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- The following is the latest DECUS library update report. The DECUS
- library can be contacted by phone at 508 841 3500; they accept PO's or
- credit cards (as well as checks/cash :-) ) and you don't need to be
- a DECUS member to use the library.
- Glenn
- Everhart@Raxco.com
- -----------------
- DECUS Library Update Report
-
- January 20, 1993
-
-
- PROGRAMS BEING ANNOUNCED
-
- Following are the new or revised programs since the distribution
- of the 1992/1993 catalog and subsequent update reports.
-
-
- DECUS New or
- No. Title Version Revised
-
-
- PC0103 MS-DOS KERMIT for PC's 3.12 New
- V00393 CVTFILE October 1992 Revision
- V00428 PQ Print Utility 3.0, July 1992 Revision
- V00473 SOD 1.1, Sept. 1992 Revision
- V00551 BLPGENERAGE Utility 1.4 New
- VS0148 DECUS CDROM Collection 11 Fall 1992 New
- VS0153 DECUS Startup Set for OpenVMS AXP November 1992 New
-
-
- GENERAL INFORMATION
-
- The following update reports are to be considered addendums to the
- 1992/1993 catalog: October 19, January 20, 1993
-
- New
- PC0103 MS-DOS KERMIT for PC's Version: 3.12
- Submitted by: Glenn C. Everhart, Ph.D., Raxco, Inc.
- Operating System: MS-DOS V2 or later Keywords: Data Communications,
- KERMIT
-
- Abstract: MS-DOS KERMIT contains executables and documentation for
- MS-DOS KERMIT V3.12, plus a few initialization files.
- MS-DOS KERMIT is a communication program which will do file
- transfer and act as a terminal, emulating VT100/200/300
- series terminals including Tektronix graphics emulation.
- MS-DOS KERMIT will work over serial lines and can be used
- with Ethernet. A driver for MS windows is included. It
- has support for a script language and can support essential-
- ly any speed the PC is capable of. Scrollback of text,
- customizable keymaps, and other functions allow it to work
- very flexibly and adapt to widely varying hardware plat-
- forms, even to some whose serial lines only emulate the
- IBM BIOS at limited speed.
-
- Restrictions: ReGIS graphics are not supported.
-
- Sources not included.
-
- Media (Service Charge Code): One 3.5" HD Diskette (GA) Format: MS-DOS
-
-
- Revision
- V00393 CVTFILE Version: October 1992
- Submitted by: Frank Canali, Gould Inc, CPD, Newburyport, MA
- Operating System: VAX/VMS V5.5 Source Language: DCL, MACRO-32
- Keywords: Conversions, IBM
-
- Abstract: CVTFILE is a program to convert files brought from an IBM
- into VAX files. All IBM data types, including floating
- point, are handled. Documentation consists of a block of
- comments at the beginning of each program or .COM file.
- Programs for reading and mapping IBM standard labeled tapes
- are included.
-
- Changes and Improvements: Bug fixes and minor changes to installation
-
- Sources not included.
-
- Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format:
- VMS/BACKUP, or order VL0010
-
-
- Revision
- V00428 PQ Print Utility Version: 3.0, July 1992
- Submitted by: Mitchell Wolfe, DCPA - Recording & Research Center,
- Denver, CO
- Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.6 - V5.4 Source Language: DCL Memory
- Required: 73KB Hardware Required: LA100, LN03R Keywords: Utilities -
- VMS
-
- Abstract: The PQ Print Utility started out as a means to
- eliminate the fixed fifty line with a ten character
- left margin page format that all our company research
- papers and reports were printed by. It also provided
- a better, more flexible means of printing program
- generated reports.
-
- The PQ Print Utility provides an opportunity for users to
- expand their printing capabilities on the VAX system
- printers (LA100's and LN03R's currently). Various options
- were combined with the standard DCL print command giving
- users the options to print in eight different character
- pitches (characters/inch) and any number of VAX print forms
- that format users' output with page margins. In addition,
- the PQ Print Quality allows the use of all the command
- qualifiers that are available for the standard PRINT
- command, but brings them all together under one easy-to-use
- command which prompts the user for each item.
-
- Because the PQ Print Utility is summoned from the command
- prompt as a command procedure, and is actually a shell to
- the DCL PRINT command, it can be assigned to a symbol in a
- users LOGIN.COM file. There it can be run with selected
- PQ Utility arguments via command symbol activation for even
- easier convenience.
-
- Release notes are distributed with each order.
-
- Changes and Improvements: Added support for LN03R laser printers,
- fixed bugs, and added online help.
-
- Assoc. Documentation: The DCL manual for Print Qualifiers is also
- required.
-
- Restrictions: Requires access to sys$common:[000000,sysmgr] to
- install.
-
- Media (Service Charge Code): User's Manual (EC), 600' Magnetic Tape
- (MA) Format: VMS/BACKUP
-
-
- Revision
- V00473 SOD Version: 1.1, September 1992
- Submitted by: Jorg Buchner, D-5000 Koln 1, West Germany
- Operating System: VAX/VMS V5.4 Source Language: VAX FORTRAN
- Keywords: DCL, Utilities - VMS
-
- Abstract: SOD is a small enhancement to the DCL directory command.
- The files of a directory can be sorted alphabetically by
- filetype or chronologically by date. For the rest, SOD
- behaves like the DCL command. For example, if a file
- specification (with wildcards) is given, only the desired
- files are output. Output can be directed to any device or file
- and logical names are translated.
-
- All specifications (directory to be sorted and sorting-mode)
- are made in the command line with optional qualifiers.
- Default values are preset.
-
- Notes: Executable and/or object code is included.
-
- Changes and Improvements: A program version has been added which is
- usable also by non-privileged users. New help qualifier.
-
- Media (Service Charge Code): One RX50 Diskette (JA) Format: VAX/ANSI,
- 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: VAX/ANSI, or order VL0013
-
-
- New
- V00551 BLPGENERATE Utility Version: 1.4
- Author: Mike Lampson
-
- Submitted by: Digital Equipment Corporation
- Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.7-5.5 Source Language: DCL, VAX BASIC
- Software Required: FMS recommended Keywords: ALL-IN-1, Tools -
- Applications Development, Utilities - VMS
-
- Abstract: This utility's purpose is to convert FMS Form Description
- files which have been generated via the FMS/DESCRIPTION
- command to ALL-IN-1 template (boilerplate) files. This
- allows an ALL-IN-1 application programmer to either convert
- existing forms into boilerplates or use the FMS editor as
- a boilerplate layout tool. Form Description files created
- in any manner may or may not generate output as expected.
- If a Form Description has been created in another manner,
- simply create the FMS Form by using the form lanquage trans-
- lator via FMS/TRANSLATE command. Then recreate the Form
- Description file.
-
- If you have forms in standard FMS files or form libraries
- that you wish to process, you can use the FMS_TO_BLP_DEMO.
- COM command procedure to do the necessary preprocessing and
- invokation of BLPGENERATE for you.
-
- This utility will also recognize default field attributes.
- Please aware that this is not the same as field highlighting
- attributes, which are not supported.
-
- This version of the BLPGENERATE utility supports FMS V2.3 or
- greater and works with ALL-IN-1 V2.3 through V3.0. Forms used
- for input may be 254 lines long and 80 or 132 columns wide.
- The changes and fixes in V1.4 add a /FIXED_LENGTH qualifier
- to set (or limit) field sizes.
-
- Release notes are distributed with each order.
-
- Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format:
- VMS/BACKUP
-
-
- New
- VS0148 DECUS CDROM Collection 11 Version: Fall 1992
- Submitted by: Jack Stevens and Frank Bush
- Operating System: VAX/VMS Source Language: Various Keywords:
- Symposia Tapes - VMS, Symposia Tapes - L & T, CDROM
-
- Abstract: This CDROM contains the following collections:
- . The Spring 1992 VMS/L&T SIG Tape, Part 1 of 2, Atlanta,
- DECUS No. VS0142
- . The Spring 1992 VMS/L&T SIG Tape, Part 2 of 2, Atlanta,
- DECUS No. VS0143
- . 4GL SIG Tape, Spring 1992
- . PC SIG Collection, Spring 1992
- . DECUS Library Catalog
- . DECUServe VAX Notes Conferences
-
- Notes: This CDROM, which comes in a jewel box case, is readable by
- any VAX system equipped with a Digital Equipment RRDxx Compact Disc
- Reader or InfoServer System.
-
- Documentation may or may not be on magnetic media. Complete sources
- may or may not be included.
-
- Media (Service Charge Code): Compact Disc (CD)
-
-
- New
- VS0153 DECUS Startup Set for OpenVMS AXP Version: November 1992
-
- Submitted by: Ted Nieland
- Operating System: VMS Source Language: Various Keywords: Symposia
- Tapes - VMS, Symposia Tapes - L & T, DECUServe, CDROM
-
- Abstract: This is a collection of DECUS Library programs ported to
- OpenVMS AXP. The software and information on this compact
- disc is the result of work done by the VAX-to-Alpha Systems
- Transition (VAST) Initiative Porting Team.
-
- Following is a summary of highlights:
-
- [ALPHA_INFO] Alpha AXP press releases.
- [ANALY] Complete distribution of AnalyRIM and
- AnalytiCalc, a spreadsheet and database
- system for various systems including OpenVMS
- AXP.
- [BAT] Submit multiple commands to a batch queue
- without a .COM file. Ported.
- [BOSS] BOSS multisession monitor; allows up to
- eight terminal sessions on a single terminal,
- logging, playback and capture of sessions (with
- variable timing), cut/paste, repaint on switch,
- etc. Ported.
- [CKERMIT] Version of KERMIT written in C. Native mode
- for AXP.
- [CLRREF] A program to clear reference counts to
- devices. Ported.
- [COMPRESS] The LZW Compress and Decompress programs.
- Ported.
- [CSWING] A graphical interface to VMS directories and
- files. Vested.
- [DRIVERS] Examples of some driver code for a virtual
- disk driver. Executables are not provided,
- code is example only.
- [FGREP] GNU fgrep v1.1 for VMS. Ported.
- [FILE] Modify the file attributes for any file
- without touching the data. Ported.
- [FLIST] File and directory manager written in VAX
- TPU and VAX C. Ported.
- [FREE] Show disk use for mounted disks (free
- blocks, used, total). Ported.
- [GCOMPRESS] The GNU Compress program. Compatible with
- UNIX compress. Ported.
- [GETCMD] Show the DCL command recall buffer for
- another process. Ported.
- [GREP] GNU grep v1.6 for VMS. Ported.
- [HAL_ASSEMBLER] A simple, portable assembler which generates
- a binary image ready to be loaded directly
- into memory and executed. This assembler
- generates code for Digital's Alpha family
- of products.
- [HINTS] Hints for OpenVMS AXP.
- [INVISIBLE] Hide interactive processes as non-interactive. Ported.
- [KERMIT] The BLISS Version of KERMIT. Vested.
- [MAILUAF] VMSMAIL_PROFILE manager. Ported.
- [MFTU] Encode binary files as ASCII files. Vested.
- [MOST] A MORE/LESS like file viewer. Ported.
- [NEWSRDR] An NNTP client (USENET news reader). Ported.
- [NOTICE] Display login notices. Ported.
- [NSQUERY] A utility for interrogating Internet Domain
- Name Servers. Ported.
- [OSF1] Sources and binaries for programs ported to
- DEC OSF/1 for Alpha AXP.
- [PASSPOL] A VMS password policy module. Prevents
- users from selecting "poor" passwords.
- [PROFILE] A SMG-based interface to Authorize. Easy to
- check accounts, add new accounts, etc. Ported.
- [RCARD] Display DECW$CARDFILER files on VT
- terminals. Ported.
- [SED] GNU sed v1.8 for VMS. Ported.
- [SEDT] Distribution of SEDT editor, a superset of
- EDT, with translated Alpha executable. (Uses all
- of large windows/screens, multifile editing,
- much more).
- [SEND] Program to send messages to terminals.
- Ported.
- [SETDEF] An intelligent Set Default utility. Ported.
- [SETUSERNAME] Change username for a process. Ported.
- [SET_PRCNAM] Change process name for any process.
- Ported.
- [SPELL] The DECUS/VASSAR SPELL program. Vested.
- [SWIM] Windowed multisession monitor. Allows many
- windows on a terminal, each emulating VT100
- (but may have bigger or smaller screens), over
- one connection. Windows may be
- moved/resized/journalled/backscrolled and unlike
- BOSS, in which one of the processes is "connected"
- at a time, in SWIM several may be visible as windows.
- Windows may even occlude one another. Ported.
- [SWING] The old FORTRAN Version of SWING. Ported.
- [TAIL] The Unix TAIL program to display the last
- few lines of a file. Ported.
- [TERM_LOCK] Program to LOCK a terminal from use until
- the account password has been entered. Ported.
- [TEX] TEX, MF, WEAVE, and TANGLE. Vested.
- [UNZIP] UNZIP for OpenVMS. Ported.
- [UUCODE] A version of UUENCODE/UUDECODE. Ported.
- [UUENC] Another version of UUENCODE/UUDECODE.
- Ported.
- [VERB] The VERB Program. VERB can decode the DCL
- Tables and show you the command tables for the
- system. Ported.
- [VFE] VMS File Editor, can edit any VMS file
- format in binary, hex, ASCII, etc., do fast searches,
- insert/delete records from any format, and much more.
- It is able to do much of what the PATCH utility does
- in VAX/VMS also. Partly translated sources (i.e.,
- all but the lib$tparse calls) and a translated .EXE
- are present, tested on Alpha.
- [VMSTPC] The Tape to Disk Container file and back
- program. Ported.
- [VMS_SHARE] OpenVMS AXP version of the VMS_SHARE
- packaging program.
- [WATCHER] An idle terminal watcher/killer. Ported.
- [X11R4] X11R4 clients and demos for OpenVMS AXP.
- Contains a wide variety of software applications
- based on both Xlib and Xt (Intrinsics). Also contains
- the X11R4 Athena Widget Library (Xaw) and the X
- Miscellaneous Library (Xmu) that is used for most of
- the Xt based applications in this release. Ported.
- [XMODEM] X-Modem async transfer protocol. Ported.
- [YMODEM] Y-Modem async transfer protocol. Ported.
- [ZDEC] Zero Device Error Counters. Can zero out
- the counts shown under SHOW ERROR. Ported.
- [ZIP] ZIP archiving program; handles VMS file
- types. Ported.
- [ZMODEM] Z-Modem async transfer protocol. Ported.
- [ZOO] ZOO archiving program. Ported.
-
- Documentation may or may not be on magnetic media. Complete sources
- may or may not be included.
-
- Media (Service Charge Code): Compact Disc (CD)
-
-