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From: chris@suite.sw.oz.au (Chris Maltby)
Subject: Re: porting programs invoked by inetd to ptx?
Organization: Softway Pty Ltd
Date: 30 Sep 92 02:08:30 GMT

In <1992Sep29.113527.10193@sequent.com> timw@sequent.com (Tim Wright) writes:

>In <BvB8DE.40y@news.cso.uiuc.edu> paul@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Paul Pomes - UofIllinois CSO) writes:
>
>>Does anyone have a porting guide for programs meant to be invoked by inetd?
>
>inetd retruns a TLI endpoint. The top of the stream has "timod" pushed,
>so the hackers guide to porting code meant to run under inetd is:
>ioctl(s, I_POP, "timod");
>ioctl(s, I_PUSH, "sockmod");
>at which point you have a socket, and all your usual code should work.
>Warning: this works for me under TCP 2.1 and 2.2.1, but I cannot guarantee
>that it will always do so. If you just want a TLI endpoint that you
>can read and write on, you just pop "timod", and push "tirdwr" instead.
>Hope this makes things easier for you.

Seems to me to be the sort of thing that inetd should do for you
with an additional configuration parameter. Eg:

#Service Type	Proto	Module	No/Wait	User	executable		Args
#----	------	---	------	------	----	----------		----
ftp	stream	tcp	sockmod	nowait	root	/usr/etc/ftpd.new	ftpd
telnet	stream	tcp	timod	nowait	root	/usr/etc/in.telnetd	telnetd

Fix?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
From: parson@coulomb.pcc.oz.au (Brenda Parsons - x2403)
Subject: Incoming SQL*Net connections
Organization: Prospect Electricity, Sydney
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 08:20:33 GMT

We are planning to implement a client-server scenario under
DYNIX/ptx and the question has been raised about the limitations
of the number of concurrent SQL*Net which can be supported.

Anybody have any idea of where I can look to find out this information?

Thanks


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* Brenda Parsons                                    *
* Currently at Prospect Electricity                 *
* 10 Smith Street, Parramatta 2150, Australia       *
* +61 2 635 0300                                    *
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* parson%coulomb.pcc.oz.au@tmx.mhs.oz.au            *
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* 10 Smith Street, Parramatta 2150, Australia       *
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
From: tucker@bedford.progress.COM (Kyle Tucker)
Subject: HP IIIsi config problems
Reply-To: tucker@bedford.progress.COM
Organization: Progress Software Corp.
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 12:24:37 GMT

Firstly, I tried to add this printer using menu :-(, but it complains with
the error:  Unable to proceed since the LP print service is not running 
which is untrue if it means lpsched (which lpadmin shouldn't need).

Secondly, when added by hand, using the same interface (model), cables and
everything else as other HP LaserJets, the printer keeps stopping after a few
pages, and then keeps requeueing with the following:

printer lwsa2 waiting for auto-retry. available.
        stopped with printer fault
lwsa2-212770            root             27831   Sep 30 08:16

The printer is showing no fault and the form feed light stays on with a 
further portion of the queued file in it's memory. If I print a file less
than a page, all queues/prints/cleans up fine.

I put a set -x in the interface script, and it mailed back that it trapped
with the follwing:

Your request lwsa2-212784 destined for lwsa2
encountered an error while printing on printer lwsa2.
Printing stopped with an exit code of 129.

Reason for failure:

+ trap exit 15
+ trap catch_hangup; exit_code=129 exit 129 1
+ trap catch_interrupt; exit_code=129 exit 129 2 3
+ exec

I can't find these errors documented. Any ideas??? Thanks in advance.

- Kyle 
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From: kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Re: filesystems and "free space"
Date: 5 Oct 92 15:31:45 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

sam@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (B. Samuel Blanchard) writes:

>>work better and faster--how and why is this?  What happens when you
>>cut this down to about 5% or 2% or nothing at all? 

>Quick snip: Motorola documentations states that 10% free may be excessive
>in very large file systems.  
>I can probably find a reasonable place for the
>next block based on having 5% (99896 blocks) instead of 10% (199793) on my
>preformatted 1gig disk.

Sorry, no hard figures here, but we ran our news partition (350 megs or
so at the time) with 0% held back for quite a while.  Fragmentation
never became a problem, though of course we never allowed it to 
completely fill for any length of time.
-- 
Kenneth Herron                                   kherron@ms.uky.edu
University of Kentucky                              +1 606 257 2975
Department of Mathematics      I just thought of a neat disproof of
     Fermat's last theorem, but .signatures can only be four lines.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.ultrix
From: dinn@ug.cs.dal.ca (Michael 'Moose' Dinn)
Subject: Ultrix x.x: Will it run on a VAXstation 3200?
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 13:48:11 GMT


I have a VAXStation 3200 GPX running VMS 4.7.

Will it run any version of Ultrix?

--
 Michael Dinn               | School: dinn@ug.cs.dal.ca
 System Administor          | Work:   dinn@appliedmicro.ns.ca
 Halifax Public Access VMS  | VAX:    Unknown as of yet
 (902) 461-4773 HST/V.32    | "You just can't keep a good Vax down"

 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
From: vhalkka@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Vesa Halkka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Microvax 2000: used price?
Date: 27 Sep 92 21:59:53 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

In <1992Sep22.142356.1923@einoed.in-berlin.de> alh@einoed.in-berlin.de (Adrian Le Hanne) writes:

>Hello,

>someone offered to sell me a used Microvax 2000. What should one pay for
>such a beast and what are the typical configurations (HD, FD/tape, memory,
>serial ports, network, internal bus)?

Usually old VAXes are free.. because they are large and heavy and it is
expensive to get rid of them. 2000 is small enough to be put into
normal trashcans.. maybe you should pay DM50

>Also, how can i put such a cpu into an existing ethernet TCP/IP network 
>without spending (much) money? A serial slip connection would be ok, but 
>is such pd software available for VMS? (I probably need a TCP/IP package
>for the socket library/telnet/ftp etc.)

CMU packet is free.. and it even works.

>This cpu will only be used for playing around with VMS via terminals or
>probably a telnet connection (if possible).

That about all you can do with a MVAX 2000....

--
Vesa Halkka                       -O___/ 
University of Helsinki CC:         (  /   	 vhalkka@helsinki.fi 
Centre for scientific computing:  ~~~~~  	 vhalkka@csc.fi
Xref: sparky comp.sys.dec.micro:540 comp.sys.dec:5294
From: vhalkka@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Vesa Halkka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Microvax 2000: used price?
Date: 1 Oct 92 22:25:02 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

In <1992Sep29.161726.1@venus.ycc.yale.edu> obrien@venus.ycc.yale.edu writes:

>This is not entirely true.  Such a machine often contains components which are
>valuable in their own right, such as hard disks and tape drives.  Certainly the
>older VAXes and MicroVAXes aren't such speedy computers, but you have to
>consider what you're getting in parts, too.  Just my humble opinion.

Yes.. but you gotta be careful with DEC.. at the hottest VAX time
they tweaked everything to be hard to recognize.. the uVAX disk drives are
more or less normal PC disks.. from that time.. small and slow.

But it is hard to find out which kind of disk it is actually, because
DEC has changed all labels and modified the casing..

DEC tape drives are useful, if you need DEC spare parts.. 

DEC power supplies.. some them have a thermostat controlled fans etc,
but they lack power.. you can't even use all disk slots in a uVAX II
case.

So you must be a DEC HW guru to do anything with used DEC gear..
I used to be at PDP time, but then DEC started to hold information,
and it became too tedious.

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Vesa Halkka                       -O___/ 
University of Helsinki CC:         (  /   	 vhalkka@helsinki.fi 
Centre for scientific computing:  ~~~~~  	 vhalkka@csc.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Pro-380 keyboard not working
From: petrisko@evax2.engr.arizona.edu (William Petrisko)
Date: 27 Sep 92 05:25:04 MST
Reply-To: petrisko@evax2.engr.arizona.edu
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona, College of Engineering and Mines, Tucson

I have a Pro-380, the only problem (so far) is that the keyboard interface
appears not to be working at all.

By this, I mean that any keyboard plugged in appears completely dead--no 
lights or response whatsoever.

Question:  Is this a common problem?  Are there any components that are
likely suspects?  What board is the keyboard interface on, and is that
easily replaced?  I guess the question is, am i stuck with a easily
fixed doorstop or a useless doorstop?  ;)

Any help appreciated...

-bill
--
bill petrisko                                  petrisko@evax2.engr.arizona.edu
   aka n7lwo                 ...!uunet!4gen!warlok!gargle!omnisec!thumper!bill
From: spg@nereid.sunquest.com (Steve Gibbons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Re: Still looking for DECnet objects for 'Bow + MSDOS + DECnet
Summary: Takes a licking
Keywords: and still ticking
Date: 29 Sep 92 05:22:00 GMT
Organization: Sunquest Information Systems, Instrument Interfacing
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

In article <Bv7420.7xn@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, schwartz@feh.scs.uiuc.edu (Dwight A. Schwartz) writes...
#In article <23SEP199201281456@nereid.sunquest.com> spg@nereid.sunquest.com (Steve Gibbons) writes:

#>So, a while back I asked about the availability of _other_ DECnet objects for
#>my various Rainbow systems.  

#What networking options were/are available for the Rainbow?  It would appear
#from the post that Rainbows _can_ be connected to a DECnet, so, more 
#specifically, is there any hardware/software which would allow me to connect 
#a Rainbow directly to a TCP/IP network? (e.g. thin cable ethernet card, etc.).

TCP/IPwise, I know of nothing for the 'Bow.  (Anyone up to the "excercise" of
porting KA9Q? :-)

#What is DECnet-DOS?  Where can one get it?  Would this allow one to "connect"
#several Rainbows in a LAN if each Rainbow were running it?

DECnet-DOS was a pre-cursor to Pathworks for DOS.  I've only tested it with 
RS232 connections, since I haven't been able to scrounge up an ethernet card
for the Rainbow (yet.)  One thing to consider (if you can obtain the software)
is that it's only an end-node license, you'll need to have a router in the
works somewhere, unless your net only consists of two end-nodes.

Version 1.1 is/was _very basic_ in the clients/servers that were provided.

#What is DDCMP?

Digital Data Communications Protocol - Roughly the DECnet equivilent to SLIP 
or PPP.

ObQuery: I'm _still_ looking...

--
Steve (SPG6) spg@sunquest.com
From: ivie@cc.usu.edu (CP/M lives!)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Re: Is there pdp8 newsgroup ??
Date: 6 Oct 92 10:00:04 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <Bvp3Fn.IME@lut.fi>, messmer@taipaani.cc.lut.fi (Willi Messmer) writes:
> Some time ago people here claimed there's a newsgroup for pdp8.
> I haven't seen it...Is it alive ???

There is rumored to be a recently created alt.sys.pdp8. The newsgroup control
messages for it haven't arrived in Utah, yet, so I don't get it.

Roger Ivie
ivie@cc.usu.edu
From: CCPN@LURE.LATROBE.EDU.AU (NANKERVIS,Pau1 Allan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Rainbow Turbow upgrade wanted
Date: 28 Sep 92 06:21:14 GMT
Organization: La Trobe University
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

Does anyone know where I could get a Turbow board from? Surely
there is someone out there who has one that they no longer need?
Of course I would prefer an Australian source to minimize shipping
costs...

Paul Nankervis			ccpn@luau.latrobe.edu.au
La Trobe University
AUSTRALIA
From: spg@nereid.sunquest.com (Steve Gibbons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Re: KA9Q for the Rainbow (was Re: Still looking for DECnet objects )
Keywords: and still ticking
Date: 6 Oct 92 03:11:00 GMT
Organization: Sunquest Information Systems, Instrument Interfacing
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

In article <BvDMDL.MsK@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, schwartz@feh.scs.uiuc.edu (Dwight A. Schwartz) writes...
#In article <28SEP199222223884@nereid.sunquest.com> spg@nereid.sunquest.com (Steve Gibbons) writes:
#>TCP/IPwise, I know of nothing for the 'Bow.  (Anyone up to the "excercise" of
#>porting KA9Q? :-)
#	Would anyone care to comment on the difficulties associated with this
#"job?"  
#	I've heard that programming the serial port of the Rainbow is different 
#from programming the serial port on the IBM PC.

Bingo!

#Is this the main part of  KA9Q which would have to be changed?  Would 
#comparing the Kermit source code for the Rainbow and the PC be of any use in 
#sorting out this particular port?

This seems like it would be a logical place to start (assuming that all you
wanted was a SLIP/PPP connection.)

#p.s.  On the subject of ethernet stuff, just for kicks, I loaded the TSR 
#packet driver wd8003e.com (for the IBM PC using a Western Digital ethernet 
#card) onto my Rainbow and executed it.  It came back with a message about
#how there probably wasn't an ethernet card at the i/o port I specified,  :)
#but it did appear to exit in an otherwise graceful manner.

That seems reasonable, considering what the TSR is probably looking for...

--
Steve (SPG6) spg@sunquest.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Need RD-52-A physical parameters
From: petrisko@evax2.engr.arizona.edu (William Petrisko)
Date: 30 Sep 92 01:22:14 MST
Reply-To: petrisko@evax2.engr.arizona.edu
Distribution: usa,local
Organization: University of Arizona, College of Engineering and Mines, Tucson

What are the physical parameters (heads, cyl, sectors, size) of
a DEC RD-52-A hard drive?

-bill
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bill petrisko                                  petrisko@evax2.engr.arizona.edu
   aka n7lwo                 ...!uunet!4gen!warlok!gargle!omnisec!thumper!bill
From: choff@cs.wright.edu (Carl C. Hoff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Re: Pro 380 problems continued...
Date: 1 Oct 92 15:30:11 GMT
Distribution: usa,local
Organization: Wright State University

In <1992Sep29.130407.3775@arizona.edu>, Bill Petrisko asked if a set of boot
disks were available for the DEC Professional.

After DEC stopped supporting the Professional, they gave the operating system
and other software to the Digital Equipment Corporation Users Society (DECUS)
for distribution.  This software included:

    diskette set  software
    ------------  --------
    PRO174        PRO/Basic
    PRO175        PRO/DECnet
    PRO176        PRO/Sight
    PRO177        PRO/Operating System
    PRO178        PRO/Tool Kit
    PRO179        PRO/Installation & Maintenance
    PRO180        Synergy, Communication & Prose Plus
    PRO181        Software Boot Floppy 

The Professional operating system (P/OS) is available from DECUS in two forms:

    - PRO177 -- an RX50 diskette set containing 21 disks
    - VS0112 -- a VAX tape containing images of all the above diskettes except
                PRO181.  (PRO181 may be used to rebuild the diskettes using a
                Professional.  It is unnecessary if one has a VAX with an RX50
                disk drive.)

I obtained a copy of the tape and have recreated all the diskette sets thereon,
including PRO177.  In total, there are almost 60 disks.  I will provide a copy
if you agree to agree to reimberse me for the cost of the disks, associated
shipping charges and a portion of the cost of the tape.

Carl C. Hoff, 513-277-9538

P.S.  There is also another tape VS0110 which includes most of the other DECUS
P/OS disks (as opposed to RT-11 disks).  The tape also incudes other software
not available from DECUS on disk.  I have the tape, but have not yet moved its
files to disk.
From: petrisko@evax2.engr.arizona.edu (William Petrisko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Pro 380 problems continued...
Date: 28 Sep 92 05:11:04 GMT
Reply-To: petrisko@evax2.engr.arizona.edu
Distribution: usa,local
Organization: University of Arizona, College of Engineering and Mines, Tucson

Following Barry Kort's advice, I fixed my keyboard problem (thanks
Barry!!)...  now, on to the next problem...

It boots up in P/OS 3.1....  and then asks me to LOG IN!  Since 
I got this machine from an auction, i have no idea what to try.

Any ideas?

-bill
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bill petrisko                                  petrisko@evax2.engr.arizona.edu
   aka n7lwo                 ...!uunet!4gen!warlok!gargle!omnisec!thumper!bill
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
From: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Subject: Re: Is there pdp8 newsgroup ??
Reply-To: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 03:06:47 GMT

In article <Bvp3Fn.IME@lut.fi> messmer@taipaani.cc.lut.fi (Willi Messmer) writes:
>Some time ago people here claimed there's a newsgroup for pdp8.
>I haven't seen it...Is it alive ???
>
>Willi

alt.sys.pdp8 is alive and well.  Subscribe today!

cjl

Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
From: schwartz@feh.scs.uiuc.edu (Dwight A. Schwartz)
Subject: KA9Q for the Rainbow (was Re: Still looking for DECnet objects )
Organization: UIUC Chemistry Department
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 05:39:19 GMT
Keywords: and still ticking

In article <28SEP199222223884@nereid.sunquest.com> spg@nereid.sunquest.com (Steve Gibbons) writes:
 
>TCP/IPwise, I know of nothing for the 'Bow.  (Anyone up to the "excercise" of
>porting KA9Q? :-)
>
	Would anyone care to comment on the difficulties associated with this
"job?"  
	I've heard that programming the serial port of the Rainbow is different 
from programming the serial port on the IBM PC.  Is this the main part of 
KA9Q which would have to be changed?  Would comparing the Kermit source code 
for the Rainbow and the PC be of any use in sorting out this particular port?

Dwight

p.s.  On the subject of ethernet stuff, just for kicks, I loaded the TSR 
packet driver wd8003e.com (for the IBM PC using a Western Digital ethernet 
card) onto my Rainbow and executed it.  It came back with a message about
how there probably wasn't an ethernet card at the i/o port I specified,  :)
but it did appear to exit in an otherwise graceful manner.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Re: Pro 380 problems continued...
From: petrisko@evax2.engr.arizona.edu (William Petrisko)
Date: 29 Sep 92 13:04:04 MST
Reply-To: petrisko@evax2.engr.arizona.edu
Distribution: usa,local
Organization: University of Arizona, College of Engineering and Mines, Tucson

In article <BARRY.92Sep28134914@chezmoto.ai.mit.edu>, barry@chezmoto.ai.mit.edu (Barry Kort) writes:
>Login as SYSTEM with password SYSTEM

Not so lucky.  It appears to have been changed.  Is there a way to boot
from disk and go in and change the password file?  Does anyone have a
set of boot disks??  (sigh)

Is the password file under p/os encrypted?  It may be possible to mount
that drive on my qnx machine and look/search at the actual data on the
drive, if it would do any good?  What are the parameters or a RD-52A drive?

-bill, looking for solutions or the pro goes back to being a doorstop
--
bill petrisko                                  petrisko@evax2.engr.arizona.edu
   aka n7lwo                 ...!uunet!4gen!warlok!gargle!omnisec!thumper!bill
From: spg@nereid.sunquest.com (Steve Gibbons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Re: Still looking for DECnet objects for 'Bow + MSDOS + DECnet
Keywords: and still ticking
Date: 6 Oct 92 03:13:00 GMT
Organization: Sunquest Information Systems, Instrument Interfacing
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

In article <1992Oct2.214033.15638@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>, mitton@dave.enet.dec.com (Dave Mitton) writes...
# 
#In article <BvDMqo.Mxv@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, schwartz@feh.scs.uiuc.edu (Dwight A. Schwartz) writes:
#>Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
#>From: schwartz@feh.scs.uiuc.edu (Dwight A. Schwartz)
#>Subject: Re: Still looking for DECnet objects for 'Bow + MSDOS + DECnet
#>Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 05:47:10 GMT
#>
#>In article <1992Sep29.211132.24273@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> mitton@dave.enet.dec.com (Dave Mitton) writes:
#>
#>>
#>>	Digital never produced an Ethernet card for the Rainbow.  We
#>>evaluated a 3rd party card by an outfit called Univation, but never supported
#>>it.  
#>
#>	What sort of network was this card designed for?
# 
#	The board in question was an Ethernet board.  However, we did
#not feel it was supportable.

Considering the current (lack of) support that the Rainbow is experiencing,
would it be "out of bounds" to ask for specs/suppliers of the board?

--
Steve (SPG6) spg@sunquest.com