VAX Systems SIG / Languages & Tools SIG Spring 1989 Combined Tape The following is a brief listing of the contents of the Spring 1989 VAX/L&T Sig combined symposium tapes. [DecusLib...] Tree ------------- ---- This directory tree contains complete, machine readable abstracts of contents of the DECUS library, plus a tool for creating an indexed archive of this material and allowing quick searches based on one or multiple keywords. Full abstracts of material removed from the DECUS library catalog since 1987 have been restored to this area, since the software remains available. In addition, all current information (as of April 1989) is present. [vax89a1...] Tree ----------- ---- [.aepsc] VDDRIVER - virtual disk based on contiguous files. CDDRIVER - Disk data caching driver. Makes a local VMS disk have a data cache and provides function to log all disk I/O. [.allied] DCL sys. manag. procs. Login program...faster than login.com. Example of prog using callable mail. [.appliedres] Address database management util. Clean up Runoff output. DOCUMENT - build doc files from program headers. Form/menu facility. MAKE facility. PORTWATCH idle terminal killer. QMS laser printer driver. Show what files will be purged. TELEPHONE auto-dialer. Time management system (to do lists). Utilities handling many DCL lexical functions. [.atg] VMS V5.1 compatible: New Pseudo terminal drivers, generate VAX C header files from VMS Macro libs. VMS symbiont for HP LaserJet+, lots of kernel code incl. set proc name, process dump/traceback, kernel AST template, set DCL prompt, device deallocate, change UIC, etc., all to someone else. Complete mail alternate protocol routines. Example multithreaded DECnet symbiont. PDdriver control. Show Net like facility. Privilege on demand util. VMS C server symbiont for REMIND utility. Tools incl. security audit of UAF, monitor. Complete EDT simulation under TPU, template user writted debugger, XE ethernet monitor. [.bramhall] FAKE-VM special VM and EFN handling; allows improved control/monitoring of VM or event flag allocation services. [.cvlug] Banner programs (Gothic and serif fonts). Create symbols for subdirs. Month or year screen calendar. Auto callback on DF03. Console timestamp. Recursive delete dir tree. Draw dir tree. Printer posters. "Thoughts for today" program. Unqueue batch or print jobs by name. Untab a file. [.dbag] dBase III - similar relational DBMS, with extensions and complete sources. English language docs supplied by Nick Nelson. [.down] Easy move around in directory tree. [.DtrSig] DTR/4GL SIG submission collection. Includes new programs for DCL lexicals, some RALLY examples, and much more. [.fleming] Extended EVE interface for TPU [.gce] AnalytiCalc spreadsheet allowing vastly larger sheets etc. TAR read/write utilities, with local mods to handle more files & dir trees. VMS virtual disks including virtual disks on contiguous files (VDDRIVER), and FDDRV allowing a process to do all actual I/O. Supplied processes support remote disk mounting over DECnet or asynch, memory disks in a process' pageable memory, disks on NONcontiguous files, crypto-disks (data stored encrypted, good algorithm and also fast), and file disks shadowed by memory disks. Cornucopia from Internet with many tech bits & tips. Includes browser, a good full text data retrieval utility, for VMS. More. [vax89a2...] Tree ----------- ---- [.Games.FCD] Bugfix to Five Card Draw poker game from F88 tape [.ghc] Protocol and Xmodem mods to VAXnet to allow it to support the XMODEM-CRC protocol. [.gunther] RS/1 procedures for trilinear plots [.infovax] Utilities from the Internet "Info-VAX" mailing list, all built. Includes: BOSS (let you run several jobs from a terminal at once), time conversion procs, dynamically build BATCH jobs, subproc caching examples, mail aliases, password swap, sizer for pagefiles, poor man's PCA code profiler, mod portname for term server, setuser (become someone else), PHOTO (record interactive session on a file), undelete util, ZOO file compressor src, and more. [.ivanov] VAXCIO / CURSES - Implementation of unix-style terminal I/O and cursor/screen control that is FAITHFUL to Unix model. MAKE also included. [.jsclug] LABSTAR - upgrade to labstar program interface. TELEMAIL remote mail reader (dials out, reads mail, exits). LIFENET - better mail interface and prog to let users move files between themselves w/o needing privs. Calendar, Modfile. [.kunze] Card punch utilities. Generic menu system. [.kvc] PTY pseudo terminal driver for VMS V4,V5. DECwindows login on other machines. [.lbgs89] BECOME someone else, for VMS V5. Source lib for people using BLISS. Misc., including continuous process quota display. [.lilug] CLOSEUP - protect against attacks directed at default DECnet acct. 28-day usage profile of system. [.mcwmis] Support for using HP-2000 laser printer on a VAX. Manual idle proc. killer. [.mint] MM type mail interface for VMS and PMDF. [.monlatv] DEC Ethernet monitors (LAVC, LAT) [.nieland] BULLETIN - message bulletin board (many to many messages). Checkpass - check passwords against a dictionary. (Long dictionary supplied.) Crypt program, produces mailable hex. Finger with VMS 4 or 5 operation. Tape utility set. UUencode and UUdecode for VMS. VMSINSTAL help file. [.nswc] NSWC Runoff, a Bonner Runoff superset. MODIFY - change text strings in set of files. REFORMAT - file reformat in many ways. [.pavlin] DISM32 - Disassembler for VMS executables (even drivers or system images); gets most everything symbolically. ETHERMON - Monitors ethernet, shows protocols, nodes, lengths, allows cuts, can record data after cuts too. [.qmaster] QMASTER - Menu/SMG$ - driven prog to manipulate jobs in print or batch queues. [.rpi] CKALLOC - check who's using the most disk. Claim - make self owner of a file in a dir. Util to build MODPARAMS.DAT for a whole cluster. Query Internet nameserver (uses CMU TCP/IP). Screen dump filter for VWS dumps. WATCHER idle job killer for vms 5.0 and later. [.schaffrath] Idle terminal monitor, set syspassword for a terminal even if not a modem, reset unit number for LT, VT, screen oriented mail frontend, UAF controls, change PCB flags of running job (e.g., remove rwast), more. [.shapiro] EVEDT - extensible EDT superset for TPU in VMS V5. [.spc] COOKIE - fortune cookie programs for VMS, RSX, RT, RSTS, MSDOS. FINGER - definitive update of Finger for VMS 5.x; MUCH more flexible, better net name support also. [.spctele] Uptime logger. Mailuaf update (VMS 4.x), Report MONITOR stats for machine. Neat VWS graphics tricks. [.swing_vms5] SWING directory manager program for VMS V5 [vax89a3...] Tree ----------- ---- [.news58] ANU NEWS Version 5.8, a complete Usenet news read/send messaging interface (superior to Vax Notes in several ways). [.treadway] State Transition Simulator - simulation system in Ada for event driven systems. (state machine executor) [.ualr] ALOCWAIT - wait for a peripheral to become free. ETAPE - EXCELLENT IBM tape handling utility. BBS - full function bulletin board for VAX, usable as is. CB - CB simulator for VAX. READBACK - extract file list from Backup saveset. [.uucp] Complete UUCP software for VMS (allows communication with Usenet etc.). Also integrated ANU NEWS 5.7 news read/post. [.watchdog] WATCHDOG idle process killer for VMS V5.x [.zmodem] ZMODEM asynch comm program for VMS [lt89a...] tree ---------- ---- [.aven_make] Unix-like MAKE tool optimized for VMS. Similar to MMS function generally, but more standard. [.bauer] CKMAP - check map files for Psect errors. Reports on disk use. Show merged CMS classes. Remote CMS server. Imager def. MMS input generator. Link check tool. [.gnusoftware] GNU C compiler, EMACS editor, lex/yacc replacements, MANY more utilities. Includes binaries for VMS version of Gnu C compiler V 1.34. [.Lomasky] Useful callable routines in Basic. Number base cvt, proc info, directories, date fcts, queue control, terminal control etc. [.mdraw] MDRAW -- Freehand drawing utility for mouse, VT terminal & TEX. [.memorex_telex] ETHERNET - Monitors for monitoring network traffic on Ethernet. SDE - Software Development Environment, incorporating CMS & MMS. [.remtab] Remote Table handling routines. Mini read-mostly DBMS for data definitions. [.tex] New TeX utilities. SpiderWeB..WEB for diff. languages. TeX to Postscript, X11 TeX previewer, MAKEINDEX index builder, PROFILE pascal profiler, XDVI DVI viewer for X windows. [.tpuvi_v5] Clone of Unix Vi editor in TPU, for VMS V5.x. [.xeve5] Extended EVE editor spell checker. Also some language sensitive items for C, DCL, Fortran, and Macro.