INFO-VAX Tue, 25 Mar 2008 Volume 2008 : Issue 170 Contents: AlphaStation 255 dead Re: AlphaStation 255 dead Disk shadowing with bad blocks DS20e Systems going cheap - Perfect for DR Re: OT: RIP Arthur C. Clarke PLUG: txt2pdf 9.6 can support codepage 437 Re: PLUG: txt2pdf 9.6 can support codepage 437 Re: PLUG: txt2pdf 9.6 can support codepage 437 processors information Re: Text files from VMS to Windows Re: Too many files in one directory (again) Re: Too many files in one directory (again) Re: VMS Backup reverse date order restore ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:05:20 +0000 (UTC) From: gartmann@nonsense.immunbio.mpg.de (Christoph Gartmann) Subject: AlphaStation 255 dead Message-ID: Hello, today one of our AlphaStations 255 just crashed and refuses to boot anymore. It powers up, the disks spin up but the monitor remains dark. There is no beeping sound, just a green LED on the mainboard. We replaced the graphics card with no luck, so what else could we try? Regards, Christoph Gartmann -- Max-Planck-Institut fuer Phone : +49-761-5108-464 Fax: -452 Immunbiologie Postfach 1169 Internet: gartmann@immunbio dot mpg dot de D-79011 Freiburg, Germany http://www.immunbio.mpg.de/home/menue.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:23:36 -0400 From: "Richard B. Gilbert" Subject: Re: AlphaStation 255 dead Message-ID: <47E92708.8060003@comcast.net> Christoph Gartmann wrote: > Hello, > > today one of our AlphaStations 255 just crashed and refuses to boot anymore. > It powers up, the disks spin up but the monitor remains dark. There is no > beeping sound, just a green LED on the mainboard. We replaced the graphics card > with no luck, so what else could we try? > > Regards, > Christoph Gartmann > Did you replace the monitor? Have you tried talking to it via a serial port? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:06:43 -0700 (PDT) From: tadamsmar Subject: Disk shadowing with bad blocks Message-ID: <3b24a335-bcf0-4cc8-8ba8-0318bc83098c@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com> I have a disk that has some bad blocks. When I put it into a shadow set with a disk with no error, the disk with the bad blocks logs a few errors, but completes OK. When I do a ANAL/DISK/SHAD, the command ends with a parity error. But, as far as I know, the shadow set is basically sound. I used this disk for months, I get no errors on image backup. Now, if I was not disk shadowing, I could just run the bad block finding command and then use the disk without any problems. Seems ironic. Is there a way to use this disk in a shadow set without getting these errors? Shadow sets seem to keep hitting the bad blocks. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:48:15 -0400 From: "David Turner, Island Computers" Subject: DS20e Systems going cheap - Perfect for DR Message-ID: In stock Qty DS20e 667Mhz 2GB Memory 6 Slot Disk Cage 2 x 72GB 10KRPM Hot Plug Disks Only $3100 + shipping -- Island Computers US Corp PO Box 86 Tybee Island GA 31328 T: 877 636 4332 x201 M: 877 636 4332 x251 I: 00 1 912 786 8501 F: 912 786 8505 E: dturner@islandco.com W: www.islandco.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:21:52 -0500 From: norm.raphael@metso.com Subject: Re: OT: RIP Arthur C. Clarke Message-ID: This is a multipart message in MIME format. --=_alternative 005F629185257417_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Late interview and audio from IEEE http://spectrum.ieee.org/mar08/6075 VAXman-@SendSpamHere.ORG wrote on 03/18/2008 08:18:51 PM: > Subject says it all. > > > -- > VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM > > "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?" > > http://tmesis.com/drat.html --=_alternative 005F629185257417_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
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 --=_alternative 005F629185257417_=-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:42:13 -0700 (PDT) From: mail@sanface.com Subject: PLUG: txt2pdf 9.6 can support codepage 437 Message-ID: <0650046a-b67d-425b-9078-f5f3f4be5fa5@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com> We would like to announce txt2pdf 9.6 version. http://www.sanface.com/txt2pdf.html txt2pdf is shareware; it is a very flexible and powerful Perl5 script that converts text files to PDF format files, so you can use it in every operating systems supported by Perl5, including OpenVMS. Remember to read "txt2pdf on OpenVMS" at http://www.sanface.com/openvms.html It's simple to design background like invoices, orders etc. Here nice examples made using txt2pdf PRO http://www.sanface.com/pdf/Purchase_Order.pdf http://www.sanface.com/pdf/oldinvoice.pdf http://www.sanface.com/pdf/hfmus.pdf http://www.sanface.com/pdf/heraldbill.pdf If you prefer we also distribute executables for Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, and Mac OS X. Inside the Windows version you can find a VB GUI: Visual txt2pdf. What's new in this version txt2pdf can support IBM-codepage 437 (the old linedraw DOS).Download the demo versione and see the example in TrueType/codepage437 directory http://www.sanface.com/pdf/Bbaaaaac.052.pdf Test txt2pdf 9.6! You can find it at http://www.sanface.com/txt2pdf.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:58:49 -0700 From: "Tom Linden" Subject: Re: PLUG: txt2pdf 9.6 can support codepage 437 Message-ID: On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:42:13 -0700, wrote: > We would like to announce txt2pdf 9.6 version. > http://www.sanface.com/txt2pdf.html > txt2pdf is shareware; it is a very flexible and powerful Perl5 script > that converts text files to PDF format files, so you can use it in > every operating systems supported by Perl5, including OpenVMS. > Remember to read "txt2pdf on OpenVMS" at > http://www.sanface.com/openvms.html > It's simple to design background like invoices, orders etc. > Here nice examples made using txt2pdf PRO > http://www.sanface.com/pdf/Purchase_Order.pdf > http://www.sanface.com/pdf/oldinvoice.pdf > http://www.sanface.com/pdf/hfmus.pdf > http://www.sanface.com/pdf/heraldbill.pdf > If you prefer we also distribute executables for Windows, Linux, > Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, and Mac OS X. Inside the Windows version you can > find a VB GUI: Visual txt2pdf. > > What's new in this version > txt2pdf can support IBM-codepage 437 (the old linedraw DOS).Download > the demo versione and see the example in TrueType/codepage437 > directory > http://www.sanface.com/pdf/Bbaaaaac.052.pdf > > Test txt2pdf 9.6! > You can find it at http://www.sanface.com/txt2pdf.html What is the advantage of this over using, say, Word and Acrobat? Could you post the source text to one of your examples above? -- PL/I for OpenVMS www.kednos.com ------------------------------ Date: 25 Mar 2008 15:11:28 GMT From: VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG Subject: Re: PLUG: txt2pdf 9.6 can support codepage 437 Message-ID: <47e91620$0$25066$607ed4bc@cv.net> In article , "Tom Linden" writes: >On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:42:13 -0700, wrote: > >> We would like to announce txt2pdf 9.6 version. >> http://www.sanface.com/txt2pdf.html >> txt2pdf is shareware; it is a very flexible and powerful Perl5 script >> that converts text files to PDF format files, so you can use it in >> every operating systems supported by Perl5, including OpenVMS. >> Remember to read "txt2pdf on OpenVMS" at >> http://www.sanface.com/openvms.html >> It's simple to design background like invoices, orders etc. >> Here nice examples made using txt2pdf PRO >> http://www.sanface.com/pdf/Purchase_Order.pdf >> http://www.sanface.com/pdf/oldinvoice.pdf >> http://www.sanface.com/pdf/hfmus.pdf >> http://www.sanface.com/pdf/heraldbill.pdf >> If you prefer we also distribute executables for Windows, Linux, >> Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, and Mac OS X. Inside the Windows version you can >> find a VB GUI: Visual txt2pdf. >> >> What's new in this version >> txt2pdf can support IBM-codepage 437 (the old linedraw DOS).Download >> the demo versione and see the example in TrueType/codepage437 >> directory >> http://www.sanface.com/pdf/Bbaaaaac.052.pdf >> >> Test txt2pdf 9.6! >> You can find it at http://www.sanface.com/txt2pdf.html > >What is the advantage of this over using, say, Word and Acrobat? > >Could you post the source text to one of your examples above? Install _free_ ghostscript. Then: $ CONVERT/DOCUMENT/OPTION= myTEXTfile.txt/FORMAT=TEXT myPSfile.ps/FORMAT=PS $ gs "-sDEVICE=pdfwrite" "-sOutputFile=myPDFfile.pdf" "-dNOPAUSE" "-dBATCH" myPSfile.ps I've been using this for years in a DCL procedure. Works like a champ. If you need, you can even prepend the PS file with other PS to include logos or forms prior to converting to PDF with ghostscript. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?" http://tmesis.com/drat.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:57:06 -0700 (PDT) From: swetha123 Subject: processors information Message-ID: <58fc5570-5e29-4018-9381-3ff51dfa2f12@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com> 64-bit Microprocessors http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/64-bit-microprocessors.html How Microprocessors Work http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-microprocessors-work.html Multi-microprocessors http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/multi-microprocessors.html Pre-PC Microprocessor History http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/pre-pc-microprocessor-history.html Microprocessors http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/microprocessors.html transformar http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/transformar.html Computer power supply http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/computer-power-supply.html power supply http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/power-supply.html Electrical power supplies http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/electrical-power-supplies.html UTP Cable Tester http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/utp-cable-tester.html UTP Cable http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/utp-cable.html Data storage device http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/data-storage-device.html storage devices http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/storage-devices.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:49:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Kake.gdp@gmail.com Subject: Re: Text files from VMS to Windows Message-ID: <610c7e28-c051-4585-8ef3-6aac767d7175@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com> > > > FTP MGET in TEXT mode should do just fine > > True, but if you want to preserve some directory structure, Zip may > be more convenient. Hello and thanks for every one helping. I checked with another FTP- client and managed to get the files right using mget in text mode. Also having a zip in the machine helps alot in other backup tasks needed to be done. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:15:30 -0600 From: Kevin Handy Subject: Re: Too many files in one directory (again) Message-ID: <1206457625_838@isp.n> JF Mezei wrote: > Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > >> Unix does not store the directory entries in ascending alphanumeric >> order! The VMS developers, rightly or wrongly, assumed some degree of >> sanity in the users. > > So when I do an "ls" in Unix, it does an in memory sort of the directory > before listing it ? Yes. you can ask 'ls' to not sort, using '-f', if you prefer. > > I guess it was a case of providing better performance for DIR vs CREATE > while Unix provides better performance for CREATE vs DIR Unix usually tries for the simplest/fastest solution to a problem. It leaves the complex stuff for user level programming instead of embedding everything into the kernel. It's just a different philosophy. ----== Posted via Pronews.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.pronews.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- ------------------------------ Date: 25 Mar 2008 16:07:13 GMT From: JONESD@ecr6.ohio-state.edu (David Jones) Subject: Re: Too many files in one directory (again) Message-ID: JF Mezei wrote: > I guess it was a case of providing better performance for DIR vs CREATE > while Unix provides better performance for CREATE vs DIR I don't think it was for optimizing DIR so much as file lookup (for open calls) in general. That's why directory files have the nospan record attribute as well - to facilitate binary lookup of the directroy entries. Of course, this optimization usually demonstrates little benefit due to the amount of directory-related caching. David L. Jones | Phone: (614) 271-6718 Ohio State University | Internet: 140 W. 19th St. | jonesd@ecr6.ohio-state.edu Columbus, OH 43210 | vman+@osu.edu Disclaimer: I'm looking for marbles all day long. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:54:17 +0100 From: "P. Sture" Subject: Re: VMS Backup reverse date order restore Message-ID: In article , Dave Gullen wrote: > I've recently discovered that a semicolon in the output file spec of a > backup command results in file versions restored in reverse date > order. I found this when trying to work out why a colleague's restore > command was doing this - it was just a typo, so a completely > serendipitous discovery. > > I've been trying to work out the 'VMS Logic' of this. Any > suggestions? Anyone seen this before? It's not reverse date order, but reverse version number order. A semicolon means "highest version number", as does ;0. Let's look at the order that BACKUP processes files: $ backup/log test.txt test.bck/save %BACKUP-S-COPIED, copied SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSMGR]test.txt;2 %BACKUP-S-COPIED, copied SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSMGR]test.txt;1 I.e. BACKUP backs files up in reverse version number order. When you restore the save set using a semicolon in the output specification, each file restored goes to the highest version number, hence the reversal. Another tip: version ;-0 means lowest version number: $ dir/col=1 test.txt test.txt;7 test.txt;6 test.txt;5 test.txt;4 test.txt;3 Total of 5 files. $ dir test.txt;-0 test.txt;3 -- Paul Sture Sue's OpenVMS bookmarks: http://eisner.encompasserve.org/~sture/ovms-bookmarks.html ------------------------------ End of INFO-VAX 2008.170 ************************