1 INFO-VAX	Sat, 14 Oct 2000	Volume 2000 : Issue 575       Contents: Re: 500au's and onboard cache B Re: Anybody else having bugchecks after installing recent patches?P AOL - TIME WARNER MERGER!  Tell the FCC what you think!  Direct Link to FCC here C++ & Ada Upgrade advice needed 0 Getting status value's text message (lib$signal)4 Re: Getting status value's text message (lib$signal)4 Re: Getting status value's text message (lib$signal)4 Re: Getting status value's text message (lib$signal)" Re: Image backup & dns$cache files# Re: installing VMS 7.2-1 on 433au ?  Re: IP Address Extraction = Re: July-Sept (fall) Issue of OpenVMS Times is now on the web P Let the F.C.C. know what you think of the AOL - TIME WARNER merger!  Stop CENSOR Mail forwarding   malloc: SYSTEM-F-ROPRAND failure- Re: RSH Problem - Can someone try this for me  Re: SYS$ASCUTC" Re: This list participants profile Type /TAIL issue Re: Type /TAIL issue Re: VaxStation 3100 Floppy Disk  Re: VMS ISP?  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 01:33:00 -0400 2 From: rdeininger@mindspring.com (Robert Deininger)& Subject: Re: 500au's and onboard cacheL Message-ID: <rdeininger-1410000133000001@user-2ive6gf.dialup.mindspring.com>  R In article <8s8eoa$n8j$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, moi_is_me <moi_is_me@my-deja.com> wrote:   > Greetings, > ? >    Do all 500au's come with onboard cache (i dont think so) ?   I I'm pretty sure they were available with or without.  The small cache was ) 2 MB, and I think the large one was 4 MB.     > >    My friends 500au has 128mb, and SETI took 14.5 hrs, which3 >    is slower than my 450 PII at work ... 11.5 hrs  > 7 >    He dual boots, and TRU64 says no B-cache detected.  > 1 >    Q1) If B-cache is optional, can he add any ?   K Yes.  There's a socket for a cache module.  I don't know if Compaq is still 7 selling the module.  There are probably 3rd party ones.    > 9 >    Q2) What price difference might I expect between two : >        500 au's on eBay, one with B-Cache, one without ?   Dunno.   --   Robert Deininger rdeininger@mindspring.com    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 10:23:27 +0200 > From: "Jean-Franois Marchal" <jean-francois.marchal@x9000.fr>K Subject: Re: Anybody else having bugchecks after installing recent patches? . Message-ID: <8s950t$e2s$1@reader1.imaginet.fr>  @ As I read this, I checked I had only installed VMS721_SYS-v0500,B but I'm surprised not to found the perator.log file on the system.  ? The only OPC logical I define during boot is OPC$OPA0_ENABLE to ? "FALSE" to have the console of the XP900 quiet, so boot is much  faster.   B Not sure of the behaviour of this logical, I deassigned it, killed8 the OPCOM process and issued $ sys$system:STARTUP OPCOM.  , There is still no OPCOM file in sys$manager.  = As it is a security issue, I really need to fix this problem.    Jean-Franois Marchal  X9000 - LYON (FR)       A "Carl Karcher" <karcher@thuria.waisman.wisc.edu> wrote in message 0 news:13OCT00.19011173@thuria.waisman.wisc.edu...B > In a previous article, Terry Kennedy <terry@gate.tmk.com> wrote:I > ->  I installed the most recent set of patches for Alpha VMS V7.2-1 the  other @ > ->day, and since then I've gotten a bunch of bugchecks, mostly
 LOCKMGRERR's. I > ->As I don't have support (this is a hobbyist cluster) I'm wondering if  any-G > ->one else is seeing this, and (if you have support) what Compaq says  about  > ->it.  > ; > I just received mail from ECO-Queries@compaq.com that the 6 > VMS721_SYS-V0600 patch is now ON HOLD (as of today).   ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 07:49:51 GMT  From: xmjrtk@aol.comY Subject: AOL - TIME WARNER MERGER!  Tell the FCC what you think!  Direct Link to FCC here - Message-ID: <zeUF5.21464$Ri3.72475@news2.atl>   : The merger between AOL & Time Warner will be approved -  
? BUT - the F.C.C. is going to require some form of open access.
 = The question is - open access for WHOM? Will the conditions 
 = protect ONLY THE CORPORATIONS or will they also protect YOU 
  the END USER?
 
 ? This is what AOL and Time Warner have to say about censorship 
  and speed capping:
  
 = IF TIME WARNER DETERMINES THAT THE SUBSCRIBER HAS FAILED TO 
 = COMPLY WITH THE SERVICE'S STANDARDS OF CONDUCT OR LIMITS ON 
 = BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION, TIME WARNER MAY SUSPEND SUBSCRIBER'S 
 > ACCOUNT.  TIME WARNER COMMUNICATIONS SHALL HAVE THE SOLE AND 
: UNREVIEWABLE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER CONTENT VIOLATES 
 THESE STANDARDS.
  
  DID YOU KNOW:
 
 > AOL cancelled the account of the President of the Chemically 
@ Disabled Americans - they said it was a commercial usage!  The 
? president ran it from his bedroom.  As a public service.  His 
 @ comment expressing his outrage is contained in the F.C.C. file.
 
  DID YOU KNOW:  
 
 D These are the things that Colette Lantelme, Security Administrator 
C of Road Runner, claims are against the Road Runner Acceptable Use 
  Policy.
 
 7 1.  Posting a message on any "For Sale" message board.
 G 2.  Listing a product on any Ebay, Ubid, or similar service. (Boy, is 
      EBAY gonna be PISSED!)
 # 3.  Announcing a job availability.
 $ 4.  Replying to a job availability.
> 5.  Mentioning that the user had tried any product and found 
)     it satisfactory - or unsatisfactory.
 0 6.  Posting a message to any "personals" board.
  7.  Asking a user for a date.  
; 8.  Calling attention to any commercial or non-commercial 
 ;     website, including personal websites provided as part 
 @     of the purchase price of the service sold by Time-Warner.  
1 9.  Calling attention to any IRC chat channel.  
  
 D Want to say that Al Gore can't be elected because he is a democrat?
D No problem!  Want to say that Leiberman can't be elected because he
 is Jewish? BANNED FROM AOL!
 
 @ A very small effort on your part can well induce the F.C.C. to 
C outlaw this censorship and Speed Capping, and protect YOU as well 
 H as the corporations.  You have some powerful allies; Consumer's Union, 
D Disney, and many commercial software companies.  Even the Attorney 
D General of the State of Connecticut is on YOUR side - you may read 
% their petitions at the link below.  
  
  But YOU MUST HELP!
  
 H You can F.I.L.E YOUR C.O.M.M.E.N.T IN THE O.F.F.I.C.I.A.L C.A.S.E FILE!
 
 C ---> This is NOT merely a EMAIL message which will be ignored <---
  
 F Any response which you file will be an OFFICIAL document included in 
 the F.C.C. FILINGS! 
 7 It will appear in the OFFICIAL CASE FILE as a comment 
 H read by ALL THE ATTORNEYS who are participating in the action, as well 
C as ALL THE F.C.C. C.O.M.M.I.S.S.I.O.N.E.R.S! It will remain there 
 F FOREVER as part of the O.F.F.I.C.I.A.L R.E.C.O.R.D of the AOL - Time 
% Warner merger! With YOUR name on it!
  
 G Since this internet campaign started, approximately 250 comments have 
 H been received by the F.C.C from individuals.  (Some are funny as hell!)
 We need twice that!
 
 H PLEASE - can you HELP PROTECT IRC and USENET?  SEND the SAMPLE COMMENT 
 to the F.C.C!
 
 J The F.C.C. is on the verge of requiring the protections this letter asks 
G for.  Your letter might PUSH THEM OVER THE EDGE and make the internet 
 , a BETTER PLACE for EVERYONE, INCLUDING YOU!
 
 I MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO USENET AND IRC!  This letter WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
 D if there are enough of them received by the F.C.C.  If at least 500
K letters are received, we can probably count on the F.C.C. to take decisive
 G action to prohibit both censorship and speed capping - and to protect 
 ( the users, not merely the corporations.
 
 H GET A CHAIN RESPONSE STARTED!  I can do only so much.  I can only post 
E to so many newsgroups - I can't do it alone.  WE ALL NEED YOUR HELP!
  
 H Copy this message and post it to (at least) 3 newsgroups where it does 
F not appear! Then, Send this message by EMAIL to (at least) 5 friends!
G If everyone does that, we can FLOOD THE F.C.C. with comments and THEY 
  WILL LISTEN!  
  
 H The major ccorporations and the politicians are coonducting this merger
H on their terms, for their benefit, and giving no thought whatsoever to 
I the users. They are all fighting over our dollars, but do they give any 
 7 concern whatsoever to us?  Does a fish ride a bicycle?
  
 H They believe that the internet, which WE, not them, made great, is now 
K too valuable to be left the users.  Their attitude is, "let them comment, 
 H they don't count, they are not rich corporations, they are merely poor 
. users.  Will YOU let them get away with this?
 
 B They can ignore 250 users.  They can't ignore thousands of users.
 
 C Right now our comments, all 250 of them, are a minor agravation to
 F the "power structure."  They have to wade through them to get to the 
7 important stuff, the corporate, I.E. money, responses.
  
 B THOUSANDS OF COMMENTS ARE NOT AN AGRAVATION, THEY ARE A POLITICAL
 PHENOMENON!  DO YOUR PART!
  
 H LET THE F.C.C. know that THE INTERNET DOSEN'T STAND FOR ANY BULL! Tell 
> the F.C.C. I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!
 
 F The future of USENET and IRC depends on the F.C.C. forcing all ISP's 
E starting with Time Warner and AOL to recognize free speech and fair 
 # marketing practices.  PLEASE HELP!
  
 % TO FILE YOUR COMMENT WITH THE F.C.C:
  
 C 1.  Copy the letter to a file.  You can put it on your letterhead 
 C with MS Word or just use a text file.  You can make any change to 
 F the letter you want, or add any comment you have.  CHANGES ARE GOOD! 
B They show you READ THE LETTER and REALLY CARE!  If you had a bad 
. experience with AOL or Time Warner PUT IT IN!
 
  2.  go to:
  
 B https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/websql/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.hts 
 
 H (This is the official F.C.C. page where electronic filing of petitions 
 is accomplished)
  
  3.  Fill out Cover sheet
  
 ? Put your name, Address, Email address, and all other required 
 C information on the form.  (Remember this is an OFFICIAL FILING so 
 G the F.C.C. requires this information.  It is not published unless you 
 * put it in the letter as well as the form)
 
  Proceeding is 
  
               00 - 30 
 
 C (Leave out the spaces, they are there to get by the spam filter.  
  Put in the -)
 
 @ (this is VERY IMPORTANT, it is the case number of the AOL TIME 
C WARNER APPLICATION for merger.  If you get it wrong, your comment 
  WILL NOT BE FILED!)
 
  4.  Send Cover Sheet.
 
 E 5.  After you send the Cover Sheet, THEN select the filename of the 
 ' letter you are sending, and send that.
  
 ; 6.  After you send the file, you will receive an official 
 + confirmation of the filing from the F.C.C.
  
 F 7. You can TYPE a comment instead of sending this sample comment, but
@ DON'T PASTE THE SAMPLE COMMENT into the Short Comment box - it 
 DOESN'T FIT! 
 
 6 Comment will appear for all to read in about 4 hours 
< (but won't appear after business hours or on the weekend.) 
 
 C 8.  If you want to see your letter, or read the other submissions,
 A other letters, the AOL petition, the Disney or Consumer's Union 
 ? objections, etc, here is the URL - Its long!  Put in the case 
 . number, 00 - 30 (no spaces) and nothing else.
 
 t https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/websql/prod/ecfs/comsrch_v2.hts?ws_mode=retrieve_list&id_proceeding=00-30&start=1
 
 G IF YOU LIVE N A FOREIGN COUNTRY and wish to make a comment (This is a 
 G world wide problem) the Cover Sheet will not accept your address.  You
 D can do this:  Enter your real name and address including country in
F the address lines, but in the STATE box  put CA and in the ZIP (first
H field) put 90001.  Ignore the 2nd zip field.  Ignore the 2nd form, and 
F TYPE your SHORT COMMENT in the 3rd form. Please identify the country 
@ you live in the message.  Don't use the sample letter supplied 
3 because it isn't appropriate for non-US residents.
  
 D ***>Remember the FORM INFORMATION will NOT appear, only the letter.
 
 B NOTE:  There is NO WORD WRAPPING on the letter below, to make it 
D easy for you to format so it may be hard to read until you copy it,
 depending on your news reader.
  
  
          SAMPLE MESSAGE
  
 C ------------cut here----------------------------------------------
  
  
  To the FCC Commissioners
  
  Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
 5 Time Warner has the following Acceptable use policy:
  
 ;IF TIME WARNER DETERMINES THAT THE SUBSCRIBER HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE SERVICE'S STANDARDS OF CONDUCT OR LIMITS ON BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION, TIME WARNER MAY SUSPEND SUBSCRIBER'S ACCOUNT.  TIME WARNER COMMUNICATIONS SHALL HAVE THE SOLE AND UNREVIEWABLE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER CONTENT VIOLATES THESE STANDARDS.
  
  Time Warner, and AOL, which has a similar and even more restrictive policy, claims to have the right to terminate anyone, at any time, for any reason.
  
 o At first glance this seems reasonable.  After all, they own the system.  But do they acctually OWN the system?
  
  There is no doubt they own the gate, and it is well-known that both AOL and Time Warner have no hesitation in closing the gate.  Time Warner does this by enforcing this condition on its subscribers:
  
 ;IF TIME WARNER DETERMINES THAT THE SUBSCRIBER HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE SERVICE'S STANDARDS OF CONDUCT OR LIMITS ON BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION, TIME WARNER MAY SUSPEND SUBSCRIBER'S ACCOUNT.  TIME WARNER COMMUNICATIONS SHALL HAVE THE SOLE AND UNREVIEWABLE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER CONTENT VIOLATES THESE STANDARDS.
  
 XDon't try to tell me that AOL and Time Warner close that gate only on "bad" speech, the pornographers, the hate-mongers, the "spammers," and gives the rest of us "nice" people free reign to post "acceptable" messages.  It is well known what these companies find unacceptable - anything whatsoever that rubs them, or anyone else, the wrong way.
 
 It has become common knowledge in USENET and IRC Chat that any person can obtain the canceling of a Road Runner account merely by making complaints to Road Runner abuse. The complaints do not have to be justified, they don't even have to be true, there just needs to be made.
 
  Many Road Runner customers have figured this out, and never upload anything to USENET through Road Runner, or access IRC through Road Runner, but obtain a backup account to protect their high speed access. Unfortunately, the majority of the people don't find this out until they have been terminated for "abuse" that never happened. What is worse, recently Road Runner has terminated some customers who posted material it considered objectionable which was not even posted through Road Runner, but through this b 
 mIt is beginning to appear that Road Runner is actively trying to get rid of anyone who regularly posts political, social, or any other comment to USENET or IRC, and that Road Runner is attempting to convert the internet from a way to express views to a service where they can sell their other Time Warner offerings. This is not what the internet is supposed to be.
  
 Regular users of USENET and IRC have become extremely concerned that the merger of AOL and Time Warner will result in the disappearance of USENET and IRC.  The merged company will not prohibit access entirely, it will just terminate the account of anyone who posts any message offensive to anyone.... and any message will of course be offensive to someone.  USENET and IRC will become vehicles where the only matter taht can be discussed without fear of termination will be Road Runner cartoons. 
  
 If the merger takes place, the merged company will be in a position where they can effectively remove both USENET and IRC as viable components of the internet, at least for users with high-speed access. I would like to see some insurance that this cannot happen. 
 
  Please, for the benefit of internet users who do use the internet for purposes of speaking out rather than purchasing interactive cartoons or games from Time Warner, if you approve the merger between Time Warner and AOL merger, include some protection for USENET and IRC users so that these valuable internet functions cannot be eliminated from the internet by the new company. Please, in your requirement for open access on the internet, include open access for the person who actually uses, and pays, for the i 
O Thank You for your attention.
 
  ----> YOUR NAME <----
  6 dtkmbfujlberprhpdfmtsslqxmewmngdlpkubbhpoilmgmnxzyxkwu   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 17:56:58 +0100l3 From: "Jefferson Humber" <matrix01@globalnet.co.uk>+( Subject: C++ & Ada Upgrade advice needed# Message-ID: <8sa398$qou$1@gxsn.com>)  J We currently have an old system that we are upgrading, but am after advice5 about the two compilers that are currently installed.e  ( At the moment the following are running;           DEC C++        v.1.2-0         DEC Ada        v.2.3-3  K But I am contemplating upgrading these to the following versions (which are  believe are the most current);  &         DEC / Compaq C++        v.5.6C'         DEC / Compaq Ada         v.3.5AY    H What I need to know is are there traps or pitfalls in upgrading to these! versions, as the leap is massive.s  K I remember when we upgraded another system from VAX C to DEC C, quite a lotsJ of re-coding was required and was wondering if this would be true for this upgrade as well ???e    L If anybody can offer any advice, or if anybody has performed such an upgradeI before I would really appreciate hearing their experiences on the matter.0  K The operating system has been upgraded from v.5.5-2H4  to v.7.1 as well, if1) that helps in offering advice in any way.m   Many Thanks,   Jeff Humber    matrix01@globalnet.co.uk   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 06:30:03 -0400i- From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> 9 Subject: Getting status value's text message (lib$signal) , Message-ID: <39E835A9.26A7EF95@videotron.ca>  J How can I, inside of a C program, obtain the string value of a status code from a system service etc?    K I know I can use LIB$SIGNAL to cause stuff to be written to SYS$OUTPOUT, asoD well as a small stack dump, but I just want to have the message textP associated with the error code in a variable I can deal with inside the program.  ! Is there an easy way to do this ?    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 15:52:54 +0400e4 From: Valentin Likoum <valentin.likoum@ncc.volga.ru>= Subject: Re: Getting status value's text message (lib$signal) 4 Message-ID: <1482404857.20001014155254@ncc.volga.ru>  < On 14.10.2000 JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> wrote:  L > How can I, inside of a C program, obtain the string value of a status code > from a system service etc? [snip]  ? sys$getmsg (ConditionValue, &MessageLength, &MessageDescriptor,g!   Flag_meaning_of_what_I_forgot);C   -- l   Valentin Likoumo   valentin.likoum@ncc.volga.ru   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 13:50:44 +0200 . From: "Jesper Naur" <jesper.naur@post.tele.dk>= Subject: Re: Getting status value's text message (lib$signal)U, Message-ID: <8s9h4r$cas$1@news.inet.tele.dk>  8 JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> wrote in message& news:39E835A9.26A7EF95@videotron.ca...# > Is there an easy way to do this ?a   Use SYS$GETMSG.r       Best regards     Jesper Naur    ------------------------------    Date: 14 Oct 2000 11:23:14 -05009 From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen)n= Subject: Re: Getting status value's text message (lib$signal) + Message-ID: <fmhTw5GtTgMA@eisner.decus.org>   \ In article <39E835A9.26A7EF95@videotron.ca>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> writes:L > How can I, inside of a C program, obtain the string value of a status code > from a system service etc? >  > M > I know I can use LIB$SIGNAL to cause stuff to be written to SYS$OUTPOUT, as7F > well as a small stack dump, but I just want to have the message textR > associated with the error code in a variable I can deal with inside the program.  G As an alternative to $GETMSG you can use $PUTMSG with an action routinehD to get the FAO arguments evaluated.  The boolean you return from theI action routine controls whether anything is sent to SYS$OUTPUT/SYS$ERROR.r   ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 13:11:35 GMTM8 From: Veli =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=F6rkk=F6?= <korkko@decus.fi>+ Subject: Re: Image backup & dns$cache files
( Message-ID: <39E74BFB.89B8CF1E@decus.fi>  8 You could of course shutdown DNS clerk temporarily using $ mc ncl disable dns clerk $ mc ncl delete dns clerk   9 but maybe that has more adverse effects to the productionO5 system... Then again, why bother since DNS clerk willB9 recreate them anyway should you ever have to restore yourV8 system disk so it is really more of an annoyance (those  messages that backup reports)A   _veli    blasthand@my-deja.com wrote: > ( > Can anyone through some light on this. > 2 > Image backup that runs every night on the system1 > disk. The backup completes (checked the saveset.0 > listing) but for the last couple of nights the# > log file contains the following:-C > ! > %backup-e-openin, error openings( > disk:[]dns$cache.0000029487;1 as input$ > -system-w-nosuchfile, no such file > ! > %backup-e-openin, error openingc  > disk:[]dns$cache.version;29466 > -system-w-nosuchfile > * > These files are definately not present:- > & > $ dir disk:[sys%.sysexe]dns$cache*.* >  > Directory disk:[sys0.sysexe] > 1 > dns$cache.0000008023;1   dns$cache.0000029513;1g > dns$cache.version;29491. >  > Directory disk:[sys2.sysexe] > 1 > dns$cache.0000008014;1   dns$cache.0000029502;1t > dns$cache.version;29481  > / > My feeling is that between backup reading the / > file details from the indexf.sys and actuallye3 > backing them up the dns clerk has already deletedr1 > the versions that the indexf.sys pointed to andh/ > replaced it with a new versions of the files.  > " > Is there a way I can avoid this? >  > Thanks, Mark.t > ( > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.o   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 10:16:17 +0200s> From: "Jean-Franois Marchal" <jean-francois.marchal@x9000.fr>, Subject: Re: installing VMS 7.2-1 on 433au ?. Message-ID: <8s94jf$dl2$1@reader1.imaginet.fr>  I The problem is due to the Intel chipset on your PWS, which does not allow G an IDE CD to boot. You can check you've got the wrong (and cheap) modeme% with a show config under SRM console.O  J You need to boot a SCSI CD. I connected an external RRD42 in a BA353 pizzaC box for this. You will probably have to set bus termination to high.E because the BA353 only sets up the termination for the lower bits ...    Cordialement Jean-Franois Marchale X9000 - LYON    + "Dirk Munk" <munk@home.nl> wrote in message ! news:39E79137.AFC6449A@home.nl...i >h >F > "richard n. frank" wrote:  > >e > > Greetings,J > > I've got a 433 au (Personal Workstation) that was AlphaNT. I've loaded the.L > > latest firmware (VMS  PALcode 1.20-16) and have the SRM console (>>>) upG > > and OStype set to VMS. There are 2 scsi hdd's on the system (id 0 &!. > > 1).  The cd appears to be ide using ATAPI. >xG > And that is the problem. This IDE controller (and thus the CD-ROM) is.I > not supported in VMS. Get yourself a Compaq/Digital/Toshiba SCSI CD-ROML > player, and all will be well.h >A >E >M >T > >oH > > When I try to load VMS 7.2-1 by booting the cdrom it starts to boot, writes/ > > "... Open VMS 7.2-1..." to the screen then,RK > > "init_io_db_cfg_dev_not_found  A device on the boot line or in BOOT_DEVUF > > cannot be found in the config tables... ignoring the device... not loading  > > the driver." > >fD > > The system then halts, starts to reboot and repeats this message forever. > > : > > Any ideas on how to overcome this problem are welcome. > >e > > Thanks for the help.- > >                                rich frank  > >rL > > It appears that VMS is not recognizing the cdrom, but it is loading some > > data from it.y   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 09:05:39 +0200 2 From: martin@radiogaga.harz.de (Martin Vorlaender)" Subject: Re: IP Address Extraction; Message-ID: <39e805c3.524144494f47414741@radiogaga.harz.de>o  1 Robert Taylor (taylor_robert@jpmorgan.com) wrote:EH : I want to take the output of SHOW TERM and cut out the IP address in a1 : DCL script. Can anyone tell me how to do this ?iH : Basically I want to build up a script that will allow me to get the IPD : address , then SET DISPLAY /CREATE /NODE="IP address" /TRANS=TCPIP : accordingly.  H I've put together the following DCL procedure to determine the input forB SET DISPLAY/CREATE. It is supposed to work with DECnet, DEC TCP/IP Services, and TCPware.E Standard disclaimer: this works for me - I don't claim anything else.m  H I also have another procedure to be used with remote execution via rexec from a PC X server.y  7 : Further , the final step would be to launch an Xterm.n  * After redirecting the display, the command     $ CREATE /TERMINAL   creates a DECterm window.    Hope it helps,   Martin   $! SET_DISPLAY.COM $!B $! Find out the transport and data of the current terminal session $! and set up X accordingly. $!F $ IF F$MODE() .EQS. "INTERACTIVE" .AND. F$GETDVI("SYS$OUTPUT:", "TRM") $ THEN* $   ttport = F$GETDVI("TT","TT_ACCPORNAM") $   l = F$LENGTH(ttport) $   IF ttport .EQS. "" $   THEN ! X transport is locals $     trans = "" $   ELSE# $   IF F$LOCATE("::",ttport) .NE. l   $   THEN ! X transport is DECnet $     trans = "DECNET"$ $     node = F$ELEMENT(0,":",ttport) $   ELSE" $   IF F$LOCATE("/",ttport) .NE. l $   THEN ! X transport is LATt$ $     ! (I haven't looked into this) $     trans = "" ! "LAT"$ $     node = F$ELEMENT(0,"/",ttport) $   ELSE' $   IF F$LOCATE("Host: ",ttport) .NE. lA$ $   THEN ! X transport is DEC TCP/IP $     trans = "TCPIP"f$ $     node = F$ELEMENT(1," ",ttport) $   ELSE" $   IF F$LOCATE(".",ttport) .NE. l( $   THEN ! X transport is TCPWARE TCP/IP $     trans = "TCPIP"h $     node = ttporte( $   ELSE ! X transport is not recognized $     trans = ""' $   ENDIF ! F$LOCATE(".",ttport) .NE. lv, $   ENDIF ! F$LOCATE("Host: ",ttport) .NE. l' $   ENDIF ! F$LOCATE("/",ttport) .NE. lm' $   ENDIF ! F$LOCATE("/",ttport) .NE. lO $   ENDIF ! ttport .EQS. "". $r $   IF trans .NES. ""n $   THENB $     WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "X transport set to ''trans', node ''node'"< $     SET DISPLAY /CREATE /TRANSPORT='trans' /NODE="''node'" $   ELSEF $     WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "X transport is either local or not recognized"	 $   ENDIFs $ ENDIFO --J One OS to rule them all       | Martin Vorlaender  |  VMS & WNT programmer7 One OS to find them           | work: mv@pdv-systeme.de
N One OS to bring them all      |       http://www.pdv-systeme.de/users/martinv/> And in the Darkness bind them.| home: martin@radiogaga.harz.de   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:10:32 -0500r- From: Bruce Vinson <r4887c@email.sps.mot.com>YF Subject: Re: July-Sept (fall) Issue of OpenVMS Times is now on the web0 Message-ID: <39E725E8.422100E@email.sps.mot.com>  5 Thanks, Sue. There's some really good stuff in there.l   Bruce Vinson   Sue Skonetski wrote: > 7 > http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvmstimes/index.htmlf >  > Your comments welcome. >  > Warm Regards,m >  > Sue Skonetskit > editor   ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 10:57:43 GMTt From: oujgrz@aol.comY Subject: Let the F.C.C. know what you think of the AOL - TIME WARNER merger!  Stop CENSOR.; Message-ID: <H_WF5.352988$TF4.2723259@telenews.teleline.es>l  : The merger between AOL & Time Warner will be approved -  
? BUT - the F.C.C. is going to require some form of open access.
l= The question is - open access for WHOM? Will the conditions 
o= protect ONLY THE CORPORATIONS or will they also protect YOU 
  the END USER?
 
b? This is what AOL and Time Warner have to say about censorship 
0 and speed capping:
i 
i= IF TIME WARNER DETERMINES THAT THE SUBSCRIBER HAS FAILED TO 
e= COMPLY WITH THE SERVICE'S STANDARDS OF CONDUCT OR LIMITS ON 
g= BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION, TIME WARNER MAY SUSPEND SUBSCRIBER'S 
p> ACCOUNT.  TIME WARNER COMMUNICATIONS SHALL HAVE THE SOLE AND 
: UNREVIEWABLE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER CONTENT VIOLATES 
 THESE STANDARDS.
G 
  DID YOU KNOW:
 
o> AOL cancelled the account of the President of the Chemically 
@ Disabled Americans - they said it was a commercial usage!  The 
? president ran it from his bedroom.  As a public service.  His 
-@ comment expressing his outrage is contained in the F.C.C. file.
 
a DID YOU KNOW:  
 
 D These are the things that Colette Lantelme, Security Administrator 
C of Road Runner, claims are against the Road Runner Acceptable Use 
  Policy.
 
N7 1.  Posting a message on any "For Sale" message board.
 G 2.  Listing a product on any Ebay, Ubid, or similar service. (Boy, is 
L     EBAY gonna be PISSED!)
L# 3.  Announcing a job availability.
V$ 4.  Replying to a job availability.
> 5.  Mentioning that the user had tried any product and found 
)     it satisfactory - or unsatisfactory.
 0 6.  Posting a message to any "personals" board.
  7.  Asking a user for a date.  
; 8.  Calling attention to any commercial or non-commercial 
e;     website, including personal websites provided as part 
s@     of the purchase price of the service sold by Time-Warner.  
1 9.  Calling attention to any IRC chat channel.  
  
sD Want to say that Al Gore can't be elected because he is a democrat?
D No problem!  Want to say that Leiberman can't be elected because he
 is Jewish? BANNED FROM AOL!
 
Z@ A very small effort on your part can well induce the F.C.C. to 
C outlaw this censorship and Speed Capping, and protect YOU as well 
EH as the corporations.  You have some powerful allies; Consumer's Union, 
D Disney, and many commercial software companies.  Even the Attorney 
D General of the State of Connecticut is on YOUR side - you may read 
% their petitions at the link below.  
b 
  But YOU MUST HELP!
  
wH You can F.I.L.E YOUR C.O.M.M.E.N.T IN THE O.F.F.I.C.I.A.L C.A.S.E FILE!
 
,C ---> This is NOT merely a EMAIL message which will be ignored <---
i 
SF Any response which you file will be an OFFICIAL document included in 
 the F.C.C. FILINGS! 
a7 It will appear in the OFFICIAL CASE FILE as a comment 
oH read by ALL THE ATTORNEYS who are participating in the action, as well 
C as ALL THE F.C.C. C.O.M.M.I.S.S.I.O.N.E.R.S! It will remain there 
nF FOREVER as part of the O.F.F.I.C.I.A.L R.E.C.O.R.D of the AOL - Time 
% Warner merger! With YOUR name on it!
c 
nG Since this internet campaign started, approximately 250 comments have 
pH been received by the F.C.C from individuals.  (Some are funny as hell!)
 We need twice that!
 
wH PLEASE - can you HELP PROTECT IRC and USENET?  SEND the SAMPLE COMMENT 
 to the F.C.C!
 
jJ The F.C.C. is on the verge of requiring the protections this letter asks 
G for.  Your letter might PUSH THEM OVER THE EDGE and make the internet 
t, a BETTER PLACE for EVERYONE, INCLUDING YOU!
 
iI MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO USENET AND IRC!  This letter WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
nD if there are enough of them received by the F.C.C.  If at least 500
K letters are received, we can probably count on the F.C.C. to take decisive
rG action to prohibit both censorship and speed capping - and to protect 
 ( the users, not merely the corporations.
 
dH GET A CHAIN RESPONSE STARTED!  I can do only so much.  I can only post 
E to so many newsgroups - I can't do it alone.  WE ALL NEED YOUR HELP!
e 
cH Copy this message and post it to (at least) 3 newsgroups where it does 
F not appear! Then, Send this message by EMAIL to (at least) 5 friends!
G If everyone does that, we can FLOOD THE F.C.C. with comments and THEY 
n WILL LISTEN!  
d 
nH The major ccorporations and the politicians are coonducting this merger
H on their terms, for their benefit, and giving no thought whatsoever to 
I the users. They are all fighting over our dollars, but do they give any 
.7 concern whatsoever to us?  Does a fish ride a bicycle?
e 

H They believe that the internet, which WE, not them, made great, is now 
K too valuable to be left the users.  Their attitude is, "let them comment, 
eH they don't count, they are not rich corporations, they are merely poor 
. users.  Will YOU let them get away with this?
 
uB They can ignore 250 users.  They can't ignore thousands of users.
 
mC Right now our comments, all 250 of them, are a minor agravation to
nF the "power structure."  They have to wade through them to get to the 
7 important stuff, the corporate, I.E. money, responses.
i 

B THOUSANDS OF COMMENTS ARE NOT AN AGRAVATION, THEY ARE A POLITICAL
 PHENOMENON!  DO YOUR PART!
- 
-H LET THE F.C.C. know that THE INTERNET DOSEN'T STAND FOR ANY BULL! Tell 
> the F.C.C. I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!
 
eF The future of USENET and IRC depends on the F.C.C. forcing all ISP's 
E starting with Time Warner and AOL to recognize free speech and fair 
w# marketing practices.  PLEASE HELP!
l 
e% TO FILE YOUR COMMENT WITH THE F.C.C:
n 
;C 1.  Copy the letter to a file.  You can put it on your letterhead 
 C with MS Word or just use a text file.  You can make any change to 
cF the letter you want, or add any comment you have.  CHANGES ARE GOOD! 
B They show you READ THE LETTER and REALLY CARE!  If you had a bad 
. experience with AOL or Time Warner PUT IT IN!
 
  2.  go to:
s 
sB https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/websql/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.hts 
 
mH (This is the official F.C.C. page where electronic filing of petitions 
 is accomplished)
  
t 3.  Fill out Cover sheet
l 
?? Put your name, Address, Email address, and all other required 
mC information on the form.  (Remember this is an OFFICIAL FILING so 
pG the F.C.C. requires this information.  It is not published unless you 
.* put it in the letter as well as the form)
 
f Proceeding is 
a 
w              00 - 30 
 
fC (Leave out the spaces, they are there to get by the spam filter.  
- Put in the -)
 
c@ (this is VERY IMPORTANT, it is the case number of the AOL TIME 
C WARNER APPLICATION for merger.  If you get it wrong, your comment 
s WILL NOT BE FILED!)
 
5 4.  Send Cover Sheet.
 
,E 5.  After you send the Cover Sheet, THEN select the filename of the 
a' letter you are sending, and send that.
e 
B; 6.  After you send the file, you will receive an official 
l+ confirmation of the filing from the F.C.C.
v 
hF 7. You can TYPE a comment instead of sending this sample comment, but
@ DON'T PASTE THE SAMPLE COMMENT into the Short Comment box - it 
 DOESN'T FIT! 
 
-6 Comment will appear for all to read in about 4 hours 
< (but won't appear after business hours or on the weekend.) 
 
GC 8.  If you want to see your letter, or read the other submissions,
4A other letters, the AOL petition, the Disney or Consumer's Union 
.? objections, etc, here is the URL - Its long!  Put in the case 
m. number, 00 - 30 (no spaces) and nothing else.
 
at https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/websql/prod/ecfs/comsrch_v2.hts?ws_mode=retrieve_list&id_proceeding=00-30&start=1
 
IG IF YOU LIVE N A FOREIGN COUNTRY and wish to make a comment (This is a 
 G world wide problem) the Cover Sheet will not accept your address.  You
 D can do this:  Enter your real name and address including country in
F the address lines, but in the STATE box  put CA and in the ZIP (first
H field) put 90001.  Ignore the 2nd zip field.  Ignore the 2nd form, and 
F TYPE your SHORT COMMENT in the 3rd form. Please identify the country 
@ you live in the message.  Don't use the sample letter supplied 
3 because it isn't appropriate for non-US residents.
  
2D ***>Remember the FORM INFORMATION will NOT appear, only the letter.
 
uB NOTE:  There is NO WORD WRAPPING on the letter below, to make it 
D easy for you to format so it may be hard to read until you copy it,
 depending on your news reader.
i 
a 
t         SAMPLE MESSAGE
  
 C ------------cut here----------------------------------------------
e 
  
m To the FCC Commissioners
  
  Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
A I am writing in response to the proposed merger of America Time Warner Communications. There are two elements in the proposal that greatly concern me. I would hope that the commissioners would carefully consider these in making their decisions.
u 
$ The development and evolution of the Internet is a study in how a system without artificial limits can exceed anyone's expectations. The "rules of the road" for the information superhighway, such as they are, have been agreed upon by community consensus and is a marvelous example of market forces at work. One of the guiding principles which has evolved within this community is the open and free exchange of information, much as there is within the academic environment that fostered the early years of the Int 
uThe proposed merger as set forth in proceeding # 00-30 will violate every principle of freedom of speech upon which the Internet has historically been based. Specifically, the combination of Time Warner and AOL will be powerful enough to establish the rules which everyone desiring high speed, and possibly any, access will be subject to, and those rules are truly alarming to those accustomed to freedom of the net.  They state:
 
s;IF TIME WARNER DETERMINES THAT THE SUBSCRIBER HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE SERVICE'S STANDARDS OF CONDUCT OR LIMITS ON BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION, TIME WARNER MAY SUSPEND SUBSCRIBER'S ACCOUNT.  TIME WARNER COMMUNICATIONS SHALL HAVE THE SOLE AND UNREVIEWABLE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER CONTENT VIOLATES THESE STANDARDS.
- 
u This language is quite frightening, given that it grants license to censor to a corporate entity not to the common good, but to bottom line economic forces. Our guarantees under the constitution were designed by its authors to be beyond those forces for good reason. They recognized that such a fundamental right to freedom could never be effectively overseen by a purely commercial, or even political, entity. I believe that the Commissioners would be well served to remember that example, and move to insure th 
 ^My second concern is related, although it could never have been foreseen by our founding fathers.  Bandwidth is fundamental to the ability to communicate on the Internet. Here again, Time Warner Communication proposes to hold a noose around the available bandwidth, and, subject to their whim alone, choke off access to those they deem unacceptable.
 
cCertainly this commission cannot order how much bandwidth they supply to their customer.  But this commission can and should insure that any company, as a condition of the privilege of merger, deliver to their customers what they promise.  A company which advertises and sells unlimited access, then terminates those who use this access, while retaining what, to them is the most profitable base, those who do not use this access, is defrauding the public.
t 
tJI urge you, therefore, to consider these concerns in reaching your decision.  The easy course will be to merely accede to the demands of the corporations.  That, however, will require that someone eventually solve the problems that will inevitably result from that decision - and the person who must repair the damage may be you.
 
r- Thank you for your attention to my concerns.
l 
> ----> YOUR NAME <----s? uxchgufgyzmwumfgehjhvlyuucnurwebxrkprjqcrbswnismydbpvmtttodyoin    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 12:49:50 +0200  From: "Neo" <neo_75fr@yahoo.fr>O Subject: Mail forwarding, Message-ID: <8s9dp1$1vve$1@news4.isdnet.net>  H I'm using the mail program under OpenVMS 7.2 (by typing mail at prompt)., I've set a mail forwarding address by typing MAIL> set forward xxx@xxx.com K I'd like to keep a local copy of all incoming mail on my account. How vouldn I do this ?n   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 06:49:17 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca>r) Subject: malloc: SYSTEM-F-ROPRAND failurea, Message-ID: <39E83A29.EB2044E8@videotron.ca>  R A C program that has worked for a lon time has recently developped an indigestion.   VAX-VMS 7.2, DEC-C V 6.0  C The program runs fine for the first x number of messages. But then,tI inexplicably, VMS forces it to barf the following against its will, after-! which the image is killed by VMS:a  C %SYSTEM-ROPRAND, reserved operand fault at PC=00010C9D PSL=03C00004V (followed by the traceback).  H I have a feeling that one part of my program fucks up some code or otherD structure. Can the above information yield any clue on what it is ?    the offending C statement is:c  " 	past_value = malloc(malloc_size);  H and the value of malloc_size is 46, so it is not as if I am asking it to allocate a huge amount.tM Besides, if malloc didn't have enough money, shouldn't it return 0 instead ofP
 faulting ?  $ What can I conclude from the above ?    N During the run of that program, the virtual page count remains stable at 7472,N while the working set grows slightly 2312 to about 2500). I have also verifiedG that once a message is processed, all mallocs and reallocs used by thatr message are freed.    J The above bombs on the 31st email being processed. If I change the programH slightly, it will bomb on a different statement and on the 47th message.J Actually it doesn't bomb, but message router simply refuses to start a newM message telling me about it being in an invalid context. (So I exit cleanly).n   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 09:49:56 +0100I  From: Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch>6 Subject: Re: RSH Problem - Can someone try this for me+ Message-ID: <VA.000000fd.03917243@sture.ch>t  J In article <8s54hq$hkv$1@mailint03.im.hou.compaq.com>, Hoff Hoffman wrote:4 > From: hoffman@xdelta.zko.dec.nospam (Hoff Hoffman) > Newsgroups: comp.os.vmsn8 > Subject: Re: RSH Problem - Can someone try this for me  > Date: 12 Oct 2000 19:48:10 GMT >  >  > H >   In regard to an earlier report here from "thefantom@my-deja.com" (inF >   <8qcqtq$d98$1@nnrp1.deja.com>) of a problem issuing the following D >   command on a Microsoft Windows NT and (per local testing here atD >   Compaq) on a Microsoft Windows 2000 system targeting an OpenVMS # >   system running TCP/IP Services:l > . >     REXEC VaxNodeName -l username -n WAIT 10 > J >   that will trigger the following error message on the Microsoft system: > . >     "Recv failed: Connection reset by peer"  > L >   One of the TCP/IP Services engineers has performed a protocol trace and I >   has found that the Windows 2000 system correctly initiates the REXEC .H >   session, and that OpenVMS properly responds.   At four minutes, the I >   Windows 2000 system sends a FIN to OpenVMS on the syserr connection, OG >   OpenVMS ACKs the FIN, responds with a FIN and sends a FIN on REXEC  D >   port 512, and the Windows 2000 system then responds with an RST. > J >   Per the engineer, this sequence appears odd for the following reasons: >   G >     o Generating the FIN at four minutes, and for no apparent reason.  > 9 >     o Responding with an RST, when the FIN is returned.s > J >     o Displaying "connection reset by peer" when the local system reset 0 >       the connection -- and not by the peer.   > M >   Based on the protocol trace, TCP/IP Services is responding appropriately V >   to the received FIN. > C >   Please report this odd FIN behaviour to the folks at Microsoft.s > N I can reproduce this 100% successfully on NT 4.0, SP6. More or less 4 minutes ' each time, when using the WAIT command.i  P If OTOH, I execute the following command procedure instead of a WAIT, it is not Q subject to the 4 minute limit, presumably because the output resets the timer is t being used.z   $ show timec $loop: $ wait 00:00:30a $ write sys$output "hello" $ show timee $ goto loopO  P On a similar theme, ftp from NT 4.0 to a VMS system will also time out if there  is no activity for 15 minutes:   ftp> dir3 421 Idle Time 15:00.00  Closing control connection.n% Verbindung beendet durch Remote-Host.s ftp>  J Sorry - can't remember the precise English text for the last line, but it 1 translates as "Connection to remote host closed".L  P The really annoying thing is that issuing a further OPEN command to ftp at this M stage complains that a connection is still open to the first system, and you ' need a CLOSE first.T  Q On the FTP side, both I and others have scoured registry settings etc to up this O limit, to my knowledge in vain.S  5 Just a couple more labour intensive features of NT...   7 I can only conclude that this behaviour is deliberate.   ___
 Paul Sture Switzerlandc   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:16:21 +0010i% From: paddy.o'brien@zzz.tg.nsw.gov.aud Subject: Re: SYS$ASCUTCo5 Message-ID: <01JVC6WUY2CI005C2J@tgmail.tg.nsw.gov.au>s   John Laird wrote:   A > I presume Zulu time is not politically correct any longer ? ;-)t  M I'm not sure (if you mean the word Zulu itself -- what is Zulu time?) why it tN should not be correct.  The Zulus were/are a mighty and proud nation (from my Q reading of history), so I cannot see why that should be deemed derogatory as are v considered black/nigger, etc.a   Regards, Paddy   Paddy O'Brien, Transmission Development,i
 TransGrid, PO Box A1000, Sydney South,  NSW 2000, Australiai   Tel:   +61 2 9284-3063 Fax:   +61 2 9284-3050& Email: paddy.o'brien@zzz.tg.nsw.gov.au  M Either "\'" or "\s" (to escape the apostrophe) seems to work for most people,e; but that little whizz-bang apostrophe gives me little spam.c   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 09:49:58 +0100t  From: Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch>+ Subject: Re: This list participants profilee+ Message-ID: <VA.000000fe.03917849@sture.ch>   E Another groan. 45 and met my first VMS system in December 1980 (Yo - aD nearly 20 years!). One of the first VAXen in the UK. Coming from an F RT-11 then IBM mainframe background, I quickly came to appreciate VMS.  E Done VMS more or less continuously since, and it has taken me to the a9 Netherlands, France, Africa, Germany and now Switzerland.   B There was a bleak period in Windowsland, but I won't go into that.  F I have found it interesting to read in this thread of folks my age or H older who actually studied Computer Science. IIRC there was only one CS B course available in the UK in my time (at Loughborough - this was < 1973), although computing facilities were available at most > universities for those studying science / engineering / maths. ___t
 Paul Sture Switzerland.   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 03:03:27 -0400d- From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca>t Subject: Type /TAIL issueL, Message-ID: <39E8052E.1342163E@videotron.ca>  M I have seen a few comments about problems with type /TAIL. Well, in trying to M debug a rather nasty bug, I have come across an example of a weird behaviour:n  K I have a detached process whose default output goes to a file. In debuggingn9 the darn thing, I have put printf statements in the code.
  J early on, I can use type/tail without problems on the file, to monitor the progress of the job.  . But at one point in the job, type/tail yields:  A %TYPE-W-OPENIN, error opening GATEWAY:[LOG]POPTOMR.LOG;5 as inputE8 -SYSTEM-E-UNSIPPORTED, unsupported operation or function+ -RMS-F-ORG, invalid file organisation valueE   Dir/FULL yields : Size 1165/1170   (but it started to fail well before that) File organisation: sequentialeE Record format: VFC, 2byte header, maximum 0 bytes, longest 1433 bytest. Record attributes: Print file carriage control  F And once this happens, the file remains unable to type/tail. I haven'tK pinpointed the area of the log file after which it becomes unTYPE/TAILable.l  ! VAX-VMS 7.2 for what it si worth.a   ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 11:41:02 GMTt( From: Terry Kennedy <terry@gate.tmk.com> Subject: Re: Type /TAIL issuei' Message-ID: <G2F4GE.H6J@spcuna.spc.edu>s  / JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> writes:wO > I have seen a few comments about problems with type /TAIL. Well, in trying tooO > debug a rather nasty bug, I have come across an example of a weird behaviour:v > C > %TYPE-W-OPENIN, error opening GATEWAY:[LOG]POPTOMR.LOG;5 as input : > -SYSTEM-E-UNSIPPORTED, unsupported operation or function- > -RMS-F-ORG, invalid file organisation valuee >a > Dir/FULL yields H > And once this happens, the file remains unable to type/tail. I haven'tM > pinpointed the area of the log file after which it becomes unTYPE/TAILable.o  J   TYPE/TAIL is a bit of a turkey. If a record is longer than 512 bytes, itI does this. I think it also does it if the file is larger than some number
( of blocks, but I haven't researched it.   J   I switched back to the freeware TAIL implementation (with some mods I'veI made over the years). It maps the whole file into memory and then grovelspL around in its innards, so it's limited only by process virtual memory (which9 on an Alpha is usually pretty large). You can find it at:h  ( http://www.tmk.com/ftp/tmk-software/tail# ftp://ftp.tmk.com/tmk-software/tailD  4         Terry Kennedy             http://www.tmk.com5         terry@tmk.com             Jersey City, NJ USAt   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 09:49:59 +0100t  From: Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch>( Subject: Re: VaxStation 3100 Floppy Disk+ Message-ID: <VA.000000ff.03917d4b@sture.ch>u  C In article <8s4arj$1vmt$1@info.cs.uofs.edu>, Bill Gunshannon wrote:c3 > From: bill@triangle.cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon)  > Newsgroups: comp.os.vmsG* > Subject: Re: VaxStation 3100 Floppy Disk  > Date: 12 Oct 2000 12:29:39 GMT > Reply-To: bill@cs.uofs.edu > - > In article <VA.000000f9.0c47e677@sture.ch>,:% >  Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> writes:/ > |> l > |> hP > |> Ah yes. I should have said that getting the right connectors was something K > |> of a challenge :-) There's a switch at the back of the VS3100 to flip eP > |> between graphics and console mode too. (That switch can be tricky, I found Q > |> the best way to attack it was to slip off the top cover and support it from pP > |> behind with one screwdriver while toggling it through the hole in the case  > |> with another).  > |>  M > |> If you haven't got the hardware documentation for your beast, check out  ; > |> http://www.whiteice.com/~williamwebb/intro/DOC-iv.htmlu > |>   > G > Apparently, there were different VS31000's.  Neither my color nor my mG > monochrome units have this switch or even any kind of opening in thatoH > location on the back of the box.  But, at this stage I am not sure theG > video in the monochrome box is actually bad.  I may actually have theeE > wrong video cable and I have been told they are not interchangable.. >uO The hole on mine is just to the left, seen from the rear, of the LEDs. Exactly  K mid way between the LHS of the LEDs and the RHS of the MMJ socket. Careful  Q inspection leaves me unsure whether it left the factory like that or it was done u later.  I > Of course, the next step will be to try and find someone within drivinguI > distance of here that has some larger monitors they want to get rid of.oH > The color system is nice, but it's been a long time since I used a 15"I > monitor even on a PC.  A 19" would be much nicer and easier on my eyes./ > P FWIW, my monitor "wasn't working" when I first got it. I would see a very quick Q test screen during the boot process, then nothing. The guy I got the system from  O hadn't used the monitor for 18 months, he assured me that was purely for space t reasons, and it had worked.d  N I solved the problem by reseating the graphics board. And I must add was very P impressed with the engineering quality of this system - not only did everything N fit nicely, but I didn't suffer the cuts and abrasions often encountered when  delving into PCs :-) ___g
 Paul Sture Switzerlandl   ------------------------------    Date: 14 Oct 2000 03:53:44 -0700, From: John Babiarz <John_member@newsguy.com> Subject: Re: VMS ISP?t* Message-ID: <8s9dvo02odh@edrn.newsguy.com>  M In article <BJjGwWddPOoH@eisner.decus.org>, Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospamd says...u >pJ >In article <8s78s9$n9f$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Bill Hobbs <hobbsb@my-deja.com> >writes:A >> Are there any ISPs that use VMS?  (Global, national, or local)  > E >At the recently concluded DECUS symposium I ran into two, and I knowg! >there is a third who posts here.  >A" >No, I don't have the names handy.  5 Endor.com is a vms powered isp in New Hampshire (USA)n   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2000.575 ************************