RSX/IAS SIG Tape Distribution - Spring 1988
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This is the RSX/IAS SIG Symposium Tape from the Spring 1988 DECUS
Symposium at Cincinnati. 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
SIGs.
The tape contains about 262 files requiring 7561 blocks of disk
space. This will fit a 600 foot tape in BRU format at 1600 bpi, and
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:
RSX88ATPE.DOC contains an abstract of the contents of the tape by UIC.
ALLREADME.88A contains a concatenated list of all the README files on
the tape.
RSX88ADIR.LIS 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.
BEGIN88A.DOC has a copy of this text.
UICSET88A.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
GE Aerospace Technology Lab
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Operations
Bldg. 206-1
Rt. 38
Cherry Hill, N.J. 08358
(609)-486-6328
Everhart%Arisia.decnet@GE-CRD.arpa
After 6/24/88:
Glenn Everhart
25 Sleigh Ride Road
Glen Mills, Pa. 19342
215 358 3866)
COLLECTED README FILES FOR SPRING 1988 RSX SIG TAPE
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RSX Queueing and Routing Software.
Developed by:
Inland Steel Company
Process Automation Department M.S. 2-465
3210 Watling Street
East Chicago, Indiana 46312
This package contains the RSX Queueing and Routing software
for RSX11M-Plus systems only. This software will not run
on an RSX11M or RSX11S system. The distribution contains
104 files. To get the documentation for this package, print
the file MARSXQ.LIS.
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LZYCLI - A command line recall CLI with EDT like command line editing
and VMS style symbols. The CLI is written in FORTRAN 77.
Submitted by: William Crocker
National Steel Corp.
Granite City Division
Granite City, IL 62040
(618) 451-3371
Files Submitted:
LZYBLD.CMD The installation command procedure.
LZYINS.CMD The command procedure which issues the INS command
LZYREM.CMD The command procudure to remove LZYCLI
LZYCLI.DOC A users manual
LZYCLI.FTN The source code for LZYCLI
LZYCLI.TSK The CLI task image built WITHOUT a FORTRAN resident
library. This image REQUIRES the directory [7,44] and
the logical device LZ0: must point to the disk where
[7,44] resides.
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LASer is a program which allows one to take advantage of
the various printing styles that a DEC LN03 printer has.
command format is : LASer filespec,.../switches
/CO:nn Print nn copies
/FF Inserts formfeeds after every 60 lines
/HE Print this help message
/HU Print in "huge" mode
/LA Print in landscape mode.
/LE:nn Shift the left margin nn spaces to the right
/WI Allow wide output of up to 156 characters
(For text with imbedded portrait mode commands)
/TW Print twelve characters/inch mode.
/EI Print eight lines/inch mode.
/TI Print in "tiny" mode (15cpi/8lpi)
Note that using the /tw/ei/la switches allows one to print listings
from fortran, macro etc very nicely. the only problem is that the
compilers must have the number of lines/page changed.
The MACRO, TKB and F77 command build files to use different lines
per page are as follows:
MACRO
; Specify default output page size
;
; Changed to 72/58. so that landscape mode on lno3 fits
; F. Borger, nov 87
;
GBLPAT=MACRO:LINPPG:72
TKB
;GBLDEF=P$LNTH:74 ; SET NUMBER OF LINES PER PAGE FOR TKB
GBLDEF=P$LNTH:72 ; changed so output fits ln03 at 12lpi
FORTRAN
; DEFINE PRINTER WIDTH AND NUMBER OF SOURCE LINES PER LISTING PAGE
; F77 DEFAULT VALUES ARE:
; 55 SOURCE LINES PER PAGE (PLUS 3 LINES OF HEADING)
; 132 COLUMN LINE PRINTER
; NOTE:
; 55(10) = 67(8)
; 80(10) = 120(8) 132(10) = 204(8)
;
GBLPAT =FORTRN:LPLINE:65
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This is the latest update of the MRH cute sayings program package.
COOkie Fortune cookie
DAMmit Better than banging on the keyboard in frustration
HEAdache Various Hardware headaches
MAY May the bird of paradise.....
MURphy Reports various versions of Murphy's laws
QUOte Famous quotations
WHY Answers the basic questions of life
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Free software BY
Northern Telecom 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 NORTHERN TELECOM INC.
NORTHERN TELECOM assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability
of this software on any equipment whatsoever.
Northern Telecom Inc.
Network Support Systems Division
54 Regional Drive
Concord, New Hampshire 03301
(603) 224-6511 X2529
Program: AUX
Author: Robin Miller
Date: Fall 1985
Modified and updated to run under IAS by:
Frank R. Borger
Michael Reese Medical Center
Lake Shore Drive at 31st St
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 791-8075
This IAS version, ECR (for Editing Console Routine) provides for the
following command line functions:
1/ The last 20 command lines can be recalled and edited.
2/ Often used commands are coded into the numeric key pad.
3/ Up to 48 command line parsers can be defined. An example
would be to define the following 3 command line expansions
to aid fortran hacks.
Short command form resultant expanded command
----------------------- ---------------------------
KEF 'name' KED 'name'.for
FOR 'name' F77 'name','name'/-SP='name'
LINK 'name' TKB @'name'
These commands are loaded from the file ECR.CMD when ECR is first
executed, and can be reloaded by using the ^N key.
4/ A default file name option lets ECR remember the last name used
in a command and use it again if only the command name appears
on a command line. This would further reduce the number of key-
strokes in the above example, so that one could edit, compile
and link the program "whozit" by the following commands:
KEF whosit
for
link
Notes on linking and changing the program:
In our installation, we have our own login and privilege checking
algorithms. The task image here has been linked with a module that
lets users run any command. It could be re-linked to include privilege
checking.
PRICHK.MAC is the current module we use. It relies upon a
privilege word having been stored in the TI pud when
the user logged in. It will not work with a standard
IAS or RSX system.
NOPRICHK.MAC is the module currently compiled into PRICHK.OBJ. it
lets the user run anything, but could serve as a model
for user written protection routines.
In our installation, we have a command line munger that takes DCL for-
mat commands and re-forms them into command lines that PIP etc. Can
accept. It also does "flying installs" of any task image in LB:[11,1]
that has the same 3-letter name as the requested MCR task. On our sys-
tem, the task is "...MAS".
If you wish to have ECR request a different catchall task, you need to
edit AUXSPN.MAC and change the location "MCRNAM:" accordingly.
ECR expects to find the file AUXKEY.PAD in the standard help account,
LB:[1,2] You can also list this file for hard copy help, (although
the first screen will be garbaged.)
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LBC - Logical Block Copy for RSX -- Version: 88.126 Page 1
Author: T. R. Wyant III, E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Rich-
mond, VA.
Operating system: RSX-11M+ V3.0 forward. Other RSX systems
with reduced functionality.
Language: FORTRAN-77, MACRO-11
Memory Required: 32KW
Other Hardware Required: None
Keywords: Utilities - RSX11
Abstract:
LBC provides a non-structured disk copy facility for
direct-access media under RSX. All or part of a disk (mounted
foreign) or a file may be copied to another disk or file, or to
another location on the same disk or file. In the case of
file-to-file operations, the attributes of the input file can
be preserved. Because up to 64 blocks are moved at a time,
performance is reasonable. Error recovery is done by reducing
the number of blocks per QIO and retrying the operation; if a
single-block QIO fails, the error is logged and a block is
skipped on both input and output.
LBC can be invoked in any of the standard ways for an RSX util-
ity. The command interface is DCL-like, and includes prompts
for missing information.
Full default file name support as documented requires the PRMS$
directive (ie - RSX-11M+ V3.0 or greater). Older M+ systems,
or M systems, require more typing but should work otherwise.
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TEM - Terminal EMulator for RSX -- Version: 88.104 Page 1
Author: T. R. Wyant III, E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Richmond,
VA.
Operating System: RSX11M+ V2.0 forward, RSX-11M V4.0 forward,
RSX-11S V4.0 forward, VAX-11 RSX V2.0 forward.
Language: MACRO-11
Memory Required: 16KW
Other Hardware Required: Dial-out Modem
Keywords: RSX-11; Communications; Terminal Emulator
Abstract:
TEM provides "dumb" terminal emulation over a full duplex TT:
line. It allows the user to "become" a terminal on a remote
system, and to do ASCII file transfer between systems. TEM has
been used to communicate with RSX, VMS, RSTS, and TOPS-20 sys-
tems, as well as non-DEC equipment. It requires no software on
the remote system (and therefore has no error checking).
In addition to the basic functionality, TEM can automati-
cally issue canned commands to smart modems at the beginning
and end of a session. The user can also select from the fol-
lowing features:
* Local Echo.
* Automatic linefeed on carriage return.
* Translation of inbound control characters to ASCII abbre-
viations.
* Passthru of control/s, control/q, control/o and control/x
to the remote system.
* User selectable attention and end-of-file characters.
* Inbound and outbound character mapping.
* Specifiable record delay and prompt character for file
transfer.
* Parity generation and checking.
TEM requires at least RSX-11M+ V2.0, VAX-11 RSX V2.0,
RSX-11M V4.0, or RSX-11S V4.0. If running under RSX-11M or
RSX-11S, it requires the full-duplex TT: driver, get/set mul-
tiple characteristics, and unsolicited input AST's. Correct
access of named directories and files numbered in decimal re-
quires the FEAT$ directive. The GIN$ directive is used to pre-
vent nonprivileged users from using TEM to read files that are
none of their business (eg: LB:[0,0]RSX11.SYS). An attempt
has been made to conditionalize TEM for RSX-11M V3.2, but I
have no way to check it. TEM can be initiated from and commun-
icate with any reasonable serial device, but there may be res-
trictions if not being used on a TT:-type device.