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From: "Paul A. Fischer, Sr UNIX Sys Consultant" <openage.com!paul@watmath.UUCP>
Subject: RE: LNG227
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>I looked for lng321a on ftp.uu.net and though it's listed in the info
>file it's not physically there.

>Can anyone tell me how to install these .Z files? I tried (for instance
>lng227.Z) to dd if=lng227.Z of=/dev/rfd096ds15 , tried also tar'ing the 
>files to disk. No success. I always get: tar file not extracted from the
>custom script.

>--Chris

The .Z extention means the file is compressed. try this:

uncompress lng227.Z
dd if=lng227 of=/dev/fd0 bs=20k
tar tvf /dev/fd0
tar tvf lng227

The two tar commands should give you the same output.  You may need to change 
some of the devices around to make it work right on your machine.



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From: staceyc@sco.COM (Stacey Campbell)
Newsgroups: biz.sco.general
Subject: Re: 'C' compiler for SCO
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 92 16:49:06 GMT
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.


In article <2APR199220195687@venus.tamu.edu> jle9162@venus.tamu.edu (ECKHARDT, JASON LEE) writes:
>Is that a file that should come with GCC or is that something I need to 
>buy from SCO?  If it is something I have to buy, does it mean I have to buy
>the whole $900 worth of development system?

You will need to obtain a SCO dev sys to use gcc.  The dev sys includes
libraries, assemblers and include files that are either not supported or
not well supported by GNU (at this time).  The crtc.o file you are missing
is just the first in a long, long chain of objects necessary to get any
sort of worthwhile C program running in a Unix environment.
-- 
     Stacey Campbell - staceyc@sco.com - {uunet,ucscc,att}!sco!staceyc
From: edc@openage.com (Ed Cooley)
Newsgroups: biz.sco.general
Subject: EISA Network Adapters
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:07:43 GMT
Organization: [resent by] The SCOGEN gateway and Propagation Society
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We have a customer in need of an EISA Token-Ring adapter for use 
with ODT.  We are aware of support for the Compaq Dual-Speed 
Token-Ring Adapter in the Compaq EISA EFS 1.3 supplement.  My 
questions are:

1. Does this adapter require the NVM (non-volatile memory) 
driver from the Compaq EFS, and if so, does anyone have feedback 
for using the supplement on a non-Compaq EISA machine?

2. Has anyone tried yanking the driver off of the EFS and 
implementing it on a non-Compaq machine?

Unfortunately the customer will not be able to use a Compaq 
computer for this particular job, and we are not aware of any 
other EISA Token-Ring adapters with SCO drivers.  The Compaq 
board is manufactured by Proteon as I understand.  I would bet 
the firmware interface, at the very least, is not identical 
between the two boards though.

Any feedback is welcome.

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From: gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews)
Newsgroups: biz.sco.general
Subject: Re: uugetty questions (HUPCL etc.)
Summary: Work your way back from the modem to the computer...
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Date: 27 Mar 92 07:18:43 GMT
 <1992Mar26.180526.8680@wes.on.ca>
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In article <1992Mar26.180526.8680@wes.on.ca> tomh@wes.on.ca (Tom Haapanen)
 writes:
>gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews) writes:
>> tomh@wes.on.ca (Tom Haapanen) writes:
>>
>>> This analysis is also right -- if I watch the modem LEDs, the DTR never
>>> drops.  What I don't understand is *why* DTR doesn't drop momentarily when
>>> I logoff -- shouldn't uugetty do that?
>>>
>>  [explanation of who drops DTR deleted]
>>  [check for HUPCL in the /etc/gettyfs entry]
>>
>I checked, and I am using HUPCL (the setup is very close to the 1-2-3 cycle).
>And yet I can't frop the line, either by logging out or by "stty 0".  What
>could do that?  (It's a standard COM2 port with a 16550AFN).
>

What does the DTR light do when you disable the port?  Nothing is using
the port, so it should turn off.  If it stays on, dig deeper for some
background process holding the port open, and check the modem cable.
If the cable isn't wired right, it could present the wrong signal to the
modem as DTR...


--
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 |  Greg Andrews   |       UUCP: {amdahl,claris}!netcom!gerg        |
 |                 |   Internet: gerg@netcom.COM                    |
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From: Hey? Who's stuff is this on my desk? <alexl@alvarez.com>
Subject: PRINTER & LPR
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Organization: [resent by] The SCOGEN gateway and Propagation Society
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 12:41:01 GMT


.>   I am trying to set up the printer to locally print on a terminal... a wyse50.

.>   I have a wyse50 hooked up on tty1a and in the .profile:

.>      PRINTER=local
.>      export PRINTER

.>   I send a file like cat /etc/motd | lp and it still prints out on the local
.>   printer via the spooler.  Does anyone know if this feature has changed?
.>   It worked under SCO Xenix but I have been unable to get it to work on
.>   SCO Unix ODT

.>   thanks in advance.

.>   Steve


.>   -- 
.>   Norstan Communications, Inc.        | Steven E. Frazier
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.>   Columbus, OH   43235                | Local : sfrazier
.>   Voice 614-785-7335 Fax 614-785-7337 | Remote: sfrazier@norstan.com



        Try LPDEST=local
            export LPDEST

                This is the one that worked for me......



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From: ssanbeg@visual.spk.wa.us (Scott Sanbeg)
Newsgroups: biz.sco.general
Subject: Re: G++ for SCO
Date: 13 Apr 92 00:55:55 GMT
Organization: The Visual Market Public Access Site - Spokane, WA

In article <9204091945.aa22033@openage.COM> openage.com!paul@watmath.UUCP (Paul A. Fischer, Sr UNIX Sys Consultant) writes:
>Hi All,
>
>I need to know the current rev of g++ and I need to know where to get it for 
>SCO.  I downloaded the version from anomaly, but that does not appear to be the 
The latest is 2.1. I've downloaded the patch today from BIX and it weighs in
at ~644K.
Scott
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From: "Michael Squires" <mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: 1.2 GB disk
Summary: 1542B + Wren VIII (1.3GB) works
Keywords: SCSI
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 10:45:41 -0500

In article <9204141127.aa13394@openage.COM> paul@openage.COM (Paul A. Fischer, Sr UNIX Sys Consultant) writes:
>
>Bets are the 1.2GB Drive would be SCSI-2 and the 1542A is SCSI-1.  Whiles this 
>stands a good chance of working, I would go get a 1542B to get the SCSI-2 and 
>better throughput.  It also stands a much greater chance (99.9%) of working
>with no problems.

The Wren VIII (slow version, actually a Sun drive) works as a secondary drive
in a 486/33 EISA using a 1542B controller.  This is the 1.3 GB drive.

-- 

Mike Squires (mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu)     812 855 3974 (w) 812 333 6564 (h)
mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu          546 N Park Ridge Rd., Bloomington, IN 47408
From: eistrand@cs.washington.edu (Eivind Sandstrand)
Newsgroups: biz.sco.general
Subject: Exit codes for tar and cpio
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:21:45 GMT
Distribution: biz
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle

I want to write a shell script performing backups and auto-verify of
these.
In order to do this I need to know more about the exit/status codes of
tar and cpio as actions take by the scripts will depend on them.
Does anyone have some inside knowledge that could help me?

I am running ODT 1.1 with SCO/Unix 3.2.2 on a 486/50

Eivind
From: paul@openage.COM (Paul A. Fischer, Sr UNIX Sys Consultant)
Newsgroups: biz.sco.general
Subject: RE: 1.2 GB disk
Date: 14 Apr 92 15:27:45 GMT
Organization: [resent by] The SCOGEN gateway and Propagation Society
Resent-From: mmdf@xenitec.on.ca
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>I have a Adaptec 1542A controller with a Wren VI (766MB) attached to my 
>SCO 3.2.2 system. Can I easily add an external 1.2 MB SCSI drive without
>problems or would I have to change to a 1542B controller?

>--Chris

Bets are the 1.2GB Drive would be SCSI-2 and the 1542A is SCSI-1.  Whiles this 
stands a good chance of working, I would go get a 1542B to get the SCSI-2 and 
better throughput.  It also stands a much greater chance (99.9%) of working
with no problems.

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From: mike%jim.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu (Mike Suter)
Subject: SCO Technical Classes???
Summary: Technical classes for SCO offered?
Keywords: technical classes for sco
Organization: BITS, St. Louis, MO
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 13:46:56 GMT

We are having some problems with SCO (namely, what appear to be Streams
conflicts), and are wondering if SCO or someone else offers any
technical classes dealing with SCO Unix internals/Streams.  We have
the SCO course schedule, but all that is listed there are admin/basic
classes.  Any addtl info appreciated...

mike suter
mike%jim.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu
From: jle9162@venus.tamu.edu (ECKHARDT, JASON LEE)
Newsgroups: biz.sco.general
Subject: Consensys
Date: 13 Apr 92 02:51:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

I have recently started using SCO unix only to learn that I can't even
compile a simple 'C' program with my GCC compiler because the base system
doesn't come with essential libraries and include files needed for development!

It seems outrageous to me to have to spend $700-$900 for a development kit
just to get items that should have been included with the system to begin with..

Now recently I have seen an ad for a UNIX called Consensys? Has anyone heard
of this?  They claim in the ad to sell a COMPLETE unix system for $495!
This includes the OS, X-windows, DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM, networking, etc.  This
seems like an amazing price to me considering the total price is 1/2 of the
price of JUST the development system for SCO unix!

So my question is: Has anybody bought Consensys and could tell me if it is
a good system (i.e. comparable with SCO) and anything else important..

My reason for knowing is obvious...writing programs is essential for any OS I use  
and if I can get a COMPLETE OS for $495, it might be worth switching from SCO
to Consensys.

If anybody could leave any comments on this I would be very thankful...
Thanks, Jason
From: traub@rtf.bt.co.uk (Michael Traub)
Newsgroups: biz.sco.general
Subject: Re: Trouble with 3.2.4 cu on in/out Modem line
Date: 13 Apr 92 08:21:49 GMT
Organization: BT Customer Systems, Brighton, UK

In article <1992Apr09.203532.881@Celestial.COM> bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
>In <1992Apr09.172347.29448@Celestial.COM> bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
>
>>I've had similar problems with device permissions on 3.2v2 when
>>using /etc/getty.  The problem seemed to go away when using
>>/usr/lib/uucp/uugetty, but has reappeared recently so outgoing
>>uucp traffic fails because uucico cannot open the port to dial.
>
>It turns out that the problem was that the /etc/inittab file had
>been changed with the kernel was reconfigured.  I forgot to
>change the /etc/conf/init.d/at8 files from /etc/getty to
>/usr/lib/uucp/uugetty so /etc/inittab had the /etc/getty entries
>again (at8 is for the Chase Research multi-port board, this will
>vary locally).
>

This does not solve the problem with 3.2.4. In that release
/usr/lib/uucp/uugetty is a shell script which just exec's /etc/getty
and the owwnerships get screwed up when that terminates.

Does anyone have an answer for this problem with 3.2.4 (wishing I had
beta tested the bloody thing a little harder now).



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Michael Traub
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