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From: dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com (Don Nichols (DoN.))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Re: Need sigset, sigrelse, etc. calls
Date: 14 Aug 92 23:57:48 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: D and D Data, Vienna Virginia

In article <1992Aug13.123235.23483@devildog.att.com> smith@acpy01.att.com (Bob Smith (CXNIXPT1)) writes:
>Does anyone have or know where to get the library functions
>sigset, sighold, sigrelse, sigignore and sigpause for the 3b1?

	I think that you'll have difficulties finding a substitute lib.
They are not in the bsd compatability lib posted not too long ago.  They are
not in /usr/lib/libnet.a (which chomes with the ethernet software, and
provides a goodly supply of net compatability routines).  They are not in
other net compatability packages which I have seen.

	The problem is that the signal handling is done differently under
SysV, and there are things that just aren't supported, like job control.
(The signals have to be supported at the kernel level for some of these
things to work right.  These are all part of the "BSD reliable signals"
package.

	Your best bet may be to get the documentation for the *entire* set
of BSD signal routines, figure out what the author of the code was
attempting, and figure out the best way to do it under what AT&T *does*
supply with SysV, and rewrite the code to do that on SysV (probably with
#ifdef SysV ... #else /* BSD */ ... #endif wrappers to keep it portable.)

	If you *MUST* have these signals, go find a used Sun to run that
code on.  It will have the BSD signals for you.

	Good Luck
		DoN.

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From: stein-c@acsu.buffalo.edu (Craig Steinberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Re: Problems with phone
Date: 13 Aug 92 13:50:26 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: SUNY at Buffalo CFD Lab

In article <1992Aug13.104634.10271@cbnewsi.cb.att.com> adh@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (andrew.d.hay) writes:
>In article <Bsw38y.FL5@acsu.buffalo.edu> stein-c@acsu.buffalo.edu (Craig Steinberger) writes:
>"I just got a 3b1, and I'm trying to get it all set up. Everything seems
>"to work fine, except I'm having some problems with the phone. It
>"recognizes when I pick up the handset and when an incoming call comes,
>"but I can't dial out using either the Phone Manager or cu (or uucp, for
>"that matter). The phone manager says that the phone is disconnected, and
>"can't go active unless I pick up the handset. When I try to pick up the
>"handset and then dial, the dial tone gets immediately cut off. The Modem
>"passes diagnostics, and the Dialing diagnostics seem to work too.
>"
>"I'm running ver. 3.51. Any ideas? 
>
>are you sure you've got the line and phone plugged into the right
>jacks?  they're NOT interchangeable!
>

Yes, the phones are plugged in correctly. The wall is connected to line
1, and the telephone in connected to "phone".



-- 
Craig Steinberger                               stein-c@eng.buffalo.edu
              SUNY at Buffalo, Computational Fluid Dynamics Lab
From: dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com (Don Nichols (DoN.))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Re: Two comb cards in a 3B1
Date: 20 Aug 92 20:23:44 GMT
Organization: D and D Data, Vienna Virginia

In article <88797@rphroy.ph.gmr.com> tkacik@hobbes.hobbes.cs.gmr.com writes:
>In article 608@cpsolv.CPS.COM, rhg@cpsolv.CPS.COM (Richard H. Gumpertz writes:

	[ ... ]

>> [...details deleted...]

	[ ... ]

>I did not get a chance to see your details, so I cannot comment on those.
>Good luck.  We are all awaiting your note of success. :-)

	Or, at least the details, so we can evaluate what you propose, and
your attack.

	The message didn't get here either, and I am two hops from uunet via
two different feeds, so it probably didn't get much of anywhere.

	Good Luck
		DoN.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
From: frank@halcyon.com (Frank Higgins)
Subject: For Sale: Boards, Tape BU, Floppy Dr.
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 21:14:39 GMT

          My  wife  says to clean up the mess or build a dog house,  so  the
          following is my excess UNIX-PC stuff. I think the prices are about
          where  they have been in recent other postings.  If  you  disagree
          with the price, make an offer.

          YOU PAY 20% DOWN, THEN BALANCE AND SHIPPING COST UPS COD. (Or,
             full price plus enough to cover shipping. I'll refund excess.
             Like Lenny Tropiano required, pay COD with cash, money order or
             other guaranteed form).

          QUANTITY  DESCRIPTION                                  PRICE EACH
          ________________________________________________________________

          2         UNIX-PC Reference Manuals 999-300-189IS.     $30.00
                    Contain diagrams etc. - Copies

          1         AT&T Tape back-up system #37412. Includes    $500.00
                    unit, program disks, manuals, 2 tapes.

          1         1/2 meg RAM board (64K chips)                $85.00

          1         STARLAN Board, with program disks, manual,   $175.00
                    cable, original carton. Pristine condition.

          1         STARLAN Board only                           $85.00

          2         DOS-73 boards, programs, manuals, plugs -    $150.00
                    complete.

          1         DOS-73 board and program floppies only. No   $90.00
                    manuals or plug.

          2         NEW, Sony 3.5 inch, 760K floppy drives       $50.00
                    with "rails"/frame for mounting in 5.25
                    inch drive space. Model MP-F11W-52D. With
                    proper formatting program can do 800K.
	  
	  1	    EIA/Combo board with 1.5 meg RAM installed   $175.00
		    (I have a 22-page Installation Guide that
		     shows permitted combinations of RAM boards
		     and Combo boards, pin-outs and jumpers. 
		     Not much info but it is what AT&T sent with
		     the boards in the dark ages. $2.00 for copy
                     and mail).

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From: adw@cci632.cci.com (Allen Williams (co-op))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Re: Help! My screen is shrinking.
Date: 17 Aug 92 13:17:53 GMT
Organization: [Computer Consoles, Inc., Rochester, NY

In article <27298@rwmke.mil.wi.us> jtk@rwmke.mil.wi.us (Joseph T. Klein) writes:
>Looks like the screen on my old 7300 is starting to go.
>
>Can someone send me info on what capacitor -- or whatever
>I need to fix to correct this problem.

 I did this fix to one of my 7300's a while back.

 All you need to do is replace a capacitor. The exact instructions are in
the FAQ, which will do a better job at explaining it than I can. You need
a 4.7 uf ESR (Equivalent series resistance) non-polarized capacitor to replace
the one in C411 in the monitor.

 Getting the monitor open was a real pain for me, especially the two 
recessed screws in the front of the bottom of the monitor. Does Mr. Fantastic
or Elastic Lad work in the 7300 factory? I ended up removing the swivel
base of the monitor and now I can't get the said screws back on. I have
a S-screwdriver and a dental mirror but that's not much of a help. 

 I found that one needs a big soldering iron to desolder the faulty
capacitor. A 30 watt pencil doesn't do diddly, but a $10 100 watt
soldering gun from Radio Shack works fine. I think others have more
elegant solutions but this was the cheapest for me.

 Also- I have had trouble finding a 4.7 uf ESR cap, so I used an ordinary 
4.7uf non polarized cap for power supplies. It works OK for now but I want the
genuine part. The cap I used was much smaller than the original cap. Does
anyone know where to get the real thing? I tried Mouser, but they don't have a
similar product. 

 A note of warning- the cap I used is already beginning to go after a month
of use. The small capacitor I used may be good for a quick fix, but it
won't last. 


                                                       Derrick
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
From: forrie@morwyn.uucp (Forrie Aldrich)
Subject: Re: Potential kernel mods...
Organization: Vision Graphics
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 15:38:46 GMT
Distribution: usa

In article <l8rdpnINNdq4@skat.usc.edu|  jlowrey@skat.usc.edu (John 'Fritz' Lowrey) writes:
|
| 	With there being a potential for at some access to the source for
| our pet machine
[ ... ]

	I'm wondering of what the status is for this anyways... Craig?  Are
	you there?

	We heard a lot of hype about it, and then silence.  However, there
	is the bureacracy of AT&T to deal with, so perhaps that is what the
	delay is all about.  I would really like to see this work out.


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From: lj@spdcc.com (Len Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: uucp question/problem
Summary: CAN'T ACCESS DEVICE
Date: 17 Aug 92 01:19:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Aug17.011928.19355
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

After using the stock "cu" & "uucp" I finally added a Telebit & HoneyDanber 
to my 3B1.  The connex went fairly smoothly and all the help files available
on the net allowed for a simple set up, but for ONE annoying problem.

When I attempt to connect directly to the modem, or when I invoke uucico,
the uucico response is "CAN'T ACCESS DEVICE".  So I recyle the power on the 
Telebit & all works fine.  But after the disconnect (from either "cu" or 
"uucp") I again have this problem.  This never happened using the stock
cu & uucp with a Hayes at 1200.

I am connecting via /dev/tty000 and have the telebit set as follows:
==============================================================================
E0 F1 M0 Q6 T V1 X3     Version BA4.00
S00=001 S01=000 S02=255 S03=013 S04=010 S05=008 S06=002 S07=060 S08=002 S09=006
S10=007 S11=050 S12=050 
S45=000 S47=004 S48=000 S49=000
S50=000 S51=254 S52=002 S53=004 S54=003 S55=000 S56=017 S57=019 S58=002 S59=000
S60=000 S61=090 S62=003 S63=001 S64=001 S65=000 S66=000 S67=000 S68=255 
S90=000 S91=000 S92=001 S95=000 
S100=000 S101=000 S102=000 S104=000 
S110=001 S111=030 S112=001 
S121=000 
N0:
N1:
N2:
N3:
N4:
N5:
N6:
N7:
N8:
N9:
OK

Do you have any suggestions?  Thanks.
-- 
Daria Jacobs (AKA) "The Cutie"
lj@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM
From: jlowrey@skat.usc.edu (John 'Fritz' Lowrey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Potential kernel mods...
Date: 15 Aug 1992 19:02:31 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: skat.usc.edu

	Folks,
	With there being a potential for at some access to the source for
our pet machine, I think that this would be an ideal time to consider a
few improvements that some kernel hackers could implement that would make
all of our lives easier.  By improvements, I mean things that could be
done that would improve that performance and usability of the 3b1/7300
without completely altering the system.  Now, don't all shout out things
like "BSD file system!!", or "X Windows!!", be rational about the abilities
and limitations or the machine.
	My proposals are:

	= Eliminate default polling of the OBM and phone status lines.
	   The folks working on the DOS-73 to serial card project have
	   implied that the system checks this state every clock tick.
	   This occurs at 60Hz!  Imagine the cycles saved if this were
	   pitched.  Perhaps have it be software enabled by a device
	   driver attached to the /dev/ph? devices.
	= Rebuild the kernel with gcc.
	   Let's face it, it make better code.
	= Clean up the memory addressing (is this in the kernel proper, or
	  in the boot loader?).
	   Allocating whopping big chunks of virtual address space to the 
	   kernel and shared libraries may make the addressing calculations
	   easier, but for those with .5 or 1MB, the paging is terrible!
	= Maybe a leaner, meaner kernel without the TAM windowing.
	   I personally have hacked some things with this system (and I am
	   working on some others), but there are some with no need for the
	   code overhead (the MGR folks for instance).

	What are some other alterations that 3b1 users would like to see in
a 3b1-kernel v4.0?  Lay it on, let's see what comes out.  Respond to the
net, unless you think it is something that only I, in my ignorance or supreme
understanding |-), might be interested in.

						Later,
						Fritz
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         I hope I never see one,               | USC Computer Consulting
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         I'd rather see than be one."          | UUCP:     !uunet!usc!jlowrey
From: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: DOS 73 software
Keywords: softwware needed
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:50:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: tridom.Bt55ns.6qu
Reply-To: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Organization: AT&T Tridom, Engineering


 
I have a DOS 73 co-processor board, but no software or manuals so go with it.
Does anyone on the net have a copy from a board that went south, or a spare copy
around that they aren't using?  I'd be interested in doing something with the
thing, if only I had the software to do it.

Think Peace.
-- Alan (alanf@eng.tridom.com)
AMA# 634578  DOD# 4210
From: cwr@crash.cts.com (Will Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Re: Ping for TCP/IP
Date: 21 Aug 92 03:42:00 GMT
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA

rmfowler@landru.mtc.ti.com (Rex Fowler) writes:
: 
: In article <1992Aug19.105829.1560@crash> cwr@crash.cts.com (Will Rose) writes:
: >Aaargh!  Excuse me while I scream and twitch a lot.  Anyway, Thad's
: >message came in time to stop me typing in twelve pages of ping client
: >code from Steven's network book.  Maybe later...
: 
: Typing in the code would be silly since all of the code from his 
: 2 books is on ftp.uu.net.   I forget the exact pathname but it's 
: something like /public/published/books/stevens/netprog.tar.Z.
: 

Not as silly as trying to get files from uu.net without ftp access.
I've played that game...  good game, don't think I'll play again.

Will
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
From: scott@pascal.geom.umn.edu (Scott S. Bertilson)
Subject: Re: Potential kernel mods...
Organization: Geometry Center, University of Minnesota
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:40:09 GMT

  Personally, I would most like to find the source of the lost
character problem that exists even with the "pty" driver that must
be used to run "mgr".
  Comments follow on some of the other suggestions.
----
In article <1992Aug16.195654.9330@ceilidh.beartrack.com> dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com (Don Nichols (DoN.)) writes:
>In article <l8rdpnINNdq4@skat.usc.edu> jlowrey@skat.usc.edu (John 'Fritz' Lowrey) writes:
>>	= Rebuild the kernel with gcc.
>>	   Let's face it, it make better code.

  Might be nice, but is a major nasty project because drivers need to be
gone through with a fine tooth comb to find references to "volatile"
registers and such.

>1)	Build the dirent rountines into the shared libs (which would need to
>	be redone, anyway).

  These and other shared library fixes such as the timezone fix
mentioned elsewhere can be done now.  There is documentation and
an example of how to rebuild the shared library on the archive as
"library/shlib.sh.Z".  Source code is *not* required.

>4)	Make the kernel hooks so that another filesystem type *could* be
>	supported with a loadable device driver, for those of us who are
>	willing to pay the kernel bloat overhead.  This would not only allow
...
>	of Suns.  There is no support for this in the present kernel, nor do
>	I see a way to accomplish it with a loadable device driver, because
>	the kernel expects only a single filesystem type.

  Yes, and this is practically an insurmountable obstacle because the
changes to add the code to provide a File System Switch (SVR[34]) or
VFS (SunOS) are very involved *and* decrease efficiency because of the
required indirection.
--
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
From: R1004@vmcms.csuohio.edu
Subject: DRUN patch didn't - con't
Organization: CSU
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 16:40:19 GMT

     Greetings!
 
     The saga continues.  In an earlier post I expalined how I had
applied the DRUN patch to a 1meg 7300 motherboard and still got all
the nasty error messages I received before making the mod.  I have
two WD2010s that I tried.  If I put the WD1010 back in there is no
problem - except that I can't use the entire disk.
 
     There were no bent pins on the WD2010.  My soldering looks okay
from what I could see with the magnifying hood.
 
      I did find, however, my resistor is 4.7 rather than 4.75 as
requested in the instructions.  Could the .05 difference cause me
this sort of problem?
 
     Thanks!
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
From: jeffrey@squid.tram.com (Jeffrey L Bromberger)
Subject: Re: Potential kernel mods...
Organization: Tramway Unix Systems
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:04:21 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.021335.391@ceilidh.beartrack.com> dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com (Don Nichols (DoN.)) writes:
>In article <1992Aug17.162950.883@uts.cc.wayne.edu> rwilson@uts.cc.wayne.edu (Ron Wilson) writes:
>
>>Another peice of evidence: I once compared the /unix on a bootable floppy to
>>the /unix on the HD: they are the same.  When booting from the floppy, you
>
>	Ah!  This makes it easier for someone without the distribution
>diskettes to build their own floppy boot disk and floppy filesystem.
>Excelent bit of information.  I'll have to try making a boot floppy this way

Please, don't waste your time doing this.  The two unix files are
*not* the same.  Well, they're kind of close.

The **BIG** difference is the values of the symbols rootdev, pipedev,
(and swapdev?).  Right now, they are set for the hard disk.  On the
floppy version, they have been changed so that it uses only the
floppy.

The easy way to fix this is with adb.  However, it was so long ago
that I did this that I cannot for the life of me remember how to do
the change.

I **BELIEVE** that you will find a 0 in rootdev and pipedev.  You will
have to change these to a 2 (from /dev/rfp00? to /dev/rfp02?).  Don't
come screaming if this isn't exactly correct.  I kind of remember
this, but I don't wager money on it any more.

j
-- 
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jeffrey@squid.tram.com      Anywhere!{van-bc,limbic,icus}!tram!jeffrey
From: hruska@bnr.ca (Bob Hruska)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Why won't my uucp receive?
Date: 16 Aug 92 02:37:31 GMT
Organization: BNR, Inc. Research Triangle Park, NC
Originator: hruska@brtph380

I've been using the stock uucp just fine for the last few months, but
lately I am not able to receive any mail at all.  I'm not sure if the
problem is on my end or the other end, but I thought I'd throw this
out to the net for some advice.

I don't have any trouble transmitting mail to the other site, it's just
receiving it that I can't do.  Here is some output from
uucico -r1 -x10 -sdeepthot

===================================================

 Rmtname deepth, Role MASTER,  Ifn - 6, Loginuser - root
rmesg - 'P' imsg >\ 20 Pg\  0 got Pg
wmesg 'U'g
send 73
rec h->cntl 77
send 61
state - 1
rec h->cntl 61
send 53
state - 3
rec h->cntl 53
state - 10
Proto started g
protocol g
 enter us_sst, status is : 09
s.sysname : deepth
*** TOP ***  -  role=1, setline - X
wmesg 'H'
chksum:20317
pkxstart:osum:20317
pkxstart:checkword:20107
send 37777777610
rmesg - 'H' rec h->cntl 41
state - 10
rec h->cntl 37777777611
Received Data 
chksum:73207
pkaccept chksum 760esend 41
got HN
 PROCESS: msg - HN
HUP:
*** TOP ***  -  role=0, setline - X
rmesg - '' rec h->cntl 37777777621
Received Data 
chksum:5415
pkaccept chksum b9csend 42
rec h->cntl 37777777631
Received Data 
chksum:22434
pkaccept chksum 2585send 43
got S D.toyboxB0cpq D.deeptho
 PROCESS: msg - S D.toyboxB0cpq D.deepthoB0cps postmaster - D.toyboxB0cpq 0666 postmaster
SNDFILE:
msg - S
SLAVE - filename: /usr/spool/uucp/D.deepthoB0cps
ASSERT ERROR (uucico)  pid: 13466  (8/15-21:53:53) BAD USERFILE  (0)


=============================================

What's this ASSERT ERROR and BAD USERFILE business?
I have recently restored from backup disks and switched from the OBM
to an external 2400 baud modem, if that gives anyone a clue as to what
is happening.  For all I know my mail feed is screwing up.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
From: renkel@rtsg.mot.com (Will Renkel)
Subject: 3b1 internal modem-flow control
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 12:34:09 GMT

Quick question...
Is the unix-pc (3b1, 7300) internal modem capable of hardware flow control?
If so, how do you enable it?
Thanks in advance.
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From: dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com (Don Nichols (DoN.))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Re: Daylight Saving Time patch wanted
Keywords: DST patch
Date: 14 Aug 92 23:39:00 GMT
Organization: D and D Data, Vienna Virginia

In article <BswpL1.44z@hico2.westmark.com> query@hico2.westmark.com writes:
>About a year and a half ago, some netters developed
>a patch (and a patch program) which would fix the
>incorrect daylight savings time correction on the 
>3B1.  The patch program, as I remember, would
>identify the pattern, and change it in any existing
>binarys.  
>
>I couldn't find anything about this listed in the archives,
>or posted.

	I thought that I got it from the osu-cis archives, under the name
"dstconvert", if I remember correctly.  While it is possible that it could
have been lost during the re-organization of that archive, I would not think
it likely.

>Does anybody out there have a copy they could send out to me?
>(and can we get this into the archives somewhere?)

	Mine is not present in source code form, and would require *MANY*
hours of shuffling through old tapes.  Perhaps if a recheck of the archives
fails looking for "dstconvert", and no one else has it at their fingertips,
I will consider the major search-and-destroy, but there is currently
remodeling going on in the house, resulting in more than the usual chaos.

	Good Luck
		DoN.

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