: <UXyZhsm0jLk8@eisner.encompasserve.org>"   Ed,   : 	You typed 3000000 , the value in OpenVMS Times is 300000.  ; 	So this would mean jack it from 100 to 300 milliseconds as  	per Mark's calculation.   				Robg  c In article <9b36h5$16ka$1@lead.zk3.dec.com>, "Mark Buda" <buda@tabasco.zko.dec.no.spam.com> writes:A > SMP_SPINWAIT > F > SMP_SPINWAIT establishes, in 10-microsecond intervals, the amount ofC > time a CPU in an SMP system normally waits for access to a shared// > resource. This process is called spinwaiting.  > * > A timeout causes a CPUSPINWAIT bugcheck. > J > The default value is 100 milliseconds (10,000 10-microsecond intervals). > 	 >  - marki >  > / > <jamese@beast.dtsw.army.mil> wrote in message , > news:01041112581666@beast.dtsw.army.mil...	 >> Hello,O >>6 >> I received this URL to the new OpenVMS Times today:8 >> http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvmstimes/index.html >>7 >> In it there is an "OpenVMS Tech Tips" box that says:t >>< >>     If your Alpha system has more than one CPU, make sure6 >>     SYSGEN parameter SMP_SPINWAIT is set to 3000000 >>' >>     -- Guy Peleg, OpenVMS Ambassadorm >> >> Well, I am running: >>/ >>     AlphaServer 4000 5/400 4MB VMS  V7.1-1H1  >>
 >> which has:g >>H >> Parameter Name         Current    Default     Min.      Max.     Unit	 > DynamictI >> --------------         -------    -------    -------   -------   ---- r	 > ------- E >> SMP_SPINWAIT             100000     100000         1    8388607 10  > usec.N >>C >> The only references to SMP_SPINWAIT I can find in DSNLINK are in/	 > releasesI >> notes for versions 6.2 and later.  They describe a problem if you have:C >> an SMP system with CIPCA adapters and say to set SMP_SPINWAIT tof	 > 300000. . >> This is a standalone system without CIPCAs. >>: >> Does anyone have any other information on SMP_SPINWAIT? >> >> Thank you very much,w >>= >> Ed James                           ed.james@telecomsys.como8 >> TeleCommunications Systems, Inc.   voice 410-295-1919> >> 2024 West Street, Suite 300              800-810-0827 x19198 >> Annapolis, MD 21401-3556           fax   410-280-1094 >> >    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:55:09 -0400r2 From: rdeininger@mindspring.com (Robert Deininger)< Subject: Re: Solaris tmpfs (was Re: VMS-Related: Affordable)L Message-ID: <rdeininger-1204010055090001@user-2ive63a.dialup.mindspring.com>  3 In article <sjDaVOb2EaLH@eisner.encompasserve.org>,t, young_r@encompasserve.org (Rob Young) wrote:     >  >         Do I get a do over?. > . >         If you check out slide 50 , you see: > 8 >                 "Mixing Decram and non-Decram devices" > < >                 Can be shadowed but it remains unsupported > 7 >                 Will be supported in a future releaseo > E >         Since 7.3 is "almost soup", is that what we are looking at?     E I just installed DECram on a couple of nodes this evening, and took a J quick trip through the docs.  It definitely tells how to shadow  RAM disksI and regular disks, and gives examples of when it might be appropriate.  I F haven't tried it myself; I don't have a system with as much RAM as its smallest disk.  ? The are cautions about being up-to-date with shadowing patches.   G I don't recall exactly what it said about actual support of mixed-media 
 shadowing.    I Slight shift in topic:  does anyone know why DECram insists on installing1F itself in the system-specific directories instead of the common ones? I It's a waste of time to repeat the installation once per node, and wasteseD some space.  Worse, I've had a Very Bad Experience when I created anI MSCP-served RAM disk on one node (unit number > 999) when some satellites D in the cluster didn't have DECram installed.  Basically, the clusterI exploded.  Some nodes hung, some crashed, and some went into reboot-crash?H loops.  I've not had a spare cluster to repeat the experiement.  If thisG is repeatable, it means you mustn't add a satellite to a cluster if anyaH node has ever created a served RAM disk since boot time.  There seems to9 be no way to install DECram before booting the satellite..  @ The only file I've found that _needs_ to be node-specific is theD DECRAM$RECOVER file.  The others are read-only, exact copies of each other.   Almost as annoying as DECevent.d   -- o Robert Deininger rdeininger@mindspring.com:   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 19:23:30 -0500 $ From: "del cecchi" <dcecchi@msn.com> Subject: Re: Status of EV72 Message-ID: <cA6B6.215$5B2.5556@eagle.america.net>  G Cave dood, we missed you.  No good flame wars in ages, just some stupidYE trolls crossposting to comp.arch and comp.advocacy.linux or whatever.hE How ya been, and why did you drag this dead decayed thread out of theD archives to be resurrected?-  D What is happening with EV7 anyway?  :-)  :-)  364 hardware done yet?  
 del cecchi  1 "Caveman" <plugh@NO.SPAM.PLEASE> wrote in messagei* news:oGRA6.328$zq1.157648@nnrp2.sbc.net...3 > In article <969dkb$sp0$1@ausnews.austin.ibm.com>, + > McCalpin <mccalpin@austin.ibm.com> wrote:i3 > >In article <961bk4$odm$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk>,s, > >Nick Maclaren <nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote: > >>D > >>The Hitachi SR2201 has 4 MB/sec per MFlop, all the way from mainB > >>memory (actually it bypasses cache in pseudovectorising mode).D > >>Experience is that this was more than adequate (except for a few@ > >>inner loops), but that dropping below 2 starts to be a major > >>bottleneck.t > >eG > >Only if you don't have large caches (or don't know how to use them).  > [...}e >eC > Actually I would argue with both of you that you are both way too  > caught up in technology. > B > First of all, there are very few sparsely populated problem setsB > which can't be reduced dramatically in computational workload byB > a creative human mind.  On the other hand, cache and RAM tend toC > be each something which has to be made use of in some nonportable.	 > manner.s >nG > Cache requires maximizing locality of reference and reuse of results,tG > while RAM requires optimum stride if it's interleaved enough, say 512a > ways.n >uH > On the other hand, neither is all that useful when you're dealing withH > the increasingly usual case of a supercomputer (ab)used in timesharingD > operating mode, or programmed by a grad student who doesn't have a clueE > as to any of the above, not a slam against free labor, just that it H > takes a lot of experience to master these relationships and the talent0 > pool is rather shallow in the Real World (tm). >e >i > --F >      "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when' >       the need for illusion is deep."D >           -- Saul Bellow >a   ------------------------------   Date: 11 Apr 2001 14:36:19 CDT= From: wayne@tachysoft.xxx.065234.killspam.015d (Wayne Sewell)e@ Subject: Re: strange behaviour of DIRECTORY with long file names. Message-ID: <eOM9G5WMTNiM@tachxxsoftxxconsult>  J In article <3AD40F59.25EB76FA@ims.ch>, Didier Morandi <Dmo@ims.ch> writes: > JF,  > 0 > How do you succeed to use the caret character?# > Which OpenVMS version do you use?h >  > D. > ? > ISLKP2_dmo> crea Ceci_est_un_exemple_de_fichier_comportant^.aeO > %DCL-W-PARMDEL, invalid parameter delimiter - check use of special characters_ >  \^\ >  >  > Jean-Francois Marchal wrote: >>  A >> I tried to create some long file names to test an application.1 > .../..  J ODS-5, with long filenames and weird characters, is allowed in vms 7.2 andO later.  In order to create/access/manipulate such file names from dcl, you neede to do:     $ set proc/parse=extended   D Note: a volume must be initialized as ODS-5 for any of this to work.    P Disk HARDY$DKB100:, device type RZ26L, is online, mounted, file-oriented device,K     shareable, served to cluster via MSCP Server, error logging is enabled.   O     Error count                    0    Operations completed              18064 O     Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]nO     Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot            S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G:R,WeO     Reference count                1    Default buffer size                 512nO     Total blocks             2050860    Sectors per track                    83 O     Total cylinders             3089    Tracks per cylinder                   8   O     Volume label         "BILLYDISK"    Relative volume number                0aO     Cluster size                   3    Transaction count                     1oO     Free blocks              1831302    Maximum files allowed            256357dO     Extend quantity                5    Mount count                           8aO     Mount status              System    Cache name       "_HARDY$DKA0:XQPCACHE"gO     Extent cache size             64    Maximum blocks in extent cache   183130 O     File ID cache size            64    Blocks currently in extent cache      0IO     Quota cache size               0    Maximum buffers in FCP cache       1240NO     Volume owner UIC         [WAYNE]    Vol Prot    S:RWCD,O:RWCD,G:RWCD,W:RWCDi  J   Volume Status:  ODS-5, subject to mount verification, write-back caching       enabled.L   Volume is also mounted on LARRY, CURLY, GROCHO, HARPO, CHICO, LAUREL, MOE.     Directory BILLYDISK:[000000]  O 000000.DIR;1        a.DIR;1             BACKUP.SYS;1        BADBLK.SYS;1       -O BADLOG.SYS;1        BILLYDISK.DIR;1     BITMAP.SYS;1        CONTIN.SYS;1       d CORIMG.SYS;1         Dir^!With^#Every^&Possible^'Char^(Such^)As^+And^@And^{And^}And^.And^,And^`And^;And^[And^]And^%And^^And^=And^_And^86And^U4321Whew.DIR;1X HeresADirectoryForAllTheGarbageToGoInto.DIR;1               HeresAnother_directory.DIR;1Z Huncher^&Muncher.DIR;1                  INDEXF.SYS;1        OctoberTheFirstIsTooLate.DIR;1[ restore^_the.DIR;1  RESTORE.DIR;1       SECURITY.SYS;1      SomethingEvilThisWayComes.DIR;1m< VOLSET.SYS;1        Whatsa^[Matta^%U^]IsA^;GreatPlace.DIR;1    Total of 21 files.   Directory BILLYDISK:[a]i   b.DIR;1                Total of 1 file.   Directory BILLYDISK:[a.b]l   c.DIR;1                Total of 1 file.   Directory BILLYDISK:[a.b.c]i   d.DIR;1                Total of 1 file.   Directory BILLYDISK:[a.b.c.d]    e.DIR;1                Total of 1 file.   Directory BILLYDISK:[a.b.c.d.e]e   f.DIR;1                Total of 1 file.  ! Directory BILLYDISK:[a.b.c.d.e.f]    g.DIR;1                Total of 1 file.  # Directory BILLYDISK:[a.b.c.d.e.f.g].   h.DIR;1                Total of 1 file.  % Directory BILLYDISK:[a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h]C   i.DIR;1                Total of 1 file.  ' Directory BILLYDISK:[a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h.i]h   j.DIR;1                Total of 1 file.  ) Directory BILLYDISK:[a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h.i.j]o   k.DIR;1                Total of 1 file.  + Directory BILLYDISK:[a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h.i.j.k]h   l.DIR;1                Total of 1 file.  - Directory BILLYDISK:[a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h.i.j.k.l]    m.DIR;1                Total of 1 file.  / Directory BILLYDISK:[a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h.i.j.k.l.m]e   n.DIR;1                Total of 1 file.  1 Directory BILLYDISK:[a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h.i.j.k.l.m.n]   < Let^'sPutAFile.InHereToo;1              o.DIR;1                Total of 2 files.E  ! Directory HARDY$DKB100:[3046,2,0]a     SubDir^!With^#Every^&Possible^'Char^(Such^)As^+And^@And^{And^}And^.And^,And^`And^;And^[And^]And^%And^^And^=And^_And^86And^U4321Whew.DIR;1A   Total of 1 file.  ! Directory HARDY$DKB100:[3047,2,0]      File^!With^#Every^&Possible^'Char^(Such^)As^+And^@And^{And^}And^.And^,And^`And^;And^[And^]And^%And^^And^=And^_And^86And^U4321Whew.That^'sAll;1O Here^'sJustAnother.File;1               honk^%hat.file;8    honk^%hat.file;7   9O honk^%hat.file;6    honk^%hat.file;5    honk^%hat.file;4    honk^%hat.file;3   s( honk^%hat.file;2    honk^%hat.file;1       Total of 10 files.  = Directory BILLYDISK:[HeresADirectoryForAllTheGarbageToGoInto]   G AVeryLongDirectoryNameWhichHasNothingToDoWithAnythingInParticular.DIR;1e( Linux.DIR;1         my^[file.;1          ThisIsAVeryLongFileNameAndItWillGoOnAndOnAndOnAndOnAndOnAndOnAndOnAndOnAndOnAndOnAndOnAndOnAndOnAndOnAndOnAndOn-WellIGuessYouGetTheIdea.Junk;1O Whoopee.Fish;4      Whoopee.Fish;3      Whoopee.Fish;2      Whoopee.Fish;1     a   Total of 10 files.   Directory BILLYDISK:[HeresADirectoryForAllTheGarbageToGoInto.AVeryLongDirectoryNameWhichHasNothingToDoWithAnythingInParticular]o  ( BuryMeOnTheLonePrairie.YaddaYadda;1        Total of 1 file.  , Directory BILLYDISK:[HeresAnother_directory]  R Lets^&Try^,All^.The^]Escaped^[Characters.In^;One^^Silly^%File^_Name^U012FWhoopee;1X Lets^&Try^,All^.The^]Escaped^[Characters.In^;One^^Silly^%File^_Name^U012FWhoopeeCYadda;1Z Lets^&Try^,All^.The^]Escaped^[Characters.In^;One^^Silly^%File^_Name^U012FWhoopee^85Yadda;1   Total of 4 files.u  & Directory BILLYDISK:[Huncher^&Muncher]  T This^(Is^@Even.Sillier;1                YabbaDabba.Do;1     Yak^+Yak.AndAnotherYak;1   Total of 3 files.e  . Directory BILLYDISK:[OctoberTheFirstIsTooLate]  < Yak^+Yak.AndAnotherYak;1                YesIt.Is;1             Total of 2 files.r  " Directory BILLYDISK:[restore^_the]   ODS5^_files.DIR;1      Total of 1 file.  . Directory BILLYDISK:[restore^_the.ODS5^_files]   YabbaDabba.Do;1        Total of 1 file.  / Directory BILLYDISK:[SomethingEvilThisWayComes]   < TheNumberoftheBeastIsSixSixSix.YouBetcha;1                     Total of 1 file.  7 Directory BILLYDISK:[Whatsa^[Matta^%U^]IsA^;GreatPlace]0  g DontYou^;Think.DIR;1                    Test4^.3.2;1        This^.File^.Name^.Has^.A^.Lot^.Of.Periods;1s   Total of 3 files.w  F Directory BILLYDISK:[Whatsa^[Matta^%U^]IsA^;GreatPlace.DontYou^;Think]  ( HowNow.BrownCow;1   Test4^.3.2;1               -- rO ===============================================================================eM Wayne Sewell, Tachyon Software Consulting  (281)812-0738  wayne@tachysoft.xxxn: http://www.tachysoft.xxx/www/tachyon.html and wayne.html  K change .xxx to .com in addresses above, assuming you are not a spambot  :-)oO =============================================================================== B Jed Clampett, checking into hotel: "This place got a cement pond?"+ Ellie May: "And do yuh let critters in it?"o   ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 18:22:45 GMT14 From: LESLIE@209-16-45-102.insync.net (Jerry Leslie)0 Subject: Re: TCP/IP 5.0A/ECO 2 FTP "425" Failure) Message-ID: <Vh1B6.1496$%L5.25127@insync>e  * Jerry Leslie (leslie@clio.rice.edu) wrote:A : FTP's from an ALPHA running TCP/IP 5.0A - ECO 2 work once afterS : reboot, and then fail with:c : 7 :   425-Can't build data connection for 149.183.27.53,0g. :   425 remote node is not currently reachable :   @ This problem does NOT occur when the ftp server is a unix system
 (AIX 3.2.5).;   / --Jerry Leslie   leslie@209-16-45-97.insync.net ;                  leslie@209-16-45-102.insync.net is invalid 2                  (my opinions are strictly my own)   ------------------------------  # Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 01:55:44 GMTr4 From: LESLIE@209-16-45-102.insync.net (Jerry Leslie)0 Subject: Re: TCP/IP 5.0A/ECO 2 FTP "425" Failure) Message-ID: <AW7B6.1509$%L5.25013@insync>s  * Jerry Leslie (leslie@clio.rice.edu) wrote:A : FTP's from an ALPHA running TCP/IP 5.0A - ECO 2 work once after0 : reboot, and then fail with:  : 7 :   425-Can't build data connection for 149.183.27.53,0 . :   425 remote node is not currently reachable : I : where 149.183.27.53 is the IP address of the ALPHA, which is reachable,M : per an FTP to itself.0 : 0 : Is this a known problem fixed by a later ECO ? :   B This problem was apparently due to the client's firewall chsnging  the FTP mode to passive.  8 This problem was fixed by TCP/IP 5.1'S "set passive on".  / --Jerry Leslie   leslie@209-16-45-97.insync.netI;                  leslie@209-16-45-102.insync.net is invalid 2                  (my opinions are strictly my own)   ------------------------------   Date: 11 Apr 2001 23:18:34 GMT# From: The Pit Boss<thepit@boss.com>m Subject: The Sands PAYS OUT!0 Message-ID: <9b2ooa$vn$14000@ctb-nnrp1.saix.net>  4 There's always good news at The Sands Online Casino.5 For all the news about FREE DOWNLOADS, FREE GIVEAWAYS-? and loads of REAL CASH, click on the link below to enjoy the 3Dr; virtual casino environment - like you've never seen before!S  8 Click this link now: http://www.sandsofthecaribbean.com    Good luck and enjoy!   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 07:30:01 +0200k! From: Didier Morandi <Dmo@ims.ch> 4 Subject: VAX 4000-100: diode 4 on and no OPA0 access& Message-ID: <3AD53D59.FD0C7F07@ims.ch>  < (extracted from fr.comp.os.vms, cross posted to comp.os.vms)   Subject: MicroVax 4000% Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 19:51:18 +0200e# From: "Nico" <pubs@netcourrier.com>s( Organization:[Posted via] Easynet France Newsgroups: fr.comp.os.vms References: 1 , 2g  N I have a "new" hobbyist VAX 4000-100 at home. When booted, I can't access OPA0O from my PC. No nothing. I use Reflexion. I am sure of the cable and settings. IsN tried all speeds. I believe that there is a material problem. There are diodesP in the back and it leaves diode 4 on. I looked on a VAX in production here in myN office and there is only the large diode which is on. Where can I find details/ on these diodes and how can I have this fixed? I  
 Thank you. Nico (Paris)  < Translated with BabelFish (with a little help from a friend)   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:54:25 -0400,- From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca>0$ Subject: Re: VMS friendly website???, Message-ID: <3AD4B66F.C34FD38E@videotron.ca>   Island Computers US Corp wrote: J > Netscape is very touchy about things it doesn't recognise when a page is > designed in Frontpage.  J You got it the other way around. Frontpage makes sure it uses every coding1 technique it knows that causes Netscape problems.f  K If you're a netscape user and constantly hit sites that break down or crashdI netscape, you are more likely to switch to MS exploder (or so they hope).y  I Of course, whenever I hit a site that doesn't work, I just don't go thereCD anymore (or if I really need to go, I just save the HTML and get theM information from the HTML file and bypass all advertising etc). Their loss ifm$ they don't want to follow standards.   ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:22:30 GMT 2 From: hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.nospam (Hoff Hoffman)$ Subject: Re: VMS friendly website???2 Message-ID: <a23B6.810$fB6.20246@news.cpqcorp.net>  \ In article <3AD4B66F.C34FD38E@videotron.ca>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> writes:  :Island Computers US Corp wrote:K :> Netscape is very touchy about things it doesn't recognise when a page isn :> designed in Frontpage.< :aK :You got it the other way around. Frontpage makes sure it uses every codingr2 :technique it knows that causes Netscape problems.  D   If you want to use a PC package to prototype your HTML, MacroMediaF   DreamWeaver is most definitely preferable to the Microsoft FrontPageE   package.  FrontPage loads the webpage with a wide and truely scareynI   variety of HTML tags and extensions and other cruft that Microsoft IIS w'   and Microsoft IE seem to like to see.D  E   Try two experiments: first, load a simple hand-coded HTML page intotB   DreamWeaver and into FrontPage, and then write out the HTML to a>   file.  Look at what each tool actually writes into the file.@   Second, run one of the available W3C tools to verify the HTML E   against the standards, and confirm that your code carefully followsaC   the standards -- this tends to mean that problems that arise withs9   the page are browser problems and not website problems.i  ?   But this entire discussion is off-topic for comp.os.vms... Toh@   maintain at least some OpenVMS content in this posting, I willE   mention I use the LSEDIT text editor to create or update the HTML, oE   but that statement clearly marks me as somewhat of an e-curmudgeon.P  B   Testing from Netscape V3 on OpenVMS as well as with the far moreI   recent Mozilla baselevels -- and specifically with Java and JavaScript lI   and cookies turned off, all as various folks run -- tends to be useful pA   at weeding out many of the more common problems with a website.s  N  ---------------------------- #include <rtfaq.h> -----------------------------N       For additional, please see the OpenVMS FAQ -- www.openvms.compaq.com    N  --------------------------- pure personal opinion ---------------------------L    Hoff (Stephen) Hoffman   OpenVMS Engineering   hoffman#xdelta.zko.dec.com   ------------------------------   Date: 11 Apr 2001 20:28:08 GMT1 From: bill@triangle.cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon).$ Subject: Re: VMS friendly website???, Message-ID: <9b2eoo$2php$1@info.cs.uofs.edu>  , In article <3AD4B66F.C34FD38E@videotron.ca>,0  JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> writes:" |> Island Computers US Corp wrote:M |> > Netscape is very touchy about things it doesn't recognise when a page iso |> > designed in Frontpage.l |> oM |> You got it the other way around. Frontpage makes sure it uses every coding 4 |> technique it knows that causes Netscape problems. |> hN |> If you're a netscape user and constantly hit sites that break down or crashL |> netscape, you are more likely to switch to MS exploder (or so they hope).  # Or you could use Opera.         :-)s   bill   --  J Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolvesD bill@cs.scranton.edu     |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton   |A Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>   y   ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:31:25 GMTi= From: system@SendSpamHere.ORG (Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-)u$ Subject: Re: VMS friendly website???0 Message-ID: <009FA62D.50B31BD9@SendSpamHere.ORG>  g In article <a23B6.810$fB6.20246@news.cpqcorp.net>, hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.nospam (Hoff Hoffman) writes: ] >In article <3AD4B66F.C34FD38E@videotron.ca>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> writes:f! >:Island Computers US Corp wrote: L >:> Netscape is very touchy about things it doesn't recognise when a page is >:> designed in Frontpage. >:L >:You got it the other way around. Frontpage makes sure it uses every coding3 >:technique it knows that causes Netscape problems.x >zE >  If you want to use a PC package to prototype your HTML, MacroMediaoG >  DreamWeaver is most definitely preferable to the Microsoft FrontPageeF >  package.  FrontPage loads the webpage with a wide and truely scareyJ >  variety of HTML tags and extensions and other cruft that Microsoft IIS ( >  and Microsoft IE seem to like to see. > F >  Try two experiments: first, load a simple hand-coded HTML page intoC >  DreamWeaver and into FrontPage, and then write out the HTML to aa? >  file.  Look at what each tool actually writes into the file.rA >  Second, run one of the available W3C tools to verify the HTML  F >  against the standards, and confirm that your code carefully followsD >  the standards -- this tends to mean that problems that arise with: >  the page are browser problems and not website problems. >l@ >  But this entire discussion is off-topic for comp.os.vms... ToA >  maintain at least some OpenVMS content in this posting, I willoF >  mention I use the LSEDIT text editor to create or update the HTML, F >  but that statement clearly marks me as somewhat of an e-curmudgeon. > C >  Testing from Netscape V3 on OpenVMS as well as with the far moreaJ >  recent Mozilla baselevels -- and specifically with Java and JavaScript   G The latest 0.8.1 is still little more than a DECWindows server crasher.nG On the one platform where I was actually able to fire it up without the G DECWindows server going belly-up, any pages with 3 or more .GIF images d. would cause an ACCVIO and process stack dump.   F I'm beginning to believe that we will never see a newer version of ANY+ browser -- save for perhaps Lynx -- on VMS.e   --O VAXman- OpenVMS APE certification number: AAA-0001     VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM:             O city, n., 1. a place where trees are cut down and streets are named after them.r   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 17:05:53 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca>8$ Subject: Re: VMS friendly website???, Message-ID: <3AD4C731.20F7178F@videotron.ca>   Hoff Hoffman wrote:DA >   But this entire discussion is off-topic for comp.os.vms... ToeB >   maintain at least some OpenVMS content in this posting, I willF >   mention I use the LSEDIT text editor to create or update the HTML,G >   but that statement clearly marks me as somewhat of an e-curmudgeon.n  D I have never used LSedit.  Is there a "plug-in" to LSEDIT for HTML ?  M Am I correct in stating that LSEDIT has modules for each computer language itn
 understands ?    ------------------------------    Date: 11 Apr 2001 14:27:10 -07001 From: nothome@spammers.are.scum (Malcolm Dunnett)t$ Subject: Re: VMS friendly website???, Message-ID: <T84cjy6rUcM4@malvm1.mala.bc.ca>  3 In article <a23B6.810$fB6.20246@news.cpqcorp.net>, C8     hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.nospam (Hoff Hoffman) writes: > A >   But this entire discussion is off-topic for comp.os.vms... TolB >   maintain at least some OpenVMS content in this posting, I willG >   mention I use the LSEDIT text editor to create or update the HTML, CG >   but that statement clearly marks me as somewhat of an e-curmudgeon.S > 7       What does that make those of us who use EDT then?i   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 01:09:13 -0400,2 From: rdeininger@mindspring.com (Robert Deininger)$ Subject: Re: VMS friendly website???L Message-ID: <rdeininger-1204010109130001@user-2ive63a.dialup.mindspring.com>  5 In article <3AD4C731.20F7178F@videotron.ca>, JF MezeiI% <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> wrote:s   > Hoff Hoffman wrote:^C > >   But this entire discussion is off-topic for comp.os.vms... TodD > >   maintain at least some OpenVMS content in this posting, I willH > >   mention I use the LSEDIT text editor to create or update the HTML,I > >   but that statement clearly marks me as somewhat of an e-curmudgeon.  > F > I have never used LSedit.  Is there a "plug-in" to LSEDIT for HTML ?  * Dunno.  From Hoff's post it sounds likely.  O > Am I correct in stating that LSEDIT has modules for each computer language it  > understands ?f  H Yes.  The LSE kit provides a bunch.  Some more come with various layeredI products.  And I'm pretty sure you can write your own from scratch, but Il haven't done it.   -- : Robert Deininger rdeininger@mindspring.comf   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 18:16:48 -0700a  From: don.nguyen@gensiasicor.com Subject: VMS Tape Restoration = Message-ID: <C72745CCD32BD2119AC700805F9FAD1301B5A55B@GSMAIL>f   Hello:  F We have a mandate to restore 280 tapes on our VMS system by the end ofL 04/01.  I am looking for professional who can bring the expertise to help usJ with strategy, technical support, and execution to achieve the above goal.I Please provide us leads to find the professional who can do the job well.    Thanks,    DonS   ------------------------------  # Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 02:09:16 GMT $ From: Scott Vieth <svieth@wi.rr.com>! Subject: Re: VMS Tape Restoration ) Message-ID: <3AD50E8A.9617B964@wi.rr.com>b   Don:  J You should really list your geographical location if you are interested inC finding some help.  I went to www.gensiasicor.com and it looks like ? you might be on the Left Coast.  Too far from Milwaukee for me.   ) Of course, I could always telecommute....v  . Restoring 280 tapes should be a piece of cake.  C I'm curious, why do you need to hire someone to restore tapes?  DidA? all of your operators quit?  *Someone* there should know how toi restore tapes....s  
 -Scott :^)  ! don.nguyen@gensiasicor.com wrote:^   > Hello: >]H > We have a mandate to restore 280 tapes on our VMS system by the end ofN > 04/01.  I am looking for professional who can bring the expertise to help usL > with strategy, technical support, and execution to achieve the above goal.K > Please provide us leads to find the professional who can do the job well.s >r	 > Thanks,l >G > Dono   ------------------------------  # Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 02:57:38 GMTu; From: "Curtis Rempel" <vmsguy.no.spam.here.please@home.com>V! Subject: Re: VMS Tape Restorationd< Message-ID: <CQ8B6.90107$wj1.1169436@news1.rdc1.ab.home.com>  1 "Scott Vieth" <svieth@wi.rr.com> wrote in message # news:3AD50E8A.9617B964@wi.rr.com...2 > Don: >eL > You should really list your geographical location if you are interested inE > finding some help.  I went to www.gensiasicor.com and it looks liketA > you might be on the Left Coast.  Too far from Milwaukee for me.o > + > Of course, I could always telecommute....e >i0 > Restoring 280 tapes should be a piece of cake.  ? Unless of course they were backed up using CPQ's ABS "product".E   >dE > I'm curious, why do you need to hire someone to restore tapes?  Did^A > all of your operators quit?  *Someone* there should know how top > restore tapes....  >4 > -Scott :^) >t# > don.nguyen@gensiasicor.com wrote:h >(
 > > Hello: > >1J > > We have a mandate to restore 280 tapes on our VMS system by the end ofH > > 04/01.  I am looking for professional who can bring the expertise to help us1H > > with strategy, technical support, and execution to achieve the above goal.:G > > Please provide us leads to find the professional who can do the jobI well.: > >o > > Thanks,_ > >] > > DonD >a   ------------------------------   Date: 11 Apr 2001 20:34:28 GMT% From: afeldman@elsewhere.gfigroup.comSI Subject: Re: Why set PYHSICALPAGES? (was: [Q] Adding Memory to a MV 3100)L* Message-ID: <9b2f4k$8jt$1@news.netmar.com>   JF Mezei wrote:R   Message 3 in thread - From: JF Mezei (jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca)^J Subject: Re: Why set PYHSICALPAGES? (was: [Q] Adding Memory to a MV 3100)  Newsgroups: comp.os.vmsu Date: 2001-04-10 14:32:24 PST   t [...other stuff cut...]-  E What happens when the stores PHYSICALPAGES is greater than the actual=I available memory ? Does VMS automatically adjust the memory size to match@ realK memory, or does it blindly assume that SYSGEN'S paramemer is correct at the.0 risk of writin to non existant physical memory ?   [end of quote]  N In this case, AUTOGEN bases its calculations on PHYSICALPAGES. AFAIK, VMS willG not write "to non-existent physical memory". The system will simply useiH whatever memory is there. You will simply end up with at best a mistunedJ system (modified page list too large, e.g.) and at worst, I would guess, a= very badly tuned system or perhaps even an unbootable system.i     Alan E. Feldman   &-)9 afeldman@elsewhere.gfigroup.coml   remove c elsewhere when replying by mail    O  -----  Posted via NewsOne.Net: Free (anonymous) Usenet News via the Web  -----cM   http://newsone.net/ -- Free reading and anonymous posting to 60,000+ groupsnI    NewsOne.Net prohibits users from posting spam.  If this or other postsfL made through NewsOne.Net violate posting guidelines, email abuse@newsone.net   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 07:18:22 +0200i! From: Didier Morandi <Dmo@ims.ch>r& Subject: Re: [Q] %SYSTEM-I-BOOTUPGRADE& Message-ID: <3AD53A9E.6C9A519C@ims.ch>   Hoff Hoffman wrote:L > L > In article <3AD42608.D7EC4610@ims.ch>, Didier Morandi <Dmo@ims.ch> writes:P > :I just upgraded an Alphaserver 4100 from 7.1 to 7.2-1 and when it rebooted, I > :got this message: > : ; > :%SYSTEM-I-BOOTUPGRADE, Coordinated startup not performed  > I >   It means that you seeing output from part of the OpenVMS upgrade, and8K >   it means that the OpenVMS upgrade is not performing a complete and full8F >   and normal upgrade.  This message is usually one of a selection ofD >   messages indicating that this is NOT a normal OpenVMS bootstrap.  P I understand. At the end of the upgrade, VMS did tell me that it will reboot and? do an AUTOGEN and then it will be fully upgraded and available.s > F >   If you really want to know the details  of this message, well, youI >   (should already) know how to do this yourself by simply poking aroundnJ >   inside the installation kit and inside the OpenVMS command procedures. >   (Not intending to be rude.)s  M Don't worry, Hoff. We know each other enough well (although we never met. Butb7 this will be done around the 15th of May, will not be?) C ((I'm not sure "will not be" is really correct but sounds nice :-))-   D. --  6 MORANDI Consultants, Swiss Quality Computer Consulting6 avenue de Granges-Paccot 2, 1700 Fribourg  Switzerland1     Tel: +41.79.705.46.70 - Fax: +41.26.465.13.58a4  Visit our Web site at http://Didier.Morandi.Free.fr   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2001.204 ************************