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Subject: HELP:  How to rescue files on bad 1/4 inch tape??
From: edwin@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Edwin Ng)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 05:48:40 GMT
Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand.

I got a 600ft 1/4inch tape that is giving me media errors
half way through the tape.  The tape drive is rst0 on
a Sun Sparc 1.

I've tried using the non-rewinding device driver /dev/nrst0
and mt to space pass the error to rescue the rest of the
data after the error but the tape drive refuses to go
pass it and rewinds automatically on the I/O error.

Since the files are only stored sequentially the rest of
them must be alright.  But how do I get them back?  Any
help from you guys would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

Edwin

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,ch.sun-managers
From: maffeis@ifi.unizh.ch (Silvano Maffeis)
Subject: SUN Sparc1 VME bus
Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 09:55:25 GMT

Hi all!

How fast is the VME bus in a SUN sparc 1?
Suppose I have two special purpose cards in separate slots, one for
external data acquisition and another for data processing. How fast can
I transfer data from one card to the other over the VME bus?

regards,
Martin
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From: geoff@tyger.Eng.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Tadpole Sparcbook
Date: 7 Nov 1992 20:24:18 GMT
Organization: SunSelect
NNTP-Posting-Host: tyger.east.sun.com

As for the modem, it would be great if Telebit or some other vendor could
come up with a compact V.32bis with the SPARCbook serial connector.

Geoff

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn)
Subject: Re: Cleaning fluids for monitors
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 16:29:34 GMT

For cleaning the glass area of a monitor a dampened cloth is usually enough.
If sticky spots or finger smudges are a problem try a light squirt of window
cleaner on the cloth.

Read this ----->  DON'T APPLY LIQUIDS DIRECTLY TO THE SCREEN

Always dampen the cloth and then use the cloth on the screen. It is possible
to have liquids flow down the screen in to the box where all the electricity
waits to zap fools...

Cleaning the casing should be done with damp cloth and non-abrasive cleaner...
From: neubert@cuphub.cup.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: Has Sun set its hopes too high?new
Date: 5 Nov 92 22:40:45 GMT
Organization: California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA

In article <1992Oct30.161740.12843@cgrg.ohio-state.edu>, phil@stupid.cgrg.ohio-state.EDU (Phil Ritzenthaler) writes:
> In article <lf0flcINNnqa@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, marc@porsche944.Eng.Sun.COM (Marc) writes:
> |> DISCLAIMER: The following opinions are my own and not that of Sun Microsystems.
> |> 
> |> >We had some new Suns delivered with UK Type 5 keyboards.
> |> >We got them changed for Unix Type 5s,
> |> >but this was the first time we'd ever
> |> >been delivered any "Countryfied" keyboards.
> |> >Why the change?
> |> 
> |>  As I had said before in an earlier message, because our customers 
> |> asked for them.  Like any large company, we have marketing serveys and 
> |> it seems obvious from the changes that people desire IBM PC/AT 
> |> type layouts more than UNIX. Surprised? I'am not. Sun sells to alot 
> |> of different markets, UNIX hacks only make up a small precentage. I 
> |> suggest you blame the PC and it's influance for this problem.
> |> 
> |> >Is this happening elsewhere in the world?
> |> 
> |> Yep.
> |> 
> |> >	"Ban UK keyboards - they damage your hands"
> |> 
> |>  Thats your choice. Why not let others deside for themselves by trying it first.
> 
> I think the problem is that Sun never told anyone about this "small" change
> they decided on!  Sun *never* informed me that there was a choice when we ordered
> an upgrade from an SS2 . . . just like then never told me (and apparently many
> others) that AUI is no longer the network standard, but 10baseT!!!  
> 
> I'm STILL trying to get this order straight before it's shipped out to us! 
> (ordered in August for a November ship date!)
> 
> Just where the hell they got THAT idea I don't know . . . probably their 
> 'marketing surveys' again! . . . Who the HELL did they talk to???  It sure 
> wasn't users of Unix based machines!
> 
> I don't think the hopes are to high, but Sun seems to be getting the IBM 
> mentality that we can do what we want and you can't stop us!  Just look at
> the attitude on the Sun rep with his answer to the gentleman from the UK!
> Arrogant . . .
> 
Isn't it wonderful the way the net allows the worst to come out.  Talk
about arrogant!  Phil, *you* do not speak for all of us!  And, that's
what "survey" means...they check with a (hopefully representative)
cross-section of users and prospective users.  Because you personally
were not chosen gives you no justification for your tone.  Sun gave
me the user a choice...I like that.

John Neubert

> -- 
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From: daveh@picard.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Dave Hitchcock SE - Cincinnati Office )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Turning a 386i into a "real" PC
Date: 9 Nov 92 08:04:32 GMT
Organization: "Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, CA."
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: picard.central.sun.com

Is there a ROM BIOS upgrade to taek a 386i and make 
it a "real" 386 DOS machine?


What about the SCSI disk drives.  Do most major ROM BIOS 
manufacturer support SCSI?

Dave Hitchcock
From: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: Newbie Q: Using xmkmf w/ OpenView
Date: 5 Nov 92 07:59:48 GMT
Reply-To: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon)
Organization: Ericsson Telecom AB

In article <15324@auspex-gw.auspex.com>, 
guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris) writes:
[...]
|> (And yes, both "imake" and "xmkmf" come from the MIT X11 distribution;
|> that's where Sun got them.)

Not quite, the Sun OW3.0 xmkmf is based upon the X11R5 xmkmf but it
includes a check to see if OPENWINHOME is defined. Unfortunately they
left off the -I so it doesn't work.

-- 

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From: rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard Warner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: Solaris on 486: how good is it?
Date: 7 Nov 92 18:46:08 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: San Jose State University - Math/CS Dept.

mahesh@evb.com (B.G. Mahesh) writes:

>I am not sure how valid my question is :-(
>We are considering to buy 4-5 486 PCs and run
>both Windows and Solaris. Any idea how much Solaris
>will cost for a PC? Why we want Solaris on PC..hmm..
>I think because we want to port our GUI builder to
>a 486 with Solaris (need X windows). 

>thanks

If you buy Interactive 3.2 from SunSoft now you get to buy Solaris 
for $195 when it comes out. 

How good is Solaris for Intel?  No one, except the testers, can tell
you that.  And since they are under non-disclosure ....

>-- 

>B.G. Mahesh
>mahesh@evb.com
From: srb@unix.brighton.ac.uk (Personal Disaster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Sun 386i hardware manual???
Date: 11 Nov 92 12:42:12 GMT
Organization: University of Brighton, UK

Hi, I have a SUN 386i which I purchased from an electronics supplier, the only
problem is that there are 3 chips missing from the motherboard, these are the
size of a 386 processor, but I am not sure what they are...I think they are
the 386 processor, a maths co-pro and MMU but I am not certain.  If anyone out
there could give me the details of these chips, and an idea where I might be
able to obtain them cheaply, I would be very grateful.  Alternatively if
anyone knows where to get the hardware manual for it I could do the rest
myself.

If you have any info please mail me (srb@uk.ac.bton.unix) on the JANET network

Simon
From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: Sun's responsiveness to non-maintenance customers
Date: 10 Nov 1992 00:24:20 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: physics.ubc.ca

hugh@slee06.srl.ford.com (Hugh Fader) writes:

>I'm thinking about dropping our hardware maintenance from Sun next
>year. The only thing that concerns me is how fast Sun will respond to
>me when I need service. Does anybody out there have experience with
>Sun as a non-maintenance customer.

>--
>Hugh Fader
>hugh@slee01.srl.ford.com

Depends on how well you can live without. Sun makes money on maint. On
the odds, you can save manit, and buy a new station when the old one
goes. With more than 3 or 4 you're way ahead. With one, statistically
you'll still be ahead, but of course if you happen to be the odd one
out, that's not much consolation. Software maint is prob. worthwhile as
that does keep changing.

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Subject: Disk MIRRORing for a Sparc II or "Sparc Classic"
From: karl@ttank.ttank.com (Karl Bunch)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 22:39:21 GMT
Organization: Think Tank Software, Norwalk, CA

The subject about says it all.  We need to find a Disk Mirroring system
for a customer.  I know Sun "used" to have a "Sparc Server Manager" that
would allow us to do this.  However latest word from Sun is they don't
have anything like that now.  

We would prefer a H/W solution.  Something very transparent would be nice.

Thanks in advance,
Karl
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From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: Turning a 386i into a "real" PC
Date: 9 Nov 92 22:38:48 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

>>Is there a ROM BIOS upgrade to taek a 386i and make 
>>it a "real" 386 DOS machine?

	...

>I would like to know this info also.

Well, if "this info" refers to "is there a ROM BIOS upgrade", the answer
is almost certainly "no".

A 386i is best thought of as "a Sun workstation that happens to have a
386 and optional 387 as its CPU, and an AT bus as its expansion bus". 
It is *not* a PClone; it has Sun-style CPU serial ports and a Sun-style
frame buffer, for example.  If you get DOS to boot on it at all, any
programs that think you have, for example, a [A-Z]GA adapter are, I
think, in for a rude surprise.
From: mjo@slee01.srl.ford.com (Mike O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
Subject: Re: Openwindows 3.0 and XV problems
Date: 5 Nov 1992 16:14:01 GMT
Organization: Not an official spokesperson for Ford Motor Co.
Reply-To: "Mike O'Connor" <mjo@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: slee01.srl.ford.com

In article <Bx8v9r.13p@brunel.ac.uk> cs92bbm@brunel.ac.uk (Benjamin
Middleton) writes:

:I am still in the process of trying to get xv - the picture viewer to
:work in conjunction with openwindows 3.0 (in particular being able to
:display an image on the root without the openlook manager crashing).
:
:Any suggestions would be welcome.

The patch available via anonymous FTP from:

export.lcs.mit.edu:/contrib/xv-2.21a.patch

should take care of your problem.

						...Mike

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From: ianking@nnsgs52.lon40.nt.com (Ian King)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
Subject: Help: UltraCalc on Sun
Date: 12 Nov 1992 14:57:37 GMT
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, 
NNTP-Posting-Host: nnsgs52.lon40.nt.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

We have a lot of apps written for UltraCalc running under Ultrix. We now
have a brand new SUN replacement for the VAX. Only problem is that SUN UK
tell me that Olympus have gone out of business & we cant get UltraCalc for
the SUN. 

Has anyone got any suggestions please or are we stuffed?? :-)

Thanks in advance...
...................Ian
                    ianking@lon40.nt.com

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From: sysrb@cs.few.eur.nl (Reino de Boer)
Subject: Re: Adventures with Answerbook - how to merge various products
Reply-To: sysrb@cs.few.eur.nl
Organization: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:56:45 GMT

In <1992Nov10.180847.18109@cas.org>
	lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden) writes:

>I am wondering what levels of spells are necessary to take an Answerbook
>type product - say from a Sun ANSI C CD ROM, and integrate it into
>the standard Answerbook setup - say the Solaris 2.0 or so AnswerBook.

>Tips, pointers, etc. appreciated.

The "Installing SPARCworks and SPARCompilers Software for Solaris 2.0" booklet
has a chapter (4) about merging answerbooks.  SparcWorks comes with the
necessary software.

A colleague of mine (pk@cs.few.eur.nl) is building a set of tools to
complement the above-mentioned software.  Mainly for integrating non-answerbook
documentation into the answerbook.  He is also working on a navigator/viewer
pair for plain X11 (no OpenWindows, that is).

Hope this helps -- Reino
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From: tbodine@utig.ig.utexas.edu (Tom Bodine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
Subject: Re: Textedit/NEWSPrint leaving behind /tmp/hvtmp* files
Date: 10 Nov 92 18:59:56 GMT

In article <Nov.5.15.12.04.1992.19800@pilot.njin.net>, giacobbe@pilot.njin.net (Jeff Giacobbe) writes:
|> 
|> I wish there was a way to delete those hvtmp files as part of the OW 
|> shutdown process, but I guess it's really HelpViewer that needs the
|> bug fix (ahem.."feature").
|> 
|> 
|> Regards,
|> 
|> Jeff

Well..
	You could add a couple of lines to $OPENWINHOME/lib/Xinitrc.

IE. ( From openwindows version 3 Xinitrc )
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# .xinitrc - OpenWindows startup script.
 
if [ -f $HOME/.Xdefaults ]; then
    xrdb $HOME/.Xdefaults               # Load Users X11 resource database
else
    xrdb $OPENWINHOME/lib/Xdefaults     # Load Default X11 resource database
fi
 
$OPENWINHOME/lib/openwin-sys            # OpenWindows system initialization
 
# SunView binary compatibility is default mode.
[ -z "$NOSUNVIEW" -o "$NOSUNVIEW" -ne 1 ] && eval `svenv -env`
 
sleep 15 & pid=$!                       # OpenLook Window Manager
olwm -syncpid $pid &
wait $pid                               # Pause until olwm inits
 
if [ -x $HOME/.openwin-init ]; then
    $HOME/.openwin-init                 # Custom OpenWindows tools
else
    $OPENWINHOME/lib/openwin-init       # Default OpenWindows tools
fi
 
wait                                    # Wait for olwm (key client) to exit

# clean out temporary files left by cmdtool, textedit, and shelltool
 rm -f /usr/tmp/*
 rm -f /tmp/*
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is perhaps better for diskless stations so that /tmp files in use aren't
deleted.  Of course you'd have to change every user owned .xinitrc as well.

regards Tom Bodine

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
From: nghoff@albert.monsanto.com (Norman G. Hoffman)
Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Calendar Manager font sizes (revised)
Organization: Monsanto Company
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 20:00:31 GMT

Woops, in the summary I posted last night I said I had received
no answers from anyone.  I did, in fact, receive an answer,
from Nancy.Howes@Eng.Sun.COM (Nancy Howes).

My query was:

>Is it possible to change the font sizes for the various fields displayed 
>by the Calendar Manager? (I'm running SunOS 4.1.1 and Openwindows 3.)

Her answer was:

: You can change the font sizes for the strings
: in the panel items by using the -scale or
: -font cmdline option when invoking cm.
: You cannot change the font sizes for the strings
: in the canvas display. They are hard coded into
: cm.

It was the fields in the canvas display whose size I wanted to change.

Norm Hoffman
Monsanto Company
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
From: little@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Littlejohn Tim)
Subject: Postscript to ascii?
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 16:47:17 GMT

Yes that's right!  I actually have a need to convert postscript files that
are largely text into ascii files.  Anyone got any ideas on how to do this?

Thanks!

Tim


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
From: ldm@texhrc.uucp (Lyle Meier)
Subject: Re: AnswerBook with X11r5??
Keywords: answerbook
Organization: Texaco EPTD
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 03:27:19 GMT

To run answerbook under X11r5 directly is not possible. However one
can read the documentation using ghostview and ghostscript from
FSF. To use this mount the cd and then cd to the directory
several levels down that contains the actual documentation ps files
and start ghostview.

For solaris 2.0 the path from the root of the cdrom is
./NoNReloc_SUNWabook/_data. Then you find a directory for each book and
inside there the postscript for the book.
From: miarrobi@cvbnet.prime.com (Mike Iarrobino)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
Subject: Re: Centralizing Calendar Manager
Date: 11 Nov 92 18:08:45 GMT
Reply-To: miarrobi@cvbnet.prime.com

Lest I cause confusion I meant to say "rpc.cmsd" not "rpc.cmgr".


> mills@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gary Mills) writes:

> It seems to me that one way would be to only run rpc.cmsd on the server,
> and have all the clients use /var/spool/calendar on the server.  Would
> that work?  Alternatively, you could export /var/spool/calendar from the
> server, and mount it on all the clients.  Would that work?  What problems
> am I likely to run into?

You can setup everyone's calendar on a central server, but all machines still
run rpc.cmgr. They then reference their calendar as user@server instead of
user@localmachine. The nice thing about this is it centralizes all calendar
files in to one place making backups easier and allows everyone to access
their calendar regardless of what machine they are logged onto.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
From: bossert@thalatta.com (John Bossert)
Subject: sps patches for 4.1.x
Organization: Thalatta Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 16:33:35 GMT

Can someone point me to patches for "sps" such that it will
run under 4.1.x?

The latest version I've found via archie has support only up
through 4.0...

Thanks.

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From: co017418@mail.mmmg.com (Paul T. Root)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
Subject: Calendar Manager can't connect to rpc.cmsd
Keywords: permissions problem
Date: 9 Nov 92 16:29:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: mail.1992Nov9.162951.15699
Reply-To: Paul_T_Root@mail.mmmg.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: 3M Metal Matrix Composite

Hi, 
	I'm having trouble with the rpc.cmsd on our 4/490 running 4.1.1
It seems that only the sysadmin people can connect to the calendar. 

	To me, it sounds like a permissions problem. But for what.
/etc/inetd.conf, /usr/etc/inetd and /usr/openwin/bin/rpc.cmsd are all
readable by all. And rpc.cmsd is already running. /var/spool/calendar
is drwxrwxrwt daemon daemon. 

	Any ideas? I checked FAQ but there wasn't anything there.
Thanks,

	Paul.


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then at least you have a great time! - Rubo C. Gari
From: miarrobi@cvbnet.prime.com (Mike Iarrobino)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
Subject: Re: Centralizing Calendar Manager
Keywords: cm calendar
Date: 11 Nov 92 14:07:43 GMT
Reply-To: miarrobi@cvbnet.prime.com

> mills@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gary Mills) writes:

> It seems to me that one way would be to only run rpc.cmsd on the server,
> and have all the clients use /var/spool/calendar on the server.  Would
> that work?  Alternatively, you could export /var/spool/calendar from the
> server, and mount it on all the clients.  Would that work?  What problems
> am I likely to run into?

You can setup everyone's calendar on a central server, but all machines still
run rpc.cmgr. They then reference their calendar as user@server instead of
user@localmachine. The nice thing about this is it centralizes all calendar
files in to one place making backups easier and allows everyone to access
their calendar regardless of what machine they are logged onto.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
From: maine@net.com (Dennis Maine)
Subject: Reading Mac disks on Sparcs
Keywords: Macintosh
Organization: Network Equipment Technologies
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:35:01 GMT

There are at least two products that enable Sparc users to read/write
Macintosh-style disks. Common-Link from Pacific Microelectronics
and FloppyWorks from Digital Instrumentation Technology.

Any user preferences or recommendations?

adTHANKSvance,
-djwm
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
From: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon)
Subject: Re: xlock equivalent that allows text to be shown?
Reply-To: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon)
Organization: Ericsson Telecom AB
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 10:39:05 GMT

In article <6750@news.duke.edu>, jfw@neuro.duke.edu (John F. Whitehead) writes:
|> Does anyone have a program like xlock that works under OpenWindows that 
|> will allow one to display text?
|> 
|> Right now I use xlock, but that just makes designs float around the screen.
|> 
|> I am looking for something that will allow me to make "gone to lunch" or
|> "in room 301" bounce around my screen when I lock it.

It sounds like you want xnlock.

-- 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
From: little@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Littlejohn Tim)
Subject: Re: Postscript to ascii?
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 14:17:28 GMT

I requested information on how to convert postscript files to ascii.
Thanks to those who responded so quickly - the answer is to use the 
program ps2txt.  It works well!
 
Thanks netters!
 
Tim
 

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