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From: <C=CH;ADMD=ARCOM;PRMD=CERN;O=CERN;OU=cernvax;S=kemp>
To: <C=GB;PRMD=UK.AC;O=rl;OU=ib;S=ahs>,
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Subject: OS9_MAIL_SHOT
October 1990
Editor : Douglas Kemp (kemp@cernvax)
This mail-shot contains articles on :
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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USER GROUPS
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BULLETIN BOARD
RADSTONE SYSTEM : Fabrimex, who represent the UK company Radstone, have
lent CERN an OS-9 system for evaluation. It has a 33Mhz 68030 CPU,
4Mbytes of memory, a 3 1/2" 42 Mbyte hard disc, a 3 1/2" floppy and
a CMC Ethernet board in a 5-slot crate. Initial tests show that the CPU
gets full benefit from the high clock speed when executing the Dhrystones
test. If you would like to try anything on this system contact myself or
Chris Parkman (PMN@CERNVM.CERN.CH).
OS-9000 : Berndt Skaali has ported the ELF editor (used in Delphi) from OS-9
to his OS-9000 system (see documents section below).
FTP-SITE : Johan Pensar (jpensar@ra.abo.fi) is offering funic.funet.fi
(the main archive site in Finland) as an OS-9 archive site. He says :
"...
is willing to receive uploads from anyone who wants to share some
OS-9 programs, the procedure is following:
- Upload the file to pub/unix/incoming, you can't read the file
afterwards, but it is there.
- Mail a message to unix@funic.funet.fi where you mention the filename
and describe what the program does.
- If the file/program is huge, it may be better to mail first and ask
if they are interested in the thing.
..."
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LICENCED SOFTWARE
LANCEDRV (release 1.0) : I have received this package (as mentioned in the
August mail-shot). The principal attractions of this driver are that it
supports multiple protocols and is very easy to port. There are example
ports for the E5, E6, FIC8232 and the VIP. I have also done a port for
the MVME147.
When running ftp to transfer a 1MByte file from ram-disc to ram-disc
the package seems to be upto 20% slower than the basic driver
[But faster in one combination!]
[ M = Microware Driver, S=Syac Driver ]
GET PUT
Host Kb/Sec Target Host Kb/Sec Target
M 101 M M 90 M
S 82 M S 94 M
M 92 S M 68 S
S 78 S S 67 S
Release 1.1 , with various corrections and extensions, is scheduled to
arrive in the very near future - so if you can wait a couple of weeks
before getting your hands on the software then please do so.
[NOTE : this package is only available for developments whose end-use
is CERN]
NFS/Client (release 1.0) : These licences )as mentioned in the August
mail-shot) have now arrived and can be purchased for 160sf. Preliminary
tests have shown that this software is slow although throughput should
be significantly better with the new release of ISP (see below). There
are also some question marks over the mapping of OS-9 to UNIX users and
the compatibility with DEC NFS implementations. Further testing is in
hand.
INTERNET SUPPORT PACKAGE [ISP] (Beta release 1.3 for MVME147) : I have
just received this. It has a better memory allocation algorithm, uses
larger packets when possible, supports raw ethernet packets, handles
'dynamic' routing (or the fixed routing given by ipconfig) and has
various minor corrections and additions.
It offers considerably better throughput when transferring 1Mbyte files
from ram-disc to ram-disc using ftp :
{ 1.2 and 1.3 are the ISP releases ]
GET PUT
Host Kb/Sec Target Host Kb/Sec Target
1.2 90 1.2 1.2 97 1.2
1.2 122 1.3 1.2 170 1.3
1.3 190 1.3 1.3 185 1.3
UNIBRIDGE :
1) The fixmod utility, under Unibridge, is incorrect. A corrected
version, written by Wolfgang Heinze, has been forwarded to me by Nicolas
de Metz-Noblat and is now installed in the bin and bin_2.3 directories.
2) The ident utility, under Unibridge, has the same name as a utility
of the source control system. To make sure that you use the correct
ident ensure that /usr/local/os9/bin_2.3 (or /usr/local/os9/bin)
precedes /usr/local/unix in your PATH.
3) The romsplit utility has been added to Unibridge (source from Microware).
DLOAD : the PS division has the sources of this command (from THEMIS) which
allows their CPU's to be down-loaded via the VMEbus. Contact Nicolas
de Metz-Noblat (NMN@CERNVM.CERN.CH).
UTILITIES PACKAGE : BVM (a UK company) have a package of 31 OS-9 utilities
available for 150 pounds. However the majority of these utilities are
covered by the public domain software available from various sources or
are provided by the ZSH shell. I have a copy of the floppy.
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PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE
SYSMON : Frank Schmitt has sent a new release of this program. It includes
the ability to watch for (and kill) processes owned by unknown users.
He has also kindly sent the source file. See :
VXCRNA::DISK$CG:[PRIAMOS9.PUBLIC.OTHERS.F_SCHMITT]SYSMON.S1
SYSMON.DOC
SYSMON.C
YTAR : Antonio Pastore has made a minor change to this program to handle
zero length files correctly in all cases. See :
/usr/local/os9/Tools/Tar
'ytar' is the OS-9 executable while 'uxtar' is the UNIX executable.
TELNET_X : I made a small change to this program to allow it to handle the
the case when the TERM environment variable was undefined on memory
protected systems. See :
VXCRNA::DISK$CG:[PRIAMOS9.PUBLIC.OTHERS.ZSH]TELNET_X.S1
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ERROR REPORTS
Date : 1990-August-31
Problem : Fixmod Does NOT Work under Unibridge
Source : Nicolas De Metz-Noblat
Description : I am trying to produce a whole OS/9 diskless system under
Unibridge without using an OS/9 disk system at any time.
In order to produce system modules, I need to change the module
owner and the module attributes.
This is normally achieved with the following command:
fixmod -uo=0.0 -ua=A001 t1
This 'works', but doesn't correct the header parity (even if
it says it has!)
ident p1
Header for: p1
Module size: $7C #124
Owner: 50.4659
Module CRC: $2D0960 Good CRC
Header parity: $2D5A Good parity
Edition: $4 #4
Ty/La At/Rev $F00 $8000
Permission: $555 -----e-r-e-r-e-r
Dev Descr, Sharable
fixmod -uo=0.0 p1
Module: p1 - Fixing header parity - Fixing module CRC
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
ident p1
Header for: p1
Module size: $7C #124
Owner: 0.0
Module CRC: $E3DA87 Good CRC
Header parity: $2D5A Bad parity <<<<<<<<<<<<< !!!!
Edition: $4 #4
Ty/La At/Rev $F00 $8000
Permission: $555 -----e-r-e-r-e-r
Dev Descr, Sharable
Apparently, the utility outputs that it has fixed the Header
parity, but it forgets to do it....
This makes it unuseable, and - de facto - makes the biggest
part of the cross-program production chain useless for me
since a disk-based OS/9 is always required (and a lot of FTP
transfers for nothing).
Remedy : In-house version installed (from Wolfgang Heinze)
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OTHER DOCUMENTS RECEIVED
Papers
'OS-9000 - How to get Started', T.B. Skaali, Aug 90
Why OS-9000 was chosen rather than an RT UNIX and how to use the system.
Commercial - House Magazines
'Pipelines', Microware, Spring 90
Introduction to NFS. Discussion of ISDN. Using OS-9 for a baggage sorter.
Overview of ARCNET. Examples of events used as binary semaphores.
'Pipelines', Microware, Summer 90
Look at RAVE graphics. Using OS-9 for steel production and automated
warehouses. The future of CD-I. Tips for porting UNIX programs.
'The Handshake', Spectralab (Eltec), Sep 90
Comments on the E80 (using the 88000) and the future E7 (based on the
68040).
Commercial - Catalogues
'Bee Ahead', Compcontrol, 90
They have a range of boards - CPU's, graphics, communications
(including token ring).
Commercial - Data-Sheets
'OS-9 Utilities Package', BVM, 90
31 small programs which may be just what you always wanted.
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INTRODUCTION FOR NEW PEOPLE ON THE MAILING LIST
Previous mail-shots can be found in the directory (on PRIAM) :
/userb/kemp/os9/mail-shots
with names such as info-0688 etc. They are also kept in the
Notes-file OS9 on VXCERN.
There are other files of interest in the os9 directory, see :
/userb/kemp/os9/READ.ME
Files on PRIAM can be accessed from VAX VMS systems using e.g.
priam::"/userb/kemp/os9/mail-shots/info-0688"
Much public domain software can be found in the various directories
in : VXCERN::DISK$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)