HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: lim@telerobotics.jpl.nasa.gov (David Lim)
Subject: Having mirror servers on a network
Reply-To: lim@telerobotics.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 00:35:58 GMT


We have just purchased two Sun 690 MP servers and are in the process of
bringing them up. What would really be nice is if the machines can become
mirrors, so that if one server goes down, all the client machines do not have
to go down. We are using NIS, automount, and storing common utilities on the
server (e.g. gnu emacs). As an added complication, the two servers are
on different subnets, but the machines will be setup as gateway to each other.

Has anyone done this? Or is this flat out just not possible?

It seems that the way to set this up would be to:
- The two servers would have their own set of files (e.g. their own identical
  copies of gnuemacs). No cross mounting between the two machines
- use the same domainname
- The two servers would have their own set of NIS file, i.e. each one will be
  a NIS master. The reason for this is the automounter consults the NIS for
  the machine to mount from. Thus it would be setup such that the NIS files
  on server1, would automount from server1, and NIS files on server2
  would automount from server2. Thus if client1 was picking up NIS from
  server1, it would mount server1 directories. If server1 goes down, client1
  will automatically pick up server2's NIS, and then eventually the automounter
  will mount server2's directories. Is this doable in practice? Or would I
  have to manually reboot every client associated with server1? I know that
  switching NIS servers is relatively quick, and automounted directories, if
  not used will be unmounted after a few minutes. But if a user was in a
  automounted directory, then would the client would simply hang?
- how about mail? Can mail be centrally located in this scheme? If client1
  has server1 as its central mailhost, if server1 goes down will client1 go
  down? Is it possible to soft mount the /var/spool/mail directory to allow
  client1 to continue to run? 
Xref: sparky comp.sys.sun.admin:8161 comp.sys.hp:12802
From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Mounting /usr/spool/mail from HP?
Date: 11 Nov 92 23:43:07 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.sun.admin
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

>Suns, on the
>other hand, depend on their interesting sticky-bit semantics for
>security,

Actually, the sticky-bit-on-a-directory semantics are *Berkeley's*
semantics, not Sun's; in addition, AT&T picked them up in some SVR3
release (with some changes).
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: anne@maxwell.concordia.ca (Anne Bennett)
Subject:  DEC RZ55
Reply-To: anne@maxwell.concordia.ca (Anne Bennett)
Organization: Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:39:32 GMT

<JIW2@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
> If anyone knows what a DEC RZ55 disk really is (or better still, has a
> format.dat entry for one of these things), please let me know,

You should be able to get some of what you need from the following:

# "@(#)disktab  5.2     (ULTRIX)        8/7/91"
#
#       disktab from 4.5  4.2 BSD 83/07/30
# Disk geometry and partition layout tables.
# Key:
#       ty      type of disk
#       ns      #sectors/track
#       nt      #tracks/cylinder
#       nc      #cylinders/disk
#       p[a-h]  partition sizes in sectors
#       b[a-h]  partition block sizes in bytes
#       f[a-h]  partition fragment sizes in bytes
#
# All partition sizes contain space for bad sector tables unless
# the device drivers fail to support this.
#

rz55|RZ55|DEC RZ55 Winchester:\
        :ty=winchester:ns#36:nt#15:nc#1224:\
        :pa#32768:ba#8192:fa#1024:\
        :pb#131072:bb#8192:fb#1024:\
        :pc#649040:bc#8192:fc#1024:\
        :pd#152446:bd#8192:fd#1024:\
        :pe#152446:be#8192:fe#1024:\
        :pf#180308:bf#8192:ff#1024:\
        :pg#485200:bg#8192:fg#1024:\
        :ph#0:bh#8192:fh#1024:


-- 
Ms. Anne Bennett          anne@maxwell.concordia.ca           (514) 848-7606
Computing Services C-1012, Concordia University, Montreal QC, Canada H3G 1M8
(Administrator for Concordia University mail relay, news transfer, and DNS) 
Xref: sparky comp.sys.pyramid:224 comp.sys.prime:2422 comp.sys.dec:5833 comp.sys.misc:946 comp.sys.ti:753 misc.forsale.computers:39566
From: jerry@mirror.tmc.com (Jerry Donahue)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.pyramid,comp.sys.prime,comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.ti,misc.forsale.computers
Subject: Pyramids for sale - Going Out of Business
Keywords: for sale, pyramid
Date: 7 Nov 92 19:42:08 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Mirror Systems.  Cambridge, Mass.


	FOR SALE - GOING OUT OF BUSINESS

A Pyramid 9000

	Operating system level 5.0d (included is an upgrade to 5.1a)

	2 CPU board sets 
	40 megabytes of main memory

	5 IOP ( SMD ) disk controllers
	4 ITP terminal controllers, each with 16 RS232 connections

	Disk Drives:

	6 NEC 2363 1 gigabyte disk drives
	3 NEC 2352 470 megabyte disk drives
	1 Fujtsu EAGLE

	Tape drives:

	1 Kennedy 9400 reel to reel, 800-1600-6250 tri density
	2 Megatape GT/88 2 gigabyte 8mm cartridge tape drives

	1 Wyse 350 color console terminal ( stays with system )

In addition:

	1 AAA Power System Company 50 KVA Power Regulator

	1 Pyramid 9820, dual processor

	"Fast" revision level CPU's
	4 MB memory

	1 Wyse 50 monochrome terminal


A bundled offer is preferred, but we will consider offers for
individual parts ( particularly disk drives ).

The Series 9000 and listed hardware has always been under
Pyramid maintenance. This system has been a news server in the 
New England area for the last 3-4 years. The 9820 has been 
shut down for the last few years.
 
Pyramid has agreed to transfer the Operating System License to
the purchaser.

Please contact:

Jeremiah Donahue
Ironwood Development Systems
258 Harvard Street, #203
Brookline, MA  02146

phone:  (USA)  1-617-738-6648 ( leave message if out of office )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: wstef@hubcap.clemson.edu (W. Gregg Stefancik)
Subject: HP95LX System Manager Programming under BC++ 3.1
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:18:25 GMT

Has anyone managed to build a SM .EXM file using Borland C++ 3.1?  I'm
having troubles getting everything resolved at link time.  Any tips or
how to sheets would be appreciated.  I've already read most of the
generic Borland C documents out there.  I'm trying to convert a
Microsoft C SM .EXM program to Borland C++.

Gregg
-- 
W. Gregg Stefancik
wstef@hubcap.clemson.edu
From: hdev@dutiai.tudelft.nl (Hans de Vreught)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: PCMCIA cards
Date: 13 Nov 92 12:01:35 GMT


Prices list (asked for on October 23) for 2MB HP 95LX PCMCIA 1.0 SRAM Card.
For shipping costs I only give the cheapiest way to receive the card.

Supplier               Price    US      Europe Type
Active Data           379.00  3.90       16.00  1.0 *
Sparcom               629.95 12.00 25.00-30.00  1.0
Logical Connection    340.00  6.00       33.00  2.0
Educalc               479.00 18.05       40.00  1.0 **
Tote-a-lap            350.00 12.50       65.00  1.0 ***
New Media Corporation 360.00  4.00       41.32  1.0 ****

Altough a PCMCIA 2.0 card should work in a PCMCIA 1.0 device, one Zeos user
has complaint that the 2.0 cards didn't work in the Zeos 1.0 device.

*    discount 360.00 if ordered 3 cards (that's what I asked).
**   $329 for a 2MB double card. That is a 1MB card with an automatic compress
     utily which works completely transparant to a user. So if you don't want
     to zip your files, this might be a good solution. If you keep every
     thing zipped, well, then it's only a 1MB card.
***  Fax returned after 2 working days.
**** Fax returned after one and a half week. University rabat 10%. Send off
     cards only twice a month.

P.S. The supplier list can by found at "csd4.csd.uwm.edu".
--
Hans de Vreught                          | John von Neumann:
hdev@dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl               | Young man, in mathematics
Delft University of Technology (TWI-ThI) | you don't understand things,
The Netherlands                          | you just get used to them.
Organization: Freshman, IM - H&SS Track, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 10:09:31 -0500 
From: Mark Sycip Frondoso <mf44+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Loose Hinge

I know this is FAQ, but my left hinge of my palmtop is loose.  Does
anyone know if HP Corvallis repairs this or has any remedy for this? 
I'm not good with my hands, so I don't think it would be a wise idea for
me to try repairing it myself.

                                    Mark
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: civan@seanews.akita.com (Chuck Dinsmore)
Subject: Puget Sound Chapter HP Users Group
Organization: SEANEWS - Seattle Public Access News & Mail
Distribution: pnw
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 10:28:12 GMT


                P U G E T   S O U N D   C H A P T E R
            H P   H A N D H E L D   U S E R S   G R O U P

                         HP-48SX/HP-95LX   

           CHAPTER COORDINATOR---Bob Moore (206) 364-9636
        ASSOCIATE COORDINATOR---Chuck Dinsmore (206) 932-8370

The next PUGET SOUND CHAPTER-HP USERS GROUP Chapter meeting will be held

Wednesday November 11, 1992 at 7:00 P.M. There is always Interesting
discussion about HP products, calculators and computers. We include
discussions on both hardware and software. Products of other
manufacturers are reviewed. We have contact with people at HP and most
of the other HP fanatics around the world. We began our existence back
with the HP-65 calculator and were a branch of the original PPC.
We here the latest "rumors" of HP future products (nothing from the
horses mouth), and sometimes HP folks come to our meetings to talk about
the latest releases. Anyone interested in HP stuff are welcome to attend
our meetings.

                       The meetings are held at:
           THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ACADEMIC COMPUTER CENTER
                             3737 Brooklyn
                              Seattle, Wa.

We also moderate the HP USERS CONFERENCE on a local BBS. This BBS also
has
an HP file directory that contains many HP-48SX programs and HP-95LX
programs that can be downloaded. Interested users are welcome to upload
their HP programs for others to use. They may be public domain or
shareware. comp.sys.handhelds,  comp.sys.palmtops, and comp.sys.hp48
Usenet newsgroup message are collected periodically and placed in the HP
files directory to be downloaded for those who are interested. They are
in a zipped format so have PKZIP110.EXE to unzip them after downloading.


           Download
           -                Upload
                            -                 Programs
                                              -
                      SCIENCE FACTOR BBS  ( A PCBoard )
                      Sysop Bruce N. Baker
                      Node 1------------(206) 562-7083
                      Node 2------------(206) 644-4569
                      Node 3------------(206) 747-5329

See you there:
 civan@seanews.akita.com (Chuck Dinsmore)
From: pm2@doc.ic.ac.uk (Paul Ma)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: New Psion 3 user
Date: 6 Nov 92 02:03:34 GMT
Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK.
NNTP-Posting-Host: oak25.doc.ic.ac.uk

Hi,

Just got my new Psion.  I've got a couple of questions.  My package (bought
in UK) doesn't come with a warranty card nor is warranty mentioned anywhere
in the manuals, how is warranty covered?  Does it cost anything to get a 
device driver for HP LaserJet Series II from Psion?

Paul.
From: everett@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Everett Kaser)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:55:21 GMT
Subject: Re: Floating point code in .EXMs on the 95LX
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops

toms@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Thomas Spohrer) writes...
>I want to develop a System Manager complient .EXM program in C that uses
>floating point operations heavily.  Can this be done in MSC or Turbo C ?

I don't know about Turbo C, but with MSC the problem is this: the math
libraries require some initialization to be done during the C startup code.
.EXMs don't use the standard C startup code, but instead have a tiny startup
routine written by Lotus (the source of which is available, I believe, if not
on eddie.mit.edu in one of the "development" type zip files, then to ISV
developers supported by HP.  Anyway, it's pretty trivial and could be easily
reverse engineered (disassembled).  Now, with MSC, there's a couple of
possible math libraries: one requires a math coprocessor (of no use on the
HP 95LX), one ("emulated math package") will work with a math copro if it's
present but otherwise emulates the math in software, and the third doesn't
even check for a math copro but just goes ahead and does the math in software.
The second version (emulated) uses some software interrupts in the 30h range
and has more complex initialization code in the startup routine, and is a poor
choice to try to use on the HP 95LX.  The third version (alternate math lib)
HAS been made to work by a couple of ISVs, by hacking the MSC startup code
to remove everything BUT the math lib initialization (and probably some other
minor changes).  No, I don't have access to the hacked up startup code.

May the Force be with you.

>Does the HPCALC and 123 use the same float code from the ROM? 

No.  123 uses their "standard" binary math libraries that they've been using
for years.  The HP Calculator uses BCD based math routines that were based
upon the routines that have been used in HP calculators for years, tracing
back to the Saturn processors in the HP-71 and HP-41.  No, access to these
routines has not been provided by HP, nor have I seen any third parties that
have "cracked" them.  (Most of the code in the 1Meg ROM is not directly
accessible to the CPU unless it's specifically mapped into the CPU's address
space.  This includes the HP Calculator code.  So, for an application to
access those routines, it would have to map the Calculator code into memory
before being able to jump to the routines.  Additionally, I believe the
routines are all NEAR functions for the calculator, so calling them from a
far segment would provide for some...er...interesting...ah...challenges.

** Everett Kaser                   Hewlett-Packard Company
** ...hplabs!hp-pcd!everett        work: (503) 750-3569   Corvallis, Oregon
** everett@hpcvra.cv.hp.com        "Today is a good day for change."
From: bblohm@boi.hp.com (Bill Blohm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: Loose Hinge
Date: 12 Nov 92 18:44:33 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Boise, Idaho
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

Yeah, it is a FAQ alright.  It is in one of the FAQs too.  Best I can recall,
pull off teh left hinge cap by hand.  Stretch a rubber band and double it so
two strands can be put in the slot.  Let it relax.  Trim the ends, leaving
one end long enough to provide friction against the side.  Replace cap.  Done.

You might want to find the FAQ as how it is trimmed is the part I can't 
remember fully.  The left hinge is freewheeling while the right hand hinge is
the one with the friction(?) piece that does all the work of holding the 
screen in place.

Find the FAQ if no-one else comments on this, just to be sure.

Bill Blohm     

*******************************************************************************
Standard disclaimers apply, even if nobody ever listens to me.
*******************************************************************************

bblohm@hpbs1686.boi.hp.com     \\
mage@hpbs202.boi.hp.com         =======\  You pays your money, takes your pick.
bill@hpbs202.boi.hp.com         =======/  They all reach me, or soon or late.
bill_blohm@hp4600.desk.hp.com  //
From: laub@Software.Mitel.COM (Boniface Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: Sharp PC-3100 and 4Dos compatibility
Date: 9 Nov 92 16:21:22 GMT
Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada.
In-reply-to: eric@zen.maths.uts.edu.au's message of 8 Nov 92 23:47:08 GMT

>>>>> On 8 Nov 92 23:47:08 GMT, eric@zen.maths.uts.edu.au (Eric Lindsay) said:

Eric> I want to run JP Software's 4Dos command.com replacement on my
Eric> Sharp PC-3100 palmtop.  I've moved it over, but I'm having
Eric> compatibility problem, and I'm looking for suggestions to get
Eric> round them.

Eric> The internal BEEP and DELAY commands lock up the Sharp,
Eric> requiring a Ctrl Break to get going (interestingly, TIMER works
Eric> fine).  The 4HELP help routine locks up, requiring a
Eric> Ctrl-Alt-Del to get out of it.  All three of these work if I
Eric> turn "low power" mode off (however I try to avoid that, because
Eric> it really kills the battery life).  I can understand the BEEP
Eric> and DELAY might use the usual MS-DOS internal timing routines
Eric> (which are probably not required at all inside the Sharp - it
Eric> doesn't have DRam to require periodic refresh) ... but why would
Eric> 4HELP be a problem?  Any clues would be welcome.

One way is to define a synonym that first turn off low power
(setup/l-), then execute the command, then turn on low power (setup/l+).

I use PCED on my pc-3100. Thus, a synonym for beep in that case would
look soemthing like setup/l-,beep,setup/l+.

Of course, you can also write a batch file to do that.

Eric> When running 4Dos, the Sharp POPUP TSR is unable to run any
Eric> applications when installed with the usual POPUP /I
Eric> installation.  Seems to think it has no memory.  Applications
Eric> will run when POPUP is started with POPUP (the non-installed
Eric> mode), however then you can't use any of the alarms.  I noticed
Eric> that POPUP appeared to contain a COMSPEC=C:\COMMAND.COM so I
Eric> suspect it is fouling up on the changed COMSPEC.  I tried to
Eric> force it to work by running a secondary command.com, but that
Eric> gave the same results.  Any suggestions for ways round it?

Did you try redefining the C disk? For example, if you have a ram card
that holds all the files that you need from the C disk plus the 4DOS
command.com, you can plug the ram card to slot A, execute the command
'assign c=a' so that anytime POPUP needs to access C:\command.com, it
accesses the one on the A disk.

---
Boniface Lau    (613) 592-2122 ext. 3042    Boniface_Lau@Mitel.COM
Mitel Corp., 350 Legget Drive, Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2K 1X3

In the drowsy dark caves of the mind
  dreams build their nest with fragments
    dropped from day's caravan.                                   -- Tagore
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: toms@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Thomas Spohrer)
Subject: Floating point code in .EXMs on the 95LX
Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin, Texas
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 19:35:51 GMT

	I want to develop a System Manager complient .EXM program in C that uses
floating point operations heavily.  Can this be done in MSC or Turbo C ?
In Andrew Gryc's news about creating .EXMs with Turbo C he stated that you
could not use floating point.  Is this a limitation of Turbo C on the 95LX
or would MSC suffer from the same limitation?

	When the 95LX first came out there was no information about the internals
of the ROMs that do the floating point calculations.  Does the HPCALC and
123 use the same float code from the ROM?  A year and a half after the first
available 95s has anyone published information to allow other applications to
call the internal floating point routines?  If not HP or Lotus, has anyone
"cracked the ROM" that would share the details?  (Note: the gurus using
HP48-SXs have made public extensive details about the internal ROM entry
points on that product, without any assistance from HP.)  Obviously taking
advantage of undocumented ROM calls may limit the portability of the 
code but with memory at such a premium on a palmtop this would not be such
a bad limitation.

	There is a lot of computing power locked up in the 95LX, I just want
to unleash a little more of it for my particular application.  Please 
respond if you can give any hints on this subject.  Thank you in advance.


-- 

===========================================================================
Thomas Spohrer    UUCP: {harvard,utah-cs,gatech}!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!toms
===========================================================================
From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: Opinion about "lifetime" of the HP95LX
Date: 8 Nov 1992 04:10:12 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4

In article <1992Nov8.004141.13014@Princeton.EDU> fuchs@tsar.princeton.edu writes:
>Anyone care to guess how long before the HP95LX is effectively made  
>obsolete by HP or a competitor? THe HP95LX is now about 18 months old.  

I guess it depends.  There are no MS-DOS machines the size of the HP.
The Psion 3 is slightly smaller than the HP and is in some ways better
than the HP, but isn't MS-DOS compatible (this may or may not be a
feature).  The Atari Portfolio is larger and less MS-DOS compatible
than the HP (much cheaper too).  The various Sharp, Casio, TI, and
other organizers range from larger than the HP to credit card sized
(hmm, those could slide right into a PCMCIA slot...).  They aren't
MS-DOS compatible, use proprietary hardware and software, and are
difficult to program.

The Fujitsu, Sharp, Zeos, and Memorex machines are all more capable
than the HP, but are also physically larger and more expensive.

The Apple Newton is similar to the organizers in that it's not going to
be sold as a general purpose computer.  Apparently development kits
will not be available to the general public.  The machine is also
a bit large, perhaps bigger than palmtop sized.  Check out
comp.sys.pen and the Macintosh groups for more information.

The number one reason I have an HP is because of its size.  The next
reason is PCMCIA which the Psion and Atari don't have.  So far there
aren't any other machines that get close to what I want.  Machines in
the two pound or more range have been announced, but nothing in the
HP/Psion/Atari size range.  It might be years before something better
in that range comes along.  It's possible that HP might produce a 95
variant with more RAM, a Kittyhawk, or bigger keyboard/display.

Infoworld November 2 1992, Rumor Central, p58 describes an HP 2.5
pound 386SL-25 based machine with a 3 hour battery, 80MB hard drive,
and MS-Windows, Word, and Excel preinstalled on the hard drive.

There are already more powerfull machines than the HP for people who
don't mind something bigger.  So it really depends.
--
<-:(= Anthony Stieber	anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu   uwm!uwmcsd4!anthony
From: hdev@dutiai.tudelft.nl (Hans de Vreught)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: What if...
Date: 6 Nov 92 09:26:46 GMT

raan@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Raan Young) writes:

>> That's not that difficult:
>> It is a "Big Brother is watching you" in pocket size.

>How is that the case?  It's a small device that you have control over and
>no one else has access to.  Equivalent to a personal journal.  I doubt
>that anyone feels that their journal is "Big Brother".  Is this more a
>case of fear of technology?  It's a computer, not a book, I don't trust it?

Ah, but you don't carry your personal journal with you and you can be
selective what to record in it. Not with the pocket Big Brother. Also the risk
of losing this machine can turn into a real disaster. And to give it a real
Big Brother capacity, how about the following scenario.

When you come home too late, your wife (/ friend / living partner / ...) don't
believe your version of the "truth" and demands that you handover your machine
and password, so she can verify your story. If you won't, well, the dog house
outside isn't very attractive as a sleeping place... Need I say more?

BTW, in most countries personal journals aren't very private if a DA hands you
a court order to give your personal journal to him / her.
--
Hans de Vreught                          | John von Neumann:
hdev@dutiaa.tudelft.nl                   | Young man, in mathematics
Delft University of Technology (TWI-ThI) | you don't understand things,
The Netherlands                          | you just get used to them.