DECUS Heritage

Version: June 1993
Author: Various
Submitted By: Glenn Everhart, Ph.D.,
Operating System: ULTRIX, OpenVMS AXP, OpenVMS VAX, OpenVMS
Source Language: Other, PASCAL, MACRO-32, VAX FORTRAN, DCL, C
Keywords: Symposia Tapes - VMS

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Abstract: This is Part 1 of 2 of the VMS/Languages and Tools SIG tape from the Spring 1993 Encompass Symposium in Atlanta. Refer to Encompass No. VS0173 for Part 2 of the VMS/Languages and Tools SIG tape. The tapes from the VMS and L&T SIGs were combined to reduce duplications between the two collections, then split for packaging purposes. Please be aware that you only have the complete collection for Spring 1993 by obtaining both parts. Following is a brief summary of highlights:

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[.93AVMSLT]

Indices and descriptions of what is on the tapes. [.tools] subdirectory contains tools needed to decompress or unpack some packed items. Encompass LIBRARY CATALOG ONLINE

[.EncompassLIB]

Current machine readable catalog of Encompass library contents as straight text. The BROWSER fulltext retrieval tool is included. Also the Encompass Catalog Information System tool is included. Also present is a BROWSEable file EncompassALL.TXT which has the BROWSER indices pre-built. This material covers the Encompass Library catalog plus material from sig tape abstracts.

[.VMS93A.]

[.AKE]

Many VT terminal "films" plus the FILM.EXe image. Play these on VT52 or VT100 terminals.

[.ALLIED]

Get info about a printer attached to a VT term. Example prog using dual sessions, broadcast trapping. Separate DEBUG window for DECWindows, not using the DECW interface. Utils to create decterms. PCL - create barcodes on a PCL5 printer (HPLJ)

[.BLOSSER]

CDATE - calculate date in past/future by nn days, weeks, months, years. Works in DCL. Can do date add/sub. GRAPHIC - remove nonprint chars from VT dumps and character editor. DISP_WORDS - show one of a set of "sayings". CALC_DATE - library of date functions. CONV_BINARY - binary math. DESIGN - terminal lock and design generator for VT320.

[.CSWING]

Full screen interface to VMS; shows directory tree, allows browsing, moving about, arbitrary commands, works on AXP and VAX, and a host of other things so the VMS interface is mostly graphical. Commercial graphical frontends should be so good. DYNPRI - adjust for interactive processes. MASTER - delegate GRANT/REVOKE identifier authority. System mgt guide in Postscript.

[.DIGSYSJOUR]

Programs from Digital Systems Journal (formerly VAX Pro) issues since F92 tapes. Macro easy file I/O, Clusterwide sho proc/cont, EACH - do a command to each of a set of files. EXTENS - Add X functions without altering protocol. Info on using $FAO. Open file by FID. How to load exec images. How to use logicals as an interprocess comm technique. How to delete processes in RWAST etc. Use of NAM and XAB. Util to save/restore passwords. Delete range of jobs in a queue. Enhanced show users, stop/id, forcex util. TSR calendar. Working set sizer.

[.FNEWS]

Fast NNTP news reader; caches info, and gives graphical user interface.

[.GCCVMS]

Gnu C 2.3.3 for VMS, VMSINSTALlable. Includes Libg++ for VMS also. Gnu C generates EXCELLENT code for VMS, and is ANSI compliant (unlike VAX C).

[.GCE93A]

10Backup - read pdp10 backup tapes. Compression routines. Updates to FQdriver virt. disk driver. Amiga ZIP, condor dbms, gopher, mac PPP, mood-dbms, ISODE, WAIS, many X11 sources, vms XKEY, VMSTPC tape->disk->tape able to ignore errs, RWASTED, MSDOS Kermit 3.13 including IBM PC and generic .EXEs, Archie, clients/servers, Bulletin messaging system, BYACC, CAP (Columbia Appletalk), CCMD, some VT100 "pictures", cron, C programming "10 Commandments", Diff, Dumper DEC10/DEC20 backup tape reader, DWShutdown Motif oriented system/cluster shutdown tool, Gnu Emacs VMS patches, DXRN newsreader, FILM VT terminal movie player and some films, FTS system service and I/O monitor, VMS Ghostscript, GIFregis (show GIF files on a ReGIS terminal), Gopher 1.12, getopt in C (allow easier ports of unix code), idraw, imagemagick, example of running a DEC image from within your own, IUtelnet, IUfinger, IUPOP3 (pop3 mail client), Jed editor, MASTER (prog to do distrib. grant/revoke identifiers), HPWD, Laser printer symbiont, mailpatch for other mailers, mxwatch, LHarc sources, patch (a la unix; goes with diff), PERL VMS port (Practical Extraction and Report Language), RAMdriver memory virt. disk (generic memory now, not just nonpaged pool), RIM5 DBMS, remote magtape driver, shell, ANU news fixes & comment$ PS Finger, peekfile, remote terminals that are real TT class devices, how to get OPCOM messages to a program cleanly, THEOREM, xgopher 1.3, XV version 3, X11R5 VMS build bits, much VT art (From Earle Ake and others); advice & example code from net experts. FIG to Metafont convert, ethernet bridge prog running on PC, list of S93 Encompass sessions, selections from SIMTEL20 unix area including parser for ANSI C, arb. precision math lib, argproc, arith, arithmetic parser, BASIC, B+ tree code, Btree code, complex arithmetic, curses widgets, prog. identifier database, dynamic link & hash routines, password manipulation tools, PD versions of BSD directory routines, password filter to find "obvious" passwords in unix, Xlisp. INDEX - FORTRAN indexer & static analysis. M4 macro proc. Isend, scsiII. Complete WHATIS database from archie. Xtermlock - lock xterms after idle period. Program to set/clear process "nodelete" bit.

[.GHC]

Utility to ensure system clock stays close to right even if battery dies.

[.GOATLEY]

FILES_INFO - display all processes that have a file open. FTS - Funct. Test Suite - display I/O and/or system services used as an image runs. Replacement for LIB$GET_INPUT with cmd history. Postscript utils for repaging, merge, 2/4/8/9up print, etc. RAMDRIVER memory disk using any free VMS memory as a disk. SCANUAF - search SYSUAF.DAT for accounts meeting specified criteria. MOST file viewer. UUCP bugfix. WATCHER idle terminal monitor. MX 3.3 mail exchanger addons. DIRUTL default directory tools. (see also [.tk])

[.JBAKER]

Progs all usable with SEVMS (or normal VMS). TERMINALS - generate terminal statistics, usage stats. DELTREE - deletes dir. trees. LAST - report user last login date. Can do groups too. LIST - phone number database. User can alter HIS phone no., not all. VERSION - show version number for layered software.

[.LOMASKY]

"All About EVE" EVE superset. Does all of EDT, adds spell check, write region to file, word capitalization, line center, auto indent, buffer sort, buffer pad/trim, multiwindows, rectangular cut and paste, learn (like KED), works in batch, text pattern search (like unix), more.

[.MADISON]

NETLIB - vendor independent way to access TCP/IP. NEWSRDR - NNTP client news reader. Supports most VMS TCP/IP pkgs. NSQUERY - get info from domain name servers. SETDEF - enhanced set default. WATCHER - idle terminal monitor. Detects idleness based on I/O, CPU use, username, privs, identifiers, terminal. Highly configurable.

[.MAHAN]

X extensions talks text. Source to play/record audio on VS4000s.

[.MARSHALL]

ARGUS - idle terminal killer. Configurable. AUDIT_LISTEN - sets up an audit listener to get audit events and process immediately. COMPARE_NCP - compare NCP nodename databases in a local and remote node, report discrpancies. RMT - Much updated remote magtape driver with frontend. Multi-unit, very easy to use now. No need to log into both ends to start it. SANITY_CHECK - monitor, look for prespec. batch jobs, hostd queues, etc.; sends mail if something gets wedged.

[.PSDC]

Produce DECps graphs in 3 types.

[.SEWELL]

Info & example on how to write a privileged sharable image. Sample system services included. Also, LaTeX macros for Encompass sess. notes.

[.SUPERVISOR]

Allows monitoring terminals, recording terminals, assisting other users from your terminal (a help desk function), playback of terminal sessions (with screen regularizing), and a HANDIN facility to securely pass session output to an instructor. Many functions can be active at a time, user notice of monitoring or assistance is built in for observe/control functions, and many sessions can be monitored from a process. Control of who may/may not be observed is possible too.

[.TK]

Material from Terry Kennedy/Hunter Goatley FTP archive. Chg prot on sys pages; AXP working example driver. BAT - sub mult cmds from DCL to batch. BBOARD bulletin board. BLISS language intro. C Kermit V5A-189 src/exe/doc (VAX and AXP). Cardreader - a symbiont that executes files sent to it. Pgm to read High Sierra CDRom. CLAIM - claim files in your dir. CLRREF - clear device owner field. COMPRESS - Gnu compress. CVTLIS - convert .LIS files from listing CDs to src. DCL_RECALL - patch DCL for more than 20 recalled cmds. Diff and Patch - unix style source patching combo. DRlogin - Rlogin for DECnet nodes. DSNLINK_NEW - poll DSNlink for new articles. EPM - tool to monitor disk perf. and find hot files. Gnu Fgrep and Grep for VMS (find patterns in files). FILE - alter VMS file attributes in place. FILES_INFO - show what processes have a file open. FIND - finds files based on hdr info; very fast. Finger - VMS finger release. Flex - lexical scanner generator. GAWK - pattern matching language. GZIP - compress and decompress file tool. Symbionts for HP Laserjet and for postscript printers. Humor entries. JED EDT like editor for VMS, MSdos, unix. Macro32 replacement for LOGIN.COM. Docs of loginout hooks for user code. MAKE - like MMS, build only what is new. LOOK - fast VMS file viewer. MOST - another fast VMS file view. MFTU - convert files to/from text for mailing; preserves VMS attributes. NEWS 1.25 - NNTP client news reader. ODS2 reader - reads ODS2 (VMS) disks on VMS (ignoring locks) or non-VMS (e.g.unix) machines. PARALYZE - terminal lock program. PC_DCL - DCL emulator for MSDOS. PDUMP - force process dump on other proc. SMG$ based queue mon. Diskquota info. RAMDRIVER - memory disk, uses any VMS memory, not just pool. RCARD - read Cardfiler cards on VT. Reminder system. REMOTE - execute remote commands on other DECnet node. SCANUAF - find processes matching criteria. Gnu SED (stream editor). Product setup. Screen oriented help. Spell checker. Timer Queue Entry display. TSCON - control terminal servers. TURBO - speed image access by locking some images in memory. UNARJ - read pc .ARJ files. ZIP and UNZIP - compress/decompress into archives, preserving VMS attributes. AXP and VAX executables. VMSTAR - read/write .tar files. VQM - visual queue manager. XDVI - X11 TeX DVI preview. XE ethernet monitor. XFIG structured draw prog. more. Most of these work on AXP as well as VAX. DELIVER - intelligent mail delivery agent for user; route mail to newmail, to files, to others, to null depending on sender/subject/etc.

[.VISUALMAIL]

Full screen replacement for VAX MAIL.

[.WATCH6]

Update to the WATCH terminal monitor program. Allows use from batch and watch multiple users from one process.

[.WORLTON]

GPLOT - High level plot routines for use with DEC GKS package. MODIFY - modify source files. OK on Alpha as well as VAX now. Allows changing strings in a whole file, detab, and various other reformatting operations.

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Last Update: Thu Jan 11 18:57:34 1996