1 INFO-VAX	Mon, 21 Nov 2005	Volume 2005 : Issue 650       Contents: Compiler prices ! Re: Configuring MSA disks for VMS & FREE Usenet Indexing - www.binadex.com* Re: Illuminata says Itanium was a mistake. Re: MAKE utility for openVMS?  Re: MAKE utility for openVMS?  Re: Need help with C program Re: Need help with C program Re: Need help with C program Re: Need help with C program Re: Need help with C program Re: Need help with C program Re: Need help with C program Re: No more SETI on VMS ? 9 Re: shared queue and direct printing via TCPIP DECservers  Re: System disk booting problem P Re: The ZLXp-L1 Card doesn't seem to be compatible with my video, I am stuck I a" Re: Unable to Boot Firmware CD-ROMI Weird screen color ... greenish screens likely card-video incompatibility   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  + Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:41:37 -0600 (CST) * From: sms@antinode.org (Steven M. Schweda) Subject: Compiler prices2 Message-ID: <05112111413713_2038971B@antinode.org>  6    In case you didn't get the e-mail message from Sun:  ;       http://www.sun.com/software/products/studio/index.xml   E       Sun Studio 11 software is the latest release of record-setting, ?       optimizing compilers and tools for the C, C++ and Fortran H       developer. This release delivers the highest optimizations and theG       best performance in the development of scalable 32-bit and 64-bit J       applications on Sun's newest hardware platforms including the latestE       multi-core UltraSPARC, x64 and x86 platforms. And Sun Studio 11 G       software now removes the price barrier and is available for Free!        [...]   F Just follow the link, "Get the Software ".  The SPARC kit (Sun Studio@ 11 Software, English studio11-sol-sparc.tar.bz2) is about 592MB.      Just a thought.  F    Perhaps I should suck down a (free) set of Solaris 10 CD-ROM images while I'm at it.  H ------------------------------------------------------------------------  4    Steven M. Schweda               (+1) 651-699-98183    382 South Warwick Street        sms@antinode-org     Saint Paul  MN  55105-2547    ------------------------------    Date: 21 Nov 2005 04:44:17 -0800( From: "jpl" <jim.lahman@mittalsteel.com>* Subject: Re: Configuring MSA disks for VMSB Message-ID: <1132577057.353477.70800@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>  G After some research, I learned that I had to use wwidmgr at the console  with these commands:  + "wwidmgr -show wwid" to show the disk units @ "wwidmgr -quickset -udid 200" to let VMS know about the new disk "init"   Jim      Albrecht Schlosser wrote:  > jpl schrieb:H > > I added three new disks to my MSA1000 (It has already a set of threeK > > disks - thus now it has six disks)).  I created a unit to contain these G > > disks as a RAID 1 w/spare.  However, when I restart the AlphaServer H > > DS25 (VMS 7.3-2), it still sees the original three disks and not the > > new set. > > I > > The documentation for setting the MSA1000 with a VMS server is pretty  > > lacking. > >  > > Does anyone have any hints.  >  > set unit_id ... ?  > 4 > what does "show units" and/or "show disks" output? > 
 > Albrecht   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:51:12 -0600 * From: "A Fan of Binadex" <binadex@binadex>/ Subject: FREE Usenet Indexing - www.binadex.com 8 Message-ID: <1132591872_18063@spool6-east.superfeed.net>   FREE Usenet Binary Indexing    www.binadex.com   Q ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- S http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups K ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:08:42 -0500 & From: Thomas Wirt <twnews@kittles.com>3 Subject: Re: Illuminata says Itanium was a mistake. E Message-ID: <7415c$43820d2a$4367aba2$14528@msgid.meganewsservers.com>    FredK wrote:( > <bob@instantwhip.com> wrote in message? > news:1132321497.672507.212630@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...  > G >>the problem is someone is being paid off by Micro$oft to keep OpenVMS  >>off the x86 boat anchor ...  >> >  > D > You found us out.  Bill himself comes by once a month scared sillyA > about VMS and dumps bags of unmarked $100 bills to keep us from  > releasing it.  > > I presume that he drops the money from a black helicopter?  :)   --     Thomas Wirt  Operations Manager, IS Dept. Kittle's Home Furnishings  Indianapolis, IN   ------------------------------    Date: 21 Nov 2005 00:33:50 -0800* From: "S7Solutions" <manju.m.s7@gmail.com>& Subject: Re: MAKE utility for openVMS?C Message-ID: <1132562030.390883.171740@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>    Hello there,  B This is Manju from S7 [s7solutions.com]. We are the cross-platformE migration & porting experts with over 7 years of migration experience E onto various operating systems such as windows, UNIX & Linux. We have @ ported over several millions of lines of code for big names likeE Lucent, Marconi, Texas Instruments, Agile, Actel, Novell, Checkpoint, @ Portwise, Bristol to name a few. If you think our developers canF contribute to the opensource I will definately encourage them to do soE during their free time and with Christmas around I am sure I can find ? many with free time. Please do let me know any existing porting 0 projects and also how to contribute to the same.  ! Looking forward for your response  Thanks & Best Regards  Manju     0 *** CUSTOMER comes FIRST, come what may ********   Manjunath M  S7 Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd. + #83 Railway Parallel Road, Kumara Park West  Bangalore - 560020, India  Telephone: +91-80-51526777 Fax:            +91-80-2334135   2936 173rd CT NE Redmond, WA 98052, USA Telephone: (425) 867 1457  Fax: (425) 883 2597  Toll Free: 1-888-224-6174   ' Yahoo messenger ID: s7softwaresolutions ' MSN messenger ID: manjum_s7@hotmail.com  Skype ID: s7softwaresolutions    http://www.s7solutions.com  / "Redefining cross-platform porting & migration"   0 ************************************************   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:02:15 -0800 # From: "Tom Linden" <tom@kednos.com> & Subject: Re: MAKE utility for openVMS?( Message-ID: <ops0lip1ylzgicya@hyrrokkin>  	 Hi Manju,    How about finishing emacs?6 http://www.glug.org/people/ttn/software/emacs-for-vms/   Tom     H On 21 Nov 2005 00:33:50 -0800, S7Solutions <manju.m.s7@gmail.com> wrote:   > Hello there, > D > This is Manju from S7 [s7solutions.com]. We are the cross-platformG > migration & porting experts with over 7 years of migration experience G > onto various operating systems such as windows, UNIX & Linux. We have B > ported over several millions of lines of code for big names likeG > Lucent, Marconi, Texas Instruments, Agile, Actel, Novell, Checkpoint, B > Portwise, Bristol to name a few. If you think our developers canH > contribute to the opensource I will definately encourage them to do soG > during their free time and with Christmas around I am sure I can find A > many with free time. Please do let me know any existing porting 2 > projects and also how to contribute to the same. > # > Looking forward for your response  > Thanks & Best Regards  > Manju  >  > 2 > *** CUSTOMER comes FIRST, come what may ******** > 
 > Manjunath M ! > S7 Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd. - > #83 Railway Parallel Road, Kumara Park West  > Bangalore - 560020, India  > Telephone: +91-80-51526777  > Fax:            +91-80-2334135 >  > 2936 173rd CT NE > Redmond, WA 98052, USA > Telephone: (425) 867 1457  > Fax: (425) 883 2597  > Toll Free: 1-888-224-6174  > ) > Yahoo messenger ID: s7softwaresolutions ) > MSN messenger ID: manjum_s7@hotmail.com  > Skype ID: s7softwaresolutions  >  > http://www.s7solutions.com > 1 > "Redefining cross-platform porting & migration"  > 2 > ************************************************ >    ------------------------------    Date: 21 Nov 2005 07:23:19 -0800% From: "RJDurkee" <RJDurkee@yahoo.com> % Subject: Re: Need help with C program C Message-ID: <1132586599.785681.241210@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>    Stanley F. Quayle wrote:* > On 18 Nov 2005 at 10:46, RJDurkee wrote:# > > Here is the source I was using.  > B > The extra () after strncpy is certainly an error  Here's an even > simpler version. >  >  > #include <descrip> > #include <string.h>  > 
 > int status; . > char *date_ptr = {"5-MAR-2000 05:35:30.25"}; >   > DSC$DESCRIPTOR date_char_desc, > 6 > memset (date_char_desc, 0, sizeof (date_char_desc));1 > date_char_desc.dsc$w_length = strlen(date_ptr); * > date_char_desc.dsc$a_pointer = date_ptr; > 5 > status = SYS$BINTIM(&date_char_desc, &date_bin[0]);  >  > --Stan Quayle  > Quayle Consulting Inc. >   < I get the following error when I compile the above program -   DSC$DESCRIPTOR date_char_desc,                  ...............^8 %CC-E-DECLARATION, Invalid declaration.at line number 9    Thanks Rich   ------------------------------    Date: 21 Nov 2005 07:28:05 -0800% From: "RJDurkee" <RJDurkee@yahoo.com> % Subject: Re: Need help with C program C Message-ID: <1132586885.574753.277840@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>   < I get the following error when I compile the above program -             sys$exit(s);      ....................^2 %CC-E-BADSTMT, Invalid statement.at line number 37           $DESCRIPTOR(d, b);
  ........^D %CC-W-ADDRCONSTEXT, In the initializer for d.dsc$a_pointer, "b" doesE not have a constant address, but occurs in a context that requires an F address constant.  This is an extension of the language.at line number 17  E I told you I didn't know anything about C - not even enough to figure C out how to correct these simple errors. I did, however, change this  line:    long long q;   to   long q;   / As I was getting an error on the original code.    Thanks,  Rich   ------------------------------   Date: 21 Nov 2005 15:30:10 GMT( From: bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon)% Subject: Re: Need help with C program , Message-ID: <3ue7g2F10s9bvU1@individual.net>  C In article <1132586599.785681.241210@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, ( 	"RJDurkee" <RJDurkee@yahoo.com> writes: > Stanley F. Quayle wrote:+ >> On 18 Nov 2005 at 10:46, RJDurkee wrote: $ >> > Here is the source I was using. >>C >> The extra () after strncpy is certainly an error  Here's an even  >> simpler version.  >> >> >> #include <descrip>  >> #include <string.h> >> >> int status;/ >> char *date_ptr = {"5-MAR-2000 05:35:30.25"};  >>! >> DSC$DESCRIPTOR date_char_desc,  >>7 >> memset (date_char_desc, 0, sizeof (date_char_desc)); 2 >> date_char_desc.dsc$w_length = strlen(date_ptr);+ >> date_char_desc.dsc$a_pointer = date_ptr;  >>6 >> status = SYS$BINTIM(&date_char_desc, &date_bin[0]); >> >> --Stan Quayle >> Quayle Consulting Inc.  >> > > > I get the following error when I compile the above program - >   > DSC$DESCRIPTOR date_char_desc," >                 ...............^: > %CC-E-DECLARATION, Invalid declaration.at line number 9   A Right off the top of my head I would say he probably doesn't like E the fact that the line ends with a comma.  Try making it a semicolon.    bill   --  J Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolvesD bill@cs.scranton.edu     |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton   |A Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>       ------------------------------   Date: 21 Nov 2005 16:07:30 GMT( From: bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon)% Subject: Re: Need help with C program , Message-ID: <3ue9m2F1158g4U1@individual.net>  C In article <1132587375.362321.160540@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, ( 	"RJDurkee" <RJDurkee@yahoo.com> writes: > No, that didn't help : >   > DSC$DESCRIPTOR date_char_desc;" >                 ...............^) > %CC-E-DECLARATION, Invalid declaration.  >   A Ok, I had never used DSC$DESCRIPTOR so I was merely looking at it A from the standpoint of C syntax.  I looked it up. (Google is your 	 friend!!)   @ Here is an example code fragment.  Fix your program accordingly.   #include <descrip.h>  main()      long error = 0;   char *ds = "DS";      struct dsc$descriptor err, DS;      ier.dsc$w_length = sizeof(long);  ier.dsc$a_pointer = &error;!  ier.dsc$b_class = DSC$K_CLASS_S; !  ier.dsc$b_dtype = DSC$K_DTYPE_L;      DS.dsc$w_length = strlen(ds);   DS.dsc$a_pointer = ds;    DS.dsc$b_class = DSC$K_CLASS_S;   DS.dsc$b_dtype = DSC$K_DTYPE_T;  E I really think you need to learn C and HP's extensions before you try G writting production code.  Or, do it in a language you know.  Otherwise ( this project is going to be a disaster.    bill   --  J Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolvesD bill@cs.scranton.edu     |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton   |A Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>       ------------------------------    Date: 21 Nov 2005 07:36:15 -0800% From: "RJDurkee" <RJDurkee@yahoo.com> % Subject: Re: Need help with C program C Message-ID: <1132587375.362321.160540@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>    No, that didn't help :   DSC$DESCRIPTOR date_char_desc;                  ...............^' %CC-E-DECLARATION, Invalid declaration.    Thanks, Rich   ------------------------------    Date: 21 Nov 2005 08:30:40 -0800% From: "RJDurkee" <RJDurkee@yahoo.com> % Subject: Re: Need help with C program C Message-ID: <1132590640.225187.208340@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>   E When I posted the original email, I stated that I not know C and I do E not plan on learning. The project is a final project to pull data off G the OpenVMS system prior to sunsetting. I have a process working but it G would be simpler if I had a small C program that would convert the date  as I mentioned earlier on.C While I hate to appear ungrateful, so far I have seen nothing to be F grateful for. - several undocumented programs that don't compile. As aD programmer I would not post code that did not work, especially for a& novice in a given language, such as C.0 Doing so would be a waste of my time and theirs. Rich   ------------------------------    Date: 21 Nov 2005 11:24:15 -0600- From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) % Subject: Re: Need help with C program 3 Message-ID: <0mdS85zOC318@eisner.encompasserve.org>   k In article <1132590640.225187.208340@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "RJDurkee" <RJDurkee@yahoo.com> writes: G > When I posted the original email, I stated that I not know C and I do G > not plan on learning. The project is a final project to pull data off I > the OpenVMS system prior to sunsetting. I have a process working but it I > would be simpler if I had a small C program that would convert the date  > as I mentioned earlier on.E > While I hate to appear ungrateful, so far I have seen nothing to be H > grateful for. - several undocumented programs that don't compile. As aF > programmer I would not post code that did not work, especially for a( > novice in a given language, such as C.2 > Doing so would be a waste of my time and theirs.  D For maximum efficiency, hire a consultant who know what she is doing$ and is willing to do a project in C.   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:31:25 GMT 1 From: Robert Alan Byer <byer@mail.ourservers.net> " Subject: Re: No more SETI on VMS ?; Message-ID: <heigf.224110$lI5.27430@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com>   " Yes, there is a BONIC SETI client.  E I'm making progress, I'm hoping to have something working in the next 
 few weeks.  G Once I get my WWW server back up (waiting for new SCSI cable) I'll post  what I have on my WWW site :)    Chris Scheers wrote: > Robert Alan Byer wrote:  >  >>C >> I'm currently going over the source code for BOINC and hopefully ' >> soon will have an OpenVMS port done.  >  > G > The BOINC source is available so this is a possibility, but if there  K > isn't a SETI client (or some other BOINC client) for VMS, it won't be of   > much use.  > 8 > Is anyone working on any BOINC project client for VMS? >    ------------------------------    Date: 21 Nov 2005 07:37:48 -0600; From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) B Subject: Re: shared queue and direct printing via TCPIP DECservers3 Message-ID: <LPbMuuV9SXzw@eisner.encompasserve.org>   n In article <1132338090.019831.197960@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>, "Rich Jordan" <jordan@ccs4vms.com> writes: > Bob,G >      there are forms in use.  Do you mean using different stock types I > to prevent sending checks to the printer when the wrong stock is in it?   =    It sounds like you've already covered that teritory, then.   +    Good luck with the rest of your problem.    ------------------------------    Date: 21 Nov 2005 07:47:11 -0600; From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) ( Subject: Re: System disk booting problem3 Message-ID: <m8pRLhYNnZ7Y@eisner.encompasserve.org>   j In article <1132488305.865019.151750@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "Oblix" <oba_baby@hotmail.com> writes:G > I now managed to make format and restore on the Conner new hard disk. . > The hard disk takes DKA0 on thw workstation.- > How can I change it to be DKA300 or DKA200?   .     That number is controlled by the SCSI LUN.  9 > Is there a way to remove the bad blocks on a hard disk?   A    If it's not a revectoring disk, you can use analyze/media.  If E    it is a revectoring disk then formatting should have taken care of     them for you.  G > I have alot of parity errors on the hard disk. how can I remove them?   H    If formatting didn't revector the bad spots and analyze/media doesn't*    apply, then you need to buy a new disk.  E > I don't think formating will help. Is there anything that I can do?   ,    Why don't you think formatting will help?   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:17:01 GMT 3 From: Vance Haemmerle <vance@toyvax.Glendale.CA.US> Y Subject: Re: The ZLXp-L1 Card doesn't seem to be compatible with my video, I am stuck I a = Message-ID: <1ofgf.15010$BZ5.6210@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>    pbritto wrote:I > Now I am stuck, I am using a SVGA Video, the seller was suspicious that F > the video and this ZLXp-L1 card wouldn't get along, I was working on< > text mode so far since I didn't have the Open3D installed.I > I have just installed the Open3D now, even before I login to the system F > the openvms switch over to a blue screen (likely a graphic mode) and > the video goes out of synch.G > What can I do now? and what type of video should I use with this type 
 > of card? >  >  Thanks alot >     D    Can your monitor do sync-on-green?  Many new monitors cannot.  It& might explain why it goes out of sync.   -- Vance Haemmerle    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:26:14 -0800 # From: "Tom Linden" <tom@kednos.com> + Subject: Re: Unable to Boot Firmware CD-ROM ( Message-ID: <ops0d7x0r2zgicya@hyrrokkin>  6 If it is a Toshiba throw it away and replace with Sony  H   TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6302B  had three of these go bad in the manner you   describe$ replace with SONY    CD-RW  CRX185E1      E On 14 Nov 2005 20:32:59 -0800, Schnootling <chuckm@dis.wa.gov> wrote:    > Hi Folks,  > I > I've Googled this group for RUN/STOP discussions and looked at the FAQ, @ > but I can't see anything that encourages me to try a (possibly5 > destructive) command without asking y'all directly: + > I try to BOOT DKa500 and get the good 'ol F > "dka500.5.0.1.1 has no media present or is disabled via the RUN/STOP	 > switch" G > message. If I try to load/ready the CD-ROM by pushing the load/unload 4 > button, the tray goes in then pops right back out.I > Here is the result (abridged, with "polling" lines removed) of the SHOW  > DEVICE command:  >>>> show device" > dka500.5.0.1.1 DKa500 RRD46 1337 > isp0 slot 0, ... > dva0.0.0.1000.0 DVA0 RX23 , > dra0.0.0.5.0 DRA0 6 member RAID 5 degraded' > ewa0.0.0.4.1 00-00-..... twisted pair  > B > So, it seems like the CD-ROM (dka500) is seen by the system, but > unusable.  > G > The/My system was purchased from a reseller who had (of course) wiped G > all software off the box. I'm pretty sure everything worked before it G > was shipped. And, the CD-ROM is an internal unit, so I didn't goof up ? > any CD-ROM connections by reconnecting things after I got it.  >  > Anyone got any ideas ? >  > Confused Chuck >    ------------------------------    Date: 21 Nov 2005 07:20:04 -0800( From: "pbritto" <britto.paulo@gmail.com>R Subject: Weird screen color ... greenish screens likely card-video incompatibilityC Message-ID: <1132586404.094728.280740@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>   A Sorry for being posting so much on the video issue, but I haven't C solved it 100%. I got a video which now allows me to barely see the 4 graphics mode, but I can see the DECWindows running.B It's a dark greenish screen, is this really video x  graphics card incompatibility?    Thanks   G P.S: My video card is ZLXp-L1 and the video is a HP 1702(SVGA) ( I used @ to use this video with an HP DL360 Server machine - Windows 2000 Server) >   My station is Alpha 500/500 with OpenVMS 7.1 and Open3D, all	 licensed.    ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2005.650 ************************