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From: roland@quadsys.com (Roland Besserer)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: Re: Cheapest X Option ?
Date: 10 Jan 93 14:17:30 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: QUAD Systems

Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 07:32:56 GMT
Message-Id: <C0MnMx.G8u@quadsys.com>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x

chrisw@castle.ed.ac.uk (C Walton) writes:
: I don't know if this is the right group for this post but:
: 
: Can anyone reccomend to me the cheapest way I can get an X Windows
: setup?  I have been told that Desqview/X on the PC is the one I
: should go for?
: 
: Thanks in advance - Chris (cdw@castle.ed.ac.uk or cdw@dcs.ed.ac.uk)

You should. See my post under 'Running X on a PC'

-- 

Roland Besserer
QUAD Systems
roland@quadsys.com
From: zhang@buast7.bu.edu (Zhang Yun Fei)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: Athena widgets applications gets complier's warning
Date: 5 Jan 93 18:17:52 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: Astronomy Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

Date: 5 Jan 93 15:46:52 GMT
Message-Id: <106187@bu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look,comp.windows.x

I am using a SUN SPARC STATION IPX with SunOS Release 4.1.3 (GENERIC_SMALL) #).
It seems that the X-window Athena widget kit is having some problem with this 
platform. Simple try to compile the famous HelloWorld program xhw3 yield the 
following:

% make -f makefile xhw3
cc -o xhw3  xhw3.o -O  -lXaw -lXmu -lXt -lX11 -lm   
ld: Undefined symbol
   _XShapeQueryExtension
   _XShapeCombineMask
   _get_wmShellWidgetClass
   _get_applicationShellWidgetClass
*** Error code 2
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `xhw3'

Actually, the executable code of xhw3 was generated and runnable. But what the 
above errors are telling us. an identical compile session running on IPC or ELC
do not have problem at all. Anyone has experience with this problem? What 
I should do about it? Any suggestion/comments will be appreciated. E-mail
to zhang@buast7.bu.edu is preferred.

Following the suggestion on this newsgroup on a similar thread, I tried to 
use -Bstatic option for the linker, it gave even more undefined symbols:-(

A quick look at th include/X11 area found that the content/directory-structure
are different b/w SUN IPX and SUN ELC

Yun Fei Zhang
===============

for your information, a ls command in /usr/openwin/lib gives the following

% ls libX*
libX.sa.1.0@    libX11.so@      libXmu.sa@      libXol.so@      libXt.so@
libX.so.1.0@    libX11.so.4.3   libXmu.sa.4.0   libXol.so.3.1   libXt.so.4.1
libX11.sa@      libXaw.so@      libXmu.so@      libXt.sa@
libX11.sa.4.3   libXaw.so.4.0   libXmu.so.4.0   libXt.sa.4.1
From: bane@vtx.ma.man.ac.uk (Michael!)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: Re: more dumb questions from a dumb beginner
Date: 8 Jan 93 04:32:39 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: Magic Michael's Mushroom Factory.

Date: 7 Jan 93 17:24:43 GMT
Message-Id: <7131@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x


In article <1993Jan5.173856.17260@linus.mitre.org> jfjr@mbunix.mitre.org (Freedman) writes:
|> >    I am running X11R5 on Sun SPARCS running SunOs4.1.x. I am having a
|> >  great deal of trouble telneting and editing across machines using
|> >  xterm. If I am on machine A, in an xterm and I telnet to machine B and
|> >  attempt to use more, vi, emacs the screen eventually gets screwed up.
|> >   Is this a lost cause? I get the feeling that it is something xterm
|> >  wasn't meant to do. It really doesn't matter what machine I telnet
|> >  into by the way.
|> 
|> telnetting does not "carry across" the connection the terminal type of
|> the local tty.  After you telnet to machine B, you'll find that the $TERM
|> environment variable is "dialup," "network," or similar and that
|> 	$ stty -a
|> reports rows = 0 and columns = 0.  more, vi, and emacs depend on these 
|> parameters being set properly or else they garble the screen.
|> 
|> Set "TERM=xterm" and "stty rows xx columns yy" after telnetting to machine B.



why not use rlogin instead of telnet?
From: schnee@sail.ncsl.nist.gov (Rick Schneeman)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: Re: xmail fails on compilation: get_wmShellWidgetClass error - Help
Date: 7 Jan 93 16:21:14 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: Workstation Div., Supermicro Systems Group, Sony Corporation

Date: 7 Jan 93 14:07:39 GMT
Message-Id: <20551@durer.cme.nist.gov>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x

Hiren Shah (hiren@teknetix.com) wrote:
: 
:  
: Hi:
:  
: I am trying to compile xmail on a Sun IPX.
:  
: ld: Undefined symbol
:    _get_wmShellWidgetClass
:    _get_applicationShellWidgetClass
: *** Error code 2
: make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `xmail'
: 

The undefines your getting are unrelated to the real issue: I bet
your running 4.1.2? There is a dynamic linker bug that crops up now
and again. Try first to implicitly add the -ldl option in the Makefile
to force the dynamic linker procs to be included, or, set up your
environment to do static linking; i.e. setenv LD_OPTIONS -Bstatic

This results in larger and slower executables, but it will compile
nonetheless.

--
=======================
Richard Schneeman, NIST
Building 225, MS-B266
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
rschneeman@nist.gov
=======================
From: umar@compsci.cas.vanderbilt.edu (Prof. A.S. Umar)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: problem in compiling xmailtool
Date: 6 Jan 93 15:36:35 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: CCIP, Vanderbilt University

Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 13:57:51 GMT
Message-Id: <1993Jan6.135751.12573@news.vanderbilt.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x

I am having a problem compiling the xmailtool on my rs/6000. The problem
seems to me that I am missing some functions which I don't know where
they should be. Here is the message I get from the Makefile at the linking
stage:

0706-317 ERROR: Unresolved or undefined symbols detected:
                 Symbols in error (followed by references) are
                 dumped to the load map.
                 The -bloadmap:<filename> option will create a load map.
.exp_addrs
.get_aliases
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 8.

Make Quitting.
***

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

-- 
umar@compsci.cas.vanderbilt.edu         Prof.A.S. Umar
umarsa00@vuctrvax.bitnet                Department of Physics & Astronomy
Tel: (615) 322-2459                     Vanderbilt University
Fax: (615) 343-7263                     Nashville, TN 37235
From: cimlinc!bharper@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU (Brett Harper)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: X windows solution on a PC
Date: 12 Jan 93 02:51:31 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: CIMLINC, Inc. - Engineering

Date: 11 Jan 93 20:18:35 GMT
Message-Id: <1993Jan11.201835.27535@cimlinc.uucp>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.unix.msdos,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.windows.x,comp.windows.ms

Hello,

 Does anyone have any experience with using one of the PC X servers on the market?

What level of interoperability can one expect with other MS windows applications?

Can Windows apps and X windows programs be running at the same time on the screen?

What about video under MS windows while running the X application?  Software motion 
video, or hardware solutions.  

What sort of minimum (recommended) hardware is needed ? (VGA, SVGA, 386, etc...)
What about minimum memory?


Any information, experiences (good/bad), advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
  Brett Harper

p.s.
I'll summarize responses sent to me (If any, I hope) and post.

brett.harper@cimlinc.com
From: tim@mdd.comm.mot.com (Tim Rosmus)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: Sun GX and xancur ?
Date: 7 Jan 93 23:19:07 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA

Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:32:34 GMT
Message-Id: <1993Jan7.203234.18392@mdd.comm.mot.com>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps,comp.windows.x


  I just replaced my cgthree (color) card  with a cgsix (GX) card in  my
SPARC.  Now the standard cursor aninmation that comes with "xancur" only
displays the upper left quadrant when the cursor is in the root window.

Anybody seen this?  Anybody have a fix?  Thanks.
-- 
 Internet:         <tim@mdd.comm.mot.com> |    Tim Rosmus (Sys Analyst)
 Motorola-X400-ID: <ctr001>               | Motorola - Mobile Data Division
 ...uw-beaver!uw-coco----\   (uucp)       |    19807 North Creek Parkway
 ...uunet-------------------!mdisea!tim   |   Bothell, WA  (206) 487-5928
From: trevor@telesoft.com (Trevor Bourget @ignite)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: GUI Mktg/Engr Position--San Diego
Date: 6 Jan 93 02:17:22 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: Alsys Group, San Diego, CA, USA

Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 19:27:00 GMT
Message-Id: <1993Jan5.192700.29297@telesoft.com>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif,comp.windows.x,sdnet.jobs,misc.jobs.offered

TeleSoft is a leading supplier of software development products for the
UNIX workstation market.  In order to meet the growing demands for our
Graphical User Interface product line, the CASE division marketing
group is looking for a software engineer to act as a technical liaison
to the product engineering group.

In this dynamic position, the successful candidate will assist with the
creation and maintenance of product specifications; develop technical
white papers, sales tools, and competitive reports; and evaluate third-
party products for integration with TeleSoft's products.

The position requires a B.S. in Computer Science and at least three
years of experience in software development in a UNIX environment, with
specific experience with the X Window System and OSF/Motif.  Experience
as a sales engineer (S.E.) or product manager is also highly
desirable.

If you meet the required qualifications, please forward your resume to
TeleSoft's Human Resources department by FAX at (619) 452-1334.

AA/EOE
From: adi944@hdi3sun.kfk.de (Manfred Alef)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: X11R5 on Stardent GS2000
Date: 5 Jan 93 16:40:01 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Germany)

Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:12:25 GMT
Message-Id: <C0C4wp.821@iai.kfk.de>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x


Hi,

has anyone build the X11R5 clients on a Stardent GS2000? I am trying but
have some trouble with include files and unresolved references.

Any assistence will be appreciated.

Manfred Alef
alef@hdi3sun.kfk.de
From: zwka01@hou.amoco.com (Bill Aylor)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: Re: Any Experiences with X over serial lines
Date: 7 Jan 93 01:04:55 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: Amoco

Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 20:24:23 GMT
Message-Id: <1993Jan6.202423.29242@hou.amoco.com>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x

I think Bill Berry (socon 321-7083) in ESS has tried some experiments with X on a serial line some time ago.
From: drand@spinner.osf.org (Douglas S. Rand)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: Re: Widget Grabs
Date: 13 Jan 93 02:09:46 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: Open Software Foundation

Date: 12 Jan 93 17:46:14
Message-Id: <DRAND.93Jan12174614@spinner.osf.org>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x

In article <1993Jan11.162326.27272@meadow.uucp> alo@meadow.uucp (Andrew Lo) writes:

   Hi! I'm a widget programmer.  I have created a widget in which under certain
   circumstances I need the widget to grab all button presses for the entire
   screen.  Thus far, I have achieved this by using XtGrabPointer followed by
   an XAllowEvents.  I have an event handler for the widget that intercepts all
   the button press events at this time.  This works.  
   However, when I press a cascade button it takes the grab away from me without 
   me calling XtUngrabPointer.  How do I prevent this from happening.?  
   Please email me directly.

I don't believe you can prevent this.  Grabs transfer if something else 
requests one.  I do suggest that you consider why you are imposing
a grab.  Grabs should be used very sparingly,  if at all,  in 
normal widgets.  The usual exceptions are modal behaviors such
as popup or pulldown menus.  

--
Douglas S. Rand <drand@osf.org>		OSF/Motif Dev.
Snail:         11 Cambridge Center,  Cambridge,  MA  02142
Disclaimer:    I don't know if OSF agrees with me... let's vote on it.
Amateur Radio: KC1KJ
From: oj@miki.pictel.com (Oliver Jones)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: Re: Why, why, why an Xt error?
Date: 7 Jan 93 00:23:45 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: PictureTel Corporation

Date: 6 Jan 93 14:28:10 GMT
Message-Id: <1993Jan6.142810.371@miki.pictel.com>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x

In article <1993Jan5.223109.17295@qualix.com> dshaker@qualix.com writes:
>I have a user on using a NCR as an xclient and a Sun as an xserver.
>... the clock comes up fine (access control on the Sun is not a problem).
>However, if he then does
>	anotherApp &
>he gets
>	Fatal Xt error: cannot open display.

It's possible that anotherApp is statically bound with an R3 version
of Xlib which ignores the R4-vintage xauth (~/.Xauthority) mechanism.

Try issuing the command 
   xhost +`hostname`
before running anotherApp.
From: andersen!seanc@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: Multi-Lingal ???
Date: 12 Jan 93 22:00:09 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: Andersen Consulting

Date: 12 Jan 93 20:02:20 GMT
Message-Id: <1993Jan12.200220.24950@news.acns.nwu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif,comp.windows.x

Hello all.

	I am working on an X11R4/Motif 1.1.4
	application on a Sun Sparc platform
	running SunOS 4.1.3.  

	I need to be able to directly type
	in characters from the top half of
	the extended ascii character set.
	However, I can't get my program (or
	any other X client) to understand the
	Sun compose key sequences.

	If anybody can help, please reply.


	Thanks, 

		Doug Donohoe 201 428 5612
From: steritir@aspen.ulowell.edu
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: 24 bit TrueColor solution
Date: 13 Jan 93 04:06:51 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: University of Lowell

Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:29:36 GMT
Message-Id: <1993Jan12.172936.1@woods.ulowell.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x

I've solved the TrueColor visual problem by setting the depth to 12
instead of the default depth.

i.e.
    default_visual = DefaultVisual ( display, screen );
    switch ( default_visual->class ) {

    case PseudoColor:
      r = XMatchVisualInfo ( display, screen, depth, PseudoColor, &vis_info );
      break;
    case TrueColor:
      depth = 12;
      r = XMatchVisualInfo ( display, screen, depth, PseudoColor, &vis_info );
      break;
    default:
      printf ( " No visual found. \n");

    }
    if ( !r ) printf ( " Problem matching visual \n" );

    cmap = XCreateColormap ( display, parent, vis_info.visual, AllocAll );

thanks for the help.
Ron Steriti
UMass Lowell
From: gtaylor@jade.tufts.edu (Grant Taylor)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: Re: xconsole client cannot open console..
Date: 5 Jan 93 00:33:23 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA

Date: 4 Jan 93 22:02:53 GMT
Message-Id: <GTAYLOR.93Jan4170239@jade.tufts.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x

i run xfree 1.1 on linux, and i have the opposite problem.  xconsole
won't work without having been started by xdm...

the configuration of xdm i have is such that console is chowned to the
user in one of the scripts that gets run as root right before the
user's .xsession is run, and chowned back to root right after
.xsession (and the user's session) terminates...

maybe this can help...

-grant
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From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: Re: Best WM? Vote for ctwm, plus good .ctwmrc file
Date: 12 Jan 93 06:20:54 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

Date: 12 Jan 93 03:31:08 GMT
Message-Id: <16351@auspex-gw.auspex.com>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x

>One vote against olvwm. It is open look. (typing this on a SUN with
>^&*%#$ open look completely removed; I use plain X11R5 instead).

You're aware that the XView toolkit, version 3.0, and its corresponding
"olwm" window manager, are part of the X11R5 contributed software,
right?

I.e., you don't have to buy into Open Windows in its entirety to run
"olwm"....
From: fuad@madrone.eecs.ucdavis.edu (Turnando Fuad)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: Portable GUI Toolkits
Date: 8 Jan 93 02:22:42 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: Center for Image Processing and Integrated Computing

Date: 7 Jan 93 23:16:47 GMT
Message-Id: <21070@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.windows.news,comp.windows.x

Since portable GUI is fast becoming a reality and will be a real popular topic,
it would be nice to dedicate a group to discuss the ins and outs of portable
GUIs. And also to discuss the various public domain and commercial portable
GUI toolkits.
 
--
Turnando Fuad 				Phone: (916)752-2387
CIPIC (Center for Image Processing and Integrated Computing) 
University of California		Internet: tfuad@ucdavis.edu
Davis, CA 95616				Bitnet:   tfuad@ucdavis.bitnet
From: infopac!tangent1!stephen@scslwide.sony.co.jp (Stephen McKay)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: Colors and GXxor
Date: 9 Jan 93 07:59:30 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: Workstation Div., Supermicro Systems Group, Sony Corporation

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 14:59:14 PST
Message-Id: <9301082259.AA16974@questercorp>

	Sorry if this question is being repeated!

Dear Xperts,

	I have created a DrawArea widget under motif and have colored the foreground of this region using Xcolor "DeepSkyBlue".

	The problem comes when I want to select the foreground color to use with rubberbanding. ie. a rectangle.  What is the method fo selecting a foreground (x) color that when used with Xor, displays the desired color (y)?

	Note: If the DrawArea is XFillRectangle with "DeepSkyBlue" and I draw a line with logical function GXxor and foreground color = "White", the color of the line drawn is "DeepSkyBlue".

Stephen McKay
tangent1!stephen@pacinfo.bc.ca
From: steritir@aspen.ulowell.edu
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
Subject: 24 bit TrueColor problem (a Stardent computer)
Date: 12 Jan 93 23:20:35 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: University of Lowell

Date: 12 Jan 93 17:31:48 GMT
Message-Id: <1993Jan12.123148.1@woods.ulowell.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x

I'm having trouble using x on a Stardent (24 bit color)

The code works fine on Dec's

It apparently has trouble creating proper visuals and colormaps

Here's the relevant code:

    screen   = XDefaultScreen (display);
    parent   = XRootWindow    (display, screen);
    depth    = XDefaultDepth  (display, screen);
    planes   = XDisplayPlanes (display, screen);
    ncolors  = XDisplayCells  (display, screen);

    default_visual = DefaultVisual ( display, screen );

    switch ( default_visual->class ) {

    case PseudoColor:
      r = XMatchVisualInfo ( display, screen, depth, PseudoColor, &vis_info );
      break;
    case GrayScale:
      printf ( "GrayScale \n" );
      r = XMatchVisualInfo ( display, screen, depth, GrayScale, &vis_info );
      break;
    case DirectColor:
      printf ( "DirectColor \n" );
      r = XMatchVisualInfo ( display, screen, depth, DirectColor, &vis_info );
      break;
    case TrueColor:
/*
      r = XMatchVisualInfo ( display, screen, depth, TrueColor, &vis_info );
*/
      printf ( "TrueColor -> PseudoColor \n" );
      r = XMatchVisualInfo ( display, screen, depth, PseudoColor, &vis_info );
      break;
    default:
      printf ( " No visual found. \n");

    }
    if ( !r ) printf ( " Problem matching visual \n" );

    cmap = XCreateColormap ( display, parent, vis_info.visual, AllocAll );

    colors = (XColor *) malloc ( ncolors * sizeof (XColor) );

    colors = (XColor *) malloc ( ncolors * sizeof (XColor) );

    for (i=0;i<ncolors;i++) {
      colors[i].pixel = i;
      colors[i].red = colors[i].green = colors[i].blue = i*256;
      colors[i].flags = DoRed | DoGreen | DoBlue;
    }

    XStoreColors ( display, cmap, colors, ncolors);


The default visual is TrueColor, it was suggested that i use Pseudo anyway
hence the commented out XMatchVisual ( TrueColor )

Matching with PseudoColor however does print the (appropriate) error message
"problem matching visual", 
Both Pseudo and True result in 
X Protocol error:  BadValue, integer parameter out of range for operation
  Major opcode of failed request:  78 (X_CreateColormap)

I'd appreciate any help!

Ron Steriti
UMass Lowell
steritir@woods.ulowell.edu

The code works fine on Dec
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From: ME028A@cranfield.ac.uk
Original-To: REDUCE-FORUM <REDUCE-FORUM@rand.org>
Subject: Vector and tensor manipulation
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 09:07:10 -0800
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.reduce
Distribution: fj

Hello, 

I have a simple question about a reduce application. My apologies if this
question has been asked before but I am a relatively new user of Reduce.

I am interested in manipulating the Navier-Stokes equations in arbitrary
coordiate systems - I wish to investigate the use of different base vectors in
terms of number of terms and simplicity for later development of a new CFD
(Computational fluid dynamics) program. I would like to represent the velocity
vector in contra/covariant/cartesian forms and mixed versions of these.

We have Reduce3.3 here at Cranfield, though I am relatively inexperienced. I
dont see an easy way of carrying out the above task using Reduce. I have
investigated the EXCALC package but unfortunately I am not familiar with the
terminology that is used. What I thought I needed was a package that could
manipulate vectors and tensors in arbitrary coordinate systems which would then
expand the equations in terms of the indices. There is a vector package in
reduce-netlib but this is limited to orthogonal coordinates.


Any comments or suggestions would be really welcome.

Thanks in advance,



Dr Philip Rubini

School of Mechanical Engineering
Cranfield Institute of Technology
Cranfield
Bedfordshire MK43 0AL
ENGLAND

Tel. +44 (0)234 754649
Fax. +44 (0)234 750728

Email: p.rubini@cranfield.ac.uk
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From: melenk@sc.zib-berlin.de (Herbert Melenk)
Subject: Solaris and AIX
Original-To: reduce-forum@rand.org
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 09:19:48 -0800
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.reduce
Distribution: fj

Good news: REDUCE under SUN SPARC Solaris 2.x is available. The previous
version of PSL based REDUCE will *not* run with this operating
system as many aspects, including the format of executables have
changed. All owners of a license of PSL based REDUCE 3.4 and 3.4.1 
for the Sparc may order an update cartridge for $30 (Germany: DM50), 
in the European community plus 15% VAT.

Bad News: IBM's operating system AIX 3.2.2 for the RS6000 series has
a bug which causes the system to hang up under REDUCE from time to
time. The IBM engineers have isolated the bug, but an official patch
is not yet known. It is definite that this is not a REDUCE or PSL
problem and it has nothing to do with the system service installed
together with PSL/REDUCE (the bug does not disappear if REDUCE/PSL
executes without that system service). For contacts with IBM: the
bug has been isolated in the 1st half of last  December at the 
computing center of the University of Cologne by IBM engineers from 
Mainz (Germany).

--
Herbert Melenk
Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik
Heilbronner Str 10, D 1000 Berlin 31, Germany
e-mail:  melenk@sc.zib-berlin.de