1 INFO-VAX	Tue, 21 Jun 2005	Volume 2005 : Issue 344       Contents: Re: 3rd party scsi controllers Re: 3rd party scsi controllers Re: 3rd party scsi controllers! Re: Another DCL CHallenge for Guy ! Re: Another DCL CHallenge for Guy  Re: Backup question  CHARON-VAX demo: bug #1 1 Re: Hackers and Microsoft Engineers, very amusing 1 Re: Hackers and Microsoft Engineers, very amusing 3 Re: Intel neuters Montvale, Itanic screams in alarm  Re: OpenVMS and XML questions  Re: OpenVMS and XML questions  Re: OpenVMS and XML questions  Re: OpenVMS and XML questions  Re: OpenVMS and XML questions  Re: OpenVMS and XML questions  Re: OT: vms keyboard$ Something wrong with MicroVAX m10e ?( Re: Something wrong with MicroVAX m10e ?( Re: Something wrong with MicroVAX m10e ?' Re: SURVEY: Best Handheld for... <Plug>   Re: VAX/VMS Consulting in Europe  Re: VAX/VMS Consulting in Europe  Re: VAX/VMS Consulting in Europe  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  + Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:34:33 +0000 (UTC) 7 From: moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) ' Subject: Re: 3rd party scsi controllers ( Message-ID: <d9727p$e50$1@pcls4.std.com>  = "tomarsin2015@comcast.net" <tomarsin2015@comcast.net> writes:    >HelloG >I was wondering what 3rd party scsi controllers will work in the older @ >Alphastation 200/4-233 models??? I have some older Adaptec 2940E >controllers and was wondering if theres anyway to get the 200 to see H >them. The 200 sees the controller, but shows the controller as a unkown >device.  E The only ones that will work are the ones where there is a VMS driver H which means that Digital/Compaq/HP sold it as an option, and boards fromH the original manufacturer that are the same as or look enough like thoseA boards.  I'm pretty sure there is no Adaptec 2940 driver for VMS. F You should be sure the firmware is up to the latest version to be sure! it knows of boards newer than it.   - >  I'm just trying to find the cheap way out.   9 There are always cheap VMS-compatible scsi cards on Ebay.    ------------------------------    Date: 20 Jun 2005 16:46:24 +0200* From: Thomas Jahns <Thomas.Jahns@epost.de>' Subject: Re: 3rd party scsi controllers 1 Message-ID: <87u0jtaxxb.fsf@tjahns.news.arcor.de>   = "tomarsin2015@comcast.net" <tomarsin2015@comcast.net> writes: H > I was wondering what 3rd party scsi controllers will work in the olderA > Alphastation 200/4-233 models??? I have some older Adaptec 2940 F > controllers and was wondering if theres anyway to get the 200 to seeI > them. The 200 sees the controller, but shows the controller as a unkown 5 > device.  I'm just trying to find the cheap way out.   G Which operating system are you trying to use? An Adaptec 2940 should be F fine for both Linux and Windows NT 4.0, but probably doesn't work with Tru64 or OpenVMS.    Thomas Jahns --  . "Computers are good at following instructions,  but not at reading your mind." ? D. E. Knuth, The TeXbook, Addison-Wesley 1984, 1986, 1996, p. 9    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:48:07 -0400  From: "DavidT" <david@hpaq.net> ' Subject: Re: 3rd party scsi controllers 0 Message-ID: <11beh5l4fmbim2d@news.supernews.com>  $ we have the uw scsi pci card for $49  J kzpba-ca - they work on vms tru64 and even windoze - with 12 mths warranty   --   Island Computers US Corp 2700 Gregory St Suite 180  Savannah GA 31404  Tel: 912 4476622 Fax: 912 201 0402  Email: dbturner@icusc.com     : "William Webb" <william.w.webb@gmail.com> wrote in message1 news:8660a3a1050620074020d07ba3@mail.gmail.com... 7 On 20 Jun 2005 03:22:38 -0700, tomarsin2015@comcast.net ! <tomarsin2015@comcast.net> wrote:  > Hello H > I was wondering what 3rd party scsi controllers will work in the olderA > Alphastation 200/4-233 models??? I have some older Adaptec 2940 F > controllers and was wondering if theres anyway to get the 200 to seeI > them. The 200 sees the controller, but shows the controller as a unkown 5 > device.  I'm just trying to find the cheap way out.  > 	 > phillip  >  >   D It'll stop hurting when you quit banging your head against the wall.  > As a general rule, the older you go in terms of VMS system/VMSD version, the less likely it is that 3rd party SCSI host bus adapters
 will work.  = For systems of the vintage of which you speak, it has been my E experience that they won't work with Adaptec at all; at least for the  non-DEC/Compaq/HP branded ones.   $ Ditto for the Personal Workstations.    Try something Qlogic 10x0 based.  D And as for cheap, you can get KZPBAs rather inexpensively on auction sites from time to time.   WWWebb   --  C NOTE: This email address is only used for noncommerical VMS-related  correspondence. C All unsolicited commercial email will be deemed to be a request for 8 services pursuant to the terms and conditions located at# http://bellsouthpwp.net/w/e/webbww/    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:02:27 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>* Subject: Re: Another DCL CHallenge for Guy+ Message-ID: <42B75913.71D9698C@comcast.net>    John Reagan wrote: >  > David J Dachtera wrote:  >  > >  > > 7 > > O.k., Guy, how hard would it be to add this to DCL:  > >  > > DEFINE VERB SAMPLE > >     image sample  > >     qualifier privved_sample7 > >         value (list,privs=(oper),rights=(np_allow))  > > L > > Then, if a user invokes the verb SAMPLE with the /PRIVVED_SAMPLE[=value]F > > qualifier, but lacks OPER privilege, or does not hold the NP_ALLOWK > > identifier, then DCL itself refuses the command with a message such as:  > > ? > > %DCL-E-PRVQUAL, /PRVVED_SAMPLE qualifier requires privilege 9 > > ("%DCL-E-PRVQUAL, /!AS qualifier requires privilege")  > >  > > Anything useful here?  > >  > * > What aboue images installed with privs?   * No impact. Default behavior still applies.   > Or images linked againstF > user-written system services that might grant the privilege based on& > some scheme Guy doensn't know about?  G No impact - the exmaple is not appropriate to what this attempts to do.   E > Having DCL "guess" at what the program needs feels like half a job.   C No "guessing" involved. The system manager sets up the .CLD per the 4 site's requirements. Very methodical and scientific.  G The intent may be clearer if you look up the original thread from which C this was split-off: "Backup Question", and Bob Koehler's post dated  Friday, 17-Jun-2005 08:16 a.m.   --   David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems  http://www.djesys.com/  ) Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page: " http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/  ( Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/   " Unofficial OpenVMS-IA32 Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/ia32/    Coming soon:& Unofficial OpenVMS Marketing Home Page   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:04:31 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>* Subject: Re: Another DCL CHallenge for Guy+ Message-ID: <42B7598F.6FD48C18@comcast.net>    "Keith A. Lewis" wrote:  > ~ > John Reagan <john.reagan@hp.com> writes in article <rFAte.7338$MK4.85@news.cpqcorp.net> dated Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:46:47 GMT: > >David J Dachtera wrote: > >>8 > >> O.k., Guy, how hard would it be to add this to DCL: > >> > >> DEFINE VERB SAMPLE  > >>     image sample ! > >>     qualifier privved_sample 8 > >>         value (list,privs=(oper),rights=(np_allow)) > >>M > >> Then, if a user invokes the verb SAMPLE with the /PRIVVED_SAMPLE[=value] G > >> qualifier, but lacks OPER privilege, or does not hold the NP_ALLOW L > >> identifier, then DCL itself refuses the command with a message such as: > >>@ > >> %DCL-E-PRVQUAL, /PRVVED_SAMPLE qualifier requires privilege: > >> ("%DCL-E-PRVQUAL, /!AS qualifier requires privilege") > >> > >> Anything useful here? > >> > > D > >What aboue images installed with privs?  Or images linked againstG > >user-written system services that might grant the privilege based on ' > >some scheme Guy doensn't know about?  > > F > >Having DCL "guess" at what the program needs feels like half a job. > G > I agree.  I don't see a drawback with the current scheme of the image ! > optionally checking its privs.     See my response to John Reagan.   , > I didn't read the whole backup thread, butN > it still produces a good backup even if it can't /RECORD, right?  No harm no > foul.   A ...except that he (Bob) wants (for example) the /RECORD qualifier F restricted to privileged users only. The quality of the saveset is not	 at issue.    --   David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems  http://www.djesys.com/  ) Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page: " http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/  ( Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/   " Unofficial OpenVMS-IA32 Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/ia32/    Coming soon:& Unofficial OpenVMS Marketing Home Page   ------------------------------    Date: 20 Jun 2005 14:19:03 -0700$ From: "AEF" <spamsink2001@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Backup questionC Message-ID: <1119302343.174352.269550@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>   
 AEF wrote: > Dave Weatherall wrote:J > > On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:35:26 UTC, "Syltrem" <syltremzulu@videotron.ca>
 > > wrote: > > ? > > > "AEF" <spamsink2001@yahoo.com> a ,crit dans le message de C > > > news:1118941830.129843.298400@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...  > I > [>-depth got screwed up here. What's quoted below, up to the [...], was  > written by me, AEF]  >  > > > I > > > Here's an example of how renaming a file clears its backup date and  > > > foils the tape2 backup.  > > >  > > > $ DIR/DATE=(M,B) A.A > > > # > > > Directory _DSA1:[SCRATCH.AAA]  > > > C > > > A.A;1                      0/0        16-JUN-2005 13:04:51.98  > > > 16-JUN-2005 13:05:14.63  > > > " > > > Total of 1 file, 0/0 blocks. > > > $ REN A.A C.C < > > > %RENAME-I-RENAMED, _DSA1:[SCRATCH.AAA]A.A;1 renamed to > > > _DSA1:[SCRATCH.AAA]C.C;1 > > > $ DIR/DATE=(M,B) C.C > > > # > > > Directory _DSA1:[SCRATCH.AAA]  > > > I > > > C.C;1                      0/0        16-JUN-2005 13:05:27.75   <No  > > > backup recorded> > > > " > > > Total of 1 file, 0/0 blocks. > > > $ @ > > > $ BACK/LOG */BACK/SINC=16-JUN-2005 NL:A.B/SAVE  ! to tape2H > > > %BACKUP-W-NOFILES, no files selected from _DSA1:[SCRATCH.AAA]*.*;* > > > $  > > >  > [...] J > > Does the same apply if you rename the file back to ;1. A practice I doC > > not indulge in for many reasons but it's good to have one more.  > >  > > -- > > Cheers - Dave W. >  > : > Is there some reason you can test this with a test file?   Uh, make that "can't test".    > 8 > Anyway, renaming a file to ;1 *does* clear the backup.   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:34:53 +0200 - From: Didier Morandi <prenom.nom@freesurf.fr>   Subject: CHARON-VAX demo: bug #14 Message-ID: <42b71a78$0$32429$626a14ce@news.free.fr>   ECL> @SET-ADDR.COM; This utility can set the DECnet address of this node once.     (Reboot for a further change).? Setting the address to a value already functioning on your LAN     can block the network!  6 Enter the DECnet area number for this system (1-63): 18 Enter the DECnet node number for this system (1-1023): 3   Wait ...) You set this system to DECnet address 1.3  ============================9 Now you can 'SET HOST' to OpenVMS system over DECnet and    . use your big disk images as FAL server disks.     < If you want make backup of the real VAX disk and restore it    as CHARON-VAX disk image :: - edit and copy to VAX file REMOTE_BACKUP.COM over DECnet   / - mount 'big' disk for storing backup save-set    = - 'SET HOST' to real VAX and run script REMOTE_BACKUP.COM or    <    execute DCL command for disk image backup to remote file   = - reboot system with flag /b0000000 (stand-alone backup) and    2    restore backup save-set to another 'big' disk.        ECL> set ho 1.2 - %REM-F-CONNECT_ERR, error connecting to host    2 %KERNEL-F-CONNECT_TIMEOUT, connect circuit timeout  0 (defined DTL03 in DTL02's NCP database, then...)   ECL> set host 1.2 , %REM-F-CONNECT_ERR, error connecting to host5 %KERNEL-F-DISCONNECT, circuit disconnected by partner    :-(    D.   ------------------------------  + Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:53:42 +0000 (UTC)  From: david20@alpha2.mdx.ac.uk: Subject: Re: Hackers and Microsoft Engineers, very amusing) Message-ID: <d96vr6$o02$1@news.mdx.ac.uk>   A In article <GGCte.11847$wm2.8135@fe05.lga>, Z <Z@no.spam> writes:   >david20@alpha2.mdx.ac.uk wrote:R >> Unfortunately in the name of user friendliness Windows default is to add every A >> Wireless network you have ever connected to into it's list of  J >> preferred networks and then send out probes for each of these networks B >> and finally to connect to the first one it finds automatically. > > >That's odd, my Windows XP Pro system doesn't behave that way. >  >I'm prompted to connect.  > - >Maybe I have a defective version of Windows?   J Firstly note I said by default. Hence it maybe your setup has been altered. so it is no longer taking the default actions.  , For a list of the steps taken to connect see  \ http://www.knowledgering.com/Portals/839a716c-0575-402b-b4b9-f5e994ae7bed/Improved%20WZC.pdf      
 David Webb Security team leader CCSS Middlesex University   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:43:53 -0700  From: Z <Z@no.spam> : Subject: Re: Hackers and Microsoft Engineers, very amusing( Message-ID: <thKte.4466$mD6.62@fe07.lga>   William Webb wrote: . >>Maybe I have a defective version of Windows?    > We all do, brother, we all do.  
 Ok, I LOL-ed!    ------------------------------    Date: 20 Jun 2005 14:45:40 -0700 From: bob@instantwhip.com < Subject: Re: Intel neuters Montvale, Itanic screams in alarmC Message-ID: <1119303940.468434.237400@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>   1 everyone here will give an account for everything 2 they ever did, spoke, or thought ... Christians do* not strap explosives on themselves because3 killing is murder, and only God can kill ... anyone 2 else who kills is trying to be God, and their fate2 is the same as all murderers, the lake of fire ...1 you sure are not very intelligent for being a vms 
 proponent!   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:43:33 GMT  From: danco@ns2.pebble.org& Subject: Re: OpenVMS and XML questions1 Message-ID: <slrndbe381.mbt.danco@ns2.pebble.org>   C In article <1119286539.558160.164080@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,  tadamsmar wrote:  I > I am researching how to read/write data points from/to an environmental A > control system using XML over an intranet to/from an VMS legacy ' > application written in FORTRAN and C.   K Get yourself a copy of LIBXML2.  It is easilly built (from source using the I Compaq C compiler) for the OpenVMS platform.  It's also a pleasure to use G from a programming perspective.  And if you want to use it on UNIX too, 7 it builds just about as easilly on many UNIX platforms.    - Dan    ------------------------------    Date: 20 Jun 2005 13:24:09 -0700' From: "tadamsmar" <tadamsmar@yahoo.com> & Subject: Re: OpenVMS and XML questionsB Message-ID: <1119299049.054903.88430@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>   Larry Kilgallen wrote:o > In article <1119286539.558160.164080@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "tadamsmar" <tadamsmar@yahoo.com> writes:  > G > > The application currently uses a serial interface to read/write the F > > data points, but we are exploring using the XML interface that the* > > environmental control system provides. > 4 > Why ?  What is broken about the serial interface ?  E It's not broken.  I think the system engineer would like to free up 3 F serial slots or maybe thinks a IP would be niftier.  I don't know thatE we will make the conversion, but I was asked to explore it.  Maybe he A is worried that the environmental control system will not support B serial at some point in the future.  Also, we are limited to threeF systems communicating with the environmental control system via serialE interfaces unless we make them hang up an contend to reconnect, which ) is also not really a broken way to do it.   D Another question might be is it a bad idea to switch to XML from the- standpoint of reliability or maintainability.    ------------------------------    Date: 20 Jun 2005 16:00:54 -0500- From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) & Subject: Re: OpenVMS and XML questions3 Message-ID: <CZIX2utz5A3M@eisner.encompasserve.org>   l In article <1119299049.054903.88430@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, "tadamsmar" <tadamsmar@yahoo.com> writes:  F > Another question might be is it a bad idea to switch to XML from the/ > standpoint of reliability or maintainability.   E Certainly the more pieces there are the more possible failures exist.    ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 22:07:30 GMT C From: Real Gagnon <realgagnon_@_yahooSpamIsBadSstripunderscore.com> & Subject: Re: OpenVMS and XML questions7 Message-ID: <Xns967BB94EF7095realgagnon@207.35.177.135>   C > Get yourself a copy of LIBXML2.  It is easilly built (from source E > using the Compaq C compiler) for the OpenVMS platform.  It's also a E > pleasure to use from a programming perspective.  And if you want to B > use it on UNIX too, it builds just about as easilly on many UNIX
 > platforms.    8 Any examples about how to manipulate XML through COBOL ?   Thanks.  --  ! Real Gagnon  from  Quebec, Canada > * Looking for Java or PB code examples ? Visit Real's How-to  # * http://www.rgagnon.com/howto.html    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:26:16 -0400 ) From: "Neil Rieck" <n.rieck@sympatico.ca> & Subject: Re: OpenVMS and XML questions: Message-ID: <0oHte.32402$Kk4.311841@news20.bellglobal.com>  2 "tadamsmar" <tadamsmar@yahoo.com> wrote in message= news:1119286539.558160.164080@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... H >I am researching how to read/write data points from/to an environmentalA > control system using XML over an intranet to/from an VMS legacy ' > application written in FORTRAN and C.  > E > The application currently uses a serial interface to read/write the D > data points, but we are exploring using the XML interface that the( > environmental control system provides. > I > Any ideas on how to approach this?  I don't know very little about XML. F > I am not sure what kind of XML support VMS provides.  We have TCP/IP > for our VMS Systems. > E > I figure I could read/writh the XML via Java and transfer it to the G > legacy application via files.  That would probably work for us, but I # > would like to explore my options.  >   J As others have already pointed out, there is a lot of Java based XML stuffL to be found at HP's OpenVMS website. However, it has been my experience thatI writing your own ad-hoc XML interfaces can be quite a bit more productive G (I've done about a half dozen). The reason for writing your own is that C most solutions do not need all the mega features built into the XML 	 standard.   0 This URL is a good XML boot strap for your head:= http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/98/41/index1a_page4.html C When you're done reading the page just linked, try some of the (non # OpenVMS) resources referenced here: > http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/links/cool_computer.html#http  L Now I should point out that most of my XML interfaces process XML text filesL which have been FTP'd into (or out of) my production OpenVMS machine. If youK want to have your XML files processed by a web server then it might be more 8 sensible to stick with a pre-canned Java-based solution.  L It is also not a good idea to roll your own interface if you want to send orG receive massive amounts of data that could evolve into BinaryXML (still J being developed) or you need to deal with unzipping ZIP'ed XML data on the fly.  	 * * * * *   . Vanilla XML only has a small handful of rules:  7 1. the first line must always be an XML version  record : 2. every opening tag must have a corresponding closing tag> 3. the closing tag must be of the same case as the opening tagJ 4. if there is no DTD record, you can make up tags to your heart's contentK 5. string data should be quoted (especially if it contains embedded spaces)   : Here is an XML example file from a real world application:   <?xml version="1.0"?>  <list> <icsis-ticket-data-1.1> @ <SOURCE_APPLICATION>NEIL'S DEMO APPLICATION</SOURCE_APPLICATION> <REPORT>THIS IS A TEST</REPORT>  <TYPE>xx</TYPE> ! <CREATE12>200505271700</CREATE12> ( <DEVICE_SERIAL>123456789</DEVICE_SERIAL>% <DEVICE_NAME>ASUS-P5WD2</DEVICE_NAME>  <COMPANY>WHATEVER</COMPANY>  <POSTAL>K1A1Z9</POSTAL>  <FLOOR>313</FLOOR>' <ADDRESS>123 MOCKINGBIRD LANE</ADDRESS>  <CITY>WATERLOO</CITY>  <PROVINCE>ONTARIO</PROVINCE> <NAME>HERMAN MUNSTER</NAME>  <TEL>9995551212</TEL>  <NOTES>THIS IS A TEST</NOTES>  <SUPPLEMENTAL> PC MAKE ASUS PC MODEL P5WD2 PC LOCATION OFFICE
 PC SPEED 2GHZ  PC HD SPACE 80GB
 PC OS WINDOWS  ETHERNET CARD N  </SUPPLEMENTAL>  </icsis-ticket-data-1.1> </list>   G To make sure it's compliant (because the other system you're talking to L probably will be) save your proposed file, or even the example if given you,K onto your Windows desktop as "file.txt". Then rename the file to "file.xml" J and open it with Internet Explorer. The built-in XML rendering engine will check it for XML syntax.  
 Neil Rieck Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge,  Ontario, Canada.8 http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/links/cool_openvms.html   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:18:10 GMT  From: danco@ns2.pebble.org& Subject: Re: OpenVMS and XML questions1 Message-ID: <slrndbefqf.md4.danco@ns2.pebble.org>   J In article <Xns967BB94EF7095realgagnon@207.35.177.135>, Real Gagnon wrote:  : > Any examples about how to manipulate XML through COBOL ?  < Not having written a COBOL program since about 1980, I don't= personally have any examples of working with XML using COBOL. @ If you want to use LIBXML2 with COBOL, it might be convenient toD write some wrapper routines around the particular API functions that@ might otherwise be somewhat inconvenient to call from COBOL.  In= order to do that, you'll need an understanding of the OpenVMS C procedure calling and argument passing conventions in order to make @ the mental flips.  Just because LIBXML2 is written in C, doesn'tB mean it can't be used from COBOL.  LIBXML2's relatively high level? "reader" and "writer" APIs are easy to use.  And if you're only B writing XML and not parsing any, then you don't need any fancy API at all.  It's just text.   ------------------------------    Date: 20 Jun 2005 17:17:08 -0700 From: skearney@accessbee.com Subject: Re: OT: vms keyboard C Message-ID: <1119313028.353299.212490@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>    William Webb wrote: 7 > On 19 Jun 2005 20:53:38 -0700, skearney@accessbee.com ! > <skearney@accessbee.com> wrote: H > > The subject of the Dvorak keyboard has come up half a dozen times inI > > this group.  While Keytweak may be irrelevant, the transposition dfjk I > > with etni will increase the amount of text typed from these four home  > > keys by almost 500%. > >  > >  > > Aset keyboard I > > It has been said that the most common letters were taken off the home D > > row of the first typewriter keyboard to slow down the typist and > > prevent jamming.K > > On a Dvorak keyboard almost sixty percent of average text is typed from I > > the home keys.  Transposing the letters 'etni' with 'dfjk'  would put J > > more than 55% of text on the home keys, up from only 26% on the qwertyK > > layout.  Thats more than twice the text typed without lifting a finger.  > > I > > The change is quite pleasant and easy to learn.  I hope you will pass  > > this on. > > D > > To put e, t, n and i back where they belong, there is a keyboardI > > remapping program that is free, downloads quickly and is very easy to D > > use.  I am typing this post on a keyboard remapped to the 'etni'K > > transposition layout.  The program is called 'Keytweak 2.11' and can be K > > googled up by that name.  It is available from several sites, including  > > PC magazine. > > 6 > > 1)  After you have loaded the program click start.J > > 2)  Click the "KeyTweak" icon and a graphic of a keyboard will appear.@ > > 3)  Click the "Full Teach Mode" at the bottom of the screen.5 > > 4)  A box will appear.  Click "Begin Teach Mode". D > > 5)  Press the key you want to reassign, then the key you want it' > > reassigned to, in this case D to E. $ > > 6)  Click "Remap Key#1 to Key#2"K > > 7)  The box will disappear and the scancodes of the keys will appear in 5 > > the "Pending Changes" window at the bottom right. H > > 8)  Follow the same procedure (from 3) for E to D, and the remaining > > six remaps. G > > 9)  Click "Apply" and you will be asked if you want to turn off the " > > computer to apply the changes.G > >     At the top there is also a clickable "Restore Defaults" to give   > > you back your qwerty layout.H > >     I was able to remap in under three minutes and restore qwerty in. > > thirty seconds, not including the restart. > > H > > You can try out the sample lines of text below to discover that your. > > fingers already know where etni should go. > > 0 > > nineteen lean little saints settle in a nest0 > > jkjdfddj ldaj lkffld sakjfs sdffld kj a jdsf > > + > > an alien eats an ant antenna in atlanta + > > aj alkdj dafs aj ajf ajfdjja kj aflajfa  > > 0 > > elite sense entails a siesta in a satin seat0 > > dlkfd sdjsd djfakls a skdsfa kj a safkj sdaf > > # > > a stain is seen at a linen sale # > > a sfakj ks sddj af a lkjdj sald  > > / > > a latent latin talent tast tests in seattle / > > a lafdjf lafkj faldjf fasf fdsfs kj sdaffld  > > " > > insane santa sails in sea salt" > > kjsajd sajfa sakls kj sda salf > >  > > Many thanks  > >  > >  >  > Looks like ROT-13 to me. >  > WWWebb >  > --E > NOTE: This email address is only used for noncommerical VMS-related  > correspondence. E > All unsolicited commercial email will be deemed to be a request for : > services pursuant to the terms and conditions located at% > http://bellsouthpwp.net/w/e/webbww/   E     AFAIK, the only thing that these letter swaps have in common with E rot-13 is that ed becomes de.  The 'etni' code is easy to decipher if G you let your fingers do the walking.  It is a decent way to find a post 4 on google.  Thanks for your reply, Mr. Wkllkam wdbb.   ------------------------------    Date: 20 Jun 2005 15:36:24 -0700 From: abecciu@gmail.com - Subject: Something wrong with MicroVAX m10e ? C Message-ID: <1119306984.725503.112010@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>   4 Hi. I have a MicroVAX m10e. When I power it on, this appear in the console    KA 41-D V1.0  8 F...E...D...C...B...A...9...7...6...5...4...3...2...1...     ?E 0040 0000.0005    ?C 0080 0000.4001    ?7 80A0 0000.4004   ? VMS/VMB   ULTRIX  ADDR         NUMBYTES  RM/FX  WP  DEVNAM  REV ? -------   ------  ----         --------  -----  --  ------  --- # ESA0      SE0     08-00-2B-1D-D8-92      ...HostID.... A/6       INITR 1 DKB0 RZ8     B/0/0/90   DISK   665MB FX RZ56 0400 ' MKB500 TZ13  B/5/0/00   TAPE   ..... RM 
 ...HostID....    [ESA0:] ?>>>   83 BOOT SYS  -ESA0 	 ?54 RETRY 	 ?54 RETRY 	 ?54 RETRY   ) I have a Digital VT340+ without keyboard. , Any idea on what's wrong? Thanks in advance.   ------------------------------    Date: 20 Jun 2005 16:32:49 -0700; From: "tomarsin2015@comcast.net" <tomarsin2015@comcast.net> 1 Subject: Re: Something wrong with MicroVAX m10e ? C Message-ID: <1119310369.626565.237360@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>    Hello B Your VAX is trying to boot off or looking for a boot source on theC ethernet adapter (ESA0). Look at the FAQ to see how to connect your B system (console port) to a pc (serial port),  if you cannot find a keyboard for the 340.  phillip    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 22:07:47 -0700  From: Z <Z@no.spam> 1 Subject: Re: Something wrong with MicroVAX m10e ? + Message-ID: <DgNte.12447$wm2.5836@fe05.lga>    abecciu@gmail.com wrote:
 > 83 BOOT SYS  > -ESA0  > ?54 RETRY  > ?54 RETRY  > ?54 RETRY  > + > I have a Digital VT340+ without keyboard. . > Any idea on what's wrong? Thanks in advance.  C It's trying to boot VMS from the network but the boot node is gone.    ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 22:13:40 GMT 6 From: "Andy Bustamante" <a_c_bustamante@earthlink.net>0 Subject: Re: SURVEY: Best Handheld for... <Plug>: Message-ID: <ocHte.487$N22.467@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>  + This message is brought to you by TealLock.   I I'm still using a Palm III.  I'd rather have the longer battery life than H use a color screen that needs regular charging.  Besides contact info, IJ keep system serial numbers, configurations and service info immediately at hand.   J That said I use TealLock http://www.tealpoint.com/softlock.htm which locksI my Palm III after 10 minutes of inactivity.  Any stranger finding it only L gets a password prompt and my office address/phone number.  Easily worth theC registration if you load any information you'd rather keep private.      --       Andy Bustamante  Remove the ASCII 95s for e-mail     : "Didier Morandi" <prenom.nom@freesurf.fr> wrote in message- news:42b630ac$0$1342$636a15ce@news.free.fr... I > I had my Palm Pilot 505 aged 5 stolen in my car yesterday (no, I had no  > passwords lists inside...) > ( > So it is time for me to get a new one. > ) > What is your best choice to be able to:  >  > read my mail > telephone  > log into my Alpha  > > > and all other standard time management and phone list tasks? > 	 > Thanks,  >  > D.   ------------------------------    Date: 20 Jun 2005 14:49:00 -0500; From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) ) Subject: Re: VAX/VMS Consulting in Europe 3 Message-ID: <Oz9x+fyTJrCq@eisner.encompasserve.org>   V In article <3hnqvjFhpdmtU2@individual.net>, bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes: > E > SIMH will run just fine n a PC now under FreeBSD.  Why would anyone  > want to run MacOS on a PC?  G    Don't ask me, ask Steve Jobs.  It was his decision. (OK, Intel based .    Macs might not quite be PCs, wait and see.)  1    OBTW, simh runs just fine under MacOS already.    ------------------------------    Date: 20 Jun 2005 14:51:31 -0500; From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) ) Subject: Re: VAX/VMS Consulting in Europe 3 Message-ID: <ZnUvgPlcHxRI@eisner.encompasserve.org>   V In article <3hobd3Fi1hfpU1@individual.net>, bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes: > C > That doesn't answer the question "Why?".  If the desire is to run D > SIMH in order to run VMS on a PC, this has been possible since the/ > very first version of SIMH to simulate a VAX.   A    IIRC the OP didn't care for Windows.  Lynux, FreeBSD, and soon     MacOS are all alternatives.  G    Hm, maybe I can get simh up and running on my Pro350.  At least that H    way I'll know it will actually be slower than the real thing.  And my8    Pro will have something better to do than run Empire.   ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:13:30 +0200 - From: Didier Morandi <prenom.nom@freesurf.fr> ) Subject: Re: VAX/VMS Consulting in Europe 4 Message-ID: <42b73f8f$0$32421$626a14ce@news.free.fr>   Bob Koehler wrote:X > In article <3hnqvjFhpdmtU2@individual.net>, bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes: > E >>SIMH will run just fine n a PC now under FreeBSD.  Why would anyone  >>want to run MacOS on a PC? >  > I >    Don't ask me, ask Steve Jobs.  It was his decision. (OK, Intel based 0 >    Macs might not quite be PCs, wait and see.)    < Friends, the problem with PCs is not the cpu it's the M$ OS.   D.   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2005.344 ************************                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      -Trace: newsgate.onet.pl 1043925141 18937 192.168.240.245 (30 Jan 2003 11:12:21 GMT)
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