1 INFO-VAX	Thu, 27 Oct 2005	Volume 2005 : Issue 599       Contents:7 Re: Corrupted MAIL.MAI; recover using MAIL$*.MAI files? " Re: Former Alpha Designers at Work) Re: Getting W2K running services from VMS " Re: HELP: TPU editor and the Mouse Re: NCR 53C810 on DS10L  Need PS Fan for AS200  Re: Need PS Fan for AS200  Re: Need PS Fan for AS200  Quick prototype perl from DCL?" Re: Quick prototype perl from DCL?" Re: Quick prototype perl from DCL? Re: SEARCH HTML file Re: System disk booting problem ) Re: ucx 4.1 and problem with RSH services A Re: UCX performance on VMS 6.2 - Unexpected rise in CPU usage.... % Re: USB SUPPORT ON DS10 ALPHA oPENvms % Re: USB SUPPORT ON DS10 ALPHA oPENvms  Re: Webmail running on VAMP 7 Re: Were you an Interex member?  Now you're being sold!   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------    Date: 26 Oct 2005 10:48:57 -0700  From: heinvandenheuvel@gmail.com@ Subject: Re: Corrupted MAIL.MAI; recover using MAIL$*.MAI files?B Message-ID: <1130348937.750134.54610@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>  % j.lance wilkinson, 814865-1818 wrote:  :  > EMAIL> dir/folder ; > Listing of folders in LCS$STAFF:[LCS.JLW.DLT_MAIL]DLT.MAI  : 4 > DELL                                    DELL.WIN2KD > %MAIL-E-READERR, error reading LCS$STAFF:[LCS.JLW.DLT_MAIL]DLT.MAI7 > -RMS-F-CHK, bucket format check failed for VBN = 2922  > EMAIL> : N > Does anybody have, or can anybody recommend, a tool that could recover theseN > MAIL$*.MAI files into a replacement for my corrupted DLT.MAI file?  That is, : @ > Better yet, of course, is a way to recover the corrupted file.    A You really should focus on finding a backup, even an old one, and C trying to understand the extent of the corruption helping you judge E how easy it is restore the corrupted file. This block 2922 may be the E beginning of the end (all zeroes, or random data from an other file), E or it might ust have 1 bit 'fallen over'. Flip it back, or bypass the E bucket and you may be all set in 5 minutes. The (old) backup may help B showing what that VBN (and the next 4 making up the bucket) should
 look like.  E Heck, the corruption MIGHT be in the secondary key (folder) structure D in which case a simple CONVERT will bring the file back to live. Did
 you try that?   < In the RMS_TOOLS directory on the VMS freeware you'll find a= powerpoint with several slides giving you a starting point in   recoverring from the corruption.    E Just for grins I hacked up a DCL script which will integrate MAIL$xxx B files into a fresh xxx.MAI file. See below. It works 'knowing' theE mail record layout, just using a DUMP/recor=count=3 from a known mail  file. You'll quickly recognize - primary key = shuffled date  - folder name length byte  - secondary key = folder - flag - external file name4 - Tag Length Value items for Sender, Subject, CC,...  
 Script below.  Enjoy.     $ purge  $ type findmail.com  $found_file = "FOUND.MAI"  $folder = "FOUND"  $sender = "Unknown"  $  $null = "1234" $null[0,32] = 0 G $nulls = null + null + null + null + null + null + null + null + null +  nullC $record = f$extr(0,92+f$len(sender),nulls + nulls + nulls + nulls +  nulls) $record[8*8,8] = f$len(folder)' $record[9,f$len(folder)] := "''folder'" 2 $record[48*8,16] = 8                    ! ExternalC $record[64*8,32] = %x00140007           ! Tag 7, Len 20, all zeroes E $record[90*8,16] = f$len(sender)        ! Tag 0 = from, Len from data ( $record[92,f$len(sender)] := "''sender'" $  $open/write found tmp.tmp  $loop:0 $file = f$parse(f$search("mail$*.mai"),,,"NAME") $if file.eqs."" then goto done' $record[2*8,16] = %x'f$extrac(9,4,file) ' $record[4*8,16] = %x'f$extrac(5,4,file) ( $record[6*8,16] = %x'f$extrac(17,4,file)) $record[60*8,32] = %x'f$extrac(13,8,file) ( $record[56*8,32] = %x'f$extrac(5,8,file) $write found record 
 $goto loop $done: $close found' $conv/fdl=sys$input tmp.tmp 'found_file  FILE; ALLOC 300; ORG INDEXED RECORD; SIZE 2048 ) KEY 0;  SEG0_LEN 8; SEG0_POS 0; TYPE bin8 5 KEY 1;  DUP yes; CHANGES yes; SEG0_LEN 39; SEG0_POS 9  $    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:13:12 -0400 ' From: Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> + Subject: Re: Former Alpha Designers at Work 0 Message-ID: <11lvvee8ltioqd1@corp.supernews.com>   Bill Gunshannon wrote:D > In article <1130281539.506916.22800@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, > 	bob@instantwhip.com writes: > 8 >>why don't they license alpha and do an EV8 so we don't >>have to port to itanium? :)  >  > B > Because the Alpha isn't the architecture they are interested in.@ > And I doubt they care one way or the other about what VMS gets > ported to. >  > bill >     D Yep!  The volume for Alpha would be hard to justify doing the chip. I Note that actually fabbing the chip is the easy part.  The R&D, testing,  ( fixing, testing, ....  is the real cost.  C AMD would only be selling the CPUs.  That does you no good, unless  G someone builds a system, and VMS is set up for and qualified to run on  F such a system.  So AMD has little incentive to build newer Alpha CPUs.  I Apparently HP is not interested in building Alpha based systems for VMS,  D or at the very least they would continue to have fabbed the current I EV7z, and possibly EV6 for low end systems.  If HP doesn't want to build  I Alpha based systems for VMS then it's highly unlikely anyone else would,  H and then there is no incentive for AMD to pour their money down the pit.  I The reason DEC/Compaq could justify the cost of Alpha is that the entire  H package is profitable.  Just as with IBM and Power, they lose money (on I paper) building Power, but the entire product, systems and software, and  K consulting, and more, is profitable.  Without the CPU, nothing else exists.   C The problem comes from ball-less beancounters who like the overall  F profit, but want to omit the losing parts of the whole.  Sort of like G trying to sell automobiles without an engine.  I'm betting that making  ; engines isn't profitable, but the entire car is profitable.   > That leads to Intel whispering into the ears of the ball-less F beancounters to drop their CPUs and buy from Intel.  Of course, then, I you get what Intel wants you to get, and you lose control of your entire  I profitable product.  If Intel cuts you off at the ankles, you're f**ked!  G   Re-starting your own CPU design and such would cost so much you'd be  E out of business before it was completed.  It's pretty much a one-way  B street, and once you turn down that street, you're never again in F control of your own destiny.  But what the hey, this quarters numbers H look great, and that's all the beancounters care about.  They get their F big bonuses, and their golden parachutes, so what do they care if the H rest of the world goes to hell.  Do you think Curly, who promised you a E $1000 VMS system, is hurting for money, or cares that he lied to you?     H  From a purely speculative perspective, I'm wondering whether AMD could E use their R&D on Opteron and Athlon64 to cover most of those type of  G costs on Alpha CPUs, and for some time just produce process shrinks of  G the current Alpha design.  That's less than a layman's perspective and  G CPU designers may be rolling on the floor laughing their ass off at me.   I More speculation involves the question of just how much of CPU design is  I the instruction set?  I'm wondering how much of a difference there would  E be in building Opteron CPUs which execute the Alpha instruction set?  G I'm guessing that there are probably enough differences other than the  D instruction set that something like VMS wouldn't work on an Opteron F running the Alpha instruction set, without significant software work, 5 and then you just convert the OS rather than the CPU.   F Interesting thoughts.  But nothing matters if there is not a customer I for the CPUs.  Both Intel and AMD make money from selling chips.  Just a  G small nick from the cost of each chip.  So they need lots of nicks for  = the total to be significant.  Low volume CPUs need not apply.    --  4 David Froble                       Tel: 724-529-04504 Dave Froble Enterprises, Inc.      Fax: 724-529-0596> DFE Ultralights, Inc.              E-Mail: davef@tsoft-inc.com 170 Grimplin Road  Vanderbilt, PA  15486    ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:06:58 GMT ' From: "Roger" <roger_a_h@nospam.nospam> 2 Subject: Re: Getting W2K running services from VMS8 Message-ID: <66T7f.28619$S_1.23797@newsfe5-win.ntli.net>  I "Bob Koehler" <koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org> wrote in message  - news:PW0KcINB3Gsk@eisner.encompasserve.org... E > In article <3s9g74FloqltU1@individual.net>, bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill   > Gunshannon) writes:  >>G >> Not all WNT/W2K services open a TCPIP port.  How is a sniffer on the ! >> VMS machine going to see them?  > F >   I was trying to highlight the imprecision of the original request. >   J W2K tells a lot about itself using SNMP (provided its turned on, which by " default I think it is).  You couldC query using that; the list of services is present in the response.     ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:57:24 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>+ Subject: Re: HELP: TPU editor and the Mouse + Message-ID: <43603403.8ECD3D43@comcast.net>    Steve Kulpa wrote: > G > Hold the phone - I put the SET (MOUSE,OFF) in the wrong place.  Moved 3 > it to my LOCAL_INIT procedure and it worked fine.  > $ > thanks all, and 'never mind'   :-)  > Dunno if it helps, but remember that once you have data on theF WhineBloze clipboard, SHIFT+Insert will paste it into whichever window
 has focus.  < I find keyboarding *MUCH* faster than mousing, personally...   --   David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems  http://www.djesys.com/  ) Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page: " http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/  ( Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/   " Unofficial OpenVMS-IA32 Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/ia32/    Coming soon:& Unofficial OpenVMS Marketing Home Page   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 23:05:46 -0500 6 From: "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry@mac.com.spamfooler>  Subject: Re: NCR 53C810 on DS10LD Message-ID: <craigberry-524158.23054626102005@news.isp.giganews.com>  C In article <1130317309.688204.240660@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, $  "Rok" <Rok.Vidmar@gmail.com> wrote:  = > > In a very quick look I don't find that adapter supported.  > ; >  NCR 53C810 is KZPAA. It is listed in OpenVMS V8.2 SPD as 
 > supported.   >   H Supported by OpenVMS on those machines that support it.  The DS10L does E not appear to be one of them.  If you type "DS10L supported options"  H into Google and use the first page on the HP site that comes up, you'll F see that KCPBA, KZPCA, and KZPEA are the only supported SCSI adapters.   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:08:04 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> Subject: Need PS Fan for AS200+ Message-ID: <43603684.164319ED@comcast.net>    Folks,  C My little Alpha developed a problem: the fan in the power supply no - longer spins freely. (AlphaStation 200 4/233)   E I've hooked the disk shelf up to the Jensen and booted it up that way : (had to change Multinet to look for ERA0 instead of EWA0).  H Now - does anyone know where I can get a new fan for an Astec SA180-3505H power supply? I e-mailed Dave Turner of Islanco privately. He's looking.F Just trying to get a line on another source in case he comes up empty.  H I may have a blown PS in my junk box that has a good fan. Haven't looked yet.   --   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: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 02:58:36 GMT 5 From: ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) " Subject: Re: Need PS Fan for AS2000 Message-ID: <43604159.22187632@nntp.charter.net>   David,  P Isn't the fan one of your typical 12v fans?  If worst comes to worst, solder theF leads from a replacement fan onto the leads of the old fan.  Tape with electrical tape, and that's it.   N This Astec part number sounds familiar.  Is the power connector a standard ATX1 type?  Dimensions of power supply?  ... Ben Myers     P On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:08:04 -0500, David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> wrote:   >Folks,  > D >My little Alpha developed a problem: the fan in the power supply no. >longer spins freely. (AlphaStation 200 4/233) > F >I've hooked the disk shelf up to the Jensen and booted it up that way; >(had to change Multinet to look for ERA0 instead of EWA0).  > I >Now - does anyone know where I can get a new fan for an Astec SA180-3505 I >power supply? I e-mailed Dave Turner of Islanco privately. He's looking. G >Just trying to get a line on another source in case he comes up empty.  > I >I may have a blown PS in my junk box that has a good fan. Haven't looked  >yet.  >  >--  >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: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:13:09 -0400 ' From: Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> " Subject: Re: Need PS Fan for AS2000 Message-ID: <11m0o1lostfb63b@corp.supernews.com>   David J Dachtera wrote:  > Folks, > E > My little Alpha developed a problem: the fan in the power supply no / > longer spins freely. (AlphaStation 200 4/233)  > G > I've hooked the disk shelf up to the Jensen and booted it up that way < > (had to change Multinet to look for ERA0 instead of EWA0). > J > Now - does anyone know where I can get a new fan for an Astec SA180-3505J > power supply? I e-mailed Dave Turner of Islanco privately. He's looking.H > Just trying to get a line on another source in case he comes up empty. > J > I may have a blown PS in my junk box that has a good fan. Haven't looked > yet. >   F I've lost several of these systems to power supply problems.  In one, H the fan quit.  I installed another 12 volt fan in the power supply, but H the system wouldn't work.  Then I lost another power supply, and didn't G bother since I had bad luck the first time.  Then I lost a third power   supply fan.   @ I've still got 2 working systems, only one running at this time.  B I talked to Dan at Numonix.  He indicated the power supplies were I available.  He was going to get back to me with a price.  Still waiting.  G   He seems knowledgable, but I've never had any luck with follow-thru.  7 Guess I should call more often.  Squeeky wheel concept.   G My limit is installing components, and cross fingers.  If I was to try  F getting one of the systems going again, I'd send the entire system to E whoever is going to work on it, and have them test the system before  
 returning it.    --  4 David Froble                       Tel: 724-529-04504 Dave Froble Enterprises, Inc.      Fax: 724-529-0596> DFE Ultralights, Inc.              E-Mail: davef@tsoft-inc.com 170 Grimplin Road  Vanderbilt, PA  15486    ------------------------------  + Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:04:48 +0000 (UTC) = From: jlw@psulias.psu.edu (j.lance wilkinson, (814) 865-1818) ' Subject: Quick prototype perl from DCL? . Message-ID: <djonh0$1epg$1@f04n12.cac.psu.edu>  K An impending migration from VMS to Solaris requires rewriting dozens (maybe O even hundreds) of DCL command streams in some Unix-resident scripting language.   L While many of them might well be best reimplemented in compiled languages, aM quick pass DCL->Perl tool, something to get the basics converted and then let 6 the programmer concentrate on the details, is desired.  M OR some other target scripting language, Perl isn't critical, just assumed to J be the most likely candidate.  In fact different scripting languages might* be best for different DCL command streams.  K OR best of all, a close-to-DCL shell language that runs on Solaris ?  Yeah, I like that'll ever happen within my budget constraints (zero point double-  ought zip-zip nuthin).  I Anything opensource or freebie out there to answer this?  Translation can H take place on VMS, Solaris or even on a Wintel box if need be as long asH the resultant file(s) can be loaded into Solaris, tweaked/tuned and run.  P +----"Never Underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of mag tapes"--+B | J.Lance Wilkinson ("Lance")		InterNet:  Lance.Wilkinson@psu.edu < | Systems Design Specialist - Lead	AT&T:      (814) 865-18189 | Digital Library Technologies		FAX:       (814) 863-3560 2 | 3 Paterno Library				"I'd rather be dancing..." B | Penn State University		    A host is a host from coast to coast,K | University Park, PA 16802	    And no one will talk to a host that's close C | <postmaster@psulias.psu.edu>	    Unless the host that isn't close : | EMail Professional since 1978	    Is busy, hung or dead.P +---------"He's dead, Jim. I'll get his tricorder. You take his wallet."-------+9                 [apologies to DeForest Kelley, 1920-1999] 3 <A Href="http://perdita.lcs.psu.edu">home page</a>  J <a Href="http://perdita.lcs.psu.edu/junkdec.htm">junk mail declaration</a> --	/"\ 	\ /	ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN 	 X	AGAINST HTML MAIL  	/ \   ------------------------------    Date: 26 Oct 2005 15:54:48 -0500; From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) + Subject: Re: Quick prototype perl from DCL? 3 Message-ID: <RKHBwLOpgGLy@eisner.encompasserve.org>   n In article <djonh0$1epg$1@f04n12.cac.psu.edu>, jlw@psulias.psu.edu (j.lance wilkinson, (814) 865-1818) writes: > M > OR best of all, a close-to-DCL shell language that runs on Solaris ?  Yeah, K > like that'll ever happen within my budget constraints (zero point double-  > ought zip-zip nuthin).      You have my condolences.   E    There are (or were), about 3 companies competing in this bussines. H    Boston Bussiness Computing and Sector7 come to mind as either companyD    or product names you may want to search for.  DCL is only part ofG    what they produce, other parts of thier products may address many of     your porting issues.    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:00:28 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>+ Subject: Re: Quick prototype perl from DCL? + Message-ID: <436034BB.2F55C65E@comcast.net>    Bob Koehler wrote: > p > In article <djonh0$1epg$1@f04n12.cac.psu.edu>, jlw@psulias.psu.edu (j.lance wilkinson, (814) 865-1818) writes: > > O > > OR best of all, a close-to-DCL shell language that runs on Solaris ?  Yeah, M > > like that'll ever happen within my budget constraints (zero point double-  > > ought zip-zip nuthin). >  >    You have my condolences.  > G >    There are (or were), about 3 companies competing in this bussines. J >    Boston Bussiness Computing and Sector7 come to mind as either companyF >    or product names you may want to search for.  DCL is only part ofI >    what they produce, other parts of thier products may address many of  >    your porting issues.   F What you'll likely find from those sources is a DCL emulator for UN*X.  ? DCL -> Perl would more likely come under the heading of porting 	 services.   H OP: If you saw it coming (and perhaps you didn't) that would have been aE good time to e-mail Sue Skonetski about "Another Endangered Account".   / Mind you, HP doesn't give a spit, but she does.    --   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: 26 Oct 2005 10:52:13 -0700< From: "Hein RMS van den Heuvel" <heinvandenheuvel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: SEARCH HTML file B Message-ID: <1130349133.118092.75060@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>  E For starters, VMS does not support files records with more than 32767 @ bytes in a record. So you are always going to have to 'make do'.  B The suggested SET FILE/ATTR to make the attribute match the actualF file, will really solve the problem, assuming there is a valid setting	 for that.   C If the file simply is a byte stream with no terminators, then using ? SET FILE/ATTR to create a white lie about the file is your best 	 approach. F I would probably pick set file/attr=(rfm=fix,lrl=512) or 1024 or 80 or some such 'round number'.   # Some possibly interesting examples:    $ ( $ !Create a 200,000 byte stream-lf file: $ G $ perl -e "print 100000+$i,""aap noot mies \n"" while ($i++ < 10000)" >  x.tmp  $ dir/full x.tmp.  : . Size:          411/411        Owner:    [HEIN] : C Record format:      Stream_LF, maximum 0 bytes, longest 32767 bytes  :  $  $!show it worked $  $ sea /num x.tmp 109999   9999  109999aap noot mies $ E $! Show the reported failure by claiming a nonexisting terminator for  each record  $ ! $ set file/attr=(rfm=stmcr) x.tmp  $  $ sea x.tmp 109999  %SEARCH-I-TRUNCATE, record(s) inA EISNER$DRA3:[DECUSERVE_USER.HEIN]X.TMP;1 truncated to 32768 bytes ' %SEARCH-I-NOMATCHES, no strings matched  $  $! Show a workaround. & $ set file/attr=(rfm=fix,lrl=80) x.tmp $ sea x.tmp 109999 97aap noot mies "                109998aap noot mies6                                    109999aap noot miesE                                                        110000aap noot  mies   $ ? $!Show record-breaks as a potential problem with the workaround  $ sea x.tmp 109997' %SEARCH-I-NOMATCHES, no strings matched  $ D $! More elaborate (dcl) procedure to search the file ignoring record breaks:  $  $ type x.com $offset = 0 	 $old = ""  $open/read input 'p1 $loop: $read/end=done input newC $if f$loc(p2,old+new).lt.f$len(old) then write sys$output offset,": 	 ",old+new  $offset = offset + f$len(old) 
 $old = new
 $goto loop $done:E $if f$loc(p2,new).lt.f$len(new) then write sys$output offset,": ",new  $close input $  $ @x  x.tmp 109997 209840: p noot mies &                    109994aap noot mies:                                        109995aap noot miesD                                                            109996aap	 noot mies            109997aap noot mies   /                             109998aap noot mies    Cheers,  Hein.    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:43:29 +0200 & From: "H Vlems" <nospam@what.ever.com>( Subject: Re: System disk booting problem< Message-ID: <6abd1$43600772$513b9a2c$10605@news.versatel.nl>  1 "Oblix" <oba_baby@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht < news:1130277967.506881.95970@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...7 > I am not an expert in OpenVMS so bare with me please.  > H > I have a Microvax 3100-95. When I try to boot on the system disk I get > the following: >  > >>>Boot DKA300 > (Boot/R5: 0 DKA300) 	 >     2.. 	 > -DKA300  > ?56 DRVERR, DKA300 > ?06 HLT INST >             PC = 00000F39  > Bootstrap failure. > >>>  > 5 > This message comes out after like 15 minutes or so. E > This only happens when I try the boot command from the >>> console. F > When The station is powered ON, it boots normally with no errors and# > executes the startup batch files.  >  > >>>SH DEV H > shows normal results with the two SCSI drives seen by the BioS (I have > 2 Disk Drives).  > G > I also tried to install a new CONNER CFP2105S SCSI drive with no use. D > The SH DEV showed 7 Hard disks with the same size as the hard diskF > drive. Now I know that the OpenVMS doesn't support more than 1.073GBF > disk drives but that is for older versions of 3100-10x and 3100-20x.H > What can I do to install this Drive properly. How can I access it from > a stand alone backup tape?+ > Sorry for troubling you guys, and thanks.  >   I If the message "?56 DRVERR, DKA300" appears after 15 minutes then my best  guess would beE that that disk is dead. You could try another disk, install a minimal  version of VMS on it and" try to run ANALYZE/DISK on DKA300.F If you do install another harddisk, set the SCSI id to a value that is$ different from 2, 3,  4, 5, 6 and 7.J SCSI id's 2 and 3 are clearly already in use by existing harddisks, 4 or 5 will be used by the tape driveJ  and either 6 or 7 is used by the VAX SCSI controller (try >>> SHO SCSI to figure that one out). K There's no way to access a disk through stand alone backup. Add a disk with  SCSI id 0 or 1, boot; SAB from tape to start a VMS installation on that new disk. J The 1 GB harddisk limit for the system disk shows different behaviour than the output you provided.I In another mail you mention getting a lot of instances for one disk. That ! indicates that there are at least 7 two devices on the SCSI bus that have the same SCSI id.    Hans   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:34:40 +0200 & From: "H Vlems" <nospam@what.ever.com>2 Subject: Re: ucx 4.1 and problem with RSH services; Message-ID: <2df96$43600561$513b9a2c$8764@news.versatel.nl>   ' "kyle katarn" <sans> schreef in bericht , news:Xns96FB9950B871Ekfreefr@212.27.42.71... > Hello, > = > I have a problem with RSH of UCX 4.1 eco 10 on VAX VMS 6.1.  > 9 > I use it for communication between a VAX and a IBM3270.  > 0 > in some situation, the IBM3270 can not execute5 > the RSH (it wait for 1 min and send the return code . > "Foreign host aborted the connection 8556"). > ( > after n retry, it can execute the RSH. > @ > But, then same host, can execute a RSH to the VAX in a another	 > JOB !!!  >  > (we cannot upgrade VMS). >  > 7 > The only solution we found is to stop and restart UCX 0 > weekly (the VAX is shutdown only once a year). > 3 > I am sure i am not the only dec user in world who  > have this problem ?! > ' > Or it is a problem on the mainframe ?  > C > But when the problem occurs, it cannot execute rsh the target VAX $ > but i can execute on another VAX ! > = > If you know this problem, please, not let me alone  !   ;-)  >  > thanks in advance !  >  >  > log of Mainframe execution > ************************** [IBM log removed]    A couple of questions:L If the VAX with the RSH problems tries to ping or traceroute the IBM system, what does the output show?/ Are the VAX and the IBM in the same IP network? 2 What are you running on the IBM (OS and IP stack)?   Hans   ------------------------------   Date: 27 Oct 2005 05:12:25 GMT2 From: "Dave Weatherall" <djw-nothere@nospam.nohow>J Subject: Re: UCX performance on VMS 6.2 - Unexpected rise in CPU usage....? Message-ID: <DTiotGxQ0bj6-pn2-nisTCs4HPPRw@dave2_os2.home.ours>   E On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:02:18 UTC, "Lawrie" <stroker_ace@hotmail.com>   wrote:   >  > Dave Weatherall wrote:H > > On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 08:01:40 UTC, "Lawrie" <stroker_ace@hotmail.com>
 > > wrote: > > M > > > I forgot to add that my TCP/IP implementation uses non blocking sockets  > > > as well. > > >  > > I > > Does this mean you're polling to do your synchronisation now, whereas E > > previously you might have been using AST's and/or event flags? We F > > certainly achieved an improvement by switching our (simple) socketD > > implimentation from non-blocking sockets with 'poll' to blocking > > socket access. > >  > > -- > > Cheers - Dave W. > F > Yes, I am using the select funtion to check readiness to write to my
 > sockets. > C > The original implementation using QIOs and Serial comms was fully 4 > blocking. This caused problems at high data rates. > E > The process in question does a blocking read on an input PPL queue. G > Once a message is received the Serial version then did a blocking QIO  > write to the Serial line.  > F > At high data rates the 19.2K serial line could not keep up with dataC > rates and would cause data to back up in the PPL queue eventually " > causing the application to fail. > F > I needed a simple method of decoupling the read and write operations< > and I was stuck with the blocking read from the PPL queue, > G > My solution was to use non blocking TCP/IP sockets and 10Mb ethernet.  > G > When the blocking read on the PPL queue returns the message is placed C > into a ring buffer (one is allocated per TCP/IP socket instance).  > G > The select function is used (with a timeout of 1/1000 of a second) to G > check what sockets are free to write data. An attempt is then made to # > write the message to each socket.  > F > If the number of sent bytes is as expected (i.e the message has beenF > completely sent) the message is removed from the ring buffer and theB > ringbuffer is checked to see if it contains any oustanding data. > F > If there is then an attempt is made to send it. This process repeatsF > until the ring buffer is empty or a write attempt to the socket does( > not send the expected number of bytes. > E > Using this approach even if (for some reason) I cannot write to the G > TCP/IP sockets all I do is overwrite data in the ring buffer and data $ > does not back up in the PPL queue.  B That would account for  a lot of the rise. Polling every 1ms and, 7 presumably, the gigher rate of  output to the ethernet.    --   Cheers - Dave W.   ------------------------------    Date: 26 Oct 2005 10:54:16 -0700) From: "Rok Vidmar" <Rok.Vidmar@gmail.com> . Subject: Re: USB SUPPORT ON DS10 ALPHA oPENvmsC Message-ID: <1130349256.608551.255120@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>    Forrest Kenney wrote: ? > OK, I am not sure exactly what you did.  There is no DNDRIVER H > in the V8.2 Alpha kit.  You have to get it from the freeware site.  InI > addition you do not need to create and entry for DNDRIVER in V8.2 it is J > already in SYS$CONFIG.DAT.  You also do not need to create and entry forA > the NEC USB controller for V8.2 it is aleady in SYS$CONFIG.DAT.     Indeed.  ? > 	Now if you bought a USB controller with the NEC USB chip and C > put it in the DS10L and there is no OHA device that we are really G > interested in.  Can you get me the output from ana/system followed by  > clue config.    No, I use the slot for KZPAA.  A > 	If you are trying to use the built in add the following to the  > sys$user_config.dat. > . > device          = "ACER 5237 USB Controller" >   name          = OH" >   driver        = SYS$OHCIDRIVER >   adapter       = PCI  >   id            = 0x523710B9 > end_device  $  Well, yes, but clue config shows me  9 TR Adapter     ADP               Hose Bus   BusArrayEntry = -- ----------- ----------------- ---- ----------------------- =                                             FFFFFFFF.81D04430 :  Node CSR            Vec/IRQ Port Slot Device Name / HW-IdB  ---- ---------------------- ---- ---- ---------------------------=    68 FFFFFFFF.8688A800   38        13 00000000.00000ACE (I.)   C so I used id = 0xACE. It was after the post I found this controller > with no VMS device associated to it is in fact IDE controller.  Well, the built in is hidden.  8 > 	Then do a ssysman io reload and a io auto, or reboot. > = > 	But do not be surprised if no OHA device shows up.  Like I F > said in earlier messages the firmware hides it from the O.S.  BeforeD > anyone asks do I know how to get it to show up.  The answer is NO.  ?  No, I am not surprised. There must be another word to describe  my feelings much better :(    Regards, Rok   ------------------------------    Date: 26 Oct 2005 20:23:13 -02006 From: peter@langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER). Subject: Re: USB SUPPORT ON DS10 ALPHA oPENvms* Message-ID: <435fe5b1@news.langstoeger.at>  U In article <435E6B3E.1032870C@hp.com>, Forrest Kenney <Forrest.Kenney@hp.com> writes: 7 >	This is not real simple and has been answered before.   1 But it is very good that you make another try ;-)   H >3) In most cases what folk are really looking for is a way to exchange J >   files with a PC using a pen drive.  There are no plans to support thatK >   in an release that I currently know about.  Folks have had some success 4 >   using the EFI$CP utility.  You mileage may vary.  : But only on Itanics. No EFI* on Alphas (at least on mine).  H >4) If you get to V7.3-2 you can get a USB mass storage driver from the G >   freeware site.  There are intruction on what you need to do to get   >   it working.   F There is also a SYS$DNDRIVER.EXE_V82* on the freeware site, so why did% you limit above statement to V7.3-2 ?   H And what disk format is ok with SYS$DNDRIVER ? (FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ...)  " >	Now on the issues with the DS10. > J >1) Depending upon what generation of firmware you have the USB controllerJ >   may be hidden from the O.S.  The hardware team when they decided thereE >   was no use for USB on the DS10 modified the firmware to hide the  G >   controller from the O.S.  To see if it is visible do the following:   . $ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$GETSYI("CONSOLE_VERSION") V7.0-2  5 >		a) set term/wid=132  ! Makes output easier to read  >		b) Ana/System9 >		c) sda> clue config  ! look at controller display for  , >				       a controller with no VMS device  >				       associated to it.    Adapter Configuration: ----------------------w TR Adapter     ADP               Hose Bus   BusArrayEntry     Node CSR            Vec/IRQ Port Slot Device Name / HW-Id  -- ----------- ----------------- ---- ----------------------- ---- ---------------------- ---- ---- --------------------------- 4  1 KA2208      FFFFFFFF.81D1B940    0 BUSLESS_SYSTEM)  2 PCI         FFFFFFFF.81D1BF00    0 PCI |                                             FFFFFFFF.81D1C560   38 FFFFFFFF.841E1800   40         7 ACER 1543 PCI-ISA Bridge                                             FFFFFFFF.81D1C650   48 FFFFFFFF.841F6800   B4 EWA:    9 DE504-BA (quad Fast Ethernet)                                              FFFFFFFF.81D1C740   58 FFFFFFFF.841FB800   B8 EWB:   11 DE504-BA (quad Fast Ethernet) z                                             FFFFFFFF.81D1C830   68 FFFFFFFF.841FE800   38        13 00000000.00000ACE (.)o                                             FFFFFFFF.81D1C8A8   70 FFFFFFFF.84203000   CC PKA:   14 Symbios 895                                              FFFFFFFF.81D1C920   78 FFFFFFFF.84207800   DC GZA:   15 ELSA GLoria Synergy (3Dlabs P2A))  3 ISA         FFFFFFFF.81D1CCC0    0 ISA u                                             FFFFFFFF.81D1D018    0 FFFFFFFF.841E4000    0         0 EISA_SYSTEM_BOARD *  4 XBUS        FFFFFFFF.81D1D7C0    0 XBUSh                                             FFFFFFFF.81D1DB18    0 FFFFFFFF.841E4000    C         0 MOUSg                                             FFFFFFFF.81D1DB90    1 FFFFFFFF.841E4000    1         1 KBD ~                                             FFFFFFFF.81D1DC08    2 FFFFFFFF.841E4000    4 SRA:    2 Console Serial Line Drivero                                             FFFFFFFF.81D1DC80    3 FFFFFFFF.841E4000    3 TTA:    3 Serial Port                                              FFFFFFFF.81D1DCF8    4 FFFFFFFF.841E4000    7 LRA:    4 Line Printer (parallel port)j                                             FFFFFFFF.81D1DD70    5 FFFFFFFF.841E4000    6 DVA:    5 Floppyr                                             FFFFFFFF.81D1DE60    7 FFFFFFFF.841E4000   1F IIA:    7 I2C bus driver)  5 PCI         FFFFFFFF.81D1E680    0 PCI |                                             FFFFFFFF.81D1E998   68 FFFFFFFF.841FE800   38 DQA:   13 ACER 5229 IDE Controller|                                             FFFFFFFF.81D1EA10   69 FFFFFFFF.841FE800   3C DQB:   13 ACER 5229 IDE Controller     Did you mean TR2 Slot13 ?   N And btw why are 2x DE504-BA listed. I only have the 2x onboard 100BaseT ports.  L >2) If the DS10 had one then you can try to get it enabled you will need to K >   get the PCI device ID from the clue config output and add and ettry or  H >   it to sys$user_config.dat.  Just steal the one for the Lucent USS344 >   and change the device ID.   B The entry you posted for the DS10L did not give me a OH* device...  - 	device          = "ACER 5237 USB Controller"  	  name          = OH ! 	  driver        = SYS$OHCIDRIVER  	  adapter       = PCI 	  id            = 0x523710B9  	end_device   9 Is an OH device required for a SYS$DNDRIVER disk at all ? A I tend to think, "yes, to get the UCM server started a boottime". * But is this correct, and the only answer ?  M >3) If it does not show up then you will need to buy an add in USB controller L >   that uses the NEC USB controller chip.  The one Belklin sells uses this N >   chip there are other.  You will need to be at V7.3-2 for this but you needK >   to be there for the mass storage driver so that should not be an issue.   E Or is there another entry for the DS10 (than for the DS10L) required. : And btw how did you find out the ID from the SDA display ?   Many TIA   --   Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTOEGER % Network and OpenVMS system specialist  E-mail  peter@langstoeger.atF A-1030 VIENNA  AUSTRIA              I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist   ------------------------------  + Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:28:49 +0000 (UTC) . From: klewis@LUMINA.MITRE.ORG (Keith A. Lewis)$ Subject: Re: Webmail running on VAMP. Message-ID: <djoldh$njp$1@newslocal.mitre.org>  } "issinoho" <issinoho@gmail.com> writes in article <11lvclfqj8anr12@corp.supernews.com> dated Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:45:35 +0100: D >The IlohaMail webmail system has been confirmed as running on VAMP  >flawlessly. > B >Link, http://www.issinoho.com:8080/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=114#114  = I use Yahmail, which is actually much faster than UCX's IMAP. " How is tcpware's IMAP performance?  0 --Keith Lewis              klewis {at} mitre.org> The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 23:19:30 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> @ Subject: Re: Were you an Interex member?  Now you're being sold!, Message-ID: <43604725.41006A45@teksavvy.com>   "Stanley F. Quayle" wrote:G > A California bankruptcy court will sell Interex's membership database ? > to the highest bidder to help satisfy creditor demands of the A > bankrupt user group, according to recently filed court papers.      M This is inevitable and had to be expected the day Interex declared bankrupcy.   8 Membership lists are an association's only majore asset.   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2005.599 ************************