1 INFO-VAX	Sat, 29 Oct 2005	Volume 2005 : Issue 603       Contents:* Re: Accessing CD-ROM, Floppy and DAT Tapes) Re: Announcing Vernon version 2.1 (shark) ) Re: Announcing Vernon version 2.1 (shark)  Re: pictures are now posted  Updated VMS information  Re: Updated VMS information  Re: Updated VMS information  Re: Updated VMS information 9 Re: Why I will vote against the Encompass Bylaws Revision 9 Re: Why I will vote against the Encompass Bylaws Revision  Re: Writing an OpenVMS ACP Re: Writing an OpenVMS ACP  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------    Date: 28 Oct 2005 12:58:28 -0500; From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) 3 Subject: Re: Accessing CD-ROM, Floppy and DAT Tapes 3 Message-ID: <UkJPAqAsepXS@eisner.encompasserve.org>   m In article <1130517924.954315.50810@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "pbritto" <britto.paulo@gmail.com> writes: H > Ok It might sound like the dummiest question ever, but how do I accessH > all these storage device on OpenVMS, I am using OpenVMS 7.2 for Alpha. > For example:@ >  - How do I list the files on a tape in my external DAT drive?  <    If it's a labeled tape, mount it as a labeled tape and do    $dir drivename:  D    If any of the files are backup savesets, mount it as an unlabeled    tape and do: %    $backup/list drivename:savesetname   A    If its an unlabled tape, write a program to read blocks.  Each F    EOF counts as one file, two EOFs together mean logical end of tape.4    You can only count the files, they have no names.  C    If it's a tar tape, get VMSTAR, mount the tape unlabeled, and do     $vmstar/list drivename:  & >  - How do I list the files in CD-ROM      Mount it and do    $dir drivename:[*...]  + >  - How do I list the files in Floppy disk   A    If it's file system is a VMS file system, then mount it and do     $dir drivename:[*...]  D    If it's a FAT file system, then you'll have to get and use PCDISKF    or similar.  If it's a Mac file system, I think you're out of luck.   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:12:43 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> 2 Subject: Re: Announcing Vernon version 2.1 (shark), Message-ID: <4362863A.6D84BE36@teksavvy.com>   "Steven M. Schweda" wrote:7 >    Which Zip?  You might consider Zip (2.31) options:  >   > "-V"  save VMS file attributes, > -l   convert LF to CR LF (-ll CR LF to LF)   Thanks. I will look into this.    A FTP has a "text mode". Does the ZIP file format standard have the C equivalent which allows the unzip program to create the file in the  local text file semantics ?    ------------------------------  + Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:57:53 -0500 (CDT) * From: sms@antinode.org (Steven M. Schweda)2 Subject: Re: Announcing Vernon version 2.1 (shark)2 Message-ID: <05102815575336_202AAB19@antinode.org>  - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com>   C > FTP has a "text mode". Does the ZIP file format standard have the E > equivalent which allows the unzip program to create the file in the  > local text file semantics ?   F    As I said, I never use this stuff, but my instant analysis suggestsH that Zip looks at each file, tries to determine its text-ness, and savesF that bit in the archive.  Then, "UnZip -a" re-jiggers the line endingsI for text files (as determined by Zip) according to the local convention.  F (And the unlikely-to-be-useful "UnZip -aa" re-jiggers the line endings on every file.)   H    I don't recall any per-file options in [Un]Zip, which would be neededH for fine control of this sort of thing.  (How does FTP do with "mput"?) E If you don't like Zip's text criteria, you're welcome to change/spoil A the source code.  Creating two archives, one text-only, and hence 5 suitable for "UnZip -aa", might be one easier scheme.   F    There's some chance that UnZip on a non-VMS system would have a wayF to puzzle out exotic VMS text file formats, too. Things like "#  ifdefD VMS_TEXT_CONV" are suggestive of a compile-time feature choice.  I'd stick with Stream_LF, however.  G    Reading the [Un]Zip documentation might also be helpful.  (No bets.)   H ------------------------------------------------------------------------  4    Steven M. Schweda               (+1) 651-699-98183    382 South Warwick Street        sms@antinode-org     Saint Paul  MN  55105-2547    ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:09:41 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> $ Subject: Re: pictures are now posted, Message-ID: <43628584.3E366E6D@teksavvy.com>  " susan_skonetski@hotmail.com wrote:@ > Some comments for you.  I could not get pictures of the entire3 > audience's, they were too big (how cool is that).   G Sue, they are nice pictures... ok really nice !!!!... but it would have G been nice to get a group picture of the VMS folks (including yourself).    ------------------------------    Date: 28 Oct 2005 19:37:57 -0700! From: susan_skonetski@hotmail.com   Subject: Updated VMS informationB Message-ID: <1130553477.653762.24120@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>   -----Original Message----- From: Skonetski, Susan' Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 11:16 AM  To: Skonetski, SusanF Subject: Updated VMS Information - Please keep for future use - OK for external use     Dear VMS Friends,   B I hope you are having a great day, attached please find this weeksG updated information. Please keep in mind that I will not be back in the G office until November 28th, but I will have access to email most of the C time.  Just at different times of the day. Speaking of if you go to ? www.openvms.org you can see some of my favorite pictures of the B hundreds that I took in Europe during the OpenVMS Technical Update Days.   B Asia Pacific OpenVMS Technical Update Days still to come - see you there 1 Sydney Nov 3-4 http://www.hp.com.au/ovmstechdays/ 5 Melbourne Nov 8-9, http://www.hp.com.au/ovmstechdays/  Singapore Nov 14-15 5 http://h50055.www5.hp.com/edm/sg/SG543010/default.htm  Taiwan Nov 17-18@ http://218.32.200.131/enterprise/activity/051117_VMs/default.asp  C As you will notice I am trying to use the tiny url web page to help B with the url wrapping problem that we seem to run into every week. www.tinyurl.com   A Technical Journal Articles are due Nov 15, Here is the line up of A articles for the Jan 2006 issue and it is looking great.  We have E reached 38,000 views this year on the VTJ web site: Please forgive me @ if I missed any of the articles Faking It with OpenVMS Shareable Images; Oracle RDB Monitoring;8 The Development of a High-Performance VAX 6000 Emulator; VMS Check Tool; . Bringing Seismic Data to the web with OpenVMS;3 WASD in SOAP/XML Transaction-Oriented Environments; > Using OpenVMS to Meet a Sarbanes-Oxley Mandate SLS to ABS/MDMS
 Migration;9 Strategies for Migration from Alpha and VAX to Integrity;   C Speaking of the VMS Technical Journal, there will be a survey up on F openvms.org in a few days and we would really appreciate your feedbackF so we can continue to improve and bring you articles that you want and need.   D This is the second week for the new topic of "It is personal" let meD know if you like the idea, I think it is a way for us to get to know= each other better.  Your submissions/suggestions are welcome.    Warm Regards as always,  Sue      Index   
 Now available   F NOW AVAILABLE - Business Practices for HP OpenVMS on Integrity ServersE http://tinyurl.com/b97tp VMS in the PRESS Itanium HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 6 HP AND INTEL DEVELOP WORKSHOP 2005 IN HOUSTON PARTNERS 	ISE INC 	WYSE/ERICOM 	NEMONIX IT IS PERSONAL JOBS MISC  / _______________________________________________  VMS in the PRESSB http://tinyurl.com/c3c2k Hurd Makes Vow of Stability for HP's Core Technologies  G ***** you will like this read to the end Ballmer: Microsoft Losing More 4 Than Winning Against Linux  http://tinyurl.com/cmfvh  1 Stop Arguing About Cars and Start Managing Fleets 2 http://www.itjungle.com/tug/tug102005-story04.html  D Making the Adaptive Enterprise Vision a Reality: The HP Partitioning5 Continuum http://tinyurl.com/dd3z2 (VMS is mentioned) @ ________________________________________________________________ Itanium . Big Dogs Back Itanium	http://tinyurl.com/9yyas  7 HP to continue to back Itanium http://tinyurl.com/9h3lv L ___________________________________________________________________________= ______________G HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE HP AND INTEL DEVELOP WORKSHOP 2005 IN HOUSTON (sent  with John Egolf's approval)   / HP and Intel Developer Workshop 2005  - Houston  Dates: Oct 18-20, 2005   Attendee count: VMS:22   OpenVMS Solutions completed: 38   B "Did the Developer Workshop meet or exceed your expectations?", 22	 Yes, 0 No   D OpenVMS representatives were Sue Lewis, Karen Noel, Lenny Szubowicz,F and John Egolf.  Dave Rabahy, HP OpenVMS Ambassador from Detroit area,@ attended and helped a lot - thanks Dave! Many thanks to the many/ engineers who supported us via email and phone!   = OpenVMS V8.2-1 SSB release was used as operating system base.   	 Attendees    CompanyCityState Baylor UniversityWacoTX  Computer AssociatesFraminghamMA  Computer AssociatesFarminghamMA % Control Systems InternationalLenexaKS  General DynamicsNeedhamMA  General DynamicsNeedhamMA  Genetek Earth ResearchHoustonTX ( Graymatter Software CorporationSeattleWA GroundworkLake ForestIL  Happy State BankAmarilloTX Invensys Systems, Inc.HoustonTX  McKessonMalvernPA  Norandal USA, Inc.FranklinTN" Northlake Software, Inc.PortlandOR, Pittsburgh Supercomputing CenterPittsburghPA SBPA SystemsHoustonTX  Software Mgt Assoc.KingwoodTX  Spirit TelecomFort MillSC  Spirit TelecomFort MillSC # Tachyon Software ConsultingHumbleTX  Tech-Time Inc.BillingsMT   Highlights: E First time we had a two headed (two displays) application ported from C Alpha to I64 System was Genetek Earth Research and used GKS to show  seismic graphics. C AEST, the binary translator, was used by several people - generally  it worked quite well. E Fairly large (~700K) set of solutions written in Synergex Dibol, were - ported with no code changes in about 2 hours. E Solutions had a mix of development languages such as C, C++, Macro32, F Basic, Pascal, Fortran, Cobol, and Dibol. Oracle Rdb and CDD were also used by several people.    Quotes / Comments:  > "The new HP Integrity Servers are an excellent migration path,F especially for Alpha system users.  The conversion went extremely wellF and only took a matter of hours to complete.  The future for VMS looks= brighter than ever!!  HP & Intel have done an excellent job!!   > Completed 1,639 program - 17 applications.  All are written inB Synergex Dibol.  Absolutely nothing had to be changed in our code.G Complete port / conversion took approximately 2 hours once the Synergex  PAKs were installed"  D "Well organized.  John and the rest of the HP/Intel team were great.@ Enjoyed the casual, yet professional atmosphere of the workshop"  B  "I'm absolutely amazed - the build times on OpenVMS Integrity areE more than 10 times faster than on Alpha.  I haven't had this much fun # in years, this is really exciting!"   C  "The workshop was very instructive, informative, and fun.  The VMS B team of John, Karen, Lenny & Sue were great to work with - bright, knowledgeable, and personable."   1 "One of the best workshops I have ever attended!"   ; "Intense!  A great way to begin the port and learn from the 	 experts!"   A "A wonderful opportunity to port my code under the supervision of  very qualified instructors."  ) "Very informative and very professional."   E "Second time I attended and I still find it extremely valuable.  Lots 3 to learn and assimilate; lots of work to get done!"   D  "It [the workshop] provided all the tools, information, and time to/ get your application ported to Integrity / VMS"   C "I was amazed at how easy my utilities compiled and ran.  I did not , need to edit any code, even as old as it is"  ? "The HP staff were exceptionally helpful in getting the layered 6 products and my own missing data needed for the port."  E "The workshop was well organized and prepared.  The expertise was top  notch."   > "The workshop was awesome!  The presenters were well-informed,; helpful, and pleasant.  I enjoyed the hands-on opportunity"   D "The migration went smoothly, but it was really nice having folks on; hand who knew the ropes and had been through it all before.   L ___________________________________________________________________________= ______________ PARTNERS   ISE INC.- EnterpriseSCHEDULE Client Licenses at no cost   C ISE has announced that it will continue to offer unlimited, NO COST 9 client licenses with the purchase of a server license for B EnterpriseSCHEDULE.  Thus, if a company is operational on multipleF servers across many platforms, that organization can offer the abilityC to monitor, modify and control their scheduling information to many B dispersed PC's at no additional cost. This option will be extended, through March 31, 2006 http://www.i-s-e.com/   -----------   C Wyse Announces Partnership to Provide Ericom's PowerTerm WebConnect   Client  http://tinyurl.com/8smz5   ---------------   A NEMONIX=99 Engineering is pleased to announce a Dual Port Gigabit > Ethernet Controller for DS, ES, and GS series HP AlphaServers.G NEMONIX=99 Engineering, long known for VAX performance enhancements, is G now expanding their offerings to include HP AlphaServer system hardware F enhancements. This continues the strategic focus of extending customer> ROI on existing HP OpenVMS systems. The controller was jointlyA engineered over the past year by NEMONIX=99 Engineering and HP in B response to HP customer demand. This first AlphaServer offering is@ targeted at owners of DS, ES, and GS systems. It brings expandedF network flexibility and gigabit ethernet speeds to AlphaServers beyond@ the included single 10/100 Mb capability. It is also targeted toB eliminate "slot crunch" in slot limited systems like the DS10L/20L> by providing enhanced network configuration opportunities. TheE controller operates in a single 64 bit PCI or PCI-x slot in supported > AlphaServer configurations. http://www.nemonixengineering.com/  5 _____________________________________________________  It is Personal -  D One of the engineers in the VMS group who has been with the combinedF company DEC/CPQ/HP for 35 years Tom Cafarella, has a son who is in two. bands that have CD's that have been published.  G If you're interested in music that has been variously described as "art 5 punk", "dance punk", "electroclash", etc., check out:   & 		Supersystem:  "Always, Never, Again"  " 		Shy Child:    "One With the Sun"  ; And to think my piano teach quit (this was this summer) ;')   4 ____________________________________________________ Jobs1 -that Rupande is looking for a resource?  Thanks.    Ted   
 Hello Ted,E I am looking for a candidate with VMS and COBOL skills. This is for a 9 full time position in Southern CA, with my direct client. F If you are interested, send me your resume asap and I will get back to you.     Regards,
 Rupande Mehta  The Resource Mine Inc. Off: 212-967-1259  Fax: 212-967-1224  Cell: 917-557-8494 rmehta@resource   5 _____________________________________________________  Misc..  G I received this email the choice is up to you if you wish to respond to $ it or not -----Original Message------ From: Sastry Karra [mailto:avmspro@yahoo.com] * Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 5:00 PM To: Skonetski, Susan Cc: jrkarra@verizon.net / Subject: Req. for sending my email to others...     
  Hi Susan,6 If you find the below email content suitable, will you5 please send it to the distribution list...I am trying 5 to prove (statistically) how safe OpenVMS is...Just a  try..   ' *********Email Contents****************  Hi, 2 I am in the process of gathering all known viruses0 that affected on various Operating Systems..Once4 collected, I want to do some analysis on the data.../ I will be thankful if anyone can provide me the  following information: 1=2E Name of Virus 2=2E year that found 3=2E O/S that impacted Thanks to all... Sastry Karra        MS, MBA(MIS)  OpenVMS Consultant http://vmspros.freeservers.com email: jrkarra@verizon.net' ***************************************    ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 23:07:07 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> $ Subject: Re: Updated VMS information, Message-ID: <4362E751.34277488@teksavvy.com>  " susan_skonetski@hotmail.com wrote:I > updated information. Please keep in mind that I will not be back in the  > office until November 28th,   E Sue, you do realise that the future of VMS rests on your shoulders on F this trip. In Asia, you will have the opportunity to convince billionsF of people to commit to migrate to VMS should VMS be ported to the 8086C and then come back and present this incedible opportunity to HP top  management :-) :-)  G Will VMS engineers be able to retriofit all the VT220s still running to  display chinese characters ?  7 Will Guy Peleg be able to translate DCL into mandarin ?   L And don't forget Indonesia. Far bigger market potential than tiny Australia.    A > NEMONIX Engineering is pleased to announce a Dual Port Gigabit @ > Ethernet Controller for DS, ES, and GS series HP AlphaServers.  H Still waiting for a gigabit ethernet board for my all mighty Microvax II ;-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 04:34:00 +0100 6 From: "Alex Daniels" <AlexNoSpamDaniels@themail.co.uk>$ Subject: Re: Updated VMS information4 Message-ID: <4362eda9$0$350$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>  ; "JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> wrote in message  & news:4362E751.34277488@teksavvy.com... <SNIP>J > Still waiting for a gigabit ethernet board for my all mighty Microvax II > ;-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)   7 That would work well, with it's all mighty 3.3MB/s bus.    Alex     ------------------------------    Date: 28 Oct 2005 21:11:26 -0700! From: susan_skonetski@hotmail.com $ Subject: Re: Updated VMS informationC Message-ID: <1130559086.448372.149480@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>   ! Thanks for the added pressure ;')  sue    ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 04:20:30 GMT / From: Clay M. Denton <denton@orison.dsserv.com> B Subject: Re: Why I will vote against the Encompass Bylaws Revision8 Message-ID: <uvt5m195blmr2det7o96uetjvk14ghppv1@4ax.com>  = Related to this is the Encompass Board of Director elections.   Z I would personally (in other words - not with my director hat on) recommend voting againstY any incumbents - esp. the current president.  We need to regain a user group - as opposed X to what Encompass has become - a trade show company.   We need people who still rememberQ who volunteers are - as opposed to just bringing in their buddies for "volunteer" T assignments.  We also need an open board that does not require its members to sign aZ non-disclosure agreement so that the board can't hardly talk among itself - much less with the membership.    Clay Denton   Y On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:24:03 -0600, "Dale E. Coy" <daleecoy@obfuscation.spinn.net> wrote:   L >My apologies for the long posting which will not be significant to many of  >you.  > F >To: Members of Enterprise Computing Association U.S., Inc. (ENCOMPASS >US Chapter) > 6 >Why I will vote against the Encompass Bylaws Revision > G >A "Summary of Proposed 2005 Revisions to Encompass By-Laws" was passed F >out to members immediately before the Member Meeting the afternoon of@ >October 19th.  The eight pages of proposed revisions include 19@ >separate changes "plus various punctuation changes throughout".G >However, voting will be yes/no on the entire slate of changes.  Voting % >will take place starting October 28.  > I >http://www.encompassus.org/images/pdfs/encompassbylawrevisions_final.pdf  >  > G >The following are the major reasons I will vote against the proposal - + >in brief summary, and then in more detail.  > 4 >1.  There is no great urgency to change the bylaws. > C >2.  The proposed revision was developed by the Board of Directors, 0 >without involvement of other Encompass members. > C >3.  There has been no time for analysis or comment on the changes.  > B >4.  The Board is not providing an opportunity for a dialog on the5 >changes (public member questions and Board answers).  > B >5.  The Board is not providing any opportunity for a statement in> >opposition to the changes, to be published to the membership. > D >6.  The voting is on the entire slate of 19+ changes, rather on the7 >individual changes - in effect, "take it or leave it".  > F >7.  Although we are told there are no substantive changes, there are,E >in fact, substantive changes to the bylaws in the proposed revision.  > F >Summary: there is no urgency to approve an 8-page revision before theA >Encompass Membership can discuss the revision and receive public . >answers to their questions about the changes. > , >================  Detail  ================= > C >1.  No urgency:  We are told (in a FAQ to be distributed) that the G >changes are (a) to remove references to DECUS; (b) to clarify; and (c) C >to remove references to Massachusetts incorporation and conform to F >Illinois laws.  It is clear that (a) and (b) are not urgent.  The FAQ= >is also the first notification to Encompass members that the E >organization has been re-incorporated in Illinois.  I don't know how C >many months ago that was done - but clearly, if the bylaw revision @ >wasn't needed before the re-incorporation, then it isn't urgent >afterward.  > G >2.  No non-Board-member participation in developing revisions.  One of G >the published Encompass Strategic Values says: "We value volunteerism, > >providing opportunities for members of the HP IT community toF >participate in Encompass activities."  Although I believe in the goodE >intentions of the Board, it is a longstanding tradition in Encompass = >that matters such as Bylaws Revisions should have widespread G >participation by the membership.  If this had been the case, I believe E >that the proposed revisions would have been substantially different, A >and would have included additional needed changes to the Bylaws.  > E >3, 4, 5.  No time for analysis, discussion, public Q&A, etc.  One of H >the Encompass Strategic Values says: "We value candor and objectivity."F >Public discussion, comment, and Q&A has been traditional in DECUS andE >Encompass.  In my opinion, it is vital in fundamental issues such as F >Bylaws Revision.  You might see some problem or question that I miss.F >My observations might be incorrect in the judgment of other members -9 >and I might change my opinions, given public discussion.  > A >Note: During the annual Member Meeting, I attempted to move that D >Encompass provide for public questions and public answers about the? >changes.  However, it was ruled "out of order" for a member to 1 >introduce a motion at the annual Member Meeting.  > B >6.  Vote on the entire change.  I believe some of the changes areG >reasonable, and I believe that some are substantive and objectionable. E >The only way to vote against anything "wrong" is to vote against the  >entire revision package.  > E >7.  Substantive changes.  I believe there are substantive changes in E >Revisions #4, #5, #8, #17, and perhaps others.  Public discussion is D >needed as to whether these changes are reasonable and appropriate.  >    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 01:31:21 -0400 . From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.sopamnot@teksavvy.com>B Subject: Re: Why I will vote against the Encompass Bylaws Revision, Message-ID: <43630916.C80911E6@teksavvy.com>   "Clay M. Denton" wrote: [ > any incumbents - esp. the current president.  We need to regain a user group - as opposed 7 > to what Encompass has become - a trade show company.      E In light of what happened to Interex USA, I would think that ensuring C DECUS (or whatever name it has this week) does not rely on a single G event to survive and that it does not jeoperdize its own existance when , it undertakes a project such as a symposium.    A And when you consider that the premier event for VMS is now Sue's G BootCamp, there is even less relevance to a DECUS symposium (or whevere % name DECUS operates under this week).     F The fact that that organisation did not return to "DECUS" once HP tookG over the Compaq cadaver is an indication to me that they have yet to do G a lot of soul searching with regards to defining their mission. Do they C still want to be a user group that caters to every customer of HP ?  (despite Interex and Itug) ?    G If they want to focus on being a usergroup catering to Digital-heritage F customers, then they should return to DECUS and focus their efforts soE that they excell in a few areas instead of being bland in many areas.     G And I say this not just at the USA usergroup, but as a worldwide thing. H Remember that DECUS used to be a worldwide organisation. And despite theE internet making unification much easier, that worldwide feeling isn't C there anymore (partly because of lack of a single consistant name).    ------------------------------    Date: 28 Oct 2005 13:01:24 -0500; From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) # Subject: Re: Writing an OpenVMS ACP 3 Message-ID: <UO2ny103yxQM@eisner.encompasserve.org>   x In article <1130517970.075291.268550@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>, "Max" <max.jarvis@gb.schneider-electric.com> writes:E > I need to write an ACP (Ancillary Control Processor) for OpenVMS. I D > can't seem to find anything in the OpenVMS manuals about how to doI > this, e.g. how does the ACP get launched, how does it get woken up when H > a QIO is sent to it, how does it pick up the QIO, how does it completeH > the QIO, etc. Is anyone willing to let me see source code for a VMS orG > OpenVMS ACP? Or can anyone tell me where to find the information in a  > book?  >   G    The connection between an ACP and a device driver is primarily up to 0    the writers of the ACP and the device driver.  E    There is an advanced device driver book you can buy.  It discusses     ACP interfaces.  H    You can buy the VMS source listing CD for about a couple $K.  I think!    the part number is in the FAQ.    ------------------------------    Date: 28 Oct 2005 13:56:43 -0500- From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) # Subject: Re: Writing an OpenVMS ACP 3 Message-ID: <GAtmaQVspO3C@eisner.encompasserve.org>   x In article <1130517970.075291.268550@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>, "Max" <max.jarvis@gb.schneider-electric.com> writes:  E > I need to write an ACP (Ancillary Control Processor) for OpenVMS. I D > can't seem to find anything in the OpenVMS manuals about how to doI > this, e.g. how does the ACP get launched, how does it get woken up when H > a QIO is sent to it, how does it pick up the QIO, how does it completeH > the QIO, etc. Is anyone willing to let me see source code for a VMS orG > OpenVMS ACP? Or can anyone tell me where to find the information in a  > book?   C The best source of information is the VMS Source Listings Kit which A contains various examples.  Note that ACPs only work with certain @ device drivers designed to work with them, so typically you also0 need to understand how to write a device driver.  7 But you knew that if you _really_ have to write an ACP.   B You could also try describing your problem to look for suggestions@ regarding other ways to solve it.  But if your employer requires< you to write an ACP then they should spend the money for the source listings kit.   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2005.603 ************************