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From: The Dodger
Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
Subject: Upgrade 4.0.2 to 5.02, any problems?
Date: 18 Dec 1992 14:03:22 GMT
Organization: FAA Technical Center, Pomona, NJ	
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: offserv2.faa.gov
Keywords: vxworks,vxWorks
Originator: dajr@offserv2

We are about to upgrade from version 4.0.2 to 5.02. We have 1 chassis with the following:

(1) Heurikon HK68F/V30XE master
(1) 4MB mem board
(3) 16MB mem boards
(6) Heurikon HK68F/V3E Slaves
(2) Ironics IV bus extenders
(1) CMC Ethernet controller
(1) SCSI host adapter.

 connected to second VME chassis with the following:

(1) Heurikon HK68F/V30XE master
(1) 4MB mem board
(3) Heurikon HK68F/V3E Slaves
(2) Ironics IV bus extenders
(1) SCSI host adapter.
(2) VMI/VME-2538 128 TTL I/O
(2) TTL-to-RS-232 level converters

Anybody have hints, suggestions, etc. on things to watch out for, ways for it to go better and so on? Follow-up posts or email are both fine.

TIA,

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Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
From: vu@src.honeywell.com (Chi Vu)
Subject: Please add me to the vxworks mailing list
Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:11:41 GMT

The subject says it all!

Chi Vu
-- 
Chi Vu
vu@src.honeywell.com
From: Scott Harper <sharper@ecst.csuchico.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
Subject: SCSI Tape Driver for FRC30 ?
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 9:25:43 PST
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.112.16
Originator: daemon@vxw.ee.lbl.gov


Hi,

I have just subscribed to the exploder and I am looking
for sotware related to SCSI tape drives.  We are currently unable
to have multiple task running while using the wind river supplied driver.
We would like to get our hands on some public domain software but
any information would help.

Our target is the Force CPU30 and we are running version 5.0.2b.

Particularly, the driver needs to work with a Kennedy, Exabyte, 
etc.   

Any help would be appriciated.   Thanks.

Russ Shahenian

Please send replies to this address.
From: fjr@ssd.ray.com (Roeber)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
Subject: re:   Vxworks - Disable/Enable Interrupts
Date: 18 Dec 92 16:07:48 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.112.16
Originator: daemon@vxw.ee.lbl.gov

Mike Sidler writes:
>  Does anyone know if Vxworks disable/enables interrupts in the kernal and if
>  so for how long? This question is just for the MVME-1XX family.

The answer is yes, VxWorks does disable interrupts in the kernel to protect
some critical sections.  They use a special "kernel state" mechanism though
to protect most kernel operations.  Since interrupts aren't normally locked
in kernel state, latency is improved over a kernel design that just used
interrupt locking for critical sections.  Answering the maximum latency
question for a particular target will be a tough question though.  Not only
does the kernel use interrupt locking in many places, but almost most drivers
do too.  In fact, you will probably find that many applications use intLock
and intUnlock for synchronization.  It only takes one mistake to hurt
latency.  I have been through a lot of the kernel code and it all looks
pretty good relative to minimizing interrupt lockout times.  I haven't been
through the 1XX port though so don't know about it.  I'll let WRS hazard a
guess at the worst case in their code though. Fred

    _______________________________________________________
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   |  Portsmouth, RI  02871-1087  (401) 847-8000 (X4205)   |
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From: tlusco@inquisitor.gsfc.nasa.gov (C. Tom Lusco)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
Subject: NIS and NFS
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 14:36:10 EST
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.112.16
Originator: daemon@vxw.ee.lbl.gov


Our site recently implemented the NIS on the machine serving all
our vxWorks cpus for boot files.  Now that NIS works, our vxWorks
CPUs can no longer access by NFS.  The cpus are all in the hosts maps,
but do not have a domain name.  Could this be the problem? 

Is it something else?  Has anyone else had problems with NIS, NFS and vxWorks?

Tom Lusco
NASA/GSFC

tlusco@inquisitor.gsfc.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
From: jcreem@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com (Jeffrey M. Creem x5700)
Subject: Re: exabyte 8500's
Keywords: 8500, exabyte, mv167
Organization: Sanders Associates
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 21:27:46 GMT

Phil Perillat Replies (to me) ...

>#define MS_NO_SCSI_DSC ((NO_SCSI_DSC & 1) << 5)
>#define MS_MOTION_THRESH MOTION_THRESH
>#define MS_RECON_THRESH RECON_THRESH
>#define MS_DENSITY  0x15
Thanks.  We were able to get a write to work with this. However, I'm
interested in the density value of 0x15.  The exabyte manual that we
have (for the 8500) does not list this as a valid density.  (But it 
it works :))

Does your manual have a revision number or date on it. We were told we
had the most up to date manual and continue to have problems with
the read occasionally hanging. Obviously this is not desirable.

Jeff Creem
jcreem@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
From: markm@ee.ubc.ca (mark milligan)
Subject: Re: Backplane Net to SPARC/UNIX
Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:54:26 GMT

In article <9212101747.AA06004@sparky.noname>, mitchell@aaec1.aaec.com writes:
> We're looking into booting MV147's (vxWorks 5.0) over the backplane from a
> Sparc workstation.  The Sparc is running SUN OS and would be econnected to
> the VME via a BIT-3 model 467, or a similar s-bus to VME set from
> Performace Technologies.  Is there a SUN-OS driver available for the
> bp-net?  If so, any caveats or problems?
> 
> What about a driver for Force (or other) 6U Sparc board with SUN-OS?
>   Andrew Mitchell                |  Internet: mitchell@aaec.com
>   Atlantic Aerospace             |  tel: (617) 890-4200 
>   470 Totten Pond Road           |  fax: (617) 890-0224
>   Waltham MA 02154 USA           |  
>   Opinions expressed here are my own, and often differ from those of AAEC
>  
>                                 
> 
I wanted to do the same thing and enquired at WRS about it.

They do have a driver available but they want $2500 US for it.

Since I am currently buying thin to thick eithernet transceivers for
less than $400 I think i will stick with them.  WRS has priced themselves
out of the market. I dont know if anybody is buying the driver but it seem 
they won't sell many unless the price is more compareable.
From: singer@ll.mit.edu (Matthew R. Singer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
Subject: FAST SCSI
Date: 16 Dec 92 16:44:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: ll.1992Dec16.164438.1558
Reply-To: singer@ll.mit.edu (Matthew R. Singer)
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory


--

I know this has been covered recently but I cant find it...

Can someone point me to a good high performance SCSI (SCSI-2) board with
vxWorks drivers? 

Thanks



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Matthew R. Singer                                    MIT Lincoln Laboratory
(617) 981-3771                                       244 Wood Street
singer@ll.mit.edu                                    Lexington, MA 02173
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From: "Annamaria.Pieri" Product Support <anna@gmsws.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
Subject: Attaching a second ethernet card using S-bus
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 12:00:07 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.112.16
Originator: daemon@vxw.ee.lbl.gov


Hi !

This is my first attempt at using the exploder.

I have vxworks -> SPARC1e. I am tring to attach a second ethernet card
via s-bus. But our network connection keeps failing.

Has anyone done this before ? Can they provide a list of commands
on how to do this ? In case I`m missing something.

Thanks very much


Annamaria

 Annamaria Pieri,	tel : +44 81 732 0055
 Products Group   	fax : +44 81 732 0362
 GEC-Marconi Software Systems
 Annamaria.Pieri@gmsws.co.uk
From: fvaughn@stpaul.ncr.com (Frank Vaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
Subject: VxWorks users group mailing list (add)
Date: 11 Dec 92 22:17:48 GMT
Organization: NCR Network Products Division

Plz add me to the mailing list

Thanks
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(612)6382756

NCR Network Products Division
From: boer@fwi.uva.nl (George den Boer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
Subject: Solaris
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 10:58:34 +0100 (MET)
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.112.16
Originator: daemon@vxw.ee.lbl.gov


Hi,

At this moment we are using VxWorks and SunOs 4.1.1. Additionally we use the
Gcc 2.2.2 (not the one supplied with VxWorks). 
In the future we are going to switch to Solaris 2.1. 
We do not expect much problems with the compiler (is this correct).

We like to know if we still can use VxWorks under Solaris. 

George


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University of Amsterdam,  Computer Science Department
Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ AMSTERDAM
Phone: +31 20 525 7533 Fax  : +31 20 525 7490
From: imatron!raven1!jel@uunet.uu.net (Jim Luecke)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
Subject: Problem with logLib
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 16:34:43 PST
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.112.16
Originator: daemon@vxw.ee.lbl.gov

Jim Luecke
Imatron

I am using the logLib feature and am having problems with files on the host
that I have added via logFdAdd - I am also using NFS.

I have two 68030 systems in a VME chassis and create seperate log files for
each system.  The two systems communicate via the backplane driver.
The system connected to the Sun via an ethernet interface sometimes gets
messages sent from logMsg sent to it, if the first message gets to this file
all of them do.  But with the system that is on the backplane, the file gets
create, the logFdAdd executes without error, but never does a message get
written to it via logMsg.

Has anybody encountered a problem with logLib?
ANy ideas on how to attach this problem?

Jim Luecke Imatran  
Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
From: sidler@smurf.ssc.gov (Mike Sidler)
Subject: Vxworks - Disable/Enable Interrupts
Keywords: Interrupts, MVME-1XX
Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:45:44 GMT

Does anyone know if Vxworks disable/enables interrupts in the kernal and if
so for how long? This question is just for the MVME-1XX family.

Thanks in advance
MS


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Superconducting Super Collider 
2550 Beckleymeade Ave. MS 4004
Dallas, TX  75237-3946       

sidler@zek.ssc.gov
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Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
From: per@erix.ericsson.se (Per Hedeland)
Subject: Re: Delete hooks and task variables
Nntp-Posting-User: per
Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 13:24:26 GMT

In article <geoff.724701629@wrs.com> geoff@wrs.com (Geoff Espin) writes:
>SPR #1270 -- fixed in 5.1.  You _will_ be able to use taskVarGet() without
>the task already being already deleted/invalidated.

Thanks, that's exactly the answer I was looking for (since I have a
workaround for the current version:-) - by the way, is there a list of
such "known bugs/fixes" available somewhere? - Seems it would save time
both for those that run into them and those that currently provide such
info on "individual demand".

In case anyone's interested (two people reported having a patch for
taskVarGet from WRS, but were unsure whether they could send them on to
others), below is the code I will be using in my delete hook for the
time being - should work (although of course not optimally) both pre-
and post-5.1 (the task variable is called 'task_data', and is (if used)
a pointer to a 'struct task_data' - adjust to suit your needs...).

There's one other thing that is perhaps "dubious" here when taskVarGet
is used: Assuming that the task ID is actually an int-casted pointer to
the TCB, and vice versa - but perhaps this should be regarded as
"universal truth" (what I have found in the documentation is that the ID
is "a pointer to the task's data structures", or somesuch - not very
strict, but...).

--Per Hedeland


static VOID my_hook(tcbp)
WIND_TCB *tcbp;
{
    int var;
    struct task_data *tdp;
    struct taskVar *tvp;

    if ((var = taskVarGet((int)tcbp, (int *)&task_data)) == ERROR) {
	/* XXX - taskVarGet is broken pre VxWorks 5.1,
	   but we can find the value ourselves...     */
	tvp = tcbp->pTaskVar;
	while (tvp != NULL) {
	    if (tvp->address == (int *)&task_data) {
		var = tvp->value;
		break;
	    }
	    tvp = tvp->next;
	}
	/* XXX end */
    }
    if (var != ERROR && var != 0) {
	tdp = (struct task_data *)var;
	...
From: tlusco@inquisitor.gsfc.nasa.gov (C. Tom Lusco)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
Subject: netgroups
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 11:51:38 EST
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.112.16
Originator: daemon@vxw.ee.lbl.gov


Thanks to all those who responded about my NIS/NFS problems.  The system seems
to work OK now, except for one annoying thing.  I have the vxWorks cpus defined
as a netgroup, so I can export directories once without having to list them
over and over again.  Unfortunately, when vxWorks boots, usrConfig calls
nfsMountAll, which calls nfsExportShow (or something like it) to find out was the
server is exporting to the vxWorks host.  The server responds with the netgroup 
names, not host names, and since the netgroup names don't mean anything to vxWorks
, it assumes they are other nodes and does not try to mount the filesystems. 

I can always mount the netgroup-exported filesystems manually using nfsMount,
but this means the boot files have to include information regarding which 
filesystems to mount.  Is there a way to make the server respond to nfsExportShow
with node names instead of netgroups, or to tell vxWorks about netgroups?  If
not...Wind River, are you listening?  (Version 5.1.1?)

Tom Lusco
NASA/GSFC
tlusco@inquisitor.gsfc.nasa.gov
From: rturner@imagen.com (Randy Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
Subject: Please add me to the VXWorks mailing list
Date: 17 Dec 92 00:32:23 GMT
Organization: imagen

I would like to be added to the VXWorks mail distribution list...


			Thanks in advance..
						Randy
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: HD controller for Z80 ???
From: ewen@naos.actrix.gen.nz (Ewen McNeill)
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 11:49:50   Y
Organization: Naos - Inside the Z80

jm59@prism.gatech.EDU (MILLS,JOHN M.) writes:

> In article <1992Dec10.115013.18326@cc.tut.fi> kent@cc.tut.fi (Kentt{l{ Marko)
>  >I could really use hard disk controller for my trusty old Z80 machine. Are
>  >any of these beasts that connect directly to Z80 or its bus still available
>  >Used is fine too ...
> Many years ago, BYTE published a two-article series showing how to build a
> simple SCSI host adapter for S-100.  The second article gave an outline of
> driver software.  The host adapter was little more than a parallel port and
> addressing logic, since the disk drive's control was quite autonomous.

Much more recently (Jan/Feb 1991) TCJ (The Computer Journal) published 
an article on how to build a very simple SCSI port.  It was just a 8255, 
and some decoding logic.  The handshaking was mostly done in software, 
except for the ACK signal which was generated by a flip-flop.  I've had 
a quick hack board made from this circuit running on my Z80 machine for 
the past 15 months without any problems.  Transfer speed is limited to 
whatever you can persuade your machine to do in software - about 45K/s 
for my 4 Mhz 1WS Amstrad.  I've been talking about adding DMA support to 
it for a while.  I might have a go at it over the Christmas break.

> How about a modern redux with IDE? Those drives are pretty good value now,
> and the interface is probably dirt-simple.  (I'm just a simple M.E., so I

This was done even more recently in TCJ (Jun/Jul 1992 I think).  It 
mostly just turned a single 8 bit port into a 16 bit port by 
multiplexing.  It apparently works quite well.  It was connected to a 
board based on a 16Mhz Z280, and I think it used the built in DMA, so 
transfer speed would have been good.  There was some software (basic) 
with it too.

> John M. Mills, SRE; Georgia Tech/GTRI/TSDL, Atlanta, GA 30332

--
Ewen McNeill, ewen@naos.actrix.gen.nz (or ewen@actrix.gen.nz)
From: mwebb@turtle.fisher.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: For Sale: Running CP/M 2.2 S-100 System
Date: 11 Dec 92 16:16:42 CDT
Organization: Fisher Controls International, Austin, TX

It's time for me to make space for a new generation of computers, 
so I have to part with my old reliable, easy to understand, 8-bit computer.
I'm asking $300 for all of it, including the CP/M texts and the BYTE,
MicroSystems Journal, and S-100 magazines.
I'd like to sell it all as a unit, but will consider parting it out after a few
weeks if no reasonable offers are received.
It is currently plugged in and running with no known problems.

HARDWARE
California Computer Systems 2810 Z-80 CPU - 4/8 Mhz
California Computer Systems 2422 Floppy Disk Controller
     IBM 3740 & system 34 standard compatible
     Shugart or PerSci drive bus     
     CP/M 128, 256, 512, or 1024 bytes/sector
     4 drives, any combination, single/double sided/density 8" / 5 1/4"
     2k bootstrap
California Computer Systems 2719 2-parallel, 2-serial I/O
     serial - Z-80 DART, RS-232c to 115.2k baud
     parallel - 6821 PIA, Centronics, 3 interrupt modes
          unidirectional 8-bit with handshake or 16 bit w/o handshake
California Computer Systems 2066 64k dynamic memory
     bankable, 4 - 16k blocks, 4116 200ns memory
2 - Qume DataTrak 8 - 8" disk drive, DS/DD (1 meg)
1 - Tandon 100-2 - 5 1/4 " disk drive, DS/DD
Integrand 1100 S-100 cabinet, 10 slot card cage & power supply
Freedom 100 terminal - 110 - 19.2k baud
     emulation - Hazeltine 1420, Televideo 910, Adds Regent 25, 
          ADM 3A/5, Freedom 100
All hardware manuals

SOFTWARE
Operating System - CP/M 2.2, with extensions from CCS for disk formats
Word Processing, Database, Spreadsheet
     Wordstar 3.3 / Mailmerge / Spellstar / Reportstar / Indexstar
     Calcstar, SuperCalc, DBASE II
Data Translation / Transfer
     Compat Multimedia Disk Transfer, MEX modem softare, Crosstalk
Software Development
     BD "C", Turbo Pascal, Digital Research Pascal MT+, 
     Microsoft Macro-80, Link-80, Lib-80, MAC, ASMB
     SYSLIB M80, L80, Debug, MBASIC, CBASIC II, Forth-83
miscellaneous games, utilities, and etc. on approx. total 75 8"
floppies, Several boxes of software manuals, books, and magazines

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Marc Webb   ---   Fisher*Rosemount Systems Div.   ---   Austin, TX
         mwebb@turtle.fisher.com   ---   (512) 834-7049
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From: adp@nemesis.orchard-park.ny.us (Alan Percy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: More on the Ztime-I Calendar/Clock
Date: 14 Dec 92 03:32:17 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Nothing Special


I guess I woke some of you old die-hard Z80 folk up with my posting
on my left-over Ztime-I calendar/clocks.  If I don't reply individually,
it's because I was swamped with requests on information.  (for you folks
that sounded desparate, you should have gotten a call or Email)

Anyway, here's the scoop:

I have 15 bare circuit boards left for the Ztime-I.  The features
of the Ztime-I are:

- Under Z80 CPU installation
- Adds 32 I/O ports that provide the date/time in BCD
- Maintains time from "coin" battery.
- Simple to build from good/detailed instructions.
- Complete driver software to set/get time from chip in C, Pascal, and Basic.
- All parts can be ordered from DigiKey.

If you send me a check for $15 a board, I'll send you a bare circuit card,
a copy of the manual, and a 5 1/4" disk with the driver software.  If all
you need is a bare board, then the price is $10/board.  This includes shipping
to North America.

I hope this answers all your questions.  I also beg for forgiveness from
any of you that hate commercial "Exploitation" of Usenet.

Alan Percy
61 Hawthore Dr.
Orchard Park, NY 14127


-- 
A nanosecond here, a nanosecond there, next think you know...
	 you have Real-Time!!!
Alan Percy.................adp@nemesis.orchard-park.ny.us		
                rutgers!ub!nemesis.orchard-park.ny.us!adp
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Sunday, 13 Dec 1992 10:31:51 MST
From: <CXKPV@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: VT100 comm package wanted

While were in the subject, does anyone know of a vt100 communications program t
hat supports keyboard mapping?
From: sage@LL.MIT.EDU (Jay Sage)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: Kaypro II Video Problem
Date: 15 Dec 92 17:34:09 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Several attempts to reply directly to "reynaert@arizona.edu" have failed with
a "user unknown" message from the host, so I will post my response here.

>> I have benn having problems with my communications when I use an external
>> modem at 2400 BPS, Some characters are lost while the comunication is
>> going on. This only happens when there is output to my adm3a screen.
>> Curiously, this doesn't happen at 1200 BPS or less. Also I have down
>> loaded files at 2400 BPS and no data has been lost...

   This is a very well known problem with Kaypro computers.  It is the
result of a poor design of the video display.  When a new line must be
created at the bottom of the screen and the existing lines have to be
scrolled up, the system takes so long that incoming characters are lost.  I
don't use a Kaypro myself, but many friends do.  There is a file that
implements a correction to this (I can't remember exactly what it does or
how it does it).  A common work around is to clear the screen every time it
fills up and to start again from the top.  If you don't get more specific
advice from others who reply to you, get back to me and I will try to dig up
that file for you.  It is posted on my BBS system, which is sponsored by the
former Kaypro User Group of the Boston Computer Society (now broadened to
include all CP/M and MS-DOS computers).  In case you are a BBSer, its phone
number is 617-965-7046.  This reaches first a v.32bis modem and, if that one
is busy, a USR Courier HST on line 2 (alternatively reachable directly at
617-965-7785).

-- Jay Sage

Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm