From: MERC::"uunet!CRVAX.SRI.COM!RELAY-INFO-VAX" 30-JAN-1993 10:58:51.74 To: info-vax@kl.sri.com CC: Subj: Internet access to on-line DEC product information I just got the following notice with the encouragement to "spread it around", so here it is. (Assuming there aren't eleventy-bazillion copies posted already.) - Steve Subject: Online, Internet-Accessible Product Information Digital is pleased to announce the availability of online, Internet- accessible product information. The available information spans a diverse range -- from information sheets, to technical overviews, performance summaries, brochures, software product descriptions (SPD's), whitepapers, presentations and even the Systems and Options Catalog. All information is in either ASCII text or Postscript form. Each document has an abstract file (.abs) that gives a single paragraph overview of the document. It also contains the formal document name, when the document was released and, if in Postscript form, how many pages of Postscript. The information hierarchy is divided into a number of subdirectories and documents are accessible by either anonymous ftp or Email. An index is available for each subdirectory. Besides the index file, all other files carry an extension of: .ps Postscript .txt ASCII Text .abs Abstract Postscript file larger than 75k are also available in a compressed file format with a .ps.Z extension. Attached is the high-level index in found in the /pub/DEC/DECinfo subdirectory and Internet access instructions. Be sure to check the index file and the README file in the DECinfo directory for a current overview of the subdirectories and their contents. ============================================================================= /pub/DEC/DECinfo/index file ============================================================================= DECnews-PR This subdirectory contains all Digital press releases since 8/01/92. The press releases are available as ASCII files. These same press releases are posted to the biz.dec newsgroup. If you prefer to have press releases send to you directly via e-mail, you can send mail to decnews-pr@pa.dec.com with a subject line as follows: Subject: subscribe decnews-pr DECnews-UNIX This subdirectory contains the full text version of articles referenced by the DECnews for UNIX Newsletter, as well as back issues of the newsletter. The newsletter is distributed via e-mail every 3 weeks and provides capsule summaries of products and services of relevance to the UNIX market. To subscribe to this newsletter, send mail to decnews-unix@pa.dec.com with a subject line as follows: Subject: subscribe abstract SOC This subdirectory contains all the Digital Systems and Options Catalog (SOC) broken up into smaller files by chapters and/or products. Files are all in Postscript form. SPD This subdirectory contains all of the Digital Software Product Descriptions (SPD). They are all in ASCII text form. brochure This subdirectory contains various brochures. Brochures are typically available as Postscript files. document This subdirectory contains assorted documents of interest to the Digital community - installation guides, compatibility guides, porting guides, etc. Most documents are typically in Postscript form. infosheet This subdirectory contains product-specific infosheets for both software products and hardware platforms. Infosheets are usually available in both text and Postscript form. misc This subdirectory contains assorted charts, graphics, posters, and other graphics that can be used to better visualize and understand Digital's products. performance-summary This subdirectory contains performance data for both workstation and server products. Performance summaries are typically in Postscript. presentation This subdirectory contains commonly used presentations that can be used with a larger group to explain product functionality, position products and describe strategy. Presentation are in Postscript. technical-overview This subdirectory contains technical overviews of Digital products, both hardware and software. Technical overviews are in Postscript. whitepaper This subdirectory contains whitepapers on Digital products and generic issues in the computer industry. Whitepapers are in both Postscript and text form. =============================================================================== Internet Access Instructions =============================================================================== All documents are are kept online at gatekeeper.dec.com in the /pub/DEC/DECinfo directory. These documents can be accessed electronically by either ftpmail or anonymous ftp from gatekeeper. Instructions for using anonymous ftp to copy files: 1. Use the INTERNET application, FTP, to connect to gatekeeper.dec.com. (16.1.0.2 is the address if you don't have it defined) 2. Login as user: anonymous 3. Enter a password. You may use any string as the password, but we prefer that you use your e-mail address. 4. Change to the appropriate DECinfo directory; (for example: cd pub/DEC/DECinfo/infosheet) 5. Use the get command to get the file DECnsr V2.0 abstract (for example: get decnsr-v2p0.abs) Note that the username in step 2, the directory in step 4, and the filename in step 5 are case sensitive; they must be typed as shown. Also, ".txt" must be used instead of " txt" (space txt). Instructions for using ftpmail to copy files: 1. Address the mail message to ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com. 2. Ignore the subject line. 3. Include in the first line of the body the word "connect". 4. Include get commands for each document required. (for example: get /pub/DEC/DECinfo/infosheet/decnsr-v2p0.ps) 5. The body of a typical request might look like: connect get /pub/DEC/DECinfo/SPD/index get /pub/DEC/DECinfo/infosheet/decnsr-v2p0.ps get /pub/DEC/DECinfo/brochure/unix-from-digital.txt Note that results will be mailed to you later in the day as requests are queued up and processed every 30 minutes. For more timely access, consider using anonymous ftp. -- Steve Lionel lionel@quark.enet.dec.com SDT Languages Group Digital Equipment Corporation 110 Spit Brook Road Nashua, NH 03062