From: dionj@sco.COM (Dion)
Subject: SCO Technical Library Supplements
Organization: XeniTec Consulting Services, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1992 16:26:45 GMT
To: edhew@xenitec.on.ca

Ed, I have just posted this to biz.sco.general,biz.sco.opendesktop,
and comp.unix.xenix.sco.  If you think it should be crossposted to
biz.sco.announce, feel free to do so.  This is a big step forward
for us, and I think it will be very well received.

As usual, I'd appreciate your comments.

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SCO Online Support - Technical Library Supplements

As you know, the SCO Online Support system provides various support and
educational materials for interactive access via our BBS systems, and by
anonymous uucp.  Most of these files reside in directories under
/usr/spool/uucppublic.  In addition, these directories are replicated at
ftp.uu.net under ftp/pub/sco-archive.  The directories online are:

   SLS - SCO Support Level Supplements (fixits, updates, etc.)
   EFS - Extended Feature Supplements (improved product components)
   Games - unsupported, recreational games and amusing material
   Term - updated termcap and terminfo files
   TLS or Devref - SCO Technical Library Supplements, unsupported

Each of these directories has a README or "info" file that describes
the material therein, and they are fairly self explanatory.  Since the
TLS directory is new, the remainder of this article describes the
Technical Library Supplements.

The files in TLS are offered for experimental or educational use.  They
are NOT supported by SCO Support department.  In some cases, these are
components or updates to existing SCO Software; other material may be
educational or supplementary documentation.  We do not intend this to be
yet another archive of freely available software that has been compiled
for SCO.  That function is well served by other archive sites (thanks!).
The material here is primarily that which SCO uniquely can provide, or
which is not readily available elsewhere.

In general you will need a licensed SCO operating system to use these
files, and any executables here are provided to you under the terms of
your SCO software license or other applicable licenses.  You will
probably also need a good understanding of how to use the SCO system,
and a certain amount of daredevil, thrillseeking appreciation for
dangerous and astounding results when you deploy these early release
software components.

For a list of available supplements, see the file "Info" or "file.list"
in /usr/spool/uucppublic/TLS on sosco or scolon (our machine names).
The file.list is appended below.  Note that the Devref directory (on
sosco only) has the same material as TLS, but with different names.  The
Devref directory is planned to be phased out in a few months.

For those of you that have accounts with us at the California site, the
files can be downloaded interactively from the SCO Online Support BBS.
Follow the menus in the "software toolchest" selection.  We support
kermit, Xmodem, Ymodem and Zmodem.  This support will be provided
at London (scolon)  soon.

These files are also accessible via anonymous uucp (see below). 

For USA, Canada, Pacific Rim, Asia, and Latin America customers, this is the
current SOS modem configuration at the SCO California office:

Modem make and model         Service    Phone number
--------------------         -------    -----------
Telebit Trailblazer Plus      UUCP      408-429-1786
Telebit 1500 V.32, 2@         UUCP      408-425-3502
Hayes V Series 9600, 2@       UUCP      408-427-4470

Telebit Trailblazer Plus      SOS       408-426-9525
generic 2400, 7@              SOS       408-426-9495

For anonymous uucp connection:
Machine name: sosco
Login name: uusls   (forth character is the letter "l" rather than numeral "1")
No password
  

For Europe/Middle East/Africa customers, this is the system at
SCO EMEA (London):

Modem make and model         Service    Phone number
--------------------         -------    -----------
Dowty Quattro 2@             SOS        +44 (0)923 210888

Dowty Trailblazer            UUCP       +44 (0)923 210911
  
For anonymous uucp connection:
Machine name:   scolon
Login name:     uusls
Password:       bbsuucp


Generally, we name the TLS distribution files like this:
  
       tlsxxx.1   = binary floppy image, volume 1
       tlsxxx.1.Z = same thing, but compressed
       tlsxxx.ltr = cover letter, ascii file
       tlsxxx.doc.Z = documentation and other propoganda
       <something else> = miscellaneous documentation, etc.
  
Note that we do not compress all floppy images.  Some SCO distributions
have files that are already compressed and to compress again is
counterproductive.  Some TLS files may just be tar files, not floppy
images.  Again: TLS materials are NOT supported as SCO products; rather,
they are provided "as-is" to knowledgeable users as a courtesy.  Please
do not contact my friends in the Support department about these
materials.  All use of these materials is the sole responsibility of the
user.  Back up your system before using this material.  Be careful.
Good luck.

Anyone is welcome to redistribute this notice to other newsgroups or
customers.  If you have comments about these distributions, feel free to
contact me.  E-mail _strongly_ preferred.  

Dion L. Johnson
SCO Engineering Technical Liaison       400 Encinal St.   Santa Cruz, CA 95061
Bangpath:                           ...{ucbvax!ucscc, decwrl, uunet}!sco!dionj
Domain:  dionj@sco.com    FAX: 408-458-0811                  Tel: 408-427-7565
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TLS and Devref directories - file.list
--------------------------------------
File name       Description

tls004.tar.Z 	Athena Widget Library, R3 version
tls004.ltr      Cover letter

tls005.tar.Z    Athena Widget Library, R4 version
tls005.ltr	Cover letter

tls006.doc      Modular SCSI Interface documentation

tls007.doc      Paper on Tool Command Language, Ousterhout

tls002.1.Z      Experimental driver and grafinfo files for
tls002.2.Z      Orchid Farenheit 1280 and STB Wind/X graphics adapters.
tls002.ltr      Cover letter.  Must use X11R4 server.

tls008.1.Z      Corollary MPX activity monitor
tls008.2.Z     
tls008.ltr      Cover letter and brief man page

tls009.tar.Z     Coding examples for use of C2 (Trusted Computing) facilities

tls010.tar.Z     File System Switch examples and sample code
tls010.ltr       Intro to FSS, and the usual warnings

tls001.1         X11R4 server rel. 4.1.0z for use with Open Desktop release 1.1
tls001.2         and update F, also UNIX 3.2.2 + Xsight.
tls001.ltr       Cover letter, etc. [This is server only, NOT full EFS distrn]
tls001.rnotes    Release notes for X11R4 server component from the EFS

tls011.1.Z       MMDF IIb mail facility, level 43, SCO version 1.0.0f
tls011.2.Z       For use with SCO UNIX release 3.2 versions 2 or 4.
tls011.3.Z       (has nameserver support)
tls011.4.Z
tls011.doc1.Z    Doc files for MMDF, nroff output
tls011.doc2.Z    Doc files for MMDF, postscript (different material)
tls011.ltr       Cover letter

tls012.Z         u386mon "performance" monitor (README files contained within)

tls013.Z	Porting to OSF Motif paper. Also example Motif program.
tls013.ltr	README file 

If you have questions about these distributions, or comments, feel free to
contact: Dion L. Johnson - SCO Engineering Technical Liaison - dionj@sco.com
Newsgroups: biz.sco.opendesktop