1 INFO-VAX	Tue, 06 Jul 2004	Volume 2004 : Issue 370       Contents:+ Re: Accuweather video mentions VMS (TWICE!)  Blogging on VMS ) Re: Compiling VAX simh under Fedora CORE2 ) Re: Compiling VAX simh under Fedora CORE2 & Re: Getting the RFA of Record in COBOL& Re: Getting the RFA of Record in COBOLG Re: HP beats IBM in new cluster Total Cost of Ownership comparisonstudy = Re: Intel Itanium's very survival in doubt - inquirer article 3 Re: interfacing dec basic to web based applications 3 Re: interfacing dec basic to web based applications  Re: Itanium Porting Class  Re: Itanium Porting Class " Re: RAID Array 450 and Controllers, Re: steadily increasing error count on TTA0:, Re: steadily increasing error count on TTA0:, Re: steadily increasing error count on TTA0: Re: XBitHack in SWS 2.0? Re: XBitHack in SWS 2.0? Re: XBitHack in SWS 2.0? Re: XBitHack in SWS 2.0?  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------   Date: 5 Jul 2004 20:28:23 -0700 . From: spamsink2001@yahoo.com (Alan E. Feldman)4 Subject: Re: Accuweather video mentions VMS (TWICE!)= Message-ID: <b096a4ee.0407051928.5e79ba07@posting.google.com>   U Nic Clews <spamthis@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:<ccbdel$9sg$1@lore.csc.com>...  > VAXman- wrote:r > > In article <b096a4ee.0407031452.44d1405a@posting.google.com>, spamsink2001@yahoo.com (Alan E. Feldman) writes: > > \ > >>VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote in message news:<00A34466.DF327C1B@SendSpamHere.ORG>... > >>r > >>>In article <b096a4ee.0407021651.2b10516@posting.google.com>, spamsink2001@yahoo.com (Alan E. Feldman) writes: > >>> ^ > >>>>VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote in message news:<00A343BD.30DC270B@SendSpamHere.ORG>... > >>>>x > >>>>>In article <cf15391e.0407020711.41e39aa2@posting.google.com>, keithparris_NOSPAM@yahoo.com (Keith Parris) writes: > >>>>> w > >>>>>>"Peter Weaver" <WeaverConsultingServices@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<2jogvgF13v4e6U1@uni-berlin.de>...  > >>>>>>N > >>>>>>>http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/brochures/accuweather/accunews.html > >>>>>>( > >>>>>>The URL for this has changed to:J > >>>>>>http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/brochures/accuweather/index.html > >>>>>  > >>>>>This is old news...   > >>" > >>So what?! First I heard of it! > >> > >>$ > >>>>>and the same .WMV file too ;( > >>H > >>Picky, picky, picky. You want to pick up the tab for the sequel? :%) > >  > >  > > No.  Just a usable format! > % > I have to agree with VAXman here...    It worked for me!   G > WMV or other funny formats are platform specific, how many times has  K > Windows said "downloading a codec" etc. for something you've viewed? How  9 > certain are you this isn't a "user is now viewing..." ?   F I've viewed so few videos from the Net that this has never happened toE me. I've had problems viewing videos, yes. But still this is great to D see HP promoting VMS, even if it's not the best possible effort. WhyD don't you ask them to remove the video and destroy it? Would that be better?   ? I'm not going to let the nitpickers ruin this for me. I enjoyed  watching it a lot.   > J > Mpeg is a STANDARD, no extra codecs to download, it works. DVD, that is K > Mpeg, digital broadcast is Mpeg, when you say pictures you say JPEG, not  " > some proprietary picture format. > G > Converters are available, but really, as the media player works with  ) > MPG, that should be the starting point.  > J > The cynical in me interprets the "more expensive to produce an mpeg" as J > Microsoft undercut hands down everything else because it implies a user F > lock in, and the user has to buy an M$ product to "share and enjoy". > K > It is anti competitive practice, being endorsed by the produces of these  K > little videos, nice as they are, yes it mentions VMS, but "if you're not  - > using Windows, you're not going to see it".   D But if you're using VMS you don't *need* to see it. Promoting VMS isD not anti-competitive. I'm all for a format that works on everything,D but I'm just glad to see hp put out something so positive about VMS.6 And if you don't like it, you can write a TPU program!  4 Would you prefer that there be no such video at all?  E > If you like, it implicitly mentions Windows, the entire duration...  >  > Mr. Picky?  C I don't understand this question. I don't believe I'm the one who's 1 being picky here. Or is this question for VAXMAN?    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 21:31:24 -0500 . From: Alphaman <alphaman-nix-spam@alphant.com> Subject: Blogging on VMS0 Message-ID: <10ek3nuck7b6f70@corp.supernews.com>   Hi all,   E For those interested, I've managed to successfully install and run a  < decent blogging package on OpenVMS.  I've got the following:  =   - AlphaServer 400 4/233, 192 MB RAM, 3 GB disk, OVMS v7.3-1    - SWS v2.0   - PHP v1.2*   - Pivot v1.14 (http://www.pivotlog.net/)  E and that's it.  Heck, the kit even comes in a ZIP file!  No TARs, no  C db's, no makefiles, no porting -- it just runs.  Well, okay, minor  I caveat -- I installed it on an ODS2 disk, so I had to go back and rename  A a handful of PHP include file references that were of the format  I "file.inc.php" to "file_inc.php".  They were extremely easy to find with  C a Search [...]*.php ".inc.php" and very few locations needed to be  E modified.  My suspicion is that this step won't be necessary with an  
 ODS5 disk.  H A couple other things, make sure that the <Directory> directive in your F httpd.conf points to a location that does NOT have a $ in the disk or A path (e.g., Disk$User0:[pivot] will generate a bunch of errors).  D Instead, I created a Pivot_Root logical (/translation=concealed, of C course); remember to put it in your SyLogicals.com so that it gets  I defined before SWS & PHP get started.  I'm still tweaking it, and have a  C couple items that aren't working (e.g., site stats errors off when  I referencing a phpsniff() call), but I think it's a matter of finding the  H right modules to be turned on in the php.ini file.  Also, I did have to H enable the php_pcre.exe in that file, after I got a lot of preg_match()  errors.   I Performance isn't anything to write home about, but then I am running on  7 a dated system and haven't done a stitch of tuning yet.   ( Hope someone else can benefit from this.  I (Before you ask, no, I'm not going to publish my blog as proof -- you'll  H just have to believe me that it works!  I'm using my blog as a personal / diary and a family service, not a public blog.)    Regards & enjoy, Aaron    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 13:38:24 -0700 + From: "Barry Treahy, Jr." <Treahy@MMaz.com> 2 Subject: Re: Compiling VAX simh under Fedora CORE2' Message-ID: <40E9BC40.5040303@MMaz.com>    Andrew Robert wrote:   > Barry Treahy, Jr. wrote: >  >> Andrew Robert wrote:  >> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> E >>> I have been trying to get the simh vax emulator to run on Fedora  & >>> CORE 2 but have had mixed success. >>>  >>> : >>> When I compile without network support, it works fine. >>> A >>> I am able to start the emulator, install the VMS OS, layered   >>> applications, etc. >>> B >>> When I compile the executable with the qualifier required for  >>> network support, I receive:  >>>  >>> A >>> [root@dhcp-0-7-e9-bc-5c-fc simh]# make USE_NETWORK=1  BIN/vax > >>> gcc -std=c99 -O2 -g -lm -D_GNU_SOURCE -I . VAX/vax_cpu1.c ; >>> VAX/vax_cpu.c VAX/vax_fpa.c VAX/vax_io.c VAX/vax_mmu.c  E >>> VAX/vax_stddev.c VAX/vax_sys.c VAX/vax_sysdev.c PDP11/pdp11_rl.c  H >>> PDP11/pdp11_rq.c PDP11/pdp11_ts.c PDP11/pdp11_dz.c PDP11/pdp11_lp.c H >>> PDP11/pdp11_tq.c PDP11/pdp11_pt.c PDP11/pdp11_xq.c PDP11/pdp11_ry.c D >>> scp.c sim_console.c sim_fio.c sim_timer.c sim_sock.c sim_tmxr.c B >>> sim_ether.c sim_tape.c -DVM_VAX -DUSE_INT64 -I VAX/ -I PDP11/ H >>> -DUSE_NETWORK -lpcap  -isystem /usr/local/include -L /usr/local/lib  >>> -o BIN/vax) >>> sim_ether.c: In function `eth_write': ? >>> sim_ether.c:768: warning: implicit declaration of function   >>> `pcap_sendpacket' : >>> /tmp/ccD7956D.o(.text+0xbd8): In function `eth_write':@ >>> /home/software/simh/sim_ether.c:768: undefined reference to  >>> `pcap_sendpacket' ' >>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status  >>> make: *** [BIN/vax] Error 1  >>> C >>> Itis obviously failing on pcap but I am not sure what to do to   >>> resolve the problem. >>> H >>> Any assistance you can provide on this would be greatly appreciated. >> >> >>I >> Knowing little about simh, I would 'guess' that the libpcap libraries  I >> and definitions are missing on your system.  PCAP, which is the linux  H >> libpcap software,  is used to place a NIC into promiscous mode, so I F >> would start by downloading and reinstalling the software.  You can  >> find it at: >> >> http://www.tcpdump.org/ >> >>E >  I checked the system and verified that both tcpdump and lpcap are   > installed. > I > Just in case, I used apt-get to verify the latest version is installed.  >  > > > [root@dhcp-0-7-e9-bc-5c-fc arobert]# apt-get install tcpdump > Reading Package Lists... Done " > Building Dependency Tree... Done( > tcpdump is already the newest version.> > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 4 not upgraded.> > [root@dhcp-0-7-e9-bc-5c-fc arobert]# apt-get install libpcap > Reading Package Lists... Done " > Building Dependency Tree... Done( > libpcap is already the newest version.> > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 4 not upgraded.& > [root@dhcp-0-7-e9-bc-5c-fc arobert]# > 4 > It would appear that that the latest is installed. > E This only proves that the apps are installed, not the source code or   definition files...    Barry    --    > Barry Treahy, Jr                       E-mail: Treahy@MMaz.com> Midwest Microwave                          Phone: 480/314-1320> Vice President & CIO                         FAX: 480/661-7028                            ------------------------------  * Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 21:24:33 +0000 (UTC)% From: Dan Foster <usenet@evilphb.org> 2 Subject: Re: Compiling VAX simh under Fedora CORE26 Message-ID: <slrncejhpq.1ae.usenet@gaia.roc2.gblx.net>  [ In article <10ej4gc8jo02c3e@corp.supernews.com>, Andrew Robert <arobert@townisp.com> wrote:  >>> J >>> When I compile the executable with the qualifier required for network  >>> support, I receive:  >>> A >>> [root@dhcp-0-7-e9-bc-5c-fc simh]# make USE_NETWORK=1  BIN/vax > >>> gcc -std=c99 -O2 -g -lm -D_GNU_SOURCE -I . VAX/vax_cpu1.c ; >>> VAX/vax_cpu.c VAX/vax_fpa.c VAX/vax_io.c VAX/vax_mmu.c  E >>> VAX/vax_stddev.c VAX/vax_sys.c VAX/vax_sysdev.c PDP11/pdp11_rl.c  H >>> PDP11/pdp11_rq.c PDP11/pdp11_ts.c PDP11/pdp11_dz.c PDP11/pdp11_lp.c H >>> PDP11/pdp11_tq.c PDP11/pdp11_pt.c PDP11/pdp11_xq.c PDP11/pdp11_ry.c D >>> scp.c sim_console.c sim_fio.c sim_timer.c sim_sock.c sim_tmxr.c B >>> sim_ether.c sim_tape.c -DVM_VAX -DUSE_INT64 -I VAX/ -I PDP11/ K >>> -DUSE_NETWORK -lpcap  -isystem /usr/local/include -L /usr/local/lib -o   >>> BIN/vax ) >>> sim_ether.c: In function `eth_write': ? >>> sim_ether.c:768: warning: implicit declaration of function   >>> `pcap_sendpacket' : >>> /tmp/ccD7956D.o(.text+0xbd8): In function `eth_write':@ >>> /home/software/simh/sim_ether.c:768: undefined reference to  >>> `pcap_sendpacket' ' >>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status  >>> make: *** [BIN/vax] Error 1  >>> K >>> Itis obviously failing on pcap but I am not sure what to do to resolve   >>> the problem.  G Yeah, I had that problem with building SIMH under Linux until I re-read G 0readme_ethernet.txt in the SIMH source directory which states you need E at least libpcap 0.9. Reason is simple -- there were some API changes  between pre-0.9 and 0.9.  F You may have libpcap installed, but chances are pretty good it's 0.8.3E or older. Use your distribution-specific package manager to check the " version for the installed library.  > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 4 not upgraded.& > [root@dhcp-0-7-e9-bc-5c-fc arobert]# > 4 > It would appear that that the latest is installed.  @ Well, it only tells you that you have *a* version installed; notB necessarily *the* latest version. Debian's idea of 'latest' in theB stable branch is not the same as latest that libpcap has to offer.  G If this is Debian and tracking the stable branch, then it's most likely  an older version.   ) In fact, from my Debian Sarge box, I see:   2 debian:~# apt-cache search libpcap|grep "^libpcap"D libpcap-dev - Development library for libpcap (transitional package)C libpcap-ruby1.6 - libpcap interface for scripting language Ruby 1.6 C libpcap-ruby1.8 - libpcap interface for scripting language Ruby 1.8 ; libpcap0.7 - System interface for user-level packet capture E libpcap0.7-dev - Development library and header files for libpcap 0.7 ; libpcap0.8 - System interface for user-level packet capture E libpcap0.8-dev - Development library and header files for libpcap 0.8    No mention of 0.9.  / You can also cross-verify the version by doing:    $ ls -l /usr/lib/libpcap*   " e.g. libpcap.so.0.8 => version 0.8   ...or:   $ apt-cache showpkg libpcap-dev   B I'm not sure if 0.9 is in either the unstable or testing branches.H Doubtful since 0.9 is still under development by the libpcap developers.  ; If they aren't in any branch, then you'll probably need to:    # apt-get remove libpcap-dev: # wget http://www.tcpdump.org/daily/libpcap-current.tar.gz 	(which is 0.9.0 or newer)  # tar zxf libpcap-current.tar.gz # cd libpcap-2004*
 # ./configure  # make # make install # cd .. 
 # ldconfig  H Then try the SIMH build again. Likely it'll work then, as it did for me.   -Dan  = (Posted to USENET and cc'd to original poster as a courtesy.)    ------------------------------  * Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:36:26 +0000 (UTC)3 From: "Richard Maher" <maher_rj@hotspamnotmail.com> / Subject: Re: Getting the RFA of Record in COBOL 0 Message-ID: <ccc739$j3l$1@sparta.btinternet.com>   Hi,   5 Unless, you're still on VAX then you can just say : -   < 01  sts_addr   pointer value reference rms-sts of your_file.  J Then you can subtract the sts offset from the "sts_addr" value to give youL the rab address and then add the RFA offset to get the 6 bytes you're after.  ? If you need more help then let us know. Off-line if you prefer.    Regards Richard Maher.  . dooley <dooleys@snowy.net.au> wrote in message7 news:1ca82fc6.0407042319.7c378b79@posting.google.com... , > lsk55@hotmail.com (Scott) wrote in message9 news:<926edf3b.0407030950.48f1f097@posting.google.com>... F > > I need a way to obtain the RFA of an indexed file record that I'veF > > just read from COBOL.  Anyone know of a way to do this?  Thanks so > > much!  --Scott; > If you call DCOB$RMS_CURRENT_FAB and DCOB$RMS_CURRENT_RAB @ > (each with a parameter of a pointer) it returns the address of@ > the current rab & fab. You will also need a rms$rab definition8 > to find the rfa. I hope you know what you are doing :) > Phil   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 18:08:15 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>/ Subject: Re: Getting the RFA of Record in COBOL + Message-ID: <40E9DF5F.A70B34E1@comcast.net>    Scott wrote: > D > I need a way to obtain the RFA of an indexed file record that I'veD > just read from COBOL.  Anyone know of a way to do this?  Thanks so > much!  --Scott  E Interesting question. I wonder if there is a routine in the BASIC RTL H called "BAS$GETRFA" that could be used. Then, you'd just have figure outG which register contains the result and issue the appropriate LIB$mumble * call to retrive the value in the register.  > ...or perhaps a "walk" through the RMS manual might be useful.   D.J.D.   ------------------------------  * Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:31:46 +0000 (UTC)3 From: "Richard Maher" <maher_rj@hotspamnotmail.com> P Subject: Re: HP beats IBM in new cluster Total Cost of Ownership comparisonstudy/ Message-ID: <ccc6qh$pdo$1@titan.btinternet.com>    Hi,   G Can everyone please stop replying to this prick? (Or at least take your - sexual tension to a newsgroup other than COV)   H Personally, I'd rather read the torrent of replies from the JF Mezei fanB club. (And that's saying something! At least it's less offensive.)  J I was in a pub at Monument the other day and saw three Sun employees, thatK appeared to be claiming to be Andrew Harrison, rolling around the floor and H laughing their tits off at the hoops that they can make loyal VMS peopleJ jump through just by plying this newsgroup with shite. (I'd always thoughtB that one person could not be responsible for that amount of crap.)   Regards Richard Maher.  D PS. Still, why pick on AH when so many of you feel the need to replyJ 10-times-a-day/every-fucking-day for the rest of your/our lives. (Not thatE my posts can be considered pearsl of wisdom but at least it's not the , Chinese water tourture) - I feel better now.  D Andrew Harrison <andrew_._remove_harrison@su_n.com> wrote in message* news:ccbvvh$jns$1@new-usenet.uk.sun.com... > Bob Ceculski wrote:  >  > E > > no, its by the customers who use the technology, and I think they D > > know more about their performance than you do ... you just don'tD > > like what the numbers add up to ... OpenVMS will always beat IBM? > > or sun or any other windoze/unix/linux garbage solution for 1 > > reliability, security and clustering and TCO!  > / > Sorry for the belated reply I have been busy.  > C > I am however rather glad to discover that despite knowing exactly G > what to expect you have volunteered to be the fall guy in yet another G > round of battering the TechWise reports until those who advocate that / > its worth reading them wish that they hadn't.  > % > Ignoring the truisms in the report:  > E > 1 That OpenVMS has fewer CERTS than AIX and therefor needs patching E > for CERTS less. True because OpenVMS security vunerabilities seldom ) > make it into a deciperable CERT report.  > H > 2 That AIX clusters a very likely to be managed by IBM global ServicesH > well knock me down with a feather and you needed a survey to work that
 > one out. >  > But lets get to the meat.  > D > There has in fact only been a tiny attempt to make ensure that theD > OpenVMS cluster and the AIX cluster are running similar workloads,F > self evident when you discover that 4 of the 9 specific applicationsF > listed as running in the AIX and OpenVMS clusters in fact do not run. > on OpenVMS. PeopleSoft, SAP, Sybase and DB2. > E > ERP tends to be one of the more complex environments to support for C > a commercial platform, the fact that none of the respondants were A > running ERP on OpenVMS while 39% were running ERP on AIX hardly C > helps the case of anyone who thinks that this report is worth the  > bits used to send it.  > C > Finally we get to costs, how do TechWise work out the cost of the F > the systems, well not as a proper TCO study by attempting to measureB > the actual costs for their respondants but by comparing the list& > prices of the DS25 and the IBM P615. > @ > Now guess what the DS25 with 2 CPU's at 678 SPECint per CPU is@ > cheaper than the 615 at 910 per CPU. IBM's previous generationA > Power 2 way with 750 Mhz CPU's and a result of 23495 has better 9 > SPECjbb2000 performance than the current DS25 at 21997.  >  > ; > 615 has chipkill and hot plugged PCI-X the DS25 PCI only.  >  > Etc etc etc. > = > This is the same old story, compare apples with oranges and > > the if your test is which fruit is orange and has a citrusie' > flavour then Oranges will always win.  > 	 > Regards  > Andrew Harrison  >    ------------------------------  $ Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:09:05 -0400* From: "Bill Todd" <billtodd@metrocast.net>F Subject: Re: Intel Itanium's very survival in doubt - inquirer article2 Message-ID: <LfmdnV7dqJbaTHTdRVn-gg@metrocast.net>  5 "Karsten Nyblad" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message ' news:ccbvhd$2huf$1@news.cybercity.dk...    ...   J > Your references show the same results as my search for references:  ThatJ > Intel does not say that IA64 is an industry standard architecture.  They are E > very close to and you have to read their papers carefully not to be  cheated.C > They let others write it, and seem pleased with them saying that.   K Indeed.  From nearly the beginning of their involvement, Intel has been far I more circumspect in establishing expectations for Itanic than HP has:  it G must be nice to have such an ardent cheerleader around to keep you from H having to over-hype your product yourself and then eat your words later.  F Back around 1994-5, Intel did, by reasonably reliable report, plan forJ Itanic to displace IA32 across the board (by about now).  And at that timeJ one of its senior VPs and recognized honchos (Albert Yu) issued a "We willI bury you!" kind of warning to the RISC crowd:  "If I were competitors I'd = really be worried. If you think you have a future, you don't" L (interestingly, the original source for this has vanished from Google, but a  couple of snippets still exist).  K (By the way, with respect to Intel's expectations for Merced, I just bumped L into this late 1999 article indicating that indeed they still viewed Merced,G specifically, as a real product with high-end application at that time: L http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/09/01/intel_claims_ia64_will_outperform/ .K Other gems that popped up included the IDC prediction in 2002 that, despite G its slow start, 1 out 4 servers shipped in 2004 would be Itanic-based - ; http://www.dqindia.com/content/top_stories/102041601.asp ).   K But, unlike HP, Intel seems to have learned at least a bit of humility from  Itanic over the years.   - bill   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 20:42:08 GMT 6 From: Jeffrey Coffield <jeffrey@digitalsynergyinc.com>< Subject: Re: interfacing dec basic to web based applications= Message-ID: <A2jGc.11590$Lp4.6043@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com>    Craig Marburger wrote:N > I have data in rms databases and that uses dec basic.  How would I interfaceN > the database with the internet(http web based).  What software or interfacesM > would I use to accomplish this?  Is there any web links with information on 9 > how to accomplish this.  I have tcpip, vms Version 7.2.  >  > Craig Marburger  > craig@marburgerdairy.com >  > G Check out the FastCGI module at www.digitalsynergyinc.com. We do a lot   of rms/dec basic web servers.   
 Jeff Coffield    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 17:18:56 -0500 6 From: "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry@mac.com.spamfooler>< Subject: Re: interfacing dec basic to web based applicationsI Message-ID: <craigberry-A186F3.17185605072004@news-east.dca.giganews.com>   B In article <Z0VFc.5195$oD3.5142@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,1  "Craig Marburger" <craigm2@earthlink.net> wrote:   N > I have data in rms databases and that uses dec basic.  How would I interfaceN > the database with the internet(http web based).  What software or interfacesM > would I use to accomplish this?  Is there any web links with information on 9 > how to accomplish this.  I have tcpip, vms Version 7.2.   D There's more than one way to do, and it largely depends on what the E architecture of your BASIC programs looks like.   If your RMS I/O is  D tightly intertwined with screen I/O, you'll have a tough time using D your existing code to present the data over the web.  Have a look at  3 http://h71000.www7.hp.com/ebusiness/technology.html   H especially the corner that lists Data/Application Access.  That;'s only F a representative sample, though, and there are a lot of other options G folks could recommend if you said a little more about exactly what you   want to do.    ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 21:56:36 GMT & From: John Reagan <john.reagan@hp.com>" Subject: Re: Itanium Porting Class1 Message-ID: <o8kGc.5327$O%7.228@news.cpqcorp.net>    Wayne Sewell wrote:   M > Is there a link to this program?  I can't find it from the regular DSPP VMS  > page.  >  >    www.hp.com/dspp   C Click on "HP and Intel Developer Forum 2004, North America" in the  ) Highlights on the right side of the page.   L http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/bus/bus_BusDetailPage_IDX/1,1252,6045,00.html  < I'll be there for Santa Clara (I was in Bedford MA as well).     --   John Reagan / HP Pascal/{A|I}MACRO for OpenVMS Project Leader  Hewlett-Packard Company    ------------------------------  $ Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 17:23:09 -0500( From: Wayne Sewell <wayne@tachysoft.com>" Subject: Re: Itanium Porting Class/ Message-ID: <00A3463D.34AB1124.5@tachysoft.com>   ' >From: John Reagan <john.reagan@hp.com> J >User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; OpenVMS COMPAQ_Professional_Workstation;* >            en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040621 >X-Accept-Language: en-us, en  >MIME-Version: 1.0 >X-Newsgroups: comp.os.vms# >Subject: Re: Itanium Porting Class      >Wayne Sewell wrote: > N >> Is there a link to this program?  I can't find it from the regular DSPP VMS >> page. >>   >>   >  >www.hp.com/dspp > D >Click on "HP and Intel Developer Forum 2004, North America" in the * >Highlights on the right side of the page. > M >http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/bus/bus_BusDetailPage_IDX/1,1252,6045,00.html  >   N Ah, okay.  I was looking on the vms-specific page, not the generic dspp page.  Thanks.     = >I'll be there for Santa Clara (I was in Bedford MA as well).   M Hey, maybe I'll see you there.  Haven't seen ya since the JPC days. You know,   back in the last millenium.  :-)  O =============================================================================== N Wayne Sewell, Tachyon Software Consulting  (281)812-0738   wayne@tachysoft.com; http://www.tachysoft.com/www/tachyon.html and wayne.html    O =============================================================================== P Larry(sniffing):"I smell something awful." Moe:"Yeah, well don't brag about it."   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 19:25:37 -0500 / From: Chris Scheers <chris@applied-synergy.com> + Subject: Re: RAID Array 450 and Controllers 3 Message-ID: <40E9F181.1620078B@applied-synergy.com>    Carl Karcher wrote:  > I > In a previous article, "Richard L. Dyson" <rick-dyson@uiowa.edu> wrote:  > L > ->Along these lines, does anyone know how to obtain the final software forM > ->an HSZ50 (that is what my RA450 came with BTW).  They discontinued it and N > ->it is not even orderable from HP.  I was told by the sales rep that as far; > ->as HP was concerned, it could be shared or copied, etc.  > ->M > ->I found a program to duplicate PCMCIA cards on a PC if I could ever get a G > ->copy of the v5.3Z (I think!) software that was the final release...  > K > It was V5.7Z. I have two cards of it. This version added support for 36GB 9 > drives. Contact me privately if you want to borrow one.     , Does anyone have the "-3" patches for V5.7Z?   Thanx!  G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- $ Chris Scheers, Applied Synergy, Inc.  C Voice: 817-237-3360            Internet: chris@applied-synergy.com     Fax: 817-237-3074    ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 17:54:11 GMT 4 From: Forrest Kenney <forrest_dot_kenney@hp_dot.com>5 Subject: Re: steadily increasing error count on TTA0: * Message-ID: <40E996F2.14056E30@hp_dot.com>  F     The terminal driver does not log any error information for failing terminal ports. I The only reason the error count will increase is if a character output or 	 echo does I not occur in a timely fashion.  The driver assumes that it can always get  a character J out at 10 Baud.  There is code in the driver to deal with being blocked by flow control.  I     The single most common reason for the error count to go up is failing 	 hardware. G But there have and are quite likely still some bugs in the various port  drivers that could cause this.   G     I did not see the original post so I don't know what VMS version or  what hardware you are using.    Forrest Kenney1 OpenVMS TTDRIVER, USB and a host of other drivers    ------------------------------  $ Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 17:31:05 +0200, From: "Hans Vlems" <hvlems.dotweg@zonnet.nl>5 Subject: Re: steadily increasing error count on TTA0: * Message-ID: <2ktl3aF6eu64U1@uni-berlin.de>  L "Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply" <helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de>1 schreef in bericht news:cc5qk5$qdr$1@online.de... ? > Device TTA0:, device type DECwindows input device, is online,  record-oriented : >     device, carriage control, operations being canceled. > > >     Error count                33471    Operations completed 8 3 >     Owner process    "DECW$SERVER_0"    Owner UIC  [SYSTEM]2 >     Owner process ID        204012CC    Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G,W = >     Reference count                1    Default buffer size  80 > + > The error count just keeps on increasing.  > E > At the moment, there is a VT320 connected as the console (currently G > switched off---I've been doing that for over a year with no problems) 8 > and no other terminal attached, graphics or otherwise. >  > I've NEVER seen this before. > ! > The machine seems OK otherwise.  > J > Restarting DECwindows doesn't help (it does restart, but the error countG > continues to increase).  Neither does just killing the owner process.  > I > What could cause this?  How can I prevent it?  What ill effects will it  > have?  > E > The error count is increasing at about 5--10 per second.  What will + > happen when its maximum value is reached?  >   J I don't get it Phillip. I have a VAXstation 3100-M48 and TTA0: is attached to the keyboard  (or the mouse, can't remember). F The first terminal port, the one immediately to the right of the video connector, is TTA3: H The owner of TTA0: is DECW$SERVER so DECwindows/MOTIF is up and running.  H Yet you write "there is a VT320 connected as the console""which seems to imply:+ - you have S3 switched in non-graphics mode D - TTA0: is the port connected to the VT320 that logs all the errors.K Which is what confuses me: running DECwindows is not compatible with having  a VT320 on TTA0:  K My guess is the device connected to TTA0 is toast. Most likely the keyboard  because it has 35 times   as many possibilities (buttons).   Hans   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 20:20:01 +0100 - From: John Laird <nospam@laird-towers.org.uk> 5 Subject: Re: steadily increasing error count on TTA0: 8 Message-ID: <qbaje01m86d5ub9kreho2sa27ocmfuqar1@4ax.com>  I On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 17:31:05 +0200, "Hans Vlems" <hvlems.dotweg@zonnet.nl>  wrote:  L >Which is what confuses me: running DECwindows is not compatible with having >a VT320 on TTA0:   F It is on an Alphastation, iirc.  As Forrest Kenney suggested, there isJ perhaps a problem with the serial line hardware.  I would first unplug the@ VT terminal and see if that has any effect.  After that, reboot.   --  ; Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.     Mail john rather than nospam...    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 14:06:55 -0500 . From: Alphaman <alphaman-nix-spam@alphant.com>! Subject: Re: XBitHack in SWS 2.0? 0 Message-ID: <10ej9mgge563s80@corp.supernews.com>  P > I haven't checked whether this actually works with SWS but if you use GNV then > you can e.g. >  > $ bash > bash$ ls -axl a.html? > -rw-r-----   1 NIGEL    40              0 Jul  5 17:56 a.html  > bash$ chmod 744 a.htmlQ > bash$ ls -axl a.htmll                                                           ? > -rwxr--r--   1 NIGEL    40              0 Jul  5 17:56 a.html  > O > This changes the VMS file protection from (RWED,RWED,R,R) to (RWED,RWED,R,R).  > R > I believe that XBitHack has been around a while certainly long before Apache 2.0' > & is really regarded as obsolete now.  >  > -- > Nigel Barker! > Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur   H You know, I tried setting the files so the VMS protection mask included G "E", but that made no diff in my output.  FWIW, I'm trying to restrict  D SSI's in SWS so that only specific pages get parsed, those with the G "execute bit" set.  That way I can turn off the wide-open way I've run  D my personal server for the past few years and only do SSI's where I  truly need them.  B So, from the sounds of it, the chmod +X is the equiv of a VMS set I file/prot=(*:E).  This leads me to wonder if something's not at fault in  G SWS.  Is anyone else using XBitHack for this and can they confirm that   it either works or doesn't?   D Okay, if XbitHack is deprecated, what should I use to replace it to I provide the kind of granularity that I want (short of having to rename a  I bunch of files & modify the corresponding links)?  I didn't see anything 7 else in the 2.0.47 manual...   Thanks,  Aarons   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 20:45:56 GMTEL From: winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU ("Alan Winston - SSRL Admin Cmptg Mgr")! Subject: Re: XBitHack in SWS 2.0?c6 Message-ID: <00A3461E.DC291EBD@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>  a In article <10eirppb0thflc0@corp.supernews.com>, Alphaman <alphaman-nix-spam@alphant.com> writes:n >Hi, > H >Has anyone tried using the XBitHack in Apache/SWS 2.0 yet?  If so, how J >do you set a file's eXecute bit, a la the old U*X 'chmod +X' kludge?  (I J >believe XbitHack was actually available earlier than 2.0, it's just that D >I'm now finally getting around to playing with it after upgrading.) > E >I've scoured the CRTL, the various involved release notes, the open ?I >source projects, the porting library, and googled my eyes blurry, but I -A >just can't figure it out.  I would not be surprised if it's not 0B >functional at all due to the absurdity of the concept from a VMS D >perspective, but if not, then XBitHack won't work.  Unless there's ; >another vehicle in place to fool it into working???  Hmmm?s  M XBitHack was there in earlier versions of SWS, and it didn't work.  I suspectmO that's still the case -- as you say, it just doesn't jibe with the way VMS doesm executables.  M (And think how much of a hack there'd have to be to make arbitrary text filessJ be considered as executables, parse the first line to see what to run themL with, and execute it - that'd be a _lot_ of work, even before redoing RMS toK support an executable bit.  [On second thought, if you were going to do theeM the first part, you could use an ACL entry to fake the executable bit, so you. wouldn't have to redo RMS.])   -- Alank   -- rO ===============================================================================v0  Alan Winston --- WINSTON@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDUM  Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL   Phone:  650/926-3056wM  Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA   94025 O ===============================================================================u   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 21:09:13 GMTwL From: winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU ("Alan Winston - SSRL Admin Cmptg Mgr")! Subject: Re: XBitHack in SWS 2.0?w6 Message-ID: <00A34622.1D202EB8@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>  a In article <10ej9mgge563s80@corp.supernews.com>, Alphaman <alphaman-nix-spam@alphant.com> writes: Q >> I haven't checked whether this actually works with SWS but if you use GNV thena >> you can e.g.  >> "	 >> $ basho >> bash$ ls -axl a.htmlw@ >> -rw-r-----   1 NIGEL    40              0 Jul  5 17:56 a.html >> bash$ chmod 744 a.htmlrR >> bash$ ls -axl a.htmll                                                          @ >> -rwxr--r--   1 NIGEL    40              0 Jul  5 17:56 a.html >> tP >> This changes the VMS file protection from (RWED,RWED,R,R) to (RWED,RWED,R,R). >> uS >> I believe that XBitHack has been around a while certainly long before Apache 2.0e( >> & is really regarded as obsolete now. >> A >> --e >> Nigel Barkerw" >> Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur > I >You know, I tried setting the files so the VMS protection mask included eH >"E", but that made no diff in my output.  FWIW, I'm trying to restrict E >SSI's in SWS so that only specific pages get parsed, those with the iH >"execute bit" set.  That way I can turn off the wide-open way I've run E >my personal server for the past few years and only do SSI's where I i >truly need them.o >iC >So, from the sounds of it, the chmod +X is the equiv of a VMS set  J >file/prot=(*:E).  This leads me to wonder if something's not at fault in H >SWS.  Is anyone else using XBitHack for this and can they confirm that  >it either works or doesn't? >oE >Okay, if XbitHack is deprecated, what should I use to replace it to  J >provide the kind of granularity that I want (short of having to rename a J >bunch of files & modify the corresponding links)?  I didn't see anything  >else in the 2.0.47 manual...   4 Huh.  If I understand what you're saying, you've got   AddHandler server-parsed .html  F and you're running SSI on every file, and you'd prefer not to do that.  I But you'd rather not rename the files where you really do want to run SSI K to, say, .shtml  and disable SSIs on all .html because you'd have to update-O all the links, including those from the outside world.  And for the same reasonnN you don't want to set some directories +Include and put only stuff you want to< run SSI on in there, since that would also change the links.    K I'm not clear whether you don't want to do it because it's too much work orIB because there are links from the outside world you can't control.   L I know of no answer as easy as XBitHack would be if it worked.  I don't knowN how many files you're talking about; if it's dozens, this suggestion will workM but be tedious; if it's hundreds, this suggestion will be a pain in the butt.a   AddHandler server-parsed .shtmli  D Rename each file you really want to run SSI on from filename.html to filename.shtml  J Use Mod_rewrite to make the server rewrite filename.html to filename.shtml   RewriteEngine On  * RewriteRule ^/path-to-file/filename.html \1              /path-to-file/filename.shtml [NC,PT]   M (This does the rewrite internally to the server and then continues processing K with the rewritten name as though it had been entered; NC does a case-blind M comparison on the path.  Unless you designed in some commonalities in the SSIe4 filenames, you'll need a RewriteRule for each file.)  N If memory serves, you can localize this with .htaccess files in each directoryM where you're doing file renames,  so you don't have to worry about specifyingl different paths to file;  3 RewriteRule ^filename.html  ^filename.shtml [NC,PT]r   at one line per file.n  5 Still work, but at least your old links keep working.g   -- Alanh     --  O ===============================================================================x0  Alan Winston --- WINSTON@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDUM  Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL   Phone:  650/926-3056nM  Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA   94025oO ===============================================================================y   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 20:57:31 -0500n. From: Alphaman <alphaman-nix-spam@alphant.com>! Subject: Re: XBitHack in SWS 2.0?d0 Message-ID: <10ek1oca50g0ac5@corp.supernews.com>  * Alan Winston - SSRL Admin Cmptg Mgr wrote:6 > Huh.  If I understand what you're saying, you've got >   > AddHandler server-parsed .html > H > and you're running SSI on every file, and you'd prefer not to do that. :r :[snip]  :t5 > RewriteRule ^filename.html  ^filename.shtml [NC,PT]  >  > at one line per file.t > 7 > Still work, but at least your old links keep working.t > 	 > -- Alan     H Superb!  Excellent workaround -- and based on your other posting, I can G relax in knowing that I was indeed approaching it properly and that it dC is a flaw (Feature? :^) in SWS that prevents XBitHack (Hack -- how i apropos!) from working.   
 Thanks, Alan.    AaronI   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2004.370 ************************