From: gleeve@galaxy.dnet
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Subject: DECUS library updates 1/20/93
Date: 20 Jan 93 14:16:02 GMT
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The following is the latest DECUS library update report. The DECUS
library can be contacted by phone at 508 841 3500; they accept PO's or
credit cards (as well as checks/cash :-) ) and you don't need to be
a DECUS member to use the library. 
Glenn
Everhart@Raxco.com
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                         DECUS Library Update Report

                              January 20, 1993 
                                       

PROGRAMS BEING ANNOUNCED

Following are the new or revised programs since the distribution 
of the 1992/1993 catalog and subsequent update reports.  


DECUS								   New or
No.	Title					Version 	   Revised


PC0103	MS-DOS KERMIT for PC's			3.12		   New
V00393	CVTFILE					October 1992	   Revision
V00428	PQ Print Utility			3.0, July 1992	   Revision
V00473	SOD					1.1, Sept. 1992	   Revision
V00551	BLPGENERAGE Utility			1.4		   New
VS0148	DECUS CDROM Collection 11		Fall 1992	   New
VS0153	DECUS Startup Set for OpenVMS AXP	November 1992	   New


GENERAL INFORMATION

The following update reports are to be considered addendums to the 
1992/1993 catalog: October 19, January 20, 1993 

New     
PC0103     MS-DOS KERMIT for PC's  Version: 3.12
Submitted by: Glenn C. Everhart, Ph.D., Raxco, Inc.
Operating System: MS-DOS V2 or later  Keywords: Data Communications,
KERMIT

Abstract: MS-DOS KERMIT contains executables and documentation for 
MS-DOS KERMIT V3.12, plus a few initialization files. 
MS-DOS KERMIT is a communication program which will do file 
transfer and act as a terminal, emulating VT100/200/300 
series terminals including Tektronix graphics emulation. 
MS-DOS KERMIT will work over serial lines and can be used 
with Ethernet.  A driver for MS windows is included.  It 
has support for a script language and can support essential- 
ly any speed the PC is capable of.  Scrollback of text, 
customizable keymaps, and other functions allow it to work 
very flexibly and adapt to widely varying hardware plat- 
forms, even to some whose serial lines only emulate the 
IBM BIOS at limited speed. 

Restrictions:  ReGIS graphics are not supported.

Sources not included.

Media (Service Charge Code): One 3.5" HD Diskette (GA)  Format: MS-DOS


Revision
V00393     CVTFILE  Version: October 1992
Submitted by: Frank Canali, Gould Inc, CPD, Newburyport, MA
Operating System: VAX/VMS V5.5  Source Language: DCL, MACRO-32
Keywords: Conversions, IBM

Abstract: CVTFILE is a program to convert files brought from an IBM 
into VAX files.  All IBM data types, including floating 
point, are handled.  Documentation consists of a block of 
comments at the beginning of each program or .COM file. 
Programs for reading and mapping IBM standard labeled tapes 
are included. 

Changes and Improvements:  Bug fixes and minor changes to installation

Sources not included.

Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MA)  Format:
VMS/BACKUP, or order VL0010


Revision
V00428     PQ Print Utility  Version: 3.0, July 1992
Submitted by: Mitchell Wolfe, DCPA - Recording & Research Center,
Denver, CO
Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.6 - V5.4  Source Language: DCL  Memory
Required: 73KB  Hardware Required: LA100, LN03R  Keywords: Utilities -
VMS

Abstract: The PQ Print Utility started out as a means to 
eliminate the fixed fifty line with a ten character 
left margin page format that all our company research 
papers and reports were printed by.  It also provided 
a better, more flexible means of printing program 
generated reports. 

The PQ Print Utility provides an opportunity for users to 
expand their printing capabilities on the VAX system 
printers (LA100's and LN03R's currently).  Various options 
were combined with the standard DCL print command giving 
users the options to print in eight different character 
pitches (characters/inch) and any number of VAX print forms 
that format users' output with page margins.  In addition, 
the PQ Print Quality allows the use of all the command 
qualifiers that are available for the standard PRINT 
command, but brings them all together under one easy-to-use 
command which prompts the user for each item. 

Because the PQ Print Utility is summoned from the command 
prompt as a command procedure, and is actually a shell to 
the DCL PRINT command, it can be assigned to a symbol in a 
users LOGIN.COM file.  There it can be run with selected 
PQ Utility arguments via command symbol activation for even 
easier convenience. 

Release notes are distributed with each order. 

Changes and Improvements:  Added support for LN03R laser printers,
fixed bugs, and added online help.

Assoc. Documentation:  The DCL manual for Print Qualifiers is also
required.

Restrictions:  Requires access to sys$common:[000000,sysmgr] to
install.

Media (Service Charge Code): User's Manual (EC), 600' Magnetic Tape
(MA)  Format: VMS/BACKUP


Revision
V00473     SOD  Version: 1.1, September 1992
Submitted by: Jorg Buchner, D-5000 Koln 1, West Germany
Operating System: VAX/VMS V5.4  Source Language: VAX FORTRAN
Keywords: DCL, Utilities - VMS

Abstract: SOD is a small enhancement to the DCL directory command. 
The files of a directory can be sorted alphabetically by 
filetype or chronologically by date.  For the rest, SOD 
behaves like the DCL command.  For example, if a file 
specification (with wildcards) is given, only the desired 
files are output.  Output can be directed to any device or file 
and logical names are translated. 

All specifications (directory to be sorted and sorting-mode) 
are made in the command line with optional qualifiers. 
Default values are preset. 

Notes:  Executable and/or object code is included.

Changes and Improvements:  A program version has been added which is
usable also by non-privileged users. New help qualifier.

Media (Service Charge Code): One RX50 Diskette (JA)  Format: VAX/ANSI,
600' Magnetic Tape (MA)  Format: VAX/ANSI, or order VL0013


New     
V00551     BLPGENERATE Utility  Version: 1.4
Author: Mike Lampson

Submitted by: Digital Equipment Corporation
Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.7-5.5  Source Language: DCL, VAX BASIC
Software Required: FMS recommended  Keywords: ALL-IN-1, Tools -
Applications Development, Utilities - VMS

Abstract: This utility's purpose is to convert FMS Form Description 
files which have been generated via the FMS/DESCRIPTION 
command to ALL-IN-1 template (boilerplate) files.  This 
allows an ALL-IN-1 application programmer to either convert 
existing forms into boilerplates or use the FMS editor as 
a boilerplate layout tool.  Form Description files created 
in any manner may or may not generate output as expected. 
If a Form Description has been created in another manner, 
simply create the FMS Form by using the form lanquage trans- 
lator via FMS/TRANSLATE command.  Then recreate the Form 
Description file. 

If you have forms in standard FMS files or form libraries 
that you wish to process, you can use the FMS_TO_BLP_DEMO. 
COM command procedure to do the necessary preprocessing and 
invokation of BLPGENERATE for you. 

This utility will also recognize default field attributes. 
Please aware that this is not the same as field highlighting 
attributes, which are not supported. 

This version of the BLPGENERATE utility supports FMS V2.3 or 
greater and works with ALL-IN-1 V2.3 through V3.0.  Forms used 
for input may be 254 lines long and 80 or 132 columns wide. 
The changes and fixes in V1.4 add a /FIXED_LENGTH qualifier 
to set (or limit) field sizes. 

Release notes are distributed with each order. 

Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MA)  Format:
VMS/BACKUP


New     
VS0148     DECUS CDROM Collection 11  Version: Fall 1992
Submitted by: Jack Stevens and Frank Bush
Operating System: VAX/VMS  Source Language: Various  Keywords:
Symposia Tapes - VMS, Symposia Tapes - L & T, CDROM

Abstract: This CDROM contains the following collections: 
. The Spring 1992 VMS/L&T SIG Tape, Part 1 of 2, Atlanta, 
  DECUS No. VS0142 
. The Spring 1992 VMS/L&T SIG Tape, Part 2 of 2, Atlanta, 
  DECUS No. VS0143 
. 4GL SIG Tape, Spring 1992 
. PC SIG Collection, Spring 1992 
. DECUS Library Catalog 
. DECUServe VAX Notes Conferences 

Notes:  This CDROM, which comes in a jewel box case, is readable by
any VAX system equipped with a Digital Equipment RRDxx Compact Disc
Reader or InfoServer System.

Documentation may or may not be on magnetic media. Complete sources
may or may not be included.

Media (Service Charge Code): Compact Disc (CD)


New     
VS0153     DECUS Startup Set for OpenVMS AXP  Version: November 1992

Submitted by: Ted Nieland
Operating System: VMS  Source Language: Various  Keywords: Symposia
Tapes - VMS, Symposia Tapes - L & T, DECUServe, CDROM

Abstract: This is a collection of DECUS Library programs ported to 
OpenVMS AXP.  The software and information on this compact 
disc is the result of work done by the VAX-to-Alpha Systems 
Transition (VAST) Initiative Porting Team. 

Following is a summary of highlights: 

[ALPHA_INFO]	Alpha AXP press releases. 
[ANALY]		Complete distribution of AnalyRIM and 
		AnalytiCalc, a spreadsheet and database 
		system for various systems including OpenVMS 
		AXP. 
[BAT]		Submit multiple commands to a batch queue 
		without a .COM file.  Ported. 
[BOSS]		BOSS multisession monitor; allows up to 
		eight terminal sessions on a single terminal, 
		logging, playback and capture of sessions (with 
		variable timing), cut/paste, repaint on switch, 
		etc.  Ported. 
[CKERMIT]	Version of KERMIT written in C.  Native mode 
		for AXP. 
[CLRREF]	A program to clear reference counts to 
		devices.  Ported. 
[COMPRESS]	The LZW Compress and Decompress programs. 
		Ported. 
[CSWING]	A graphical interface to VMS directories and 
		files.  Vested. 
[DRIVERS]	Examples of some driver code for a virtual 
		disk driver.  Executables are not provided, 
		code is example only. 
[FGREP]		GNU fgrep v1.1 for VMS.  Ported. 
[FILE]		Modify the file attributes for any file 
		without touching the data.  Ported. 
[FLIST]		File and directory manager written in VAX 
		TPU and VAX C.  Ported. 
[FREE]		Show disk use for mounted disks (free 
		blocks, used, total).  Ported. 
[GCOMPRESS]	The GNU Compress program.  Compatible with 
		UNIX compress.  Ported. 
[GETCMD]	Show the DCL command recall buffer for 
		another process.  Ported. 
[GREP]		GNU grep v1.6 for VMS.  Ported. 
[HAL_ASSEMBLER]	A simple, portable assembler which generates 
		a binary image ready to be loaded directly 
		into memory and executed.  This assembler 
		generates code for Digital's Alpha family 
		of products. 
[HINTS]		Hints for OpenVMS AXP. 
[INVISIBLE]	Hide interactive processes as non-interactive. Ported. 
[KERMIT]	The BLISS Version of KERMIT.  Vested. 
[MAILUAF]	VMSMAIL_PROFILE manager.  Ported. 
[MFTU]		Encode binary files as ASCII files.  Vested. 
[MOST]		A MORE/LESS like file viewer.  Ported. 
[NEWSRDR]	An NNTP client (USENET news reader).  Ported. 
[NOTICE]	Display login notices.  Ported. 
[NSQUERY]	A utility for interrogating Internet Domain 
		Name Servers.  Ported. 
[OSF1]		Sources and binaries for programs ported to 
		DEC OSF/1 for Alpha AXP. 
[PASSPOL]	A VMS password policy module.  Prevents 
		users from selecting "poor" passwords. 
[PROFILE]	A SMG-based interface to Authorize.  Easy to 
		check accounts, add new accounts, etc.  Ported. 
[RCARD]		Display DECW$CARDFILER files on VT 
		terminals.  Ported. 
[SED]		GNU sed v1.8 for VMS.  Ported. 
[SEDT]		Distribution of SEDT editor, a superset of 
		EDT, with translated Alpha executable.  (Uses all 
		of large windows/screens, multifile editing, 
		much more). 
[SEND]		Program to send messages to terminals. 
		Ported. 
[SETDEF]	An intelligent Set Default utility.  Ported. 
[SETUSERNAME]	Change username for a process.  Ported. 
[SET_PRCNAM]	Change process name for any process. 
		Ported. 
[SPELL]		The DECUS/VASSAR SPELL program.  Vested. 
[SWIM]		Windowed multisession monitor.  Allows many 
		windows on a terminal, each emulating VT100 
		(but may have bigger or smaller screens), over 
		one connection.  Windows may be 
		moved/resized/journalled/backscrolled and unlike 
		BOSS, in which one of the processes is "connected" 
		at a time, in SWIM several may be visible as windows. 
		Windows may even occlude one another.  Ported. 
[SWING]		The old FORTRAN Version of SWING.  Ported. 
[TAIL]		The Unix TAIL program to display the last 
		few lines of a file.  Ported. 
[TERM_LOCK]	Program to LOCK a terminal from use until 
		the account password has been entered.  Ported. 
[TEX]		TEX, MF, WEAVE, and TANGLE.  Vested. 
[UNZIP]		UNZIP for OpenVMS. Ported. 
[UUCODE]	A version of UUENCODE/UUDECODE.  Ported. 
[UUENC]		Another version of UUENCODE/UUDECODE. 
		Ported. 
[VERB]		The VERB Program.  VERB can decode the DCL 
		Tables and show you the command tables for the 
		system.  Ported. 
[VFE]		VMS File Editor, can edit any VMS file 
		format in binary, hex, ASCII, etc., do fast searches, 
		insert/delete records from any format, and much more. 
		It is able to do much of what the PATCH utility does 
		in VAX/VMS also.  Partly translated sources (i.e., 
		all but the lib$tparse calls) and a translated .EXE 
		are present, tested on Alpha. 
[VMSTPC]	The Tape to Disk Container file and back 
		program.  Ported. 
[VMS_SHARE]	OpenVMS AXP version of the VMS_SHARE 
		packaging program. 
[WATCHER]	An idle terminal watcher/killer.  Ported. 
[X11R4]		X11R4 clients and demos for OpenVMS AXP. 
		Contains a wide variety of software applications 
		based on both Xlib and Xt (Intrinsics).  Also contains 
		the X11R4 Athena Widget Library (Xaw) and the X 
		Miscellaneous Library (Xmu) that is used for most of 
		the Xt based applications in this release.  Ported. 
[XMODEM]	X-Modem async transfer protocol.  Ported. 
[YMODEM]	Y-Modem async transfer protocol.  Ported. 
[ZDEC]		Zero Device Error Counters.  Can zero out 
		the counts shown under SHOW ERROR.  Ported. 
[ZIP]		ZIP archiving program; handles VMS file 
		types.  Ported. 
[ZMODEM]	Z-Modem async transfer protocol.  Ported. 
[ZOO]		ZOO archiving program.  Ported. 

Documentation may or may not be on magnetic media. Complete sources
may or may not be included.

Media (Service Charge Code): Compact Disc (CD)

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