RSX/IAS SIG Tape Distribution - Fall 1984
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This is the RSX/IAS SIG Symposium Tape from the 1984 Fall DECUS
Symposium at Anaheim. The tape contains material submitted by the
user community for the tape at that meeting.
The programs on this tape are from user submissions. The DECUS
staff, the RSX & IAS SIG staffs, and DEC are all in complete ignorance
of the contents of the tapes. No warranty of any kind is implied in
the distribution of these tapes. The programs may or may not be well
documented, they may or may not work, they may even crash your system.
If you have a problem with the contents of the tape, contact the
author of the program. Do not contact DECUS, DEC, or the RSX or IAS
SIG's.
The tape contains over 2000 files requiring 60,000 blocks of disk
space. Since this will fit on a single 2400 foot tape only in BRU at
1600 bpi, it is being distributed as such. To simplify distribution
and production, the tape is a single BRU container file followed (for
the LUG distribution only) by several extra files.
Directory [300,1] contains the files documenting the contents of
the tape. The following files are present:
RSX84BTPE.DOC contains an abstract of the contents of the tape by UIC.
84BREADME.ALL contains a concatenated list of all the README files on
the tape.
RSX84B.DIR contains a directory of all the files on the tape (BRU does
not produce nice directories). This is a brief listing with UICs
and filenames only for space reasons.
SUBMIT.DOC contains guidelines for submissions to the RSX/IAS Sig Tape
collection. This is MUST reading for everyone who desires to
submit a program to the SIG tape.
BEGIN84B.DOC has a copy of this text.
UICSET84B.CMD contains the UFD commands to create all the needed UIC's
on a device whose name is asked for in the command file. Edit it
to match your needs before using BRU to extract the tape contents.
A word of caution: under at least some circumstances, 11M V4.0
BRU's /UFD switch creates directories even when it doesn't put
anything in them.
Glenn C. Everhart
RSX/IAS SIG Tape Copy Coordinator
RCA GSD Engineering ms 206-1
Rt. 38
Cherry Hill, N.J. 08358
(609)-338-6022
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This area contains some task images for the PRO 350. Among them
are:
FORTH - FIG Forth interpreter. FORTH.DAT is the data files for it.
ATT - Read or set file attributes. ATT /HELP gives info on use.
Very handy for changing carriage control attributes,
resetting fixed record lengths or doing other weird
things to FCS or RMS attributes. (Works on VAX too but
with some caveats and weirdness.)
DOB - Object disassembler. Turns .OBJ files (or members of .olb
files) back into Macro-11. Does not crash on ISD records.
[200,5] PRO 350 TASK IMAGES
This area contains several task images for the PRO 350/380
running P/OS. These images are nonprivileged and should work
on most any P/OS version. They include:
ANALYT.TSK - New task image for PortaCalc, sources on this
tape. Note you need AK*.CMD and KY*.CMD
and KEYPAD.PIC in directory [DK] to use
this image most effectively.
ATT.TSK - Task to read/write file attributes. Use the
ATT /HELP command to get switch list.
Can change FCS/RMS attributes of any
file; very handy for diddling.
FORTH - FIG Forth V1.3 for the PRO (off an old RSX SIG
tape).
DOB - Object disassembler. Will allow you to make
MACRO source out of any object files
(also can use /LB:module to get object
modules out of an object library.) Very
handy for patching code you don't have
sources for.
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Madison Wisconsin Local Users Group Submissions
submitted by:
Michael K. Mansfield William T. Patterson
University of Wisconsin Almark Enterprises, Inc.
302 Hiram Smith Hall 6425 Odana Road
Madison, WI 53706 Madison, WI 53719
(608)262-7730 (608)274-3140
Enclosed is some of the more useful public domain software for
personal computers that we have gathered from various sources. Most
of this software has come from various Fidonet BBS systems and
Digital's LCG Market system. The latest versions are available on
Michael's Fido BBS system ((608) 233-8449).
We would like to thank Prof. Murray Thompson, Director of the
University of Wisconsin's Physical Sciences Lab (PSL), for sharing his
VAXcluster with us to make this submission possible.
[.CPMRB]
CP/M-86/80 programs for the Rainbow.
[.FIDONET]
Rainbow versions of Fidonet BBS software.
[.KERMIT]
MS-DOS (PC-DOS) versions of Kermit for the Rainbow, IBM-PC, and
Wang-PC.
[.MISC]
Miscellaneous information.
[.MSRB]
MS-DOS programs that are Rainbow specific.
Page 2
[.MSDOS]
General MS-DOS that should run on most computers running a
version of MS-DOS or PC-DOS.
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Madison Wisconsin Local Users Group Submissions
submitted by:
Michael K. Mansfield William T. Patterson
University of Wisconsin Almark Enterprises, Inc.
302 Hiram Smith Hall 6425 Odana Road
Madison, WI 53706 Madison, WI 53719
(608)262-7730 (608)274-3140
This subdirectory contains Rainbow Specific CP/M-86/80 programs.
[.CPMRB]
DOSFLX.CMD;1 Access MS-DOS and PC-DOS disk files (from DEC)
PACMAN.CMD;1 Demo (try this on MS-DOS with AME86)
SETPORT.CMD;1 Set printer/comm. port parameters (from DEC)
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Madison Wisconsin Local Users Group Submissions
submitted by:
Michael K. Mansfield William T. Patterson
University of Wisconsin Almark Enterprises, Inc.
302 Hiram Smith Hall 6425 Odana Road
Madison, WI 53706 Madison, WI 53719
(608)262-7730 (608)274-3140
Rainbow versions of Fidonet BBS software. The latest version is
obtained by calling a Fidonet node (see NODELIST in [.MISC]) and
downloading it. Use the LU.EXE utility to unpack the libraries and
the USQ.EXE utility to unsqeeze the *.*q* modules.
[.FIDONET]
BBSFILS.LBR BBS-FILS.LBR file for version 9K distribution
FIDO10A.LBR Version 10A update to files in FIDO9K.LBR
FIDO9K.LBR Version 9K Fidonet distibution
FIDOHLP.LBR Distributed with version 9K.
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Madison Wisconsin Local Users Group Submissions
submitted by:
Michael K. Mansfield William T. Patterson
University of Wisconsin Almark Enterprises, Inc.
302 Hiram Smith Hall 6425 Odana Road
Madison, WI 53706 Madison, WI 53719
(608)262-7730 (608)274-3140
MS-DOS versions of Kermit. Get the latest version from DEC's LCG
system (see [.MISC]).
[.KERMIT]
[ deleted. MSDOS Kermit is in [356,40]. - ed]
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Madison Wisconsin Local Users Group Submissions
submitted by:
Michael K. Mansfield William T. Patterson
University of Wisconsin Almark Enterprises, Inc.
302 Hiram Smith Hall 6425 Odana Road
Madison, WI 53706 Madison, WI 53719
(608)262-7730 (608)274-3140
This subdirectory contains some miscellaneous information. There is a
demo session linking to Digital's LCG Market system, the VAX-11
FORTRAN source for a VAX XMODEM implementation, a listing of DEC micro
user groups, and a listing of Fidonet nodes.
[.MISC]
AREAS.TXT LCG file areas
COMMANDS.TXT LCG commands
DECUSERS.DOC DEC micro users groups
DEMO.LCG Log of LCG session with added comments
FIND.TXT LCG aid to finding files
KERMIT.HLP LCG help using Kermit
LENGTH.TXT LCG help in estimating file size
NODELIST.DOC List of Fidonet nodes
VAXVMS.LBR VAX-11 FORTRAN implementation of XMODEM protocal
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Madison Wisconsin Local Users Group Submissions
submitted by:
Michael K. Mansfield William T. Patterson
University of Wisconsin Almark Enterprises, Inc.
302 Hiram Smith Hall 6425 Odana Road
Madison, WI 53706 Madison, WI 53719
(608)262-7730 (608)274-3140
Here is a collection of useful MS-DOS modules. The modules in
libraries (*.LBR) must be extracted with the LU.EXE utility. The
documentation for LU is in LU.DOC. Any module with a "Q" in the
second character position of the filename extension (i.e. SAMPLE.DQC)
has been "squeezed" so that it takes up less space (and costs you less
to download it). It has to be "unsqueezed" to be used. Look at the
documention for USQ.EXE in USQ.LBR.
[.MSDOS]
ALTER.DOC Alter directory attributes of a file
ALTER.EXE
AME86.LBR Allow CP/M-86 program to run under MS-DOS
ASCII.LBR Print table ASCII/Hex/Decimal/Octal characters
ASK.COM Yes/No batch prompting program
ASK.DOC
ASMGEN.COM Dissassembler
ASMGEN.DOC
CALC.EXE Reverse-Polish notation desk calculator
CC.C C language checker
CC.EXE
CHMOD.EXE Change directory attributes of a file
CLIP.COM Change disk volume label
COMSPEC.ASM Patch COMSPEC parameter
COMSPEC.COM
COREWARS.LBR Game from Scientfic American
CV.COM Create disk volume labels
CV.DOC
CWEEP.DOC SWEEP file utility
CWEEP.EXE
DELBR11.EXE Another library utility, v1.1 6/6/84
DELETE.COM Wildcard file delete with prompt
DELETE.DOC
DIAL.COM Dialer
DIAL.HLP
DIRFIND.ASM Directory search function for C86
DOS2.DOC MS-DOS "Hints and Kinks"
DOSTIPS.DOC
FDATE.COM Alters a file's date
FDIR.COM Fast directory display
FGREP.DOC;1 UNIX like pattern match utility
FGREP.EXE
FILT.C Text filter
FILT.EXE
FLY100.EXE Cessna 152 flight simulator
FREE.COM Display available disk space
INDEX.DOC Text file index generator
INDEX.EXE
INUSE.COM Displays "INUSE", requires password to continue
INUSE.PAS
LOOK.COM Byte search program
LU.DOC Librarian utility for maintaining *.LBR files
LU.EXE
MAKE.LBR UNIX-style "MAKE" utility
MAKEDB.C Programmer's tool - converts binary file to DB
MAKEDB.DOC
MICROLIN.C Control codes for Microlin printers
MICROLIN.DOC
MICROLIN.EXE
NRO.DOC Environment type text formatter
NRO.LBR
NUSQ.COM New file squeezer utility (small and fast)
NUSQ.DOC
RAMDISK.DOC RAM disk for MS-DOS 2.xx
RAMDISK.SYS
RENDIR.COM Rename subdirectory
SCAVENG2.COM MS-DOS 2.00 bad sector mapper
SCRUB.C Text file filter
SCRUB.EXE
SD.COM Sorted directory listing utility
SD.DOC
SQ.COM File squeezer utility.
SYSCALL.DOC MS-DOS 2.00 system calls
TEXTFORM.C Text formatter (prints Wordstar format files)
TEXTFORM.DOC
TEXTFORM.EXE
TIDY.ASM Creates new alphabetized directories
TIDY.DOC
TOUCH.COM Set directory date/time of file entry to current
TOUCH.DOC
TPRINT.C Print utility (useful for listing C programs)
TPRINT.DOC
TPRINT.EXE
TREEDIR.COM Display tree directory structure
TREEDIR.DOC
USQ.DOC Unsqueeze utility (use with *.*Q* files)
USQ.EXE
USQ.LBR
UTILITY.DOC MS-DOS utility extensions documentation
VDEL.COM Delete with verify
VDEL.DOC
VECTS.EXE Display MS-DOS interrupt vectors in use
WASH.DOC Disk management tool
WASH20.COM
XLISP.LBR Experimental object-oriented language
Z.COM Switch directory/pathnames
ZAPLOAD.DOC Converts binary file to Intel hax format
ZAPLOAD.EXE
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Madison Wisconsin Local Users Group Submissions
submitted by:
Michael K. Mansfield William T. Patterson
University of Wisconsin Almark Enterprises, Inc.
302 Hiram Smith Hall 6425 Odana Road
Madison, WI 53706 Madison, WI 53719
(608)262-7730 (608)274-3140
These MS-DOS files will work only on a Rainbow. The *.LBR files must
be processed by the library utility LU.EXE in [-.MSDOS].
[.MSRB]
MS-DOS programs that are Rainbow specific.
CLRDTR.ASM Clears the Rainbow Comm. port DTR
CYCLE.LBR Color graphics demo
DESIGN.BAS Another graphics demo, use with GWBASIC
DIAL.SCR Dialing example script file for LCTERM
IO20501.LBR Update for MS-DOS IO.SYS, speeds screen I/O
LCTERM.EXE Kermit and XMODEM transfer program version 3.30
LCTERM.MEM
PTPDEMO.LBR Demo of PTP editor from Newline Software
RBDOS.TXT Notes on undocumeted MS-DOS calls
RBLCTERM.C Latest source we can find for LCTERM v2.26
RBLCTERM.DOC
SCROLLCK.ASM ????
SETPORT.EXE Sets Rainbow printer/comm. ports (from DEC)
VIEW.EXE Fast text file display (from DEC)
VT100.BAS VT100 screen functions in Basic
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[300,70] contains LUT (look at the LUT of a running task)
and TTPOOL (displays number of free buffers in TT driver)
Both were originally written for RSX11M, and have been
modified for RSX-11M/PLUS V2.1.
Joan Goodman
G.D. Searle & Co.
4901 Searle Parkway
Skokie, Illinois 60077
(312) 982-8187
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README.1ST
Submissions in this directory are from
George Cornelius & Steve Jobes
Mayo Clinic
232 Plummer Bldg
Rochester, MN 55905
1. CDDRV - DR11-W interprocessor link (M/M+)
See CDDRV.DOC
2. INDIRECT.NDX - Documentation (M/M+)
An alphabetic index to the chapter on Indirect in the MCR
Reference Manual.
3. INSFL.COR - Correction file for INStall (M+ V2.1)
See INSFL.DOC
4. MVD.MAC - Mounted Volume Display (M/M+)
A privileged task to list for each user, all mounted volumes,
sorted by user and device. Information displayed includes
volume label and "Foreign", ACP name, "Private", "Nowrite",
and "Marked_dismount" as appropriate.
5. MYMACS.MLB (M/M+)
A general macro library used here to assemble MVD.
6. WHO.MAC - Who, What, & Where (M/M+)
A privileged task to provide a display of logged-in terminals
along with the default UIC and active tasks, if any, for
each. It identifies privileged users, privileged tasks, and
displays task priorities, if requested.
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This account contains the software we at the Rockwell Graphic Systems
Division in Lombard, Illinois have developed by modifying the standard
DEC autoload overlay code. Please refer to the Fall 82 DECUS paper,
AST's And SST's In An Overlay Environment, and the Fall 84 DECUS paper,
The Well-Tempered Cluster Library for information regarding the motivation
behind these files.
The files in this account fall into five groups :
1) The RUNOFF file ASTPAPER.RNO, which is the text from the Fall 82 DECUS
paper, AST's And SST's In An Overlay Environment.
2) The Autoload Overlay routines, which are to be placed in SYSLIB.
3) The macro files (extension .MCR), used by the Autoload routines and
to be placed in RSXMAC.SML.
4) The AUT Autoload Overlay Trace Receiver Task. This task is written in
"C". It must be compiled on your own system, because licensing
arrangements prohibit our distributing task's using our vendor's
run-time routines.
5) The ATF Autoload Overlay Trace Formatter Task. This task is also in
"C" source form only.
Miscellaneous object files from subroutines which we wrote are supplied
for use with the AUT and ATF tasks.
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DR11W COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE FROM FERMILAB
SUBMITTED BY Vicky White/David Berg.
Moved from [77,*] to [300,301-320] for RSX84B Tape - ed.
THIS COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE HAS BEEN USED EXTENSIVELY IN TEST SITUATIONS
ON A SINGLE PROCESSOR AND IN A THREE PROCESSOR/THREE LINK CONFIGURATION,
WHERE ONE THE MACHINES HAS TWO OF THE LINKS. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN USED
IN A RUNNING EXPERIMENT AT FERMILAB AND SO WILL VERY PROBABLY
STILL CONTAIN SOME BUGS. HOPEFULLY THEY ARE NOT SERIOUS ONES
PN172.MEM ON [77,200] IS THE PRELIMINARY VERSION OF THE FERMILAB GUIDE
TO INSTALLING AND USING THE SOFTWARE. IT CONTAINS A COMPLETE LIST OF
THE CONTENTS OF THE TAPE BY UIC. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE DECUS
FALL 82 SYMPOSIUM AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION RELATING TO COMMUNICATIONS
SOFTWARE CAN BE FOUND ON [77,200].
THE AUTHORS WILL BE GRATEFUL IF USERS OF THE SOFTWARE WILL FEED BACK
THEIR EXPERIENCES AND REPORT ON BUGS FOUND, PREFERABLY IN WRITING.
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SEATTLE IAS CONTRIBUTIONS
This tape consists of 4 contributions from the IAS community of the Seattle
Area LUG. Two of these are modifications to DEC software (CDA and BRU) and
only the modified objects are included. For those with source licenses,
SLIPER (.SLP) files are included that will make the necessary changes to
the respective DEC source modules, if desired.
The 4 contributions and their UIC's are:
1. IAS C ( [5,3], [5,4] and [5,5] ): This is the earlier DECUS C
submission with "IAS incompatible RSX bugs" removed. There is one
outstanding problem with DECUS C (all versions) - the library DOES
NOT support doubles. As long as you don't use doubles, everything
appears to work OK. If anyone out there has some free time on
their hands . . . . .
[ed - moved to [330,5] through [330,7] ]
2. CDA ( [302,204] ): DEC's Crash Dump Analyzer package modified to
create and run from a disk image of the crash tape. These disk
images can be copied or transfered via DECNET, if desired.
3. BRU ( [302,205] ): DEC's infamous backup/restore utility made
user friendly. changes include:
1. Disks can be mounted normally.
2. UIC's can be changed between disk and tape and vice versa.
3. DIR/DIS info can be written to a disk file instead of just to
the terminal.
4. INIT switch has been removed. This prevents users restoring a
single file from wiping out an entire disk. It also allows
backup of disk types outside of the standard DEC family, e.g.,
virtual disks such as DV.
4. Virtual disk handler ( [302,206] ): Resubmission of the virtual
disk package submitted to the Spring 1980 tape on [377,40]. Most
of the changes are cosmetic in nature. The package is well
documented in the handler source code. This version has one
serious drawback in that it is a single volume handler. That is,
only one virtual disk can be mounted at a given time. Multiple
users can each mount the same virtual disk separately, but
different virtual disks cannot be mounted at the same time.
Again, if anyone out there has some free time . . . .
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CDA:
The crash dump analyzer program has been modified to create and
read from disk rather that tape. The program will run identically to the
original version and will still respond to all of the original command
lines described in the DECs IAS System Management Guide. However, if a
comma is placed after the output file specification, CDA will now create
a binary copy of the crash tape. The file will have a default name of
SY:BINARY.CDA. The file can be used as an input file by placing it after
the equal sign in the command line. For example:
PDS> MC CDA DR0:,=/ATL
will create the files DR0:ANALYSIS.LST and BINARY.CDA. Here the equal
sign is optional. The binary file can be copied or transferred via
DECNET, if desired. To use the binary file:
PDS> MC CDA =BINARY.CDA/SRQ
This command will open BINARY.CDA, analyze it, and spool the output
file [1,4]ANALYSIS.LST.
The files on this tape on [302,204] are intended to be applied to
the IAS 3.1 (autopatch E) crash dump analyzer CDA. If you have
DECnet source, the NDAXFR, NDADIO, and NDAFIO sliper files can be
run on your source code. All modified object files have also
been included. This implementation contains IAS Software dispatch
seq # 2.1.8.1 . To implement the sliper files on your source
code, issue the following command:
PDS> SUB [302,204]SLIPER
If you have DECnet source, then:
PDS> SUB [302,204]SLIPERNDA
Else:
PDS> @NDACOPY
If you don't have IAS source, the object files will have to be manually
copied to [11,103]. No command files are provided. Also, the sliper
files for CDAODL, and CDATKB will have to be executed manually.
Build the program using the new command file and ODL file on [11,103].
file and odl file on [11,103]:
PDS> MC TKB @TKB103
Please refer all questions, comments and/or gratuities to:
Fred A. Lien
C/O The Boeing Company, M.S. 6F-21
P. O. Box 3707
Seattle, Washington 98124
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IAS CHANGES TO BRU
Here is a summary of the changes to BRU in this submission.
1. The disk can be mounted normally - device control functions need
not be specified. Backup and restore operations can be performed
with the disk online. Files open for non-shared write will be
ignored in a backup operation.
2. Different UIC's can be specified between tape and disk, for
example:
BRU/REWIND/BACKUP:XYZ MM0:[*,50] DR2:[100,100]
will put all tape files in the backup set XYZ with an ending UIC
number of 50 on DR2:[100,100].
NOTE: If a UIC is specified on the output device only, BRU will
look only for that UIC on the input device, e.g.,
BRU/REWIND MM0: DR1:[200,200]
will only look for [200,200] files on the tape.
3. The directory (DIR) and display (DIS) options can output to a file
directly by following the DIR/DIS switch with :filename. If only
the colon (:) is specified, the default filename is BRU.DSP.
Output to a file will also contain the creation date of the
file(s).
4. The initialization option (INIT switch) has been removed. If
restoring an entire disk, it should be separately initialized by
INI prior to running BRU. This change removes the risk of a user
restoring a single file or two from inadvertently wiping out a
disk. It also allows backup/restore operations for virtual disks
(DV) or any other disk with a name not in the DEC dictionary.
5. Files returned to disk will retain their original creation date
and time, but the revision date and time will be when the file was
returned to disk.
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USAGE INSTRUCTIONS FOR VIRTUAL DISKS - DV
1. RUN DVSET - Changes an unused PUD to DV. Not needed if you SYSGEN
with a DV PUD. If you use DVSET, be sure to change the code to
reflect the correct PUD address of the unused PUD you wish to
change.
2. INS/TAS:VRTACP [11,1]BIGFCP - Installs an ACP for the virtual
disk. The system does some funny things if you try to use the
same ACP for both the virtual and real disk.
3. INS DV - Installs the handler
4. RUN/N DV.... - Loads the handler, which will respond with the
prompt
Virtual Disk File ?
Enter the virtual disk filename followed by any switches
(described below). All switches are optional, except for /CR,
which is required when creating the virtual disk file. The
default filespec is [1,1]VIRTUAL.DSK. Some switches you may want
to use are:
1. /CR - Create the virtual disk file.
2. /EM:XXXX - Emulate the disk type XXXX, e.g., RK07. This
switch is needed only if you plan to use DSC on your virtual
disk. The default for this switch is "Unknown".
3. /SI:n - Specifies the size of the virtual disk in decimal
blocks. The default at disk creation is 20000.
4. /LI - Lists the characteristics of the virtual disk (EM and SI
parameters).
5. Enter a Control-C to get PDS back.
6. ALLOC DV0:
7. INI/PRO:(WO:RWED)/FILE:(WO:RWED) DV0: Volumeid
8. DEALLOC DV0:
9. MOU/PROCESSOR:VRTACP DV0: Volumeid
The virtual disk is now mounted and ready for use. You can create new
UIC's, copy and delete files or anything else you do with real disks.
When finished dismount the virtual disk and unload the handler with:
DISM DV0: Volumeid
MCR UNL DV
You can now dismount the real disk (if other than the system disk).
WARNING: The dismount and unload operations MUST be done in the order
indicated. The virtual disk handler (DV) maintains an open file on the
real disk and MUST be unloaded (to close the file) before you can dismount
the real disk (and logout). This applies only to the terminal from which
the handler is loaded. Once the handler is loaded and the virtual disk
defined, other terminals can mount and dismount the virtual disk at will,
without mounting the real disk.
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The following two programs are sufficient to network various machines in a
simple fashion:
1) The SOFTWIRE terminal emulation program
2) XMODEM file transfer program
SOFTWIRE was designed to execute under RSX11M without loosing characters at
1200 baud. It will handle higher baud rates if the remote machine supports
XON-XOFF protocol. It has file transfer capability and can send a break
character. It has been used to converse with RSX, IAS, UNIX, CMS, and
DIALOG.
These programs have been tested under RSX11M V4.1 and RSX11M+ V2.1.
They may be rebuilt using the DECUS C compiler system and the RSX extensions
(CX.OLB).
Note that there are only two files in this system, SOFTWIRE.C and
XMODEM.C. RUNOFF user manuals can be extracted from these files
with the CTOOL GETRNO.
Be sure to read the comments at the top of these two files if you
have any questions about installation or want additional information.
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Toronto Area Rsx Local User Group - TARLUG
The following submission from TARLUG contains:
[310,1] Various fortran programs including:
CPU Modified to run to the VT100 and ranged for a 11/44.
DISKUSAGE Spawn Pip to give a disk usage report by account
DTCCHECK Check all the Desk top calendars on the system every 1/2
hour for upcoming appointments and remind them.
GETPORT Check if a port is logged in, allocated, or attached and
allow the user to change baud rates to dial out.
LISTEN Listen to all characters in-coming on a port (control
characters expanded)
SCREEN Clear the screen and display to all logged off VT100
terminals the terminal number, time/date, and number of
logged in terminals. Walk this across the screen.
SHOWTASK Show the attributes of a task image.
SINGLETKB Prevent multiple copies of TKB from running on the system.
T2T Fast tape to tape copy of any structured tape that ends
with an EOV. Will handle the large (32256) VMS backup tapes.
[310,2] DYCOPY Make Image copies of floppy disks
[310,3] STRLIB A string library usefull with FMS
APPEND Append a string to another
BLANK Check if a string is completely blank (supplied char)
CONCAT Concatenate a string to another
ERROR Display error on FMS form if last status bad
IDX Find position of 1 string in another
INSERT Replace a string into another at a specified location
INTSTR Convert an integer into a string
LENGTH Return the length of a string
PAD Pad a string to given length
REMLED Remove leading zeroes from a string
SCOMP Compare two strings for equality
SCOPY Copy a string
SMOVE Move a string (do not place trailing null)
STRINT Convert a string to an integer
S2INT4 Convert a string to an integer*4
TRANSP Transpose string around specified delimeter
TRUNC Truncate a string
UPCASE Convert string to upper case
[310,4] CLUNKLIB A collection of routines to handle 8-byte clunks.
ASCCLK Convert a time/date string to a CLUNK value.
CLKASC Convert a CLUNK value to a time/date string.
TIMCLK Return the current time/date in CLUNKS.
[310,5] Command files including:
BATCH Submits a complete batch job from the command line
BLD Compile and link from commands in specified source file.
CHECKDATE Check date for correct year and > last boot.
MAKECMD Builds a customized command file to ask questions with
help to run an application task under BATCH.
MONTHREP Datatrieve account reports/bills for monthly system user.
Includes System summary, User detailed, and Invalid logins.
[310,6] Various programs to read and process Word-11 Word Processing files.
WORADDRES Converts an address list Word-11 file to N-up, M-across
text file for stick'm labels.
WORINDEX Detailed and compact index of a Word-11 directory.
WOR2TXT Print image Word-11 file to editable format text file.
[310,7] Intel 8080/8085 cross assembler.
[310,10] RCA 1802 cross assembler.
[310,11] Spawned compile/assemble and link program
[310,12] Findit (Pascal program to find strings in files)
[310,13] Previously submitted, but modified here at TARLUG
TCR Modified to support user defined terminal types
[310,14] General purpose library used by the Canadian Hydrographic Service.
ASCBCD Convert an ascii buffer to BCD
ATTACH Attach/detach an lun
BCDASC Convert a BCD buffer to ascii
CONVER Conversion error handler for VT100 terminals
DOESC Do and escape sequence qio to a specified lun
FCSERR Return an FCS error description in text form
GETTRM Get the terminal type from the system
INQUIRE Get the full file spec (ala VAX). Spawns to DSP
ITIME Return time of day as 3 integers
JULIAN Return the current day of the year
QUEST Logical function to ask a question
SETCPI Setup the horizontal spacing of a LA100/LA120 type terminal
SETVID Set up the video attribute sequences for BOLD, REVR, etc.
TIMER Start and stop an elapsed timer
TSKLOG Log to the console log file the task name and elapsed time
CNV2UP Convert a character type string to upper case
TARLUG TAPE LIBRARIAN
Brad L. Tinney
Canadian Hydrographic Service
867 Lakeshore Road
Burlington, Ontario
Canada L74 4A6
(416) 637-4728 or (416) 637-4205
README.1ST [310,1]
Assorted Fortran files on this account from TARLUG:
CPU - Taken from the Spring '83 US RSX tape [370,1] and modified
to run on a VT100 or equivalent and give a full 0-100% range
on an 11/44 with M-Plus.
DISKUSAGE
SNAPDISK - Two versions of a program to spawn PIP to determine the
disk usage by account. DISKUSAGE reports to the logfile
and SNAPDISK spools to the line printer. Both rely on an
account file set up to have seperate group values for each
account. These programs sum the disk blocks allocated over
all members of an account group.
DTCCHECK - Routine to spawn to the Indirect Command File Processor a
DTC.CMD command file to check the calendar for the users and prompt
them of upcoming appointments.. This program will usually
be placed in the clock queue to run at some predetermined
time. The command file and DTC are setup to run every 30
minutes.
GETPORT Routine to spawn to the Indirect Command File Processor a
PORTSTAT.CMD command file to check the status of a user specified port.
It determines (from the exit status) from ICP that the port
is Logged in or not, allocated, or attached. If none of these
is the case, The baud rate is asked for and set. The primary
use is to be able to remotely dial out of the system using
the TALK program and an auto-bauding auto-dial modem such as
the RIXON 212A.
LISTEN - Prints on the issuing terminal all input to a specified
terminal port. All characters received are displayed,
including control characters. I have found this program
simple but invaluable in testing RS232 equipment.
SCREEN - A program that uses the Get CLI Information (GCII) directive
to determine the logged out terminals and to write to those
terminals, their terminal number, Time of day, and number
of users logged on. This is written at the top line of
the crt and is walked across the line. I have this run
every minute. Off working hours it just clears the screen
of every logged off terminal.
SHOWTASK - Routine to Show the attributes of a task image. Information
displayed:
Name
Partition
Task Ident
Size
Creation date
Priority
Number of Luns
Libraries
Attributes including: privileged checkpointable
generates_pmd external_header contains_pic
memory_overlays maps_i/o_page
Output can be directed to a file to facilitate a command file
scanning the output files searching for a given pattern
SINGLETKB - A simple program to prevent multiple copies of TKB from
running on the system. Applies to BP2 and F77 as well.
T2T - Another tape to tape program. Does a fast tape to tape
copy of any structured tape that ends with an EOV as all
tapes should do. Will even handle the large (32256) VMS
backup tapes.
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DYCOPY - A PROGRAMME TO MAKE IMAGE COPIES OF FLOPPY DISKS
A.J. ARNOLD, BOUNDARY LAYER RESEARCH DIVISION, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
SERVICE, 4905 DUFFERIN ST., DOWNSVIEW ONTARIO, M3H 5T4
(416)667-4791
THE FOLLOWING FILES ARE PROVIDED IN THIS RELEASE:
1)README.1ST - THIS FILE
2)DYCOPYPRE.MAC - A PREFIX FILE THAT MAY PROVIDE RX01 SUPPORT IF
IT IS EDITED
3)DYCOPY.MAC - SOURCE FILE OF THE FLOPPY COPY PROGRAMME
4)DYCOPY.CMD - A COMMAND FILE TO ASSEMBLE AND BUILD DYCOPY
5)DYCOPYBLD.CMD - A COMMAND FILE FOR THE TASK BUILDER THAT MAY HAVE
TO BE EDITED FOR YOUR INSTALLATION
NOTE: THE COPYING IS VERY SLOW (ABOUT 8.5 MINUTES FOR A DUAL
DENSITY FLOPPY, BUT THE RESULT IS AN EXACT DUPLICATE OF
THE INPUT FLOPPY. I HAVE TRIED USING LOGICAL I/O BUT
THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO WORK. TRYING TO READ A TRACK AT A
TIME RESULTS IN A SLOWER STILL TRANSFER. THE AUTHOR
WOULD APPRECIATE HEARING FROM ANYONE WHO GETS THE COPYING
TIME DOWN.
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README.1ST [310,3]
Another string handling library to aid the FMS fortran programmer in handling
the string fields from FMS. Brad L. Tinney
APPEND Append a string to another
BLANK Check if a string is completely blank (supplied char)
CONCAT Concatenate a string to another
ERROR Display error on FMS form if last status bad
IDX Find position of 1 string in another
INSERT Replace a string into another at a specified location
INTSTR Convert an integer into a string
LENGTH Return the length of a string
PAD Pad a string to given length
REMLED Remove leading zeroes from a string
SCOMP Compare two strings for equality
SCOPY Copy a string
SMOVE Move a string (do not place trailing null)
STRINT Convert a string to an integer
S2INT4 Convert a string to an integer*4
TRANSP Transpose string around specified delimeter
TRUNC Truncate a string
UPCASE Convert string to upper case
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README.1ST [310,4] Brad L. Tinney
Clunk Library - A collection of routines to handle 8-byte clunks. A clunk being
the number of 100 nano-second time intervals since 17-NOV-1858.
That date being the Smithsonian Astrophysical Base Date
(celebrating the day the first photographic plate was exposed
at the Harvard Smithsonian Observatory). These routines make
use of the routines in the STRLIB library on account [310,3].
Two macro routines are included and part of the library.
Clunks are used as the time/date field by Datatrieve as well as
time fields in file headers.
ASCCLK Routine to convert a time/date ascii string to an 8 byte
CLUNK value. The input string is null terminated and always 18
bytes long in the following format: hh:mm:ss dd-mmm-yy
CLKASC Routine to convert an 8 byte CLUNK value to a time/date
ascii string. The output string is null terminated and always 18
bytes long in the following format: hh:mm:ss dd-mmm-yy
TIMCLK Routine to get the current time and return the time/date in the
8-byte clunk format.
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Various M and M-Plus command files
BATCH.CMD - Command file to promote the use of batch files by allowing
anyone to submit those 1-10 liner command sequences easily
and generally all on the command line. A real boon to
productivity here.
BLD.CMD - A command file patterned after the LINK command file
in account [310,11] to compile and link a fortran program
in one operation. The compile and link commands are found
in the Comment section of the program (and stay there
where they belong). All of the single file programs here
use this global command file.
CHECKDATE.CMD - Command file placed as the first part of the STARTUP.CMD
file to make sure that the year is correct and that the
date is greater than the last boot date.
MAKECMD.CMD - A command file to build a command file to submit a batch
job for an application task. We have many large programs
that lend themselves to batch and chaining, but there are
too many questions for the user to remember when building
a batch file. This file will build a command file to ask
the questions that the application task asks, but with
complete help on every question, and answer verification.
The chaining option allows for default input filenames
from the previous output filename.
MONTHREP.CMD - Datatrieve command file to submit a batch file to process
a months bills by user or for the system. Used via BATCH
and Datatrieve. It is based on the January 1984, Multi-Tasker
article. Supplies System charges for connect time, cpu-time,
no. QIO's, no. Directives, and no. Pages printed. Gives a
summary and user list. Also produces a list of invalid
logins for the month.
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Various programs to read and process Word-11 Word Processing files.
WORADDRESS - Puts an address block list into a text file containing the
user specified number of address accros the page, and
number of lines per address. We use this at the CHS to
print address onto stickem labels.
WORINDEX - Produces a more dense and detailed index then Word-11 does
on the RSX systems. Included is the total number of disk
blocks used which most of our Word-11 users never see.
WOR2TXT - The print image files of Word-11 have no defined record
attributes. This causes problems when editing, or printing
to a spooled device. This program converts to regular
carriage control attributes.
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README.1ST [310,7]
Intel 8080/8085 cross assembler. Uses the Intel input and output format but
allows for 12 character names. Optional Cross reference output. Modified from
an 1802 package from Dofasco Ltd.
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RCA 1802 cross assembler. Uses the Intel input and output format but
allows for 12 character names. Optional Cross reference output. Modified from
an 1802 package from Dofasco Ltd.
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STELCO provides the following very usefull command file and optional
spawning task.
[ed note. I have placed the LINK.CMD file in <LIBUIC> and renamed it
to BLD.CMD. All of my single file fortran programs now have
have this build feature. To compile and link I type @BLD file
and it does the rest. A must!]
LINK.TXT
PREPARATION OF THE LINK TASK
----------------------------
TYPE @LB:[1,3]LINK.CMD
IT WILL ASK FOR A SOURCE NAME
TYPE LINK
IT WILL COMPILE & TASK BUILD THE LINK TASK
INSTALL LB:[1,3]LINK
USE OF LINK.CMD
---------------
To use this command file your FORTRAN program must contain
the compile and task build commands within the first 25 lines.
These lines must be preceeded by a C TAB and
not contain any blank lines
;;;;;;;;
eg:
PROGRAM PROG
C
C FOR PROG=PROG
C SY:PROG=SY:PROG
C DL0:[1,1]FOROTS/LB
C /
C ACTFIL=1
C UNITS=1
C MAXBUF=132
C CLSTR=FORCLS,FCSRES:RO
C //
C
CALL ASNLUN(1,'TI',0)
WRITE(1,*) ' THIS IS A TEST PROGRAM'
STOP
END
;;;;;;;
NOTE:
C- TYPING A C- MINUS WILL NOT INCLUDE THAT LINE
C- WHEN PASSED TO THE TASK BUILDER
PREPARATION OF YOUR PROGRAM
---------------------------
TYPE @LB[1,3]LINK PROG
OR TYPE LIN PROG
WHERE 'PROG' IS THE NAME OF YOUR PROGRAM
NOTE: LINK.CMD will COMPILE PROG
TASK BUILD PROG
REMOVE PROG.TSK
INSTALL PROG.TSK
clean up any temporary files
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PROGRAM Findit; { PROGRAM TO FIND STRINGS IN FILES }
{Written by:
Gordon Atkinson, Data Plus Inc., (416) 425-3323.
To find and display character strings in a file, of files
thru an indirect file (@).
(i.e. FOOBAR - find strings in FOOBAR
note default extension = .PAS
@FOOBAR - find strings in files listed
in FOOBAR in format as above
defaulting to Extension = .PAS
note default extension = .DOC )
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Assorted Programs previously submitted by others, but modified here at TARLUG
TCR - Terminal Characteristics Report program modified to support
user defined terminal types ("200 and up) and user names
to six characters (if using M+ accounting).
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General purpose library used by the Canadian Hydrographic Service. This library
will resolve any undefined references from the CHS tasks in this TARLUG
submission. Brad L. Tinney
ASCBCD Convert an ascii buffer to BCD
ATTACH Attach/detach an lun
BCDASC Convert a BCD buffer to ascii
CONVER Conversion error handler for VT100 terminals
DOESC Do and escape sequence qio to a specified lun
FCSERR Return an FCS error description in text form
GETTRM Get the terminal type from the system
INQUIRE Get the full file spec (ala VAX). Spawns to DSP
ITIME Return time of day as 3 integers
JULIAN Return the current day of the year
QUEST Logical function to ask a question
SETCPI Setup the horizontal spacing of a LA100/LA120 type terminal
SETVID Set up the video attribute sequences for BOLD, REVR, etc.
TIMER Start and stop an elapsed timer
TSKLOG Log to the console log file the task name and elapsed time
CNV2UP Convert a character type string to upper case
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RCA Submissions for Fall 1984
The main item in this directory tree is AnalytiCalc (PortaCalc), another
version still faster and more capable than the last. (There has been
a major speedup added.) Also now has logical names and a few more bells
and whistles. The [.pccvax] version is the common documents, command
files, and the VAX version. Build with @COMPILVMX.COM to get the
thing going. The [.pccpdp] subdirectory has the PDP11, PRO3xx, and
also a VAX version. The PCCPDPNEW.COM file builds (more or less) the RSX
flavor. PCCPRO.COM builds PRO 3XX version. PCCMAKI.COM builds for VAX.
The PCCOBJ directory has object libraries for those who don't
have Fortran. Now you too can run PortaCalc. PCCVM is the standard
VAX one. Note: you may have to bump your VIRTUALPAGECNT parameter
to use this version. If it fails try the PCCX.OLB variant which
is a lot easier on memory and not TOO much slower unless your
scratch files are huge.
There are SQ.* and USQ.* there too which are CP/M compatible
Squeeze and Unsqueeze utilities to compress arbitrary files. They
will help you save space on transmissions.
All this stuff runs fine on V3.7 and hopefully won't break in
V4.0. It's all native mode so should fly OK even on microvax.
Also in the [.misc] directory is a compat mode multicolumn
lister I made a couple mods to. It will do just about any multicolumn
listing trick I ever heard of, and is a handy tool to keep around.
Also included is SEDT from the DECUS library. It's a really
great replacement for EDT, runs 2 or 3 times faster, and does all that
EDT does in approximately the same way as EDT Keypad mode. It can be
called from a program or programmed itself too.
Glenn Everhart
RCA GSD Engineering ms 206-1
Rt. 38
Cherry Hill, NJ 08358
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DTC - The Desk Top Calender
Mitch Wyle
December 1982
Version 4: REVISED BY GCE
The idea here is to automate an appointment calender. Most
appointment calenders give only one of Month-At-A-Glance,
Week-At-A-Glance, or Day-At-A-Glance. DTC is an attempt to
give all of these functions in a paperless, fast, menu-driven
format.
This release has had considerable work done to it to make it a
more general tool. See the addendum for the extras.
Among the features I would like to see added:
- Year-At-A-Glance in 132 column mode with
two rows of six months each
- Menu option(s) to print out appointments,
in day, week, month format
- Support for non VT-100 terminals
(general cursor positioning calls)
DTC is one of a number of Paperless Office programs I have
been developing for two years. Other related programs are
an on-line telephone directory, an electronic mail system, an
automatic "While You Were Out" message taker which spawns
mail directives, Memo and Form letter templates and programs,
and software tools for writers in a business environment.
Is there a DECUS sig for Office Automation?
Please call me with your problems and suggestions. I am very
new at programming in Fortran in the DEC world. I have
already developed the paperless office package on a Honeywell
Level 6 running Ultimate. Source code is in PROC and Data
Basic.
Hope to hear from someone,
Mitchell F. Wyle
Data Systems Supervisor,
NUS Pittsburgh Radiological Laboratory
5350 Campbells Run Rd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15205
(412) 788-1080 x405
Revision 1: Glenn C. Everhart
I have added a few extras to the program to make it more
usable and fix a few small bugs. The following has been
done:
* Date bugs in displaying weeks at the beginnings of months
are fixed.
* The E in Evening now is a pseudo time and gets displayed as
17:00 on the weekly summary. You can enter evening appointments
using the D command with E for time. (EV works OK too.)
* Most commands are accepted in lower case or upper case.
* Commands T (Today), R (Reminder), and C (Calendar) correspond
to Day, Week, and Month exactly but cause DTC to exit after
they are executed. This permits them to be used from MCR
with instant exit, thus to be placed into login.cmd files for
an "auto reminder" service.
* Time ranges may be input (so long as it is done with no format
errors) in the form hh:mm>h2:m2 (e.g. 09:00>15:30) which will
replicate the appointment part of the line into DTC.DAT
over the indicated range.
* Purge of old appointments (clear out appointments from before
a given date, defaulting to today)
* Reverse display of week/month times permitting FREE times to
be found and displayed rather than occupied ones (potentially
for a group of people)
* A second level of data files, permitting an appointment file
to contain pointers (1 level deep) to other files which can be
searched as well as the first
* Multiple appointment files, changeable on command (permitting
"private" appointment calendars)
* Scheduling of appointments in multiple files (useful for setting
up meetings or maintaining multiple files)
* Lookup for free times of length n * 30 minutes (where n is any
number in the range 1 to 18) over a week period; display of
times is made in Week format. Valid start times for meetings of
given lengths are shown.
DTC needs [1,2]DTC.HLP to execute the H option from its menu.
>LBR DTC.HLP=DTC.ULB/EX:HLP
>PIP SY:[1,2]DTC.HLP=DTC.HLP
New commands:
P [mmddyy] - Removes all appointments from current calendar file
whose date is BEFORE the date specified. If no date
is specified, today's is assumed.
N(command) (for example
NW [mmddyy] )
- Displays FREE time instead of scheduled time in week or
month formats. Not deemed useful for Day format, so left
out there.
F filename - Closes current calendar file (defaults to DTC.DAT
initially) and opens filename instead
S [mmddyy hh:mm[>hh:mm]] appointment/meeting
- Schedules appointment /meeting at the given time.
If current calendar file contains pointers to other files
(see below; year=99 and appointment part has 'filename='
in it) then each of those gets a notice of the appointment
or meeting added to it as well as the current calendar.
Otherwise only the current calendar file is updated in the
D format.
L [mmddyy] nn - Locate a period of nn half-hours in the week containing
mmddyy. Displays the free time in week format. Used to
schedule meetings. nn must be 01 thru 18 and is clamped
to this range
POINTERS in CALENDAR FILES
The calendar file format is sequential records of the format:
YYMMDDTTTappointment text of 60 characters length
in which every record has this form, and the time TTT is in the range
(for correct files) of
080 through 170 (for 08:00 through 17:00). The third digit is always
either 3 or 0 as well, since DTC only schedules half hour periods.
Indirection is accomplished by editing your calendar file
(with any editor) or just entering an "appointment" for year 99 (by which
time somebody should have hacked some more on this to fix it up not
to mess up real appointments). The text of the "appointment" should
be just filespec=, with the = sign as the terminator of the file spec.
This will lead to the file you specified being opened and treated as
if it existed inside your own calendar file (except you need to use
the S function rather than the D function to enter appointments in
it as well as your own.)
CAVEATS:
DTC is a bit touchy about illegal inputs. Be sure you input
the mmddyy in the format given (i.e. July 4, 1983 is entered as
just "070483", NOT as "7/4/83" or "7483" or anything else. If
DTC seems to generate weird displays, edit DTC.DAT (or whatever
else is your calendar file) and remove or edit lines in which the
date or time are in illegal format.
To use DTC, you need to create an empty DTC.DAT file
first (and also any other calendar files you expect to need.)
The simplest way to do this in RSX is to use the command
PIP DTC.DAT=NL:
and in VMS
MCR PIP DTC.DAT=NL:
but any method will do, including using an editor to set it up. Don't
be alarmed about occasional open file errors; most have been fixed
but just re-run DTC if any still show up; they don't corrupt your
calendar file. I haven't seen any for awhile, so don't think many
(if any) remain, but I could have missed a spot where a redundant
close is needed. You may fix if need be.
DTC Rev 2
The DTC program is now revised to provide the
following new functionality:
1. Year at a glance (courtesy Mitch Wyle)
2. Default date and time remain as last set now, permitting
switching among day/week/month displays
3. The new I command resets default date to today
4. Command D saves appointments in the current file only, not
in any files indirected from the current file via the
99999999filename.typ= format.
Command S (schedule) saves appointments entered that way in
files indirected, but not in the current file (leaving
a file of indirection pointers clean).
Command G saves appointments in both.
5. Dates may be entered in format
mmddyy (as before)
mm/dd/yy (new, easier; mm and dd may be 1 digit long)
dd-mmm-yy (dd may be 1 digit long. mmm text is parsed
only enough to disambiguate months.)
Also, the Week display does a better job now when showing appointments
in a first week of a month where the month changes during the week. It
appears completely correct now. Also the month display has been upgraded
to not overflow the screen on long months with 6 lines for weeks.
DTC Rev 3
DTC now contains the new function
+ nnU
- nnU
where U may be D,W,M, or Y for Day, Week, Month, or Year.
This command changes the default date by the specified increment
and leaves the display alone. The default for U is the last display
mode, and the default for nn is 1 so that if just a + or - is seen,
the default is to move 1 unit.
Glenn Everhart
6/24/83
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PortaCalc Spreadsheet / DBMS
This file is build notes:
For VAX PortaCalc use the @compilvmx procedure in this
account. For RSX, use the [312,371] account and edit
pccpdpnew.com to make a suitable compile file. Then make
needed libraries and build with PCCNAT.CMD and PCCNAT.ODL.
Inspect PCCNAT.ODL to see what object files to make libraries
out of.
For PRO 350, use PCCPRO.COM or a mod to compile, then build with
PCCNAT.* again as in RSX (do it on the PRO). The PCCMAKI.COM
file in [312,371] is to build the VAX variant of that form of
PortaCalc.
This version may need your VIRTUALPAGECNT sysgen parameter
to be increased (perhaps to 20000) to link. Do so if you need
to. (VAX)
ALWAYS BUILD FROM SOURCE IF POSSIBLE.
For those with Fortran, the COMPILVMX.COM file builds
these files from source. You can edit the HVKLUGPR5.FTN file
first (compilvmx.com copies it to vklugprm.ftn for inclusion in the
compiles) to set your max sheet sizes if the ones supplied are too
small. The maxima possible then are large enough you are very
unlikely to need to go into sources to edit them.
Look over the READMEs before doing your build please!!!!!!!!!
The file PortaCalc.rno can become a VAX help library
and be integrated with your system help if desired. The graphics
utility is described separately in PCG.DOC and there is a file
called KEYPAD.DOC in the distribution which describes various files
of PortaCalc commands which implement auxiliary keypad functions.
It should be edited to reflect any system default changes if
these features are to be generally used. Note that if CMDMUN.FOR
is compiled with the /debug qualifier, these files reside on device
DK:, which may be ASSIGN/USER'd to a particular system area prior
to running the local PortaCalc version.
The PortaCalc.rno file must be passed through Runoff (possibly
DECUS runoff as opposed to DSR) to convert it to a VAX help file
format. It is designed to fit on 2 columns (using the LISTRS program
to reformat it, available in various places in the DECUS library
including 11-SP-6), but can fit on other sizes output with a little
editing. Column size of less than 60 characters may fail in some
places.
I now have an 8088 version of this program. It sells
for $49.95/copy on IBM PC DSDD disks, and needs 256K RAM.
There's a $5 s/h charge also, and NJ residents must add
6% sales tax. Order by writing General Cybernetic Engineering,
P.O. Box 748, Mt. Holly NJ 08060 and ask for
General Engineering ANALYTICALC-88 giving your name, address,
and enclosing payment. I can't handle credit cards.
You may request the 320K version which has logical names and
is not overlaid if desired, instead of the 256K version. PCDOS 2.0
is required.
I'm considering an interface
to the public domain RIM DBMS instead, since that DBMS is pretty
good and available from Boeing for a copy fee. However, the
difficulty of providing a general purpose DBMS interface is
considerable where values need to be returned. Therefore, a usable
general purpose database interface may wait on a commercialized version
which will integrate various other tools as well (including hopefully
editing, more complex graphics, and timekeeping).
Glenn Everhart
6/14/1983
Set your system up so you know how to fire up the
spreadsheet and print out Portacalc.tut (the tutorial). With
the tutorial in hand, follow it along with the real spreadsheet
and go thru its instructions. (If you built PortaCalc-PC, use
100 K sizes for starters as the sizes for value and formula
storage; smaller if you must. You'll need some auxiliary
storage, but a minimum is not known to the author. Hopefully,
100K will do. If you run out of space, try using negative numbers
instead of positive ones.
When you're satisfied with the tutorial, then go thru
PORTACALC.TU2 (a short mini-tutorial) to see a little of how
table lookups can be done.
Then read through the manual (after passing it through
Runoff to make it legible) once. The manual is a reference, not
an introduction, so it's best not to try and absorb it all at
once.
As a useful example, the BER.* file supplied is for producing
a Business Expense Report and will do all the normal arithmetic for
you (though it assumes 20 cents/mile for mileage). The second
line has just the day part of the date and is rather crude,
but it's been useful at the author's site.
Now define a system logical name DK: or set up a virtual
disk globally assigned as DK: (init with the /SDI switch to
avoid multiple directories on it in RSX) and move all the
AK*.CMD, KY*.CMD, and Keypad.pic onto DK:. Make them world
readable. You may want to use the SPREAD.COM file on Vax to
run the sheet from. Read your other README and AAAREADME files
and see how you want to tailor the spreadsheet. Now build any
other versions you like.
NOTICE:
The best versions of PortaCalc to build are:
VAX: PortaCalc-VM, built with COMPILVMX.COM or other
command files using the .F40 flavors of sources
where there are multiple versions, and
PDP11: PortaCalc-PC, built with PCCPDP.CMD in the UIC
containing PCCPC. A respectable VAX sheet can
also be built using PortaCalc-PC in native mode
with PCCMAK.COM in that area.
Fortran formats are used and any format entered will be used.
You can use things like O or Z formats for octal/hex
or whatever you like. Formats A and L by themselves mean "display the
formula itself"; anything else means "display the number". On entering
numbers, any formula containing the characters ".","[","+", "(", or "-" is
treated as a numeric; anything else is treated as a formula, unless the
string contains the double quote (") character, which forces it to be
treated as a literal rather than a number regardless of what else it has.
The DF command can fix up this if it's not what you want. Note too that the
multi-argument functions:
SUM[args] Sum
MAX[args] Maximum
MIN[args] Minimum
AVG[args] Average
STD[args] Standard Deviation
AND[args] Boolean AND (args treated as integer)
IOR[args] Boolean inclusive OR
NOT[arg] Complement of arg. Treated as integer.
CNT[args] Number of nonzero arguments.
LKP[val,range] Lookup
(and several more)
and the statement
IF [v1.RL.v2]true-statement |false-statement \more statements
must appear at the start of a formula or formula substatement (substate-
ments are delimited by \ characters) and the value goes into the
current variable cell (which is universally named P## if you want something
location independent). It's a good idea to include an else statement in
IFs since something gets put in otherwise.
Note that the DEFAULT format is for a REAL (not integer) number
and must be appropriate. The sheet can be converted to integer format,
but will start as real (floating point) numbers, the most generally
useful sort. Double precision is used, so about 17 digits of precision
are available.
Glenn Everhart
KEYS ON VT100
FOR
PORTACALC
The files KYP.CMD, KYR.CMD and KYSAUX.CMD implement auxiliary
keypad commands when used with PortaCalc for PF1, PF3, and PF4
keys. They need to be inside the login account as presently set up
but can come off DK: device if CMDMUN.FOR is compiled /DEBUG.
Functions:
PF1 (KYP.CMD) WIDE - Sets screen into wide mode and sets up display of
10 columns. (The DB command can vary this)
PF2 (no file) HELP (gets to top help page. A reply of Hn instead
of just return will get help page n.
PF3 (KYR.CMD) NARROW - Sets screen into 80 column mode and sets display
back to 7 columns (DB command may vary this)
PF4 (KYSAUX.CMD) ENTER - Turns off aux keypad mode and goes into a mode
of reading input for expressions to enter, entering them
at current cursor position. The Mn command should have
previously been used to set automatic motion. Any control
character or space as 1st entered character, or \ as
first entered character, gets out of enter mode and back
to normal command mode.
Note if aux keypad mode isn't turned off, various AKl.CMD files (l varies
from A to N; see cmdmun.for) may be used for user defined commands.
To implement this scheme rename KYSAUX.CMD to KYS.CMD; otherwise you
use KYS.CMD which means "recalculate" and the keypad is all a lot of
functions.
Other aux keypad keys are defined as AKm.CMD command files,
where m is a letter corresponding in most cases to the last character
of the generated escape sequence. These are also looked for on DK:
(which on RSX systems is easiest to implement as a single directory
virtual disk (initialize with /SDI switch) globally assigned, or on
VMS is easiest as a system symbol.) This directory should include also
the KEYPAD.PIC file. If AVO option VT100's are used, the file
KEYPADAVO.PIC may be renamed to KEYPAD.PIC in that area, providing a
more legible keypad diagram.
Most command files will build PortaCalc for the DK: area
since the alternative is to force everyone to have the full set
of keypad command files in his account, plus the diagram. The keypad
may be redefined by editing the files; in that case the KEYPAD.PIC
file should be edited to correspond.
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This area contains code for a PortaCalc
version which will operate in very small environments by
using bitmaps, etc., for storage. The WRKFIL and WRKSHT
routines are called whenever the work file was accessed
or VBLS, FVLD, or TYPE are called.
Note that to gain space, the multiple precision
integers are reduced to 20 characters' length from 100.
NOTE: THERE IS ONE DIFFERENCE IN PROGRAM USE SYNTAX BETWEEN
THIS VERSION AND OTHER PORTACALC VERSIONS:
The command R (recalculate) in this version recalculates the
sheet, but does NOT force recalculation of constants. The command
RF recalculates and DOES FORCE recalculation of constants (and the
command RR is a synonym for RF). RF can be read as "recalculate, force".
In the OTHER versions, R forces recalculation of constants, and RAF
recalculates everything except constants. Note that RAF in this
version works as it does in others; bare R however has changed.
Otherwise this version has the capabilities of the full VAX
versions, except the *U XQTCM function is not available (and will
not be until a larger machine that permits major mods to the overlay
structure is available.)
THIS PROGRAM IS NOW THE PREFERRED PORTACALC FOR PDP11 MACHINES
AND FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. The command files ending in "NAT" were
set up to build a PDP11 .TSK image for RSX under VMS with the RSX TKB
task. For RSX, edit PCCPDP.COM into a .CMD file (take out $ signs
and be sure device defaults etc. are OK) and verify that the FCS11M.ODL
reflects your F77 installation (or fix it up with the F4P flavor if
using F4P); then build. The task WILL FIT on a PDP11 if F77 is used.
If you use F4P, be SURE the FCS11M.ODL reflects the F4P OTS so addresses
won't overflow. The capacity is around 16,000 cells on RSX (edit
PVKLUGPRM.FOR to change how they are assigned in rows and cols). If you
have the ability to use virtual arrays and/or I/D space, or FCSFSL
(you M+ jocks know what that is), DO SO and reduce the complexity of
the overlay structure. It probably won't fit flat, but every simplification
speeds up the program. You can also increase the in memory array sizes
with I/D space or FCSFSL (supervisor mode FCS) if your machine allows.
Again, the parameter file controls this.
The Best things in life are free!
PORTACALC
(alias AnalytiCalc)
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This area is a contribution by Larry Finger of
2801 Upton St. NW
Washington, DC 20008
It includes a replacement (scrind) for UVT100 for PortaCalc
that uses the VMS screen independent cursor locs (and a trial
vklugprm.ftn to use with it) [which may not be needed - ed], and
input files (load with @file) for PortaCalc to do federal income
taxes. Updates for the 1984 tax year are promised for August
so you can use PortaCalc to do your taxes. The SCRIND contribution
has been merged with the standard version now, so ignore it here.
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Keypad Macros for AnalytiCalc
This area contains files for the auxiliary keypad
of AnalytiCalc (PortaCalc). They should be moved to
an area globally assigned as DK: (a single directory
small virtual disk in RSX or a directory in VMS).
They are written short and small and are NOT
commented since comments would slow them down. Do not
attempt to learn PortaCalc command language from them.
The KEYPAD.DOC file contains information on the
% construct herein, and the PortaCalc manual has further
information about how to write command files. Please don't
let these be the first command files you read. Do however
use them if desired. Once they are moved, you may want
to rename KEYPADCS.PIC to KEYPAD.PIC to support terminals
with advanced video and/or color. If you are using a VT52,
leave KEYPAD.PIC alone. These files will work with either
PortaCalc-VM (build from COMPILVMX.COM and similar
files on VAX), or PortaCalc-PC (build with PCCMAK.COM
on VAX or modify PCCPDP.COM to build for PDP11; it's in
another directory.)
The other set of keypad files is in the main
directory and does not use a "gold key" style keypad
interaction. These do, and attempt to put the text
"Gold 1" at the upper right part of the screen when
the GOLD key (PF1) is pressed. Other keypad commands
turn this off, but note that the "gold" condition is
cleared by cursor keys or the PF2 key without erasing
this text, so treat the text with a grain of salt.
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North Texas Local Users Group Submissions
The UIC=[326,*] comprise the NTLUG submission for this RSXIAS SUG tape.
A simplified directory follows:
[326,1] Universal library of past years NTLUG newsletters.
[326,114] Misc routines that may be helpful
If you have any trouble getting in touch with any of the authors,
please contact:
Jeff Hamilton
E-Systems, Inc.
P. O. Box 1056 CBN 27
Greenville, Texas 75401
(214)457-4175 outside Texas (800)527-1000
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This UIC contains a collection of misc. I thought I would throw these
on the distribution. Some things might be useful, some funny. Take
you pick.
FORTRAN programs
HPTAPE copies ASCII files to tape using command lines (80 byte recrds)
KTB kill trailing blanks and tabs from an ascii file
PSWRDG password generator (uses REAL words, not just random char.)
command files
F a FORTRAN compiler, linker, command file (use for above prgrms)
subroutines
TAPEIO connection to unmounted tapes easy to use routine
SORT a shell sort subroutine (very fast)
I hope someone can use some of this. It has come in handy for us.
None of this sould crash your system. If there is any difficulty
get in touch with me. I don't promise to fix it, but I may be in
a generous mode and help you out.
Jeff Hamilton
E-Systems
P. O. Box 1056 CBN 27
Greenville, Texas 75401
(214)457-4175 outside Texas (800)527-1000
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This UIC contains two programs :
1) DAYOWK : For an input date in the 20th century. this
program will give the corresponding day of the
week. The date can be entered in various formats,
such as : 11-Mar-84 , 03/11/84 , MARCH 11 1984 ,
etc... DAYOWK was written in DEC Fortran 77.
2) AGCAL : This program will provide the user with an "Aggie"
Calender for any year in the 20th century. AGCAL
will create a file called AGXXXX.CAL under the
default directory ( XXXX is the input year number ).
AGCAL was written in DEC Fortran 77.
Both programs were written by :
Richard A. Crawford
E-Systems Inc.
P.O. Box 1056 CBN-27
Greenville, Texas 75401
(214)457-6018
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BINARY FILE TRANSFERS
CBA and CAB are used with Bob Turkelson's TALK program
(Spring 82 RSX SIG tape [352,2]) in order to transmit
binary files between an RSX system and a host VAX/VMS
system.
The two programs are compiled and task-built with the
command file BINARY.CMD
This software will run in compatibility mode under VAX/VMS.
Documentation is in the file BINARY.DOC
This software is a preliminary version. Comments and
suggestions are welcome and should be sent to:
David Gressett
Physics Department
North Texas State University
P. O. Box 5368
Denton, TX
76203
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THE 3 directories [330,5] through [330,7] are the [5,3],[5,4], and
[5,5] directories of DECUS C as modified to work under IAS. See
[302,1] for overall documentation of these accounts.
BUILDING AND RUNNING C COMPILER UNDER IAS
VJ PHELPS 27-NOV-84
SOURCE FILES:
COMPILER [5,3]
ASSEMBLER [5,3]
COMMON LIB [5,3]
RUN-TIME LIB:
OPERATING SYS DEPENDENT [5,5]
OPERATING SYS INDEPENDENT [5,5]
COMMAND FILES:
-------------
ALL COMMAND FILES ARE ON [5,3]
XASMLB.CMM - ASSEMBLE COMMON LIB
XCOMLB.CRE - BUILD COMMON LIB
XASMCC.CMM - ASSEMBLE COMPILER (CC)
CCBLD.CMT - LINK COMPILER
XASMAS.CMM - ASSEMBLE ASSEMBLER (CAS)
ASBLD.CMT - LINK ASSEMBLER
XASLIB.CMM - ASSEMBLE RUN-TIME LIB
XBLDLB.CRE - BUILD RUN-TIME LIB
THE COMPILER, ASSEMBLER AND LIBRARIES CAN BE BUILT FROM
A BATCH JOB AS FOLLOWS:
! BATCH JOB TO BLD C COMPILER, ASSEMBLER AND LIBRARIES
!
$JOB XXX
$SET DEF [5,3]
$@XASMLB.CMM
$@XCOMLB.CRE
$@XASMCC.CMM
$@CCBLD.CMT
$@XASMAS.CMM
$@ASBLD.CMT
$@XASLIB.CMM
$@XBLDLB.CRE
$EOJ
INSTALLED TASK NAMES ARE $$$CC FOR COMPILER AND $$$CAS FOR ASSEMBLER
TO COMPILE A C PROG FROM IAS:
CC -A PROG.C
TO LINK:
LINK PROG,[1,1]C/LI
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[5,4] Common Object-time library for C
----- ------ ----------- ------- --- -
This library contains all modules that are independent of crass I/O
considerations. Many are referred to directly by the compiler (to
perform floating-point arithmetic, for example).
For more information, please refer to [5,5]README.505.
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[5,5] Standard I/O library for C programs
----- -------- --- ------- --- - --------
This library contains all modules that compile differently for
RSX and RT11 support, along with some modules, such as printf.mac,
that are heavily tied to the I/O library conventions.
The library is built using one of the following command files:
RSTS/RSX RSTS/RT11 VMS RSX-11M RT-11
-------- --------- --- ------- ---------
XMAKLB.CMD RMAKLB.CMD VMAKLB.COM MMAKLB.CMD TMAKLB.COM
Please read and understand the command files before executing them. In
particular, note the special handling of ATOD and DTOA. Small "stubs"
are placed into the library (the real ones are rather large). If you
need floating conversions in printf() and friends, explicitly link in
DTOA.OBJ to override the library stub. Likewise, if you need floating
conversions in scnaf() and friends, explicitly link in ATOD.OBJ. This
will cause an increase in your program size.
NOTE
The RT11.MAC and RSX.MAC command files, as distributed, assume the
existance of the SXT instruction. This instruction is not present
on the PDP-11/20, the PDP-11/05, and the PDP-11/40 (without optional
EIS). If C programs or libraries are to run on any of these models,
the command files must be edited to define C$$SXT = 0 before building
the compiler or library.
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BONNER LAB RUNOFF Page 1
AUTHOR:
-------
John Clement
Bonner Nuclear Lab
Rice University
Box 1892
Houston Tx, 77251
(713) 527-4018
ABSTRACT
Bonner Lab Runoff (RNO)
Bonner Lab Runoff is a text formatter which when used with your favorite
editor makes a complete word processor. Its syntax is almost a complete
emulation of DSR (Digital Standard Runoff) and it is very compatible with
previous versions of Runoff. The document and help file for this version
can also be used for DSR. The intent of this program is to support com-
plete scientific word processing to produce publication quality output.
It has been used to produce thesis, progress reports, and scientific pa-
pers here at Rice University.
This version allows complete control of any special printer available via
user definable escape sequences. In addition a macro facility allows
text or sequences of commands to be abbreviated to a single label. If
the printer has the correct features then variable spacing,subscripting,
superscripting, and equation formatting are possible. By properly defin-
ing escape sequences the user may support different printers in a tran-
sparent fashion. In other words the same input text will print in
identical fashion on different printers with different control codes and
escape sequences.
Table of contents, indexing and sub-indexing are all supported. Multiple
table of contents or multiple indexing may be constructed from the avail-
able commands. A variety of LAYOUT and STYLE commands may completely
change the look of the pages. Table layout is simplified by right justi-
fied and 'decimal' justified tabs. Permanent margins which apply to the
page headers are available. These simplify the setting of header and
text margins.
All special characters are redefinable. The user may define new com-
mands, and text macros. This allows this version to be customized to
resemble other text formatters, or other verstions of RUNOFF. A two pass
option allows forward references to symbols defined later in the text.
This runs under VMS, RSX, IAS, RT11, TSX, and probably RSTS. RNO occu-
pies a minimum of 30 to 37 kbytes depending on the operating system.
BONNER LAB RUNOFF Page 2
This distribution contains all files necessary for building RNO for any
supported operating systems. All file names are 6 characters or less to
acommodate all operating systems. Once you have built the executable im-
age, you can use it to generate documentation and help files for your
operating system. Several files are included to document this version.
Instructions for building the program are in the BUILD.DOC file. Bugs
that have been fixed are in RNOBUG.DOC. The latest enhancements are in
CHANGE.DOC. BRIEF.DOC is a brief version of the full documentation. For
VMS users the RNO.EXE is provided as a convenience.
BIG ENHANCEMENTS
1. The number of tab stops is unlimited, and ellipses may be speci-
fied for each stop independently. In addition stops may right,
left, or center justify independently. The ellipses may be
specified as a literal.
2. Numbers may be defined and incremented. This allows numbering
figures, tables and so on. see: .DEFINE ITEM and .NUMBER ITEM
3. Reference labels to section numbers, chapters, and defined
numbers may be defined. This makes possible references to vari-
ous sections of the document. see: .DEFINE NUMBER
4. A 2 pass mode allows both forward and backward references. see:
/2P option.
5. Parameters may be passed to defined commands. see: .DEFINE
COMMAND.
6. All flags may be used in Titles and Subtitles. Extra commands
.ENABLE/DISABLE FLAGS may be used to aid in using this feature.
7. .REQUIRE BINARY aids in merging documents and graphics.
8. The hyphenation algorithm has been improved.
9. RNO is more compatible with DSR.
DSR compatability
The SAVE commands were designed independently from DSR and as such are
slightly incompatible with DSR usage. Since I do not have access to the
new DSR manuals, I can not say more than this. Hopefully this will not
cause users too much grief.
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Contents of [332,*]
[332,12] Bonner Lab RUnoff
[332,13] Text of DAARC talk
Help files on Bonner Lab acquisition system
[332,14] Histogram + plot package 4010 compatible
[332,15] MBD code, MBD driver, CLIST compiler
[332,16] Fortran callable routines to access them
For explanations as to how this all works please see the DAARC talk
Fall 84 DECUS. The MBD code is for the Rice prototype MBD and
need modifacation for the BiRa MBD.
J. Clement
Bonner Nuclear Lab
Rice University
Houston, Tx.
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This is a collection of plotting and histogramming routines.
They work on RSX/VMS/RT-11
The documentation on them is in ANAL.HLP
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This is a collection of useful mathematical, and misc. routines
It includes some matrix handling, Parameter getting etc.
They are RSX/VMS compatible.
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These programs are a collection of Bonner Lab data acquisition routines.
These handle CAMAC and stream data to tape (AC2). The documentation on these
is sketchy as most of it is written and has not yet been put on the computer.
Unfortunately what documentation I have is on the other computer which is down
and I can not get at it.
J. Clement
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DECUS "C" utility routines for DECNET
DEC provides FORTRAN, COBOL and BASIC callable routines with it's
DECNET Phase IV distribution for RSX 11M and M+, but none for DECUS
"C". We are great fans of "C" and wanted to use DECNET task to task,
so the DECNET "C" utility library was born.
Each module follows the same argument sequence as the MACRO-11 macro
definitions. The individual routines are very simple, this
submission just saves you duplicating work we've already done.
To recreate the library, use NETASM.CMD to assemble the modules,
then concatanate the object files and put them in a library. We use
NETCLB.OLB as the library name.
The documentation follows the form of the CX extension library in
the DECUS "C" kit. You should definitely read and understand the
first part of the CX manual before using these routines. To rebuild
the documentation, use the MAKDOC.CMD file. This assumes you have
the GETRNO program from the DECUS "C" distribution or the Fall '82
RSX SIG tape.
REC10.C and SEN10.C are "C" version of the REC10.MAC and SEN10.MAC
tasks on the DECNET distribution in [200,200]. These routines assume
you know your way around DECNET or are willing to learn, in other
words, the comments are minimal.
There is a partial utility library in NETUTL.C. It served a temporary
need at A.P., but is being replaced. It does work but I don't have
time to document it's use. A careful reading of the code may give
enough information.
Questions, complaints, praise (I rather like the last) can be
addressed to:
Hans J. Jung
Assistant Manager of Research and Development
The Associated Press
50 Rockerfeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
(212) 621-1568
I will take calls, but am notoriously hard to reach by phone. I also
can't guarantee you much phone time.
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Extended FCS routines for DECUS "C"
These routines allow the "C" programmer on RSX to use some of the
more advanced FCS functions including preallocation files, creating
fixed record size files with record lengths other that 512, randomly
reading and writing a disk block or more at a time, and reading and
writing a random access, fixed record size file.
FOPENX.C provides the extended file open command. It takes advantage
of the existing DECUS "C" fopen() function, modified to leave out
the actual file open call. This code is contained in FDBSET.MAC.
Fopenx() calls FDBSET to setup the filename block, the "C" runtime
system and the FDB. The FDB is modified to request the desired open
options, and OPNFNB is called to complete to open.
Fopenx() can be extended further, the entire FDB is at your
disposal.
FGETB, FPUTB, FGETR, FPUTR
Fgetb() and Fputb() provide a simple way to read and write disk
blocks. They use the qio routine internal to the DECUS "C" runtime
library, so can be used in task that do not reference the CX
library. These routines are much, much faster that the normal "C"
fget and fput if you just need to manipulate disk blocks.
Fgetr() and Fputr() are direct implementations of the getr$ and
putr$ macros in the FCS library. I had a task written in macro that
required extensive changes. Rather that fighting with macro, I
rewrote the taks in "C", and needed these routines.
Building Everything
You should assemble or compile all the .MAC and .C file, then insert
the object modules into a library. We added them to C.OLB, but you
may want to keep them in a separate library if you want to keep a
stock C.OLB.
The documentation is embedded in the source modules. You can
generate the .RNO files by using GETRNO from the DECUS "C" kit. See
the README.1ST file in the other A.P. submission.
Questions, complaints, praise (I rather like the last) can be
addressed to:
Hans J. Jung
Assistant Manager of Research and Development
The Associated Press
50 Rockerfeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
(212) 621-1568
I will take calls, but am notoriously hard to reach by phone. I also
can't guarantee you much phone time.
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Greater Lansing LUG submission for the FALL 1984 RSX SIG tape
[335,2] MULPLT General purpose graphics program
[335,2] RASTER Vector to raster graphics conversion program
MULPLT is a multiple file plotting program designed to allow the easy
plotting of scientific data. It allows for up to 10 data files, scaling and
offsetting, linear or log axes, bar graphs and multiple character fonts
derived from the Hershey characters. All features of MULPLT may be used
independantly, accessed by the 'special features' options.
Current additions to MULPLT include the use of color on those devices
that support it, new command files and overlay structure supporting a
coroutine for VECTOR (so all devices are built into MULPLT), and several bug
fixes.
All graphical output of MULPLT is directed through one subroutine,
VECTOR. VECTOR currently supports the following devices:
TEKTRONIX 4010 series terminals
VT100's with: Retrographics, Matrox, Selanar
DEC's GIGI
HP's 7470 series plotters
Grinnell systems GMR 37
Additions to this list are easy - use one of the existing subroutine as a
template and create your own graphics driver.
MULPLT writes only to vector oriented devices or to a file. RASTER is
able to read these files and is primarily a vector to raster conversion
program, but is also capable of scaling and offsetting several plots as
generated by MULPLT, for creating banners wider than the line printer or
putting several plots on a single page. RASTER takes MULPLT vector files and
creates raster images suitable for line printers. Currently supported raster
devices are:
Printronix P300
Prism printers
DEC LA50
The folowing files are supplied:
README.1ST 7 blks this file
MULPLTGEN.CMD 6 command file to extract and build everything
MSULIB.ULB 539 sources to utility library (inc VECTOR, etc)
MULPLT.ULB 366 sources to MULPLT
RASTER.ULB 227 sources to RASTER
MULPLTDOC.ULB 513 sources to MULPLT and RASTER docs (.RNO)
MULPLTFIG.ULB 624 sources to MULPLT figures (.DAT, .PDL, etc)
MULPLTHLP.ULB 166 on-line help files
SYMBOL.ULB 2567 sources to symbol libraries
MULPLT.TSK 428 MULPLT (uses F77, requires FPP, 32kw)
RASTER.TSK 345 RASTER (uses F77, requires FPP, 30kw)
For information on using MULPLT, see chapter 2, MULPLT for the Novice
from the MULPLT documentation (MULPLTDOC.ULB/EX:MULPLT). The wizard's menu
(MULPLTDOC.ULB/EX:WIZARD) contains brief descriptions and defaults of the
MULPLT commands (note that if this document is printed with a 15 pitch
printer, it fits an 8.5 inch page).
Current author: Hugh Gregg
Primary author: T. V. Atkinson
Chemistry Department
Michigan State University
E. Lansing, Mi 48824
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THIS ACCOUNT CONTAINS THE 'STAT11' PACKAGE THAT IS IN THE DECUS LIBRARY.
IT HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO BE COMPILED WITH BASIC-PLUS-2 UNDER RSX11M/M+
ALL VERISONS. THE DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THESE CHANGES
AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS. WE HAD THIS DONE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE OUR
MANY (200+) USERS WITH ELEMENTARY STATISTICS. WE THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT
BE HELPFUL TO OTHERS.
DENNY WALTHERS
AMERICAN MCGAW
2525 MCGAW AVE
IRVINE CALIF 92714
(714) 660-2053
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This distribution kit contains the RSX-11M/M-Plus user
monitor files. Note that this version of the monitor was
upgraded with the release of RSX-11M V4.0 and M-Plus V2.0.
This distribution corrects bugs in the version distributed
in the Multi-Tasker and corrects the deficiency which prevented
the monitor from logging out its own TI: . The problem of the
monitor logging out terminals remoted to other systems via DECnet
RMT/RMTACP has also been corrected - but only works on the new
versions of RSX, as it requires the GCII$ directive. Problems
with the monitor refusing to log out the last logged-in terminal
on the system have also been (hopefully) finally eliminated.
This version introduces time limiting. This means that the
monitor may be built to run only during time periods specified at
generation time. This may be useful to sites which do not wish
to log idle terminals out during normal working hours.
To build the monitor, log in on a privileged account and
copy the distribution files into a chosen UIC. Invoke the build
command file, USERGEN. This command file is reasonably
intelligent, UIC-independent, and is usually able to build a task
without intervention. If this is not the case, it may be
necessary to run the command file with the /-MC switch and build
manually from the produced build command files.
Users of RSX-11M V3.2 / M-Plus V1.0 systems or earlier, take
note. The build command file uses some features released in the
M V4.0 / M-Plus V2.0 Indirect which may not be available on older
versions of RSX. This means there may be difficulties which
require manual intervention.
Bruce R. Mitchell
Machine Intelligence and Industrial Magic
PO Box 601
Hudson, Wisconsin
54016
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[ 3 4 4 , 6 1 ] R E A D M E . 1 S T
CCL VERSION 9.1A
This version of CCL is essentially a maintenance release
for V9.1. A few bugs have been fixed; most notably several
typographical errors in SPAWN.MAC. At this point in time,
it is still impossible to support long command lines in
"flying-install" requests under Mplus. The problem lies in the
fact that M still used a command queue for external tasks
with list head @$MCRCB while Mplus now puts all command lines
out in secondary pool. Building a privileged CCL under Mplus
V2.x provides NO advantages, and should be considered an invalid
option. A privileged CCL DOES have advantages for all M versions
and Mplus V1.0.
Some refinements have been made to CCL when its installed
as an alternate CLI. Specifically, if CCL was installed with
a non-proto-type taskname (eg. NOT ...CCL) there was a problem
in not having correctly assigned the TI: device as the task
processes commands from multiple terminals; this has been corrected.
Another problem has been resolved in that CCL may issue a
"syntax error" type message for a command line, but the parent
task spawning the command line would not be notified until CCL exitted.
This was typically a short (to 0) delay as long as CCL was assigned
to a single terminal (installed with proto-type task name).
This version now correctly "EMITS STATUS" to any parent when
errors in processing a command are detected.
Four new symbols are defined at task build time
to improve customizing CCL; CCLCA1/CCLCA2 and CLICA1/CLICA2
define the RAD50 task names for the task CCL should chain
to when a command match cannot be found. CCLCA1/CCLCA2 control
the task CCL chains to when it's installed as ...CA.; CLICA1/CLICA2
control the task CCL chains to when it's installed as an alternate CLI.
Typically, CCLCA1/CCLCA2 are defined as ...CA0, and CCL tasks
installed as ...CA0-...CA8 will still automatically attempt
to chain to the next higher level catchal, eg. ...CA0 -> ...CA1,
...CA4 -> ...CA5. CLICA1/CLICA2 are normally directed to "MCR...".
Setting CCLCA1 and/or CLICA1 to 0 will disable chaining to any
catchall task.
A major new feature has been included with CCL in this
release...Alternate CLI support for MV3.2/MplusV1.0. While more
constrained than DEC's implementation, as much functionality has
been retained to provide a useful tool for users locked into these
older versions of M/Mplus. Consult ALTCLI.DOC(RNO) for a full
description of how alternate CLIs may be installed on these
systems. A proto-type CLI has been included, CLIDSP, along
with command procedures to customize CCL to work with this
"command dispatcher" task. A major design goal in implementing
this functionality was that NO SYSGEN be required !!!
To start blindly, use @ALTCLI.
FORTRAN entry points have been included for all the
alternate CLI routines required (EMST/GCCI/RPOI), but I have
not had time to code a quick FORTRAN CLI to see if it
can fit in the 12Kw address space of a privileged task.
Use of these routines, particularly EMIT-STATUS and REQUEST-
PASS-OFFSPRING-INFORMATION, is not restricted to CLI tasks,
but as presently coded do require the task to be privileged
ans map the executive. If anyone is interested in re-worrkin
these routines so they can be added to RSX's system directives,
I will be glad to provide any support required.
Because of changes in my working environment, I do not have
ready access to M V3.2 or Mplus V2.x. Because of this, many of
the optional patches discussed in ALTCLI.DOC could not be tested
(as was the case for the last release when the problem of building
a privileged CCL under Mplus V2.x went undetected). I would greatly
appreciate hearing, and will respond as best I can, to any problems
or new features that should be incorporated into future releases
of CCL. For instance, anyone in the user community interested
in layering in command line recall/editing with CCL???? If you
can provide me with the line editor code, I can work out the rest.
Paul Sorenson
American Electric Power/Operations Control Systems
1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, OH 43215
(614)-223-3833
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This UIC contains some contributions from Bankers Trust.
Unfortunately, due to some recent personnel changes and a heavy work
load, it is less well organized than I would like it to be, but it
nevertheless contains some useful material.
[350,51] contains our latest version of the online pool analyzer which
works on an I/D system and finds many more structures than the
older versions.
[350,52] contains programs for processing SPM data into more easily
read forms.
[350,53] contains programs for processing System Accounting data, and
to present data graphically. It also contains command files to
easily compile and build Fortran programs using graphics on the
PRO-350.
[350,54] contains a program for analyzing the owners of packets in
TTCOM. It also shows spillage of these packets into primary
pool.
[350,55] contains an article about using DCL as the catchall task for
MCR, with SLP files. Mark Hartigan.
[350,56] misc. programs to make life easier. An Abort AST module for
Fortran programs (with article from Multi-Tasker), a Data
Encryption program (with description), a Floating Point
Processor checker and time stamp, command files to switch
a device from RSX to DECNet & vice versa, a program to extract
the names of all modules and their sources from a MAP and sort
them, and a LIFE program.
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This is the latest version of OPA, which identifies a few
more pool structures than previously. It has been running well
for some time, but read OPA.DOC before using.
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This UIC contains some files for processing SPM data: one set of
files collects the minimum System metrics data, the other collects and
presents everything.
SYSMET.* is a collection of files for collecting system metrics
only (disk usage, cpu usage, pool space, etc.) without any task specific
data. It is good as a general measure of system usage, and for pool
monitoring, without generating giant data files due to saving statistics
on every QIO on the system. To use it, use SYSMET.CMD as a saved answer
file for SMPGEN.CMD: when you are ready to collect data start SPM with
the command
COL SYSMET=SYSMET
and you will collect system metrics only. After collection is stopped,
convert the data to a file which is readable with CLF:
CLF SYSMET.FCS/FCS=SYSMET
This file will have system metrics and startup records. It can be
processed now, but I prefer to process some more with Sort:
SRT SYSMET.DAT=SYSMET.FCS,SYSMET/SF
This uses SYSMET.SRT as a specification file for Sort V3. (It can also
be done on Sort V2, but I seem to have lost the .SRT file for V2). The
resulting file can be reported using Datatrieve (the file SPM.DTR
contains appropriate record definitions, etc.), but I prefer to
transport it to a PRO-350, and present the data in graphic form using
the program SPMGRA. A command file GRAPHIC.CMD which will build this
program on a PRO should be elsewhere in this UIC. This program uses Core
Graphics, so it might work on other systems.
SPMREAD is a Fortran program which will read an FCS file (the
output file of CLF as shown above) and convert all of the records into
english. It is most useful when you want the finest detail of activity
on the system, as it will, for example, show all of the directives
issued by all of the tasks on the system in the order the executive
processes them. To use it, start SPM as you would normally, with it
collecting the desired data. (If you use SYSMET.CMD, you won't see much,
as it is adjusted to collect the minimum amount of data. You might try
ALL.CMD, which collects everything.) When the data is collected, convert
it to an FCS file with CLF, and then run SPMREAD. The file SPM.TXT shows
a sample of the output from this program.
B. Z. Lederman
Bankers Trust Co.
One Bankers Trust Plaza
New York, N.Y. 10015
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This UIC contains some files to make using System Accounting
easier. The idea is for STARTUP.CMD to automatically start System
Accounting whever the system is brought up, and for SHUTUP.CMD to create
a command file pointing to that day's data when the system is shut up.
Alternatively, STARTACC.CMD and STOPACC.CMD can be invoked. Either way,
the intention it to create a file called LASTFIL.ACC for each System
Accounting data file, with a command like:
SRD [1,6]LASTFIL.ACC=[1,6]ACNTRN.SYS/-HD/MI/-BK/PA
This assumes a fairly recent version of SRD: if you are using an older
version, then you may have to modify PROCESS.CMD, which is the command
file which processes the data. If there is a LASTFIL.ACC file,
PROCESS.CMD will use it to pick up the proper ACNTRN.SYS file, and it's
date, and use this information to process the data. If there is more
than one LASTFIL.ACC file, PROCESS.CMD uses the oldest one, so you can
let more than one stack up. If you wish, you can submit a batch job
using PROCESS.BAT, which will invoke PROCESS.CMD, and if there is more
than one LASTFIL.ACC, then submit more than one batch job, and they will
be done serially. The command file SUB.CMD can automatically submit one
job for each LASTFIL.ACC The idea behind all this is that SHUTUP.CMD
could also submit a batch job to run the next day using PROCESS.BAT, so
that the system accounting data would automatically be processed, and
you would usually not have to do anything extra: it would be done
automatically whenever the system is brought up or down.
If there is no LASTFIL.ACC file, PROCESS.CMD will prompt you for the
name and date of the desired data file.
Once the data is obtained, it can be reported by Datatrieve, but we
prefer to graph it on a PRO. The programs DEVICE.FTN and TASK.FTN graph
Device statistics and Task statistics, respectively. They use Core
Graphics, but have never been tried on anything other than a PRO-350.
GRAPHIC.CMD and GRAPHBLD.CMD are used to compile and task build any
fortran program which uses the graphics library on a PRO, including the
two given above and the SPM program elsewhere on the tape.
WARNINGS:
Since System Accounting is tied to [1,6], most of these files
also assume they are in [1,6]; some, but not all, will switch you there
automatically, but it is best if they are kept in [1,6]. You will
probably want to edit QUERY.DTR which contains the Datatrieve
definitions, and specifically edit the two tables NOCHANGE_TAB and
TASK_TAB to reflect the files you normally want in your reports.
The Sort Specification files *.SRT are for Sort-11 V3. Files for
Sort-11 V2 were placed on a previous SIG tape about a year or so ago.
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PAC - Terminal Common Pool Analyzer -Mark Hartigan, Bankers Trust Co., New York
This task analyzes the usage of packets in the terminal common area used by
the TT driver. It shows which terminals are using which packets and also
indicates any spillage into primary pool.
Since this is a priveleged tasks which maps the executive, it must be
built against the correct RSXMC.MAC, and RSX11M.STB files. When building
PAC LB: should be set to the boot device, SY: to the device where this UIC is.
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This account contains an article by Mark Hartigan on how he
got DCL to work correctly as a Catch-All for MCR on RSX-11M-Plus
systems. This configuration has many advantages over using TDX
or other configurations, and we have become quickly attatched to
it.
The one factor it doesn't mention is how to keep some of
the TDX commands we like, like CVT (base conversion) and DLG
(Display LoGged in terminals). These are retained by installing
TDX under these task names, such as
INS TDX/TASK=...CVT
INS TDX/TASK=...DLG
INS TDX/TASK=...DLN
INS TDX/TASK=...CHD
once for each retained TDX function. I should point out that
we are running M-Plus with secondary pool and external task
headers, so having these extra tasks installed does not cost
anything in primary pool.
Also note: you should build the DCL catchall as a seperate task
image from the one you will use (if any) for a CLI. Specifically, the
catch all should be built so it DOES NOT pass any unrecognized commands
back to MCR (or you will get a race condition), and SHOULD NOT pass any
commands beginning with a "." back to MCR. The build command files
generated for DCL by SYSGEN are clearly commented to tell you how to do
this: you will probably want to make a copy of them with a new name
(such as DCLCATCH) rather than DCL.
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This UIC contains various items to make life more pleasant.
ABORT.MAC makes it easy to have Abort AST's in Fortran programs, so your
programs exit cleanly. There were articles recently on this in
the multi-tasker, and mine is included here.
CIPHER.FTN A data encryption program, easy to use, difficult to break.
COPYPACK.CMD To simplify generating skeleton system packs from masters. Uses
two other files to copy only the desired UICs from one pack
to another.
GRAPHIC.FTN;3 To put VT100 family terminals out of graphics mode.
LIFE.FTN;1 A LIFE program for VT100 family terminals. Entertaining. Also
demonstrates ABORT.
LINEOFF.CMD To switch devices from DECNet back to RSX
LINEON.CMD To switch devices from RSX to DECNet.
In our development environment, we sometimes want to use DMR's
for our own programs, and sometimes to get DECNet links
up. Since a device cannot be owned both by RSX and DECNet,
we bring up DECNet with no lines on, and then use these
command files to switch devices from one owner to another.
MODULE.FTN Extracts names of modules and sources from maps. Handy if
you want to get a list of modules actually used by a task
to prepare overlays, or determine what resident libraries
can be used, etc.
TIME.MAC Tests the Floating Point Processor and prints the time.
Because the FPP on some 11's (especially the 11/70) can
fail in a mode where the FPP generates arithmatically
incorrect values, but does not generate system errors,
a method of obtaining a warning when the FPP fails was
wanted. This program does this, and also prints the time
and error count out. Normally it is run on the clock
queue to print out every 10 minutes or so. Also handy
to mark the time off on your console listings.
B. Z. Lederman
Bankers Trust Co.
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Free software BY
Project Software & Development, Inc.
This software is furnished for free and may be used and copied as
desired. This software or any other copies thereof may be provided
or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and
ownership of the software is hereby transferred or allowed.
The information in this software is subject to change without notice
and should not be construed as a commitment by PROJECT SOFTWARE
AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
PROJECT SOFTWARE assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability
of this software on any equipment whatsoever.
Project Software & Development, Inc.
14 Story St.
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
617-661-1444
Program: CVT
Author: Robin Miller
Date: Fall 1984
Description:
This program is a general purpose conversion utility. The original
source was taken from an old version of the TDX (catchall) task. This
version includes help (available by typing "?" or "/HE"), ranges, and
display of EBCDIC characters.
******************************************************************************
Example:
>CVT
CVT> ?
This program is used to convert Decimal, Octal, Hexadecimal, Radix-50,
ASCII, and EBCDIC to the equivalent in other radices. Either bytes,
a word, a range, or wildcard can be specified.
Valid commands are:
nnn = decimal number, #nnn = octal number, $nnn = Hexadecimal,
"xx = ASCII string, 'x = ASCII byte, %xxx = Radix-50 string,
~xx = EBCDIC string, * = wildcard (displays the entire table).
Examples:
CVT> 65,66 - Specified bytes are in decimal.
#41101 - Specified word is in octal.
~A-Z - Displays EBCDIC A-Z inclusive.
CVT> 65,66
Decimal Word/Bytes Octal Word/Bytes Hexadecimal Radix-50 ASCII EBCDIC
------------------ ---------------- ----------- -------- ----- ------
16961 065,066 #041101 #101,102 $4241 %JXA A,B ,
CVT> #41101
Decimal Word/Bytes Octal Word/Bytes Hexadecimal Radix-50 ASCII EBCDIC
------------------ ---------------- ----------- -------- ----- ------
16961 065,066 #041101 #101,102 $4241 %JXA A,B ,
CVT> ~A-I
Decimal Word/Bytes Octal Word/Bytes Hexadecimal Radix-50 ASCII EBCDIC
------------------ ---------------- ----------- -------- ----- ------
00193 193,000 #000301 #301,000 $00C1 % D3 ,NUL A,NUL
00194 194,000 #000302 #302,000 $00C2 % D4 ,NUL B,NUL
00195 195,000 #000303 #303,000 $00C3 % D5 ,NUL C,NUL
00196 196,000 #000304 #304,000 $00C4 % D6 ,NUL D,NUL
00197 197,000 #000305 #305,000 $00C5 % D7 ,NUL E,NUL
00198 198,000 #000306 #306,000 $00C6 % D8 ,NUL F,NUL
00199 199,000 #000307 #307,000 $00C7 % D9 ,NUL G,NUL
00200 200,000 #000310 #310,000 $00C8 % E ,NUL H,NUL
00201 201,000 #000311 #311,000 $00C9 % EA ,NUL I,NUL
CVT> ^Z
>
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Free software BY
Project Software & Development, Inc.
This software is furnished for free and may be used and copied as
desired. This software or any other copies thereof may be provided
or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and
ownership of the software is hereby transferred or allowed.
The information in this software is subject to change without notice
and should not be construed as a commitment by PROJECT SOFTWARE
AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
PROJECT SOFTWARE assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability
of this software on any equipment whatsoever.
Project Software & Development, Inc.
14 Story St.
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
617-661-1444
Program: MISH
Author: Robin Miller / Gary Larsen
Date: Fall 1984
Description:
This program is used to compress and convert input files into a
printable ASCII format. The file attributes are stored in a header
record which is used when decompressing to restore the file to its'
original file format. This mished file format is useful for any
communication program which transfers ASCII files.
A special version of the MISH program called MISHALL is available
to aid in bootstraping the SNDRCV program. This source file has all
analyze code and comments removed to reduce the size. The using the
DUMP command in RSXNET/VAXNET, the program can be sent to a remote
system where it can be assembled and taskbuilt. A mished version of
the SNDRCV program is then dumped to the remote system, decompressed
by MISHALL, and you are ready to transfer files with the remote.
******************************************************************************
Example:
>dir mish.tsk
Directory DB0:[263,70]
3-DEC-84 15:50
MISH.TSK;1 60. C 14-AUG-84 10:24
Total of 60./60. blocks in 1. file
>mish
MISH>/he
MISH is a program used to compress and convert input files into printable
ASCII files. These files can be submitted on HASP reader streams and can
be transmitted using VAXNET/RSXNET. After the file is received at the
remote system, MISH is then used to decompress the files back into their
original file format. All file attributes are restored using the header
record from the compressed file.
Command line format:
input_file/switches output_file/switches
Where switches are:
/ANALYZE - Used to analyze the header record and/or data of a file
which has been compressed. Additional sub-switches that
can be used are /DATA, /OCTAL, & /REVERSE.
/COMPRESS - Used to compress files. This is the default mode.
/DECOMPRESS - Used to decompress files into their original file format.
MISH>mish.tsk mish.mis
File: MISH.MIS, total number of blocks = 60, total number of records = 474
MISH>^Z
>
>dir mish.mis
Directory DB0:[263,70]
3-DEC-84 15:50
MISH.MIS;1 68. 03-DEC-84 15:45
Total of 68./68. blocks in 1. file
************************************************************
* The /ANALYZE switch displays the file header. *
************************************************************
>mish
MISH>mish.mis/anal
$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*
MISH FILE HEADER
File name: MISH.TSK
Owner UIC: [263,070]
Protection: System: R, Owner: R, Group: R, World: R
Mished Date: 3-DEC-84
Contiguity Options: contiguous
FCS/RMS FILE ATTRIBUTES:
File Organization: sequential
Record Format: fixed
Record Attributes:
Maximum Record Size: 512
Longest Record: 512
Blocks To Allocate: 60, Default Extend Size: 0
End-of-file VBN: 61, Offset: 0
$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*
MISH>^Z
>
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* The mished file is then transferred to the remote *
* system using the RSXNET and SNDRCV programs where *
* it is decompressed back into it's original format. *
************************************************************
>mish
MISH>mish/decompress
File: MISH.TSK, total number of blocks = 60, total number of records = 474
MISH>^Z
>
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Free software BY
Project Software & Development, Inc.
This software is furnished for free and may be used and copied as
desired. This software or any other copies thereof may be provided
or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and
ownership of the software is hereby transferred or allowed.
The information in this software is subject to change without notice
and should not be construed as a commitment by PROJECT SOFTWARE
AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
PROJECT SOFTWARE assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability
of this software on any equipment whatsoever.
Project Software & Development, Inc.
14 Story St.
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
617-661-1444
Program: PHONE
Author: Robin Miller / Gary Larsen
Date: Fall 1984
Description:
PHONE is a utility which allows you to talk to other users on your
system. Once PHONE is started, the screen of the VT100 (only terminal
supported) is split into two viewports. After you dial someone, what
you type is displayed in the top viewport and what the other user
types is displayed in the bottom viewport. At the current time, only
two users can talk at the same time. When your phone conversation is
complete, typing CTRL/Z returns you to the command prompt (%) where
you can exit by typing either another CTRL/Z or by typing EXIT and the
return key.
Command line format: PHONE [phone-command]
You may specify a command as part of the PHONE command line, or
you may enter it at the command prompt (%).
Additional information available:
ANSWER Characters DIAL DIRECTORY EXIT HELP REJECT
SCROLL VIEWPORT
NOTE:
The PHONE utility is taskbuilt /PR:0 because it does a write-break
through QIO to the terminal you want to talk to. Our catchall task
allows non-privileged users to run certain privileged tasks such as
PHONE, USERS, and WHO. If you don't have this capability then you may
want to modify PHONE so it can be run by non-privileged users. This
would be done by removing the /PR:0 switch from the taskbuild command
file, and by changing the IO.WBT function in module DIAL.MAC to an
IO.WLB function. Also note that the phone task must be activated by
the command line "RUN PHONE/TASK=PHOTnn" where "nn" is your terminal
number.
The above restriction actually only applies to RSX-11M. On M+,
simply install the privileged version of PHONE for it to operate
properly. This is because on M+, all tasks are started with the task
name "taskTnn" where on RSX-11M, the first task starts up under the
task name "...PHO" which causes a problem since the phone program
uses the terminal number from the task name.
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Free software BY
Project Software & Development, Inc.
This software is furnished for free and may be used and copied as
desired. This software or any other copies thereof may be provided
or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and
ownership of the software is hereby transferred or allowed.
The information in this software is subject to change without notice
and should not be construed as a commitment by PROJECT SOFTWARE
AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
PROJECT SOFTWARE assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability
of this software on any equipment whatsoever.
Project Software & Development, Inc.
14 Story St.
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
617-661-1444
Program: REF
Author: Gary Larsen / Robin Miller
Date: Fall 1984
Description:
REFormat is a program used to convert input files into variable
length output files with implied carriage control. During this
conversion, the control characters NULL, XON, XOFF, and DELETE are
stripped. The program will also optionally do ASCII to EBCDIC and
EBCDIC to ASCII conversions. This program is generally used to
reformat the RSXNET & VAXNET log files.
Command line format:
input_file/switches output_file/switches
Where switches are:
/ASCII - Convert input file from ASCII to EBCDIC.
/EBCDIC - Convert input file from EBCDIC to ASCII.
/VFU - Input file contains line printer Vertical Format Control.
/TOTAL - Output number of records and bytes written to output file.
/BACK (D) - Remove delete sequences from the input file.
/ESC (D) - Break output records on cursor positioning escape sequences.
/NAME (D) - Output the name of the reformatted output file.
Switches can be negated by prefixing the switch with a '-' or 'NO'.
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Free software BY
Project Software & Development, Inc.
This software is furnished for free and may be used and copied as
desired. This software or any other copies thereof may be provided
or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and
ownership of the software is hereby transferred or allowed.
The information in this software is subject to change without notice
and should not be construed as a commitment by PROJECT SOFTWARE
AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
PROJECT SOFTWARE assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability
of this software on any equipment whatsoever.
Project Software & Development, Inc.
14 Story St.
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
617-661-1444
Program: RSXNET
Author: Robin Miller / Gary Larsen
Date: Fall 1984
Description:
RSXNET is a program which allows asynchronous communcations between
two computers (systems). Communications can be either directly between
the computers using a null modem patch cable (see "HELP PATCH" for the
wiring diagram), or over a dialup line (modem). Communications with
the remote system (the system you want to talk to) is accomplished
using a second port (asynchronous line) on the local system.
RSXNET is a sub-set of the VAXNET program which runs on VAX/VMS. The
VAXNET program is being submitted to the VMS SIG tape for those who
may be interested.
Program Features:
o Virtual terminal support with no speed limitations. The remote
system must use the XOFF/XON flow control protocol to run at
high baud rates (typically greater than 1200 baud) or a loss
of characters will result.
o Logging of the remote terminal session to a disk file. After
exiting from RSXNET, a program called REFormat is used to create
an output file which can then be printed/edited without problems.
o File transfers to a remote system. The SNDRCV program (either
FORTRAN or TECO version) is used to transfer files to a remote
system with error checking. When this program is unavailable,
the DUMP command within RSXNET can be used to send ASCII text
to the remote system running any program which accepts input
(such as an editor).
o Ability to transfer binary files. The MISH program converts
any type of file to a printable ASCII format (also compressed)
which can be transferred to the remote then converted back into
its' original file format.
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Free software BY
Project Software & Development, Inc.
This software is furnished for free and may be used and copied as
desired. This software or any other copies thereof may be provided
or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and
ownership of the software is hereby transferred or allowed.
The information in this software is subject to change without notice
and should not be construed as a commitment by PROJECT SOFTWARE
AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
PROJECT SOFTWARE assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability
of this software on any equipment whatsoever.
Project Software & Development, Inc.
14 Story St.
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
617-661-1444
Program: SNDRCV
Author: Robin Miller
Date: Fall 1984
Description:
The SNDRCV program is used on a remote system to transfer files
ASCII files with either the RSXNET or VAXNET communication programs.
There are three versions of SNDRCV in this directory; an RSX version
written in FORTRAN, and VMS version written in FORTRAN, and a TECO
version which runs on any system which supports TECO. The version
of TECO used when testing was version 36 on an RT11 system.
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Free software BY
Project Software & Development, Inc.
This software is furnished for free and may be used and copied as
desired. This software or any other copies thereof may be provided
or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and
ownership of the software is hereby transferred or allowed.
The information in this software is subject to change without notice
and should not be construed as a commitment by PROJECT SOFTWARE
AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
PROJECT SOFTWARE assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability
of this software on any equipment whatsoever.
Project Software & Development, Inc.
14 Story St.
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
617-661-1444
Program: USERS
Author: Robin Miller
Date: Fall 1984
Description:
USERS is a program used to display the users logged on the system.
You can display all users logged on, or a specific user by specifying
the user name to display. This program is most useful on RSX-11M
since there is no accounting as on RSX-11M+ which displays logged on
users with a "DEV /LOG" command.
Help can be obtained on a particular topic by typing :
HELP USERS subtopic subsubtopic ...
Examples:
USERS
Displays all logged on terminals and associated user names. The
user names are obtained from the accounting file using the login UIC.
USERS M
Displays all users with the first or last name starting with "M".
Additional information available:
/FULL /HEADER /OUTPUT /SUMMARY /USER
******************************************************************************
The following changes were made to the ACTFIL distributed by DEC:
July 28, 1982 by Robin Miller - Version 4.1
Changed buffer size from 2048. to 512. to save space.
July 29, 1982 by Robin Miller - Version 4.2
Remove FSRSZ$ macro to save space. It isn't needed
when not using GET$ and PUT$ to accounting file.
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Free software BY
Project Software & Development, Inc.
This software is furnished for free and may be used and copied as
desired. This software or any other copies thereof may be provided
or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and
ownership of the software is hereby transferred or allowed.
The information in this software is subject to change without notice
and should not be construed as a commitment by PROJECT SOFTWARE
AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
PROJECT SOFTWARE assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability
of this software on any equipment whatsoever.
Project Software & Development, Inc.
14 Story St.
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
617-661-1444
Program: VTL
Author: Robin Miller
Date: Fall 1984
Description:
This program is used to list file(s) on a VT100 family terminal.
The file(s) are displayed one screen at a time for easy viewing.
Various commands can be entered to change listing parameters or to
position to a particular portion of the file. Many of the commands
are the same as the Digital editor EDT. Commands can be entered
either by using keys on the VT100 keypad, or by entering commands to
the prompt at the bottom of the screen. Some of the major features
of the program are outlined below:
o CTRL/C detection for aborting searches, etc.
o Delete the file being displayed.
o Display a ruler along the top of the file.
o Display the next file or next the directory.
o Display record numbers along the left margin.
o Display the file header of file being displayed.
o Print the file being displayed.
o Search (forward only) for a specified string.
o Shift the display window left or right.
o Split screen mode to display two files.
o Teco compatible see-all mode.
o Write portions of the file being displayed.
The maximum record size that can be displayed is 512 characters.
All commands have a repetition count of one. Relative and indexed
files are not supported.
The special wildcard characters "* and %" can be used with VTL on
RSX-11M using FCS for I/O instead of RMS. Previously these were only
valid on VMS since a native image was being called to lookup files.
The Digital files ASCR50.MAC and PARSFN.MAC were modifed to allow
this type of wildcard lookup. Unfortunatly, since they are Digital
source files I can't submit them to the SIG Tape. I hope to submit
an article on this to the RSX News Letter in the near future. These
modified modules are in the object library (VTL.OLB) and can be
extracted an used with other programs. Refer to module VTLOPE for
further information on using these (must save the file name block).
[ File "VTL.MEM" contains full documentation for this program. ]
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Free software BY
Project Software & Development, Inc.
This software is furnished for free and may be used and copied as
desired. This software or any other copies thereof may be provided
or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and
ownership of the software is hereby transferred or allowed.
The information in this software is subject to change without notice
and should not be construed as a commitment by PROJECT SOFTWARE
AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
PROJECT SOFTWARE assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability
of this software on any equipment whatsoever.
Project Software & Development, Inc.
14 Story St.
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
617-661-1444
Program: VTM
Author: Robin Miller
Date: Fall 1984
Description:
VTM is a program used to format messages for a VT100 terminal.
Various options are available and are listed below. If no options
are specified, the default is to clear the screen and write the
message in double height characters centered in the middle of the
screen.
Help can be obtained on a particular topic (option) by typing :
HELP VTM subtopic subsubtopic ...
Get help on "Startup" and "Format" before attempting to use VTM.
Additional information available:
ALL ACSET ANSI BLINE BELL BLINK BOLD BOX
CLEAR COLUMN CENTER CBOL CEOL CLIN CBOS CEOS
DATE DELAY DHEIGHT DWIDTH Format JUMP HOME ITERATION
KEYPAD LINE LED LJUSTIFY LMARGIN NARROW OUTPUT OFF
PLINE REVERSE REGION RESET RJUSTIFY RMARGIN RULER TLINE
SKIP SCREEN SGRAPHICS SMOOTH Startup TIME TEST TERMINAL
TTY UNDERSCORE UKSET USSET WIDE
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Free software BY
Project Software & Development, Inc.
This software is furnished for free and may be used and copied as
desired. This software or any other copies thereof may be provided
or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and
ownership of the software is hereby transferred or allowed.
The information in this software is subject to change without notice
and should not be construed as a commitment by PROJECT SOFTWARE
AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
PROJECT SOFTWARE assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability
of this software on any equipment whatsoever.
Project Software & Development, Inc.
14 Story St.
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
617-661-1444
Program: WHO
Author: Robin Miller / Gary Larsen
Date: Fall 1984
Description:
WHO is a program used to display various information in the
accounting file. You can display users by name (first or last),
UIC, group, device, or even by CLI. A full display also displays
the last time a user logged on the system.
Help can be obtained on a particular topic by typing :
HELP WHO subtopic subsubtopic ...
Mulitple switches can be appended together.
Example:
WHO /GROUP=201/CLI=DCL
Displays all entrys in group 201 using DCL.
Switches can be abbreviated to one character.
Additional information available:
EXIT HELP ME SHOW /CLI /DEVICE /FULL
/GROUP /HEADER /OUTPUT /SUMMARY /TRAILER /UIC /USER
******************************************************************************
The following changes were made to the ACTFIL distributed by DEC:
July 28, 1982 by Robin Miller - Version 4.1
Changed buffer size from 2048. to 512. to save space.
July 29, 1982 by Robin Miller - Version 4.2
Remove FSRSZ$ macro to save space. It isn't needed
when not using GET$ and PUT$ to accounting file.
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Free software BY
Project Software & Development, Inc.
This software is furnished for free and may be used and copied as
desired. This software or any other copies thereof may be provided
or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and
ownership of the software is hereby transferred or allowed.
The information in this software is subject to change without notice
and should not be construed as a commitment by PROJECT SOFTWARE
AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
PROJECT SOFTWARE assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability
of this software on any equipment whatsoever.
Project Software & Development, Inc.
14 Story St.
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
617-661-1444
Program: CAT
Author: Robin Miller
Date: Fall 1984
Description:
This is a catchall utility I've used successfully for many years.
It allows some capabilities not available in other catchalls and has
been received very well on the systems I've used it on. This version
is much the same as the Digital version except for the following:
o It's a privileged task which allows non-privileged users to
execute certain privileged commands.
o Many of the commands such as DELETE, DIRECTORY, TYPE, etc.,
are spawned to DCL for a friendlier interface (allows prompting
and switches such as /TODAY).
o Allows multiple command lines to be spawned.
o Allows commands to be added much easier than the Digital
version. See module CATTBL for more details.
o Does not require the definition of the logical names ZZ1: and
ZZ2: to use the flying run/install of tasks or global command
files in the library account.
o Allows both flying run/installs or command file execution.
The Digital version allows one or the other but not both.
o On RSX-11M, commands can be shortened to a single character.
On RSX-11M+, modification of the MCR dispatcher is neccessary
to pass single character commands to catchall.
o A short command summary is displayed by the "CAT" command
along with the current version and last modification date.
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Free software BY
Project Software & Development, Inc.
This software is furnished for free and may be used and copied as
desired. This software or any other copies thereof may be provided
or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to and
ownership of the software is hereby transferred or allowed.
The information in this software is subject to change without notice
and should not be construed as a commitment by PROJECT SOFTWARE
AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
PROJECT SOFTWARE assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability
of this software on any equipment whatsoever.
Project Software & Development, Inc.
14 Story St.
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
617-661-1444
Program: RSXMSG.MAC
Author: Robin Miller
Date: Fall 1984
Description:
This module contains several routines which allow a programmer to
output error message text instead of the normal error numbers we've
all seen too many times. The routines are based on several routines
available on the VMS Operating System. The routines are:
SIGNAL - Displays an error message to the terminal. The facility
name is always system when using the routine.
GETMSG - Gets the error message text. The error message text is
passed back in a user specified buffer. This is useful
if you want the error message displayed on a particular
place on the screen (my VTL program does this).
PUTMSG - Puts an error message to the terminal. This is different
from the SIGNAL routine in that you can specify the
facility name, and other parameters such as whether the
severity code and symbol name should be displayed.
These routines use less than 1KW of memory and are well worth it.
The FORTRAN calling convention is used by the GETMSG and PUTMSG
routines so they can be used by FORTRAN programs. Hooks are in place
to access an RMS error message file but since I don't use RMS this
file was never created.
All my programs on this SIG tape submission use these routines. Each
program has a module called xxxERR.MAC which contains an general
interface to these error routines.
The error message file (RSX11M.MSG) must be placed in LB:[1,2]. If
the file doesn't exist, the error numbers will be displayed. This
file, which is fixed length records of 64 bytes each, was created by
a BASIC program (included if I can find it).
ERRDIS.CMD
----------
This command file allows easy generation of error log reports on
either RSX-11M or RSX-11M+. When executing this command file, it
asks a series of questions about the type of error report to
generate, then generates the appropriate command line for the error
report generator (RPT). On RSX-11M+, you can optionally submit the
error report command file to batch to free up your terminal.
TECO MACROS
-----------
Several useful TECO macros are included in this directory. The
SEARCH macro allows searching through a series of files, SEE creates
an output file with non-printable characters displayed, EDT
simulates the EDT editor, DRAW allows you to draw boxes and lines
using the arrow keys of the VT100, and SQU is the macro which
squishes TECO macros (.TES) files to make them run faster. The
SEARCH and SQU macros are normally distributed with the TECO kit.
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[352,4]README.1ST - Anaheim - Fall 1984 - Files submitted by:
SRD Working Group
Bob Turkelson
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Mail Code 614
Greenbelt, MD 20771
301-344-9832
FTS 344-9832
This UIC contains the files for building SRD V6.5.
The first two items below were described in an article in the
October 1984 issue of the Multi-Tasker.
The modifications made by the SRD Working Group since V6.4 are:
o Corrected a bug so that the diagnostic message for a corrupted date
in a file header is not repeated for files with proper dates.
o Changed the date decoding routine so that it skips over the first
byte of the date field if it is a blank. When VMS BACKUP/IMAGE
restores a Structure 1 disk, a file date with a single digit day
of month is stored in the file header with a blank preceding the
digit, rather than a zero character as is done in RSX. (For
example, " 4OCT84" rather than "04OCT84".) Recently we learned
that the RMS utilities DSP and BCK get file date errors when
accessing such files.
o Added information to the /ID message telling which operating system
and support features were specified when the SRD task was
generated.
o Added support for named directories on P/OS and Micro/RSX. Used
decimal format for file version numbers in P/OS. If named
directories are not supported on a system, ignore any that exist
in the MFD. Note that this code has not yet been tested on
these operating systems. We will try to publish a report in the
Multi-Tasker. Thanks to Bob Denny, Richard Kirkman, and
B. Z. Lederman for sending us their modifications for these
systems.
o Added the /AP switch to append the listing to an existing file.
If the named file does not exist, a new file will be created
in most cases. See the documentation for details.
o Changed the .PSECT attribute in the SRDXX1, SRDXX2, and SRDXX3 dummy
routines so that SRD will work on RSX-11M V3.2.
o Modified the help and documentation files.
The *.C65 files are correction files which have already been applied to
the V6.4 source files. They are provided here for reference purposes
only. The *.MAC files are those for V6.5.
SRD.TSK is a task built with the default switches shown in SRDDEF.HLP;1.
It was built for RSX-11M V4.0/V4.1 with dynamic checkpoint allocation.
SRDMOD.DOC describes the past changes to this version of SRD.
SRDREF. is the text for a two-page SRD Reference Guide showing the
available switches. Please send us any ideas you have for improving
its organization and content. We will be updating it for each new
version.
Procedure: @SRD ! Asks configuration questions and
! builds SRD
Copy SRD.HLP and SRDDEF.HLP to [1,2] and refer to SRD.HLP
in [1,2]MCR.HLP.
HELP SRD NEW will show users a list of the new switches.
Note that under RSX-11M V4.0 or later and RSX-11M-PLUS V2.0 or later,
the command string interpreter allows wildcards (* and %) anywhere in the
file name or type. This eliminates the need for the /SE: switch in most
circumstances. For example, SRD *AB%D*.%D* is valid.
Specify /-SR whenever you are looking for certain files and do not care in
what order they are listed. You will save the time required for sorting
the directories.
The /CM switch should be used with /NV (or /SV) unless V is specified in
the second switch value and all versions are wanted.
The value specified in the /GT:n switch is a four-byte integer value on
RSX-11M V4.0/V4.1 and RSX-11M-PLUS V2.0/V2.1. It is considered a two-byte
integer on V3.2. Its use on V3.2 has not been tested.
The additions to the selection/listing overlay segment and the root
segment total about 140. words (when built without FCSRES). This reduces
the largest directory section that can be handled at one time by one
block (out of about 110 blocks). Each block contains up to 32 file
entries.
The SRD Working Group plans to make additional modifications for future
SIG tapes. Command and help file improvements are planned as well as
program changes. We recently expanded our wish-list, and a number of
changes are currently being implemented for the next version.
We would appreciate hearing from those who have made changes or plan to make
changes to this version, so we can continue to improve this useful utility.
Many thanks to those who havee written
[352,4]README.1ST - END
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[352,5]README.1ST - FILES SUBMITTED BY:
Mark Ransom
Datamap, Inc.
6874 Washington Av. S.
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
This UIC contains files for the TALK program, version V07.00.
This version was modified from version 06.00, from [352,2] on the
Fall '82 tape.
TALK is a terminal emulation program which enables a user on an RSX-11M V3.2
or V4.0 system with the full duplex terminal driver to communicate with a
remote host computer over a single line interface (such as a DLV11 or DL11).
This version also allows the use of any terminal interface (such as a DZ11)
when the line is set to 300 baud. The program begins in terminal mode, and
has the capability of bi-directional file transfers. See the documentation
and program source for details.
NOTES.DOC also contains instructions for building TALK.
The latest version includes some optimizations in the local terminal output,
but the main addition was the binary transfer mode for RSX-11M systems. A
companion program, MOV, is used in the remote system to convert and transfer
a file block by block, resulting in an identical copy. The binary transfer
mode is selected as an assembly option in TALKSYS.MAC. The MOV program must
be copied to the remote system (perhaps using a non-binary version of TALK),
assembled, and installed as the MOV command.
The very extensive documentation file, TALK.DOC, has not been updated to
reflect the latest changes.
Kindly send notice of any changes you make to the program to:
Bob Turkelson
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 935
Greenbelt, MD 20771
(301) 344-5003
NOTES.DOC TALK instructions and notes
TALKSYS.MAC TALK prefix file for local and host system parameters.
*.MAC TALK source files.
TALK.CMD Command file to assemble and build TALK.
TALK.DOC TALK documentation. (Still the same - not updated.)
TALK.RNO Runoff input file for TALK documentation.
MOV.MAC Source for binary file transfer helper for remote system.
MOV.BLD Taskbuild command file for MOV.
[352,4]README.1ST - END
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00README.TXT (6 Dec 1984)
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY KERMIT DISTRIBUTION
*** BULLETIN ***
The KERMIT Distribution has now grown so big that it will not
fit on a 2400' reel of tape at 1600 bpi. Consequently, some
redundant or unnecessary files have been deleted from the
distribution. For instance, only the Stevens/Bliss Kermits are
included for VAX/VMS and Pro-350 (YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE BLISS TO
RUN THESE VERSIONS!), only the Brian Nelson Macro-11 Kermits for
the PDP-11 operating systems. (End of Bulletin)
*** READ THIS TOO **
If you are reading this from a handout supplied with a
Kermit distribution tape, please note that this information
might not be quite up to date -- there may be files on the
tape that are not listed here. The copy of this file,
00README.TXT, on the tape will be current.
The KERMIT distribution area includes all the versions of Kermit which are in
our possession. The files have names of the form
NAME.TYPE
where NAME is the name of file, and TYPE is its type (program source,
documentation, executable core image, etc). No NAME is more than 9 characters
long (the maximum accepted by VAX/VMS), and every NAME is unique in the first 6
characters (the maximum under TOPS-10, RSTS/E, etc). On TOPS-10 BACKUP
Interchange tapes, names longer than 6 will be truncated to 6. No type is
longer than 3 characters. NAME and TYPE are separated by a period.
* Prefixed Files:
The file names for files associated with each implementation of KERMIT are
prefixed by a few characters denoting the implementation. The following are
presently used:
-- "mainframes" --
Prefix Machine(s) Operating System Language
170 Cyber 170 NOS Fortran-77
20 DECSYSTEM-20 TOPS-20 MACRO-20
AOS Data General AOS Ratfor
CMS IBM 370 Series VM/CMS IBM Assembler
CR Cray-1, Cray-XMP CTSS Fortran-77
H8 Harris 800 VOS Pascal, Assembler
HG Honeywell DPS 8, 66 GCOS3 or 8 C
HPM Hewlett-Packard 1000 RTE Fortran
K10 DECsystem-10 TOPS-10 MACRO-10
K11 PDP-11 RSX11,RSTS/E,RT11,TSX MACRO-11
MP PDP-11 MUMPS (M/11) MUMPS
MTS IBM 370 Series MTS Assembler, Pascal
MU Honewyell MULTICS PL/I
PRI PRIME PRIMOS PL/P (PL/I)
RDOS Data General Nova RDOS Fortran
*RT PDP-11 RT-11 OMSI Pascal
ST HP3000, Univac, etc Software Tools Ratfor
TAN Tandem Nonstop TAL
TSO IBM 370-series MVS/TSO Assembler
UN Sperry/Univac-1100 EXEC Assembler
UX VAX, SUN, PDP-11, etc UNIX C
*VX VAX VMS Pascal and Fortran
VMS VAX VMS Bliss-32
-- "micros" --
800 Luxor ABC-800 ABCDOS BASIC-II
86 CP/M-86 Kermit sources CP/M-86 ASM86
APC NEC APC binaries CP/M-86 ASM86
APO Apollo Aegis Fortran
APP Apple II 6502 Apple DOS DEC-10 CROSS
ATA Atari Home Computer DOS Action!
CPM 8080, 8085, or Z80 CP/M-80 ASM
HL6 Honeywell L6/10 MS-DOS MASM
HP1 HP-150 MS0DOS HP-150
HP9 HP-98xx UCSD p-System HP Pascal
K11 DEC Pro-350 P/OS, Pro/RT Macro-11
MC1 Apple Macintosh C (SUMACC)
MDS Intel Development System ISIS PL/M
MS Various MS-DOS or PC-DOS MASM
PC IBM PC or Zenith Z100 PC DOS, MS DOS MASM
PQ ICL/3 Rivers PERQ PERQ OS Pascal
PRO DEC Professional-350 P/OS Bliss
RBK Rainbow binaries CP/M-86 ASM86
SIR Sirius-1 MS DOS MASM
SEE Seequa Chameleon MS DOS, CP/M-86 MASM
TA2 Tandy 2000 MS DOS MASM
TRS TRS-80 I and III MS DOS Z80 Assembler
TX4 Tektronix 4170 CP/M-86 ASM86
UCI IBM PC UCSD p-System IV.x Pascal
UCM Pascal Microengine UCSD p-System Pascal
UCT Terak 8510a UCSD p-System II.0 Pascal, Macro-11
VIC Sirius 1/Victor 9000 CP/M-86, MS-DOS ASM86, C
*Items marked with asterisk are "extra" (see bulletin above) may be missing
from the Kermit tape or the main Kermit directory.
(The VAX/VMS Bliss version is also provided in MACRO-32 (.MAR) source form for
those sites that do not have a Bliss compiler. YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE BLISS IN
ORDER TO RUN THIS VERSION.)
(The K11 files include support for RSX, RSTS, RT11, and P/OS -- See K11INS.DOC
for details.)
(The Victor, Seequa, Tandy, Honeywell, and some other MS DOS versions are based
on older versions of IBM PC Kermit; these have yet to be merged with the
current MS/PC-DOS version.)
Although the "mainframe" and "micro" Kermit implementations have been separated
in the lists above, they are all stored together. The primary Kermit
distribution area contains only "printable" files -- program source, binaries
in "hex" or other printably-encoded format along with conversion programs,
documentation, etc. For some implementations, there may also be "true" binary
program images. These are kept in a separate place, KB: or <KERMIT-BINARIES>,
and may appear at the end of the tape if there's room.
When working with one of these implementations, you would normally copy them
to a separate area and strip the prefix from the file names, and install the
programs on the appropriate systems without the prefix. For instance, on the
DEC-20 you would copy 20KERMIT.MAC to KERMIT.MAC, then assemble it, and store
the result as KERMIT.EXE in SYS:. The VAX/VMS, TOPS-10, PRO-350, TRS-80 and
some other versions are exceptions; in these cases you would replace the "VMS",
"K10", "PRO", etc, prefixes with "KER".
Before doing anything with any particular version, look for an associated file
with the suffix ".HLP" (help) or ".BWR" (beware). These files will often tell
you special things you should know before starting to put together a working
program from the distribution.
The following .BOO files are provided for current MS-DOS implementions.
BOO files are downloaded and decoded into .EXE files using MSBOOT.FOR on
the mainframe and MSPCBOOT.BAS on the MS-DOS system.
MSAPC.BOO NEC APC
MSGENER.BOO Generic MS-DOS
MSHP150.BOO Hewlett-Packard 150
MSIBMPC.BOO IBM PC, XT
MSRB100.BOO DEC Rainbow 100, 100+
MSTIPRO.BOO Texas Instruments Professional PC
MSWANG.BOO Wang PC
MSZ100.BOO Heath/Zenith 100
MS*.ASM Sources
MSKERMIT.DOC Manual chapter
The following .HEX files for specific CP/M-80 implementations are included:
CP4*.ASM The current, working source files for CP/M KERMIT.
CP4KER.DOC User documentation (chapter from the manual).
CP4APL.HEX Apple II, Z80 Softcard, 6551 ACIA in serial interface
CP4APM.HEX Apple II, Z80 Softcard, Micromodem II in slot 2
CP4BB2.HEX BigBoard II (terminal required)
CP4BRN.HEX Intertec SuperBrain.
CP4CP3.HEX "generic": CP/M 3.0 (CP/M Plus) systems (terminal req'd)
CP4CPT.HEX CPT-85xx word processors with CompuPak CP/M
CP4DEL.HEX Digicomp Delphi 100 (terminal required)
CP4DM2.HEX DECmate II with CP/M option
CP4GEN.HEX "generic": CPM 2.2 systems with IOBYTE (terminal req'd)
CP4H89.HEX Heath/Zenith H89.
CP4KPR.HEX Kaypro-II (and 4; probably supports all Kaypro systems)
CP4MDI.HEX Morrow Decision I (terminal required)
CP4MIK.HEX MikroMikko
CP4UDI.HEX Morrow Micro Decision I (terminal required)
CP4OSB.HEX Osborne 1
CP4OSI.HEX Ohio Scientific
CP4ROB.HEX DEC VT180
CP4TEL.HEX TELCON Zorba portable
CP4TLB.HEX TRS-80 model II with Lifeboat 2.25C CP/M Display
CP4TPT.HEX TRS-80 model II with Pickles + Trout CP/M Display
CP4VEC.HEX Vector Graphics.
CP4Z00.HEX Z-100 under CP/M-85
CPMH8.HEX Heath H8 (based on version 3.5 of CP/M Kermit)
CPMPRO.HEX Compupro Interfacer 3/4 (based on version 3.9)
"Generic Kermit" can be used on CP/M-80 micros not specifically supported, if
the CP/M IOBYTE facility is implemented, and the fields of the IOBYTE point to
the right devices. The CP/M-Plus version should be able to run "generically"
on any CP/M 3.0 system. See the User Guide and CPMGENERI.DOC for details.
The Kermit User Guide contains instructions for installing or bootstrapping
the various versions of Kermit.
Version 4 of CP/M Kermit is new; version 3 is also included on the distribution
tape for backup purposes. The version 3 files begin with the prefix CPM.
* Manuals:
There are two Kermit manuals: KUSER and KPROTO, a user's guide and a protocol
manual, respectively. Four versions of each files are provided:
.MSS Scribe (UNILOGIC Ltd text formatter) source.
.LPT* Line Printer format (overstriking, underscore, etc).
.DOC No special effects, suitable for reading on line.
.FOR* Like .LPT, but with Fortran-style carriage control.
(* Note, the .FOR and .LPT versions may be omitted for lack of space *)
If you have Scribe and the appropriate Scribe device drivers, you can run the
.MSS files through it to produce output suitable for printing on any device
supported at your site, including the Xerox-9700, Imagen Imprint-10, or other
multifont laser printers or photocomposers. As of this writing, Scribe is not
entirely bug-free; you may notice some problems with the footnotes in the .DOC
and .LPT files. Note that some parts of the user manual rely on underlining
to clarify examples; the underlines are missing from the .DOC files, but will
be found in the .LPT and .FOR files.
The user's guide is intended for users of Kermit (including those who want to
install it), the protocol manual is for those who would like to write a new
implementation (i.e. a Kermit program for a new machine or operating system).
IMPORTANT: The Users Guide is always out of date. New implementations of
KERMIT, and new versions of old ones, arrive in a steady stream. It's
impossible to keep the manual totally current. The general description of
KERMIT operation remains valid, but detailed descriptions of the various
versions are better obtained from the accompanying help (.HLP), beware (.BWR),
documentation (.DOC), memo (.MEM), or manual (.MAN) files. Look to these files
for information missing from the user manual.
ASCII.MSS is the ASCII/EBCDIC character table, which is included as an
appendix in both manuals.
MANUAL.HYP is a hyphenation dictionary for building the manual with Scribe.
BYTE.MSS is the manuscript of the KERMIT article that was published in
BYTE Magazine in June and July, 1984. BYTE.DOC is suitable for reading at
the terminal, BYTE.MSS may be run through Scribe to produce output for
various printing devices, BYTE.BIB is the bibliography.
KMICRO.DOC is a tutorial by Norman Weatherby on using Kermit for micro-
to-micro connections.
* Other Files:
00README.TXT is this file, which should appear at the top of any alphabetical
directory listing, and is the first file on the tape.
FLYER.DOC is a short KERMIT "brochure", explaining the distribution policy.
MAIL.* is the archive of the CCNET/BITNET/ARPANET KERMIT discussion group.
MAIL.TXT is the current, active mail file. MAIL.yyx (e.g. MAIL.83A) files
contain older messages.
CURRENT.DOC is a list of the current versions of KERMIT in reverse
chronological order, to help you see what has changed since the last time
you looked.
VERSIONS.DOC is a list of all known versions of KERMIT, even those that aren't
being distributed yet, showing their status, who's working on them, etc.
FILES.DIR is an alphabetical list of files in the main KERMIT directory,
updated once each day.
COMMER.DOC is a policy statement concerning commercial use of KERMIT.
KERBOO.FOR is a short receive-only version of Kermit written in Fortran,
to be used for bootstrapping Kermit onto systems that don't have a real
Kermit from a system that does.
* Tools:
The following tools are specific to DECsystem-10 and DECSYSTEM-20 computers,
and might not appear on distribution tapes for other kinds of systems, and will
only appear at the end of DEC-10/20 tapes if there is sufficient room. The
tools files are stored separately in KT:, <KERMIT-TOOLS>.
The files MAC80.*, M80UNV, etc, are an 8080/8085/Z80 cross assembler that runs
on the DEC-10 or DEC-20; MAC80.DOC is a brief description. TORTUR.M80 is an
8080 instruction set "torture test" for MAC80, which illustrates its features.
ZORTUR.M80 is a Z80 instruction set torture test. MAC80 is used to assemble
CP/M KERMIT, and is mostly compatible with the standard CP/M 8080 assembler,
D.R. ASM.
HEXIFY.* is a program for converting a CP/M .COM file resident on the DEC-10
or DEC-20 to a CP/M .HEX file. This is handy when binary file transfers are
failing to work for some reason. The .HEX file can be LOADed on the CP/M
system in the normal way to reconstruct the original .COM file. HEXCOM.* is
the inverse of HEXIFY, and provides .HEX-to-.COM file conversion.
LASM and MLOAD are the public-domain CP/M-80 linking assembler and loader,
that run on the CP/M system, and may be used to build Kermit-80.
The files CROSS.* are a general purpose cross assembler that runs on the DEC-10
and -20; CROSS.DOC is the manual. CROSS is used to assemble Apple DOS KERMIT.
WRITEL is a program to write ANSI labeled ASCII tapes on the DEC-20.
EZFIX is a utility for converting EasyWriter files sent to the DEC-20 from
the IBM PC into ordinary text form. STRIP is a program for stripping away
the 8th bit.
* Finally...
If you make any modifications to Kermit, fix any bugs, or write any new
implementations or documentation, please send them back to us on magnetic tape
so we can distribute them to other Kermit users:
KERMIT Distribution
Columbia University
Center for Computing Activities
612 West 115th Street
7th Floor
New York NY 10025
We'll return your tape to you with the latest Kermit distribution (if you send
a full-size reel).
* OTHER WAYS TO GET KERMIT *
To get Kermit on magnetic tape from Columbia University, follow the directions
in the file FLYER.DOC. There are also other ways to get Kermit:
. Network Distribution:
The Kermit files are also available from Columbia via computer network.
To learn how obtain Kermit files via BITNET, type the following command
to your BITNET host:
SMSG RSCS MSG CUVMA KERMSRV HELP
To get Kermit files via Internet, use FTP, connect to host CU20B (Internet
Host number [192.5.43.128]), login as user ANONYMOUS, password KERMIT, and
use the GET or MULTIPLE GET commands to retrieve the desired files from
the area KER:, e.g. "DIRECTORY KER:", "GET KER:00README.TXT". Network users
may consult the file KER:CURRENT.DOC from time to time to see what new versions
of Kermit have been installed recently.
There is a network mailing list for Kermit information; it is available to
users of BITNET and Internet and most networks that are connected to them,
inclusing CSnet, Usenet, Mailnet, CCnet, and others. To get on the mailing
list, send mail to
Info-Kermit-Request@CU20B
CU20B is a mail host on both Internet and BITNET, and is reachable from
CSnet, Mailnet, Usenet, and other networks via explicit host routing, e.g.
Info-Kermit-Request%CU20B@CSnet-Relay
. UUCP Access:
UUCP access to the Kermit sources is provided as a public service by
Oklahoma State University
Department of Computing and Information Sciences
Stillwater, Oklahoma
from 10:00pm until 10:00am CST, 7 days per week. A command like: "uucp
okstate!/u/kermit/ux* dir" should transfer the UNIX Kermit distribution to the
requesting system. The file names are the same as those distributed on the
tape, except in lower case.
UUCP login information for site: okstate
Phone number : (405) 624-6953 (one line only, 300/1200b)
Login name : uucpker
Password : thefrog
Hours : 10:00pm - 10:00am central time (7 day per week)
Problem : okstate!uucp-support (UUCP)
reports : uucp-support%okstate@csnet-relay (ARPA)
. Floppy Disk Distribution:
MS-DOS Kermit for the IBM PC may be obtained on IBM PC floppy disk from:
PC SIG
1556 Halford Avenue, Suite #130
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408) 730-9291
on disks number 41 and 42, for a moderate fee.
[End of 00README.TXT]
[KERMIT]AAAREADME Dec. 1984
KERMIT
submitted by the
Columbia University Center for Computing Activities
This is an update distribution. The last complete distribution was
onthe Spring '84 SIG tape. Only submissions which have substantially
changed have been included.
For information from the original tape, see 00README.TXT in this
(Top Level) directory.
Please also read COMMER.DOC which contains a policy statement on
guidelines for redistribution of KERMIT particularly as it affects
commercial software houses.
VMS tape organization
--- ---- ------------
This save set was prepared from the standard KERMIT distribution tape
and arranged for VAX use. The standard tape does not use subdirectories.
Files have been moved into subdirectories in this distribution where
appropriate.
The following organization scheme has been used:
Top Level:
00README.TXT - Cover document from original Kermit tape
AAAREADME.DOC - This document
BYTE.DOC - Article submitted to BYTE magazine
COMMER.DOC - Commercial policy statement
CURRENT.DOC - Current version status
FLYER.DOC - Flyer
KPROTO.DOC - Protocol Manual
KUSER.DOC - User Manual
MAIL.HLP - Explanation for MAIL.TXT
MAIL.TXT - Archive of Arpanet distribution list
VERSIONS.DOC - Summary of work done or in progress
Subdirectories:
[.CPM80] - CPM Kermit
[.CPM86] - CMP-86 Kermit (Rainbow etc.)
[.MACINTOSH] - Apple Macintosh Kermit
[.MSDOS] - MS-DOS Kermit (IBM-PC, Rainbow, etc.)
[.PDP11] - PDP-11 Kermits (RT, RSX, RSTS, POS)
[.UNIX] - Unix Kermit
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date: December 7, 1984
to: HGraph DECUS Users
from: Dennis V. Jensen
Ames Laboratory
310 Metallurgy
Ames, Iowa 50011 515/294-4823
subject: HGraf3 - An HGraph DECUS Release for REGIS.
The initial DECUS release of HGraph was at the Fall
1983 Symposium. Release one was coded entirely in DEC
Fortran 66 compatible code. The second release was
distributed at the Spring 1984 symposium. Included in
the second release was a new WRTSTR (extracted as
WRTST2.*) which would generate characters as vectors
(stroke font); it was not dependent on any particular
terminal's character generator. Also, included was a
cubic spline interpolation line drawing routine
(extracted as SMOOTH.*) which was compatible with the
DASHLN calling convention. HGR550 files on this
distribution are the same as the second release (Hgraf2)
files which support the Visual 550 (TEK4014 compatible)
and the Bausch and Lomb DMPL plotters.
This third release includes support for REGIS
compatible terminals. It was initially developed for
the VT-125 terminal although it should work with other
REGIS compatible terminals. Refer to the VT125.DOC file
for information on which modules were modified to adapt
Hgraph to this terminal; it includes insights as to the
conversion for other terminals if users would like to
make changes. The HGR125 files support a REGIS terminal
and the Bausch and Lomb DMPL plotters.
Hgraph is coded in FLECS. This structured Fortran
code is contained in the .FLX files. The FLECS
generated Fortran 66 code is in the .FOR files. The
HGraph document is in the HGraph.DOC file with the
associated Runoff file as HGraph.RNO. An RT-11 FLECS
translator FLECS.* (RE: RT SIG Fall 81 Tape) is also
included for reference. Refer to the VAX Fall 82 SIG
Tape [VAX82B.FORDAERO.UTIL.FORDUTIL] (or something to
this effect) for a VMS FLECS translator. Other Flecs
translators are available from SIG tapes and the DECUS
library.
PLOT3D.FOR is included as a separate file. A FLECS
version is not included as it does not exist. PLOT3D is
known to have bugs, but will work for many of the 3D
plots you may wish to do. Although considerable
HGraf3 - HGraph DECUS Release - REGIS support. PAGE 2
development is occuring at the Ames Laboratory on the 2D
versions of HGraph, no additional work is currently
planned for the 3D code; PLOT3D should be treated as
unsupported.
In general, you will find that the source code is
quite transportable to other operating systems,
especially if you transport the .FOR files. Hgraph was
designed to provide graphics support on small systems
but is quite extendable to larger systems.
You can look forward to a new interactive graphics
editor called UGraph which is based on Hgraph. It is
menu driven and requires no programming. It
unfortunately is getting larger though and is being
developed on the VAX. An overlayed version for small
systems may be possible, though. It is running in test
mode now and will likely be available in the Spring of
1985.
The following notes relate primarily to Hgraph on
RT-11 (small) systems. They are included as they may
help you isolate setup problems:
When using HGRAPH it is common to encounter the
message "LINK-F-Library list overflow". Increase the
library list size with the /P switch when linking. For
example:
r link
prog/P:400=prog,sy:hgraph
A commonly occuring run-time error when using
HGRAPH is "?MON-F-Trap to 4 NNNNNN" or "Stack Overflow".
This message likely indicates a lack of program stack
space. The solution is to increase the amount of
program stack space using the /B linker option. For
example:
r link
prog/B:1400/P:400=prog,sy:hgraph
The default value of B is 1000 octal. This problem will
undoubtedly be encountered when using threaded code.
All code included in this distribution is in the
public domain and may not be marketed for profit. It
may be altered without the explicit permission of the
authors. Any corrections or significant modifications
to HGraph are of interest to the authors and may be
communicated to the address above. The authors and
their employers assume no responsibility for the
correctness or the appropriatness of the software
included in this distribution.
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This UIC contains a number of utilities programs and command files I have
written that may be of use to someone:
CHKFRE A utility for monitoring the free space on disks. When free space
falls below a given level, it executes a command file to broadcast
warnings, or whatever. Partly written in SFortran, a structured
Fortran pre-processor, but the .FTN is provided.
CA A catch-all task that allows the "installation" of tasks, command
files, TECO macros, and EDT initializer files for individual logins
or for the entire system.
Miscellaneous commands used with CA:
AFTER Poor mans type-ahead.
BEEP Ring bell n times.
DISKUSE Summary of disk space usage by UIC and group.
RCASE Aid to converting old Runoff files.
REPEAT Repeat a command n times.
PDP Programs / subroutines for logging in to an RSX system from a
VAX/VMS system and executing commands.
If you have any problems with or corrections with these programs, please
let me know. Of course, in the unlikely event that any of them trash
your system or do anything else unpleasant, don't blame me. Use them
at your own risk.
John P. McGrath, Analyst
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Technical Research Department
P.O. Box 17407, Dulles International Airport
Washington, D.C. 20041
(703) 620-9500
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.lm 5
.rm 75
.blank 2
.c;Wayne Dernoncourt
.c;Naval Ordnance Station
.c;Indian Head, Md
.blank 2
This set of routines was written to read a mag tape but instead of
writing it to a file, it gave you the portions of the tape record
that were desired. This lets you analyze the data on the fly rather
than having to store the data before analysis. This is very useful if
disk space is tight or if you are processing classified information.
You defined the record structure in the initialization call. Currently
limited to 3,000 characters, 80 logical records per physical tape record and
40 sets of character moves (defined as from/to/character count).
Included are a couple of programs which show examples of how to use
thes routines along with the difference between structured programs
and unstructured programming techniques. The files SP.FTN, SI.FTN,
SP1.FTN and SI1.FTN are the main programs and SUBS.FTN and
BLOCKER.MAC are the subroutines required. Also included is the
original program that I used to derive these functions.
This is my last submission as we have migrated to a VAX. This program
worked like a champ under V4.0 but seems to have broke going to V4.1.
Best of luck in getting these to work again. I plan to write a
version that does these same things for the VAX and I will submit
that when finished.