HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: roth@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Pete Roth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Installation problems continue
Date: 14 Sep 92 11:50:13 GMT
Reply-To: roth@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Pete Roth)
Followup-To: comp.os.os2
Organization: The David Taylor Model Basin

In comp.os.os2, kellys@orac.holonet.net (Kelly Schwarzhoff) writes:
[...]
>I have the following setup:
>
>1) 386/33 with 4 MB RAM (4 1MB SIMMs)

Current prevailing wisdom says: you need 6MB.

[...]

everything else looks "within parameters"

regards, pete
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Peter N Roth      roth@oasys.dt.navy.mil
You can take a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2:314 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:12337
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Why not OS/2 ???? Hmmmmmm
Date: 7 Sep 92 21:29:57 GMT
Organization: Indiana University

In article <1992Aug31.232140.631@u.washington.edu> gunthar@milton.u.washington.edu (Johannes) writes:


>Go to your local used book store and pick up a used copy of say OS/2 1.0
>Then call up for your upgrade...You are a fool if you get the $149.00
>new user package now.  

Hmmm.. Really? I've never seen used OS/2 1.0 for sale in used
bookstores. How much would you expect to pay considering the idiot
who bought it in the first place paid $400 for it and thinks it
ought to be worth at least half of that....

How long will the upgrade for Windows users be active? I'm waiting
for the fast Tseng ET4000 drivers before I get mine if at all.. I 
hear SVGA support sucks right now.



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From: BYRD@MSCF.MED.UPENN.EDU ("Karen Byrd, Med. School Computer, U of PA")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Symbol Substitution mystery
Date: 15 Sep 92 18:26:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Hello all,

I don't know why executing this small procedure test changes the case
of the logout symbol. What am I missing?


$ logout=="Exit"
$ show symbol logout
$ if f$mode() .nes. "INTERACTIVE"
$	then
$	logout
$ endif
$ show symbol logout
$ exit

The first "$show symbol logout" shows:

logout=="Exit"

The second "$show symbol logout" shows:

logout=="EXIT"


This is on an unpatched vms 5.4 system.


	Karen Byrd, VAX Sys. Manager
	University of Pennsylvania
	Medical School Computer Facility
	Philadelphia, PA 19104 (USA)
	Internet: byrd@mscf.med.upenn.edu
From: goathunter@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Heartbeat and VAXen
Date: 14 Sep 92 21:14:54 CDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

In article <01GORVQ5E17894FKBC@splava.cc.plattsburgh.edu>, ELLISWR@SPLAVA.CC.PLATTSBURGH.EDU (Raney Ellis) writes:
> 
> Here's the situation.  We have two VAX 6000-4xx clustered.  They are
> connected to two Ethernet segments via bridged DELNIs.  Each DELNI is
> connected to an Ethernet segment with a H4005, with heartbeat ON.  The
> Ethernet controllers on both VAXen are 802.3 compliant. 
> 
I just have a VAX 6320 connected to a DELNI, which is connected to a
DESPR.  Also on the DELNI are two DECserver 500s....

[...]
> Here's the problem/issue.  Should the heartbeat on the H4005s be enabled?

I've read "no".

> If it is, we appear to get lots of collisions showing up on the bridge, and
> the network is sometimes unreliable, apparently causing dropped sessions
> and other problems.

Exactly.

>  If it is not enabled, physical collisions go away, but
> DECnet shows many collision detects in the log.  A well-known networking
> consultant says yes, VAX 6000-4xx systems *must* have the heartbeat; but
> DEC says not, and the 802.3 "standard" says not. 
> 
This is exactly what I've seen.  NCP shows tons of collision
detects---like one for each packet.  But they don't really seem to be
there.  I once saw a message (but don't have it handy) that explained
this phenomenon---from what I remember, this seemingly horrible
occurrence is actually normal.  Indeed, putting the DELNI in global
mode (I think) makes the collision detects go away, but the network is
completely crippled.  I've stopped worrying about it because we don't
really seem to have any problems on our Ethernet---just in NCP.

Anybody that knows care to respond? 8-)

> Are we missing something?  Can you shed light on the matter?  Thanks.      
> 
Probably not... 8-)

Hunter
------
Hunter Goatley, VMS Systems Programmer, Western Kentucky University
goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET, 502-745-5251
From: adelman@TGV.COM (Kenneth Adelman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Re: Problems installing software (question ...)
Date: 5 Sep 92 04:08:08 GMT
Reply-To: Adelman@TGV.COM (Kenneth Adelman)
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

>Multinet -->	 the VERY last stage (configure) crashes, trying to
>		 compile the data file that holds ip address, etc. with
>		 an over quota error (what quota it doesn't say)
>		 (I'm just throwing this one in.... no idea if it's
>		 related to the others....)
>

    For MultiNet V3.1 Rev A you need 50,000 pages of page file quota
to compile your host tables. This was fixed in V3.1 Rev B by
replacing the host table compiler with one which wasn't such a hog.
Open a support call with SERVICE@TGV.COM and we'll arrange to get
you the fix.

							Ken

Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: gvrod@isuvax.iastate.edu (R Eldridge, VMS FOREVER)
Subject: Re: How to see decw$xxxx on another screen?
Reply-To: gvrod@isuvax.iastate.edu
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 14:07:48 GMT

rcbi110@marshall.wvnet.edu writes:
>
>I want to do the following but it doesn't work:
>
>Telnet from a dec5000/200 with ultrix to a microvax3100
>run decw$whatever, but have it show up on the 5000's screen where I am sitting.
>

i just realized that my previous posting that detailed the procedure to
do the above, will not only allow the MicroVAX 3100 to display back to
the DEC 5000/200, but will also allow the DEC 5000/200 to display back
to the MicroVAX 3100.

the steps i've shown for the MicroVAX 3100 will allow the DEC 5000/200
to display back to the MicroVAX 3100. the steps i've shown for the DEC
5000/200 will allow the MicroVAX 3100 to display back to the DEC
5000/200.

i hope i haven't confused everybody.

rod eldridge
vms systems support      gvrod@isuvax.iastate.edu
iowa state university    gvrod@isuvax.bitnet    
(515) 294-7498           fax: (515) 294-1717
From: 348588060@WILD.VILL.EDU (Dave Lennon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Time Subtraction in DCL
Date: 10 Sep 92 21:04:00 GMT
Organization: The Internet

Hi,
	And if we haven't had enough of finding the last day of a month in 
DCL...I seem to recall a while back someone had posted a DCL trivia question 
on how to do date subtraction in DCL. I seem to remember it was using f$fao
to peek at some memory locations...
	The application I need this for is a backup procedure written entirely 
in DCL (so why change now) where I would like to automatically figure out the 
cycle letter based on how many weeks have past since the starting date...

				Thanks in advance,

                                 Dave Lennon
           Systems Programmer, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
             Utilizing the VAX Cluster at Villanova University PA
                         ( 34858806@vuvaxcom.BITNET )
			  ( 348588060@ucis.vill.edu )

                        "The VAX is a harsh mistress"



Xref: sparky comp.os.vms:14888 comp.sys.dec:4936
From: hansg@risken.vd.volvo.se (Hans Granqvist)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec
Subject: VS3100; swapping Ultrix Motif for DECwindows?
Keywords: motif
Date: 11 Sep 92 12:41:42 GMT

Sorry if this is an FAQ but here goes...

I have got a VAXstation 3100 (or is it DECstation 3100? Not right beside
it at the moment) running DECwindows. I have just recently changed
terminals from ordinary VT3xx series, but have experienced MOTIF on a
Ultrix machine (5000/125) and found that quite superior to DECwindows.

My question: is it possible to use the ULTRIX MOTIF instead of
DECwindows on my machine? Do I need to have VMS/MOTIF? Can I use MOTIF
remotely, or even, can I use the X-programs on Ultrix to display on my
machine? I have only got DECnet to the Ultrix machine.

Another silly thing: I open a session to the ULTRIX machine, with SET
HOST/LAT, change DISPLAY with setenv DISPLAY mymachine::0, and am able
to start xterm. But only xterm. E.g., xlogo chokes on "client refused
access". Why is that? I have set the security correctly, otherwise the
xterm would get the same error response.

Any help appreciated
--
Hans Granqvist, Volvo, Gothenburg, Sweden. Thank you for reading!
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: lcn@nlcd00.cft.philips.nl (Leo Noordhuizen)
Subject: Fortran -> C
Organization: Philips Centre For Technology, Eindhoven
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 14:04:03 GMT


Hi,

I am looking for a utility which can help in translating Fortran
program into C for VMS. (I.e. the host and target systems are
VMS systems).

Kind regards,
--
  Leo C. Noordhuizen	          uucp: lcn@nlcd00.cft.philips.nl
  Philips - Automation Technology phone: 31-40-735834
  Building SAQ,                   5600 MD  Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: aswx266@chpc.utexas.edu (Michael Lemke)
Subject: Re: ?Cause of error message under $SUBMIT
Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 20:55:20 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.201646.19439@javelin.sim.es.com> cdimick@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>jweiss@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Jerry Weiss) writes:
>
>>In article <10981@platypus.uofs.uofs.edu> awb702@jaguar.uofs.edu (Alex W Bryant) writes:
>>>
>>>In article <1992Aug28.130419.1@woods.ulowell.edu>, welchb@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
>>>|>Path: uofs!netnews.upenn.edu!cs.widener.edu!ukma!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!uunet!ulowell!woods.ulowell.edu!welchb
>>>|>From: welchb@woods.ulowell.edu
>>>|>Subject: ?Cause of error message under $SUBMIT
>>>|>
>>>|>Here is the error message I often get from a simple .com file
>>>|>when it is $SUBMITted: 
>>>|>	Error opening primary file SYS$INPUT
>>>|>	File not found
>
>>I think this can also happen if you use Submit/user=yyy xxx.com and
>>user yyy does not have read access to either xxx.com or where xxx.com
>>resides.
>
>Don't forget that chaging the filename version after submitting the job will
>result in this error too.  The filename AND ITS VERSION NUMBER are used when
>executing the command file.
>
>

Nope.  The file ID is used.  You can rename the file as much as you 
like but not delete.  *Creating* a new version and purging the old one 
is *deleting* the submitted file.

Michael
-- 
Michael Lemke
Astronomy, UT Austin, Texas
(michael@io.as.utexas.edu or UTSPAN::UTADNX::IO::MICHAEL [SPAN])
From: D7AP002@TOA.TOWSON.EDU ("Tom Ohlendorf - TSU Admin. DP,  830-3642", 410)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: What DOES VMS mean?
Date: 11 Sep 92 14:00:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

> I got this over our site's QUESTION account at am baffled.  (I
> answered the second line, but the first has me stumped.)
> 
> > I have a very simple question.  What do the initials VMS stand for?
> > Is VMS- Mail different from normal E-Mail?  Thanks! Dave Scupham

VMS = Virtual Memory System; VAX = Virtual Address eXtensions. This comes from
VAX-11 Assembly Language Programming by Sara Baase, Prentice-Hall, 1983, Page
6. I know its an old book, but its a golden oldie. 

As far as I'm concered, VMS-Mail is E-Mail.

-----
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HRS Advisory Committee Secretary  Administration Building, Room 128 
INTERNET: D7AP002@TOA.TOWSON.EDU  Towson, MD 21204                  
VOICE: (410) 830-3642 FAX: (410) 830-3476 CSN: TSUPER01
From: goathunter@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Problems with DISM32
Date: 7 Sep 92 21:18:11 CDT
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

In article <1992Sep7.021613.5554@panix.com>, jhawk@panix.com (John Hawkinson) writes:
> Hi there,
> 
[...]
> Anyway, the reason I'm doing this (in case you missed my prev. post)
> was I'm trying to figure out how to patch DCL to use a prompt
> longer than 32 chars. So, I looked at Hunter's DCL recall patch. He
> mentions using DISM32 to disassemble DCL.EXE. I've done this (assuming

I'm not sure what the DISM32 problem is (I haven't had the problem),
but I don't think there's anyway to extend the prompt size.  Well, let
me rephrase---without patching an *awful* lot of stuff, you can't
change the size.  The 32+ byte buffer is in the middle of a DCL data
area and can't be expanded.  You probably could coerce DCL to use
another set of addresses, but it's not a trivial patch.  I tried to do
this once and gave up on it after seeing all the places that reference
it.

Not impossible, but it wasn't worth it to me....

Hunter
------
Hunter Goatley, VMS Systems Programmer, Western Kentucky University
goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET, 502-745-5251
From: u7822044@cc.nctu.edu.tw (Sbin Lin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: ReHelp : Error for Background on VAX/VMS
Date: 7 Sep 92 15:12:16 GMT
Organization: National Chiao Tung University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4


Hi, all:
    Thanks for yours respones.  But I have tried the following method, I get a
error :

   o  my executed program is dttan.exe
   o  I create the file "batch_job.com" that contain 
                   "$run/time_limit=0/output=dttan.dat dttan"
   o  I use the command "submit batch_job.com"
   o  then I get the message :

      Job batch_job (queue SYS$BATCH, entry 560) started on SYS$BATCH
           
      Job batch_job (queue SYS$BATCH, entru 560) teminated with error status
      %SET-E-NOMSG, Message number 1077808A

   o  I use the command "show queue", then get 
        
      Jobname         Username     Entry  Blocks  Status
      -------         --------     -----  ------  ------
      batch_job       7822044        560       3  Retained on error
        %SYSTEM-F-NOSUCHOBJ, network object is unknown at remote node
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
And, I tried the other method :
    
     $run/detached/time_limit=0/output=dttan.dat dttan

the error is :
    
     %RUN-F-CREPRC, process creation failed
     -SYSTEM-F-EXPRCLM, exceeded process limit


    What is the error?  Could you give me a example to do it?
  
    thankx in advance.... 
                                                  Sbin Lin
					Internet : u7822044@cc.nctu.edu.tw
					Bitnet   : 7822044@TWNCTU02.BITNET
From: DYERFDF@hsdwl.utc.com ("Frank  Dyer x9568 ..Electrical Design", Chip)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Looking for EVE procedure to Add sigs
Date: 9 Sep 92 17:09:58 GMT
Organization: The Internet

Date sent:  9-SEP-1992 13:09:46 

I am looking for a EVE (TPU) init or command file to add my signature &
do quoting on replies through VMS MAIL.

Any help will be appreciated.

===============================================================================
Frank (Chip) Dyer                              INTERNET:  DYERFDF@HSDWL.UTC.COM
Hamilton Standard                                                           
Senior Design Engineer
Windsor Locks, CT 
===============================================================================
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: synful@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (Marc Shannon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.org.decus,vmsnet.misc
Subject: Looking for software reviewers
Date: 9 Sep 92 13:16:29 -0500
Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club

I'm looking for a few people to help review the DECUS Spring '92 VAX/L&T SIG
tape software collection.

If you're interested, please reply back to this address.

--Marc Shannon
  DECUS Library Review Coordinator

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From: MEEHAN@castle.printech.ie ("Eoin Meehan, Printech International")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: ?:Slow TCP from SCO/ODT to Wollongong VMS V5.4-3
Date: 10 Sep 92 18:30:00 GMT
Organization: The Internet

Date sent:  10-SEP-1992 18:21:12

Hi folks,

We have connected a DEC PC 433 running SCO and Open Desktop 1.1.1 and TCP/IP
to a VAX running VMS V5.4 and Wollongong TCP/IP

The problem is, the SCO box TCP seems to get slower and slower over the day and
unplugging the ether from the box seems to fix it ???

We've tried using CMU-TEK to the Wollongong TCP and it runs fine so we have
sort of eliminated Wollongong (  :-)  I never liked Unix anyway ...)

Is there anything we can tune in the SCO box to stop this happening?

BTW, we are using Thinnet going to a multi-port repeater to the main thickwire
backbone. The SCO box is using a 3Com 3C503 Etherlink II card.

Thanks in advance,
Eoin.

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From: MRL@PFC.MIT.EDU (MARK LONDON)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Text to postscript converter?
Date: 12 Sep 92 21:27:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Let me clarify my earlier request.  I don't want to use CONVERT.  I want
a program with a more user friendly interface.  I once saw something called
T2PS, but I can't find it now.  Thanks.
 
Mark

Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: rbn@ralph.rtpnc.epa.gov (Bob Boyd)
Subject: Re: Time Subtraction in DCL
Organization: UNISYS/Environmental Protection Agency
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 15:52:06 GMT

don@zl2tnm.gen.nz (Don Stokes) writes:
> 348588060@WILD.VILL.EDU (Dave Lennon) writes:
> > Hi,
> > 	And if we haven't had enough of finding the last day of a month in 
> > DCL...I seem to recall a while back someone had posted a DCL trivia question 
> > on how to do date subtraction in DCL. I seem to remember it was using f$fao
> > to peek at some memory locations...
> 
> I've already posted a yucky way to do this, which I recommend against
> using....
> 
> > 	The application I need this for is a backup procedure written entirely 
> > in DCL (so why change now) where I would like to automatically figure out the 
> > cycle letter based on how many weeks have past since the starting date...
> 
> Rather than attempting date subtraction, how about just testing if the 
> date has reached a milestone -- for example, if you want to do a full 
> backup every fourth week, use:
> 
> 	$ today = f$cvtime(,"ABSOLUTE", "DATE")
> 	$ open/read/write datefile LASTFULL.DAT/error=oops

Another way to get the date is if you keep online journal files, you can
find the journal file and get the timestamp from it by doing:
	$ lastfull = f$file_attribute(journal_file,"CDT")

> 	$ read datefile lastfull

I recommend a minor modification here -- 

For a lot of reasons I prefer to store dates in absolute format and do
the conversion just before the comparison.

So I would add:
        $ lastfull = f$cvtime(lastfull)

Since sometimes things go BUMP in the night and over the weekend,
I like to frame comparisons in terms of "have I passed the time when?".
So I would change the next line to use a .ges. comparison.

> 	$ if f$cvtime(today + "-28-", "ABSOLUTE", "DATE") .eqs. lastfull
> 	$ then	write/update datefile today
> 	$ 	[do full backup]
> 	$ else	[do something else]
> 	$ endif
> 	$ close datefile
> 

--
Bob Boyd                 
rbn@ralph.rtpnc.epa.gov 
Unisys/EPA
From: MRL@PFC.MIT.EDU (MARK LONDON)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Configuring DECSERVER 300 for incoming (reverse) telnet?
Date: 15 Sep 92 18:05:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

We have a postscript printer on a DECSERVER 300 port using lat.  I would like
to use tcp instead.  I enabled telnet server access and confirmed that the
connection is being made.  However, I am not able to connect to the printer
itself.  No output appears, and my lat symbiont still works while the tcp
connection is present. Has anyone configured their DECSERVER 300 in this way?
(I was able to do it with a Datability vcp-1000 with the same type printer,  so
I assume I am not setting the DECSERVER 300 up properly.)  Thanks.  
 
Mark

Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: leichter@lrw.com (Jerry Leichter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: re: fast sort routine
Date: 5 Sep 92 13:59:53 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet


	Does anybody have a very fast sort routine like the DCL SORT command?
	I need a program to sort 150000 numbers.  I can write them to a file
	and  spawn SORT and then read them in again, but this seems to be a
	waste of  time.  I cannot find a way to call the SORT routine from a
	program without  the use of files.

Sigh.  Doesn't ANYONE look at the documentation any more?

VMS Utility Routines Manual, Sort/Merge (SOR) Routines.  Try, in particular,
section 12.1.2.2, "Sort Operations Using Record Interface".

							-- Jerry

PS:  150000 numbers, just numbers, does not a particularly big sort make.  You
might be able to get away with qsort() in the VAX C RTL.
From: bruce@ais.com (Bruce C. Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: How many VUPS to 1 MIPS or how many MIPS to 1 VUP.
Date: 8 Sep 92 19:29:11 GMT
Organization: Applied Information Systems, Chapel Hill, NC

In article <1992Sep4.212910.15010@mksol.dseg.ti.com>, pyron@skndiv.dseg.ti.com (Dillon Pyron) writes:
> 
> In article <Bu2K3r.Lsr@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, mdchaney@fractal.ucs.indiana.edu (M Darrin Chaney) writes:
>>>For instance what is one VUP equivelent to in MIPS.
>>
>>Here's your question worded slightly differently:
>>  What is one apple equivalent to in oranges?
>>
>>VUP = unit of processing power
>>MIPS = unit of instruction throughput
> 
> And how are the two distinct?  They are, but try to seperate them.
> 
>>
>>In the VAX line of computers, 1 VUP is roughly equivalent to 1/2 MIPS.
> 
> Where did you get that crap from?  The VUP was developed by DEC to avoid
> direct MIPS to MIPS comparisons.  But, ironically, the VAX 11/780, on
> which the VUP is based, is about a 1 MIP machine!!

Actually, as I recall, the VAX 11/780 _did_ execute somewhere around
0.5 million VAX instructions per second.  It was also considered a 1
MIP machine (!) because at the time, the standard of comparison in the
industry was an IBM 370/158, which _did_ execute about 1 million IBM
370 instructions per second, and various benchmarks indicated that the
370/158 and the VAX 11/780 were very close to the same speed (the VAX
executed fewer instructions/second but each one did more than a 370
instruction did).

A cautionary tale about the "utility" of the rating of a CPU in MIPS ...
it's usually better to use SPECmarks or Whetstones or VUPS or whatever
(Furlongs per fortnight? 8-) since they have a more standardized meaning
than "MIPS".

Bruce C. Wright