From: SMTP%"RELAY-INFO-VAX@CRVAX.SRI.COM" 4-AUG-1994 10:33:12.67 To: EVERHART CC: Subj: DECUS DFWLUG Netnewsletter/August 9th Meeting Notice X-Newsgroups: vmsnet.decus.lugs,comp.org.decus,comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec Subject: DECUS DFWLUG Netnewsletter/August 9th Meeting Notice Message-ID: <1994Aug2.222625.12107@fallout.lonestar.org> From: system@fallout.lonestar.org Date: 2 Aug 94 22:26:25 CST Organization: DECUS DFWLUG BBS *Dallas*TX*214-270-3313 Lines: 1002 To: Info-VAX@CRVAX.SRI.COM X-Gateway-Source-Info: USENET =========================================================================== = __________ = =| ______ | THE DFWLUG = =| / ---- \ | 12th Anniversary(*1982-1994*) = =| | | | Celebrating over 12 Years of DECUS = =| \ ____ / | in Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas = =| ------ | = = ---------- dfwlug@fallout.lonestar.org BBS: (214) 270-3313 = = D E C U S Four Years On-Line = = = = The DFWLUG is the Local Users Group for the = = Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (DECUS) = = = = *DECUS* DFWLUG NET/Newsletter = = = =Volume 4 Number 8 August 2nd, 1993 = =========================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 4 NUMBER 8 INDEX (in this issue) PAGE 1 * The next DFWLUG meeting Info and Map (August 9th, 1994) PAGE 2 * Digital Watch August 1994 PAGE 3 * OpenVMS V6.1 Achieves Xopen's XPG4 Base Brand PAGE 4 * Digital announces the FVS30 FDDI Storage Controller PAGE 5 * UNIX Specification (Spec 1170) is Formally Adopted by X/Open PAGE 6 * DFWLUG CONTACT INFO PAGE 7 * DFWLUG BBS Info PAGE 8 * Digital's 1-800 Service Phone Numbers (Consulting and Sales) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOT TIP: Lost or Forgot your DECUS number? Moved and want DECUS to find you again;-) There are two ways you can obtain your DECUS membership number: 1) Call 1-800-DECUS55 and ask for it. 2) Send a mail message to "information@DECUS.ORG" with your full name and full USPO mailing address. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 4 NUMBER 8 PAGE 1 08/09/94 -- >>>>>> The DFWLUG August meeting agenda is as follows: Blair Carpenter Storage Consultant Digital Equipment Corporation will speak on: "FDDI connected/switched Disk Servers and New Storageworks technology" Looking for a highspeed disk interconnect for your disk servers? Digital has an FDDI solution that will connect up to a Terabyte of Data to a storage server for MSCP, NFS, or WNT Domains. Come and hear about all the new Storageworks products (disks, tapes, and Solid State disks) that can be used on everything from PCs to the new fiber based storage servers. -- *TAPE LIBRARY* The DFWLUG is looking for a new Tape Librarian. If you would like to become our Tape Librarian are able to make and duplicate SIG tapes please contact Lon Crozier or David Cathey -- *MEMBERSHIP* David Cathey (The DFWLUG Membership coordinator) (214)-578-5036 can help you join DECUS and the DFWLUG. Membership for both is free of charge and will put you on our mailing list for our technical newsletter. Membership forms for DECUS and the DFWLUG are available at our regular meetings or log-on to our Electronic BBS system INFO account at 214-270-3313 and request our information package. You'll receive the membership forms and LUG information via regular mail. -- *THE DFWLUG BBS* DFWLUG BBS (214) 270-3313 has just celebrated it's Fourth anniversary of continuous service and growth! Check out what all the excitement is about and learn more about USEnet, Internet, Email and Open Systems. The DFWLUG charges a modest $10/Year for private accounts to cover the costs of phone lines and supplies. Join the LUG and the BBS! Plug into the best connected and most diverse Computer users group in the DFW metroplex -- The DFWLUG. -- *SOCIAL CHAIR* Refreshments will be served courtesy of Digital Equipment, -----------ASCII MAP TO THE MEETING----------------------------------------- Meeting Location: 7:00pm This meeting will be at the - - - Digital's Application Center |Enter| | for Technology (214) 702-4400. | \|/ | |-------| | |----|----|----|| |-----| 9th floor of the Digital Building | Hilton| | |DEC | |OXY || | | in North Dallas. |-------| | |----|----|----|| |_____|Galleria - - - - - - - - -| ______________________________|________________________ | LBJ Freeway I-635 D|T A|O ^ L|L /|\ L|L | A|W |North S|A |Y -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 4 NUMBER 8 PAGE 2 Digital Watch August 1994 August is the time of year you expect the Texas Heat to climb over the century mark and stay there. But we've had cold fronts come through each week, bringing rain and stalling that Texas Heat in the 90's. Even with the Texas Heat diminished, Digital is turning up it's own heat with new products and the hottest workstations this side of the sun. The new Alpha AXP 3000 700 and 900s replaced the 600s and 800s. How do you tell the difference? Well, the new 900 is 40% faster than the 800 taking the 800's place as the Fastest workstation in the world (cranking at only 264 SPECFP92) as well as the lowest cost per floating point calculation in the industry! The 700 is only 162 SPECFP92 but is the most price competitive in it's classes. What good are processors if they can't get a reasonable amount of I/O? Digital announced the FSV30 controller, an FDDI based AXP storage server that serves MSCP, NFS (with Prestoserve cache), or acts as a WNT domain server. Up to 2000 I/O's per second and 11 Mbytes per second can be delivered to host/clients located on an FDDI ring or connected via GIGaswitch. Raid 0(striping), 1(shadowing), 0+1, and Raid 5 are available on this storage controller. For more information be sure to come to the Storageworks talk at the Aug. 9th DFWLUG meeting. As Digital turns up the heat in servers and workstations, they are also raising the bar for Open Systems compliance. OpenVMS 6.1 with POSIX 2.0 was XPG4 branded July 18th making it more standard compliant than many UNIX variants. With XPG3 and now XPG4 branding OpenVMS is 85% Spec 1170 compliant (that proposed UNIX standard from HP, IBM, and SUN..). It's expect that the rest of the industry will begin to achieve this standards compliance by 1995 or 1996, but as the saying goes ... Digital Has it now.. On OSF/1 and on OpenVMS. And speaking of having it now, instantaneous access to information has long been a dream of the emerging Internet and World-Wide-Web user. On July 21st Digital hosted 50+ people at the ACT for a hands-on demonstration of MOSAIC and the WWW. As a result of the successful turn out and excitement Digital will be hosting another "SURF THE WEB II" on Aug. 25th with expanded breakout sessions and a large Terminal Farm so that you can directly SURF the WEB. If you'd like to attend all you have to do is call the Digital ACT at 214-702-4400 and confirm that you'd like to attend either in the Early (1:30pm) or Late (3:30pm) afternoon sessions. As we did before the terminal farm will be open before during and after the breakout sessions on Internet Firewalls/Security, Internet applications (E-mail, FTP, Telnet, and Newsgroups) a breakout session on MOSAIC and how to surf the net, and There may just be some wireless (mobile) PCs in the terminal Farm too;-) And if you need an in-depth understanding on E-mail and Internet Newsgroups and you just can't wait until the 25th, I'll be doing a talk on "How to Use Internet resources from E-mail and News" at the Infomart on Aug. 16th (Super Saturday!) at LUG member Tom Okeefe's Internet SIG. Just give up the X-men (or tape them) Saturday morning and come on down to Super Saturday and we'll boot-block your Internet skills (and we may have an AXP to play on;-). Not hot enough for August? You must from another planet but hold on because Digital will be turning up the heat still more in Sept. and Oct. with some new VAXen, a Very Fast Alpha or two, and that new AXP 64-bit Laptop. John Wisniewski 8/1/94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 4 NUMBER 8 PAGE 3 OpenVMS V6.1 Achieves XPG4 Base Brand On July 18th, X/Open certified that Digital Equipment Corporation's OpenVMS V6.1 operating system with POSIX for OpenVMS V2.0 and DEC C for OpenVMS AXP V4.0 running on Digital's AXP family of processors achieved XPG4 Base Profile Branding status and has been registered in the XPG4 Branding Program. Digital pursued XPG4 Base Profile Branding for OpenVMS in order to maintain its high standing as a committed open systems vendor across multiple computing platforms. XPG4 support on OpenVMS provides our users with the best features of both open systems computing and the high-integrity functionality that OpenVMS has long been noted for. ****Congratulations to the OpenVMS POSIX Team*** (Q) What is XPG4? (A) XPG4 is the current release of the X/Open Portability Guide, a collection of formal specifications and technologies for open systems. Each release is accompanied by a test and verification process which enables customers to recognize compliant operating systems, components and profiles easily through the X/Open brand. Customers worldwide are using the XPG4 brand and verification process (VSX4) as the standard procurement tool for open systems that ensures both application portability and interoperability across multivendor environments. VXS4 is the test suite used during the verification process and consists of 11,528 test assertions ---OpenVMS successfully passed this rigorous test suite. (Q) What is the difference between XPG3 Base and XPG4 Base? (A) To align with current international standards, X/Open updated its specification for POSIX from 1003.1-1988 to 1003.1-1990. In addition, X/Open has extended the internationalization features, already available in XPG3, to address multi-byte characters in support of Asian and Arabic languages. XPG4 Base Brand includes: Internationalized System Call and Libraries, Commands and Utilities, and the (ANSI) C Language. (Q) How does an OpenVMS customer benefit from XPG4 Base Branding? (A) OpenVMS end users and software provides can use and develop open applications on OpenVMS that have vendor-neutral interfaces, based on the X/Open XPG4 industry standard. As with POSIX conforming applications, applications running in the OpenVMS XPG4 Base Branded environment can automatically take advantage of OpenVMS's high-integrity capabilities such as high application availability, data availability, data integrity, and data recoverability. For example, the reliability and availability features of OpenVMScluster systems and OpenVMS Volume Shadowing, as well as file and data protection, security and symmetric multiprocessing, are all available to POSIX and XPG4 applications running on OpenVMS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: US2RMC::"j.wilkinson@xopen.co.uk" "Jenny Wilkinson" 19-JUL-1994 13:15:07.78 To: XoTechMan@xopen.co.uk, XoTMLA@xopen.co.uk, XoStaff@xopen.co.uk, star::mcquaid (ANN MCQUAID), airone::carpenter (Tony Carpenter VMS/Italy Product management 15-Jun-1993 1616), airone::mezzano (Vittorio Mezzano) CC: XoVGbase@xopen.co.uk, XoMarkMan@xopen.co.uk Subj: (XoMarkMan 1588) Branding News ************* BRANDING NEWS ************* XPG4 **** NEW XPG4 BASE BRAND FOR DIGITAL ******************************* On 18 July 1994 Digital branded:- OpenVMS AXP V6.1 or greater with POSIX for OpenVMS V2.0 or greater & DEC C for OpenVMS AXP V4.0 or greater running on Digital's AXP family of processors (OpenVMS, DEC C AXP, and Digital are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation) For more information, please contact:- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jenny Wilkinson X/Open Company Limited Conformance Administrator Apex Plaza, Forbury Road EMail: j.wilkinson@xopen.co.uk Reading, England, RG1 1AX Tel: +44 734 508311 FAX: +44 734 500110 Ext 2273 (Voice mail available) X/Open and the X device are trademarks of X/Open Company Ltd. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 4 NUMBER 8 PAGE 4 FVS30 FDDI Storage Controller The new AlphaGeneration products provide industry leadership performance. Now VMSclusters of AlphaGeneration processors can be put together using the higher performance and greater distance of FDDI as the cluster inter- connect. FDDI would be the preferred cluster interconnect for AlphaGen- eration systems if there was a way to connect storage to the FDDI. Now there is. In addition, clients desiring high speed NFS or FTP service over TCP/IP can use these platforms. o The new FVS30 hierarchical storage server provides high performance FDDI storage solutions for OpenVMS, OSF/1, UNIX, and WNT environments. o Each member of the FVS30 family provides for four storage requestor boards one FDDI port and an option for either another storage requestor board or a second FDDI port. Each FVS30 also supports an integral ethernet port. o Up to 500 SCSI disks (using LUN addressing on 75 SCSI addresses) or up to 40 IPI disks are supported. The FVS30 supports the DWZXA which connects up to 7 SCSI disks to one SCSI address using LUN addressing. With DWZXAs over 1 TeraByte of disk may be attached to a single FVS30. o The FVS30 delivers up to 2000 I/Os per second or 11 megabytes per second. o A read cache of up to 256 MB is supported. o With VELOCITOR[tm] (IPI) disks, the FVS30 supports failover to another FVS30 similarly to HSC failover with RA disks. o With SCSI disks, failover is accomplished by the configuring an SVS42 on each SCSI bus. The SCSI bus is terminated at each end by an SVS42 on separate FVS30s. o Disks may be members of Host Based RAID sets which allow for RAID 0, 1, 0+1, or 5. RAID 0 (striping) or RAID 1 (shadowing) are available as standard features on the IPI requestor boards themselves. Additionally, by using the FWD SCSI requestor board, the FVS30 may be connected to a StorageWorks[tm] cabinet with HSZ40s. The HSZ40 is RAID 0 capable. SCSI disks connected though an SVS42 may be put into RAID levels 0, 3, or 5. o FVS30 supports DLT (TZ86/87) drives and Libraries (TL820) as well as 9 track (TSZ07), and 3480 (TKZ60). Such a configuration allows for the FVS30 with tape devices to be located up to 40km away from the datacenter in support of remote vaulting or disaster recovery. Tape drive fail- over or TMSCP serving to other cluster nodes is not supported at this time. o FVS30 supports both VELOCITOR and StorageWorks disks. In addition, the FVS30 supports the VZ09, a large 9 GBf bulk storage disk. An FVS30 with 112 VZ09s would access more than 1 Terabyte of on-line disk data. The VZ09 is a 5.25 inch SCSI-2 disk. It provides a very inexpensive way for rapid access to very large files including images, video, and seismic data. o OSMS for optical jukeboxes support is expected in Q4CY94. This will allow for very large storage hierarchies to be configured. o SLS v2.4 and VMS BACKUP may be run in the FVS30. Using the RDF feature in SLS, disks anywhere in a OpenVMS cluster may be backed up to tapes attached to an FVS30. In addition, any disk local to the FVS30 may be backed up to local tapes thereby eliminating backup traffic from the cluster interconnect. In cases where the cluster interconnect is the primary bottleneck for backup performance, this configuration can greatly reduce the backup time. SCSI tapes cannot be served to other cluster members at this time. o Clients in the VMScluster may be VAXen or AlphaGeneration AXP machines. VAXen must be at OpenVMS VAX v5.5-2 or higher while AXP machines must be at OpenVMS AXP v1.5 or higher. o The FVS30 may not serve as a boot node to a VMScluster at this time. Its primary purpose is to serve user data to the cluster or to clients. For an FDDI boot node the customer should select the HSF42 or the FVS22. o If at some time in the future the customer no longer has a need for the FVS30, it may be converted to an AlphaGeneration workstation. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION/ SPECIFICATIONS _______________________________ A. HARDWARE & SOFTWARE Unless otherwise specified, all products quoted herein are COMMERCIAL GRADE only; this equipment is not designed to meet any other specifications. Part Number Description -------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ 2T-FVS30-S8 The FVS30 hierarchical storage server provides high performance FDDI storage solutions. It provides up to six options for storage or interconnects. It supports one or two FDDI ports plus an ethernet port. It supports up to 75 SCSI devices or up to 40 IPI devices. The FVS30 delivers up to 2000 I/Os per second or 11 megabytes per second. The FVS30 supports read cache up to 256 MB. 2T-FVS30-H8 This is the High Availability dual FVS30 in a cab. 2T-BA356-JF BA350-JA kit for front mounting in an H9702 cabinet. 7" dress bezels, no power cord. See Figure 19. Power Cord to be ordered separately. 1 BA350-SA SW BA350 SHELF/PWR,MTG 1 BA35X-HA SW SHELF POWER SUPPLY 1 7" DRESS BEZEL 1 CSS RACKMOUNT KIT - FRONT 1 1 2T-FVS30-AA 81 INCH CAB, VENTED TOP/REAR, DUAL 120V, 24 AMP, 2T-H9702-FN FAN SINGLE FVS30 WITH 64MB AND 200MHz CPU, ONE FDDI DAS, ONE RRD42 CD-ROM, CONNECTORS FOR THICK WIRE ETHERNET (AUI) AND 10BASET (STP), TWO FAST SCSI-2 CONTROLLERS WITH RZ28 FOR BOOTING, NAS200 LICENSES, FIVE REQUESTOR SLOTS FOR SCSI-2 OR IPI CONTROLLERS. 1 1 2T-FVS32-AA 81 INCH CAB, VENTED TOP/REAR, DUAL 120V, 24 AMP, 2T-H9702-FN FAN DUAL FVS30S FOR HIGH AVAILABILITY EACH WITH 64MB AND 200MHz CPU, FDDI DAS, RRD42 CD-ROM, CONNECTORS FOR THICK WIRE ETHERNET (AUI) AND 10BASET (STP), TWO FAST SCSI-2 CONTROLLERS WITH RZ28 FOR BOOTING, NAS200 LICENSES, FIVE REQUESTOR SLOTS FOR SCSI-2 OR IPI CONTROLLERS, ONE SVS42 IN SEPARATE ENCLOSURE. MEMORY OPTIONS: --------------- Opt 1 MS15-DA 64-MByte ECC Memory Opt 1 MS15-EA 128-MByte ECC Memory Opt 1 MS15-FA 256-MByte ECC Memory Note: for 512MB of memory order FVS3x-DA for initial configuration with 256MB order FVS3x-CA FDDI OPTIONS: ------------- Opt 1 DEFTA-DA *00 2nd TURBOchnl FDDI Adptr DAS, MMF 1.0 SCSI-2 (for normal applications and low cost storage) 1.1 FOR SINGLE ENDED SCSI-2: REQUESTOR BOARD AND CABLES: --------------------------- Opt 1 PMAZC-AA TURBOCHN DUAL FAST SCSI CNTRL + + + + Opt 1 BN21H-03 3.0M CABLE SCSI-2 "A" DISK OPTIONS: ------------- Opt 1 RZ28-VA RZ28 2.1GB Disk in Mod Carrier Opt 1 RZ26L-VA RZ26L 1.05GBf Disk in Mod Carrier Opt 1 2T-BA35X-FK (or RK) RM BA350, FRONT MOUNT (or REAR MOUNT), W/PWR Opt 1 DWZXA (LUN expansion unit) TAPE OPTIONS: ------------- Opt 1 2T-TSZ07-AA 1600/6250 TAPE RACKMOUNT SCSI Opt 1 2T-TKZ60-AC 3480 RACKMNT DRIVE W/LOADER 1.2 FOR FAST, WIDE, DIFFERENTIAL SCSI-2: REQUESTOR BOARD AND CABLES: --------------------------- Opt 1 2T-GNKZT-AA TURBOCHN FWD SCSI CNTRL FOR CONNECTION TO HSZ40 (RAID 0,1,0+1, & 5) + + + + Opt 1 BN21H-20 20 M CABLE SCSI-2 "A" TAPE OPTIONS: ------------- Opt 1 2T-TZ877-AA 140GBF MAGAZINE TAPE (up to 2 per shelf) Opt 1 2T-TSZ07-DA 1600/6250 TAPE RACKMOUNT SCSI 2.0 SCSI-2 (for lowest cost bulk storage, multimedia and image applications) 2.1 FOR SINGLE ENDED SCSI-2: REQUESTOR BOARD AND CABLES: --------------------------- Opt 1 PMAZC-AA TURBOCHN DUAL FAST SCSI CNTRL + + + + Opt 1 BN21H-03 3.0M CABLE SCSI-2 "A" DISK OPTIONS: ------------- Opt 1 2T-RZE09-AA 2 SEAGATE ELITE-9GB DISKS + + + + Opt 1 2T-BA35X-FK (or RK) RM BA350, FRONT MOUNT (or REAR MOUNT), W/PWR 2.2 FOR FAST, WIDE, DIFFERENTIAL SCSI-2: REQUESTOR BOARD AND CABLES: --------------------------- Opt 1 2T-GNKZT-AA TURBOCHN FWD SCSI CNTRL + + + + Opt 1 BN21H-20 20 M CABLE SCSI-2 "A" DISK OPTIONS: ------------- Opt 1 2T-RZE09-DA 2 SEAGATE ELITE-9GB DISKS DIFF + + + + Opt 1 2T-BA35X-FK (or RK) RM BA350, FRONT MOUNT (or REAR MOUNT), W/PWR TAPE OPTIONS: ------------- Opt 1 2T-TZ877-AA 140GBF MAGAZINE TAPE (up to 2 per shelf) Opt 1 2T-TSZ07-DA 1600/6250 TAPE RACKMOUNT SCSI 3.0 IPI (for very high throughput applications such as video and imaging) REQUESTOR BOARD: ---------------- Opt 1 2L-RITCL-BA TURBOCHN IPI CNTRL DISK OPTIONS: ------------- Opt 1 2L-RIPR4-BA 12GB (11.6 GBf) rackmount enclosure CABLE OPTIONS: -------------- Opt 1 2L-RIPCB-01 1.5' SHIELDED IPI-2 I/O Opt 1 2L-RIPCB-05 5' SHIELDED IPI-2 I/O GIGASWITCH: ---------- 1 1 H9702-EH CAB ASSY, VENTED TOP/REAR,12 2 1 DEFGA-BA GIGAswitch system Multiport bridge 14 slot platform 1 DEFGL-AA No PMDs SNMP MIB H7884-AB, 48v Power Chord 3 2 DEFXM-AA FDDI MultiMode (62.5/125uM) Fiber MODPMD utilizing ANSI Std Optics and a MIC connector. Supports up to 2KM between stations. Can be connected to both ANSI Std and Low Power MMF ports. Opt 1 DEFGL-AA GIGAswitch 2 port FDDI linecd + + + + Opt 2 DEFXM-AA FDDI (MMF) ANSI MIC PMD, 2KM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 4 NUMBER 8 PAGE 5 Single UNIX Specification (Spec 1170) is Formally Approved and Adopted by X/Open UNIX Specification Successfully Completes X/Open Fast Track Review MENLO PARK, CA -- July 26, 1994 -- X/Open Company, Ltd. today announced the formal completion of the Fast Track process for the adoption of the single UNIX specification, commonly known as "Spec 1170". The specification has now achieved the widespread backing of the computer industry through the X/Open Fast Track review process. The single UNIX specification will now be added into the X/Open Common Applications Environment, the comprehensive open systems specification set. The single UNIX specification will enable the development of multiple, compatible implementations of the UNIX computer operating system from different system vendors. It will also contribute to significant cost reductions for software developers who currently maintain differing product versions for different operating systems. For computer system buyers, single UNIX specification, as tested by X/Open, will provide simplified purchase procedures and increased market choice. Based largely on the specifications available within X/Open's XPG4, the UNIX specification was submitted to X/Open early this year by the sponsoring organizations that included Hewlett Packard, IBM Corporation, Novell, Inc., the Open Software Foundation, and Sun Microsystems Inc. Fast Track review of the specification was initiated in April 1994. Completion of the Fast Track review was achieved ahead of schedule. This timely and successful review is attributed to the high level of quality and broad industry consensus of the specification upon its submission. The completion of the Fast Track adoption process marks the point at which ownership of, and future control of the specification passes from the sponsoring group to X/Open. In addition, the transfer of control of the UNIX trademark to X/Open will allow X/Open Company and its members to work cooperatively to define the future of the UNIX operating system specification and extends the announcement made last September in which 75 computer manufacturers and software developers agreed to adopt a common application programming interface. "The rapid adoption of the UNIX specification is a tribute to the commitment of the sponsors to achieve a high quality specification and their willingness to react to improvement proposals, and demonstrates the effectiveness of the X/Open Fast Track," said Mike Lambert, vice president and chief technical officer of X/Open. "The Fast Track review is a rigorous process which measures both quality and industry support. X/Open and the sponsors have worked closely together to ensure the acceptability of the submitted specification. The single UNIX specification was developed using an objective process based on current application usage of operating system services. Products which conform to the specification will support the majority of existing UNIX applications without change, significantly improving the return on past application development". "The adoption of the single UNIX specification by X/Open is an important step in expanding our choice of open, compliant product offerings," said Denis Brown, PRC Inc., and chairman of the X/Open User Council. "UNIX no longer signifies differing, sometimes incompatible technologies, but is now a protected, single specification which enables multiple, compliant product implementations. X/Open UNIX branded systems will become an essential part of many organizations information technology solutions." The X/Open UNIX brand will complement the full set of open system brand offerings currently available through X/Open. The XPG brand offerings from X/Open ensure the broadest possible portability in an operating system neutral environment. The X/Open UNIX specification is a superset of the specifications presently available within XPG4 Base and requires conformance to the XPG4 Base specifications. While operating system dependent, the X/Open UNIX specification will deliver a higher level of compatibility within UNIX system product offerings. Conformance Testing and Product Availability Following the publication process, the final specification will be made widely available in September and may be obtained through X/Open. At that time, suppliers may use the X/Open UNIX specification as a solid foundation to build and deliver conformant and branded products. Test suites for conformance testing to the UNIX specification, currently in Alpha test, are anticipated to be released during the fourth quarter of this year. At that time, companies wishing to comply with the UNIX specification and carry the UNIX trademark may begin their submissions for formal X/Open branding. The first X/Open branded UNIX systems are anticipated in early 1995. With the availability of X/Open UNIX branded products, users will be to specify and deploy conformant products which deliver on the promise of interoperability and portability. "In the future, all operating systems bearing the X/Open UNIX mark will have been conformance tested and branded by X/Open, thus providing buyers the assurance of conformance and application portability," said Dr. Josina Arfman, chair of X/Open's Marketing Managers group. "The single UNIX specification will now be integrated into X/Open's framework of open systems specifications, which covers all aspects open systems including systems management, network management, and the desktop environment. By being responsive to both user and vendor requirements, X/Open branding of a single UNIX specification is an important step forward for the open systems industry." Transfer of the UNIX Trademark In October of 1993, an industry announcement was made whereby Novell, Inc. would transfer control of the UNIX trademark to X/Open. In addition, Novell became a Shareholder in X/Open and took its seat on the Board of Directors. As such, X/Open is responsible for licensing the use of the UNIX trademark to vendors who comply with the specification adopted today. The UNIX trademark should now be attributed: "UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited". Test Suite Development and Availability System vendors who wish to develop products that are conformant to the single definition of UNIX, and who wish to brand that product with the X/Open UNIX trademark, will be required to obtain a copy of the appropriate set of test suites to verify product conformance. These suites include VSX4 for XPG conformance (currently available), VSC4 for Commands and VSU4 for the UNIX extensions (both currently under development). Companies who wish to have early access to the X/Open UNIX specification test suites currently in Alpha (VSC4 and VSU4), and to have influence in their development and final acceptance, may participate on one or both of the test development groups presently underway. Companies wishing to join the "BASE Test Development Group" (for VSC4) and the "Spec 1170 Test Development Group" (for VSU4) should contact any X/Open office for full information. X/Open test suites are also available through any of the X/Open licensed test centers. A complete list of these centers is available from X/Open. X/Open, founded in 1984, is a worldwide, independent, company dedicated to bringing the benefits of open computer systems to market. The company markets products and services to computer system buyers, system suppliers, software developers and standards organizations. By integrating prioritized requirements and expertise from each of these groups, X/Open is able to evolve and manage a comprehensive set of publicly available open systems specifications, including de facto and international standards, called the Common Applications Environment (CAE). X/Open operates a test and verification process for products developed in line with its specifications, and awards its brand as the mark of compliance. ### X/Open and the "X" device are registered trademarks of X/Open Company Limited. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 4 NUMBER 8 PAGE 6 DFWLUG Contact list The DFWLUG Steering Committee: Chairman: Lon Crozier Meeting David Whitten King ComputerSearch Coordinator: National Health Labs 12160 Abrams Rd #601 Dallas Texas (214) 238-1021 (214) 437-5255 Membership David Cathey Secretary/ Jim Rodgers Coordinator: Montagar Software Concepts Treasurer: SSC Laboratory P.O. BOX 260772 2550 Beckley Meade Plano, TX 75026 MS 1011 (214) 578-5036 Dallas, TX 75237 (214) 708-6134 VENDOR Robert Eden NEWSLETTER Jo Ann Catcott SERVICES: JCS Consulting Services CO-EDITOR: GTE Directories 5905 Beverly Dr. West #3133 GTE Place P.O box 619810 Fort Worth, TX 76132 DFW Airport TX 75261 (817) 897-0491 (214) 453-7570 NEWSLETTER Alan Bruns CLASS-PASS Wayne Sewell CO-EDITOR: Allied Electronics COORDINATOR: Tachyon Software Consulting 7410 Pebble Drive P.O. Box 550937 Fort Worth, TX 76118 Dallas, TX 75355 (817) 595-3500 (214) 553-9760 (VOICE) (214) 553-0077 (FAX) LIBRARIAN: Open- Your Name here;-) DECUS Membership Processing NATIONAL: DECUS US Chapter 333 South Street,SHR1-4/D33 Shrewsbury, MA 01545-4195 1-(800) DECUS55 DIGITAL John Wisniewski COUNTERPART: Digital Equipment Corp Dallas, TX 75244 (214) 702-4138 EMAIL TO THE DFWLUG STAFF SEND TO: dfwlug@fallout.lonestar.org The entire DFWLUG staff will receive a copy of the E-Mail message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VOLUME 4 NUMBER 8 PAGE 7 THE DFWLUG DECUS ORIENTED BBS Four Years of Continous Service! __________ | ______ | THE DFWLUG BBS: (214) 270-3313 | / ---- \ | Chartered since 1982 (214) 270-5383 | | | | Celebrating Over 12 Years of DECUS | \ ____ / | in Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas | ------ | ---------- E-mail: dfwlug@fallout.lonestar.org D E C U S The DFWLUG is the Local Users Group for the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (DECUS) THE DFWLUG DECUS ORIENTED BBS | NEWS | DECUS | E-MAIL | FREEWARE | DIGITAL | SHAREWARE | ALPHA AXP | We run on a VAXstation 4000/90 72MHz Processor! "The Fastest BBS in Dallas" And coming very soon: "Full Internet Access" Lost? Need a Road Map for the Information Super Hwy? An Internet pit-stop at a meeting of the DFWLUG always includes free vistor maps and the best routes for Site-Seeing the Information Super Hwy;-) -- The DFWLUG hosts a semiprivate OpenVMS (The Most Secure OS on the Internet!) BBS for use by it's membership, we currently are using VMS 6.1, POSIX or DCL shells, DECUS FREEWARE and CDROMS and have over three GIGAbytes of storage dedicated to industry information, OpenVMS, Unix-OSF/1, MSDOS/Windows/WNT and providing net access for our members. The DFWLUG BBS also hosts multiple phone lines and currently supports V.32 and V.42bis (9600 and 14400 baud) modems. The DFWLUG BBS has been in continuous operation since 1991 and is one of the few DECUS oriented BBS's in the United States. We provide a menu-driven and shell environment that features: *Individual Private Accounts and directories *VAXnotes Local Conferencing *USEnetNEWS 2800+NEWSgroups Internet Distributed Conferencing *E-MAIL From and To anywhere in the Internet *DECUS UUCP For file transfer and downloads *Files Upload and Download with Kermit X/Y Modem, or Reflections *Indexes And locations of all the DECUS Software Libraries *Internet Network Fileservers access (via E-mail) *DFWLUG Local Fileserver (100MBs and growing) *Access to DCL and/or the Posix/krn Shell *Editors We provide EDT, TPU, TECO, and vi editor choices *CBI Computer Based Instruction on a variety of topics. Programs, source code and binary files for all models of computer systems are distributed world wide via USEnet NEWS in a variety of standard encoding formats (Primarily UUENCODED). Sources for UUENCODE and UUDECODE are available on our local Fileserver. The USEnet NEWS expiration on source and binary file NEWSgroups on the DFWLUG BBS is 12 months. This assures capture and the ability to extract all of the posted program parts even if they take several days/weeks to be posted from the source. The DFWLUG BBS offers the news readers selected Newsgroups from alt, austin, comp, dfw, news, rec, sci,tx and vmsnet news hierarchies for over 2300+ choices and over 1500MBytes of online news, programs and tools (you just can't read it all;-) In addition to 2800+ Newsgroups and extended archives, the DFWLUG BBS has set up a permanent Fileserver for many files of interest to our members. Membership in the DFWLUG and attending our User Group meetings has always been free but a private account for the BBS is a modest $10.00 per year and available to students and professionals in the DFW area. Accounts may be obtained at one of the monthly meetings that take place every second Tuesday of the month, 7:00pm at the Digital ACT building (214-702-4400) in Dallas TX. Or contact the DFWLUG Membership Coordinator David Cathey davidc@montagar.com voice/(214)-578-5036 Or the DFWLUG's Digital Liason John Wisniewski wisniewski@fallout.lonestar.org voice/(214) 404-6412 For more information and brief access to USEnet NEWS via DECUS's ANUnews Newsreader, you may dial-in into our public account: (214) 270-3313 1200 - 9600 Baud 8/n/1 V.32 (Digital DF296 Modem) (214) 270-5383 300 - 14400 Baud 8/n/1 V.42/V.42bis (AT&T Dataport Modem) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 4 NUMBER 8 PAGE 8 TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR DIGITAL SUPPORT AND ORDERING PC DESKTOP Direct (to purchase a PC or for PC configuration questions) 1-800-722-9332 1-800-SOFTWARE (to purchase any of 12,000 PC software products) 1-800-763-8927 DECdirect (to purchase any non-PC product computers, network, supplies 1-800-344-4825 or for DECdirect Prepurchasing Technical questions.) DECdirect Modem Line 1200-2400 Baud 1-800-234-1998 Education Services hotline (For information on upcoming DEC classes and locations) 1-800-332-5656 --------------------- The above service numbers are free. The following requires a valid Digital support Contract and are available 24 hours per day. --------------------- Colorado Customer Support Software support under contract 1-800-354-9000 Master Champs 24x7 Mission Critical Support under special contract. 1-800-345-3746 24 hour each day Customer Support to log a call with Field service and have something repaired 1-800-354-9000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MASTHEAD/DISCLAIMERS/LEGAL STUFF __________ | ______ | THE DFWLUG | / ---- \ | 12th Anniversary(*1982-1994*) | | | | Celebrating over 12 Years of DECUS | \ ____ / | in Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas | ------ | ---------- dfwlug@fallout.lonestar.org BBS: (214) 270-3313 D E C U S The DFWLUG is the Local Users Group for the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (DECUS) *DECUS* DFWLUG NET/Newsletter Volume 4 Number 8 August 2nd, 1994 The DFWLUG is an affiliated and licensed Local Users Group of the U.S. DECUS Chapter. The DFWLUG Net/Newsletter is published as a monthly service in electronic form Copyright (c) DFWLUG, DECUS, and Digital Equipment Corporation 1994. All rights reserved. This information in this document is subject to change and should not be construed as a commitment by Digital Equipment Corporation, DECUS, or the DFWLUG. Digital Equipment, DECUS and the DFWLUG assume no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document. It is assumed that all material submitted for publication in this newsletter is with the author's permission to publish in any DECUS publication. Content is the responsibility of the author and DECUS, Digital Equipment, the DFWLUG, the Editors and Staff assume no responsibility or liability for information appearing in this document. Views expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of DECUS, the DFWLUG or Digital Equipment Corporation. Address correspondence to the editors: "dfwlug@fallout.lonestar.org" ---------------------------------end-------------------------------------------