1 INFO-VAX	Sun, 23 Jul 2006	Volume 2006 : Issue 406       Contents:6 Re: equivalent of MAIL>SET FORWARD/USER=ME YOU on unixP Re: How to create a VMS PDF file from a VMS text file and an image  (signature) P Re: How to create a VMS PDF file from a VMS text file and an image (signature) oP Re: How to create a VMS PDF file from a VMS text file and an image (signature) oP Re: How to create a VMS PDF file from a VMS text file and an image (signature) o Re: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/? # Re: InfoServer 100 trouble - update  Re: OpenVMS V8.3 is in sightA Re: Under VMS, on an HSG80, can Raid Partition Size be Increased?  Re: VaxStation vs. Infoserver  Re: VaxStation vs. Infoserver   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:35:14 GMT " From:   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG? Subject: Re: equivalent of MAIL>SET FORWARD/USER=ME YOU on unix 0 Message-ID: <00A59146.09309454@SendSpamHere.ORG>  V In article <e9tdc2$scp$1@news.oulu.fi>, Mikko Putkonen <miputkon@paju.oulu.fi> writes: >  >  >VAXman- wrote:  > K >> FWIW, an internet radio station web site is now being hosted on a server K >> in my VAXcave.  It's running on Linux at the moment but my plan, once it ; >> is all moved in and cozy, is to move and host it on VMS.  > L >Does VMS have anything similar to the Spacial Audio software?  It would be < >great to see the whole station hosted on the OS some day...  K Not yet.  And I hate that SAM is hosted ONLY on Weendoze.  At least an OS X  version would be nice.     --  K VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker   VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM              5   "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"     ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 17:26:48 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> Y Subject: Re: How to create a VMS PDF file from a VMS text file and an image  (signature)  , Message-ID: <44C29817.3E7D9702@teksavvy.com>   circepb@optonline.net wrote: > ) > I was searching on the NET about this.    D text2pdf can be used. If you look at the archives, there is a fairly1 regular announcement of its availability for VMS.   D If this is not able to do what you need, then you can build a fairlyF standard postscript prologue that processes a text file, and then feedA that to GHOSTSCRIPT which is able to produce PDF files as output.    ------------------------------    Date: 22 Jul 2006 22:24:48 -02006 From: peter@langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER)Y Subject: Re: How to create a VMS PDF file from a VMS text file and an image (signature) o * Message-ID: <44c2a5b0@news.langstoeger.at>  V In article <m5f4c2pdp2oeldsa84ov87unakn2378c4a@4ax.com>, circepb@optonline.net writes:E >I was searching on the NET about this. Does anyone know that the GPL = >(From GNU project) can do this. Any comments is appreciated.   D Look for txt2pdf shareware from Sanface. Maybe it fits your needs...   --   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: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:50:42 GMT ; From: "Jeffrey H. Coffield" <jeffrey@digitalsynergyinc.com> Y Subject: Re: How to create a VMS PDF file from a VMS text file and an image (signature) o > Message-ID: <CJzwg.71130$Lm5.45548@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>   circepb@optonline.net wrote:F > I was searching on the NET about this. Does anyone know that the GPL> > (From GNU project) can do this. Any comments is appreciated. >  >  > David   C Ghostscript 8.51 with a Postscript header will produce good PDF's.  G Earlier version of Ghostscript have bugs in the pdfwrite module. If you ? need the Postscript headers, let me know & I can send you some.   
 Jeff Coffield    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:41:47 -0500 6 From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.no@spam.comcast.net>Y Subject: Re: How to create a VMS PDF file from a VMS text file and an image (signature) o . Message-ID: <44C2E1EB.C72349@spam.comcast.net>    Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER wrote: > X > In article <m5f4c2pdp2oeldsa84ov87unakn2378c4a@4ax.com>, circepb@optonline.net writes:G > >I was searching on the NET about this. Does anyone know that the GPL ? > >(From GNU project) can do this. Any comments is appreciated.  > F > Look for txt2pdf shareware from Sanface. Maybe it fits your needs...  # Be advised that this requires Perl.    --   David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems  http://www.djesys.com/  & Unofficial OpenVMS Marketing Home Page! http://www.djesys.com/vms/market/   ( Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/   " Unofficial OpenVMS-IA32 Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/ia32/   ) Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page: " http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 17:28:31 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> ( Subject: Re: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/?, Message-ID: <44C2987E.F1DE91DC@teksavvy.com>  Q While cycling, I found the perfect solution to the issue of lightning protection.   3 1- no copper goes into the house. All fibre obtics. J 2- house runs on solar panels and wind generators. No grid to feed spikes.F 3- During a storm, house runs on batteries only, isolating itself fromA solar panels and wing turbines that could be struck by lightning.    :-) ;-) :-) :-) :-) :-)    ------------------------------    Date: 22 Jul 2006 22:15:00 -02006 From: peter@langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER), Subject: Re: InfoServer 100 trouble - update, Message-ID: <44c2a364$1@news.langstoeger.at>  d In article <pan.2006.07.22.11.09.09.43725@decadence.it>, "gl@decadence.it" <gl@decadence.it> writes:, >My trouble with InfoServer 100, once again.C >I finally managed to get the binary kits for the InfoServer 100 by " >downloading them from a FTP site.  F Where? I'm still not aware of binary kits for the InfoServer software.  K >I've tried to restore them to the RZ23 disk from InfoServer, but I failed. J >Sorry for asking so silly questions to you, I have the hardware but still% >not the knowledge to be indipendent.   - Then you're on the right street here, pal ;-)   ; >This is what I did, on another VAX system running VMS 7.3.  >   >$ INITIALIZE DKA100: INFOSERVERD >$ BACKUP SYS$SYSROOT:[INFOSERVER.KIT]ESS031.A /SAVE DKA100:[000000]F >$ BACKUP SYS$SYSROOT:[INFOSERVER.KIT]F11CD055.A /SAVE DKA100:[000000]G >$ BACKUP SYS$SYSROOT:[INFOSERVER.KIT]INFOMO013.A /SAVE DKA100:[000000]   E What should this do? You try to put the contents of an old InfoServer H Client (!) for OpenVMS (ESS031, was a LAST/DAST add on package for olderI VMS versions, V5 IIRC, later VMS versions had then the LAST/DAST protocol D support native) and an old ISO9660 Support AddOn Package for OpenVMSG (V5 IIRC, later versions had ISO9660 Support native in VMS) and another C software for OpenVMS (to obviously monitor an InfoServer) on a disk B destined for the infoserver to boot? This can't work, of course...  @ And such .A backup savesets are VMSINSTAL kits. For VMS. Got it?  C >I put back the RZ23 DKA100: into Infoserver, and tried to boot it. ; >It simply gets into a loop trying to boot from the DKA100:   ; Yes, of course. And the Infoserver is also not running VMS. @ And you also made no bootblock on the disk (this would require aI eg. $ BACKUP/IMAGE or eg. $ BACKUP/PHYSICAL or eg. $ MCR WRITEBOOT or...)   H >I also tried to "INITIALIZE /SYSTEM DKA100:" but I had the same result.F >There should be something wrong in the procedure I used, but I really >don't know what.   I Why not reading VMS HELP what INIT/SYSTEM does? (Surely not a bootblock). G Have you seen the VMS FAQ already (though I don't know if it would help H with the infoserver, but surely with the things you did or tried to do).    F Boot the infoserver from the InfoServer CD (that's the hard part, as IG don't know anyone who still has a copy left), then install the software J onto the infoserver harddisk (but I don't remember how = ~16 years ago)...F (Maybe you can find someone with a working infoserver which duplicates0 you its boot disk - BACKUP/PHYSICAL might help).  G Once the infoserver is running, you could upgrade the InfoServer to the J latest version (IIRC V3.5A) by "UPDATE SYSTEM FROM DKx:" it from a VAX/VMSD Condist CD (IIRC, the InfoServer Software was on CD#5). I don't knowE however (and I still doubt it) if you can also install the infoserver F from CD#5 but maybe you're lucky (as I [used to] have such CDs around)  K Later you could then upgrade the Infoserver to more features (Tape Support, G CD Buring Support) by "UPDATE FUNCTIONS FROM dkx:" with appropriate CDs L (which seem to be empty if looked at from VMS - maybe I've a /PHYSICAL copy)   --   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: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:43:26 -0400 6 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>% Subject: Re: OpenVMS V8.3 is in sight - Message-ID: <sKywg.70972$fG3.8427@dukeread09>    Ian Miller wrote: H > there is no comparision in terms of features but I just wondered about4 > how often new versions of MS Windows are released.   Let us see.    Win2K - 2000 - currently on SP4 7 WinXP & Win2K3 - 2002 & 2003 - currently on SP2 and SP1   9 and let us assume that WinVista will materialize in 2007.   < That gives 2 major releases with 5 and 3 or 2 minor releases
 respectively.     Seems rather close to VMS to me.   Just a different naming scheme.   0 Windows SP's are not just bug fixes and hardware/ support - they contain major new functionality.    Arne   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:31:03 -0500 6 From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.no@spam.comcast.net>J Subject: Re: Under VMS, on an HSG80, can Raid Partition Size be Increased?0 Message-ID: <44C2DF67.E2646327@spam.comcast.net>   syslost wrote: >  > Alpha DS25 VMS 7.2-1 > ? > Under VMS, on an HSG80, can Raid Partition Size be Increased?  > I > I want to increase the size of one of the partitions in a raid 5 set on  > an HSG80.  >  > Current config:  >  > NPCtop> show r3 G > Name          Storageset                     Uses             Used by P > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > D > R3            raidset                        D36_10200        D101D >                                              D36_20200        D108D >                                              D36_30200        D1098 >                                              D36_402008 >                                              D36_502008 >                                              D36_60200 >         Switches: 7 >           POLICY (for replacement) = BEST_PERFORMANCE + >           RECONSTRUCT (priority) = NORMAL " >           CHUNKSIZE = 256 blocks >         State: >           NORMAL+ >           D36_10200 (member  0) is NORMAL + >           D36_20200 (member  1) is NORMAL + >           D36_30200 (member  2) is NORMAL + >           D36_40200 (member  3) is NORMAL + >           D36_50200 (member  4) is NORMAL + >           D36_60200 (member  5) is NORMAL , >         Size:             355486275 blocks >         Partitions: E >           Partition number        Size               Starting Block 	 > Used by  > G > --------------------------------------------------------------------- E >             1                117309435 (  60062.43 MB)            0  >  D101 E >             2                117309435 (  60062.43 MB)    117309440  >  D108 E >             3                117309435 (  60062.43 MB)    234618880  >  D109 E >                                3557950 (   1821.67 MB)    351928320 	 >  <free>  > H > I want to move d101 to another raid set, destroy it's partition (1) on2 > r3, and double the size of d109.  Can I do this?  H VMS now allows for Dynamic Volume Expansion (DVE), so that's not a major/ issue, but may cost some downtime to implement.   D The challenge I see is on the HSG pair. Not sure how you would "moveF d101 to another raid set". AFAIK, the HSGs don't allow for mirroring aA partition - you must mirror the entire physical device. You could " BACKUP/IMAGE using VMS, of course.  F Also, partitions cannot be "fragmented". They must be contiguous blockH ranges. So, you cannot "double the size of d109" without also destroying D108.   " This probably doesn't help. Sorry.   --   David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems  http://www.djesys.com/  & Unofficial OpenVMS Marketing Home Page! http://www.djesys.com/vms/market/   ( Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/   " Unofficial OpenVMS-IA32 Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/ia32/   ) Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page: " http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:26:32 -0400 , From: "Richard Tomkins" <tomkinsr@istop.com>& Subject: Re: VaxStation vs. Infoserver9 Message-ID: <44c2d115$0$20510$88260bb3@free.teranews.com>   ! Same machine, different ROM code.   K The InfoServer 100 was directly based on the MV3100. The InfoServer 150, we B removed the FPU and some other bits and made some custom metal and4 connectors to bring both SCSI buses out to the back.  < A MV3100 will not run InfoServer code, the ROM is different.  1 A InfoServer 100 will not run OpenVMS nor ULTRIX.    rtt          --  = Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:40:02 -0500 6 From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.no@spam.comcast.net>& Subject: Re: VaxStation vs. Infoserver0 Message-ID: <44C2E181.D882A202@spam.comcast.net>   Bill Gunshannon wrote: > G > I know this has probably been asked before, but can a VaxStation 3100 B > be turned into an Infoserver?  I understand the hardware is veryH > similar, but will the Infoserver software run on a VS?  I could really; > use an Infoserver but I doubt I will ever get a real one.   H I'm wondering one could serve up local devcies using LADCP to create the offerings.    7 I don't have a VAX running right now to check it out...    --   David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems  http://www.djesys.com/  & Unofficial OpenVMS Marketing Home Page! http://www.djesys.com/vms/market/   ( Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/   " Unofficial OpenVMS-IA32 Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/ia32/   ) Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page: " http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2006.406 ************************                                                          ></font>7 <br><a href="soymail111-axp.zip">SOYMAIL111-AXP.ZIP</a> & <br><font size="-1">08-MAY-2006</font>* <font color="#ff0000"><b>RECENT</b></font>9 <br><a href="soymail111-ia64.zip">SOYMAIL111-IA64.ZIP</a> & <br><font size="-1">08-MAY-2006</font>* <font color="#ff0000"><b>RECENT</b></font>7 <br><a href="soymail111-vax.zip">SOYMAIL111-VAX.ZIP</a> & <br><font size="-1">08-MAY-2006</font>* <font color="#ff0000"><b>RECENT</b></font> </td>  <td valign="top" align="left">  <font size="-1">728kB</font><br>C <a href="soymail111.txt"><i><font size="-1">contents</font></i></a> $ <br><font size="-1">587kB</font><br>G <a href="soymail111-axp.txt"><i><font size="-1">contents</font></i></a> $ <br><font size="-1">586kB</font><br>H <a href="soymail111-ia64.txt"><i><font size="-1">contents</font></i></a>$ <br><font size="-1">227kB</font><br>G <a href="soymail111-vax.txt"><i><font size="-1">contents</font></i></a>  </td> 	 <td></td>  <td valign="top"> & <B>soyMAIL, Web access to VMS Mail</B> <BR>Overview:&nbsp; ] [<A HREF="http://wasd.vsm.com.au/ht_root/src/soymail/doc/soymail_overview.pdf">PDF</A>]&nbsp; Y [<A HREF="http://wasd.vsm.com.au/ht_root/src/soymail/doc/soymail_overview.html">HTML</A>] * <BR>Installation and Administration:&nbsp;Z [<A HREF="http://wasd.vsm.com.au/ht_root/src/soymail/doc/soymail_admin.pdf">PDF</A>]&nbsp;V [<A HREF="http://wasd.vsm.com.au/ht_root/src/soymail/doc/soymail_admin.html">HTML</A>] <BR>On-line user Help:&nbsp;k <A HREF="http://wasd.vsm.com.au/cgi-bin/soymail?help">http://wasd.vsm.com.