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From: maklinm@cognos.com (Max Maklin)
Subject: Re: Cache parity errors in the error logger for Ultrix
Organization: Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa CANADA
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 02:45:38 GMT

In article <SOWA.92Oct7141113@amdew.llnl.gov> sowa@amdew.llnl.gov (Erik C. Sowa) writes:
:^()  
:^()  As a fellow "victim" of the cache parity error messages, I would like to
:^()  know more about this. Why do they occur? What rate indicates a problem?
:^()  What software is likely to cause them? When should I start to worry?
:^()  

I tried to get that information out of them, as soon it was explained to
me.  As far the rate goes, depending on the activity machine 10-20/week
is probably nothing to worry about, but 20 in a day should be something
that should be looked at.  I can see the support people wrangling over
this one (personally, they should never of turned it on - I think it will
cause them more harm then good, i.e. plethora of customers demanding CPU
swaps).

As far as why they are logged and in what circumstances, I could not get
an answer.  Maybe Marcus or Terry might be able to find out for us?

Max


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From: jensting@ee.ic.ac.uk (Jens Tingleff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Request for data on MicroVAX monitors, model VR290 D3
Keywords: monitor data, creative reuse
Date: 15 Oct 92 09:28:32 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.dec
Organization: Elec. Eng. Imperial College, London

Hi

As our VLSI lab is slowly creaping out of the early stoneage, we have taken our
trusty VAXStations out of service. So, now, we have these nice *huge* graphics
displays sitting around doing nothing, and would like to get them to do something
worthwhile. 

The screens are marked VR 290 D3 (the computers are VAXstations II/Gpx).

What we'd like to know is
	-1 do anyone have data on the signal that goes into the screens?
	   (frequencies, interface, where does the Sync go?)
	-2 has anyone (successfuly) used these screens on (gasp!) PC
	   graphics cards?

Advice, information, well *anything*, much appreciated

	Jens


-- 
Mr Jens Tingleff, M.Sc.EE. PhD student at 
     Imperial College, Dept of EE,  Exhibition Road, London SW7 2BT, England
jensting@ic.ac.uk or jensting@titan.ee.ic...  (used to be jensting@diku.dk) 
"It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily" 'Shanghai Expr.'
From: terry@venus.sunquest.com (Terry R. Friedrichsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Anybody know anything about DECtouch?
Summary: DEC's got a new gadget
Keywords: DECtouch   touch-screen
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:26:35 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.dec
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sunquest Information Systems, Tucson

A sales blurb from DEC just landed on my desk asking about DECtouch, which is
a really clever device.  It is a notebook-sized pressure-sensitive pad (with
a little box underneath it) upon which you place your monitor.  After a
calibration procedure, the pad senses the position of your finger on the
screen by the pressure that exerts through the base of the monitor.  No
weird membrane screen or anything like that; any old monitor now becomes
a touch screen.

The resolution spec is the thing that impresses me:  40 touch points *per
inch* and *256* different pressure levels.  Ignoring for the moment the
fact that your finger ain't gonna generate 256 different pressure levels
(at least not with any kind of consistent reproducibility), I wouldn't have
believed it was possible to derive that level of detail from such a physical
setup.  Nice.  Want.

I presume that touching the screen appears to the software as though some
mouse button got clicked at that location.  Correct?

The blurb only talks about bletcherous software like Windows and MS-DOS.
Will DECtouch work with a Unix workstation and X now or in the future?

AdTHANKSvance.

Terry R. Friedrichsen

terry@venus.sunquest.com  (Internet)
uunet!sunquest!terry      (Usenet)
terry@sds.sdsc.edu        (alternate address; I live in Tucson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: ajc@pa.dec.com (AJ Casamento)
Subject: Re: What's the difference between the 5000/33 and 5000/133?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: 13 Oct 92 11:31:03




In article <1992Oct13.064327.12926@spdcc.com> dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) 
writes:


>> Or, expressed differently, why would you buy one versus the other?
>> Has the 33 replaced the 133?

>> -- 
>> Steve Dyer
>> dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer


		PDS5000/33			DS5000/133

CPU		R3000 @33MHz			R3000 @33MHz          NOTE 1*

Memory		40MB maximum			128MB maximum

TURBOchannel	2 slots @12.5MHZ		3 slots @12.5MHz

Baseboard	XVGA Equivalent			None	
graphics	1024 x 768

Internal 	1 Removable media		1 Removable media
Storage		1 3.5" Hard Drive		2 3.5" Hard Drives    NOTE 2*

System I/O	SCSI, Ethernet, ISDN,		SCSI, Ethernet, Two
		Audio, Serial.bus, One		Synch/Asynch ports,   NOTE 3*
		Synch/Asynch port, FDI		Keyboard/mouse port

Footprint	17" x 16" x 3.75"		17" x 21" x 4"



NOTE 1*	The SPECmark ratings are the same. The CPU daughter cards are, in fact,
	interchangable. And, the System module of the PDS5000/xx is a respin of
  	the system module of the DS5000/1xx series.

NOTE 2*	I remember something being done about supporting a second hard drive
	in the PDS5000/xx system box, but I don't remember the resolution of
	it.

NOTE 3* Serial.bus is simply ACCESS.bus hardware without the complete software
	support (ie. only the DEC options will run, so far). The FDI (Floppy
	Disk Interface) is spawned off of the same I/O CTL as the other base
	system I/O. The ISDN hardware is not yet software supported. Check with
	your local DEC reps on the timeframe for that release.

  So, basically, you get more configurability out of the DS5000/1xx series
systems. But, if you don't need the extra internal storage, extra memory, or
the capability of using the Hi 3D graphics cards internally; the PDS5000/xx
makes a great machine.

I hope that helps.

				Thanx,
				  AJ


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From: harrison@cse.unl.edu (Gregory Harrison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Building software on a DECstation5000...
Date: 14 Oct 1992 01:49:30 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cse.unl.edu
Keywords: unsuccessful attempts.

I have been attempting to build an ansi c compiler on a new DECstation
5000 at work, and have had no luck at all.  I downloaded gcc-2.2.2 from
the net, and tried to build it according to directions in the INSTALL
file, but received error messages from `ar` saying there was a badly
formed archive (no 68).  Any clues as to why this happened?  (I know
that this package compiles just fine on a DEC 5000, because we have one
at UNL and the same package compiled with no problems there.)  I am at a
loss as to why I am unable to build this.  Also, should the compiler on
a new (brand new) machine running ULTRIX4.3 be ansi compliant?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
-greg-

harrison@cse.unl.edu


--
Gregory L. Harrison
Dept of Computer Science			email:  harrison@cse.unl.edu
University of Nebraska - Lincoln	Phone:  402/435-0846
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: mbee@oce.nl (Marcel Beelen)
Subject: MS01-AA
Originator: mbee@oce-rd2
Organization: Oce Nederland B.V. - Research & Development
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 06:49:11 GMT

I needed to upgrade a DECstation 5000/120 which had 8Mb internal memory
with another 8Mb. DECdirect told me that such an upgrade was not 
possible; because that's not true but I didn't like to have discussions 
about the fact that 8Mb = 2 * 4Mb and that it IS possible we orderded the 
8Mb from a third party. They ordered two MS01-AA 4Mb memory expansions,
which I got within a very short time; later I heard that the third party 
ordered the memory directly from DEC US, which is no problem with me.

I got two MS01-AA extensions according to the papers, and the box contained
two SIMM modules. I believe this is not correct. A MS01-AA is a 4Mb
memory expansion, containing of two 2Mb SIMM's. So what I should have 
received are four 2Mb SIMM's.

Everybody I talked to from DEC, directly or indirectly in the Netherlands 
and in the US, told me that a MS01-AA is a 4Mb board, and I truely 
believe (looking the four 2Mb SIMM's in my open system ;-( with the same
part numbers, the documentation and the DECdirect stuff) that a 
MS01-AA are two 2Mb boards. 

Should DEC send me the two missing boards or am i going nuts here ??

Marcel Beelen
OCE Nederland bv

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From: pavlov@niktow.canisius.edu (Greg Pavlov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Memory for DECstations?
Date: 13 Oct 92 18:37:02 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo NY. 14208

In article <1992Oct9.145043.1239@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>, rob@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu (Robert K Shull) writes:
> Who's a good source for memory for DECstations? We're looking for memory
> for Model 5000/200's and 5000/25's (Maxine). As usual, we're on a tight
> budget so we're trying to find the best price.

  I would give the following a call, at least to compare:

   Standard Memories
   17945 Skypark Circle
   Suite D
   Irvine, Ca  92714

    Tel: (714) 851-6700
         (800) 543-3323  (?? may be out-of-date)
    Fax: (714) 851-8622


   No realtionship to this company other than as a frequent customer....

   greg pavlov,
   pavlov@fstrf.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: 9999sc01@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Alexandre Khalil)
Subject: Re: VT2xx/3xx character set editing
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41A   
Keywords: VT2xx/3xx, character set, soft cahracter set
Organization: University of Houston-Downtown
X-Lunar-Date: 4 days, 8 hours, 40 minutes since the first quarter of the moon
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 06:26:00 GMT

In article <Bvw3yC.G0p@access.digex.com>, zbang@access.digex.com (Carl P. Zwanzig) writes...
>In article <9OCT199200585026@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu> 9999sc01@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Alexandre Khalil) writes:

>> Is there a program that will allow editing a down-loadable -soft- character 
>>set for use on a VTxx/VT3xx.

>>  On a.f.c., Keith was mentionning a program VT220.FOR that down-loads a soft 
>>font to the terminal. Any tip?
> 
>DEC used to have a font editor for download character sets.  I'm not
>sure whether it was in the ASSETs library or the internal "toolshed".

hmmm... are those on gatekeeper ?

>Ask the local DEC office.
> 
>Or write one :-).

I would love to, as soon as UPS brings in the 2 weeks that I have ordered from 
Time Inc.  :)  I need them badly to finish a long list of to do list.

>Carl Zwanzig
>z!
>zbang@access.digex.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: hari@robios.me.wisc.edu (Kambainathan Hari)
Subject: Info wanted about Open_GL on DEC
Organization: U. Wisconsin-Madison, Robotics Laboratory
Distribution: comp
Date: 7 Oct 92 10:06:13


Hi,

I need to do some graphics programming on a DEC.
I have done programming on an IRIS using GL. Now I have to do a
graphics oriented project on a DEC 5000. Some of the questions I'd
like to know are:


* Is Open_GL available on the DEC ?

* If so, what are the minimal Hardware capabilities required to run
  Open_GL. 

* Whom should I contact and how much is it likely to cost ?

Frankly I could hate it if I have to learn Phigs or some other graphics
library from scratch.

Thanks in advanance ....

- Hari

K.R.Harinarayan
Robotics Lab., Dept. of Mech. Engg.
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison

Fone  : (608) 262-7463, (608) 262 - 9056
e-mail: hari@robios.me.wisc.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: morse@quark.mpr.ca (Daryl Morse)
Subject: Re: Focus Adjustment on VRT-19?
Organization: MPR Teltech Ltd., Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Distribution: comp
Date: 14 Oct 92 16:12:41


In article <MORSE.92Oct14153852@quark.mpr.ca> morse@quark.mpr.ca (Daryl Morse) writes:

[questions about subject deleted]

I forgot to say that if you know anything about this, please reply by
email, as I will be away from USENET next week.

Thanks.

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From: sowa@amdew.llnl.gov (Erik C. Sowa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Cache parity errors in the error logger for Ultrix
Date: 7 Oct 92 21:11:13 GMT
Organization: LLNL Chemistry and Materials Science
In-reply-to: maklinm@cognos.com's message of 6 Oct 92 23:44:49 GMT

>>>>> "Max" == Max Maklin <maklinm@cognos.com> writes:
Max> The answer was that in Ultrix 4.2A a flag that was being set on cache
Max> parity errors was now being reported to the error logger along with other
Max> informational messages.  It is thus a feature rather than an oversight
Max> and should be treated thus.  The idea is that if the count starts to
Max> increase very rapidly, this could be warning of a CPU problem.

As a fellow "victim" of the cache parity error messages, I would like to
know more about this. Why do they occur? What rate indicates a problem?
What software is likely to cause them? When should I start to worry?

--
erik sowa (sowa@amdew.llnl.gov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. "Buddy can you spare a clue?" Ranum)
Subject: Re: CISC vs. RISC, VMS vs. UNIX (Kinda Long)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Washington ULTRIX Resource Center
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 20:34:43 GMT

David E. Cowley writes:

>VAXes got a bad name in the last several years because they didn't keep 
>getting faster at the same pace as the RISC boxes.  That's DEC's fault.
>VMS, I think, got a bad name because it's associated with VAXes.

	I never thought I'd hear myself sticking up for VAXes, but this
is just wrong. Right now, VAXes are running at some of the highest
clock rates ever achieved for CISC machines. The VAX4000 is faster than
a lot of RISC machines out there. Some of them are miracles of engineering.
Where I think DEC loses is that miracles of engineering don't come cheap.

mjr.
From: castello@remus.rutgers.edu (Vicente Castello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Need information on DEC VAX 600/310
Keywords: DEC VAX 600/310
Date: 14 Oct 92 01:29:13 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


	As the subject line states, I am interested in obtaining
information pertaining to the DEC VAX 600/310. The following are
some of the questions that I have:

	1) What capabilities does this machine have? Is it a 
	standalone computer? Or can it be used within a
	network environment in order to facilitate other machines
	connected to a network?

	2) How does this machine compare with other types of machines,
	i.e Sparc 2?

	3) In addition to running VMS as its OS, can Ultrix be used as
	an OS?

	These are some of the questions that I am mainly interested. 
However, if I have neglected some important area, please direct me to
them.

	Please send your responses via e-mail. Thank you.

--Vicente Castello
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.lang.postscript
From: anthony@yarra-glen.aaii.oz.au (Anthony Baxter)
Subject: Getting an error handler to work with a Turbo Printserver20
Organization: Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 06:13:36 GMT

Has anyone got an error-handler that works with a Turbo Printserver 20?
I've got one that came with Transcript, but it doesnt seem to work, on an
error in the postscript, nothing is printed out. What I am looking for is
something, that, in a case where it is fed some bad postscript, will spit
out a page saying what the error is.

Thanks in advance,

Anthony
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: rjones@wsl.dec.com (Russ Jones)
Subject: Re: Info wanted about Open_GL on DEC
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 19:01:18 GMT

Heri,

Digital has licensed OpenGL, we have publicly demonstrated it at SIGGRAPH'92,
but we have not formally announced it with pricing and availability.  We 
expect to have developers kits available later this calendar year.

Stay in contact with your sales rep regarding the availability of this 
developers kit.

-- 
Russ Jones
U.S. Graphics Workstation Marketing Mgr
Digital Equipment Corporation, Palo Alto, CA
All opinions expressed are mine, and not necessarily those of my employer
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: hunter@bacchus.esa.oz.au (James Gardiner [Hunter])
Subject: easy way to change TZ on 5K/240??
Organization: none
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 07:34:16 GMT


I have a Dec 5000/240 and the time zone was not set correctly
when it was installed.

We are running timed's all around so his time is always out.

I have looked around to see how to change the time zone and found
a command
sizer -t "whatever."
However, this does not seem to have any effect..
I have also had a quick look through the kernal stuff and I know
you can change the time zone by re-compiling the kernal.
Do I have to re-compile the kernal to do this?

An I doing something wrong?

Do I have to reboot after the sizer command to take affect?

What happened to goot old zoneinfo???


James
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: jwilson@unix.cie.rpi.edu (John Wilson)
Subject: uVAX II backplane power connector
Organization: CIE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 00:54:18 GMT

Hello,
I'm trying to assemble a uVAX II system, but I have no BA23.
What I do have is a uVAX II/RC backplane (thanks Pat!), which I
believe is the same as a standard uVAX II backplane except for
the hotmelt.  Does anyone know what the pinout of the power
connector is?  It's not labeled like on an 11/03 or something.
I'd like to use this beasty with a PC AT power supply or something
like that.

Also, does anyone know what I need for a terminator, BG jumpers,
etc.?  All I have is a uVAX II CPU and a 4MB RAM card.  I don't
even know if these things have to go in particular slots...

Thanks!     John (clueless) Wilson
From: Toby Russell <tar90@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: RQDX2 Info Wanted
Date: 15 Oct 92 11:40:08 GMT
Organization: Southampton University
Originator: tar90@chapman

Can anyone tell me how to connect the 50 pin output of the RQDX2 controller
to ST506 hard disks and floppies ?

Also I don't suppose anyone has any details of the dialog DQ20X SMD controller


					Toby..


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From               :  Toby Russell	Email    : tar90@ecs.soton.ac.uk
From: bruce@camb.com (Barton F. Bruce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Need 115kb asynch into my uVAX-II..
Date: 15 Oct 92 03:33:22 EDT
Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc.

In article <1992Oct12.150522.1@alien.gici.com>, laut@alien.gici.com (Bill Laut) writes:
> 
> 	We're thinking of replacing some modems with v.42bis in order to
> achieve the (theoretical) 115.2kb in asynch mode.  The only problem we're

The 16 port ds700 which can be had discount for maybe $2400 will do it
but is a tad pricey for your need and has 15 more ports you don't want.

DEC has a recent 1 or 2 port terminal server designed for using with printers
but it can be used just as a small terminal server. I have NO IDEA how fast
it goes, but since feeding LASERs is a popular topic, just maybe they
did it right and support 115.2kb - ask. 

---

Whoops forget it. The LNXXD is a whimp at 38.4 max - I just looked up its
announcemnet on DECUSERVE. Has MMJ (yuk) connectors, so modem control
would be inadequate - if any at all.

The DS700 with 115.2, LAT and TCP/IP and even SLIP and RJ45 jacks loaded
with enough modem lead control is great - including out of band flow control. 
Too bad they didn't make a 2 port version of it for this little box for 
printers.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,vmsnet.tpu,comp.os.vms,vmsnet.misc
From: dave@btlnck.enet.dec.com (Dave Chestnutt)
Subject: Re: DECforms and editors.
Reply-To: dave@btlnck.enet.dec.com (Dave Chestnutt)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 19:41:27 GMT


  I assume you're asking how to run TPU inside a DECforms' panel in your
  application.  I don't think you'll be able to do that directly, since
  both DECforms and TPU take over and use the entire screen.

  There have been people who have been very careful to, for example, use
  TPU on the top half of the screen, and DECforms on the bottom.  But it's
  very difficult to do, and probably not worth it since it won't work
  perfectly.

  Hmm, why did you want to start TPU inside a panel?  If you needed to do
  some text editing type of input on a big field, you should look at the
  Part Detail demo that ships with the kit.  It shows a way of implementing
  with DECforms what looks like a tiny text editor that fits inside a
  particular field.  That might solve your problem.

  -Dave
From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Focus Adjustment on VRT-19?
Date: 15 Oct 92 02:19:20 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: St. Peter's College, US

In article <MORSE.92Oct14153852@quark.mpr.ca>, morse@quark.mpr.ca (Daryl Morse) writes:
> My DS5000/200 was recently upgraded from CX/VR-262 to HX/VRT-19. While
> I like the increased real estate and color and graphics performance, I
> find the screen is less sharp than I expected. In particular, it is
> also less sharp than the VR-262, at least when the VR-262 was focused
> properly. (My experience with the VR-262 was that the focus drifted
> and had to be adjusted periodically.)

  I believe the VR262 is a mono monitor. The VRT19, being a color monitor,
will always be less sharp than a mono unit. Also, if you use the "small
font" option for things like DECterm, the dots are only a single pixel wide,
so they will appear fuzzy on the screen, depending on whether or not they
land on a stripe or slightly off.

  There's always the possibility that you got a bad monitor... I'm quite
happy with my VRT19.

	Terry Kennedy		Operations Manager, Academic Computing
	terry@spcvxa.bitnet	St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
	terry@spcvxa.spc.edu	+1 201 915 9381
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec