From: MERC::"uunet!a1.decus.org!MEEHAN" 20-JAN-1993 08:56:06.14 To: FEB@TNTECH.EDU, CANNON@DECUS.Org, EVERHART, Tom Gaudette , Robert Hassinger , JOHN.MANN@CC.MONASH.EDU.AU, JOHNM@VAXC.CC.MONASH.EDU.AU, "Bart Z. Lederman" , Steve Lorentzen , CLOWENSTEIN@UCSD.EDU, "Rosemary C. Lupo" , "J.D.(Dave) MacPherson" , Laurie G Maytrott , "Robert W. McDougall" , Michael McIntyre , CC: Subj: JANUARY 20, 1993 - UPDATE REPORT --Boundary (ID FaQUeYQxYlbA9PGvsiXpyg) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII --Boundary (ID FaQUeYQxYlbA9PGvsiXpyg) Content-type: MESSAGE/RFC822 Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 21:38:00 EST From: "TRICIA MEEHAN"@mr.decus.org Subject: JANUARY 20, 1993 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Posting-date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 05:00:00 EST A1-type: DOCUMENT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A T T E N T I O N * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * We have change the name of the DECUS Library Status Report to the: DECUS Library Update Report. 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) --Boundary (ID FaQUeYQxYlbA9PGvsiXpyg)--