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- From: ebumfr@ebu.ericsson.se (Mike Rembis 6259)
- Subject: September 1992 - The ASCII version
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- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 22:57:11 GMT
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- Here is the ASCII version of the newsletter. It's not as fun as the PostScript
- version, but just as exciting !
-
-
- Hello one and all. Here is the September 1992 Newsletter for OCSUG.
-
- Meeting is Fri, Sep 18 at Odetics. 09:00 - 12:00
-
- -----------------------Begin newsletter-----------------
-
- What's HOT !!!!
-
- Welcome to the third issue of OCSUG. Who would have thought that the fun
- could last this long. As usual SUN is spoiling us with announcements or
- shipments of new products and upgrades. See the new Solar Flares section which
- will provide a synopsis of new items from SUN. Anaheim played host to the Sun
- EXPO in July and there is an article documenting the brave souls who did
- battle in the booth during the July membership drive. Last, but not least, see
- if you can guess the identity of the person in the mystery photo. No hints!
-
- So get a cup of coffee, sit back and relax, and get ready to enjoy this
- issue.
-
- What Happened Last Time ...
-
- When last we looked in on our intrepid little group, we were sitting around
- the monitor held absolutely spellbound over the presentation of the
- SPARCstation 10. Sun Microsystems was very generous to send us a copy of the
- product announcement video from the show that took place in Long Beach, CA on
- May 19. After rousing cheers and applause from all present, the room quickly
- emptied as we all ran to find telephones to call our local salespeople and
- place our orders!
-
- Next up was Solaris 2.0 for Intel presented by Pat Moore from SunSoft. In case
- you weren't there, this presentation included a lot of meat and potatoes stuff
- about what's really inside this beast. Product information was presented and
- passed out to all attendees. If you didn't receive the spec sheet, please
- contact me and I will see if I have any left.
-
- The next item was presented by by Mike Rembis. It was a short presentation
- about Uninterruptible Power Supplies, and specifically the details were
- centered on the Best unit installed at Ericsson.
-
-
- The Steering Committee:
-
- Mike Rembis - Ericsson (Chairperson)
- Dave Rossman - Odetics
- Gene Saunders - Sun Microsystems
- Jim Rice - Western Digital
- Kathryn Fielding - Genisco
- Virginia Baca - IMA
-
-
-
- Meeting Topics
-
-
-
- This month's agenda consists of:
-
- Sun EXPO Review
- Sun Net Manager 2.0
- Alantec PowerHUB
- SUG CD-ROM 1992.2
-
-
- We will start the meeting with a retrospective of the Sun EXPO that took place
- in July at the Anaheim Convention Center. I would like to thank David Rossman
- and John Mangrich for donating their time in the booth in the pursuit of new
- members. Also a big thanks to the national SUG for providing space for us.
-
- Next up will be the presentation of the latest and greatest features of Sun
- Net Mgr 2.0. It really works now and it's fun to use !
-
- Greg Sonn of Alantec will then present the PowerHUB. The PowerHUB can be
- thought of as a virtual network backbone.
-
- And finally, time permitting, I will tell all the details about The Contest
- !
-
- The meeting will be held at Odetics in Anaheim near Disneyland. See the map at
- the end of this newsletter for details. The next scheduled meeting for the
- OCSUG is Friday, November 20.
-
- "Who is this person ?"
-
- (See PostScript version newsletter)
-
-
-
- "Pardon me, is that the Sun up there in there in the sky?"
-
- [soapbox mode on]
-
- I don't know - I'm a stranger in town. Yes, it's an old joke, however it
- seems very appropriate at the minute. Of course, in my case, I'm seeing double
- or triple. OK, let me explain. For months now, we have been told that the
- breakup of Sun into the many planets is good for us. Its good for business
- (whose?) and its good for the competition (again, whose?). So exactly what I
- am babbling about ? Well ever since this strategic move, I have experienced
- more hassle and headaches while attempting to purchase items from Sun(so).
-
- First, I find it impossible to obtain information necessary to purchase
- something without making at least three phone calls to different planets. It
- is nearly as impossible to return anything to the planets. Thirdly, the
- planets do not seem to understand each other's role in the universe.
-
- Why is this ? Why is it so difficult just to order something? Logic dictates
- that if I have found out about something through one Sun channel, then all
- other Sun channels should know about before I do. I don't work for Sun nor
- any Sun subsidiary.
-
- The trouble doesn't seem to exist at the local level. It seems to be happening
- on a more global scale.
-
- Let's experience one of my typical calls to Sun. (For the record, this has
- happened four times this year)
-
- Sunsoft announces and releases a new product. In the product release, it
- provides a phone number for information. You call the number. They then point
- you to two locations, SMCC in Mountain View, the product manager, and the
- other is SunExpress. So you call SunExpress and ask to order the new product.
- They tell you that they don't have part numbers nor pricing yet. They will
- call you back. Well, is it released or not ? You be the judge.
-
- There are too many Suns now. I don't feel the competition, although they may
- be competing with each ether I don't feel the circle of support. All I feel is
- confusion. What are your experiences?
-
- [soapbox mode off]
-
-
-
- "The Great T-Shirt-Contest"
-
- If you can successfully identify the mystery person depicted earlier in this
- issue, you will receive a finely crafted, Made-In-The-USA SUG T-Shirt !!!!!!
-
- (See PostScript version newsletter)
-
-
- What's the catch? You knew that there would be a catch. The only catch is that
- you must be present to win!!! (I know, I'll get you to the meeting one way or
- another)
-
-
-
- The following is an unpaid and unsolicited editorial.
-
- "Alantec PowerHub"
-
- If your network users are connected directly into your fileserver, or you have
- multiple 10BaseT Hubs connected together, or you simply want to increase the
- performance of your network, we have the solution for you. The PowerHub
- provides two FDDI connections and 12 Ethernet ports. Each Ethernet port is a
- separate, full 10 Mb/sec.
-
- Operating as a true Spanning Tree bridge and TCP/IP router, the PowerHub obeys
- the rules of Ethernet, unlike Ethernet Switches. Switches do not provide CRC
- checks nor do they care about packet integrity, therefore will forward runts,
- giants, fragments and collisions. Additionally, typical LAN switches do not
- provide any means to manage them with SNMP or any other standard protocol. And
- because they are not routing they cannot prevent Broadcast storms. The
- PowerHub offers true Ethernet compatibility with optional FDDI, while
- providing standard routing and bridging with unparalleled performance.
-
- The PowerHub can bridge in excess of 60,000 pps (Packets Per Second) and route
- in excess of 55,000 pps, because of its patented "Pipeline DMA Architecture".
- The PowerHub utilizes a single board design without the use of slow and costly
- backplanes. Packets enter directly into a shared memory and are simply either
- shipped or filtered. For secure environments, the PowerHub supports DOD
- SECURITY RFC 1108 without taking a hit in performance
-
- If you want to know more - come to the meeting !!!!!
-
-
-
- Tips'n'Tricks
-
- Custom Commands in File Manager
-
- by John Lewis II, john.lewis@sun.com
-
- The File Manager Tool allows you to add your own custom commands under the
- "File / Custom Commands" menu. Once you add a new command, it will always show
- up on the "Custom Commands" menu for you to use. In Sunview/OpenLook and
- OpenWindows 2.0, you will see the command itself on the menu, and in
- OpenWindows 3.0, you can have a label show up on the menu that represents
- the command. Let's look at some useful commands that you can add to File
- Manager...
-
-
-
- A SIMPLE EXAMPLE
-
- Suppose you have a text file that you created with Text Editor, and you would
- like to spell-check it before printing it out. UNIX has a command called
- "spell" that you can use on a file that will display any words that were in
- your file but not in the system dictionary. You could go to a shelltool and
- type "spell filename" but it will be faster to spell- check from File
- Manager.
-
- First, menu select "Create Command" under "File / Custom Commands". Enter
- the command "spell $FILE". The word "spell" is the UNIX command, and "$FILE"
- tells File Manager which file to perform the "spell" command on. This is a
- special name ($FILE) that has to be capitalized. If you are using OpenWindows
- 3.0, you can give the command a label like "Spell Check File", which will
- be on the menu instead of the actual command "spell $FILE". Now apply this
- change to the menu by pressing "Apply" on the pop-up window.
-
- Next, select the file you want to spell-check. (The file icon that you have
- selected with the mouse, is the file represented by "$FILE" in the command.)
-
- Now, with the file highlighted, menu select your custom command, and any words
- not found in the system dictionary will be displayed in the console
- window.
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- FILES
-
- When you add commands to the menu, they are saved in a special file in your
- home directory. The File Manager in Sunview/OpenLook and OpenWindows
- 2.0 save the commands in a file called ".fvcmd", and in OpenWindows 3.0
- they are saved in a file called ".fmcmd".
-
- You can add to the files through the menu selection "Create Command", but
- when modifying, it may be easier to make the changes directly to the file
- using vi or Text Editor. If you make changes this way, a new File Manager
- will have to be launched to see the change on the menu.
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- MORE EXAMPLES
-
- Now that you have spell-checked your text file, you may want to print it out
- with a different font than the default, which is courier on most printers.
- Try these commands for printing text files:
-
- enscript -B -fHelvetica12 $FILE enscript -B -fTimes-Roman13 $FILE
-
- Here are some other commands to try:
-
- ls -l $FILE (display long listing of file)
-
- file $FILE (display type of file)
-
- head $FILE (display first 10 lines of file)
-
- tail $FILE(display last 10 lines of file)
-
- compress $FILE (compress a file to a smaller size)
-
- uncompress $FILE (uncompress a compressed file)
-
- cp `echo $FILE`% $FILE (restore from backup "%" file)
-
- cat $FILE > /dev/audio (listen to audio file)
-
- spell $FILE | fmt -46
-
- (spell-check with more errors visible without scrolling the console
- window)
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- ADVANCED EXAMPLES - (OpenWindows 3.0 Only)
-
- The example commands above have been fairly short. You could create
- commands that total 256 characters on the command line. You may be
- wondering, "Why does a command ever need to be that long, and how could it
- be displayed on the menu?". The answer is that it can't be displayed on the
- menu, which is why the following examples are only for those using
- OpenWindows 3.0, because you can put a command label on the menu, and not see
- the long command.
-
- The File Manager in OpenWindows 3.0 uses the special variable called
- "$FILE", and another one called "$ARG" that lets you pass arguments to the
- command. One argument you may want to pass to the "enscript" command is the
- name of a printer, so that it doesn't always have to go to the default
- printer. Here are the entries needed on the "Create Command" pop-up window
- that will let you select a printer:
-
- ---------------------------------------------- MENU
- LABEL: Print Postscript Helvetica 12
-
- UNIX COMMAND: cat $FILE | enscript -B -fHelvetica12 -P$ARG
-
- PROMPT WINDOW: Yes
-
- PROMPT: Printer Name?
- ----------------------------------------------
-
- You may notice a few things about the above command that could be
- improved. It would be nice to have a text file unformatted so that it wraps
- to what-ever size window you are using, but then prints out formatted,
- with the return characters aligned correctly. Let's add the "fmt" command to
- format text before sending it to the printer:
-
- cat $FILE | fmt -s -94 | enscript -B -fHelvetica12 -P$ARG
-
- Another thing that you may notice, is that when the prompt asks you which
- printer you want, you may just want to press the "Run" button and have it go
- to the default printer, without typing in your default printer name.
- But this will give you an error message in the console window, because you
- didn't give the "-P" argument any information. We can put the entire
- command inside a "C" shell and trap the error message like this:
-
- csh -cf "cat $FILE|fmt -s -94|enscript -BfHelvetica12 -P$ARG|& egrep -v
- argument"
-
- Obviously you can get carried away and create some very long commands. Here
- are two examples that will allow the OpenWindows 3.0 user to send and receive
- encoded mail files from Sunview/OpenLook and OpenWindows 2.0 mailtool users:
-
- VERY LONG COMMAND #1
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------- MENU
- LABEL: OW3 File -> OW2 Mailtool User
-
- UNIX COMMAND: compress -cf $FILE>$FILE".Z";echo ' ';echo "Send`echo $FILE| sed
- 's/\// /g'|fmt -1|tail -1`.Z to OW2 Mailtool User As Attachment"
-
- (Note that this must be one continuous line without a return)
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- VERY LONG COMMAND #2
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------- MENU
- LABEL: OW2 Mailfile -> OW3 File
-
- UNIX COMMAND: echo Creating File: `grep begin $FILE|sed -n 's/.Z{}$//p'|awk
- '{print $3}'`; cat $FILE|sed -n 's/{}$//p'|uudecode;uncompress `grep begin
- $FILE| sed -n 's/{}$//p'|awk '{print $3}'`;sleep 3;rm $FILE
-
- (Note that this must be one continuous line without returns)
-
- OUTPUT WINDOW: Yes
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The output window is used in the above example because you may already have
- a file that has the same name as the one about to be created. A prompt from
- the uncompress command will ask if you want to over-write the existing
- file. The output window also displays the name of the file it is creating so
- you know which file to look for in file manager when the process is
- complete.
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- CONCLUSION
-
- With a little work, creativity, and UNIX knowledge, you can incorporate the
- most-used (or most required) commands in your organization, into Menu
- Selectable Custom Commands that will enhance the productivity of your
- entire organization!
-
- Solar Flares
-
- New this month
-
- SunNet Manager 2.0
- SunSolve 1.0
- Sun SearchIt 1.0
- Solaris 1.1A (SunOS 4.1.3)
- Netware/Sunlink
-
-
-
- Tidbits
-
- "Items overheard during the last two months ..."
-
-
-
- * Sun views Microsoft, Apple/IBM as the major competitors in the future
- marketplace.
-
- * Sun is predicting that the ratio of system administrators to users
- will drop
- to 1 sysadm for every 20 users. This is why Sun is actively producing
- system administration tools.
-
- * Sun is projecting Q4-1993 for simultaneous SPARC / INTEL releases.
-
- * Bristol Technologies is working on a compiler that takes raw MS/Windows
- code and recompiles for OpenWindows 3.0
-
- * SunSoft is creating an IHV program for device drivers, tools,
- sample code and certification.
-
- * Ask your local sales rep about Sun-WWN.
-
- * There are two Solaris Migration Kits. Version 1.0 is OW2 based and
- Version 2.0 is OW3 based.
-
- * A recent unsolicited review of the installation of Solaris 2.0 reported
- that it took 69 minutes to install, adding that it will not fit on the
- 207 Mb disk.
-
- * What's actually in Solaris 2.0 ? How about QuickCheck, Online DiskSuite,
- Filesystems up to 1Tb, Backup Co-Pilot, CD-based Installation, and
- NIS+. q.v. - All administrative tools use NIS+
-
-
-
- Final note:
-
- Please come and join us at Odetics for this month's meeting. If it was good
- enough for President Bush, then it's certainly good enough for you !!!!
-
-
-
- Newsletter Information:
- This newsletter was published by Mike Rembis
-
- Ericsson Business Communications, Inc.
- 525 N. Muller St..
- Anaheim, CA 92803 (714) 491-6259
- Mike.Rembis@ebu.ericsson.se
-
-
-
- Subscription requests should be mailed to:
-
- oc-slug-request@sunkist.West.Sun.com
-
-
- Meeting Location:
-
- Odetics, Inc.
- 1515 So. Manchester Ave.
- Anaheim, CA 92802-2907
- David Rossman (714) 774-5000 x6941
-
- rossman@odetics.com
-
-
-
- Meeting Time:
-
- Sep. 18 from 09:00 - 12:00
- SPECIAL NOTE:
-
- Meeting room has moved!
-
- Use entrance to right and ask for SUG or David
- -----------------------End newsletter-----------------
-
- Here is a "map" to Odetics...
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