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From: flowers@memstvx1.memst.edu (Harry Flowers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Editing screen capture postscript files
Date: 28 Jul 92 17:23:46 -0600
Organization: Memphis State University

In article <1992Jul28.171101.3957@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com>,
 cupak@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com (John J Cupak Jr CCP) writes:
> 
> I'm trying to include screen capture postscript files in a TeX document, and
> am having problems editing the postscript image before including it in the
> TeX file.
> 
> I don't have problems getting the postscript file into the TeX document, but
> I don't know how to remove the extra stuff around the screen image when I
> use the PrintScreen tool provided by DEC.
> 
> Does anyone have any information on a postscript screen capture editor?

Funny you should ask... I've been capturing parts of the screen and outputting
to postscript files using XV v2.21, then using psfig to include them in LaTeX
documents.  XV even gives you a good bounding box.

My suggestion: Abandon the Print Screen application and get XV.  The "grab"
function allows you to capture any part of a screen you want.  And you can
also output an X11 bitmap that you can read into DECpaint to touch up if
you want, then grab it back into XV.  I've also found the CDA viewer nice
for previewing the dvips output before you print it, since XDVI won't show
the postscript images.  And if you do create an image using DECpaint, XV
does a nice job of auto-cropping it down to the minimum size (eliminates
extra border space).
--
Harry Flowers                           Internet: FLOWERS@MEMSTVX1.MEMST.EDU
Memphis State University                & Bitnet: FLOWERS@MEMSTVX1
From: thad@public.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Ken Olsen Steps down
Date: 26 Jul 92 23:11:16 GMT
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, Mountain View CA

In article <3441@hpwala.wal.hp.com> jeffb@hpwala.wal.hp.com (Jeff Blacksin) writes:
>For those of you who have not heard the news, it was announced on the radio on
>my way to work, that Ken Olsen has announced his retirement as the head of 
>Digital as of October 1.  Replacing Ken will be Robert Palmer. 

No offense intended toward either gentleman, but I would rather see:

	LAURA PALMER

(ref: "Twin Peaks" :-)


Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com (OR) {decwrl, mips, fernwood}!btr!thad ]
From: pniy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Check YOUR 240 for problems!
Date: 27 Jul 92 11:52:52 EDT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Cornell University

Source and executables (remember to use binary on ftp transfers) for
a simple program to check whether your DEC5000/240 has serious problems with
double precision computations is now available for anonymous ftp at
vivace.msd.anl.gov (130.202.76.9) in pub/DECproblem. The executables
were compiled with cc version 2.1 and f77 version 3.2. 

To use it: 

run "testr > output" and "testr > output2" and then do a diff of
output and output2 - if they are identical your machine is ok (at
least it doesn't have the problem ours has). If they are different,
try just running testr2 - it should always give the same output. Then
call your DEC hotline.

I have already had one report of a machine with similar problems which
passed the "testr" test, but they may have used a different compiler.

			Arthur Smith
From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: C++ Compiler for Vax Vms
Date: 24 Jul 92 06:42:23 GMT
Organization: St. Peter's College, US

In article <24844@dog.ee.lbl.gov>, tonse@csa2.lbl.gov writes:
> I would like to get a C++ compiler for Vax Vms. I tried DEC & they do not
> have one. Do you any 3rd party vendor?

  I think they have one coming out soon. I called up DEC and asked for the
VAX COBOL product manager so I could complain about the perfect-bound V5
manuals. The person who took the call, listened patiently, and said that
he'd forward my comments to the VAX Cobol product manager. I said "I thought
_you_ were the VAX Cobol product manager". His response was that he was the
VAX C/C++ product manager (I guess they're adjacent to COBOL in the telephone
directory).

  So, it would seem they're working on it.

	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
From: fredv@abba.acs.uci.edu (Fred Velijanian)
Subject: VAXstation II for sale
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 29 Jul 92 16:01:30 GMT

                    VAXstation II AVAILABLE FOR SALE IMMEDIATELY

The following equipment is available for sale. Submit ANY OFFER to:

                                   Dr. Carl Friehe
                             Mechanical Engineering Dept
                          University of California, Irvine
                                  Irvine, CA 92717
                      TEL: (714) 856-5779   FAX: (714) 856-8585
            For technical information call Fred Velijanian (714) 856-4258
                                          or send email to fredv@uci.edu

* VAXstation II CPU (rackmounted version), order# SV-LV55H-EK
* Under 3rd party maintenance until 6/30/92. (It's turned off now)
* VR260-AA Monitor (19" monochrome), keyboard, mouse
* BA23A-AR Rack Mount Kit (Original BA123 enclosure also available)
* DEQNA Ethernet Controller, 16MB of memory (includes 8MB of Emulex LM08)
* TK50 tape drive and TQK controller - installed in the CPU box
* RD54 disk drive (150MB) - installed in the CPU box plus RQDX2 controller
* RD53 disk drive (70MB) - not currently installed
* Kennedy 9401 9-track tape drive + Emulex controller (rackmount) & cables
        - Emulex part number:  F03K94/Q
* CDC 9772 SMD disk drive (850MB) + Emulex controller (rackmount) & cables
        - Emulex part number  W3372/MV
* DSRVB-AA - DECserver 200 (Eight RS232 ports) - installed in the rack
* DELNI-AA - Installed in the rack plus an H4000
* Talaris 800 Laser Printer
* Printronix P300 Line Printer, various ASCII terminals (VT200 compatible)
* VMS 4.4 and Hardware Manual Sets

- Equipment to be sold as is, with no warranties.

- Buyer to pay shipping charges

- No software licenses are included



Fred Velijanian
University of California, Irvine
fredv@uci.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: ajc@pa.dec.com (AJ Casamento)
Subject: Re: What do I wish for?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
	<2A76EFDC.15743@noiro.acs.uci.edu>
Distribution: na
Date: 29 Jul 92 17:53:16


Jody,

  About the only suggestion I could add to Alan and Fred's notes would be to
get yourself a copy of the TRI/ADD Shippable Products catalog (which you can
find at	gatekeeper:pub/DEC/TriAdd/TAcatalog.ps     address 16.1.0.2) and take
a walk through the candy store. There are a lot of TURBOchannel options to
choose from, depending upon what sort of things you want to do. Enjoy!

				Thanx,
				  AJ


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      * Digital's TRI/ADD Program	 not the opinions are mine; but    *
      * 529 Bryant Ave. PAG-2		 rather, which of my personalities *
      * Palo Alto, CA 94301-1616	 do they belong to?"		   *
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: cupak@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com (John J Cupak Jr CCP)
Subject: Editing screen capture postscript files
Keywords: postscript, screen
Reply-To: cupak@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com (John J Cupak Jr CCP)
Organization: Lockheed Sanders, Inc.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 17:11:01 GMT


I'm trying to include screen capture postscript files in a TeX document, and
am having problems editing the postscript image before including it in the
TeX file.

I don't have problems getting the postscript file into the TeX document, but
I don't know how to remove the extra stuff around the screen image when I
use the PrintScreen tool provided by DEC.

Does anyone have any information on a postscript screen capture editor?

I'm running under VMS 5.5.

Thanks.

--
John J. Cupak, Jr., CCP       Lockheed DECNet: MERVAX::CUPAK
Lockheed Sanders, Inc.        Internet       : cupak@rapnet.sanders.LOCKHEED.COM
144 DW Highway / MER24-1K23   CompuServe     : 72411,3176 
Nashua, NH 03061-0868         Telephone      : (603) 885-5816     FAX: 885-6081
From: pete@ohm.york.ac.uk (-Pete French.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,uk.misc
Subject: DEC junk wanted (within UK)
Date: 23 Jul 92 17:04:54 GMT
Distribution: uk
Organization: Electronics Department, University of York, UK

Is anybody out there chucking out any old DEC equipment ? Having just
missed out on some old unibus cards due to not searching a skip
thouroughly enough I'd be grateful if anyone else who has stuff they are
just chucking out could let me know. Unibus ethernet adapters
partciularly wanted... ! Ill collect from almost anywhere in the UK.

-bat.

-- 
-Pete French. (the -bat. )     -+
Adaptive Systems Engineering    |
                                +-       memento mori, remember to die
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: bhandarkar@wrksys.enet.dec.com (Dileep Bhandarkar)
Subject: Re: VAX question
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: 27 JUL 92 09:40:37    


In article <1992Jul26.015003.1@matrix.cs.wright.edu>, dwagoner@matrix.cs.wright.edu writes...
> 
> 
>Can anyone explain the difference between P0 and P1 space on a VAX?
>Text and initialized data segments (on BSD 4.3, at least) wind up 
>in P0 space; unitialized data (i.e. stack) is  placed in P1 space.
>The two regions are accessed using different base registers; P1 is
>a bit tricky to work with in comparison to P0.
> 
>Explanations to this ignorant layman are appreciated...
> 
The P0 space begins at virtual address 0 and grows in the direction of larger
addresses. P1 starts at virtual address 2**31-1 and grows in the direction of
smaller addresses. Since the P1 region grows towards smaller addresses, the
base and length registers describe the part of P1 space that is not accessible.

Dileep
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: aavso@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Tom Quesinberry)
Subject: DEC Rainbow 100
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: Help!!!
Organization: Lewis Research Center/NASA
Date: 29 Jul 1992 15:34 EST  


I just bought a DEC Rainbow 100 second hand from one of the folks I
work with. I am a rookie at PC's and need help.

Could someone point me towards a Telnet or FTP site where I can find
software and some coaching for this critter? 

Thanks in advance!

				Tom Q.

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From: young@eg.ecn.purdue.edu (Mike Young)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: RSX-11M: ACP's: help...
Keywords: RSX PDP-11 ACP kernel-hacking
Date: 28 Jul 92 19:22:02 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network


	I'm Looking for documentation, examples, guidelines, etc. for writing
and implementing ancillary control processors (ACP's) under RSX-11M-PLUS.
The DEC documentation set appears to be suspiciously silent on the subject.
They help you write device drivers, but don't say squat about ACPs.
	Any pointers to articles, other manuals, anonymous FTP sites :-),
etc. would be gratefully appreciated.


    |  Mike Young KA9HZE                |       young@ecn.purdue.edu    |
    |  Purdue University EE Dept.       |       ...!pur-ee!young        |
    |  W. Lafayette, IN  47907          |                               |
    _____________________________________________________________________
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    |  Mike Young KA9HZE                |       young@ecn.purdue.edu    |
    |  Purdue University EE Dept.       |       ...!pur-ee!young        |
    |  W. Lafayette, IN  47907          |                               |
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Xref: sparky comp.sys.dec:4171 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:10797
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis
Date:         Thu, 23 Jul 92 14:01:37 CST
From:         JMARTIN@WUVMD
To:           NETNEWS@WUVMD
Subject:         imulator
Newsgroups:   comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I need an DEC VT300 series immulator for a ibm 7171?


Can somebody either send me on or info on how to get on/build one?????


Help

Joe Martin
Washington University - St.Louis
Systems Programmer
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: goldberg@turing.toronto.edu (Jody Goldberg)
Subject: What do I wish for?
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Distribution: na
Date: 29 Jul 92 14:38:52 GMT

I have been given a blank cheque and told to get
the biggest bestest Dec 5000 around with all the trimmings.

What hardware and software do I want?

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jody Goldberg
goldberg@turing.toronto.edu		|	 "I Row ... What else Matters ?"

Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: ajc@pa.dec.com (AJ Casamento)
Subject: Re: VAX 4000/100 info sought
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: 23 Jul 92 18:05:08




In article <1992Jul24.001454.6984@engage.pko.dec.com> sharpe@adodem.enet.dec.
com writes:

>> In article <1992Jul23.204648.17740@newssun.med.miami.edu>, pikarsky@maniac.
>> med.miami.edu (Nick Pikarsky) writes...
>> >We are considering the purchase of either a MicroVax 3100/90 or
>> >a VAX 4000/100. They are both rated at 24VUP and have a max memory of
>> >128 MB, the major difference that I can see is the addition of one 
>> >DSSI to the VAX 4000/100. The problem we have with the 3100/90 is that
>> >I cannot hang enough disk on it for our needs, along with the tape and 
>> >cd-rom we also need.
>> > 
>> >The 4000/100 claims to be able to address 28Gb
>> >of disk storage, with the rf73's (2Gb drive) that would only give you
>> >14Gb. It has a SCSI for internal tape and cd-rom, so my question is 
>> >how do we get the extra disk on the unit??   Is the SCSI available
>> >outside the box? Do I need to get the optional q-bus? One article I
>> >read indicated that the max disk was based on having a KFQSA in
>> >addition, what does all this mean???
>> > 
>> >Thanks in advance to anyone who might have an answer to these few
>> >questions as so far I have not been able to get an answer from my
>> >local sales force..
>> > 
>> >	nick pikarsky
>> >	pikarsky@maniac.med.miami.edu
>> > 
>> > 
>> This is just a guess, but add the TC addapter and a TC SCSI controller, and 
>> then you get another 7 SCSI IDs and some more storage ...

>> Don't know what version of VMS you need though, but perhaps AJ can say.

>> Regards
>> Richard Sharpe
>> These opinions be mine, Digital has its own!

Folks,

  Actually, the post is about the VAX4000/100, which I am not very familiar
with. I have already forwarded it off to a friend of mine who may be able to
provide a complete answer.

  The systems to which Richard alludes are the current VS4000/60 and the 
"coming soon to a theater near you" VS4000/90. These systems, in concert with
a TURBOchannel Adapter module and the new VMS v5.6 (Amber) will give you a
single TURBOchannel slot in the VS4000/xx systems. One of the adapters that
will be supported with the initial release will be the PMAZ-AB, which is our
SCSI Host Adapter. This would allow you another seven devices added to the
system.

  I'll post any info I can find on the VAX4000/100 when I get it. I hope that
this clears things up (obviously my KA630 error/virus has infected Richard,
he almost *never* slips).

				Thanx,
				  AJ


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      * AJ Casamento			"The question is not whether or    *
      * Digital's TRI/ADD Program	 not the opinions are mine; but    *
      * 529 Bryant Ave. PAG-2		 rather, which of my personalities *
      * Palo Alto, CA 94301-1616	 do they belong to?"		   *
      * 415.617.3460							   *
      * ajc@decwrl.dec.com						   *
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: hmn@unity.ncsu.edu (Harry Nicholos)
Subject: VS2000 Console Commands
Organization: North Carolina State University Project Unity
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:34:07 GMT


-- 
I've just 'inherited' a VAXstation 2000 that I'd like to cluster with my 3100.  The problem is that I did not get the hardware manual for it and the standard VS3100 console commands (SHOW DEVICE) don't work.

Would someone be so kind as to send me the command that does a SHOW DEVICE and some of the other pertinant TESTs so that I can get this thing running VMS?

Thanks in advance,
Harry
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From: wolf@sol.cs.uni-sb.de (Wolfgang Huwig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: looking for european ftp archive site with gatekeeper stuff
Date: 25 Jul 92 14:41:02 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Universitaet des Saarlandes, Germany

Hello all,

as the subject says: does some ftp site in Europe collect things from
gatekeeper.dec.com, esp. software packages?
As many packages are quite big I would like to reduce net traffic by
downloading them from some nearer ftp site.

Thanks in advance,
Wolfgang
--

+-------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------+
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| wolf@cs.uni-sb.de | Universitaet des Saarlandes | goes here ...      |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,misc.wanted,ne.wanted,ny.wanted,nj.wanted
From: sspatter@netcom.com (Samuel Scott Patterson)
Subject: M7856 (Grumble grumble)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 19:22:49 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

'lo all.

     I have a M7856 console card/real-time clock card that any time I
put it anywhere in my system, it causes a BUS-GRANT error.  It's
a real pain cause I don't have anything in my system but processor,
memory, the front-of-the-computer console interface, and that
card.  Yet when I try to put that card anywhere in my computer, it
makes the RUN lamp come on and stay on.  Is the card fried or do I
just have a bank of switches set wrong?  (No manuals of course)
I'm trying to sett it up for 9600,none,8,1 I don't really care about
the clock, it can be on or off.  I need to get it running though. 
Octal is fun but I wanna get the serial port running so I can use
my lame-o IBM as a disk drive for it.

						-Scott

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: steves@socrates.umd.edu (Steven Sonnenberg)
Subject: reading E-net address on DecStation 3100
Summary: How to get ethernet address from DecStation 3100
Organization: University of Maryland University College
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 23:56:53 GMT

Could anyone provide a code snipet that reads the ethernet
address (hardware) on a Decstation 3100?

Thanks.

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From: tonse@csa2.lbl.gov
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: C++ Compiler for Vax Vms
Date: 24 Jul 92 03:38:13 GMT
Organization: LBL - Berkeley, CA, USA
Reply-To: tonse@csa2.lbl.gov
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.254.197
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   

I would like to get a C++ compiler for Vax Vms. I tried DEC & they do not
have one. Do you any 3rd party vendor?
					S.Tonse
From: havemann_l@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Info on third party suppliers
Date: 28 Jul 92 20:53:27 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Lee Havemann, HSH Associates

In article <1992Jul27.160550.471@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, ecldco@ultb.isc.rit.edu (E.C. Loyd) writes:
> Well, I was informed that the name of the trade rag that I am looking
> for is called Computer Hotline, and runs about $100.00 a year.  If you
> know where I can find it, please drop me a line.
> 
> -Eric
Computer Hotline Subscriptions:  1-800-866-3241.

They do have a fairly good selection of DEC ads, not as much as they used too 
though.  (Hmmm, yet more evidence of DEC's decline?)

-- 

 Lee Havemann, Sys_op    HSH Associates          (201) 838-3330 
 Havemann_l@spcvxa.spc.edu      -      Havemann_l@spcvxa.bitnet
 "Any opinions expressed are not necessarily those of anyone else, 
  including myself."
From: ivie@cc.usu.edu (CP/M lives!)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: VAXstation questions...
Date: 29 Jul 92 10:15:44 MDT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Utah State University

In article <1992Jul23.031251@aminet.uucp>, barrett@aminet.uucp (Keith Barrett) writes:
> In article <1992Jul21.185430.12950@nic.unh.edu>, tch@kepler.unh.edu (Travis C Hayes) writes:
>>I pulled an old VAXstation I case out of the dumpster yesterday and I
>>wondered if anyone knows anything about these machines. I got 4 boards
>>with it (don't know if they work): 2 4M memory boards (150ns yuck!),
>>and a set of 2 boards linked with a 50 pin flat ribbon cable (I'd love
>>to know what this is, there's a prominent flat chip on it that just says
>>SEEQ).
> 
> The information in the artwork etching that appears along the edge of the PC
> boards is more helpful than the chip stamps.
> 
> My guess, since you named the memory boards already, is that the other 2
> boards are the CPU and disk controller (KDA-50)
> 
> The memory boards MUST be located in the 1st 2 slots of the system
> (and if I remember, they also needed a ribbon cable)

I think the VAXstation I is based on the MicroVAX I which is a pure Q-bus
multi-board processor; that is, the processor boards would be the ones
connected by the ribbon cable and the memory would be standard Q-bus memory.
If that's the case, 2 4MB boards is incorrect; the most that you can put on
the Qbus is 4MB, so you couldn't have 2 boards each containing 4 MB in there.

I suspect that he's got the CPU, the memory, and the cabinet and nothing else.
The disk controller etc. were probably pulled to put in other machines.

I think the MicroVAX I is supposed to have about the performance of an 11/730.
And you can't put more than 4 MB of memory in it, so you can't put in enough
memory to run a recent version of VMS. This is fine, though, since the recent
versions of VMS probably don't support it.

If you can find a disk controller and an old enough version of VMS lying
around, it'd make a nice home machine.

Roger Ivie
ivie@cc.usu.edu