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From: rempel@hg.uleth.ca (Curtis Rempel - System Programming, 2657)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: $SNDJBC from COBOL example?
Date: 1 Sep 92 21:00:08 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

One of our major systems here (written in COBOL - blech!) generates reports
that must go to a specific printer queue but the source code only outputs
the report to a file.  I don't work on this system as a developer but do
have an interest in system performance and so I'd like to know if anybody
has an example of queueing a file using $SNDJBC from within COBOL.  I wrote
one in FORTRAN but for various reasons I'd like to have it in COBOL.  Right
now, a job is spawned in LOGIN.COM which wakes up every so often and looks
for something to print - yuk.

Can anybody send me some code that will do this so I don't have to reinvent
the wheel?  Thanks!

/Curt

Curtis Rempel                                Internet:   REMPEL@HG.ULETH.CA
VMS Systems Programmer                       
University of Lethbridge                     
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From: ewilts@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (Ed Wilts)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: BookReader client for non-DEC systems?
Date: 3 Sep 92 13:52:58 -0700
Reply-To: EWILTS@GALAXY.GOV.BC.CA
Organization: BC Systems Corporation

I'm after a BookReader reader for non-DEC systems.  In particular, I'd like to
see a Sun and an HP client.  I'm willing to NFS export the files so that our
customers can read the docs without paying for our CPU cycles.

Does anyone know if this is do-able?

Thanks,
	.../Ed
-- 

Ed Wilts, BC Systems Corp., 4000 Seymour Place, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8X 4S8
EWilts@Galaxy.Gov.BC.CA   |   Ed.Wilts@BCSystems.Gov.BC.CA   |   (604) 389-3430
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: mdchaney@fractal.ucs.indiana.edu (M Darrin Chaney)
Subject: Re: PAKGEN software (Was: will lmf will alpha?)
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 19:04:57 GMT

In article <> Adelman@TGV.COM (Kenneth Adelman) writes:
>> How about pressuring DEC to abandon the truely RIDICULOUS price for the
>> PAK generation software? or to provide a reasonably priced, publically
>> accessible, PAK generation service?  or to allow some third party to set
>> up such a service?
>
>    Only the list price is steep. If you're a DEC Independent
>Software Vendor (ISV) you get a substantial discount off the list
>price. I'd say that so far we've spend about $0.20/PAK for the PAKs
>we've generated. Very reasonable. I believe anyone who write software
>for DEC computers can become an ISV (call 800-DEC-ISVN).

For the rest of the slow-learners/boneheads, note that $.20/PAK is probably
much cheaper than the cost of developing and maintaining your own licensing
scheme to go with your software.  The code to do the license check is 
trivial to add to any program.

	Darrin
-- 

mdchaney@iubacs mdchaney@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu mdchaney@rose.ucs.indiana.edu

"It's a marvel of vegetable containment..."
From: omalley.mike@a1.dv780.dvo.MTS.dec.com ("Mike O'Malley")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: UNSUBSCRIBE                                                            1
Date: 28 Aug 92 10:47:01 GMT
Organization: The Internet


    Please remove me from the INFO-VAX List.  I could be registered 
    as any of the following:
    
    UNSUBSCRIBE Mike.OMalley@AQO.mts.DEC.COM
    UNSUBSCRIBE Mike.OMalley@dv780.dnet.DEC.COM
    UNSUBSCRIBE	Mike.OMalley@dvwps.dnet.DEC.COM
    
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: HEGE@finabo.abo.fi (Kaj H{ggman DC)
Subject: DECWindows Motif Eve/Tpu problem
Organization: Abo Akademi University, Finland
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 10:45:25 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.23

Hello!

I've just upgraded VMS from V5.5 to V5.5-1 and DECWindows to Motif
(so just a few minor changes, nothing worth to mention :-)

A user is using OpenWindows 2.0 as Window Manager on his X-station (a
Tektronix TekXpress XP23 AT) where he's also been running DECWindows
applications, like tpu/eve.

Running TPU from FileView doesn't work any longer and starting it with
the definition

	$tpw:==spawn/nowait/input=nl: eve/display=decwindows

doesn't work either.

This is the error message he gets:

***************************************************************
Fatal VAXTPU internal error, please submit an SPR including:

     1.  A description of the actions that revealed the bug
     2.  Information about which versions of VAXTPU and VMS you are using
     3.  Machine-readable media containing:
        a. The source files of your VAXTPU section and command files
        b. Copies of the data files used during the session
        c. The keystroke journal file if one exists
     4.  Terminal characteristics from the DCL SHOW TERMINAL command
     5.  A description of the command line used to invoke VAXTPU

Shareable base: 00000600  Ident: VAXTPU V2.6  1991-10-12 04:42
Updater base:   000CEE00  Ident: VAXTPU V2.6  1991-10-12 04:45
Updater file:   DECWINDOWS

%TPU-F-FAILURE, internal VAXTPU failure detected at PC 7FEB98E6
-TPU-I-FROMBUILTIN, called from builtin SET
-TPU-I-FROMLINE, called from line 1690
-TPU-I-FROMLINE, called from line 1788
-TPU-I-FROMLINE, called from line 26
-TPU-I-FROMLINE, called from line 4305
-TPU-I-FROMLINE, called from line 4247
-SYSTEM-F-OPCDEC, opcode reserved to DIGITAL fault at PC=0001388E, 
PSL=03C00000
***************************************************************

I'd appreciate any ideas or pointers!

-=HeGe=-
Kaj Haggman             Internet: Hege@abo.fi       Bitnet: Hege@finabo
Abo Akademi University  (Hepnet/span) Decnet/funet: (21905::)abovax::hege 
Computing Center        X.400: s=hege o=abo prmd=inet admd=fumail c=fi  
SF-20500 Abo, FINLAND   Phone : +358-21-654467  Telefax : +358-21-654497
From: allebrandi@inland.com (Tom Allebrandi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Anybody using a tape on their infoserver?
Date: 25 Aug 92 19:03:27 GMT
Organization: Inland Steel Company; East Chicago, IN

In article <1992Aug20.065926.4619@coe.montana.edu>, osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) writes:
> Is anybody actually using the tape function access on their infoserver?

Soon. Our tape function CDROM is "in the mail."

> If I show disk servers, all the available disk services from the coe-infoserver
> are shown, so I don't think it's some kind of group problem...

One of the things that I noticed about CDROM services is that they
don't actually appear until you put a disk in the drive. For example, I
did

	set server automount disabled
	create service rebook1 for dk3 class ods_2

and have observed that "REBOOK1" does not appear in the InfoServer as
an available service until I actually put a disk in the drive.

Maybe you just need to put a tape in the drive?

--- Tom
Tom Allebrandi             | Mail guru   - DECUS UUCP Development Team
Inland Steel Research Labs | NFS grunt   - CMU/Tek-IP
East Chicago, IN           | Chairperson - VMSnet Working Group, DECUS VAX SIG
219 399 6306               | Internet:  allebrandi@inland.com
DECUServe: allebrandi      | UUCP:      ...!uunet!inland!allebrandi
From: tihor@acfcluster.nyu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: JMAIL tool
Date: 26 Aug 92 21:31:40 GMT
Organization: New York University

In article <1743@ernohb.UUCP>, blaes@ernohb.UUCP (Rainer Blaes) writes:
>  JOINER SOFTWARE INC.

Try JOINER.COM.
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,vmsnet.sources.d,vmsnet.admin,vmsnet.vms-posix,vmsnet.misc,comp.org.decus
Subject: Re: Wanted: program that will simulate unix on vm
From: tp@mccall.com (Terry Poot)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 11:56:18 CST
Reply-To: tp@mccall.com (Terry Poot)
Followup-To: comp.os.vms,vmsnet.sources.d,vmsnet.vms-posix,vmsnet.misc,comp.org.decus
Organization: The McCall Pattern Co., Manhattan, KS, USA
Nntp-Posting-User: tp


In article <1992Aug27.134301.5739@ais.com>, bruce@ais.com (Bruce C. Wright)
writes:
>In article <1992Aug27.115222.23396@dcatlas.dot.gov>, sethg@dcatlas.dot.gov
>(Seth Grimes) writes:
>> kent@loral.cts.com (Kent Yang) writes:
>>
>>>I have just been put on a VMS project and being a unix programmer all
>>>my life, I was wondering if there are any public domain or free software
>>>that will allow me to simulate unix commands on a vms OS.  If you know
>>>of such a program and where I can get it.  Please send me email or
>>>leave a reply on the net.
>>
>> Yes, VMS Posix.  It's a performance dog and it will cost you, however.
>
>The performance hit depends on exactly what you're doing, but it
>doesn't set any land speed records in any case.  The cost however
>is fairly minimal - basically just a distribution cost.  If you have
>CONDIST it should be on there.
>
>There's also the "software tools" programs that have been distributed
>with various DECUS tapes and CD-ROMS.
>[ info on getting things from the DECUS library. ]...

Please drop vmsnet.admin from this discussion. It is for administration of the
vmsnet newsgroups

Discussions on VMS Posix should be in vmsnet.vms-posix
Discussions on the DECUS library should be in comp.org.decus
Discussions on VMS system management (probably what the original poster was
after) should be in vmsnet.sysmgt.
Miscellaneous VMS topics should go in vmsnet.misc and/or comp.os.vms.

Note the Followup-to: line. Please remove newsgroups unrelated to your
response.
--
Terry Poot <tp@mccall.com>                   The McCall Pattern Company
(uucp: ...!rutgers!depot!mccall!tp)          615 McCall Road
(800)255-2762, in KS (913)776-4041           Manhattan, KS 66502, USA
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: rice@ttd.teradyne.com
Subject: Re: WHO.COM (UIC/username translation) addendum
Followup-To: comp.os.vms
Organization: Teradyne Inc., Telecommunications Division
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 02:49:12 GMT

In article <4180@winnie.fit.edu>, karin@zach.fit.edu (Karin Nicholson) writes:
> In article <1992Aug17.152519.1@ttd.teradyne.com> rice@ttd.teradyne.com writes:
>>
>>$! UAF.COM
>>  ...
>>$ define sysuaf SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]SYSUAF.DAT !<- sysuaf.dat must be world read
>>  ...                                                                ^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> NOT!
> 

In order for the command procedure to run, sysuaf.dat has to be world read.
Either that or the procedure can only be used by a privileged user. How you
manage your site's security is up to you. WYSIWYG


-- 
   John Rice        K9IJ     |  "Did I say that ?" I must have, but It was
                             |   MY opinion only, no one else's...Especially
                             |   Not my Employer's....
   rice@ttd.teradyne.com     |   Purveyor of Miracles,Magic and Sleight-of-hand
From: goathunter@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: TZ30 performance
Date: 28 Aug 92 07:56:57 CDT
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

In article <1992Aug27.122358.89@chmeds.ac.nz>, gordon@chmeds.ac.nz writes:
> We are in the midst of replacing a microVAX II with a VAXstation 4000-60.
> That's a real win in general, but tape performance isn't.
> 
> The microVAX has a TK-50, and on a straight backup of sys$help gets 18.5 
> disk blocks/second to tape.  The VAXstation has a TZ30 and only gets 4.1 disk 
> blocks/second to tape.  
> 
[...]
> Has anyone else measured the performance of a TZ30? Has anyone got better
> performance? With the present perormance an image backup will become more than 
> a week's work!
> 
Sounds about right.  With a VAXstation 3100 Model 76 that was loaned
to me for a couple of weeks earlier this year, I received a TZ30 tape
drive.  I backed up the half-full disk (RZ24) using standalone backup, 
which took about two hours to do.  When it came time to return it, I
decided the easiest thing to do would be to restore my backup, thus
returning to its original form.  After restoring for 2 1/2 hours and
only getting about halfway through the restore, my sales rep and I
decided it would be faster for them to just reinstall VMS from CD-ROM.

We just got a TZ30 with our new DECsystem 5100.  I'm hoping we never
have to restore! 8-)

Hunter
------
Hunter Goatley, VMS Systems Programmer, Western Kentucky University
goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET, 502-745-5251
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
Subject: Scheduler bug in VMS v5.4-1?
Reply-To: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 00:41:04 GMT

I just ran across the following problem:  Several processes on a system running
VMS v5.4-1 were persistently in RWMPB state.  They remained in that state for
several minutes, and I have reason to believe that they'd been that way for
several hours.  When I tried to find out what was going on by using
ANALYZE/SYSTEM it turned out that using the SHOW PROCESS command from that
utility kicked them out of the RWMPB state (presumably by queueing a special
kernel mode AST to the processes in question so that ANAL/SYS could get
information about them).  Is this a known bug?  Has it been fixed?  If so, in
which version of VMS?  Thanks in advance.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL

Disclaimer:  Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS.  That's what I get paid for.  My
understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below).  So
unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
organization responsible for it.  If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
From: beelian@iti.gov.sg (Ong Bee Lian (RC))
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: macterminal v3.0
Summary: problem with print selection
Keywords: print selection
Date: 27 Aug 92 04:51:06 GMT
Organization: Information Technology Institute, National Computer Board, S'pore

Hi,

I have some problems with the Macterminal V3.0 software. Whenever I use 
the print selection to print out any mail, there are some missing characters
in the printout. In addition, I don't seems to be able to change the font nor
the margin of the printout. I would like to know if you know the solution to
these problems. 

I would also like to have a copy of the VMS Xmodem software. Please let me 
know if you know where to pick it up.

Thanks
Ong Bee Lian (Ms)
email : beelian@iti.gov.sg
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: POP server for VMS
From: degen@nrlvx1.nrl.navy.mil
Date: 27 Aug 92 18:24:07 -0400
Distribution: world,local
Organization: NRL SPACE SYSTEMS DIVISION

In article <1992Aug26.153625.119@inet.d48.lilly.com>, chad@lilly.com (Chad Miller) writes:
> 
> 	Who makes a good POP (post office protocol?) mail server for
> a VAX running VMS?  I've got a *bunch* of people who would
> like to use Eudora for the Macintosh, but it requires a POP

I use a popmail server put out by Indiana University called IUPOP3.
It uses the POP3 protocol and they claim it is compatible with
Wollongong's WIN/TCP for VMS, UCX, and TGV's Multinet.
                                                   
It is available from logos.ucs.indiana.edu (129.79.17.29) in
/pub/iupop3 .  They also have a mailing list you can subscribe to and 
some utilities for generating statistics etc.  There are also patches 
available to use IUPOP3 with CMU-TEK TCP/IP made by Andrew Greer.  I 
found it easier to get his patched installation kits from matai.vuw.ac.nz 
(130.195.2.13) in [.iupop3-v17].


> 
> /-----------------------\------------------------------\
> | Chad Miller            \ Lilly Research Laboratories | 
> | Systems Manager/Analyst \ 2001 West Main St. MS GL18 |  
> | Internet: chad@lilly.com \ Greenfield, Indiana 46140 | 
> | miller@nuacc.acns.nwu.edu \ (317)277-4107 Fax: -4962 |
> \----------------------------\-------------------------/


David Degen                                     degen@nrlvax.nrl.navy.mil
Space Systems Dev. Dept.                        (202)574-7299
Naval Research Lab.
4555 Overlook Ave SE Bldg t970
Washington, DC.  20375
From: rdj@bass.bu.edu (Rajesh Jathar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Memory listing
Date: 31 Aug 92 20:56:33 GMT
Organization: /usr2/graduate/rdj/.organization


I have recently been assigned the task of setting up a system for
approximately 20 users (about 7-10 interactive at any given time).  My
resources are a DEC 3100 workstation running VMS 5.4 with a 32M of
memory.  Peripherals include a 1.2G SCSI drive and a 1.3G 4mm SCSI
tape drive.

When I did a show memory this is the listing I obtained :-


              System Memory Resources on 28-AUG-1992 18:44:40.69

Physical Memory Usage (pages):     Total        Free      In Use    Modified
  Main Memory (32.00Mb)            65536       36315       28616         605

  Bad Pages                        Total     Dynamic  I/O Errors      Static
                                   16384           0        8192        8192

Slot Usage (slots):                Total        Free    Resident     Swapped
  Process Entry Slots                 29           9          20           0
  Balance Set Slots                   26           8          18           0

Fixed-Size Pool Areas (packets):   Total        Free      In Use        Size
  Small Packet (SRP) List            444          63         381         112
  I/O Request Packet (IRP) List      275         138         137         176
  Large Packet (LRP) List             20           9          11        1648

Dynamic Memory Usage (bytes):      Total        Free      In Use     Largest
  Nonpaged Dynamic Memory         411648       30704      380944       23200
  Paged Dynamic Memory            224768       59008      165760       56176

Paging File Usage (pages):                      Free  Reservable       Total
  DISK$VAXVMSRL054:[SYS0.SYSEXE]SWAPFILE.SYS                                    
                                                6296        6296        6296
  DISK$VAXVMSRL054:[SYS0.SYSEXE]PAGEFILE.SYS                                    
                                               17613      -12611       30000

Of the physical pages in use, 4294964587 pages are permanently allocated to VMS.

While most of the stuff is either self-explanatory or intuitively
clear, I'm not quite sure what to make of the negative value.  Is that
simply because of a subtracted offset, or is it the complement or a
simlarly trivial addressing question?

I welcome all suggestions - not limited to the questions raised, but
rather any advice, routine or otherwise, that may save me a lesson or
two learnt the hard way.

Thank you everyone for your response in advance...

Raj Jathar

rdj@bass.bu.edu
rdj@neuro.tch.harvard.edu
From: vaxs06@v7.vitro.com (Frank Monroe, Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Editing large files with TPU
Date: 28 Aug 92 14:53:56 -0500
Organization: Vitro Corporation

In article <1992Aug27.115111.23317@dcatlas.dot.gov>, sethg@dcatlas.dot.gov (Seth Grimes) writes:
> 
> Wasn't the record-length limitation to 960 characters lifted (for all
> practical purposes -- new limit is large) as of VMS version 5.5?

Yes.  I am using VMS 5.5-1 and TPU doesn't complain until I try to go beyond
32767!!

-- Frank
******************************************************************************
Frank Monroe, Jr.                      | Voice     (301)231-3062
DEC Systems Support, Vitro Corporation | FAX       (301)231-2277
Silver Spring, MD 20906-2972           | InterNet  VAXS06@V7.VITRO.COM
From: johnson@uwmfe.neep.wisc.edu (Bob Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: fast sort routine
Date: 4 Sep 92 01:46:06 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center

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.  Thanks.

johnson@uwmfe.neep.wisc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: mccurdy@bestsd.sdsu.edu (McCurdy M.)
Subject: Re: CSLG licensing of VMS
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: San Diego State University - Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:19:00 GMT

In article <01GNZV8LMJIQ8WWBRK@SIENA.BITNET>, BIANCHI@SIENA.BITNET                 writes...

>Siena College recently looked into upgrading our Vax 6210 to a Vax 6320.  We
>believed that this could be done for under $10,000.00.
> 
>After checking several sources and then committing to the purchase of the
>boards, we were told by Dec that given our eduacational discount that to
>upgrade VMS it would cost us $17,000.00!!  This was something we were not
>expecting.  Our sales rep was out on two weeks leave while we were considering

From our educational initiative agreement with DEC ...

  A.  Requirements

  All systems that enter into the CSLG Program must have a valid standard
  operating system license (VMS, ULTRIX, ULTRIX Workstation Software or VMS
  Workstation Software) on the system prior to entering the program.  If the
  system is upgraded to a larger system during the term of your CSLG
  Agreement, you must purchase the upgrade with the standard operating system
  upgrade.  (This is covered in the terms and conditions of your CSLG
  Agreement.)

In other words, you have to pay the upgrade cost (when you buy a CPU board, 
it must also have the VMS price tacked into it) because you are upgrading 
to a "larger system". I ran into this same situation and there was much 
confusion. Given the state of funding for education and various state 
budget situations, it would be nice if we could get a break on the HIGHLY 
EXPENSIVE (relative to certain other operating systems) VMS. How about it 
DEC?

Mike



Mike McCurdy			Disclaimer:
VAX Systems Management		     
San Diego State University		"Everything I say may be wrong."
mccurdy@bestsd.sdsu.edu  	

Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: hvddool@kub.nl (H.M. van den Dool)
Subject: How do I read the escape-key *AND* escape-sequences
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 20:46:48 GMT
Organization: Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

I'm currently working on a menu-interface containing some sub-menu's.
Selections are made using the cursor keys. To get back to the previous 
menu the ESCAPE-key has to be pressed once. Just in case: using some 
other key but ESCAPE to go to the previous menu is out of the question.

With SMG$READ_KEYSTROKE I can read everything _but_ a single 
ESCAPE-key. Using some very simple QIO I can read a single character 
including the ESCAPE-key perfectly, but loose control over escape 
sequences as generated by the cursor keys.

What I need is an input routine (preferrably in C) which returns the
value of the key pressed (i.e. CURSOR-UP when cursor-up is pressed, and
ESCAPE when the escape-key is pressed)

I figure it's got something to do with a time-out which should occur 
when VMS starts waiting for a terminator when the ESCAPE key is pressed
only once. 

Can someone direct me to such a routine or tell me how to write one 
myself?

Thanks,
-- 
Hans van den Dool, hvddool@kub.nl
Tilburg University Library