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From: mahesh@evb.com (B.G. Mahesh)
Subject: Heard of Holonet?
Organization: SETT Inc.
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 20:38:58 GMT


My colleague brought this subject to my attention today.
We are UUNET customers. Holonet seems to be providing
almost the same services as UUNET at a much lower cost.
My colleage is very enthusiastic to change to holonet but
I am not :-). Are there any Holonet customers you know
who are satisfied with their service. Any additional info
about Holonet is appreciated.



Please email me your response.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: mla@ktibv.uucp (Marinko Laban)
Subject: Native NOVELL 3.XX under SunOS 
Keywords: Novell , SunOS
Organization: KTI BV
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 12:09:24 GMT

Hi, World

I've got some burning questions about running native NOVELL on a SPARC
server, running SunOS 4.1. We're thinking about buying it, but before that,
we wonder if there are any users outthere. We've got the following questions:

1. Does running Novell on a Sun enables printing from UNIX queues to NOVELL
   queues and vice versa ?

2. What are the hardware requirements ?

3. Are there any specific caveats that one might run into, compared to
   regular Novell 3.11 ?

Please answer by e-mail to mla@ktibv.nl. Thanx a bunch in advance ...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: wcs@rainier.ATT.COM (Bill Stewart)
Subject: Re: Sparcstation ELC
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 06:24:48 GMT

   In article <19ts14INNsk9@agate.berkeley.edu> ytlhuang@soda.berkeley.edu ( Lloyd Huang) writes:
   >I am interested in the Sparcstation ELC.  Can anyone who has one tell me
   >of their experience, good and bad?  How is it with 8mb of RAM?  Too slow,

I agree with Steve Dyer that it's a reasonable machine, though of
course I've bumped mine up to 40MB or so, helping the disklessness.
For me the real advantage is that there's no fan - it's dead quiet if I've got
the CD-ROM turned off (and Grateful Dead on the headphones if it's on :-)

My main complaint is that it's black&white - not even grayscale -
some software out there really is designed for at least gray and
really color, and you lose on black&white, especially if you prefer to
run in reverse-video (troglodyte) mode - I couldn't run the
Dev-Guide demos without turning off reverse video, because some of the
windows draw themselves in white-on-white and get lost.

Except when I'm working with things that really need color, I find
the no-fan wins over the black&white disadvantage, and speed has only
been a problem when our LAN is flooded.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: mat@unh.edu (Mike Thomas)
Subject: WANTED: PATCH to fix SunOS 4.1.1 > 1gig Disk Problem
Organization: /home/mat/.organization
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 17:12:34 GMT


I have a Maxtor Panther 1.7 gig drive and I have a Sun 3/280 running
SunOS 4.1.1.  I need the PATCH that fixes the OS problem of disks
greater than (about) 1gig.  So far everyone that has replied to my
previous message has only the patch for Sun4's unfortunately!!  (My
thanks go out for their help) Right now my disk is operating fine,
but I'm only using (about) 700meg.

I'm will to pay to get the patch or pay to have some group (maybe
in sun) impliment the fix...

Thanks in advance,
Mike Thomas
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From: pete@egh-qc.uucp (Pete Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: PostScript and lpr
Date: 2 Oct 92 12:27:06 GMT
Organization: Surgical Materials Testing Lab (SMTL)

lar@ucs.usl.edu (Robert, Lane A.) writes:

>In article <1992Sep23.135756.18366@informix.com>
>paulwo@informix.com (Paul Wolmering) writes:

>    i need to know if there is some filter program out there which 
>    will filter the ascii from lpr and convert it to postscript. it'll be great
>    if this "filter" could be integrated in the /etc/printcap filters.

>We use a locally modified version of Barry Brachman's "lwf" program
>installed as the "if" filter.  This way lpr will by default convert
>the user's file to PostScript.  The "vf" filter is another program
>that passes the input file to the printer without change; this allows
>"lpr -v" to be used to print PostScript files.

I had difficulty getting lwf working on our Laserwriter, due as I
recall to page sizing problems (I think it was set up for US size
paper).  However, if you get the lprps package (posted in
comp.sources.misc Vol 31) you get a system which fits into
/etc/printcap allowing bidirectional communication with the printer,
and allowing you to patch in whatever ascii to postscript filter you
like. lprps comes with one called textps, and we use one called a2ps.

Other goodies in lprps are page reversal filters, advice on how to
speak to your laserwriter at 19200 etc.

Pete
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.unix.questions
From: mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers)
Subject: How to emergency boot a SPARC?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 22:40:09 GMT

Help!

In an attempt to install a communications package, I had to rebuild
the kernel, and attempts to boot result in a truly hung machine.  The
original kernel is still on the machine, but how do I get the console's
attention in order to give it the "b vmunix.previous" command?

Please email suggestions ASAP.  Thanks in advance...
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From: clark@cme.nist.gov (Steve Clark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: HW cursor rop err 1
Date: 28 Sep 92 17:21:56 GMT
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology

I've got a Sparc 2 with an old cgsix (this was originally a Sun 3, and
the framebuffer came with that machine).  The problem I have is this:
When I'm running X11 R4 or R5, some applications produce an error
message "HW cursor rop err 1" on the console.  Some programs which
produce animations generate a huge number of such errors, which
eventually start getting written straight to the console rather than
on the window designated for console messages.  This brings the
machine to its knees.

This never happens under sunview, nor does it happen when I run the
same applications under openwindows 2 or 3.

I seem to recall applying a patch which was related to this problem
many moons ago (like pre-SunOS 4.x), but (of course) can't find any
sign of that now.

I've lived around it for quite a while now, but in conversation today
realized that this is indeed unique to my machine, as there are other
similarly configured machines at this site which do not behave in the
same way.  So I'd like to track it down.

Any ideas?  Please respond by mail, and I'll summarize.

thanks,
-steve		clark@cme.nist.gov
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: mcclung@archimedes.nwc.navy.mil (Scott McClung)
Subject: SCSI Terminal Servers
Organization: Science Applications International Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 17:55:37 GMT

    Greetings.  Does anyone out there have any experience with SCSI terminal
servers?  I am trying to use a hayes-compatible modem (a STU-III, actually)
connected to a Central Data STS on a Sparc 2 (SunOS 4.1.1) by using 'tip'.
I can't seem to make a connection with the modem at all.  I have tried
several combinations of parameters in /etc/remote, but I have yet to hit
upon the right one, if it exists.  Any advice at all would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
-- 
Scott McClung
mcclung@cae1-gw.nwc.navy.mil
mcclung@archimedes.nwc.navy.mil
ak192@cleveland.freenet.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: kevinb@utopia.resntl.bhp.com.au (Kevin Black)
Subject: Word 2.0 for WIN dies under SoftPC 3.0
Followup-To: comp.unix.dos-under-unix
Keywords: SoftPC
Organization: BHP Research - Newcastle Laboratories
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:38:40 GMT

I've been using SoftPC V3.0 now for a couple of months.  The advertising
was tantilising and, given our coporate PC software is WINDOWS/WORD/EXCEL etc,
it looked like it was made to measure.

Two of us here are running Insignia's SoftPC V3.0 on Sparc 2 clones (Goldstar
GWS40s, your standard Korean replica).  Whilst the resources required to run 
SPC seem excessive and the speed is hardly blinding (especially under WINDOWS)
the DOS emulation and functionality of the product is terrific.  We were 
particularly impressed with the ease of installation and the faithful emulation
of DOS.  The ability to set up standard unix directories as as logical volumes 
is also attractive and works exceptionally well.

Now for the downer.  Windows works fine (although slow).  Excel works fine and
so does all of the products I've tried EXCEPT Word 2.0 for Windows, the 
software that I use the most.  It's driving me crazy.  Randomly and frequently
the message:
			Applications Error

		MSWORD caused a general protection fault
		in module KRNL286.EXE at 0001:1003

			   Close

At the moment this fault occurs before the Word logo comes up.  It will occur
within a couple of minutes of starting Word.  The longest I've been able to
keep Word alive is an hour.  I've tried the software on a 'real' Sun Sparc 2
and it behaves the same.  Insignia's work around is to set DOS memory to an odd
number of megabytes, I've tried every possible permutation of main and expanded
memory to no avail.

System configurations as follows:

	Hardware				Software

	Goldstart GWS40 (SSII clone)		SUN OS 4.1.2
	16 Mb memory				Insignia SoftPC V3.0
	425Mb SCSI Drive			MS WINDOWS V3.1
	3.5" Diskette Drive			MS WORD V2.0 for WIN
	19" Monitor 				Excel V4.0 for WIN
	No special graphics			Open Windows V3.0
						
If anyone has suggestions, workarounds etc I'd appreciate you contacting me or
posting to the net.

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From: atul@yoko.rutgers.edu (Atul Sharma)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Problem in building kernel
Date: 2 Oct 92 18:35:35 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


	I am trying to incorporate Berkley Packet Filter (BPF) in the 
	kernel for a sparc-2 running SunOS 4.1.2.

	In the file /usr/sys/sun/conf.c, I have made entry in the structure
	cdevsw[] for the (pseudo)device bpfilter :

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    {
        bpfopen,        bpfclose,       bpfread,        bpfwrite,       /*60*/
        bpfioctl,       nulldev,        bpfselect,      0,
        0,              0,
    },
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
	The major device number for this device is 60, and there are entries 
	for it in the /dev directory also.

	When I build the kernel, the file bpf.c, which has definitions of 
	the functions: bpfopen, bpfclose, bpfread etc., compiled fine. But
	compiling the file /usr/sys/sun/conf.c, gave the following errors:

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

../../sun/conf.c", line 1114: warning: undeclared initializer name bpfopen
"../../sun/conf.c", line 1114: warning: illegal combination of pointer and integ
er, op =
"../../sun/conf.c", line 1114: illegal initialization
"../../sun/conf.c", line 1114: warning: undeclared initializer name bpfclose
"../../sun/conf.c", line 1114: warning: illegal combination of pointer and integ
er, op =
	.
	.
	.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

	Any suggestions as to what could be going wrong? Thanks in advance.
	Shall appreciate an e-mail.

--Atul

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

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: paulc@research.canon.oz.au (Paul Chisholm)
Subject: Teamware
Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 00:01:50 GMT


Can anyone supply information on a configuration management tool called  
Teamware.  I dont know whether it is produced by Sun Microsystems or Sunsoft.   
The distributors for both of these in Australia have never heard of it.   
Anyway, I would like:
- contact address to get product info
- appraisals of the product
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PO Box 313 NORTH RYDE NSW 2113               | Fax   +61-2-805-2929
From: kemenade@hsacsd.signaal.nl (Van Kemenade ba)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: IGMP on SUN
Keywords: IGMP multicast
Date: 6 Oct 92 14:58:19 GMT
Reply-To: kemenade@hsacsd.signaal.nl
Organization: Hollandse Signaalapparaten B.V., Apeldoorn

Hello everybody,

I'm having the following problem:

We have an application that broadcasts messages on our local network.
Since every connected node is bothered with these messages (even if it 
is not interested in them) we want to use multicasted messages.

I heard there is a protocol called IGMP (see RFC 1112) on top of IP 
which allows to send messages to a group of nodes (multicast) instead 
of to an individual node (unicast) or to every node (broadcast).

Our local network consists of, among others, DEC5000's, SUN3's and SUN4's

Questions
1) Is IGMP available on SUN3 and SUN4 ?
2) Is it or will it be always part of the TCP/IP package, or just an 
   extension ?
3) How can I use IGMP, when, in what release ?
4) Will it be a standard, will it be implemented by many vendors ?
5) Is it my only alternative to multicast ?

If you have any help, suggestions, information etc, please reply by e-mail.

Thanks,

                 John
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From: erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: ZModem
Keywords: zmodem sun macintosh
Date: 5 Oct 92 11:40:11 GMT
Organization: TRW Systems Division, Fairfax VA

erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin) writes:

>I'm trying to run zmodem on a Sun connected to a modem via an ISN port and
>a twisted wire link. My receiving terminal is a Mac running zterm. I keep
>getting CRC errors. Any suggestions?

>...

The problem turned out to be buffer overflows. As soon as I tried 
sz -w 256
everything worked.

Cheers (and thanks to Dale Smith)

-- 
Harry Erwin
Internet: erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com

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From: hanh@cse.fau.edu (Hanh Vu - xt 2801  )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Projection system for SPARCs
Keywords: projection sparcs sun
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:16:51 GMT
Followup-To: hanh@cse.fau.edu
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

For our new lab, we need a projection system which dynamically
displays the screen image of a SPARCstation onto an overhead screen.  
I have some information on product by Sunburst but would like to get 
more vendors for comparisons.  Has anyone had experience with this
type of product?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: alh@einoed.in-berlin.de (Adrian Le Hanne)
Subject: Re: What Solaris on a Sparc 10
Organization: Einoed Unix & Netzwerke, Berlin (FRG)
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 12:30:30 GMT

dodd@mycenae.cchem (Lawrence R. Dodd) writes:

>  Adrian> Solaris 1.1 (?), which contains SunOS 4.1.3 and OpenWindows 3.0.

>I think that is for the SS10 series 30. The series 40 and 50 will require
>Solaris 2.x that last I heard.

There should be no differences between a 30 (or 20) and the 40/50 (except the 
additional SuperCache) depending the kernel support.
I'm still waiting for the Solaris 2.0 CD (only 4c). Solaris 2.1 should be 
out this quarter and will probably support 4m, so it is not that clear
if Solaris 2.1 or the series 40/50 will be available first (if ever this
year).

Adrian
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: abenson@mtu.edu (Drew Benson)
Subject: Using rz and sz dialing out of a SS1+
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 19:04:28 GMT
X-Posted-From: pace2.cts.mtu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu


Does anyone know how to make rz and sz work with dialing out?
I can get it to work ok if I dial the system up remotely, but
not if I'm dialing out.  I tried the attach function of tip,
but with no success.  rz or sz just prints its junk to my screen
anyway, and doesn't ever bother the modem.


Do I need a different modem program?  Any help will be greatly
appreciated.  I'll summarize, if people want me to.

Thanks.

 - Drew (abenson@mtu.edu)
From: toomajia@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Mark Toomajian)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 18:17:48 GMT
Subject: Terminfo for "hpterm" for Sun4/330
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc

When I rlogin to a SunSparcstation4/330 from an HP/Apollo400S, the Sun doesn't
recognize the terminal. I can enter "hp", but vi doesn't work properly.
I think I need the Sun to recognize the "hpterm". 

Does anyone have a terminfo and termcap entries for an "hpterm" that I can put
into the Sun4/330?  Please send e-mail.  Thanks,
						Mark Toomajian

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From: rgeis@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Ral Geis )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: printcap for Fujitsu MR3041R
Date: 2 Oct 92 14:07:12 GMT
Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp App (NCSA) @ University of Illinois

Does anyone have a printcap entry for a Fujitsu MR3041R on a
Sun-4.  Any information would be appreciated.

thanx,

Ral Geis

rgeis@ncsa.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: dododge@wam.umd.edu (David O. Dodge)
Subject: Re: Raster Files on Sun?
Keywords: Help!
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 05:57:31 GMT

In article <1992Sep28.163959.9759@newshost.lanl.gov> richards@beta.lanl.gov (William C. Richards) writes:
>In article <14801@auspex-gw.auspex.com> guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris) writes:
>>>Does anyone out there know what software is used/how to
>>>view raster files on a SUN workstation which does not use X-windows?
>>>(Only openWindows and Sunview)

Like someone else said, OW pretty much is X-Windows. You should be able
to get source for programs like "xloadimage", which will display a Sun
rasterfile (and other formats) in a window.

>Try using 'screenload <filename>' out of Sunview.  I believe this will work
>when you're not in Sunview as well.  It's been a while since I tried it.  The
>only thing to remember is that you will have to refresh everything once you
>have displayed the raster file.

"screenload" is still provided and it does work in console mode (i.e.
no windowing system). If the image color table steps on the text colors
it may make the console text unreadable (e.g. black on black).
I keep a little pixrects program around that sets the console colors just
for such occasions.

I'm not sure, but "screendump" might also still be provided. That will
dump the screen contents into a raster file. It should work under SunView
and *might* work under OW.

                                         -Dave Dodge/dododge@wam.umd.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: abenson@mtu.edu (Drew Benson)
Subject: Hardware flow control
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Followup-To: comp.sys.sun.misc
Keywords: SPARC flow
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 19:01:46 GMT
X-Posted-From: pace2.cts.mtu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu


Recently, I got a high-speed modem (14.4 v.32bis model).  I've
been having troubles (after dialing it up from a PC) to download
off it at much of a speed.  I've been told I should have the RTS
CTS stuff turned on.

Well, I know how to tell the modem to turn it on, but how do I tell
tip, cu, and getty?  (The modem is used for both dial-in and dial-out.)

Thanks.

 -Andrew (abenson@mtu.edu)
From: ajayshah@cis.rand.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Excellent survey of SPARC clone market
Date: 26 Sep 92 20:14:39 GMT
Reply-To: ajayshah@cis.rand.org
Organization: RAND, Santa Monica CA


I was extremely impressed at the Sept. 21st issue of Unix Today
(hate it's new name).

        -ans.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: alh@einoed.in-berlin.de (Adrian Le Hanne)
Subject: Re: What Solaris on a Sparc 10
Organization: Einoed Unix & Netzwerke, Berlin (FRG)
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 11:17:10 GMT

tito@di.unipi.it (Tito Flagella) writes:

>I would like to understand what preinstalled release of Solaris is Sun 
>shiping on a Sparcstation 10. Can anybody help?
Solaris 1.1 (?), which contains SunOS 4.1.3 and OpenWindows 3.0.

Adrian
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc