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From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Unix: Cacheing EISA SCSI vs. Non-cacheing EISA SCSI Controllers
Date: 12 Oct 92 19:30:43 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady NY


  I did a fairly detailed study of this with EDSI controllers about 14
months ago, along with Rich Pfeiffer, and what we found is that if you
have enough memory on the UNIX system the controller cache makes very
little difference, with one exception. If you run write-back cache on
the controller you will usually see a very large decrease in clock time
to run disk bound jobs.

  Our test was a make, which ran something like 1400 sec CPU on a
486-33. Using 8MB cache on the controller and the Ultrastor 32 bit EISA
controller, the best time we got was about 3000 sec real time (all this
is approximated, the figures are in a paper somewhere). The time with an
uncached Ultrastor was something like 3300 sec. Using the EISA driver
broke sar, so we couldn't see the results in terms of queue time and
average latency.

  Turning on write-back cache dropped the time to about 2200 sec.

  I have no intention of getting into a discussion of write-back vs
write-through cache, reliability, Ultrastor vs. brand X, etc. In my
opinion, based on tests on five systems with WD, CompuADD, and Ultrastor
controllers, if you don't use write-back you don't see much more than
you would putting more memory on the system.

  The lack of write-back was one of the reason we stopped using CompuADD
controllers, although their  SCSI controller has it (from specs, I don't
have one). And it uses SIMMs instead of proprietary memory. If you have
the money, the new AMI EISA/SCSI is supposed to be 1542 compatible at
the software level, with all the options in EISA config. I may get to
see one next year.
-- 
bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
    Keyboard controller has been disabled, press F1 to continue.
From: wardt@a.cs.okstate.edu (WARD TED LEE)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: cc compiler for sco unix
Date: 7 Oct 92 16:18:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: a.1992Oct7.161833.29541
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater

At work, we just recently installed sco unix sysV on a 386, and I just
noticed that cc returns file not found.  Surely SCO includes a c compiler
with there unix package.  Does it need to be installed seperately?
The manuals don't seem to be too helpful, the mention that cc
is a c compiler, but thats about it.

Thanks,  Ted Ward
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: scott@pascal.geom.umn.edu (Scott S. Bertilson)
Subject: Re: Kernel Tuning Parameters
Organization: Geometry Center, University of Minnesota
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 01:08:31 GMT

  If you can put your hands on a Silicon Graphics Iris System Administrator's
Manual, there is a very good section on the System V tuning parameters
in the back.  I had guessed at some of what they say, but found it
very encouraging to see that someone had actually written it down.
--
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: bio@lis.rch.unimelb.edu.au (bio)
Subject: Re: [help] configure elm ??
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 00:23:05 GMT


Conor P. Cahill (cpcahil@virtech.uucp) wrote:
> 
> Re-run configure and when it asks you "Where is yet-to-be-read mail spooled?"
> answer with the correct response.
> 
> -- 
> *** SENTINEL(tm) The ultimate Debugging Environment - email for more info ***
> 
> Conor P. Cahill              (703)430-9247            cpcahil@virtech.vti.com
> Virtual Technologies, Inc.  46030 Manekin Plaza          Dulles, VA 20166 

	The problem was, I had setenv MAIL /usr/mail/$LOGNAME in my .login
	therefore elm takes it as a system mail folder, sorry for all that :)
	and thanks for replying. Things are working as expected now.
	---
	bio
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: holder@telesoft.com (Robert L. Holder @ignite)
Subject: What is the latest release of ESIX SVR4?
Organization: TeleSoft, San Diego, CA, USA
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 21:46:37 GMT

The subject says it all. 
Thanks for any info!
From: doug@pacsoft.com (Doug Amdur)
Newsgroups: comp.newprod
Subject: Pacific Software announces PowerWatch power monitor
Date: 16 Oct 92 02:15:59 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Pacific Software Group, Riverside, CA


            PACIFIC SOFTWARE GROUP ANNOUNCES POWERWATCH
             POWER PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR UNIX COMPUTERS

LOS ANGELES, CA (October 1, 1992)... John Rimestad, president of 
Pacific Software Group (PSG), today announced immediate availability 
of its PowerWatch power protection system for Unix-based computers.

PowerWatch monitors and reports on changes in power availability.  
When power is lost, a warning is displayed on the system console, 
and mail is sent to a specified user.  If power is not restored 
within a user-defined threshold, then PowerWatch broadcasts a 
warning to all users, and an automatic shutdown is initiated.

PowerWatch works with all brands of uninterruptible power supplies 
(UPS), and provides increased protection against file system 
corruption from power loss.  Most UPS systems provide power for a 
limited time after power loss, allowing users to shutdown their 
system.  However, if the system is unattended, UPS power may be 
exhausted without a shutdown being initiated.  PowerWatch guards 
against unexpected power loss, and provides for an automatic system 
shutdown, even when the system is unattended.

"What makes PowerWatch special," says John Rimestad, Pacific 
Software Group president, "is the control it provides in protecting 
valuable filesystem data.  Users can determine the interval between 
power loss and shutdown, and even who gets notified that a problem 
exists."

PowerWatch includes a physical power monitor (a 12-Volt AC adaptor, 
the PowerWatch Sensor, and a six-foot cable) and plugs into a 
standard serial communications port.  An additional PowerWatch 
feature maintains a log of all power interruptions, shutdowns and 
power restorations for diagnosing power problems.  

PowerWatch is available for systems running SCO Xenix and SCO Unix,  
for the IBM RISC System/6000 running IBM AIX Version 3, and on the 
IBM RT System running AIX/RT.  PowerWatch is priced at $149.95 per 
CPU, and is available for a special introductory price of $99.95 
through November 30, 1992.  

Pacific Software Group (PSG), is based in Riverside, California.  
For more information on PowerWatch, please contact: Pacific Software
Group, Attention: Marketing, 4703 Filly Lane, Riverside, CA 92509
Telephone: (800) 949-4490  Fax: 714-360-3524  Email: info@pacsoft.com
From: XB.N54@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU (InveXtek)
Newsgroups: comp.newprod
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Dictionary of Financial & Investment Terms
Date: 16 Oct 92 02:12:54 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: InveXtek


    InveXtek, Inc.          Voice:  (415) 855-9099		
    P.O. Box 9723           Email:  XB.N54@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU
    Stanford, CA 94309      Fax:    (707) 763-5851
    U.S.A.                  Telex:  402833	


SmartInvestor Dictionary 
of
Financial & Investment Terms


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Investment and Finance
                     

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Don't let the vocabulary of brokers, investment newsletters, money
managers and others in the securities market cloud your investment
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The SmartInvestor Dictionary of Financial & Investment Terms is a must 
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    IBM PC & Compatibles        MS-DOS, OS/2, or Unix		
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    NeXT                        NeXTOS 2.x and 3.x
    Others available soon

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From: bredb@central.cis.upenn.edu (Bill Bredbenner)
Newsgroups: comp.newprod
Subject: HDS FX17CT color X terminal
Date: 16 Oct 92 02:12:22 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Human Designed Systems


                       HDS introduces 17" color
                      RISC-based X Window terminal

      New model features Trinitron screen and aggressive pricing

New York, NY. September 22, 1992. Human Designed Systems today
introduced a new member of its ViewStation FX Series of RISC-based X
Window terminals. Featuring a 17" Trinitron display and high
resolution, the FX17CT is priced at $2299 -- less than half the cost
of similar X terminals from other manufacturers.

"The FX17CT expands HDS' already broad range of X Window terminals by
offering high resolution color at a very affordable price", stated
Michael Kantrowitz, HDS' Vice President of Marketing."The FX17CT
offers X terminal end users an excellent combination of performance
and display quality at a new price point for X Window terminals of
this capability."

The FX17CT features 1152x900 and 1280x1024 resolution and a
high-performance monitor with a Sony Trinitron tube for superior video
quality. Like all other members of HDS' ViewStation FX Series, the new
model is designed around an Intel i960CA RISC CPU that offers
workstation-class performance. Four MB of RAM are included in the base
configuration, along with twisted-pair Ethernet, serial and parallel
ports, a mouse and keyboard.  Optionally the terminal can be
configured with up to 68 MB of RAM, and with flashPROM, a unique
option that allows both central administration and local booting in
one unit. [See related release dated September 22, 1992]

The FX17CT includes HDSware V2.0, a new software environment that
include HDS' highly optimized X server, local OPENLOOK and Motif
window managers (full licensed versions, not "look-alikes"), local
VT320 emulation, PPP for fast serial X, SNMP for network management, a
local host chooser, and a new graphical setup mode that makes the
terminal easy to use. HDSware V2.0 includes the ability to add
additional X Client applications locally to offload host computers and
take full advantage of the ViewStation FX RISC CPU.

The FX17CT is available two weeks after receipt of order.

Human Designed Systems designs, manufactures and markets a line of
color, monochrome and grey-scale X Window terminals that offer
advanced functionality and high performance. The company is located at
421 Feheley Drive, King of Prussia, PA 19406. Telephone 215/277-8300.
FAX 215/275-5739.
From: al%expovision@CAM.ORG (Andre_Lalonde)
Newsgroups: comp.newprod
Subject: New & Revolutionary Dictionary & Spelling Checker for Quark
Date: 16 Oct 92 02:15:42 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Edition Electronique Expovision inc.


			    October  1992

			      ANNOUNCING

			      PRO LEXIS

		       A NEW AND REVOLUTIONARY
	      PROFESSIONAL DICTIONARY & SPELLING CHECKER
			  ( IN FRENCH ONLY )
	       for QuarkEXpress 3.0 & 3.01 (X'Tension)
			   ON THE MACINTOSH


		  Now available in the US and Canada


			   Fast & Powerful:
		  1,000 words per second on a 68020,
		  6,000 words per second on a 68030,
		8,000 words per second on a Quadra 700
	     over 10,000 words per second on a Quadra 950


			      Interface

	 Global listing of errors with word and error counts
		      Dictionary: 500,000 words
	  New "rSg" technology (Radical - Suffix - Grammar)
      Easy to use: all mistakes identified in a scrolling window
		Real-time showing of selected mistakes
		 Errors can be corrected in any order
	  Corrections in any text bloc (inclined, linked...)
	  Possible single step correction of repeated errors


Grammatical analysis, elisions, composed personal pronouns, irregular  
plurals, invariable past participles and more...

Complete verb conjugations (all tenses, including the pronominal form)

Possible corrections of accents on capital letters

Correction of ligatures   and   (chef d' uvre, coup de c ur, c tera)

		   Unlimited personal dictionaries
     (can import technical vocabulary and foreign language words)

	   Temporary dictionary with user defined settings

		 Fully compatible with System 6 and 7

		Less than 500k on disk (decompressed)

Version 1.1a shipped with Main Dictionary and Proper Nouns Dictionary

		  Single or site licenses available

		In the US and Canada, please contact:

			   Expovision Inc.
			  53, McNider Ave.,
			  Outremont, Quebec
			    Canada H2V 3X5
	    Phone: (514) 277-2712     Fax: (514) 277-3811

		   E-Mail:  info%expovision@CAM.ORG

(Pro Lexis is also available for WriteNow and WordPerfect on the NeXT)
			 (NeXT Mail accepted)
From: pinesoft@netcom.com (Pine Software)
Newsgroups: comp.newprod
Subject: Open Systems Mail (SMTP/POP3 client) for Windows
Date: 16 Oct 92 02:13:45 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Pine Software, PO Box 3041, Stanford, CA 94309, USA

Pine Software proudly anounces 'Open Systems Mail' for Microsoft
Windows.  This product is a fully featured electronic mail tool that
retrieves mail messages from a mail server via POP3 or NFS mounted
mail directory (user's choice).  Mail is sent via SMTP.  Currently, OS
Mail supports the following TCP/IP client software: PCNFS from Sun
Microsystems, PC/TCP Plus from FTP Software, Pathways for DOS from
Wollongong, and the LAN Workplace for DOS from Novell.  Support for
the Winsocks API will be available soon.  Compliance with the MIME
standard is being incorporated.

For more information, please contact Pine Software at (415) 962-8687.
Or send email to "pinesoft@netcom.com".
From: andrew@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca (Andrew Patrick)
Newsgroups: comp.newprod
Subject: "AskAbout Dinosaurs" - Information and Education Software
Summary: natural language database software about dinosaurs
Date: 16 Oct 92 02:16:25 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada


         "AskAbout Dinosaurs" - Information and Education Software

Unity Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the first in a
series of computerized knowledge-based products for the home and
education markets.  The software, entitled "AskAbout Dinosaurs", is
designed for children aged seven and up.  It contains a large number of
facts and illustrations about these prehistoric creatures.

AskAbout Dinosaurs uses many high quality colour graphics by the well
known Canadian illustrator of dinosaurs Jan Sovak, and by a New
Brunswick artist Linda McCarthy.  A unique aspect of this product is
its ability to respond to questions about dinosaurs typed in by the
users.  For example, the program is able to respond to questions such as
"What happened to the dinosaurs?" or "Which dinosaur could run the
fastest?".  A key feature of the AskAbout software used to build the
database is its language processing capability.

AskAbout Dinosaurs is typical of AskAbout products, which lets people
ask general questions about the subject using their own words.  It is
anticipated that the program's unique approach will differentiate it
from other dinosaur products.  Unity's marketing strategy is aimed at
parents and relatives, as well as educators.  Emphasis is placed on
the program's ease of use and its highly educational nature.

The AskAbout program is marketed by Rockwood Software.  This software
is used to construct databases on specific topics that can then be
accessed using plain English (or French).

For more information, contact:

    Unity Publishing          or          Rockwood Software
    Fredericton NB                        202-212 Queen St.
    (506) 450-9864                        Fredericton, NB
                                          Canada, E3B 1A8
                                          (506) 458-5830
-- 
Andrew Patrick, Ph.D.       Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, CANADA
                       andrew@calvin.dgbt.doc.CA
  For a good time, run "telnet debra.dgbt.doc.ca" and login as "chat".
From: rebecca@ora.com (Rebecca Kondos)
Newsgroups: comp.newprod
Subject: New Introductory DCE book from O'Reilly & Assoc.
Date: 16 Oct 92 02:15:09 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Motorola Computer Group, Schaumburg, IL


                       Understanding DCE
       By Ward Rosenberry, David Kenney, and Gerry Fisher
                     O'Reilly and Associates

o 266 pages
o ISBN 1-56592-005-8
o $24.95
o Now available.  Available overseas in mid-November.

Understanding DCE is a technical and conceptual overview of OSF's
Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) for programmers and technical
managers, marketing and sales people.  Unlike many O'Reilly & 
Associates books, Understanding DCE has no hands-on programming 
elements. Instead, the book focuses on how DCE can be used to 
accomplish typical programming tasks and provides explanations to 
help the reader understand all the parts of DCE.

Contents include:
 - purpose and goals of the Distributed Computing Environment
 - definition of a cell
 - distributing applications using RPC
 - improving program performance using threads
 - protecting resources using the security service
 - locating network resources using the directory (name) service
 - synchronizing network time using the time service
 - sharing and replicating files through the distributed file system
 - design and implementation considerations in writing distributed
   applications
 - getting started as a DCE administrator
 - determining your cell's boundaries
 - initial choices in configuration and administrative responsibilities
 - scenarios for security policies
 - considerations for breaking up or replicating services across multiple
   hosts
 - sample DCE application
 - answers to commonly asked DCE questions 
 - finding an external time provider
 - registering a cell's DNS or X.500 address


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From: rrt@mpd.tandem.com (Robert Teisberg)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Do Software Engineers Actualy Do So Badly?
Date: 9 Oct 92 18:57:43 GMT
Reply-To: rrt@amadeus.UUCP (Robert Teisberg)
Organization: /etc/organization

In article <MATT.92Oct8172111@raven.bacchus.esa.OZ.AU> matt@bacchus.esa.OZ.AU (Matthew Atterbury) writes:
>In article <1992Oct6.185140.10259@news.arc.nasa.gov> lamaster@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster) writes:
>	[mention of English channel tunnel cost overruns]
>
>    I would consider this an unfair example as on high profile
>    projects ike this, it is almost guaranteed that the "advertised"
>    cost is going to much lower than the "real" cost,....

Which is just another attribute that the chunnel and most software
projects have in common.  Not only have they never done it before, but
they had to low-ball the bid just to get funding to start the project.
If we are going to solve the problem (for either software or public
works), we have to start here.
-- 
Bob Teisberg @ Tandem Computers, Inc. | rrt@mpd.tandem.com
14231 Tandem Blvd.                    | (512) 244-8119
Austin, Texas  78728                  |
Jimmy and I have a deal.  Jimmy doesn't hack code; I don't speak for Tandem.
From: cole@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Ron M. Cole)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 21:28:24 GMT
Subject: RFC:Software Mangagement Courses
Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa.
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng

Has anyone out there ever taken the "Software Project Management Tools
and Techniques" seminar from the LEARNING TREE group.  Several of the
software managers here are thinking of taking it and would really like
to hear comments from past participants before they spend the money
and time on it.

The description in their catalog describes it as:
"... this course develops and improves the skills required to plan
and manage software development efforts successfully."

We would also be interested in recommendations about other Software
Project Management courses.

e-mail, phone or postings would be great.

Thanks..

Ron

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Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
From: boag@world.std.com (Scott A Boag)
Subject: Functional Spec. Lang???
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 02:57:45 GMT

I am looking for a "functional specification language".  
I came up with this term before I saw Z, and after 
looking at a book on Z today, I'm pretty sure that Z 
isn't what I want.  So, maybe someone out there can tell 
me if they know of anything like the following 
description:

After having done many functional specifications for GUI 
applications, I notice that, though we try, a couple of 
zillion holes end up in the specifications every time.  
The kind of work we do is more function/feature-driven 
rather than data-driven.  Since our formal methodology 
(P+) is based on Maurice data modiling, it hasn't helped 
or at least seems to confuse people more than it helps.  
State tables could help except they are far too large on 
GUI systems (in my experience).  So...

I thought it would be neat if there were something that 
would force the specifier to take care of certain 
details such as context sensitivity, data in/out, 
functional description, requirements fullfillment, input 
field range bounds, mockup picture, etc.  Ideally the 
document could produce a functional specification 
suitable for management review, as well as a more 
detailed spec, with implementation directions, for the 
programmers.

I suppose I'm just dreaming...


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