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Subject: DECUS DFWLUG Jan 12th Meeting Notice/Newsletter
From: system@fallout.lonestar.org
Date: 10 Jan 93 20:01:45 CST
Organization: DECUS DFWLUG BBS *Dallas*TX*

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=Volume 3 Number 1                                      January 7th, 1992 =
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VOLUME 3 NUMBER 1    INDEX (in this issue)
   
PAGE 1   * The next DFWLUG meeting Info and Map (January 12th, 1993)
PAGE 2   * DFWLUG Speakers and Calendar DECUS of Events for 1993
PAGE 3   * DECUS Las Vegas Symposium Notes
PAGE 4   * Dr. John Kemeny - Inventor of BASIC dead at 66.
PAGE 5   * US Data Highway - Gathers speed. Rules eyed for the Internet
PAGE 6   * DEC VP, Jack Smith retires after 34 years of service
PAGE 7   * DEC Storage products win Digital News and Review Target Awards
PAGE 8   * UNIXWORLD names DEC 3000 AXP as one of it's "10 Best" in 1992
PAGE 9   * DFWLUG Staff members and contact list
PAGE 10  * DFWLUG BBS Info
PAGE 11  * Digital's 1-800 Service Phone Numbers (Consulting and Sales)

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1/12/93  -- >>>>>> The January meeting agenda is as follows:

Giving OpenVMS the Boot:  The Internals of System Startup

Wayne Sewell of Tachyon Software Consulting (Dallas, Tx)

This session discusses the events that occur during the various phases 
of OpenVMS system startup, from the console subsystem (if any), though
virtual memory boot (VMB), to the final stages implemented as command
proceedures.  Mention is made of special topics such as the loadable 
excutive, the switch from physical to virtual memory, the SYSGEN 
parameters involved in booting and the rudimentry I/O system used
during the boot process.


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Chris Simon will have an MS-DOS Utilities and Games Shareware Library 
available as a door prize for the meeting.

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Robert Eden will also have the Spring 92 DECUS Symposia Software on 
9-track reel tapes.  Please Don't bring your 9 Tracks to trade, Robert 
says he has enough to just give away. (but if you would like to donate 
1 TK50 in trade...;-)

Look for the entire listing of the Spring Symposia tape on the the 
DFWLUG BBS (214-270-3313).  Robert Posted the index and descriptions
to VAXnotes.

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David Cathey will have membership forms and DFWLUG BBS membership forms
available at the meeting.  LUG membership and meeting attendance is always
free but your $10.00/year contribution gets you a personal/private account 
on the DFWLUG BBS and helps keep the LUG moving.

Help us to help you, a little bit goes a long way.


--

John Wisniewski will load MS-DOS Kermit/Network starter Kit
on YOUR 3 1/2" floppy. 

If you need some help with the DFWLUG BBS see him too 
(he's the local sysop!) 

There will be a new ALPHA 64-Bit workstation(s) running OpenVMS and/or 
OSF/1 on Display at this meeting.  

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POPCORN and Soft drinks will also be be furnished courtesy of Digital. 

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             THE DFWLUG FALL/WINTER SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS

Jan. 12   - Wayne Sewell - DFWLUG member (Dallas) will discuss 
            Giving VMS the Boot (VMS startup internals)

Feb.  9   - Bill Hancock Network-1
            Client/Server Network Performance

         THE 1993 DECUS WINTER/SPRING CALENDAR OF EVENTS
                  
DECUS Seminars in Austin

Feb.  6   - Converting your VMS applications to RISC VMS on Alpha

Feb.  7   - Network Security - An Introduction

Feb.  8   - Security from a System Manager's Perspective.

Feb.  9   - Writing DECwindows Applications.

Mar.27-30 - DECUS University in Chicago 
            (6-8 seminars to choose from each day)

Jun. 5-6  - DECUS Spring Seminars - Atlanta

Jun. 7-11 - DECUS Spring Symposia - Atlanta

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		DECUS Las Vegas Symposium Notes
 
The following are notes from the DECUS Fall 1992 Symposium held in 
Las Vegas, Nevada from December 5th through the 11th.  These notes
are compiled from several of the DFWLUG members who attended.
 
             INDEX TO NOTES
              OpenVMS 6.0
              Alpha AXP
              Tape Backup Performance
              Unofficial OpenVMS Futures (June 1993)
              V5.5 Queue System
              PATHWORKS
              MISCELLANEOUS
              ALL-IN-1


OpenVMS 6.0

 *VMS is now offically OpenVMS (Some DECUS folks scoff at this;-)

 *It is scheduled to ship in the 2nd quarter of 1993.

 *It has a C2 security rating and a "Secure Subsystem".
    The "Secure Subsystem" allows applications to have access control
    entries call application control access.

 *OpenVMS 6.0 has Virtual Balance Slots, adaptive pool management 
  (no more SRPs, IRPs, or LRPs).  The system dynamically allocates 
  memory on demand.  There should be no performance hit for this 
  dynamic performance.

 *Implementing  OpenVMS 6.0 will break code written to access the 
  memory lookaside lists.

 *OpenVMS 6.0 has MSCP dynamic load balancing.

 *It will support clusterwide virtual I/O caching.

 *OpenVMS 6.0 will provide a "Snapshot" facility for fast restoration
  of of a previously booted OS. (Workstations only to start).

 *Multiple Queue managers on the same or different nodes will be 
  supported.

 *Installing OpenVMS 6.0 will not impact most applications.  Relinking
  will not be required for most applications.

 *A new SYSMAN STARTUP options enables three levels of startup logging:
          1) Complete DCL verify of the entire setup.
          2) Verify for standard component files.
          3) Checkpointing of start and end of each startup phase.
   e.g. SYSMAN STARTUP SET OPTION/VERIFY=(FULL)

 *The commands SET ACL, SET PROT, SET VOL/PROT, AND SET FILE/PROT have 
  been replaced by SET SECURITY.  The old commands are still supported
  in version 6.0.

 *The rumor that the "SYSMAN" startup mechanism is "going away way"
  was strongly debunked by the developer who said he would have to 
  write any code to replace it. (He hasn't;-)

 *A new utility, CLU, Crash Log Utility will be a part of OpenVMS 6.0.
  CLU keeps a crash history file with stacks, registers, and other 
  data on disk.  CLU provides a permanent record of system crashes.

 *The startup command proceedure name has changed to STARTUP_VMS.COM.
  "(...will probably not ever changes names again!;-)


Alpha AXP

 *V1.0 includes LAT 5.5; adaptive pool management.
 *V1.5 will ship the 2nd quarter of 1993.  It will still be based on 
  VMS v5.4 and will include SMP, VMSclusters (limited only by HW
  configurations), LAD/LAST and Infoserver booting.

Tape Backup Performance

 *The recommendation is to use cache during tape backups.

 *It requires 11VUPs to move 1Mbyte/Sec to tape.

 *Use 24kb block transfer to reel tape, 64kb for 1/2" and 4mm cartridge
  tapes.
 
Unofficial OpenVMS Futures (June 1993)

 *Tape to tape copy.

 *A 20 Gigabit compression algorithm will be added.

 *Spia replaces VMSinstal (due out in 2nd quarter of 1993). 
  It will be responsiblefor the installation and de-installation
  of products.

 *DECforms 1.4 will allow responses in the form, the performance 
  of arithmetic functions in the form and horizontal scrolling of 
  groups.


V5.5 Queue System

  *To backup forms, queues, characteristics, etc, backup the master 
   and que files but not the journal file. 
      To restore these files:
           1)Stop the queue manager
           2)Delete all three of the queue files. it is especially
             important to delete all copies of the journal file.
           3)Restore the two backed-up files.
           4)Start the queue manager

PATHWORKS

 *Pathworks VMS 4.2 will ship in "Early Winter"

 *It will support Alpha in a limited way.
  (No disk services)

 *It will support OSI (VAX only).

 *The CHANNELCNT limit will be eased

 *Security support for VMS Password History dictionary and intrusion
  database will be included.

 *"The Complete Guide to Pathworks" by Kenneth Specer $39.00 is available
  from the DEC Professional Folks (CBM books) (215)957-4265

MISCELLANEOUS

 *The Windows/NT development CD-ROM is available for $69.00.
  Just call (800)227-4679 ext 11771.
 
 *The development version needs 12Mbytes of memory to run but Microsoft
  hopes the finished product will run on only 8Mbytes.

 *There is a new PSI Security Manual not shipped with the OSI documentation.
  Since PSI security has changed with OSI, it's a recommended purchase.

 *Keep an off-site copy of condist, so if the building burns, you still 
  have a trustworthy copy of all DEC's software. (from experiance;-)

ALL-IN-1

 *Tony Redmond's new book "ALL-IN-1 managing and Programming in V3.0"
  is available though Digital Press for $50.00.  Order number is 
  EY-M522E-DP 

 *Another new book regarding ALL-IN-1, focused on code level integration
  is being offered by Digital Press.  This new book has been written by 
  John Rhoton and is titled "ALL-IN-1: Managing Applications in V3.0"
  The order number is EY-J850E-DP and the cost is $50.00.


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 Dr. John Kemeny - Computer pioneer and educator dead at 66
	{The new York Times, 27-Dec-92, p. ?}
	{Contributed by: Bob Sauer}
   Born in Hungary in 1926, Kemeny earned a doctorate in mathematics from
 Princeton at 23, was made a full professor of mathematics at Dartmouth at 27,
 was appointed chairman of the math department there at 29 and served as
 president of Dartmouth for 11 years, starting when he was 43. He and Thomas
 Kurtz invented the BASIC computer language in 1964.

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 US Data Highway - Gathers speed. Rules of the road eyed for computer network
	{The Boston Globe, 26-Dec-92, p. }
	{Contributed by David Ofsevit, who got it from the Internet}
   By Charles A. Radin - Globe staff

   Construction of the information superhighway that Vice President-elect Al
 Gore and may others say is essential to America's future has already begun and
 is now expanding at incredible speed.
   The Internet, which began in 1969 by linking a handful of elite universities
 and defense-research laboratories, now includes an estimated 20 million
 computer-users in the United States and abroad. It has been expanded from
 interactive computer communications to audio and video capabilities and now
 links about 10,000 smaller computer networks, through which it is possible to
 send and receive information about everything from software to sex.
   During the vice presidential campaign, and for years before in the Senate,
 Gore advocated development of a system so vast that very home and school in
 America would be tied through fiber optic cables capable of handling large
 amounts of data and video images.
   The interim technologies and private-sector initiatives that Gore said could
 bring the information highway to the nation's doorsteps long before the
 fiber-optic cables could be laid are the stuff of the Internet.  No other
 network approaches its size, utility and sophistication.
   But use of the Internet is doubling annually, straining its informal,
 largely unregulated methods of operation, and Internet advocates and observers
 agree there are issues that must be addressed if it is to develop into the
 much larger and more sophisticated interstate highway of the information age
 that political leaders envision.
   o  The Internet is accessible to nearly all professors and students at
 research universities, to employees of many large corporations, and to many
 government employees, who can use it free of charge.  But individuals have had
 limited opportunities to learn how they can use the Internet, and must be
 willing to spend at least $20 a month if they want to log onto the system.
 Few primary and secondary schools -- those institutions Gore specifically
 targeted--are linked.
   o  The federal government, which spawned the Internet, has one foot in the
 organization and one foot out, clouding issues of governance and, especially,
 the network's commercial potential.
   o  The Internet is on the way to becoming a major public facility, but the
 major questions that implies -- Are any forms of communication to be forbidden
 or restricted?  What about individual privacy rights? -- have hardly been
 discussed, much less resolved.
   o  Protection of intellectual property rights is extremely difficult, a
 situation disliked by those whose primary interest in the information
 superhighway is commercial, but applauded by advocates of unrestricted flow of
 information.

   Transmissions grow rapidly
   While these questions simmer, use of the Internet is growing rapidly.
 Transmissions of packets of information have swelled from about 50 million a
 month in 1988 to more than 20 billion a month now.
   Vinton Cerf, a codesigner of the Internet and now president of the nonprofit
 Internet Society, predicts that there will be 100 million US Internet users by
 the end of the decade, and that there will be tens of millions more users
 abroad.
   "You have to imagine that this kind of reaching out from anywhere in the
 world to anywhere else in the world, at your fingertips, has got to change the
 way we think about our world," Cerf said.
   All concerned agree that the rapid expansion of the Internet's reach, and
 the parallel growth in its uses and information resources, make the cost of
 access for poor nations and individuals a primary consideration.
   Noting that the Internet has expanded far beyond its original focus on
 interactive computer communications and is now able to transmit audio and
 video, and that use of the network for electronic mail communications has
 grown well beyond expectations, Cerf said "it will become critical for
 everyone to be connected.  Anyone who doesn't will essentially be isolated
 from the world community."

   Rich, poor gap seen widening
   Professor Michael L. Dertouzos, director of MIT's laboratory for computer
 science, says "the gap between rich and poor is increasing as a result of
 these technologies" -- widening differences between rich and poor nations and
 between rich and poor people within individual nations.  "Left to its own
 devices, it will increase much more."
   Dertouzos advocates "foreign aid, domestic aid, social welfare" and says
 that "we must constantly work at the benefactory process of making sure
 information goes to the people and the nations that are poor."
   Many users and observers of the Internet's development hope this will become
 a priority for Gore and others in the incoming administration who advocate
 building a super-modern technology infrastructure.
   "Gore talks about building a fiber-optic network to schools," says Daniel
 Weitzner of the Washington-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, a
 technology-development advocacy group, "but in all likelihood what will
 happen, and what we think ought to happen" is that government will provide
 funds to schools "to buy access the same way you buy a telephone line.  It
 will take 20 years to wire the whole country with fiber, and you could do this
 very soon."
   The Internet planners and users hope the government also will obligate
 companies offering connections and other Internet services to provide service
 to institutions and individuals without regard to the content of
 communications so long as illegal activities are not involved.

   Common carriage rule
   Such a rule -- called "common carriage" -- exists now for telephone
 companies and would, applied to the Internet, "become the First Amendment of
 the Information Age," Weitzner said.
   This sort of nondiscriminatory approach has been the rule so far on the
 Internet -- if such a loosely organized, informally run organization can be
 said to have rules.  But some of the growing number of companies providing
 Internet access for fees are beginning to suggest that certain types of
 communication should be regulated or prohibited.
   While individual access remains much more complicated than logging on
 through a corporate or university connection, the difficulties are declining.
 Local companies, such as Software Tool & Dye in Brookline, provide connections
 for individuals with home computers for as little as $20 a month, with no
 per-message charges.
   Finding one's way around the Internet also seems complex initially, but in
 recent months at least a half dozen books have appeared to help users figure
 out the system.  These include "Zen and the Art of the Internet," "The
 Internet Companion," "The Whole Internet Users Guide and Catalogue," and
 "Exploring the Internet: A Technical Travelogue."

   Freedom brings reactions
   The extreme freedom of action available to travelers on the Internet is
 exhilarating to some people and frightening to others.
   "When it's more intricate than the US road system and it's all over the
 world, can you police it?" MIT's Dertouzos asks.  "Maybe not.  The FBI is
 concerned.  The NFS" -- National Science Foundation -- "is concerned."
   "There are so many networks and subnetworks on the Internet, nobody knows
 who's on it," Dertouzos said.  "It could mean that there is no longer any
 meaning to international boundaries.  People in China and Iraq are talking to
 people in the United States" without any of their governments knowing about
 it.
   While dangers are recognized -- the computer virus released by a Cornell
 graduate student in 1988 seriously affected the Internet -- so too are real
 benefits.  The Internet provided the chief communications tool used by
 prodemocracy Soviets when other media were jammed during the attempted coup in
 1991.
    ======================================================================
    [Two graphics are included with this article, and are described below:]

       The first graphic shows "A schematic of the Internet system" showing
 "Users" on a "Local network" being connected to "Other US networks," "Foreign
 networks," "Data banks," and "Super computers."   Accompanying bullets on the
 graphic state:
   "> Users' computers are linked through their company or university.  Single
 users can log in through private companies."
   "> About 10,000 smaller networks are currently linked into a system called
 Internet."
   "> Participants can crunch huge numbers on the system's most powerful
 computers, retrieve data from archives full of scientific and government
 research, conduct open discussions with the other 20 million users and send
 and receive electronic mail.  Audio and video transmissions also are
 possible."
   The second graphic shows "Traffic on the system" from 1988 through November
 1992.  The vertical scale is "Billions of packets of information sent via
 Internet.  A packet is a bundle of data or other information.  Many packets
 may be required to transfer large files."  The graph rises as a fairly smooth
 exponential curve from less than 1 billion per month in 1988 to approximately
 24 billion in the most recent month.

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 Digital - Smith retires after 34 years of service
	{Livewire, Worldwide News, 5-Jan-93}
   Jack Smith, senior vice president of Operations, has announced his intention 
 to retire from the company. 
   Commenting on the announcement, Digital President Bob Palmer said, "Jack has
 played a pivotal role in Digital's history.  He has served the company with 
 distinction and ably handled whatever management role he was asked to take.
 His contributions have been both numerous and significant.  I particularly 
 appreciate the effective assistance he has given me personally during the 
 transition of the past few months.  In his career, Jack has touched the 
 lives of many people at Digital.  He will be remembered as a warm and positive
 person.  He can look back over his 34 years with Digital with a great deal of
 satisfaction and pride in his accomplishments and contributions to the
 company's growth and prominence in the industry."
   Jack noted, "I found it very satisfying to manage Digital's day-to-day 
 operations as senior vice president of Operations, in particular during the 
 last six months while Bob Palmer concentrated on restructuring the company
 into customer-focused business units.  Bob has now completed that
 restructuring.  With the operational progress we've made, I feel I can retire
 with confidence in Digital's future.
   "I have been looking forward to retirement for some time," he added.  "As I 
 approach it, I have many good memories.  I will always feel part of Digital."
   Jack joined Digital in 1958, as a technician.  He was involved in building 
 and testing the company's first logic modules and its first computer, the
 PDP-1.  Later, he was responsible for the development and growth of the 
 company's worldwide Systems Manufacturing operation.  He was promoted to vice
 president, Systems Manufacturing, in 1976; and to vice president,
 Manufacturing, in 1977.  In 1983, he added Engineering to his
 responsibilities, and in 1985, added Product Marketing as well.  He was
 appointed senior vice president in 1987.  Jack was appointed to his current
 position in 1991.
   Ten years ago, on the occasion of the company's 25th anniversary, Jack 
 reminisced, "When I started at Digital, there were only 12 people in the 
 company.  I was hired as a technician.  Sometimes I did engineering work, 
 sometimes manufacturing.  I also spent a lot of time painting system modules
 and sweeping the floor.  There wasn't any formal structure.  You just pitched
 in and did whatever had to be done...
   "Our basic strength has always been the attitude and commitment of our 
 people," he concluded.  "I think the most important thing we can do is to 
 continue to provide challenging opportunities for personal and professional 
 growth while we reinforce our commitment to achieve leadership in our 
 industry."

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 Digital - Mass storage products win Digital News and Review Target Awards
	{Livewire, Worldwide News, 5-Jan-93}
   Digital's TF86 tape drive and DSP5200 disk drive are first place winners in 
 Digital News and Review's Target Awards for 1993.  Both products were voted 
 best in their class by the more than 84,000 subscribers to Digital News and 
 Review.
   Readers were asked to rate more than 40 product categories on user 
 friendliness, technological innovation and price/performance.  The Target 
 Awards honor the products and services in the Digital marketplace most 
 preferred by the readers of the publication.
   "Best Tape Drive," the TF86 is a 6 Gigabyte, 1/2-inch, high-reliability tape 
 drive with its own DSSI controller for direct connection to multiple CPUs in 
 a VAX systems environment.
   "Best Disk Drive (tied for first place)," the DSP5200 is a 5.25-inch, 
 high-capacity, high-reliability disk drive designed and manufactured by
 Digital for the OEM market.  The SCSI-2 drive features a formatted capacity of
 2.0 Megabytes and an average seek time of 12.5 milliseconds.
   Winning products will be profiled in the January 18, 1993, special edition 
 of Digital News and Review.

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 Digital - Trade journal honors Alpha AXP systems
	{Livewire, Worldwide News, 6-Jan-93}
   The January 1993 issue of UNIXWORLD magazine has named the DEC 3000 AXP 
 series of workstations as one of its 10 best "Products of the Year" for 1992.
 The issue sports a photo of the workstation on its cover.
   UNIXWORLD called Digital's Alpha AXP systems "the most important product 
 announcement of 1992," adding that the entire line "vaulted the world's 
 number-two computer company into the performance lead in the UNIX workstation
 market." 
   The DEC 3000 AXP workstations were the only workstations to earn this honor. 
   UNIXWORLD is the only UNIX magazine distributed internationally.  This 
 monthly publication reaches 133 countries worldwide and is one of the most 
 widely read UNIX publications in the industry. 

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                       DFWLUG Contact list

The DFWLUG Steering Committee:
  
   Chairman: Lon Crozier                   Meeting  Chris Simon
             Arms Inc.                 Coordinator: FMC Corporation
             5757 Alpha Road                        1460 Round Table
             Dallas, TX 75240                       Dallas, TX 75247
              (214) 385-3090                         (214) 689-7127
            
 Membership  David Cathey               Secretary/  Jim Rodgers
Coordinator: Montagar Software Concepts  Treasurer: SSC Laboratory
             P.O. BOX 260772                        2550 Beckley Meade
             Plano, TX 75026                        MS 1011
              (214) 618-2117                        Dallas, TX 75237
                                                     (214) 708-6134
            
    SW/Tape  Robert Eden                NEWSLETTER  Jo Ann Catcott
  Librarian: JCS Consulting Services     CO-EDITOR: Computer Education & Design
             5905 Beverly Dr. West #3133            750 Hammon Dr. Bldg #9
             Fort Worth, TX 76132                   Atlanta, GA 30328 
              (817) 897-0491                         (214) 733-4318

NEWSLETTER   Alan Bruns                    DIGITAL  John Wisniewski
 CO-EDITOR:  Allied Electronics        COUNTERPART: Digital Equipment Corp
             7410 Pebble Drive                      14131 Midway Road
             Fort Worth, TX 76118                   Dallas, TX 75244
              (817) 595-3500                         (214) 404-6412

    DECUS    Membership Processing     
  NATIONAL:  DECUS US Chapter         
             333 South Street, SHR1-4/D33      
             Shrewsbury, MA 01545-4195               
              (508) 841-3341                   

EMAIL TO THE DFWLUG STAFF SEND TO:

                    dfwlug@fallout.lonestar.org

  The entire DFWLUG staff will receive a copy of the E-Mail message.
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                        THE DFWLUG BBS SYSTEM

The DFWLUG hosts a semiprivate VAX BBS for use by it's membership, we
currently are using VMS 5.5-2, POSIX, have over two GIGbytes of storage, 
with multiple phone-lines (V.32 modem links).

The DFWLUG BBS has been in operation for over two years and hosts VAXnotes, 
ANU News (1700+ newsgroups), DECUS UUCP (for E-Mail anywhere on the INTERNET), 
file exchange, and indexes of the DECUS Software libraries (with over 10,000
programs) available from our LUG Librarian.

Membership and private accounts for the BBS are available to computer 
professionals in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. 

Private accounts may be granted by joining the DFWLUG and donating 
$10.00 yearly to the DFWLUG BBS Memorial Phone-Line fund. 

Accounts are available during the monthly meetings that take place every 
second Tuesday, 7:00pm at the Digital ACT (702-4400) in Dallas TX.

For more information you may dial-in to our public account:

(214) 270-3313  300-2400 Baud 8/n/1 mnp 5
(214) 270-3313 1200-9600 Baud 8/n/1 mnp 5

Use account name INFO for public access.
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           TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR DIGITAL SUPPORT AND ORDERING

PC DESKTOP Direct (to purchase a PC or for PC configuration questions)   
1-800-722-9332

1-800-SOFTWARE    (to purchase any of 12,000 PC software products)
1-800-763-8927

DECdirect         (to purchase any non-PC product computers, network, supplies 
1-800-344-4825      or for DECdirect Prepurchasing Technical questions.)

DECdirect Modem Line 1200-2400 Baud
1-800-234-1998

Education Services hotline 
(For information on upcoming DEC classes and locations)
1-800-332-5656

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The above service numbers are free.  

The following requires a valid Digital support Contract and are available
24 hours per day.
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Colorado             Customer Support Software support under contract
1-800-354-9000

Atlanta              Customer Software Support under contract.
1-800-332-8000

Master Champs        24x7 Mission Critical Support under special contract.
1-800-345-3746

24 hour each day Customer Support to log a call with Field service 
and have something repaired

1-800-354-9000
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MASTHEAD/DISCLAIMERS/LEGAL STUFF

The DFWLUG is an affiliated and licensed Local Users Group of the 
U.S. DECUS organization.

The DFWLUG Net/Newsletter is published as a monthly service in 
electronic form Copyright (c) DFWLUG, DECUS, and Digital Equipment 
Corporation 1993. All rights reserved.

This information in this document is subject to change and should not
be construed as a commitment by Digital Equipment Corporation, DECUS,
or the DFWLUG.  Digital Equipment, DECUS and the DFWLUG assume no
responsiblity for any errors that may appear in this document.

It is assumed that all material submitted for publication  in this 
newsletter is with the author's permission to publish in any DECUS
publication.  Content is the responsiblity of the author and DECUS,
Digital Equipment, the DFWLUG, the Editors and Staff assume no 
responsiblity or liablity for information  appearing in this
document.

Views experessed are those of the authors and do not reflect the views 
of DECUS, the DFWLUG or Digital Equipment Corporation.

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