INFO-VAX Fri, 04 Jan 2008 Volume 2008 : Issue 8 Contents: DECServer 90M+ Re: DECServer 90M+ Re: DECServer 90M+ Re: DECServer 90M+ Re: DECServer 90M+ Re: DECServer 90M+ DTSD.BINDING file protection Re: Help identifying a cable Re: Help identifying a cable Re: Help identifying a cable Re: Help identifying a cable Re: Help identifying a cable Re: Help identifying a cable Re: Help identifying a cable Re: Help identifying a cable How I saw my Competions PPC Campaign how to increase resolution of DS-25 Re: how to increase resolution of DS-25 Re: how to increase resolution of DS-25 Re: how to increase resolution of DS-25 Re: Island Computers is moving Re: OT: The penultimate legal schmuckery of 2007. Re: OT: The penultimate legal schmuckery of 2007. Re: Question about INSTALLing shared images Re: Question about INSTALLing shared images Re: upgrading from 7.3-2 What PGP for VMS do people use? Re: What PGP for VMS do people use? Re: What PGP for VMS do people use? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:25:28 GMT From: Michael Austin Subject: DECServer 90M+ Message-ID: Anyone have one laying around they are willing to part with (including power supply). I have the older 90M, but it requires a Thin-wire connection and apparently the transceiver in the netgear box receives only (single uplink port with BNC) and cannot be found any where. And no one seems to have the 4-port version even though it is listed on their web site. Michael. ------------------------------ Date: 4 Jan 2008 17:10:35 +0100 From: peter@langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER) Subject: Re: DECServer 90M+ Message-ID: <477e688b$1@news.langstoeger.at> In article , Michael Austin writes: >Anyone have one laying around they are willing to part with (including >power supply). I have the older 90M, but it requires a Thin-wire >connection and apparently the transceiver in the netgear box receives >only (single uplink port with BNC) and cannot be found any where. And >no one seems to have the 4-port version even though it is listed on >their web site. I've a 90M and it has a UTP (in addition to the BNC) port. Do you perhaps confuse it with a 90TL (no flash, less mem => no DNAS sw)? btw: I've never seen a 90M+ on Ebay so far, and pure 90M were often (but not always) rated at ridicolous prices (>$400). But all in all they are quite rare on ebay... -- Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTOEGER Network and OpenVMS system specialist E-mail peter@langstoeger.at A-1030 VIENNA AUSTRIA I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 08:35:26 -0800 (PST) From: Rich Jordan Subject: Re: DECServer 90M+ Message-ID: <2b90e684-e9d9-4f81-9141-48ec8cb528cf@h11g2000prf.googlegroups.com> On Jan 4, 10:10 am, pe...@langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER) wrote: > In article , Michael Austin writes: > > >Anyone have one laying around they are willing to part with (including > >power supply). I have the older 90M, but it requires a Thin-wire > >connection and apparently the transceiver in the netgear box receives > >only (single uplink port with BNC) and cannot be found any where. And > >no one seems to have the 4-port version even though it is listed on > >their web site. > > I've a 90M and it has a UTP (in addition to the BNC) port. > Do you perhaps confuse it with a 90TL (no flash, less mem => no DNAS sw)? > > btw: I've never seen a 90M+ on Ebay so far, and pure 90M were often > (but not always) rated at ridicolous prices (>$400). But all in all > they are quite rare on ebay... > > -- > Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTOEGER > Network and OpenVMS system specialist > E-mail pe...@langstoeger.at > A-1030 VIENNA AUSTRIA I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist All of our 90Ms (sorry all in use and not available) are connected via the twisted pair port, several of them connecting to newer managed 10/100 and even one 10/100/1000Mbit switch. None still use the BNC port and only one is installed in a DEChub 90. Look for the twisted pair network port at the end by the lights, separate from the eight serial ports. Agreed that 90Ms have retained their value extraordinarily well, as have the flash based DECserver 700s. 90M+ are way over our desire to pay these days though we did resell two a few years ago. All the host booting units are dirt cheap any more. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:39:03 GMT From: VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG Subject: Re: DECServer 90M+ Message-ID: In article , Michael Austin writes: > > >Anyone have one laying around they are willing to part with (including >power supply). I have the older 90M, but it requires a Thin-wire >connection and apparently the transceiver in the netgear box receives >only (single uplink port with BNC) and cannot be found any where. And >no one seems to have the 4-port version even though it is listed on >their web site. I have a several DECserver 90Ms and all of them have DEChub, thin-wire (10base2) and twisted-pair (10baseT) capability. I'm connected to one now which is plugged in via the RJ45 twisted-pair jack on its front. Network Access SW V2.3A for DS90M BL47-60 ROM 4.1 Uptime: 0 00:19:15 Address: 00-00-F8-AE-BB-91 Name: DS90M2 Number: 0 Identification: Circuit Timer: 80 Password Limit: 3 Console Port: 1 Prompt: DS90M2_Local> Inactivity Timer: 30 Queue Limit: 100 Keepalive Timer: 20 Retransmit Limit: 8 Multicast Timer: 30 Session Limit: 64 Node Limit: 200 Software: MNENG2 TFTP Host: None Service Groups: 0 Enabled Characteristics: Announcements, Broadcast, Dump, Lock Local> Here's a photo: http://www.tmesis.com/DS90M I have several DS90Ms and I'll let you have one. However, power supplies, especially these standalone power supplies, are not as plentiful in my col- lection. I won't part with the only one that I have. H7082-AA is the part number of the one I used in to power the unit in the photo. -- 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: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:21:37 GMT From: Michael Austin Subject: Re: DECServer 90M+ Message-ID: VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: > In article , Michael Austin writes: >> >> Anyone have one laying around they are willing to part with (including >> power supply). I have the older 90M, but it requires a Thin-wire >> connection and apparently the transceiver in the netgear box receives >> only (single uplink port with BNC) and cannot be found any where. And >> no one seems to have the 4-port version even though it is listed on >> their web site. > > I have a several DECserver 90Ms and all of them have DEChub, thin-wire > (10base2) and twisted-pair (10baseT) capability. I'm connected to one > now which is plugged in via the RJ45 twisted-pair jack on its front. > > Network Access SW V2.3A for DS90M BL47-60 ROM 4.1 Uptime: 0 00:19:15 > > Address: 00-00-F8-AE-BB-91 Name: DS90M2 Number: 0 > > Identification: > > Circuit Timer: 80 Password Limit: 3 > Console Port: 1 Prompt: DS90M2_Local> > Inactivity Timer: 30 Queue Limit: 100 > Keepalive Timer: 20 Retransmit Limit: 8 > Multicast Timer: 30 Session Limit: 64 > Node Limit: 200 Software: MNENG2 > TFTP Host: None > > Service Groups: 0 > > Enabled Characteristics: > Announcements, Broadcast, Dump, Lock > > Local> > > Here's a photo: http://www.tmesis.com/DS90M > > I have several DS90Ms and I'll let you have one. However, power supplies, > especially these standalone power supplies, are not as plentiful in my col- > lection. I won't part with the only one that I have. H7082-AA is the part > number of the one I used in to power the unit in the photo. > > Send me your contact info (email address is real) and will work out the details. Thanks! Michael. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:27:28 -0800 (PST) From: Rich Jordan Subject: Re: DECServer 90M+ Message-ID: <47034f82-5f0f-499b-8409-091b3c8740b1@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com> On Jan 4, 10:39 am, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: > In article , Michael Austin writes: > > > > >Anyone have one laying around they are willing to part with (including > >power supply). I have the older 90M, but it requires a Thin-wire > >connection and apparently the transceiver in the netgear box receives > >only (single uplink port with BNC) and cannot be found any where. And > >no one seems to have the 4-port version even though it is listed on > >their web site. > > I have a several DECserver 90Ms and all of them have DEChub, thin-wire > (10base2) and twisted-pair (10baseT) capability. I'm connected to one > now which is plugged in via the RJ45 twisted-pair jack on its front. > > Network Access SW V2.3A for DS90M BL47-60 ROM 4.1 Uptime: 0 00:19:15 > > Address: 00-00-F8-AE-BB-91 Name: DS90M2 Number: 0 > > Identification: > > Circuit Timer: 80 Password Limit: 3 > Console Port: 1 Prompt: DS90M2_Local> > Inactivity Timer: 30 Queue Limit: 100 > Keepalive Timer: 20 Retransmit Limit: 8 > Multicast Timer: 30 Session Limit: 64 > Node Limit: 200 Software: MNENG2 > TFTP Host: None > > Service Groups: 0 > > Enabled Characteristics: > Announcements, Broadcast, Dump, Lock > > Local> > > Here's a photo: http://www.tmesis.com/DS90M > > I have several DS90Ms and I'll let you have one. However, power supplies, > especially these standalone power supplies, are not as plentiful in my col- > lection. I won't part with the only one that I have. H7082-AA is the part > number of the one I used in to power the unit in the photo. > > -- > 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 Power supplies for these do show up on ebay occasionally but they are another part that has held on to their value depressingly well. It can be cheaper to buy a complete DEChub with additional modules and power supply than just the basic volt-on-a-rope for these units. We maintain one spare for our customers using these DECservers (and I think we paid around $80 for it last year when we had to replace one with our then spare) and I can't let it go either. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 08:55:05 -0800 (PST) From: Rich Jordan Subject: DTSD.BINDING file protection Message-ID: <4865d859-c63a-40b5-b780-c7d2de290009@q77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> I'm doing some cleanup on a couple of Alphaservers (purging, deleting unused files, housekeeping stuff). The backup on one (V7.3-2, fully ECO'd) has been reporting nonexistent files (application problem, already located and corrected) but the analyze disk is reporting an invalid file owner ID of [0,0] on the file SYS$SYSDEVICE:[SYS0.DCELOCAL.VAR.ADM.TIME]DTSD.BINDING The file doesn't exist on the second Alpha running V8.2. The V7.3-2 system used to run Bridgeworks prior to the most recent VMS upgrade, so I think this directory tree is a vestige of the required layered products. Any issue changing the owner UIC to something more palatable to the system? I'd like to get the analyze/disk to run clean. Thanks Rich ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:06:49 GMT From: Tad Winters Subject: Re: Help identifying a cable Message-ID: Michael Austin wrote in news:k4dfj.2987$se5.1380@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com: > Tad Winters wrote: >> Thanks for identifying the last item! (Bill and others.) >> >> I have a cable I'd like to identify now. If you can take a look at: >> >> http://mysite.verizon.net/stafford.winters2/Unknown-Clear-Signal-cable >> .html >> >> (Sorry if it wrapped.) >> The jacket itself has INMAC CLEAR SIGNAL CABLE on it, but there is no >> identifying tag as I'm used to seeing. It's only cluttering up my >> home office, so I'd like to figure out what it is and get it outta >> here. Thanks, >> >> Tad > > Based on your other post about the Sigma card (LPV11 clone) this could > be the cable that plugs into that card and into the printer. It has > been almost 20 years since I serviced any of the LP series printers > and the memory is fading... > Very interesting. So you're saying that 50-pin Winchester connector attached to a printer? What printer models use that? Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 02:34:57 -0500 From: "William Webb" Subject: Re: Help identifying a cable Message-ID: <8660a3a10801032334n725486cdof42fe94cfd592f01@mail.gmail.com> On Jan 3, 2008 5:12 PM, Michael Austin wrote: > > Tad Winters wrote: > > Thanks for identifying the last item! (Bill and others.) > > > > I have a cable I'd like to identify now. If you can take a look at: > > > > http://mysite.verizon.net/stafford.winters2/Unknown-Clear-Signal-cable.html > > > > (Sorry if it wrapped.) > > The jacket itself has INMAC CLEAR SIGNAL CABLE on it, but there is no > > identifying tag as I'm used to seeing. It's only cluttering up my home > > office, so I'd like to figure out what it is and get it outta here. > > Thanks, > > > > Tad > > Based on your other post about the Sigma card (LPV11 clone) this could > be the cable that plugs into that card and into the printer. It has > been almost 20 years since I serviced any of the LP series printers and > the memory is fading... > Had an LP27 at my first VMS site; it started throwing Error 38s which was something like band gate sensor out of range- but it threw them erratically and without any discernable pattern. We'd gotten too cheap to pay for DEC Field Service and were using Bell Atlantic at the time. Well their guys just went nuts over this printer. Aligned the sensors. Scoped boards. Replaced boards. Replaced band. Replaced more boards- now in pairs. Then the Field Service guys started coming *in pairs*. And still no solution. They were almost at the point of doing an "option swap" [which, to the uninitiated means Replace The Whole Damn Thing] when one of the field service guys slammed the gate a bit hard and, lo and behold-- it threw an Error 38. They pulled the wiring harness that went around the hinge on the printer gate and found a break in one of the wires. And most of the time it stayed shorted but every now and then it would open-- and hence the Error 38s. Thanks for making me think of this. And Michael- what are you up to now? I know you have my email. A prosperous 2008 to all--- WWWebb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 08:43:39 -0000 From: "John Wallace" Subject: Re: Help identifying a cable Message-ID: <13nrtnvq7p26p1d@corp.supernews.com> "Tad Winters" wrote in message news:Xns9A1AEB20AD641staffordnospamwinter@199.45.49.11... > Michael Austin wrote in > news:k4dfj.2987$se5.1380@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com: > > > Tad Winters wrote: > >> Thanks for identifying the last item! (Bill and others.) > >> > >> I have a cable I'd like to identify now. If you can take a look at: > >> > >> http://mysite.verizon.net/stafford.winters2/Unknown-Clear-Signal-cable > >> .html > >> > >> (Sorry if it wrapped.) > >> The jacket itself has INMAC CLEAR SIGNAL CABLE on it, but there is no > >> identifying tag as I'm used to seeing. It's only cluttering up my > >> home office, so I'd like to figure out what it is and get it outta > >> here. Thanks, > >> > >> Tad > > > > Based on your other post about the Sigma card (LPV11 clone) this could > > be the cable that plugs into that card and into the printer. It has > > been almost 20 years since I serviced any of the LP series printers > > and the memory is fading... > > > > Very interesting. So you're saying that 50-pin Winchester connector > attached to a printer? What printer models use that? > Thanks. My first thoughts were also LP cable, based on the fact that there were (a) lots of them around (b) I very very vaguely remember using one like this (between a Unibus LP card and, iirc, an LP05 (which was in turn a rebadged Dataproducts????)), complete with "unusual" connector at the LP05 end. That's even without the LPV11 hint. Could easily be wrong though as it's many years ago. Hth John ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:06:03 -0000 From: "John Wallace" Subject: Re: Help identifying a cable Message-ID: <13nrto0314u0h1e@corp.supernews.com> "Tad Winters" wrote in message news:Xns9A1AEB20AD641staffordnospamwinter@199.45.49.11... > Michael Austin wrote in > news:k4dfj.2987$se5.1380@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com: > > > Tad Winters wrote: > >> Thanks for identifying the last item! (Bill and others.) > >> > >> I have a cable I'd like to identify now. If you can take a look at: > >> > >> http://mysite.verizon.net/stafford.winters2/Unknown-Clear-Signal-cable > >> .html > >> > >> (Sorry if it wrapped.) > >> The jacket itself has INMAC CLEAR SIGNAL CABLE on it, but there is no > >> identifying tag as I'm used to seeing. It's only cluttering up my > >> home office, so I'd like to figure out what it is and get it outta > >> here. Thanks, > >> > >> Tad > > > > Based on your other post about the Sigma card (LPV11 clone) this could > > be the cable that plugs into that card and into the printer. It has > > been almost 20 years since I serviced any of the LP series printers > > and the memory is fading... > > > > Very interesting. So you're saying that 50-pin Winchester connector > attached to a printer? What printer models use that? > Thanks. My first thoughts were also LP cable, based on the fact that there were (a) lots of them around (b) I very very vaguely remember using one like this (between a Unibus LP card and, iirc, an LP05 (which was in turn a rebadged Dataproducts????)), complete with "unusual" connector at the LP05 end. That's even without the LPV11 hint. Could easily be wrong though as it's many years ago. Hth John ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 07:28:25 -0500 From: "David Turner, Island Computers" Subject: Re: Help identifying a cable Message-ID: <13ns9jaolsneoa3@news.supernews.com> That DOES look a V.35 cable for high end comms. They used to be worth a hell of a lotta cash DT -- David B Turner ***NEW ADDRESS AS OF DEC 28 07*** Island Computers US Corp 1207 East Highway 80 Suite D Tybee GA 31328 T: 877-6364332 x201 Intl: 001 912 447 6622 E: dturner@islandco.com F: 912 201 0402 W: http://www.islandco.com The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers. "Stanley F. Quayle" wrote in message news:477CA42B.27196.16B15B8E@infovax.stanq.com... > On 3 Jan 2008 at 5:54, Tad Winters wrote: >> http://mysite.verizon.net/stafford.winters2/Unknown-Clear-Signal-cable.html > > That's definitely a V.35 plug on one end. This might have been used for > X.25 (I used to > support a site using these). The black connector probably plugged into a > header on some > specific card. > > --Stan Quayle > Quayle Consulting Inc. > > ---------- > Stanley F. Quayle, P.E. N8SQ Toll free: 1-888-I-LUV-VAX > 8572 North Spring Ct., Pickerington, OH 43147 USA > stan-at-stanq-dot-com http://www.stanq.com/charon-vax.html > "OpenVMS, when downtime is not an option" > > ------------------------------ Date: 4 Jan 2008 08:02:06 -0600 From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) Subject: Re: Help identifying a cable Message-ID: In article , Tad Winters writes: > > Very interesting. So you're saying that 50-pin Winchester connector > attached to a printer? What printer models use that? > Thanks. I wouldn't be in the least bit surpised if Versatec sold a printer with that cable. But I cannot say that they did. ------------------------------ Date: 4 Jan 2008 15:36:18 GMT From: billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) Subject: Re: Help identifying a cable Message-ID: <5u723iF1fpktrU1@mid.individual.net> In article <13ns9jaolsneoa3@news.supernews.com>, "David Turner, Island Computers" writes: > That DOES look a V.35 cable for high end comms. > They used to be worth a hell of a lotta cash > Don't know about "worth" but if it came from INMAC it "cost" a hell of a lotta cash. :-) The only place I can imagine you paying more for such a cable would have been BlackBox. bill -- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves bill@cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton | Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:12:02 -0800 From: Malcolm Dunnett Subject: Re: Help identifying a cable Message-ID: <477e5ad4$1@flight> Tad Winters wrote: >>> Tad >> Based on your other post about the Sigma card (LPV11 clone) this could >> be the cable that plugs into that card and into the printer. It has >> been almost 20 years since I serviced any of the LP series printers >> and the memory is fading... >> > > Very interesting. So you're saying that 50-pin Winchester connector > attached to a printer? What printer models use that? > Thanks. I'd concur that it's almost certainly a printer cable to go from an LPx11 controller to an LP0x printer. All the old (eg 70s/early 80s) DEC LP0x drum printers we used to have had a Winchester connector like that on them, and the other end seems clearly designed to plug into a circuit board (as opposed to plugging into an external connector). INMAC was a supplier of compatible cables (among other things), similar to Black Box. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 03:53:33 -0800 (PST) From: apzc18ti Subject: How I saw my Competions PPC Campaign Message-ID: <114b3e07-e78d-4b54-a936-ac5f2397050e@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com> what in the world is going on these days in the world of advertising? I didn't know to go with print advertising or online? So at the end of the day I decided to go with http://www.atomicseo.net Atomic SEO. They let me know about all the newer seo services vrs old school stuff like article submissions, instead they mentioned social bookmarking, and forum and blog posting.. So does that sound cool because they actually told me my competitors entire PPC campaign so I literally had some over night success seeing that I was able to cut into my competitions target audience over night. lol So I think they have a quote page where you can enter your competitors url's here http://atomicseo.net/seo-free-report.php.htm Just make sure you ask them about there competitor PPC analysis. Super Cool Highly recommend. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:24:58 -0800 (PST) From: Naveen Subject: how to increase resolution of DS-25 Message-ID: Sir/Maidam Recently i have used DS-25 in place of Alpha 200 4/233 One of my X-session application is running on this DS-25 fine,but some part of this form goes out of screen.I have to increase resolution of my system,so that it's font size and my form size should fit in my new screen.How can i do this. Thanx in advance. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:46:11 -0500 From: "FredK" Subject: Re: how to increase resolution of DS-25 Message-ID: "Naveen" wrote in message news:a4e1c05f-9e3a-47fd-81ae-30e68b642353@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > Sir/Maidam > Recently i have used DS-25 in place of Alpha 200 4/233 > One of my X-session application is running on this DS-25 fine,but some > part of this form goes out of screen.I have to increase resolution of > my system,so that it's font size and my form size should fit in my new > screen.How can i do this. > Thanx in advance. First determine the graphics device type. SHOW DEV G* usually will do. The device will be something like GHA0. Then look at the contents of DECW$DEVICE_CONFIG_G?.COM where the ? is the second letter - like GH. It should show the possible resolutions if it is software selectable. Determine what the highest resolution is that your monitor will support. Then rename DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.TEMPLATE to *.COM and edit the file and search for the place that shows how to set the resolution. Then restart the server (@DECW$STARTUP RESTART) or reboot. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:47:31 GMT From: VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG Subject: Re: how to increase resolution of DS-25 Message-ID: <7bvfj.1$7E4.0@newsfe12.lga> In article , Naveen writes: > > >Sir/Maidam > Recently i have used DS-25 in place of Alpha 200 4/233 >One of my X-session application is running on this DS-25 fine,but some >part of this form goes out of screen.I have to increase resolution of >my system,so that it's font size and my form size should fit in my new >screen.How can i do this. >Thanx in advance. Look in SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM $ decw$xsize_in_pixels == value $ decw$ysize_in_pixels == value For example: $ decw$xsize_in_pixels == 1280 $ decw$ysize_in_pixels == 1024 Then restart the DECW$SERVER $ @ SYS$STRARTUP:DECW$STARTUP RESTART See if that helps you out. -- 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: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 12:44:00 -0600 (CST) From: sms@antinode.org (Steven M. Schweda) Subject: Re: how to increase resolution of DS-25 Message-ID: <08010412440008_206002CA@antinode.org> From: Naveen > Recently i have used DS-25 in place of Alpha 200 4/233 > One of my X-session application is running on this DS-25 fine,but some > part of this form goes out of screen.I have to increase resolution of > my system,so that it's font size and my form size should fit in my new > screen.How can i do this. Edit SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM. Assuming that you have an ATI Radeon 7500 card, look for "GH". Looks as if the default resolution on my system is 1024x768. As usual, some actual hardware and software identity info could have been useful, but this stuff is not chaning very quickly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven M. Schweda sms@antinode-org 382 South Warwick Street (+1) 651-699-9818 Saint Paul MN 55105-2547 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 07:26:05 -0500 From: "David Turner, Island Computers" Subject: Re: Island Computers is moving Message-ID: <13ns9evlsu3vcf4@news.supernews.com> Thanks We are actually having our website redone. (No FLASH!) Thanks for the comments - we are updating the WINDOWS server from 2K to XP server as that is the webstore and the Ubuntu server is for the support site - these will be up soon. please excuse the mess - it ain't easy moving a company David -- David B Turner ***NEW ADDRESS AS OF DEC 28 07*** Island Computers US Corp 1207 East Highway 80 Suite D Tybee GA 31328 T: 877-6364332 x201 Intl: 001 912 447 6622 E: dturner@islandco.com F: 912 201 0402 W: http://www.islandco.com The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers. "Craig A. Berry" wrote in message news:craigberry-56F9E1.11150003012008@free.teranews.com... > In article , > David Turner wrote: > >> If anyone would like to try and get into the site (no malicous entry >> please) I would appreciate your inputs > > The hpaq.net and islandco.com pages appear to be working ok. However, > clicking on any individual item fails when attempting to access > icusc.com pages -- those just time out. > > -- > Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:40:47 +0000 (UTC) From: helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply) Subject: Re: OT: The penultimate legal schmuckery of 2007. Message-ID: In article <477d4062$0$4317$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei writes: > Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote: > > > contract. My point was that, in contrast to even 10 years ago, anyone > > who wants to distribute his recordings via the internet can do so, > > without a record company. > > Not quite. Most well known artists are locked into contracts with the > major record companies which prevent them from releasing material on > their own. Yes, but I was talking primarily about artists without a contract. Also, those who have contracts will see them expire some day. And if they are established artists, they are probably earning enough (even if they might be able to earn more without a record-company contract, but even then perhaps mainly on popularity which they obtained through the record company). > What would be needed is some "youtube" style of web site where > independant artists could publish low quality songs and a pointer to > their own web site where you can get the high quality version. ??? It already exists. It is called, wait for it, YouTube. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:25:43 GMT From: VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG Subject: Re: OT: The penultimate legal schmuckery of 2007. Message-ID: In article , helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply) writes: > > >In article <477d4062$0$4317$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei > writes: >{...snip...} >> What would be needed is some "youtube" style of web site where >> independant artists could publish low quality songs and a pointer to >> their own web site where you can get the high quality version. > >??? It already exists. It is called, wait for it, YouTube. And MyWaste.com (myspace.com) too. There are many musicians that have establish themselves using their MyWaste.com pages. The problem with that service, and the reason I call it MyWaste, it the number of user pages. The page editor enforces a lack of creativity and a surplus of cheese on most of the pages. Talk about wasted bacnwidth. The artists (musical and others) are lost in a vast sea of superfluous dreck from the pubescents and their "friends". It's also nearly IMPOSSIBLE to do a search on MyWaste.com for anything unless you've signed up to become one of the MyWaste-oids yourself. -- 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: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 05:27:46 -0800 (PST) From: AEF Subject: Re: Question about INSTALLing shared images Message-ID: <9ffac91c-c1fb-4798-817c-cfb167017511@p69g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> On Jan 3, 6:33 pm, John Santos wrote: > AEF wrote: > > On Jan 2, 9:44 pm, D Gillbilly wrote: > > >>On 2 Jan 2008 07:53:53 -0600, koeh...@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob > > >>Koehler) wrote: > > >>>In article , AEF writes: > > >>>>When you INSTALL an executable as a shared image, can it be any > >>>>executable? I once discussed this with my developer for a program run > >>>>by multiple traders and he said we'd have to check for traders > >>>>stepping on each other, so to speak. So my question is: Doesn't VMS > >>>>automatically provide each process running shared executable its own > >>>>private data area in memory or does the program have to be explicitly > >>>>written with the assumption that it will be installed shared? > > >>> Each image is broken up into program sections (PSECTs). PSECTs can > >>> be read only, writeable, shareable, ... > > >>> You need to look at the LINK map > > >> I once installed an image with one psect incorrectly marked as SHR. > >> Oops. > > >> Duane > > >>> and verify that you don't have any > >>> PSECTs that are both writeable and shareable. If that's true you > >>> can install /shared and you will use less physical RAM. If that's > >>> not then you can re-LINK the image using a linker options file to > >>> change the PSECT characteristics. > > >>> The older Fortran compilers for VAXen made all the COMMON blocks > >>> shareable and writeable. Current Fortran compilers and other > >>> language compilers don't tend to do this. Many compilers have ways > >>> of specifying this in the source code, so you don't have to use > >>> linker options. > > > Thanks every one for your answers. > > > It looks like I better abort. My developer isn't going to be assigned > > time for this at this time. Thanks again! > > > AEF > > Abort? I think the odds are about 99.9999% that it would be fine. > > If you "install add/share/header/open" and then do "install list/global" > on the image, you will see whether or not there are any writable > shared sections. (Writable non-shared sections will be copy-on- > reference.) If there are none, then you're fine. > > If you want to test a particular image before installing it, copy it > to a test directory under a different name, install the copy, and check. > > If okay, then uninstall and delete the copy, and install the original. > > If not okay, uninstall and delete the copy, and add it to your list of > things to fix someday. > > -- > John Santos > Evans Griffiths & Hart, Inc. > 781-861-0670 ext 539 OK, here are the results as run on my test system: INSTALL> ADD FTEXE:FTTRDSTN /SHARE/HEAD/OPEN INSTALL> LIST FTEXE:FTTRDSTN DISK$DATA1:.EXE FTTRDSTN;387 Open Hdr Shar INSTALL> LIST FTEXE:FTTRDSTN/GLOB DISK$DATA1:.EXE FTTRDSTN;387 Open Hdr Shar System Global Sections DSA1:FTTRDSTN.EXE INS$87709BE0_001(0273CFCD) PRM SYS Pagcnt/ Refcnt=504/0 So is this okay? If I run the same command on our main shared- memory .exe file I get this: INSTALL> LIST LIB:FTSHRMEM/GLOB DISK$OPENVMS062:.EXE FTSHRMEM;1 Open Shar Lnkbl Wrt System Global Sections DSA0:FTSHRMEM.EXE INS$87709160_002(02639233) WRT PRM SYS Pagcnt/ Refcnt=1/0 INS$87709160_001(02639233) WRT PRM SYS Pagcnt/ Refcnt=9943/0 INSTALL> I see an additional item: WRT. But this one is already installed shareable and writable for inter-process communication, not to save pages in memory. AEF ------------------------------ Date: 4 Jan 2008 08:04:54 -0600 From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) Subject: Re: Question about INSTALLing shared images Message-ID: <4$LJmDSwwiMU@eisner.encompasserve.org> In article <9ffac91c-c1fb-4798-817c-cfb167017511@p69g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>, AEF writes: > > INSTALL> ADD FTEXE:FTTRDSTN /SHARE/HEAD/OPEN > INSTALL> LIST FTEXE:FTTRDSTN > > DISK$DATA1:.EXE > FTTRDSTN;387 Open Hdr Shar > INSTALL> LIST FTEXE:FTTRDSTN/GLOB > > DISK$DATA1:.EXE > FTTRDSTN;387 Open Hdr Shar > > System Global Sections > > DSA1:FTTRDSTN.EXE > INS$87709BE0_001(0273CFCD) PRM SYS Pagcnt/ > Refcnt=504/0 > > So is this okay? If I run the same command on our main shared- > memory .exe file I get this: > > INSTALL> LIST LIB:FTSHRMEM/GLOB > > DISK$OPENVMS062:.EXE > FTSHRMEM;1 Open Shar Lnkbl > Wrt > > System Global Sections > > DSA0:FTSHRMEM.EXE > INS$87709160_002(02639233) WRT PRM SYS Pagcnt/ > Refcnt=1/0 > INS$87709160_001(02639233) WRT PRM SYS Pagcnt/ > Refcnt=9943/0 > > INSTALL> > > I see an additional item: WRT. But this one is already installed > shareable and writable for inter-process communication, not to save > pages in memory. > OK, so the file that is supposed to contain writeable shareable sections does, and the file that isn't doesn't. I'd set it up, run some tests, and plan for success. But don't forget options to fix any problems if all of us together missed something. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:48:59 +0100 From: joukj Subject: Re: upgrading from 7.3-2 Message-ID: <477DE4EB.9060202@hrem.nano.tudelft.nl> Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote: > After some distractions, I hope I will find time soon to upgrade from > 7.3-2. What version do folks recommend I upgrade to? Can I get there > directly from 7.3-2? I have no Itanium yet, but do have VAX at 7.3. > Any news of a newer VMS for VAX? What will stop working after the > upgrade (MONITOR?)? What version of TCPIP for ALPHA should I aim for > after the VMS upgrade? > V8.3 with the latest TCP/IP stack runs fine for me (even on the 2000 I got from you. The only thing that stopped working on my macines sinve 8.2 is the 3D support on some of the ZLX graphic boards (i.e. Powerstorm 3D30 & 4D20) Look for more details in the release notes. Jouk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:08:42 -0800 (PST) From: twnews@kittles.com Subject: What PGP for VMS do people use? Message-ID: <0bcd101e-b3cc-47cc-b94b-a0ca16c47ea8@d4g2000prg.googlegroups.com> I have a new project where running PGP on VMS could make it much easier to do. I am having difficulties finding a good free PGP executable for Alpha VMS 7.3-1. What would any one suggest? I know there have been versions available for VMS in the past, but I am hoping there are some canned executables out there that some of you are using and can recommend. Thanks, Thomas Wirt Director of IS Kittle's Home Furnishings Indianapolis IN, USA ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:19:17 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Gezelter Subject: Re: What PGP for VMS do people use? Message-ID: On Jan 4, 12:08 pm, twn...@kittles.com wrote: > I have a new project where running PGP on VMS could make it much > easier to do. I am having difficulties finding a good free PGP > executable for Alpha VMS 7.3-1. What would any one suggest? I know > there have been versions available for VMS in the past, but I am > hoping there are some canned executables out there that some of you > are using and can recommend. > > Thanks, > > Thomas Wirt > Director of IS > Kittle's Home Furnishings > Indianapolis IN, USA Tom, There was a recent posting related to this on OpenVMS.org. The article can be found at: http://www.openvms.org/stories.php?story=07/12/15/1976734 - Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 12:22:20 -0600 (CST) From: sms@antinode.org (Steven M. Schweda) Subject: Re: What PGP for VMS do people use? Message-ID: <08010412222050_206002CA@antinode.org> From: twnews|at|kittles.com > I have a new project where running PGP on VMS could make it much > easier to do. I am having difficulties finding a good free PGP > executable for Alpha VMS 7.3-1. What would any one suggest? I know > there have been versions available for VMS in the past, but I am > hoping there are some canned executables out there that some of you > are using and can recommend. I really don't use this stuff enough to recommend anything, and I've gotten no memorable feedback on any of it, but, from what I've seen, I'd tend to suggest my stuff. You get your choice of a pretty old PGP (2.6.2) or a brand-new GnuPG (1.4.8). http://antinode.org/dec/sw/pgp.html http://antinode.org/dec/sw/gnupg.html VMS Alpha V7.3-1 is older than what I run here, so no bets on whether the executables in my kits will be suitable for you. Patent liability may be lower with GnuPG than with PGP, but I haven't kept up with the state of those arguments. I've read that GnuPG can interoperate with PGP, but I haven't tested that claim. My GnuPG page includes a link to HP's GnuPG page, but if their build procedure is any guide, they don't take quality very seriously. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven M. Schweda sms@antinode-org 382 South Warwick Street (+1) 651-699-9818 Saint Paul MN 55105-2547 ------------------------------ End of INFO-VAX 2008.008 ************************