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From: <kemp@cernvax.cern.ch>
To: <ahs@ib.rl.ac.uk>, <antoniop@cern.ch>, <csavv@cernvm.cern.ch>,
<jorgen@cern.ch>, <lars@dhdmpi5.bitnet>,
<oneill@vxcrna.decnet.cern.ch>, <perrioll@cernvm.cern.ch>,
<pittin@cernvm.cern.ch>, <pmn@cernvm.cern.ch>, <psh@cernvm.cern.ch>,
<qianj@cernvm.cern.ch>, <ranieri@vxcern.decnet.cern.ch>,
<rapagnan@vxcern.decnet.cern.ch>, <rdr@cern.ch>, <richard@cern.ch>,
<rollnik@dbnpib5.bitnet>, <ruggieri@vxcern.decnet.cern.ch>,
<russo@napoli.infn.it>, <sbrissa@vxcrna.cern.ch>,
<schipper@cernvm.cern.ch>, <schmitt@dhdmpi5h.bitnet>,
<schwab@frill51.bitnet>, <sheer@lepics.bitnet>,
<sicard@cernvm.cern.ch>, <skaali@vxcern.decnet.cern.ch>,
<steff@cern.ch>, <stehling@ifa.ethz.ch>,
<strom@vxcern.decnet.cern.ch>, <strubin@cernvm.cern.ch>,
<uli@cern.ch>, <xue@vxcern.decnet.cern.ch>
Subject: OS9_FEB_MAIL_SHOT
January/February 1990
Editor : Douglas Kemp (kemp@cernvax)
This mail-shot contains articles on :
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
USER GROUPS
BULLETIN BOARD
LICENCED SOFTWARE
PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE
ERROR REPORTS
OTHER DOCUMENTS RECEIVED
INTRODUCTION FOR NEW PEOPLE ON THE MAILING LIST
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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
At The last Microprocessor Use's Group Meeting it was requested that
information about which hardware and software were used by the various
groups be kept in some central spot for consultation.
So could you fill in the following and email it back to me (kemp@cernvax).
Put in as much information as you like - feel free to add headings etc.
[DO NOT ASSUME THAT YOUR COLLEAGUE NEXT DOOR WILL DO IT FOR YOUR GROUP]
EXAMPLE
Name : Douglas Kemp
email address : kemp@cernvax.cern.ch
Postal address : CN Division,
CERN,
1211, Geneva, 23,
Switzerland
Telephone : +44 22 7675024
Overview : Used for distribution and demonstration of all types
of software.
Crate System : VME (Eltec TE84)
Processors : Eltec E5 with OS-9 2.3+supplement
Peripherals : SCFL Floppy + 128Mb SCSI disc (Micropolis 1375)
+ QIC(tandberg 3319)
Other Busses : None
Communications : Ethernet with ISP software + network virtual discs,
RPC, CATS and OS9-Net using Tim Charity's driver.
Graphics : X11 over TCP/IP using Antonio Pastore's ported Public
Domain package.
Analog I/O : None
Digital I/O : None
Other H/W and S/W : Most Microware, User Groups (TOP, US, EFFO) and
public domain (e.g.sedt, rtf) software.
Comments : Will use Danny Davids mod to TC's Ethernet driver to
support all protocols simultaneously.
Might change to E6.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
USER GROUPS
CERN USER'S MEETING
There are a few copies of the transparencies presented at the OS-9 user
meeting on January 30th at CERN. Contact Judit Igo-Kemenes (jik@cernvm).
EFFO (European Forum For OS-9)
This Zurich based group has sent a couple of floppies. The software is
often for a specific hardware configuration (GEPARD). There is
a VMS style help package. The disc contents are largely in German so
if there is anyone willing to look deeper into this groups offerings come
and copy the floppies.
TOPS (The OS-9 Project)
They have just announced a new release of their software (15 floppies) which
we will be ordering. Any guinea-pigs willing to analyse and report on the
15 floppies please contact me or Judit.
UK User Group
Are having a meeting in Harwell on March 23 - If anyone goes a brief report
would be appreciated. (I have an program)
Contact : Nigel Charig, Group Coordinator,
24, Honister Gardens,
Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 2EH
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BULLETIN BOARD
STK4280
Jorgen Petersen (CN/OC) has written a driver for the STK2925 9 track
tape (based on the SCSI Port-Pack) and will be using this as a base
for a driver for the STK4280, IBM3480 compatible, cartridge tape
drive (the SUMMIT). He has a note available. Contact jorgen@cernvax
EXABYTE
Michael Levine has installed an exabyte tape and used the driver from
the SCSI Port-Pack. He gets transfer rates of 130Kb/sec - theoretically
this could be higher (246Kb/sec). If anyone has got nearer the limit
he would be pleased to hear from them (levinem@vxcern.decnet).
ALEPH BUFFER MANAGER IN MEMORY-PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT
Michael Levine has made a small number of changes to this package to allow
it to be used in conjunction with SSM. Contact levinem@vxcern.decnet.
ELTEC IMAGE PROCESSING MODULE SOFTWARE
Ed Ciapala has purchased one of these modules and received a couple of
floppies of associated application software. Eltec have kindly made this
software available to other CERN groups.
NETWORK VIRTUAL DISCS (a la Tim Charity) ON PC
System Automation and Controls Srl have produced an enhanced version of
Tim Charity's Network Virtual Discs using an IBM PC as the server.
There is also an OS-9 shell running under MS-DOS which allows you to
execute familiar OS-9 commands for directory/file manipulation. They have
left a demonstration floppy. Contact antoniop@cernvax.
They are also planning to upgrade the package to bypass MS-DOS (allowing
the PC to be used for something else), cacheing and the transfer of multiple
blocks in a single Ethernet packet.
CERN 3.5 INCH FLOPPIES FROM STORES
These are now default high density - which will not work on most OS-9
systems. To use them cover the small hole with something opaque.
ACCESS TO VAX VMS FILES FROM ULTRIX VAX (PRIAM)
VMS files can be accessed from Priam using the commands dls, dcp, dcat
e.g. DCP VXCRNA::'DISK$CG:[PRIAMOS9]ERRORS.TXT' X.TXT].
HELP POSTSCRIPT ON APPLE TO VMS
Alessandro Miotto has put the Network Virtual Disc documentation produced
on the Apple (as Postscript) onto the central VMS cluster. It does not
appear to be possible to print the Apple output correctly from VMS.
If anyone has come across this problem before and solved it I would like
to have the recipe (kemp@cernvax).
HELP REQUEST FOR ETHERNET ADDRESSES
The Communications Group within CN division (ex DD division) need to have
a list of the ethernet address used by each node at CERN (people who asked
for and got an IP number and who provided this information already do not
have to repeat it). They would like to know the ethernet address(es),
type of equipment, where it is and who owns it (with telephone).
Please reply to Joop Joosten (jmj@priam).
HELP REQUEST FOR DRIVERS
If anyone is using the MPV901 (ADC) or the MVME300 (IEEE-488) and has OS-9
software to drive them could they please contact me (kemp@cernvax).
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LICENCED SOFTWARE
C3.1.1
I have recently received a QIC tape (for the MVME147) of this latest
upgrade to the C compiler and will be testing it soon.
UNIBRIDGE
Version 1.1 has been installed on the ULTRIX VAX (PRIAM).
To access it change your .cshrc file to include :
/usr/local/os9/bin_2.3 in PATH
CDEF /usr/local/os9/defs_2.3
CLIB /usr/local/os9/lib_2.3
When this version has proved it's worth it will become the default.
INTERNET SUPPORT PACKAGE (ISP)
Users at CERN should make sure that they are using the latest release (1.2)
as earlier releases tended to use the broadcast facility rather too freely.
I have contacted most people that I sold licences to and will be updating
their software at a convenient moment.
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PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE
1) F. Schmitt has sent in an update to his 'sysmon' program
see VXCERN::DISK$CG:[PRIAMOS9.PUBLIC.OTHERS.F_SCHMITT]
2) A. Pastore (antoniop@cernvax) has provided versions of TAR
(called YTAR and UXTAR). YTAR is a restricted implementation of the UNIX
'tar' program for OS-9. Its main purpose is to provide an easy-to-use
way to move files and directory trees between OS-9 and UNIX. It is
available both for OS-9 and UNIX. Executable files, documentation and
sources can be found in:
/usr/local/os9/Tools/Tar
'ytar' is the OS-9 executable while 'uxtar' is the UNIX executable.
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ERROR REPORTS
Date : 1990-January-03
Problem : r68020 (move with memory indirect)
Source : Hans von der Schmitt
Description : We have come across a bug in r68020 for memory indirect
addressing :
move.l ([d,an]),([d,an])
The r68020 assembler complains about an "illegal external
reference" in the second operand.
The problem only occurs when the outer displacement is omitted,
as in the example. Also, it only occurs if the first operand is
also memory indirect - hence, it can only happen in move
instructions.
Remedy : Next release
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Date : 1990-January-03
Problem : r68020 documentation
Source : Hans von der Schmitt
Description : In the documentation for r68020, page 1-13 it says that
((disp).b,An,Xn.s+S)
is accepted. It is not : illegal size is reported.
Remedy : Next release
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Date : 1990-January-08
Problem : sbf.h faulty
Source : Jorgen Petersen
Description : In the 2.3 update it says that sbf.h includes pd_scsiopt -
it doesn't.
Remedy : Add the following (after pd_scsilun)
u_int pd_scsiopt; /* SCSI options flags */
#define SCSI_ATN (1<<0) /* assert ATN supported */
#define SCSI_TARGET (1<<1) /* target mode supported */
#define SCSI_SYNCHR (1<<2) /* synchronous transfers supported */
#define SCSI_PARITY (1<<3) /* enable SCSI parity */
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Date : 1990-Jan-11
Problem : r68/r68020 and unterminated last line
Source : Danny Davids
Description : When assembling a file whose last line is not terminated with
the standard line terminator one gets "line too long" even if
it only contains e.g. "a",
Remedy : terminate the line
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Date : 1990-Jan-16
Problem : C Compiler (3.1) native and cross
Source : Antonio Pastore
Description : The following program compiled under version 3.0 of the
C compiler but fails under version 3.1 of the native and cross
compilers.
[ it also compiles on IBM/PC, Ultrix ... occasionally giving
a warning but always generating correct code ].
struct pippo {
struct junk *next;
int dummy;
};
main()
{
struct pippo a;
a.dummy = 0;
a.next = 0;
}
Remedy : One can get around it by adding in a dummy structure
definition.
------------------------------------------------------------------
OTHER DOCUMENTS RECEIVED
Papers
'User Manual for CATS/TP4 Software', D. Davids, January 1990
A complete description of the CATS/TP4 software installation,
internal structure and how to write applications using it.
User-Group Magazines
MOTD (US user group) : a brief description on OS-9000
The Handshake (Eltec) : some price increases, special low-priced
68030 system for CERN, Eurocom-80 board (using 88000 risc chip set)
and representation of Janz Computer AG for analog/digital I/O boards.
Commercial - Articles/Documentation
'TCP/IP', Systemforschung, 90
A brief description of their implementation of TCP/IP.
'DECNet/VME - User's Manual', Systemforschung, 90
How to install and use their implementation of DECNet under OS9
Commercial - Catalogues
'Software Source Catalogue', VITA, 89
An updated edition of the software available for VME systems in general and
OS-9 in particular.
'BVM', BICC-VERO, 90
This British company has a wide range of VME hardware (single and double
height) with related OS-9 software support (graphics, comms, plug-in discs,
analog and digital I/O). They have OS-9 on all CPU's, TCP/IP, GKS, Windows,
and also a port of the RAVE package to their graphics hardware.
Commercial - Data Sheets
'OS-9 Windows for the A301 card', Micro Elektronik Nuernberg, 90
A high-performance VMEbus graphics card (1024*768) and software.
'G-Windows', Gespac, 90
Their window package on their Gesvig-4 card.
'Netzwerkprodukte', Systemforschung, 90
Hard and software products for networking (include DECNET)
'L'Informatique Industrielle a son ecole', Microprocess, 90
Courses on various OS-9 topics, RISC, C++ etc
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INTRODUCTION FOR NEW PEOPLE ON THE MAILING LIST
Previous mail-shots can be found in the directory (on PRIAM) :
/userb/kemp/os9/mail-shots
with names such as info-0688 etc. They are also kept in the
Notes-file OS9 on VXCERN.
There are other files of interest in the os9 directory, see :
/userb/kemp/os9/README
Files on priam can be accessed from VAX VMS systems using e.g.
priam::"/userb/kemp/os9/mail-shots/info-0688"
Much public domain software can be found in the various directories
in : VXCERN::DISK$CG:[PRIAMOS9.PUBLIC]
[Note VMS files can be accessed from Priam using the commands dls, dcp,
dcat e.g. DCP VXCRNA::'DISK$CG:[PRIAMOS9]ERRORS.TXT' X.TXT]
Binary files have been converted to S1 format and should be converted
back into binary using the OS-9 utility EXBIN.
You may also bring floppy(s) to the OS-9 Demonstration room (31 1-012)
and take copies.
Various documents about OS-9 are held in the OS-9 demonstration
room (31 1-012). The key to this room is with Douglas Kemp (31 1-011).
This room also has OS-9 demonstration systems with OS-9 software
products (from Microware and others) available for trial use. When
you want have a demo of a software item give me a ring :
Douglas Kemp (5024 or 13/3066)