0 INFO-VAX	Wed, 05 Jan 2005	Volume 2005 : Issue 10      Contents: A MUST READ! Re: A MUST READ!P Advertisment - Backup - Archive - Tape management & Conversion Software Software, build problem with socket lib and latest VMS0 Re: build problem with socket lib and latest VMS0 Re: build problem with socket lib and latest VMS. Re: C File sharing issue with multiple writers Re: Comp.os.vms netiquette Re: Comp.os.vms netiquette  DCPS and Kyocera FS-6020 printer$ Re: DCPS and Kyocera FS-6020 printer Re: DS10L for 250 Bucks!, Emulation of an Alpha server running OpenVMS0 Re: Emulation of an Alpha server running OpenVMS0 Re: Emulation of an Alpha server running OpenVMS5 Re: Help - SYSUAF and $SETUAI on UAI$_USER_DATA field - Re: InfoServer scribe/CD-R keys ever surface? / Re: Need help with user-written routine in SOR$ / Re: Need help with user-written routine in SOR$  Re: Need UNIX clarification 3 Re: What's the state of USB 2.0 support in VMS 8.2? F Writing drivers for USB devices ?, was: Re: What's the state of USB 2.J Re: Writing drivers for USB devices ?, was: Re: What's the state of USB 2.J Re: Writing drivers for USB devices ?, was: Re: What's the state of USB 2.J Re: Writing drivers for USB devices ?, was: Re: What's the state of USB 2.O Re: Writing drivers for USB devices ?, was: Re: What's the state of USB 2. 2.2.   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------   Date: 5 Jan 2005 07:27:06 -0800 , From: "alpha" <newsgroupaddress@hotmail.com> Subject: A MUST READ! C Message-ID: <1104938826.844734.169020@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>   B PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THIS ARTICLE TO AS MANY WEBSITES, GOOGLE ANDF YAHOO NEWSGROUPS, AND EMAIL CONTACTS AS YOU CAN. IF EVERYONE WHO READSG IT POSTS IT TO JUST A COUPLE OF GROUPS/PEOPLE EACH IT WILL FOREVER STAY < ON THE NET TO HIGHLIGHT THE ISSUES BELOW...PLEEEEESE DO YOUR& BIT!...MANY THANKS AND ENJOY THE READ.  G Please Note before reading this report.... President Bush Supports this = country with billions of dollars every year. If you doubt the G authenticity of this report you can visit the amnesty international web F site (the worlds largest and most respected human rights organization)8 and find this press release which is labeled "05/10/2004E Israel/Occupied Territories: Excessive use of force"...Go to Amnestys @ site and click on the library tab, then select "Israel" from theE country drop down list and you will find the link above listed on the  page.    AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 
 PRESS RELEASE     " AI Index: MDE 15/095/2004 (Public) News Service No: 247 5 October 2004  3 Israel/Occupied Territories: Excessive use of force G Amnesty International is concerned about the deterioration of the human A rights and humanitarian situation as a result of the Israeli army C incursion in the Jabaliya refugee camp and surrounding areas in the B northern Gaza Strip (including sectors in the nearby towns of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya).  F In the past week (since the evening of Tuesday 28 September) more than@ 70 Palestinians have been killed, more than a third of whom wereD unarmed and including some 20 children. Hundreds of others have been injured.  E The Israeli army has repeatedly used excessive force, including heavy F shelling from tanks and helicopter gunships. Experience has shown thatG the use of such weapons and the manner in which they have been deployed @ by the army in densely populated residential areas (the JabaliyaF refugee camp is one of the most densely populated places in the world,B with more than 100,000 Palestinians living in less than two squareE kilometres), invariably results in a high rate of death and injury of B bystanders and people who are not involved in armed confrontation.C These tactics betray a lack of respect for fundamental human rights ( principles, including the right to life.  B In certain areas the Israeli army has also unlawfully destroyed orB damaged homes, schools, water and electricity networks, roads, andD other crucial infrastructure. Israeli forces have hindered access to> medical services -- not only for those injured in the militaryA operation but also those who need medical care for other reasons, C including women who need to give birth. When able to reach those in A need (they often cannot reach those in need of medical treatment) B ambulances have on several occasions come under Israeli army fire.  G Strict closures have also been imposed throughout the Gaza Strip in the > past week, cutting the Gaza Strip into four isolated sections,A paralyzing all aspects of life, with people unable to reach their D workplace and students unable to reach the universities. In additionE schools in the area besieged by the Israeli army in the northern Gaza F Strip are closed. Thousands of people living in the besieged areas are> also experiencing shortages of food and other essential goods.  = Amnesty International is calling on the Israeli authority to:   = =B7	put an immediate end to the use of excessive lethal force > =B7	put an immediate end to unlawful destruction and damage of Palestinian  homes/ and properties, roads and other infrastructure. G =B7	allow immediate access to medical care and other essential services  for the - Palestinian population in the affected areas. @ =B7	respect the right to freedom of movement for the Palestinian population elsewhere in the Gaza Strip.  C Amnesty International also calls on Palestinian armed groups not to A initiate attacks and armed confrontation with Israeli troops from F amongst residential areas, as this puts the local residents at risk ofE return fire and retaliation from the Israeli army, and reiterates its B call on Palestinian armed groups to put an end to attacks directedC against Israeli civilians in Israel or in the Occupied Territories.   G (Notice how Amnesty International (which is the worlds largest and most C respected human rights investigation group) deliberately refuses to B condemn Palestinians from attacking Israeli military or government> targets because they are fully aware of the true situation the Palestinians are in).   @ That's it Mr Bush...Turn your blind eye again (50 years in a rowB now)...tell the Israeli's they are being a bit too naughty and pay> the Palestinian state idea a bit of lip service and sit on the= fence...and people wont notice you are actually supporting an  oppressive state.   A Is it any wonder why America is being targeted by terrorists when D America gives around 50% $Billions of its annual foreign aid to thisE country that has one of the worst human rights records on the planet.   > Fact!...The real reason America supports Israel is because theC Evangelical Christian Movements belief is that Israels existence is B clearing the way for the second coming of Jesus in the holy land..B Politicians want their votes because they are a huge percentage ofF voters in America, and upsetting this group would mean risking loosingF the presidency....it all comes down to supporting whoever wins you theD election and nothing what so ever to do with supporting human rights and justice in the world..  E To the passerby it seems as though the Palestine/Israel conflict is a C conflict of two sides.......at least that's the way the media often C portrays it. This is true to some extent....you can always find war F criminals on both sides of any world conflict.....I myself have in theD past lived and worked in many parts of the west bank, Palestine, andE Israel for a number of years and felt compelled to write this article ' for the benefit of all those concerned.   > The reason i am posting this letter is that i hope somebody of; influence reading it will take my suggestion and act on it.   B There is no doubt that when watching the news on the conflict most7 viewers are left with the impression "It's a war of two D sides"......and this is the problem......giving the general public aA TRUE picture of what is happening is impossible due to both sides C continually playing the blame game in the media refusing to see the C sufferings of the other side.....result:...people are left with the C impression, "I guess they are probably as bad as each other"...This F statement is not completely untrue....nobody can justify the murder ofF Israeli children by the use of a suicide bomber nor can Israel justifyG the state murder of hundreds of Palestinian children each year and call G it self defense against terrorism. Like I said before, there are always C war crimes on both sides of every conflict. But what stands out the B most about this conflict is the disturbingly unbalanced body countA figures published annually by the UN. Year after year the Israeli @ military is killing 4 times more people than casualtys caused by Palestinian violence.   B Instead of Palestinian organizations putting up posters and flyersB stating "apartied - bring down the wall etc"......why not focus PRF campaigns to include the most UNARGUABLE FACTS!.....This and only thisE will turn heads and change public opinion for the better...forget the D injustices and sentiment for a minute and focus on what will win theD hearts and minds of the masses...UNARGUABLE FACTS that relate to the values of all people.   ? I am not up to date with the latest body count figures but i am ? informed that UN recent figures state a ratio of aprox 3-5 dead = Palestinians to every Israeli, and year after year this ratio 
 continues.  A When you consider that Israel is as well armed technologically as > the Americans, and that the Palestinians are....well lets justF say....slingshots made out of coca cola cans and the odd AK47 and home< made mortar don't do too much damage to a squadron of apache( helicopter gunships supplied by America.  C With the above in mind, a rational person will tell you that if two C Unequally armed armies clash in a battle: The WORST CASE SENARIO is G that the most well armed side will suffer equal losses to that which it D inflicts....In such a scenario, at best a case of "SELF DEFENCE" andA "Minimum Force Necessary" might be claimed...but this scenario is ? very rare and unlikely in warfare and only comes about when the . dominant army makes a serious strategic error.  A If you found an adult dressed in armour holding high tech weapons F standing in a room with four dead children with pea shooters laying atD his feet and he told you he was forced to defend himself...would you accept this?  C When Israel is killing Palestinians at a ratio of approximately for B times as many and they are far better armed how can they seriouslyG claim self defense against terrorism???.....I was always taught that in G order to take the moral high ground and claim self defense you must use > the "Minimum Force Necessary"..Do these figures speak "Minimum Force Necessary"???   A In the civilized world, when a government is faced with a hostile B force the police are called in to form a barricade, if this provesE insufficient to keep the peace water cannons are used, then onto tear F gas, and if this still is not enough to control rioters the police mayG use rubber bullets to disable there targets. In the extreme case police G may resort to live bullets and shoot at the legs...and in the extremely 8 rare case when this may fail to stop the most determinedE opponent...shoot to kill if life is directly threatened. (This is the ' definition of "Minimum force Necessary"   D In Israel when a Palestinian attack takes place,  the Israeli Policy; is to punish all  Palestinians instead of targeting the few D responsible. All Palestinian towns and villages are put under curfew? and soldiers are given orders to shoot anybody seen walking the E streets. The familys of those responsible for attacks will have their C homes bulldozed as a deterent. As well as this the Israeli military G orders strikes with casualty figures in excess of those received and in ? turn the Palestinians return a strike and the cycle of violence C continues with both sides making statements like "our attack was in E response to their attack". Which side is acting in self defence to an , attack received depends on your perspective.  G In one recent year there were around 400 Israelis killed by Palestinian F militants. This is indeed a tragedy, however it is dwarfed by the factE that an equal number of Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in ? the same period all of whom were children under the age of ten. E (categorized as terrorists by Isreal) and guilty of nothing more than # throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers.   < I'm not sure how to put the above argument all in one nicelyF designed poster and flyer, but if you can I think it would have a real impact, my proposal is this:  F 1=2E	State UNARGUABLE unbiased reputable source figures (like the UN),  * 2=2E	State a worst case scenario argument.I 3=2E	Close with the question: "Are these the figures of a country in self / defense against terrorism or is this genocide?"   @ The above ingrediance address the issues in a simplistic easy toE understand way for those with no background knowledge of the conflict D and also leaves little room for a counter argument response from pro/ Israel groups. The truth always hurts the most.   B Stating Logic & Truth, and backing it up with UN Statistics is theG way to turn heads.....post it up in every tube station and rail station F north to south, and give out thousands of flyers with this argument inG print ....i believe it will not fail to win the hearts and minds of the  masses.   D I am not in contact with any pro Palestinian organizations but wouldE much appreciate it if readers can forward this idea to every campaign ? office they know and also to the appropriate local and national F government office and any media/magazine/newsgroup address you can getC your hands on....i would love to see it posted from north to south.   D To any Americans reading this article, you should be aware that yourG government supports the state of Israel with billions of dollars of aid F each year ( approximately 50% of your foreign aid budget diverted from? people truly in need) because it is claimed "Israel is the only E democracy in the middle east", Israel is a democracy only by name but G far away from it in nature, the figures speak the truth. Please write a @ letter to your senator and president asking him if these are theD figures of a democratic government in the Middle East, and hopefully@ with a change in America's policy towards the middle east we canF start to see a reduction in the feelings of resentment towards America in the muslim world.  C When the world trade center was targeted on September 11th, America B was told the reason for it was that "These terrorists are fighting= against freedom itself", Ask yourself this.....If you were to G interview any of the Sept 11th bombers do you really believe they would C tell you they hate freedom?, is there anybody in the world who will C tell you they hate freedom?....No is the simple answer.....Or is it @ more likely that these people or members of there family have in@ someway been victims of Americas middle east policy's which have: filled them with misguided resentment and hate towards allC Americans?...........Your government would prefer you to think that > these people just wake up in the morning and feel like killing? civilians for no reason other than they hate people being free.   C In my travels across the middle east prior to Sept 11th , I had the F opportunity to ask many muslims why they are so angry towards America,> the response was always the same again and again.....ISRAEL ISE OPPRESSING OUR FELLOW MUSLIMS!..and America is supporting their human 9 rights abuses with financial and military support........   C For Fifty years now the United Nations has declared that Israel has @ stolen and is illegally occupying the Palestinians land and that@ Jerusalem is an illegally occupied city and the vast majority ofC countries around the world support this view and call for Israel to G withdraw itself from Palestinian land year after year (accept America). F The American government has been ignoring this international ruling byD the UN for 50 years in a row despite the fact that the largest humanF rights organization in the world Amnesty international condemns IsraelA every year as having one of the worst human rights records on the G planet. America turns a blind eye again, fifty years in a row now......   B After the Sept 11th terrorist attack the American government choseD to solve this age old dispute by launching bombs, and in the process@ has killed dozens of thousands of Iraqi soldiers who were simplyB obeying orders to defend there country, as would any American. AndG today the body count has reached over 1000 American soldiers killed and E rising fast, just under 6000 injured, and of course you have at least B another ten thousand dead Iraqi civilians to date and that's after$ the major assault on Iraq had ended.  B When confronted by any problem, there are always two ways to solve= it..The intelligent way or the primitive impulsive monkey way   E 1)	With brute force and aggression (launch operation shock and ore on G Iraq and Afghanistan)...forgetting the philosophy that every action has < a reaction and sending the message America is not taking anyD responsibility for its middle east policys of support for Israel andF infuriating the muslim world even more and setting America up for evenE more future Sept 11th bombings and helping terrorist organizations to  recruit many more fighters. D 2)	Or the intelligent way, which is to look at the root cause of whyC your attacker is angry and if necessary defuse the problem from its 1 source as well as stopping the cycle of violence.   E Sadly George Bush chose the impulsive way. And has only made American E citizens even more vulnerable. How many people do you think there are C at this very moment plotting to strike American soil because of the F attack on Iraq?, The answer is plenty more than there were before SeptA 11th, some will be stopped, but as in the case of Israels lesson. A It's impossible to stop them all. Especially when the bombers are ' prepared to die to reach their targets.   D If America is a truly democratic country, then it should respect the? views of the UN and the vast majority of the world in regard to E Israel....The world has voted in regard to Israel, Its time to listen  to the result.  = IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN TERRORISM IN THE USA AND PALESTINE???   F READ THE BIN LADEN QUOTES BELOW TAKEN FROM AL QAEDAS LATEST VIDEO TAPE> RELEASE SEEN ON CNN AND BBC NEWS (OCTOBER 2004) AND DECIDE FOR	 YOURSELF:   C "I tell you that security is a major pillar of human life. Free men G do not renounce their security, irrespective of (US President George W) # Bush's claims that we hate freedom"   B "I swear we never thought of attacking the towers, but when we sawF the injustice and arbitrariness of the US-Israeli alliance against ourG brethren in Palestine and Lebanon, it became too much and the idea came  to me."   > "The events that affected me directly go back to 1982 ... whenE America gave the Israelis the green light to invade Lebanon, with the F backing of the US Sixth Fleet. It is difficult to describe what I feltC in these painful moments, but it created an overwhelming feeling of A refusal of injustice and a compelling determination to punish the G unjust. As I watched the destroyed towers in Lebanon, it occurred to me G that the unjust should suffer the same, that the towers in America must E be destroyed so that America gets a taste of what we went through, so 1 that it will stop killing our children and women"   = Your security is not in the hands of (Democratic presidential E candidate) John Kerry, Bush or Al-Qaeda. Your security is in your own D hands. Any (presidential) mandate which does not play havoc with our6 security would automatically ensure its own security."  E PLEASE NOTE: I in no way condone the actions of September the 11th or F Palestinian attacks on civilians.....this article was written to pointC out the huge imbalance of acts of violence and Americas miss guided D middle east policy and the consequences it has brought on the world.  > A FINAL NOTE:......The Israeli position in regards to peace isA "surrender to our will and occupation or its war" Israel believes B that the Jews have a religious right to take over Palestinian landD because the Jews occupied this piece of land some 2000 years ago. IfE the world were to operate around these rules the British would have a A right to invade and take back America because the British used to A occupy America only a few hundred years ago...and of course would @ punish any American terrorists who have a problem with that. TheB Israeli government say they are all for peace negotiations and areD prepared to talk about withdrawal from Palestinian land. At the sameF time, the government is spending millions building new Israeli housingB settlements on Palestinian land.....If Israel has the intention to@ withdraw...would they still be spending millions on new buildingE developments only to have to abandon them later???....I think this is B what George Bush would call a "no brainer". Israel Has built these= settlements because they can use this as a bargaining chip in D negotiating a settlement...... saying it is not reasonable to ask soA many Israelis to leave their new homes. Plain and simply it is an = illegal land grab and has been ruled illegal internationally.   D The Palestinian position is the request that the UN resolutions thatE have already been voted for by the international community are upheld F and the Israeli government be forced by UN sanctions to withdraw theirC troops back into their own borders and land given to them by the UN D (Is this not a peaceful and reasonable request when all Palestinians? are asking for is that international law and voting be upheld?) F .=2E.....Once again like with the Iraq war the American government hasG ignored these UN rulings and only follows the rules of the UN when they E feel like it....A very dangerous example to set for the international G community. Why should other countries obey the UN when those with great  power don't?  D If you have mass mailing software please put it to good use and massG mail the Christian evangelical movement, pro Palestine campaign groups, D government lobbying groups, and media. I give my full permission forD this article to be published and distributed free of charge for both profit or campaigning reasons.   Regards.......A.B    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 08:59:03 -0700 % From: Dan O'Reilly <dano@process.com>  Subject: Re: A MUST READ! A Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20050105085819.02687b50@raptor.psccos.com>   . I have an idea - KEEP THIS CRAP OFF THIS LIST!  " At 08:27 AM 1/5/2005, alpha wrote:C >PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THIS ARTICLE TO AS MANY WEBSITES, GOOGLE AND G >YAHOO NEWSGROUPS, AND EMAIL CONTACTS AS YOU CAN. IF EVERYONE WHO READS H >IT POSTS IT TO JUST A COUPLE OF GROUPS/PEOPLE EACH IT WILL FOREVER STAY= >ON THE NET TO HIGHLIGHT THE ISSUES BELOW...PLEEEEESE DO YOUR ' >BIT!...MANY THANKS AND ENJOY THE READ.    ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:56:36 GMT + From: Jeff Cameron <JCam90502@jcameron.com> Y Subject: Advertisment - Backup - Archive - Tape management & Conversion Software Software 2 Message-ID: <BE012403.3B2C%JCam90502@jcameron.com>  G Announcing free evaluation licenses for the following software products  for the OpenVMS Enterprise:   ! 1. Robotic Tape Library Software. 9 2. Tape & other Media and VMS Backup Management software. * 3. Multi-platform network backup software.* 4. User based file HSM archiving software.F 5. Automatic HSM Shelving, file compression, and disk space management	 software. @ 6. EBCDIC to/from ANSI and other foreign tape formats conversion utility.  F For more information: http://support.mti.com/MTICare/OpenVMS/index.htm& To request a free evaluation license :1 http://support.mti.com/MTICare/OpenVMS/licreq.htm 2 To contact MTI, send email to : VMSSupport@mti.com  ? MTI offers these solutions for the OpenVMS Enterprise using the  following products. H ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- 	 Oasis RLM C RLM is a distributed robotic library management system. It allows a F single administrative staff working from anywhere in the enterprise toG monitor, control, and manage robotic libraries throughout the networked E environment. At one level RLM is a robotic device driver giving users H and applications the ability to access all library functionality throughH high-level statements without having to speak SCSI-2 or Fibre." However,G RLM is much more than just a device driver! It lets sites automatically E manage and fully exploit these complex resources so that they perform F reliably for long periods of time... well-maintained, secure. and easy to operate. A On the host where a library is connected, RLM keeps a database to F provide a real-time, true-state view of the library and the volumes it2 contains. It builds this view through inventories.E GUI-Based Administration: Running on the desktop, RLM clients build a C graphical representation of the libraries RLM is managing, allowing C local and remote administrators to see the exact library and volume H status. It even allows users to exert remote, mouse driven control. WithD this capability, administrators do not have to go to the library andF peer inside in order to monitor progress, diagnose problems, or affect> changes. 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The data in the archive is stored in multiple "Archive F Savesets" consisting of any combination of Magnetic Tape, Optical DiskF or even Magnetic disk providing data storage redundancy so there is noF need for special Archive backups. Optional Archive caching can also be/ enabled for faster SAVE and RESTORE operations. ; Media consolidation operations can be performed manually or G automatically to insure fresh media usage and optimal storage capacity. D The optional AutoStor product can be layered over Archive to provideA true HSM archiving by providing shelving of files where files are H archived and/or compressed leaving a zero block and or smaller stub fileB that when opened or touched will automatically trigger and archiveD restore and/or decompression of the file which is transparent to the? user. Policies can be easily developed to automatically shelve, F compress, delete and/or purge files with specific attributes includingE size, age, names and other file attributes. You can designate one VMS C node in your network to be an archiver for other VMS or Unix nodes, > allowing users on those remote nodes full archiving abilities.H ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---  TapeConvert E MTI's TapeConvert product is a productivity enhancing tape utility to = convert data between OpenVMS and IBM systems as well as other G environments. TapeConvert handles all aspects of file transfer and data G conversion between IBM/EBCDIC  ANSI/ASCII magnetic tape formats as well H as other foreign tape formats. This utility can audit any tape to verifyE data and label integrity and process any IBM OS and DOS standard tape F labels. From a single DCL command, TapeConvert will convert data, file? labels, headers and trailers to and from any IBM standard label H environment to your OpenVMS disk files or Files-11 ANSI formatted tapes.  = TapeConvert is executed as a non-privileged program in either H interactive or batch mode processing. Tape parameters are specified in aD single command line and all label processing and multi-reel handling; procedures are fully automated. Commands may be stored in a D predetermined command file for the automated processing of similarlyF structured tapes. TapeConvert executes with sequential disk files thatC are FILES-11 format. When reading files from disk, TapeConvert will D process variable length, fixed length, and VFC format (COBOL output)A files. TapeConvert has been enhanced to handle all VFC prefix and D postfix control codes when using the "C" option. This option is usedH when translating VMS VFC files to EBCDIC files with ANSI printer control characters.   G When writing files to your VMS disk, TapeConvert always writes variable F length records with carriage return carriage control and sets the fileF attributes for printing on a line printer or terminal. When writing toG tape, any disk record which is shorter than the specified length of the A tape record will be padded with blanks. Likewise, any record that B exceeds the specified length of the tape record will be truncated.  E TapeConvert is a very powerful tool when dealing with Legacy IBM data 7 sets or even special tape formats from other companies.    ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 16:17:46 GMTe" From:   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG5 Subject: build problem with socket lib and latest VMSi0 Message-ID: <00A3D6A0.A5600600@SendSpamHere.ORG>  E I've recently upgraded one of the machines in my build environment toCE V7.3-2.  Now builds of products which make use of socket routines area barfing with the following:S  eH ========================================================================$ u_int           res_randomid (void); ................^U' %CC-E-DECLARATION, Invalid declaration.bX at line number 295 in module RESOLV of text library SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]DECC$RTLDEF.TLB;1  G ns_updrec *     res_mkupdrec (int, const char *, u_int, u_int, u_long);t2 .................................................^2 %CC-E-PARMTYPLIST, Ill-formed parameter type list.X at line number 312 in module RESOLV of text library SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]DECC$RTLDEF.TLB;1   struct sockaddr_in6 {S .......^ %CC-E-NONMULTALIGN, The size of this structure is 28 bytes, which is not a multiple of its alignment of quadword.  Respecify the ali= gnment of the structure or add 4 bytes of additional padding. U at line number 408 in module IN6 of text library SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]DECC$RTLDEF.TLB;1 H ========================================================================  L Any clues?  Do I need to CC/DEFINE something with the latest TCP/IP sockets?   --  < http://www.ProvN.com  for the *best* OpenVMS system security=                       solutions that others only claim to be.R -- W, Cyber-Terrorism (si'-ber tayr'-or-iz-em) n.:M   The release of, the sale of, or the use of any Micro$oft software product! . -- EK VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker   VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COMa   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:00:05 -0500f- From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com>i9 Subject: Re: build problem with socket lib and latest VMS , Message-ID: <41DC1D11.AD498F5E@teksavvy.com>  ! VAXman-, @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:i) > %CC-E-DECLARATION, Invalid declaration.1Z > at line number 295 in module RESOLV of text library SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]DECC$RTLDEF.TLB;1  M The bind resolver library on VMS used to be an older generation. Perhaps theyy2 upgraded it to the current version ? Just a guess.   ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:11:04 GMTP" From:   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG9 Subject: Re: build problem with socket lib and latest VMSo0 Message-ID: <00A3D6A8.1790BD61@SendSpamHere.ORG>  \ In article <41DC1D11.AD498F5E@teksavvy.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> writes:" >VAXman-, @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:* >> %CC-E-DECLARATION, Invalid declaration.[ >> at line number 295 in module RESOLV of text library SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]DECC$RTLDEF.TLB;1e >sN >The bind resolver library on VMS used to be an older generation. Perhaps they3 >upgraded it to the current version ? Just a guess.e    # The code in question contains only:s   #include <types.h> #include <socket.h>l #include <in.h>e #include <netdb.h>  D I don't see why these other modules should be called out with error. -- c< http://www.ProvN.com  for the *best* OpenVMS system security=                       solutions that others only claim to be.r -- n, Cyber-Terrorism (si'-ber tayr'-or-iz-em) n.:M   The release of, the sale of, or the use of any Micro$oft software product! s -- nK VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker   VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COMa   ------------------------------  $ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:09:28 -0500( From: "Hein" <hein.nomail@hp.nomail.com>7 Subject: Re: C File sharing issue with multiple writersl, Message-ID: <41dc1169$1@usenet01.boi.hp.com>  ; "Kannan" <kannan.s.viswanathan@oracle.com> wrote in messagee= news:1104893260.841985.178950@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...t  H > There is a file Oracle configuration Repository (a streamlf mode  fileI > on VMS Cluster file system), which has resources registered by a daemontG > process that can run on multiple nodes and share this common file. AttG > any point of time one will be a master which can write into this OCR.   L Are you talkign about an oracle owned and controlled file, if so, you shoudlL probably not muck with that except through Oracle API's. If it is your file,K and you have this applicaiton level lock protocol, then you do not need rmssG to control the file sharing, and you may consider not using record modei   That  B > The open call I am using to open this file in shared mode is the > followinge > open((const char >lL *)filename,O_RDWR|O_DSYNC,"ctx=rec","rfm=stmlf","shr=get,put,upd","rop=rea") ;    The lock for read is suspect.cJ I would encourage you to use set file /stat and moni rms, to verify record
 mode is used. D I'd further use ANAL/RMS show proce/rms=(fab,rab) after the open andF /rms=(fab,fsb) after some operations (with the file marked for stats).  G > and the writes and reads on the file is done using pwrite and pread Cu runtime calls,1 > which reads/writes based on offset information.l  A I only know of fread and fwrite, no pread/pwrite. Please explain.   F > And I am doing fsync call after every pwrite , so that the data gets
 written to > the disk immediately.m  J If RMS file sharing is properly activated, then any put will go through to$ the disk, and the sync in redundant.    I > Now for some reason if the Daemon 2 exits/crashes, the file size on VMS A > gets truncated to 1040 blocks essentially corrupting this file.r  5 Sounds like 'truncate on put' might have been active,n+ Or, RMS is simply deferring the EOF update.i/ Again... ANAL/SYS but now: show proces/rms=SFSB   J Daemon 2 might need to re-open with full sharing to get RMS to communicate the in-memory EOF value.K Daemon 2 migth want to open SHR=UPD, FAC=GET to make sure it never wants to  update EOF.a  I > now if daemon 1 exits and daemon 2 attempts to read beyond 1040 blocks,t > it gets an error  < That suggests deamon 2 did truncate after daemon 1 appended.  ? I would recommend calling RMS directly for these kind of  jobs.hI Yes, it is more porting work, but so much clearer as to what will happen.    fwiw,n Hein.e   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 07:08:23 -0800n# From: "Tom Linden" <tom@kednos.com>d# Subject: Re: Comp.os.vms netiquetter( Message-ID: <opsj4xn9o1zgicya@hyrrokkin>  K On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:21:25 GMT, FredK <fred.nospam@nospam.dec.com> wrote:t   > J > I know that.  You know that.  But since the guy appears to be serious, I+ > figured I'd make up for the lack of a :-)i >n >i0 > "Tom Linden" <tom@kednos.com> wrote in message$ > news:opsj4w3w0bzgicya@hyrrokkin...G >> On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 14:08:55 GMT, FredK <fred.nospam@nospam.dec.com>d > wrote: >>K >> > Don't take the hard cases too seriously.  Tom, for instance, happens  p >> to 	 >> > be as >> > PL/I compiler developer.wD BTW, I have also done Fortran, Pascal C and dabbled a bit with Cobol >># >> It was partly tongue in cheek:-)h >> >> >> --IF >> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ >h >e       --  C Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/    ------------------------------  $ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:36:21 -0500( From: "Hein" <hein.nomail@hp.nomail.com># Subject: Re: Comp.os.vms netiquettea, Message-ID: <41dc17b7$1@usenet01.boi.hp.com>  8 "Jeff Cameron" <JCam90502@jcameron.com> wrote in message, news:BE0078F5.3A9C%JCam90502@jcameron.com... >sE > What is the accepted etiquette for the comp.os.vms board concerning 6 > advertising commercial software for OpenVMS systems?  G I would suspect it is officially discouraged, but it is infinitely moreiH appropriate then the recent 'young men' and piramid scheme 'but this one' works' topics, and various other rants.   I It will be  just one more ignore for some and a possibly welcome reprievet for others.u  H Specifically if you where to turn it into a 'look what you can now do onJ VMS' topic with a contact so and so for details, then I could imagine thatK many would actually welcome the topic as potential ammunition for the silly  'vms is not dead' debates.  B Just an opinion. I have not authority what so ever in this matter.   Hein.c   ------------------------------  $ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:32:53 +0100% From: "Fred Zwarts" <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl>d) Subject: DCPS and Kyocera FS-6020 printerh. Message-ID: <crh09t$5c1$1@info.service.rug.nl>  = I am trying to make a Kyocera FS-6020 printer work with DCPS.r@ Although DCPS does not recognize it, it almost works with the=20, standard Unrecognized postscript assumption.7 I can print postscript, text, regis, Tek4014, PCL, etc.t8 I can select duplex printing, A4 and A3 paper size, etc.6 I can switch on and off burst, flag and trailer pages.> The only problem left is that when a print job has printed its= last page, it enters the "Stalled" state and never completes.dA This effectively blocks the queue and also printing from other=20m# systems to this printer is blocked.   A I assume that the stalled state is a result of the postprocessingh  that DCPS performs for each job.G Is there a way to change this postprocessing, e.g., by setting queue=20 ) parameters, or by defining logical names?e   F.Z.   ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 16:35:55 GMTt* From: Paul Anderson <paul.anderson@hp.com>- Subject: Re: DCPS and Kyocera FS-6020 printers5 Message-ID: <050120051121538775%paul.anderson@hp.com>n  : In article <crh09t$5c1$1@info.service.rug.nl>, Fred Zwarts <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl> wrote:  E > The only problem left is that when a print job has printed its lastt? > page, it enters the "Stalled" state and never completes. ThishF > effectively blocks the queue and also printing from other systems to > this printer is blocked. > C > I assume that the stalled state is a result of the postprocessingn" > that DCPS performs for each job.  C Yes, it appears DCPS is waiting forever for the printer to return acD Control-D character when it is done interpreting your job.  Often, aC printer network timeout occurs which ends the connection, but which : also puts the DCPS job on hold.  Neither scenario is good.  G > Is there a way to change this postprocessing, e.g., by setting queue d+ > parameters, or by defining logical names?P  G No, but you could try using LPD instead of Raw TCP.  LPD is less robustrF but might work in this situation.  LPD support was added in DCPS V2.3.   Paul   --    Paul Anderson   OpenVMS Engineeringh   Hewlett-Packard Companyi   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 10:25:24 +0000eE From: Tim ffrench-Lynch <tim-DOT-ffrench-HYPHEN-lynch@baesystems.com>a! Subject: Re: DS10L for 250 Bucks! . Message-ID: <41DBC094.937EEFDF@baesystems.com>  & Bad form answering my own post, but...  4 Cheap memory for these DS10L systems can be found at# http://www.memoryx.net/ms310da.htmlo  E 512MB Kingston RAM for US$109 US inc postage to UK and took around 10.C days to arrive very well packed. Not fitted yet as I'm still in the  process of getting the DS10L.    Timc   Tim ffrench-Lynch wrote: >  > DAVID TURNER wrote:o > >. > > Only $250 while stocks lasty' > > delivery within 14 days from order.  > > FOB Leeds UK (proximity) > B > I think these are the ones without memory or disk, is the memory7 > something standard or is it very specific to a DS10L?  >  > Timl   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 10:41:48 -0500e) From: Andrew Robert <arobert@townisp.com> 5 Subject: Emulation of an Alpha server running OpenVMSa0 Message-ID: <10to2l7d12r5ab7@corp.supernews.com>  
 Good morning,s  G I anticipate retirement of my legacy Alpha OpenVMS systems in the near h future.v  F I've reviewed the Charon-VAX and Simh VAX emulators and they are nice 8 but they appear to emulate the VAX/VMS environment only.  1 I need to be able to emulate a full Alpha system.   / Does anyone know of a suitable emulator around?e     -- y
 Thank you,
 Andrew Robertr   E-mail: arobert@townisp.com0" Ur:	http://shardservant.no-ip.info   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:29:53 -0500a2 From: "Stanley F. Quayle" <squayle@insight.rr.com>9 Subject: Re: Emulation of an Alpha server running OpenVMSe/ Message-ID: <41DBDDC1.27950.331A2B4E@localhost>   , On 5 Jan 2005 at 10:41, Andrew Robert wrote:G > I've reviewed the Charon-VAX and Simh VAX emulators and they are nicee: > but they appear to emulate the VAX/VMS environment only.  E CHARON-VAX emulates a VAX, so you can run OpenVMS, Digital Unix, and a8 VAXELN on it.  VAX/VMS became OpenVMS beginning with V6.  H > I anticipate retirement of my legacy Alpha OpenVMS systems in the near	 > future.t  D Hardly "legacy" -- Alpha systems are still being built, and will be D for at least 2 years.  I'd be willing to bet that you'll be able to & get support for 10-15 years, at least.  t4 > I need to be able to emulate a full Alpha system. 2 > Does anyone know of a suitable emulator around?   A There's no Alpha emulator in the CHARON series (there's a PDP-11 oE emulator, too), because the commercial value proposition isn't there eF yet.  For example, you can get a used AlphaServer DS10L for less than 7 $1000 from Island Computer.  Check back in a few years.n  D Of course, you could move to Itanium.  The rx2600 runs OpenVMS just A fine, and most of my porting efforts have been painless.  If you zF don't have source code, you can binary-translate Alpha executables to  Itanium.  
 --Stan Quaylee Quayle Consulting Inc.  
 ----------- Stanley F. Quayle, P.E. N8SQ  +1 614-868-1363i3 8572 North Spring Ct., Pickerington, OH  43147  USAo0 stan-at-stanq-dot-com       http://www.stanq.com   ------------------------------   Date: 5 Jan 2005 12:24:02 -0600t; From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler)n9 Subject: Re: Emulation of an Alpha server running OpenVMS 3 Message-ID: <u4GsS8UFTjZ+@eisner.encompasserve.org>d  \ In article <10to2l7d12r5ab7@corp.supernews.com>, Andrew Robert <arobert@townisp.com> writes: > Good morning,u > I > I anticipate retirement of my legacy Alpha OpenVMS systems in the near e	 > future.r > H > I've reviewed the Charon-VAX and Simh VAX emulators and they are nice : > but they appear to emulate the VAX/VMS environment only. > 3 > I need to be able to emulate a full Alpha system.o > 1 > Does anyone know of a suitable emulator around?A  A    The only thing you can really replace an Alpha with is anothert3    Alpha.  IA64 comes close, but not via emulation.o   ------------------------------  $ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:45:20 -0500< From: "Peter Weaver" <WeaverConsultingServices@sympatico.ca>> Subject: Re: Help - SYSUAF and $SETUAI on UAI$_USER_DATA field, Message-ID: <342qu1F46gb2aU1@individual.net>   Lorin Ricker wrote:a >...? > *  Do $GET/SETUAI honor the logical name "SYSUAF" to redirecttD > operations to test-copies of SYSUAF.DAT, or are these RTL routines= > "hard-wired" to the official system instance in SYS$SYSTEM?s >...  H Dumping your local copy of the SYSUAF would tell you the answer to this.  G > I'll appreciate any tidbits of knowledge which helps me gain some neweB > traction on this... at the moment, I've skidded to a halt.  TIA.  E I would also recommend DUMP SYSUAF.DAT/RECORD and compare the records @ that worked to the records that do not work. Some time ago I wasG tracking down a problem and noticed that some records in the SYSUAF areRG 644 bytes long and some are 1412 bytes long. The longer records seem touG be zero filled after the first 644 bytes. You might want to see if youriG successful records are all one length and the unsuccessful ones are alldG a different length. If there is a relationship I have no idea where youlD take it from there because I never did find out why some records are: different. Is there User Data stored after the 644th byte?  F BTW: If anyone replies to you and recommends that you post your SYSUAFA make sure you zero out the bytes where the password is, otherwisef- someone might run it through John the Ripper.l   -- h Peter Weaver Weaver Consulting Services Inc.i Canadian VAR for CHARON-VAX  www.weaverconsulting.cao   ------------------------------   Date: 5 Jan 2005 10:31:17 -0800n From: jordan@ccs4vms.com6 Subject: Re: InfoServer scribe/CD-R keys ever surface?C Message-ID: <1104949877.640215.307190@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>u   Phil Mendelsohn wrote:A > I've done my homework -- if badly -- and can't find anything oniF > usenet, eisner, or the freeware disks.  There was rumour a couple of? > years ago that InfoServer tape / CD-R functions might be madel* > available (for hobbyist use); have they? > B > Since I don't apparently have an SCSI card that will run with myB > PWS-500au, and all my old SCSI stuff has large 50-pin connectorsA > (internally), I'm hoping this will let me use the IS to connectsG > CD-ROM/CD-R and Exabyte 8mm drive, so I can get my external cables to)
 > connect. >c0 > Thanks, and sorry if I'm beating a dead horse. >  > Phil Mendelsohnn  F Nope.  There was an expectation that the licenses would be released toD freeware, but although permission was apparently obtained, the folksA doing the work to get the keys released were unable to locate therG media/kits, and were then overwhelmed with other (read 'real') work andnE unable to continue the search.  The last I heard it was pretty much a  dead issue.n  E I tried to keep an eye on Ebay for a couple of years but no kits eversF turned up; I also wrote to most of the sellers of infoserver equipment@ during that period to see if any of the units had tape or scribeF functions and if they had the license media; I believe only one scribeE capable unit went out during that period, and no media was available.t  E I'd love to have the tape function too.  I've got three non-clusteredeG systems at home and only one decent (DAT) tape drive (and no budget fori more!)   Rich   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 02:37:59 -0500r' From: Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com>r8 Subject: Re: Need help with user-written routine in SOR$, Message-ID: <41DB9957.2090001@tsoft-inc.com>   hoefelmeyer@hotmail.com wrote:  ! > briggs@encompasserve.org wrote:  > E >>In article <1104825470.751996.158350@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,  >>! > hoefelmeyer@hotmail.com writes:I >  >>>Dave Froble wrote:N >>>E" >>>>hoefelmeyer@hotmail.com wrote: >>>>8 >>>>>don't have a clue what those structures consist of. >>>>>F >>>> >>>>A word.I >>>> >>>>2 >>>No, a word is not the same as a word structure.' >>>Thanks for giving it a shot, though.p >>>eD >>Dollars to doughnuts, a "word structure" is a structure consistingG >>of exactly one field which is a 16 bit unsigned word in this context.n >>E >>If you don't have a clue, don't spit on those that you are offered.i >> >>E > Whoa, there, now! What part of "thanks" is considered "spitting"? IeH > simply disagreed with Mr. Froble. Disagreement <> Disrespect. Again, IF > thank Mr. Froble for his effort - he could be correct, but I suspectI > there's more to it and would like further clarification. It is possiblemD > that it consists of a single field, but the documentation does notH > specify exactly what constitutes the structure. Likewise, I appreciate > your assistance as well. >  > @ >>For reference, here's the relevant extract from the grey wall: >> >><<begin quote>>e >> >>user_equal >> >>OpenVMS usage: procedure >>type: procedure valuei >>access: function callh >>mechanism: by references >>E >>User-written routine that resolves the sort order when records havee >> > duplicatea > 8 >>keys. (This argument is not currently supported by the >> > high-performance > D >>Sort/Merge utility.) The user_equal argument is the address of the >> > procedureI > E >>value for this user-written routine. If you specify SOR$M_STABLE orkA >>SOR$M_NODUPS in the options argument, do not use this argument.i@ >>SORT/MERGE calls the duplicate key routine with five reference >>argumentst >>( >>---ADRS1, ADRS2, LENG1, LENG2, CNTX--- >>  >>corresponding to the addressesA >>of the two records that compare equally, the lengths of the twor >> > records that > @ >>compare equally, and the context longword. The LENG1 and LENG2 >> > arguments ares > A >>addresses that point to 16-bit word structures that contain the  >> > length >  >>information. >> >><<end quote>>i >> >>I take that to mean that >>+ >>ADRS1 is one record contents by referenceo >>1 >>ADRS2 is the other record contents by referencei >>C >>LENG1 is a 16 bit word containing the length of the one record bye >> > referencer > E >>LENG2 is a 16 bit word containing the length of the other record bym >> > reference. > B >>CNTX is an unininterpreted argument.  The type and mechanism you >> > choose > G >>when you pass it in SOR$BEGIN_SORT should match the ones you use when.- >>you retrieve it in your user equal routine.u >> >>	John Briggs >> > C > I just wonder - if LENG1 and LENG2 are pointers to words with thewA > length, why does it say a "word structure containing the lengthsH > information" rather than a "word containing the length"? That is why IG > suspect there's more to it than that. Unless it has to be a structurew > for some obscure VMS reason. >  >   Q Documentation writers sometimes use wording that can confuse.  In this case, the nM term structure should not have been used.  One would assume that a structure eL would be a block of memory with multiple pieces of data, something like the M lists used when passing some data to system services and some of the library eM routines.  Another example is a string descriptor.  Probably the writers get a; into certain habits, and use them, even when inappropriate.n   Dave   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 02:31:44 -0500h' From: Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com>l8 Subject: Re: Need help with user-written routine in SOR$, Message-ID: <41DB97E0.9060307@tsoft-inc.com>   hoefelmeyer@hotmail.com wrote:  D > Cool! The structure wrapper must be needed by VMS for some reason,E > then. I was just worried that it was something significant that wassI > glossed over in the docs. Well, that makes it a lot easier for me!  I'myG > very pleased to have my fears proved groundless. Thank you very much!p > C > A couple of other questions come to mind, with passing pointers -e? > first, since ADRS1 and ADRS2 are pointers to my records, if I E > dereference them and modify non-key fields in them in my user_equalsH > routine, it would indeed change the actual record, correct? I know theI > answer in C, but am not sure in BASIC, i.e., is my function accessing aSH > pointer to the actual record, as does C, or is it a pointer to a local5 > copy of the record? The latter doesn't seem likely.,    I When you're being passed the address of the data, it is the actual data. C1 Otherwise would violate the VMS calling standard.O  Q When a BASIC program is calling a routine, and the parameter cannot be modified,  T such as a literal, then it will build dummy descriptors, temporary copies, and such.    D > And if I can, would doing so make the sort choke? I don't see why,H > because I'm not changing keys, but you never know. I'll check this out > empirically. >  >    ------------------------------   Date: 5 Jan 2005 06:35:41 -0600 B From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley)$ Subject: Re: Need UNIX clarification3 Message-ID: <Uy4kvDyZvq39@eisner.encompasserve.org>.  q In article <IXnXMoXWlEcG@eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes: z > In article <Dz$09QlGW2Mu@eisner.encompasserve.org>, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley) writes: >  >>  M >> IE: VMS has been multitasking from day 1, but was not multi-threaded untila	 >> later.a > N >    You've confused multi-threaded application support within the kernel with >    multi-threaded kernels.  H Oops, that was bad wording on my part. I was of course referring to Unix0 style multi-threaded support for user processes.   Simon.   -- -B Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP       7 Microsoft: The Standard Oil Company of the 21st centuryn   ------------------------------  $ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:27:27 -0500< From: "Peter Weaver" <WeaverConsultingServices@sympatico.ca>< Subject: Re: What's the state of USB 2.0 support in VMS 8.2?, Message-ID: <342psgF46na2sU1@individual.net>   Robert Boers wrote:i >...B > For tapes with CHARON-VAX on a laptop, you can use a PCMCIA SCSIG > adapter with e.g. a TKZ50. The only disadvantage is that the TKZ50 iso > bigger than the laptop...e  G Yes, I also a SCSI card bus device, but I'm waiting on the same part toiC get that working too. Later this month I'll be visiting a potentialeF customer and I'll be taking a TK87 with me so I can load his data thatG he saves on a TF85 drive. TK87's are big and heavy when you also have at$ laptop and LCD projector to lug too.   -- a Peter Weaver Weaver Consulting Services Inc.  Canadian VAR for CHARON-VAXe www.weaverconsulting.car   ------------------------------   Date: 5 Jan 2005 06:47:12 -0600eB From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley)O Subject: Writing drivers for USB devices ?, was: Re: What's the state of USB 2. 3 Message-ID: <veaFqgRneS7h@eisner.encompasserve.org>i  ` In article <41DB5895.441117D3@comcast.net>, David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> writes: > B > That would likely depend on the level of USB support provided by > OpenVMS-Alpha. >   L Questions to VMS Engineering: Will the USB stack be fully documented so thatL we can write our own drivers for any USB device that we may wish to attach ?  F Will the VMS source kit be required before we can write such drivers ?  K As well as USB 2.0 devices, will the stack support full speed and low speedt USB 1.1 devices ?e  G [In my case, as well as attaching off the shelf USB devices, I would beaD interested in attaching devices built using microcontrollers such as Motorola's HC08 JB8 series.]   Simon.   -- gB Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP       7 Microsoft: The Standard Oil Company of the 21st centuryo   ------------------------------   Date: 5 Jan 2005 07:55:12 -0600 - From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)yS Subject: Re: Writing drivers for USB devices ?, was: Re: What's the state of USB 2.i3 Message-ID: <y8ISkIED3Fb$@eisner.encompasserve.org>s  q In article <$ZTCPxQ1B0Yz@eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:ez > In article <veaFqgRneS7h@eisner.encompasserve.org>, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley) writes:c >> In article <41DB5895.441117D3@comcast.net>, David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> writes:  >>> D >>> That would likely depend on the level of USB support provided by >>> OpenVMS-Alpha. >>>  >> tO >> Questions to VMS Engineering: Will the USB stack be fully documented so thatiO >> we can write our own drivers for any USB device that we may wish to attach ?  > F >    I will be gravely disapointed if they don't update the I/O User'sH >    Guide to match.  If they do a port and class driver, they should beH >    spearately documented for those of us who might want to replace one
 >    of them.p  ; But even in that situation, the source listings still help.e   ------------------------------   Date: 5 Jan 2005 07:39:30 -0600-; From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler)eS Subject: Re: Writing drivers for USB devices ?, was: Re: What's the state of USB 2. 3 Message-ID: <$ZTCPxQ1B0Yz@eisner.encompasserve.org>s  x In article <veaFqgRneS7h@eisner.encompasserve.org>, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley) writes:b > In article <41DB5895.441117D3@comcast.net>, David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> writes: >> dC >> That would likely depend on the level of USB support provided bye >> OpenVMS-Alpha.o >>   > N > Questions to VMS Engineering: Will the USB stack be fully documented so thatN > we can write our own drivers for any USB device that we may wish to attach ?  D    I will be gravely disapointed if they don't update the I/O User'sF    Guide to match.  If they do a port and class driver, they should beF    spearately documented for those of us who might want to replace one    of them.    ------------------------------   Date: 5 Jan 2005 12:21:54 -0600 ; From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler)uS Subject: Re: Writing drivers for USB devices ?, was: Re: What's the state of USB 2.M3 Message-ID: <r9nmy21nlpsJ@eisner.encompasserve.org>o  c In article <y8ISkIED3Fb$@eisner.encompasserve.org>, Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) writes:  > = > But even in that situation, the source listings still help.   ?    I would never want to get into that stuff without the sourcetG    listings.  Just modifying an existing driver to go from one Qbus VAX-?    to another got some hitches when I did it without the sourceAB    listings.  (I had to reverse engineer a kernel bug via XDELTA).   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:24:53 -0500 , From: Forrest Kenney <Forrest.Kenney@hp.com>X Subject: Re: Writing drivers for USB devices ?, was: Re: What's the state of USB 2. 2.2.& Message-ID: <41DC30F5.C3E8CD38@hp.com>  < 	At the present time there are no plans to document the USB @ driver stack or provide a way to customers to write a USB deviceA driver.  It a choice between having time to actively develop and s> maintain the code base or get all the pieces into the kit and G documentation developed.  Right now adding USB 2.0 and fixing bugs haves a higher priority.  = 	To fully document writing a USB device driver would require  H chapters for the HID support driver, the USB support driver, the driver G interface to the USB Configuration manager process, and the HUB driver.g  @ 	What might happen is a driver for the USB space something like D GK driver for SCSI.  It would allow support of USB devices that are F not part of the HID device class without writing a driver.  You could E easily control many USB device that way.  I am working on a proposal aE for doing this at the present time and will present it to management nC for approval.  No promises there is more USB stuff to work on than lE I have time to get done.   Writing a and documenting a single genericuC USB driver would be much simpler than documenting all the stuff to n! write a random USB device driver.a     Forrest Kenney V OpenVMS    Simon Clubley wrote: > b > In article <41DB5895.441117D3@comcast.net>, David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> writes: > >-D > > That would likely depend on the level of USB support provided by > > OpenVMS-Alpha. > >i > N > Questions to VMS Engineering: Will the USB stack be fully documented so thatN > we can write our own drivers for any USB device that we may wish to attach ? > H > Will the VMS source kit be required before we can write such drivers ? > M > As well as USB 2.0 devices, will the stack support full speed and low speedp > USB 1.1 devices ?  > I > [In my case, as well as attaching off the shelf USB devices, I would be F > interested in attaching devices built using microcontrollers such as > Motorola's HC08 JB8 series.] >  > Simon. >  > --= > Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFPi9 > Microsoft: The Standard Oil Company of the 21st centuryi   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2005.010 ************************ulti-reel handling; procedures are fully automated. 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