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Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 1992 07:50:51 PDT
From:         C.=Hanley%IM%SPK@BANYAN.USACE.MIL
Subject:      re: fualt tolerance
X-To:         BANYAN-L@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU

A while back, someone asked what types of fault tolerance people were using on
their servers.  We have Compaq Systempros and Dell 450SEs.  On the syspros
I've been using Data Guarding.  Out of four disks, one is used as a parity
drive.  If any drive fails you can replace the bad drive and the data will be
receated.

Well, I've had about 4 drives fail on me.  The data guarding has worked
correctly 3 out of the 4 times.  When it works, it works great.  After
replacement of the bad drive the system boots up and says  "Press F1 to
recover data"....Vines boots and the server runs but runs slow.  Alot better
than spending hours rebuilding a system from scratch.

I had a serious problem with one server when a drive failed.  After
replacement of the drive, the server booted fine and seemed to recover the data
properly.  After a few days, users were calling to say that they couldn't get
to directories on the file service using xtree.  Xtree would abort.  I tried
with Magellan and upon reaching the suspect directories, MG would abort as
well.

It turned out that the Data Guarding did not correctly recreate the files.
Banyan had to dial in and fix the files for us.  We are still having problems
with this file service even after deleting the file service and restoring from
new backup.  Were still working with Banyan to sort this out.

Data Guarding is slower than Mirroring and I've been told by other LAN admins
not to use data guarding because of the performance hit.  If I can double up
on my drives, I may move to Mirroring.  I'd be interested in anyone else's
experiences.

-----------------------------------------
Carolyn Hanley, US Army Corps of Engrs
916-557-7035, 916-557-7847 (fax)
chanley@usace.mil
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Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 1992 09:17:23 -0400
From:         "Elizabeth F. Miller" <emil@SEQ1.LOC.GOV>
Subject:      re: 25th line messages hangs AS/400
X-To:         BANYAN-L@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU

We have the same problem with the pink bar and the DOS 5.0 EDIT command.  Also
I frequently hang in WordPerfect if a message bar comes in.  What gives?  I
thought it was just something related to my QEMM memory configuration.  I am so
glad to know that others are having the same problem.  Let's hope that Banyan
can provide a solution/explanation to this misbehavior...

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Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 09:24:31 WET
From:         Boelen%FaB%WMW@CIVP.UTWENTE.NL
Subject:      DAT tapestreamers
X-To:         BANYAN-L@VM1.CC.uakron.EDU

Hello there cheap world...

Since I upgraded my server with a 1.2 Gb harddisk I ran into backupproblems,
with 125 Mb tapes it takes more than 4 hours to backup my system. So I went
shopping for new hardware. I can't buy Exabyte because I can buy a new network
for the price of one. DAT drives are reasonably priced here in Holland
( $ 3600 ), but dealers here are not to well known with vines.

I would like to know if anybody has experience with an ARCHIVE type
EPSAT 130-4mm in combination with an ADAPTEC 1542b SCSI controller, the latter
 Ihave in my servers. Does it work strait from the box, do I need extra drivers,
does it work at all. I can also get Hewlett Packard in Holland, any experience
 with their DAT streamers ?

Thank in advance

Lars Boelen
System Administrator
Department WMW University Twente
The Netherlands
e-mail : Boelen%FAB%WMW@CIVP.UTwente.NL
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Date:         Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:02:34 PDT
From:         MA=Crist%Info_Sys%STG_IS@DSO3.DSD.TRW.COM
Subject:      Vines 5.X/AppleShare problem
X-To:         banyan-l@vm1.cc.uakron.edu

Hi,

I'm having a rather serious problem with the AppleShare implementation on
Vines 5.00(5).  The other evening we swung a file volume over from a 4.11(1)
SMP server to a CNS running 5.00(5).  Mac users were accessing the files on
the 4.11 server via MacLAN from Miramar.  This worked well except the MacLAN
server would occasionally crash and took several hours to do an auto rebuild
when it came back up.  The Mac users didn't like this, so we thought it would
be more reliable to move the files to an AppleShare volume on a Vines 5.X
server.

Here are the problems encountered so far:

1)  The volume display seems to pulse every ten seconds or so.  I'm assuming
    this is to refresh the representation of what is currently on the volume.
    This causes problems when you try and use something like Apple File
    Exchange.  If you select a folder or file to transfer from the net volume
    to your hard disk, every time the system pulses, your files/folders get
    deselected.  Worse yet, if you happen to be in the middle of a file
    transfer, your files get corrupted.

2)  I have a user whose view gets changed automatically every time he exits
    a folder and reenters.  One time it will be by name, the next it will be
    by icon, the next it will be small icon.

3)  The same user has problems with his Mac files being automatically
    connverted to PC files.  One minute he'll have a Mac Excel icon, he goes
    out and comes back in and it is a PC file icon.


As mentioned, the server is running VINES 5.00(5).  We have encountered the
same problems on Macs running System 6.07, 7.0 and 7.01.


Has anyone encountered a similar problem with Vines 5.X?  Thanks for any input
you can provide.


Mike Crist (about to be strung up by the Mac folks)
TRW
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Date:         Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:22:24 EDT
From:         Greg Martin <martin@HQ.AF.MIL>
Subject:      Re: VINES Mail to SMTP Gateway
X-To:         BANYAN-L@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU

Herman, we're all in agreement that the VINES SMTP product suffered greatly
when it was first shipped (I installed 1.00), but it has stabilized fairly well
in its 1.20 version.  The problem with losing the 1 thru n-1th messages in a
group of n messages was fixed well over a year ago(1.01 or 05).  I've never
noticed the problem with hexadecimal characters but if others have, they'll
chime in.  As for the looping problem, although it would be nice to be able
to stop the problem, I wonder if you've asked IBM for the same ability (BTW, I
believe if you wait 7 days, the SMTP service will time out the message and
kill the loop).  As for the addressing, try quoting the VINES portion of the
address and leaving the "@" signs intact (Greg%group%org@some.net.host becomes
"greg@group@org"@some.net.host).

Make sure you have the latest version of SMTP and watch for a new version soon.
Maybe you'll go back to losing hair over the costs of the VM maintenance 8-;

\Greg
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Date:         Thu, 27 Aug 1992 09:57:40 PST
From:         Gerry Przybyszewski <Gerry_Przybyszewski@CCM.HF.INTEL.COM>
Subject:      Re: re:Weird BANYAN Backups problem!!!!!!!
X-To:         BANYAN-L@vm1.cc.uakron.edu

Hello anonymous (I don't get your header).

I think I can help...contact me (so we don't get some smartass
complaining that we're waisting bandwith) on :

Internet : Gerry_Przybyszewski@CCM.HF.INTEL.COM

This person mentioned that they DID have a patch for the INTEL ETHEREXPRESS
 board
and intended on making the fix that particular weekend... I never heard back
if it was successfull or not.  If it was, our college is in dire NEED of this
driver.  We have purchased roughly 150 Intel boards and we're having a hard
time using TCP/IP... In fact, the only way to use it is through IBANYAN which
is a Token-Ring solution.  We realize that we need to use the EBANYAN
-solution
with the ETHRDRV program, but it will NOT run with a generic NDIS driver
-which
we are now using.  Our VAR's and Dave Chin are not providing us with the
 servicewe need to get the ball rolling.  If you or anyone else can point
-me in
 the
right direction, we would greatly appreciate it!  Our networks are:
Vines 4.11(5) on two servers.  We have LAN-LAN option, 3270 (unlimited),
-Mail,
and an ICA option.  We're running both Ethernet and Token-Ring topologies....

We are also definitely interested in any new devlopments Intel has for the
MCA Token-Ring PC's.

Maybe we're alone on this island of Intel's, but I can guarantee you we will
 NOTpurchase any more cards from them if we don't see a compatible driver
-soon.
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Newsgroups: bit.listserv.gutnberg
Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 13:13:36 CDT
From:         "Michael S. Hart" <HART@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject:      CALL FOR WIZARDS AND GURUS

As most of you know, Project Gutenberg is scheduled to double production
of etexts again this coming January. . .only four months away.

Hence your erstwhile executive director has been directing his little
brains out. . .getting new hardware, software, and getting volunteers
to take on some of the extra load.

Let's face it. . .I have been working as hard as I can for the past few
years. . .and I am not going to be able to do all that much more myself
even with the new 586/66 I am building, even with the new modems we are
working on, and all that stuff.  Nevertheless, we need all the speed we
can get just to do what we CAN do. . .and more volunteers to help.

Thanks to grants from NeXT, we are currently in the market for a WIZARD
on the NeXT machine. . .using the latest system just out this week,--or
--if you prefer, one of the older operating systems.  We will want more
stuff hung on this machine than on most. . .and we had plenty of hassle
mounting everything on the last machine.  So. . .if you would like. . .
we would love your help.

Same for a Mac IIci, with three drives or more, scanner, cdrom, etc.

Same for 486 SCSI boxes.  (Running DOS and UNIX.)

Same for 486 ESDI boxes.  (Running DOS only for the moment)

As you know, it is difficult for one person to truly master all the OS
types with any speed/facility. . .and I must confess that I am not too
bad on these machines when push comes to shove. . .I just don't like a
lot of pushing and shoving when I comes to our machines.

I would like to optimize them better than they are, and keep a little,
as our funds allow, up to date.  We never buy anything really new/new,
we wait for the price to get reasonable. . .$1500-$1700 is what we are
paying for a 586/66 on a motherboard (not sure about video).

Sometimes we get lucky and get a grant. . .but most of our machines in
the past have been things we built ourselves and were quite happy with
. . .but 486's are just getting too slow for the massive data we throw
around on a daily basis.  Using vi on the NeXT has sped things up. . .
we need a vi guru as well.


=====================================================

Thank you for your interest,

Michael S. Hart, Professor of Electronic Text
Executive Director of Project Gutenberg Etext
Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL 60532
No official connection to U of Illinois--UIUC
hart @uiucvmd.bitnet or hart@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
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Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 08:51:10 CDT
From:         Greg Tjosvold <Greg_Tjosvold@mindlink.bc.ca>
Subject:      Earliest E-book Sold?

Forwarded via Project Gutenberg--Reply to Specific Addressee
Greg_Tjosvold@mindlink.bc.ca (Greg Tjosvold)
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Michael,

can you please forward this to the list for me?
----
Hi all,

I am trying to track down the first book ever offered for sale in electronic
form _before_ it became available in a paper version (assuming it ever appeared
on paper). I have found one going back to 1987 (possibly 1985). Do you know of
any earlier? The keys here are _for sale_ (i.e. not just distributed
electronically or PD) and book (which for my purposes excludes directories,
databases, and interactive games).

Please send me e-mail if you can point me toward anything earlier.

Sincerely,

Greg Tjosvold
The One-Off CD Shop (B.C.) Polar 7 Enterprises
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Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:38:04 CDT
From:         "Michael S. Hart" <HART@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject:      Fast Modem Chips

OK techno-people. . .here is a real request for you.  Please forward.

We are looking for a supply of several hundred Rockwell 14.4 baud chips
to build some of the modems we have been testing.

This might not be as easy as you might think. . .please make sure these
chips are actually available now in quantities over 100.
=====================================================

Thank you for your interest,

Michael S. Hart, Professor of Electronic Text
Executive Director of Project Gutenberg Etext
Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL 60532
No official connection to U of Illinois--UIUC
hart @uiucvmd.bitnet or hart@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
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Date:         Sat, 29 Aug 1992 07:58:45 CDT
Reply-To:     Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@UHUPVM1>
From:         Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
Subject:      FTP server (fwd)

---------- Text of forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 09:45:33 EDT
From: James Powell <JPOWELL@vtvm1.bitnet>
To: Multiple recipients of list CATALYST <CATALYST@vtvm1.bitnet>
Subject: FTP server

Announcing the Scholarly Communications FTP Server

 The Scholarly Communications Project of Virginia Tech with the support of
 University Libraries would like to announce the establishment of an FTP server
 for all scholarly electronic journals published at VPI.  Titles which were
 previously available only by subscription to listserv lists include:

_The Community Services CATALYST_
_Journal of Technology Education_
_Journal of the International Academy of Hospitality Research_
_The International Journal of Analytical and Experimental Modal Analysis_

Also available at this FTP site are the monthly logs for VPIEJ-L, issues of
the electronic version of the _Newsletter of the Visual Communication Division
of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication_, as well
as frequently asked questions relevant to electronic publishing and tools for
text processing and data compression for various platforms.  The server is
available 24 hours a day for multiple logins via the Internet.

FTP Instructions:
        ftp borg.lib.vt.edu
        cd /pub
        cd /<directory-of-your-choice>
        get <filename>.<filetype>

About the Scholarly Communications FTP server:
The server runs on a NeXTstation Turbo with 24Mb of RAM located at University
Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

James Powell >>> Systems Support and Development, University Libraries, VPI&SU
             >>> JPOWELL@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU
             >>> jpowell@borg.lib.vt.edu - NeXTMail welcome here
             >>> Owner of VPIEJ-L, a discussion list for Electronic Journals

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Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 1992 20:30:15 CDT
From:         "Michael S. Hart" <HART@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject:      Shakespeare and Yeats
X-cc:         Shakespeare Electronic Conference <SHAKSPER@UTORONTO.BITNET>

We need a Shakespeare fan who will test samples of our various etext
editions against print editions for copyright information to prove a
text is Public Domain (or they are in the Public Domain).

All you have to do is send us xeroxes of the copyright and title.


=====================================================

Thank you for your interest,

Michael S. Hart, Professor of Electronic Text
Executive Director of Project Gutenberg Etext
Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL 60532
No official connection to U of Illinois--UIUC
hart @uiucvmd.bitnet or hart@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
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Date:         Tue, 1 Sep 1992 00:39:20 CDT
From:         "Michael S. Hart" <HART@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject:      Project Gutenberg Newsletter

Resent Due to Error. . .Hopefully a now fixed bug. . .mh

We need a Shakespeare fan who will test samples of our various etext
editions against print editions for copyright information to prove a
text is Public Domain (or they are in the Public Domain).

All you have to do is send us xeroxes of the copyright and title.


=====================================================

Thank you for your interest,

Michael S. Hart, Professor of Electronic Text
Executive Director of Project Gutenberg Etext
Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL 60532
No official connection to U of Illinois--UIUC
hart @uiucvmd.bitnet or hart@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
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Date:         Sun, 23 Aug 1992 10:27:52 CDT
From:         "Michael S. Hart" <HART@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject:      Telix and pc-vt gurus wanted

We have located two programs capable of handling 57600 baud to and from
the serial port without dropping characters from mono video.

However, both programs appear to "eat" many of the function keys, even
when set for vt102 emulation.  We would like to use the function keys
as they are large part of the easy way to use our mainframe editors,
search programs, etc.  Also want the backspace/delete key to work.



=====================================================

Thank you for your interest,

Michael S. Hart, Professor of Electronic Text
Executive Director of Project Gutenberg Etext
Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL 60532
No official connection to U of Illinois--UIUC
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Date:         Wed, 26 Aug 1992 08:54:44 CDT
From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.BITNET>
Subject:      Library Trends 40(4)

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Many of you may not regularly see _Library_Trends_, but may wish to examine
the issue cited above, received this week.  Each issue of LT is devoted to
a single topic, and this issue of over 200 pages is dedicated to
"Electronic Information for the Humanities", edited by Mark Stover.

Some of the articles include:

User Instruction Issues for Databases in the Humanities

Electronic Journals in the Humanities: A Survey and Critique

Religious Studies and Electronic Information: A Librarian's Perspective

Electronic Texts in English and American Literature

Humanists, Libraries, Electronic Publishing, and the Future.


There are many other articles as well; those mentioned above are just to
give you an indication of the breadth of coverage.

Those who want a personal copy can purchase one for $18.50, postpaid,
from U of Illinois Press, Champaign, IL  61820.

Disclaimer:  I have no connection with the journal, the editor of this
issue, U of I Press, etc.


dan

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* Associate University Librarian      Internet: alileste@idbsu.idbsu.edu    *
* Boise State University                                                    *
* Boise, Idaho  83725                 BSU and I have a deal: I don't speak  *
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Date:         Sun, 23 Aug 1992 08:38:48 CDT
From:         "Michael S. Hart" <HART@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject:      Zmodem for IBM/CMS

Does anyone know of a Zmodem program for IBM mainframes running cms?
=====================================================

Thank you for your interest,

Michael S. Hart, Professor of Electronic Text
Executive Director of Project Gutenberg Etext
Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL 60532
No official connection to U of Illinois--UIUC
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Date:         Sun, 23 Aug 1992 10:34:35 CDT
From:         "Michael S. Hart" <HART@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject:      Usenet newsgroup comp.dcom.modems

If anyone would care to repost the salient features of our search to
optimize high speed modems with mono video, please send them to:

Usenet newsgroup comp.dcom.modems

Be sure to include my email address:
"Michael S. Hart" <HART@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
=====================================================

Thank you for your interest,

Michael S. Hart, Professor of Electronic Text
Executive Director of Project Gutenberg Etext
Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL 60532
No official connection to U of Illinois--UIUC
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Date:         Thu, 27 Aug 1992 11:20:40 CDT
From:         JOHNSLI%SJSUVM1@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Subject:      Compact Shelving

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
From: Linda Johnson

Does anyone have experiences they would care to share with
housing documents in compact shelving?

Also, for a new bldg. we need to convert number of documents per
linear foot to number of documents per square foot.  Help!!
Thanks
Linda Johnson
San Jose State
JOHNSLI@SJSUVM1 (408)924-2814
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Date:         Wed, 26 Aug 1992 13:21:03 CDT
From:         ACADAMEN%STMARYTX@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Subject:      Stats at larger

----------------------------Original message----------------------------

No, our stats at large aren't larger than anybody else's.

Also, our vol. 102, pts. 4 & 5 appear to be bound correctly.

Kathy Amen
St. Mary's Univ. Academic Library
San Antonio, TX
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