From: gleeve@galaxy.dnet
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Spring 1992 VMS/L&T Sig tapes announcement
Date: 23 Jul 92 14:20:29 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

This is to announce the release of the Spring 1992 VMS/L&T SIG
tape collection.. It is being mailed today to the tree starting
point and will shortly be available via the tree and sent to
other sites and the DECUS library within the next couple mail
delays.
  The following is the abstract for the materials on the tape. I'd
like to thank all who contributed for their contributions and work,
particularly the larger contributions (like Jamie Hanrahan's UUCP
contribution, to name one). The material here represents significant
work from lots of folks, and the abstract can touch only in the most
limited way on the contents. The [92avaxlt...] tree has the index
and full AAAREADMEs, and the [decuslib...] tree on the tapes has
the complete DECUS library catalog and electronic browsing tools for
it, and also their internal RDB based "CIS" system.
   It is appropriate for people on the tree to begin making arrangements
with their sources to get copies of the tapes now.
  Glenn C. Everhart
  Everhart@Raxco.com
  215 358 5875
  VMS Sig tapecopy coordinator.
(Note: the tape name this time is "VMS/L&T SIG tapes" since the VAX
Systems SIG was renamed to the VMS Systems SIG. The directory names
have however been left alone for the present. That may change next
time.)
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Spring 1992 VMS / L&T Sig Tapes

Abstract

[VAX92A...] Tree
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[.4GL_SIG]		RALLY select_queue - select print queue for RALLY
			printing.

[.AKE]			ANU News 6.1 alpha4 release (complete usenet NEWS
			for VMS). BOSS - multisession terminal monitor,
			V4.3a. DVIPS - Converts TeX output to Postscript.
			GNUC - Gnu C++ for VMS and LIBG++ for VMS, from
			version 2.2 of Gnu C. LDB - Long Distance
			Backgammon. UMORIA is the Moria game, built for VMS.
			(many other Gnu files from Earle Ake were moved to
			the [.gnusoftware] tree.)
[.ALLEBRANDI]		Programs to set or clear traceback or debug for
			images linked withour or with those attributes.
[.ALPHABITS]		Some public information released by DEC about the
			new Alpha machine.
[.ARNOLD]		BITNET postmaster's guide
[.BOSS]			BOSS multisession monitor, latest version. Allows
			control of several sessions from one terminal, 
			logging, record/playback of input, flexible control of
			output, supports FTdriver or PY/TWdriver, low
			overhead.
[.BULLETIN]		Latest BULLETIN, a many-to-many messaging system and
			USEnet newsreader that works like VAX Mail.
[.BZL]			RDB to RTF (RTF = Rich Text Format, read by many PC
			and Mac word processors) convert. TRIM - process
			files in various ways incl. stripping some chars
			from start of line, replace strings in each line,
			add prefix/suffix to lines, add line at start of
			each file, strip whitespace, strip nonprinting
			chars.
[.CALLBACK]		System permitting the VAX to call you back on call-in,
			useful for security and billing purposes.
[.CRONFEDITCOO]		COOKIE - small fortune cookie program. CRON -
			execute jobs at set times, controlled by data file.
			FXEDIT - callable F$EDIT routine.
[.DIALER]		Schedule calls to a remote modem (or pager)
[.DX]			Fullscreen directory maintenance utility; multiwindow.
[.EDX]			EDT style editor for TPU with many extensions and
			built in spelling checker and dictionary.
[.FAIRBAIRNS]		Addendum to Vassar spell checker; works inside EVE or
			independently.
[.FINGER]		Current FINGER distribution for those who aren't up to
			date; reports users, activities, mail read over
			DECnet, some TCP/IP and JNET nets and aids looking up
			usernames. Highly secure.			
[.FLOWERS]		CSWING, directory and file management (full screen)
			utility, many fixes. DISK - reports free disk space.
			DISK-WATCHER - monitors free disk space. MAIL_EDIT -
			quote, spell check, and add signature to outgoing
			mail. MENU - DCL menu system V2.3. FALL_BACK and
			SPRING_FORWARD - "kinder, gentler" time change for
			daylight saving time. MOST - file fullscreen lister
			with fixes and additions.
[.GCE92A]		New version of AnalyRIM (combined spreadsheet and
			relational database manager) adding "infinite
			dimensions" (per design published 1987!). CAP -
			Columbia Appletalk server for unix. Also SED, TQE,
			and CDROM readers. Network - submitted items from
			all over. These include numerous mesasages with
			DECwindows hints, DX directory manager, FDdriver
			updates for remote disks, cryptodisks, memory disks,
			etc., information on what intercepting VMS I/O flow
			at various points can be used for, MWAIT analyzer,
			VMS Share file packager for mailing, CMU
			domainserver, security product reviews, CDROM reader
			for ISO or High Sierra CDs, and much more.
[.GOATLEY]		Supervisor Series 5.2 (monitor or control other
			terminals or log terminal output). BAT - easy batch
			sessions. CVTLIS - convert .LIS files on listings CD
			back to .MAR or .B32. DCLKEYS - define DCL keys from
			a program. DCL recall patch for 62 cmds. Gnu FGREP
			for VMS. FLIST - fullscreen directory/file manager.
			GETCMD - display anyone's DCL recall buffer. Gnu
			Grep for VMS. Watch JNET links. Renumber Macro
			labels. Program to replace LOGIN.COM. Notice
			manager. Cardfiler display on VT terminals. Gnu SED
			1.8 for VMS. Process name set for any process.
			Display contents of .STB files. APRT - change page
			protection. CLRREF - clear refs to device (frees
			device for reuse w/o reboot). LASER symbiont. for
			postscript printers. MWAIT analyzer.
			Process-permanent hotkeys. Set privs for any
			process. UUencode/decode. TQE dumper. UNMACRO
			interactive disassembler.
[.HAINING]		Account maintenance and creation/deletion system. Also
			remote print/plot for VMS and Unix.
[.JBAKER]		TERMINALS - generate terminal statistics. VERSION -
			show software versions for layered products, VMS.
			USERCOUNT - looks for other interactive processes.
[.LEVINE]		Menu driven mail profile editor and menu driven mail
			user interface.
[.LOCK]			Terminal lock using vms password.
[.LOMASKY]		Replacement program to do what LOGIN.COM does, but
			much faster. PIGGY - find who's hogging the disk
			space, quickly. More flexible SYSUAF reports, very
			tailorable. Reports sysuaf or rightslist. Also can
			copy passwords from node to node.
[.LPD_FOR_UCX]		Implementation of LPD for UCX so Unix systems can use
			printers on VMS machines.
[.MCMAHON]		DECwindows brain surgery & how to do it documents.
[.MEADOWS]		CD - program to play audio CDs on CDROM readers with
			SCSI controllers.
[.MOST]			Textfile viewer in the tradition of MORE and LESS.
			Allows moving back & forth etc., less danger of
			accidental overwrite than an editor & less overhead.
[.MUNIC_S92]		Contributions from DECUS Munich and the European VMS
			SIG. Includes BREAK terminal locker, CHARGE - modify
			account string, mount any cluster disk, VMS CRON time
			based scheduling, EDX - edit a remote (ftp) UNIX file
			from VMS, fix_queue - repair job controller file, get
			volume label clusterwide, C indenter, Infoserver
			monitor, transparent use of a remote compiler, load
			VT200 keys, convert logfiles, Postscript symbiont for
			AppleLaserWriter, RDB based PAK mgr., mail
			distributor, mail profile manager, move DECWindows
			login box, analyze MWAITed processes, put field from
			ISAM file into DCL symbol, postscript plot library,
			print file on remote node queue, postscript draw
			package, X.25 file transfer, allow use of any
			Postscript file for DECW login, get time in processor
			modes since last boot, REMINDER notebook, show info
			about RMS indexed file, job scheduler, modem/c-kermit
			utilities, util to move holidays to Secondary Days in
			UAF, smarter SET TERM/INQ, dynamic quota management,
			DECW system perf. info, VMSTELL: vms <-> MSDOS
			communication, remote satellite shutdown, FREEMEM trim
			working set, UNREAD - show who doesn't read his mail,
			USER_SHUTDOWN - user driven workstation shutdown.
			VTEDIT - multiwindow EDIT based on TPU/LSE.
[.NSWC]			Checkmail - see if someone read mail you sent them.
			VLOG - view end of log files while the job is still
			running. SD - set/show default, MANY options. LET -
			shorthand define. MODIFY - string replacement in
			text, many MANY options. REFORMAT - reformat text
			files, lots of options. USERS - continuously
			updating users display. VGRAPH - viewgraph generator
			for Postscript printers. ZMENU - DCL menu display
			system.
[.PASSPOL]		VMS password policy module, lets you check for weak
			passwords automatically as they are entered. 
[.PAVLIN]		New version of Ethermon, which works onVMS 5.4-3 and
			later. More commands, more displays, many programs
			to analyze traces, and still a VERY complete
			ethernet online monitor.
[.PERL]			VMS port of PERL 3.0-18, a useful scripting and text
			language.
[.RCS]			Update of the VMS port of RCS (Revision Control
			System) though still an RCS 4.3 port.
[.RICKSYS]		TPUPlus superset of TPU editor.
[.RPI]			MDMLIB - utilities. MX - electronic mail router
			between UUCP, TCP/IP, DECnet, and BITnet. Supports
			mailing lists and file distribution over email.
			NETLIB - routines to access TCP/IP services in a
			version independent way for several vendors. NEWSRDR
			- NNTP client news reader. NSQUERY - asks Internet
			name servers about a name. UCX_Finger - Simple
			finger utility for vms/ultrix connection. WATCHER -
			very general idle terminal monitor.
[.STOCKLEY]		BRUREAD - BRU tape reader for VMS (no vax/rsx
			needed). BRULIST - list directory of BRU tapes from
			RSX systems.
[.SYSSUPPORT]		Command files for supporting a large VAXcluster.
[.TERMLOCK]		Terminal lock program update.
[.UUCP]			Release 2.0 of VMS UUCP, a package permitting
			full participation in VMSnet/USEnet mail and news
			in VMS.
[.VAXPRO]		Items from VAX Professional magazine. Become another
			user; deinstalling page file; how to use SDA; 
			automatic determining machine type; show who is
			mapped to global sections.
[.VMSTPC]		VMSTPC - tape ->disk -> tape copier, superfast.
[.WYANT]		RSX Indirect documentation.


[LT92A...] Tree
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[.ANTIVIRUS]		Antivirals for PC, Mac, and Amiga from internet
			antiviral archives.
[.CKERMIT]		Most recent (beta but usable) C-Kermit for a variety
			of platforms (plus VMS executables).
[.GCE92A]		COPS security package, V1.4, for Unix. CAP
			(Columbia Appletalk Package), Appletalk server
			for Unix. LQtext fulltext retrieval package, for
			Unix systems. TARsplit package to split Tar
			files on VMS into smaller pieces.
[.GNUSOFTWARE]		Gnu items updated since the Fall 1991 tapes.
			Includes BC, new CVS (Concurrent Versioning system),
			EPOCH, Gnu Emacs 18.58, new fileutils, ElVIs (Vi
			clone for emacs), Gnu C/C++ (all in one) V2.2,
			GHOSTScript Postscript interpreter & viewer, Gnu C
			lib, computer jargon file, new textutils, mawk,
			metamail, time daemon, VMS termcap patches, and some
			more.
[.NCSA]			NCSA Telnet (Telnet and FTP for PC and Mac)
[.PC-SIG]		Disks distributed by DECUS PC Sig at the Atlanta
			symposium. Both MSDOS and Mac items are here.
[.VMSBACKUP]		Another VMS Backup tape reader for unix machines.
[.X11R4]		X11R4 clients and demos, ported to VMS (/motif).
			Updated since Fall 1991.


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