Article 32156 of comp.os.vms: Path: utkcs2!emory!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ARISIA.dnet.ge.com!EVERHART From: EVERHART@ARISIA.dnet.ge.com Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Announcing the Spring 1991 VAX/L&T Tape collection Message-ID: <9106281841.AA01457@crdgw1.ge.com> Date: 28 Jun 91 19:38:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 280 This is to announce that the initial copies of the Spring 1991 VAX/Languages and Tools SIG tapes have been sent to the top level distribution sites. These tapes will be available through normal tree distribution and LUG distribution shortly. The DECUS Library will also be getting a copy shortly so that the materials can be ordered from there (one phone number is 508 841 3564) after their initial processing. The contents of the tape are as follows (a BRIEF abstract for 250 MB of material!). Thanks to all who have contributed. ---------------------- Glenn C.Everhart, VAX SIG Librarian, Everhart@Arisia.dnet.GE.com (co produced with Ted Nieland, L&T Sig Librarian, Ted@Nieland.Dayton.OH.US) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Spring 1991 VAX/L&T Sig Tape Abstracts Note: This collection exists in two parts due to its size. Each part fits on one reel of tape at 6250, though some sites can make it available on 8mm or 4mm tape or other media. [91AVAXLT...] tree - this directory contains the abstract for the tape plus tools for decompressing some compressed material, and past abstracts since Spring 1979. This directory is present on both parts of the collection. [DECUSLIB...] tree - This area contains a machine readable copy of the DECUS Library catalog plus all old catalog information that can be found; the software is orderable even if not in the current catalog. This directory is present on the VAX91A part of the collection. VAX91A Tape ------ ---- [.4gl_sig] 4GL SIG collection update; includes 4GL Comparison report, newsletters etc. From Bart Lederman. [.antivirus] Anti-viral programs for PC (MSDOS), Mac, and Amiga platforms since the Fall 190 tapes. Obtained by G. Everhart from appropriate repositories. [.ausdecus] DECUS Australia tape 1990. Includes fortune cookie program, broadcast of batch info to console, diskspace scanner, notes from Australian symposium, how to set up priv shareable image, Portable Bitmap tools, several X11 demos for VMS, xterm, abbreviation store, idle terminal killer, vax user intercommunication. From the Australian DECUS VAX SIG. [.barnes] TETRIS-like game for X windows. From Jym Barnes. [.brian-jim] SYMTAB file that was corrupted on Fall 1990 tapes; lists symbols in object files. From Brian Catlin and Jim Gray. [.bulletin] Messaging and teleconferencing system; also NEWS reader & gateway. From Mark London. [.ckermit] C Kermit 5A(171), beta C kermit. From Terry Kennedy. [.dbag] Full function relational database management system (DBMS) similar to dBase III. Relinked for VMS 5.x since the Fall '89 version will not run on VMS 5.x. Submitted by G. Everhart. [.decuserve_1991a] FORCEX - force image exit on other process. WATCH - watch (or type to) another process' terminal. From John Briggs and Eric Husby. [.demax] Slides from talk on INSTALL internals. Slides from talk on logical names internals. Also sample code. From David Schwab. [.dibol] System services and other Runtime info for VAX Dibol. [.ethernet] Show hardware addresses, general ethernet packets, and LAVC packets on ethernet. from Dave Gagne. [.euro91] Decus Munich contribution. Includes BREAK (blocks terminal until password), facility to run Fortran and Pascal in parts of one's net, making it look as if they were everywhere. LMF database cleanup aids. VTEDIT interface in TPU (far more in it than the old TECO VTEDIT.) From Norbert Wiehl and the Munich VAX SIG. [.flowers] Disk watcher (free space monitor). Show files using VMS global buffers. Menu system for DCL. Free memory monitor. Ask-operator facility. Add checksum to cmd file. Mail edit including spell check, quoting. Mail uaf maintainer. System status program. Util to let selected identifiers be granted/revoked by nonprov'd users holding "master" identifiers. PMP - mail users a phone message. CSwing directory management tool. From Harry Flowers. [.gce91a] AnalytiCalc, including version using SMG$. VMS local virtual disk package. BBOARD bulletin - connects notes to mail. DKBRAYTRACE - Raytracer for several systems. NET91A - LARGE collection of useful material from Internet, including an updated/enhanced BOSS multiterminal monitor, MORE replacement, updates to XV (image view in X), DECwindows and X examples, generic RZ/SZ (Zmodem), VMS Tar updates, force workset trim, head/tail, MIRROR to let multiple terminals talk to one session, TECOC update (with screen support now); swing. Submitted by Glenn Everhart. [.goatley] BAT, creates and submits batch files. FLIST - file and directory maintenance tool. From Hunter Goatley. [.iupop3] POP3 mail server for VMS; lets PCs or Macs pick up mail on VAX. Submitted by Glenn Everhart [.jbaker] CONFIRM - login msg that has read confirmation. Disk space report. Util telling when a user last logged in. Phonebook type utility. Show version of software. [.jcsmd] A/D - D/A control. Set up mail lists for X400 and SoftSwitch. Setuser program; fast symbol definition. Show new mail count. Callable mail interface progs. Simple database. From William Baker. [.mcmahon] X transport debugging aids. DCL interface to gethostbyname(). docs on WSDriver and DECwindows. Display of who is using X. WHOIS (internet) client. From John McMahon. [.news60] ANU News 6.0-3 plus all patches to date. From Geoff Huston; submitted by Glenn Everhart [.nswc] SD - set default prog. LET - symbol definer. Draw directory tree. MODIFY - replace pattern in a group of files. REFORMAT - copies a file, many conversions available. SPCOPY - copy/print file with filters for nonprinting chars., pagination, etc. Two person login. DCL cmd buffer save/restore. FDIFF - report of differences of a directory tree over time. SYSMSG - display system messages. Viewgraph producer for Postscript printers. Check print queues for stopped stalled, etc.. Monitor for disk space low. SESSIONS - show how many logins a user has (or enforce one only) per cluster. Show disk transactions on current node. SMG display of free space. Terminal pictures. From Al Zirkle and others. [.pavlin] ETHERMON - general purpose ethernet monitor and display. Now finds gateways. DSPELL - version of Vassar spell corrector with dictionary purged of incorrect words; documentation not complete; see older docs. SNMPsnoop - see what a remote ethernet node can display from SNMP. MTACC - magtape access routines. From Andy Pavlin. [.pederson] Bitmap graphics on all VT2xx, 3xx, 4xx terminals even if they lack ReGIS. [.penner] List number of free headers on a disk. Show which queue a terminal is spooled to. Show what processes are using a global section. [.perlunix] Last stable version of Perl V3, a pattern matching language, for Unix. (Note the [.gnusoftware] area contains a V4 Perl.) Submitted by Kurt Reisler. [.propress] Programs from the last couple years which have been published in Vax Professional magazine. Included are 340mouse, astproc, barcode, bitflags, bldimage, bucket split, calenadr, call hierarchy from object files, call other langs from vax C, capacity, cleanup, clock, command recall, com_args, dclpower, dired, dislist, dpa, dsm, dynarray, emacstpu, errclear, extlogin, fasu, filattrib, hashtable, lots of hitchhiker's guide to VMS, imagelib, input, integrate, kernel1, kitwindow, knots, ln03graph, mailtour, managemem, modetime, nopriv, openviro, pda0recover, pixmaps, printque, privmask, profiler, reporterr, rfaaccess, rights, script, sda3, spybeam-detector, squeezer, switch, swlayer, testtime, timer, tuningRMS, uil, unlockdsk, vector, vmslock, watchpoint, xevents, xviews. Submitted by Professional Press (VAX Professional magazine publishers) [.queuecontrol] Start/stop or modify print queues without needing OPER privs. [.rcs] RCS, an SCCS or DEC CMS - like source control system V4.3, updated VMS port, plus Gnu Diff for VMS. From Rich Gregory. [.rpi] MX - Message Exchange - mail router between UUCP, DECnet, BITnet, and/or TCP/IP, VMSINSTALlable. Also supports file server, mail lists. NEWSRDR - NNTP client to read news. PCX - read/write MSDOS floppies on VMS. WATCHER - flexible idle terminal monitor, many controls. Works with VWS or DECWindows as well as terminals. From Matt Madison. [.rsx91a.bruread] RSX Spring 1991 submission, a BRU tape reader update in Pascal (for VMS). Many new switches. From Tom Wyant. [.rsx91a.tpc] RSX Spring 1991 submission, updated BIGTPC which copies tapes via disk container files, blindingly fast. From Alan Frisbie. [.scan] VAX SCAN examples from seminar. From David Ream. [.simon] All-in-1 tools. Check bad dirs, report of shared dirs, A1 users deleted who had mail, archiving aids, stats report on usage of A1. From Christine Simon. [.spx] Reference implementation (less the crypto sources) of a distributed authentication service. Includes forms to get the crypto sources by mail. [.tihor] Some of VMSNET.SOURCES archives, and security and other information from VMSnet and Info-Vax. From Steve Tihor. [.unzip] VMS Unzip program, including sources. Submitted by Glenn Everhart and Ted Nieland [.vmskermit] New test version of Bliss VMS Kermit with file attribute preservation code.Submitted by Glenn Everhart [.vmsnet_archives] Complete VMSNET sources archives; a wealth of sources of utilities, current as of 6/12/1991. From Bruce Tanner. [.who] Report what is in the UAF about a user if either username or UIC are known. Many security facilities to prevent abuse. From Scott Bailey [.wrightgr] Set Default command. Signal - message utility use within DCL. More. From Gregory Wright. [.zacca1] All in 1 management aids; tell whata WPS file is; give stats on documents. Clean up pending mail. Profile users.From Russ Zaccari. LT91A Tape ----- ---- [.epubs.dvips] Convert DVI (TeX output) files to Postscsript. From Ted Nieland. [.epubs.mf] MetaFont (font designer) for VMS, TeX. From Ted Nieland. [.epubs.tex] Latest version of TeX text formatter for VMS. From Ted Nieland. [.gapsig91a] DECUS GAPSIG tape 1991; many graphics packages for various engines [.gnusoftware] Latest Gnu software including update for Gnu C for VMS, latest Gnu C, Oleo spreadsheet, GCC, G++ and many other utilities. From Free Software Foundation. [.modula3] Modula-3 compiler for Unix from gatekeeper.dec.com and updated since the Fall 1990 tapes. [.ncsa] Latest NCSA Telnet (TCP/IP for Mac or IBMPC). Submitted by Ted Nieland [.pc] Collection of MSDOS and Mac utilites which has been distributed by the DECUS PC SIG in 1990 and 1991 on diskette; furnished in PATHworks format. Submitted by DECUS PC SIG. [.unixtools] Additional unix-based material including APL, Basic, Prolog, numerous mail and news utilities, zephyr (a terminal to terminal talk over X), XGKS, COPS (Unix security aid) and more. Program names include: apl basic battmem11 berkeleyprolog bosssparc1 bplus1 bplus2 c-news calen1 calen2 calen3 calen4 calen5 calen7 calen8 cops.read1st cops.readme cops102.coverltr cops102 cproto1 cproto2 cprotopatch01 delet1 delet2 delet3 delet4 deletpat13 f2c26apr91 ida_sendmail indexcsuv23_1.txt indexcsuv23_1 indexcsuv23_2.txt indexcsuv23_2 indexcsuv24_1.txt indexcsuv24_1 indexcsuv24_2.txt indexcsuv24_2 lharcunixoo mush65 smail3_1_19 sun3270enhance1 sun3270p1 sun3270p2 sun3270p3 suncontolpat1 suncontolpat2 suncontool0 suncontool1 suncontool2 suncontool3 suncontool4 suncontool5 suncontool6 tarx untic2 vms_nntp vtem_p1trm vtem_readme.txt vtem_trm.h vtem_vtrm watch xgks xgksann. xgks_cbinding xgks_guide xgks_man xgks_userdoc zephyr.dir zoo2 zoosrc zephyr_doc zephyr_src. Submitted by Glenn Everhart. [.uunet] Large collection of tools and utilities from various Internet repositories, including uunet. Includes internet indices, TN3270, PPP, TCL, Netcure (PC based ethernet monitor), selections from comp.sources.unix, alt.sources, comp.sources.X, comp.sources.sun, comp.sources.misc, and much more. Program names include: adduser altsrc.dir athena_discuss15 batch cmu_snmp11b.tar condor.readme condor4_0_0 condor_ann.txt condor_install.ps condor_tech.ps csm.dir css.dir csu.dir csx.dir dump_fast elm23 etherlib ethertools faxpak ftp_uu_net.lis_z iconv8.readme_z iconv8_unix interestgroups.txt log_910all.txt mh67 mit-snmp-890801 motif.arc_z motif11_gpp netcaptip netcontacts.txt_z netcure.doc netcure.readme netmonip otherarchivecontents.lzh pcl pkt7comip ppp ppp_sparc41 rcsv42 rcsv42_patch1.shr_z rcsv42_simulator.readme resourceguide.dir sc614 slip41beta sun_xview_nonansi.txt sw_orders_europe.txt tcl tcl termcapoo tn3270 unix_security_setup_doc.txt uunetindex.lzh vex vmstarreader.src xfig_20_pl9 xloadimg3_01 xpic xps xroach1.uue_z xroach_pat1.uue_z xrolo_v2p5 xterm_motif caltool01 bptree.shr_z calc24.shr_z cz gif_sun lharc.shr_z pty_uport unshrunx.shz ansisunview ethtool3.shr_z abc ansitape avl-subs bpatch budpak cbw checknr conf copytape cproto criptr crp7 dca2troff deliver dial dialout dial_sample etherlib fft filterfile forktest gperf help hill indent index01-17.txt indexdb less lome metric mlpd month87 monthtool2 msg mtools multitee20 nag ofiles_new pcomm pt pty rc.user_z reactkbd regexp rmtlib rolodex sbbs se simplex snefru spell splay-tree sps2 squeeze1711 tar_aids telno tpipe unaces20 undel2 vtem vtree window-srch xargs xmodem xmodm39 xxalloc browserw chaos kaleid2 postit xbd xboard xbrwsr xcal xcoledit xcursor xdb xdiff xfig xgif xgrabsc xlock xmandel xpaint xpic xplotpat2 xpostit xpostme xtartan xtetris xwatchwin2. Submitted by Glenn Everhart. Article 32506 of comp.os.vms: Xref: utkcs2 comp.os.vms:32506 vmsnet.misc:95 Path: utkcs2!memstvx1!ukma!rex!spool.mu.edu!think.com!yale.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!noao!arizona!arizona.edu!mvb.saic.com!mark.berryman Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,vmsnet.misc Subject: Spring 91 DECUS tapes now online Message-ID: <3066681@MVB.SAIC.COM> From: Mark.Berryman@Mvb.Saic.Com (MUMPS Wizard) Date: 11 Jul 91 08:13:03 GMT Organization: Science Applications Int'l, Corp. - Computer systems operation Lines: 9 The DECUS tape archive on MVB.SAIC.COM has now been updated to include the spring 91 VAX and L&T sig tapes. Due to the size of these tapes, the spring 90 tapes and the compressed starter kit save set have been removed. This data is available via NFS (MVB.SAIC.COM:DECUS) or FTP. As always, please restrict access to the evening and night hours of the U.S. pacific coast. Mark Berryman Mark.Berryman@Mvb.Saic.Com San Diego LUG librarian