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From: stroyan@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Mike Stroyan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: hp730 <- Digitizer: Communications Library Wanted
Date: 27 Jul 92 23:02:38 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA

>  I have an hp 730 and a hp 46087b Digitizing Tablet (that's a HP-HIL
>  device, like a mouse or a keyboard).  
> 
>  I would like to find a library (c or fortran) that could facilitate
>  command/control/data extraction from this device.  I am aware that 
>  I could write my own c routines to do this, but there must be a faster
>  way a better way than my c skills allow.

The Starbase library will perform input from the tablet.  It has calling
conventions for both c and fortran.  The following examples do simple
input from a tablet.  The program
waits for ten button presses and reports the position of each one.

The examples assume a device file called "/dev/tablet" exists for the
tablet.  The files /dev/hil1 through /dev/hil7 are created by default.
The number corresponds to the position in the HP-HIL chain, starting
from 1.  Nine-knob boxes count as three devices.  You could link one of
the existing device files to "/dev/tablet", or change the programs to
use one of the existing files.

The Starbase library also has a sample_locator call for reading the
tablet position without waiting for a button press.

cc -o request request.c -lsb -ldld

f77 -o request request.f -lsb -ldld

# This is a shell archive.  Remove anything before this line,
# then unpack it by saving it in a file and typing "sh file".
#
# Wrapped by stroyan at hpfcso on Mon Jul 27 16:53:20 1992
#
# This archive contains:
#	request.c	request.f	
#

LANG=""; export LANG

echo x - request.c
cat >request.c <<'@EOF'
#include <starbase.c.h>
main()
{
    int tablet, valid, i;
    float x=0.5, y=0.5, z=0.0;

    tablet = gopen("/dev/tablet", INDEV, "hp-hil", FALSE);
    if (tablet == -1) exit();

    for (i=1; i<=10; i++) {
	request_locator(tablet, 1, 200.0, &valid, &x, &y, &z);
	printf("valid: %d, x: %f, y: %f, z: %f\n", valid, x, y, z);
    }

    gclose(tablet);
}
@EOF

chmod 660 request.c

echo x - request.f
cat >request.f <<'@EOF'
        include '/usr/include/starbase.f1.h'
        program main
        include '/usr/include/starbase.f2.h'

        integer tablet, valid, i
	real x, y, z

	x = 0.5
	y = 0.5
	z = 0.0

	tablet = gopen('/dev/tablet'//char(0), INDEV, 'hp-hil'//char(0), FALSE)
	if (tablet .EQ. -1) stop

	do i=1, 10
	    call request_locator(tablet, 1, 200.0, valid, x, y, z)
	    write(6,*) 'valid: ', valid
	    write(6,*) 'x: ', x
	    write(6,*) 'y: ', y
	    write(6,*) 'z: ', z
	end do

	call gclose(tablet)
	end
@EOF

chmod 660 request.f

exit 0
From: ufe@dlva.dl.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Exabytes on HP machines
Date: 29 Jul 92 09:20:54 GMT
Reply-To: ufe@dlva.dl.ac.uk ()
Organization: SERC Daresbury Lab., Warrington, U.K.

Oh no not again !
Having been sold a 750 on the basis that 8.07 supports (but is not
supported) Exabytes. We are somewhat miffed to find that it doesn't
appear to.
Having just trawled the archives to find out the definitive situation,
I find there doesn't appear to be one. Is there anyone in HP who is
prepared to make a statement on this ?
Ok, I know HP thinks DAT is wonderful and just what everyone should be
using, but they should realise that EXABYTE got there first and is
a de-facto standard in many areas. We have to provide an import/export
service for data on Exabytes, and when moving to the new system, this
was part of the requirement. In the end it looks like we should have
gone elsewhere (ie to anyone but HP). Unless this situation is
resolved, I can't see us considering HP again.
As I understand it, the current situation is as follows ...
The DAT driver supplied with 8.07 sort of supports exabyte. However,
it won't work with tar correctly and there is some sort of compatibility
problems with later versions of Exabyte firmware. There have been rumours
of a separate Exabyte driver provided with 8.07 but have not been able
to confirm these.
I presume that Omniback (which supports Exabyte) doesn't exercise the
parts of the driver that tar does.
There is apparently a fixed version for 9.0. Is this a fixed version of
the DAT driver, or a separate driver. Will it be available in advance
of 9.0 (and work with 8.07) and will it be supported ???
Cheers,
	Mark
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From: rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 23:15:59 GMT
Subject: Re: HP9000/834.. is it a 2 user only machine ?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp

In comp.sys.hp, u1044737@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au writes:

> Howdy, we are currently in the process of bringing to life an Apollo
> HP9000/834, and cant seem to get more than 2 users to login at once.  Can
> someone comfirm that the 834 is a 2 user only machine, or can it be
> reconfigured to allow more than 2 users?

The 834 was only ever sold as a 2-U machine.

> Output from uname -a is
> HP-UX acme A.B7.00 U 9000/834 23506101     

As I recall from the debates of the period, HP-UX/800 is coded to execute
only as 2-U even if the Multi-U kernel is present.

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM               3404 East Harmony Road
                CompuServe:  71044,2124               Ft Collins CO 80525-9599

This article represents only the opinion[s] of its author, and is not an
official or unofficial position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard
Company.  The text is provided for informational purposes only.  It is
supplied without warranty of any kind.
From: a866700@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk (Wong Siu To)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: NQS on hp7xx
Keywords: NQS
Date: 24 Jul 92 12:26:08 GMT
Organization: The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hi all,

I've installed NQS on my HP720 but it failed. It seems that  
there're some problems.  I follow the instruction and use the sample
makefile for HP (Mk.hp) as my makefile.  However, compilation errors
occurs during the installation.  Some of the symbols are undefined in
certain programs.  I found that those files are in some of the system
header files but not included in these programs (e.g.
/usr/include/stdio.h).  So, I define the missing symbols according to
the header files and the compilation seems okay.  

The "last" compilation error I meet is in ../src/net_reqser.c where
symbols SIGXCPU and SIGXFSZ are undefined.  I've checked the signal.h
file out but no such symbols are defined.  I found these symbols defined
as 24 and 25 respectively in the signal.h file in other BSD and System V
systems, while these values are used for other purposes in my HP-UX
system.

I'm running HP-UX 8.07 on HP720.

Would anyone pls help ?

Thanks in advance !!

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From: medli@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com (Dave Medlicott)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 14:54:02 GMT
Subject: Re: Question on HP1000
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
From: franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Frank Slootweg CRC)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Backup to DAT over net
Date: 27 Jul 92 12:10:48 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, The Netherlands


  Use the "-f machine:device" facility of fbackup/frecover. You do not
need NFS to use this, so you are also not hindered by the limitations of
NFS.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
From: clayton@apollo.HP.COM (Shawn Clayton)
Subject: ups debugger for hp-ux series 700 machines?
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 19:21:46 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Chelmsford, MA
Keywords: debugger, ups

Hello, 

Has anyone ported the debugger 'ups' to the hp700 series machines
running hp-ux?  If so, is it available by anonymous ftp?

Thank You,

-Shawn


From: campbelr@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com (Bob Campbell)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:40:19 GMT
Subject: Re: /usr/adm/diag ?
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp

> DUI / LOGTOOL doesn't give much info.  It shows a zillion repetitions of
> something to the effect of "unable to open device file ()" (note the
> empty parentheses).

Check that your kernel has the dmem, dconfig and diag1 drivers installed.
Also check that the device files listed in /system/CORE-DIAG/customize
exist with the proper permissions.

Turning off DIAGINIT (or removing it from /etc/rc) will also work, but
will probably cause problems with support contracts.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
From: houten@prso.pttnwb.nl (K. van Houten)
Subject: Re: Centronics port: really write-only?
Organization: PTT Telecom b.v. The Netherlands
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 06:35:03 GMT

In article <7371196@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>, rdg@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Rob Gardner) writes:
|> 
|> > "man cent" on my 9000/730 (HPUX 8.07) tell me that the Centronics parallel
|> > port only supports writes. Is this a hardware or a software limitation?
|> > 
|> > If it's a software limitation, does anyone know if/when reads from the
|> > Centronics port might be supported?
|> 
|> It's a manual page limitation. The 700 parallel port can do bidirection
|> I/O. If only you know the mode bits in the minor number...

Rob,

Please tell me, I would like to get the postscript error messages (from my
Laserjet III) back to the system.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
From: gordon@madmax.uwaterloo.ca (Gordon R. Strachan)
Subject: Re: talk/talkd (actually ntalk/ntalkd)
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:20:58 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.151039.22213@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson)) writes:
>
>I have compiled the 'ntalk' package from the InterWorks library,
>and it basically doesn't work (we are running 8.07 with ANSI C
>as the default).
>
>1) it leaves behind a 'ntalkd' for each attempted talk sessions
>   that is stuck in "kernel" code according to xbd. These processes
>   must be killed manually.

This problem sounds similar to the one I had when I first installed the talkd.
The version of talkd I had was assuming a BSD type utmp file instead of
a system V.  So, every now and then it would find an old dead process entry
and attempt to open its pty.  Naturally this caused it to hang.

Gordon
>The weird thing about this is that it did work when I first installed
>and tested it!

Yeah, it depends on what is in the utmp file.

>-- 
>What are the chances that any computer system will ever "work" properly?
>... and Slim just left town. -*- Mike Peterson, SysAdmin, U/Toronto Chemistry


Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
From: hulet@ruf.rice.edu (Randall G. Hulet)
Subject: PC-NFS on HP7xx
Keywords: PC-NFS
Organization: Rice University
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:36:46 GMT


    Can anyone tell me if PC-NFS works on an HP7xx?
Is there anything tricky I should know about.

Thanks,

Randy Hulet (atomcool.rice.edu)
From: stroyan@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Mike Stroyan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Starbase hit mode
Date: 30 Jul 92 19:17:53 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA

In comp.sys.hp, floyd@media.mit.edu (Bob Sabiston) writes:
> Has anyone used the Starbase 'hit mode' on a HP720 CRX24, specifically
> with 3D graphics?  Basically I just want to know if anyone has used it
> successfully to detect 3d polygons.  Does it work in the current 
> implementation of starbase? 

The "hit mode" mostly works with 3D graphics.  There is a bug in dealing
with perspective mode when the front "set_pick_depth" limit is placed
behind the eye_plane.  If you are using perspective, you can avoid the
problem by placing the front pick limit in front of the eyeplane.

The problem will be corrected in the 9.0 release.

Mike Stroyan, mike_stroyan@fc.hp.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Subject: Re: Password Creation Problem
Keywords: passwd
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 05:27:09 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.


You might want to check out a package called "expect", which allows one
to, for example, handle interactive programs in scripts.  I don't
remember offhand where it lives.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
From: vollath@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Ulrich Vollath)
Subject: Re: Postcript to HP LaserJet 500-C ?
Originator: vollath@hpeick6.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 06:50:10 GMT
Distribution: na


In article <Bs6Mn0.FL@waterloo.hp.com>, rypma@waterloo.hp.com (Ted Rypma) writes:
|> sanner@track.physics.usfca.edu (David Sanner) writes:
|> : Does anyone know where I can get a converter to go from 
|> : 
|> : PostScript -> HP LaserJet 500-C color printer ?
|> 
|> Ghostscript 2.4 (3/25/92)
|>   Copyright (C) 1990, 1992 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA.
|>   All rights reserved.
|> Distributed by Free Software Foundation, Inc.
|> Ghostscript comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file LICENSE for details.
|> 
|> Available devices:
|>     x11 cdeskjet deskjet djet500 djet500c laserjet ljet2p ljet3 paintjet
|> Switches: (you can use # in place of =)
|>     -d<name>[=<token>]   define name as token, or null if no token given
|>     -g<width>x<height>   set width and height (`geometry') for device
|>     -I<prefix>           add prefix to search path
|>     -q                   `quiet' mode, suppress most messages
|>     -r<res>              set resolution for initial device
|>     -r<xres>x<yres>      set device X and Y resolution separately
|>     -s<name>=<string>    define name as string
|>     -sDEVICE=<devname>   select initial device
|>     -sOUTPUTFILE=<file>  select output file, embed %d for page #,
|>                            |command to pipe
|> `-' alone as a file name means read from stdin non-interactively.
|> 
|> I use the following simple script and pipe postscript documents to it:
|> 
|> if [ $# -eq 0 ]
|> then
|>     gs -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=djet500c -sOUTPUTFILE='|lp -dtrdj -oraw' -
|> else
|>     gs -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=djet500c -sOUTPUTFILE='|lp -dtrdj -oraw' \
|> 	$@ quit.ps
|> fi
|> 
|> The fonts may need some tweaking - the font that comes built-in is called
|> 'ugly' for good reason; large point sizes really DO look ugly. But then
|> lots of other fonts seem to be available and could be installed I guess.
|> I mostly do graphics or Framemaker and it seems to work OK, including
|> color.  You will need the latest ghostscript for color deskjet support.
|> 
|> Ted Rypma
|> HP Panacom Division
Do you really get good color output by this?
On my deskjet500c the colors look ugly, and black gets a color-tone.
Therefore I allway use the pstoppm.ps program with ghostscript
and convert to deskjet with pbmplus utilities.
This yields the best output for me.

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Munich Institute of Technology voice: 004989/2105-8102 (result: -8099.62992874)
From: dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low)
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 00:27:44 GMT
Subject: Re: HP Vectra Disk Drives
Organization: HP LOVECRAFT DIVISION
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp

>(John MacLerran) 
>I have a question about large hard disks on an HP Vectra RS/20.  We are
>using one for our departmental server and want to upgrade to a larger
>hard disk.  We currently have an HP 300 MB ESDI disk in it, and we want
>to add another 300 MB or more.  The question is: do we have to use HP
>hard disks?  Do we have to use an ESDI disk, or will IDE suffice?  Will
>there be performance problems if we mix IDE and ESDI (or ESDI and SCSI)?
>And, finally, does anyone have any recommendations for third-party
>drives?

You cannot mix ESDI and IDE drives because the PC standard allows for
only one disk controller per PC. For all practical purposes, you can
only use HP ESDI drives. The best way to add more disk drives is to
add a SCSI card. SCSI is a bus controller and not a disk controller so
it can co-exist with the ESDI controller. Network Server Division
sells a SCSI controller with their external storage system. With the
300MB ESDI drive, you probably do not have any more room for an internal
disk so the NSD box is the only way to go. NSD sells a 1GB disk for
their box. This add on allows you to keep your existing setup within
minimal changes. Potentially you can have 7GB of disk storage on
your RS/20 with this setup.

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
	     HP CPCD   dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com
From: ajs@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Alan Silverstein)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 20:58:39 GMT
Subject: Re: Network Distribution Server
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp

> Try the man page for "netdistd" and/or the "Installing and Updating
> HP-UX x.x" manual.

Also read about updist(1M) in the update(1M) manual entry.  It should
be pretty easy.
From: masa@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Masayoshi Habu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: "source" on HP-UX
Date: 30 Jul 92 20:28:59 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara, CA

In comp.sys.hp, a866700@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk (Wong Siu To) writes:

> Does anyone know if HP-UX the "source" command (or equivalent) ?

Csh's source command is equivalent to sh and ksh's . (dot) command.

Masa
From: kinsell@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Dave Kinsell)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 01:59:22 GMT
Subject: Re: moving tar file on DAT (4mm) tape between HP and SGI???
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp

In comp.sys.hp, olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes:

> I strongly doubt this, since he said he could read the tape on
> HP after creating it, and very few recent drives are this braindead.
> (Our driver also uses a write 0 fm cmd, and I've never heard of
> a drive that dies with it.)

The problem occurs after the read.  You can read the data once, which
fits in with the problem description.  However, mail from John indicates
he was using an HP drive on the HP system, so this doesn't appear to be
the problem.

Never underestimate the amount of braindamage present in modern drives.
Both WangDAT and Exabyte drives have been known to do this.


> More than likely he is using the minor device on the SGI that causes
> the driver to byte swap the data; more recent (4.0.5 IRIX) versions
> of our tar will report this problem.

The inability to read any data with dd would suggest something other than
a byte swapping problem.

Dave Kinsell
kinsell@fc.hp.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
From: lmh@world.std.com (Larry M Headlund)
Subject: Problems with HP 817 and HP 700/RX X-terminals
Followup-To: comp.sys.hp 
Summary: Bizzare communication problems with above set up. 
Keywords: X 700/RX 817
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:41:07 GMT

A client of mine has a bizarre problem with his HP 817 and 700/RX X terminals.
HP support hasn't come up with a solution.

THE ENVIROMENT:
	One 817 running HP-UX 8.0 as server
	700/92 as system console.
	Two 700/RX Xterminals
	Thin coax.
	Fonts loaded from server.

THE SYMPTOMS: 
	After logging in under X, with xdm or Vuelogin, more does not
	function properly. The first page appears correctly but no
	additional pages can be seen.

	If one telnets to the system from the X terminals instead of using  
	X,  you get the normal login: prompt,  it accepts a name normally,
	displays the Password: prompt, your password APPEARS AS YOU TYPE IT,
	then the terminal hangs until you type ^c, and you're back at the 
	login: prompt.

Has anyone encountered anything similar?  Any suggestions would be earn my
heartfelt thanks.



-- 
Larry Headlund  lmh@world.std.com    Eikonal Systems (617) 482-3345 
From: robs@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Rob Slotemaker CRC)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 07:05:38 GMT
Subject: Re: LPMC error on pdc_call
Organization: HP-Sales Office-The Netherlands
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp

Indeed a patch solves this problem. It's PHKL_1100 for HP-UX 8.05 and
PHKL_1101 for HP-UX 8.07. 

Also emailed.


Best regards,

Rob Slotemaker, Dutch Response Center
From: jel@creare.COM (Jeffrey E. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Network Distribution Server
Keywords: Server, network
Date: 23 Jul 92 12:30:54 GMT
Organization: Creare Inc., Hanover, NH

Hello Netter,
  I hope you can help me.  When I use the /etc/update program to load software,
there is an option to use a Network Distribution Server.  I would like to set
on of these up since we have two HP stations.  The Server would be an HP
9000/380 running HP-UX 8.0.  The other station is a HP 425E running HP-UX 8.0.
The reason I need this is that the 425E does not have an HPIB to hook up our
tape drive.  I can not find any information on how to set up the Server.  Can
you direct me to some information?


ad(thanks)vance
Little Louie,

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
From: russell@ncube.com
Subject: Re: Parallel port compatibility problems?
Organization: nCUBE CORPORATION
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:09:27 GMT

In article <7371188@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>, rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes:
|> In comp.sys.hp, tgl+@cs.cmu.edu (Tom Lane) writes:
|> 
|> > I've found out the hard way that the supposedly Centronics-compatible
|> > parallel port on HP models 362 & 382 (and probably the rest of the
|> > Series 300/400 line) is not compatible with some printers which work
|> > just fine with PCs.
|> 
|> Try setting the LSB of the /dev/lp device file to 1.  
|> 
|> crw-rw-rw-   1 lp       other     21 0x170001 Jul 28 17:14 /dev/lp
|>                                             ^
|> 
|> By default, the parallel hardware/software runs an interlocked handshake.
|> Minor bit 0 switches it to "pulsed" mode.

This is true on the above systems.  Unfortunately, there is apparently NO
way of changing this on the 700 series.  Why not?

The Centronics standard is not the IBM PC parallel standard -- but they
are very close.  Many printers are designed to automatically handle
either one, so you don't care.  Most parallel drivers are designed to be
able to drive either "standard".  The 700 series lacks this ability.  :^(
I want to connect a Dataproducts LZR1560 to my 750 parallel port. 
Unfortunately, this printer only talks IBM PC parallel.  :^( again!

I care because I need a Postscript printer that can handle 8.5x11 and
11x17.  My only options appear to be the QMS ($$$) or the Dataproducts.
So, got any solutions for us 700 series folks?

Russell Randolph
nCUBE, Beaverton, Oregon
russell@ncube.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.sys.sgi,comp.unix.questions