INFO-VAX Sun, 11 Mar 2007 Volume 2007 : Issue 140 Contents: AMD's well may be running dry Re: Getting PCSI-E-INVSPIDST1 when trying any "product" command Re: History of VMS and related operating systems Re: Pathworks Advanced Server and Windows Shares Re: SAMBA on OpenVMS with OS X client Re: Time zone/DST change question. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 11 Mar 2007 08:51:01 -0600 From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Subject: AMD's well may be running dry Message-ID: From: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311/ap_on_bi_ge/amd_intel_shifting_fortunes;_ylt=Aq92wST7yGqKfikqJHJ7jCNj24cA SAN JOSE, Calif. - The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp. ------------------------------ Date: 11 Mar 2007 08:43:41 -0700 From: "tomarsin2015@comcast.net" Subject: Re: Getting PCSI-E-INVSPIDST1 when trying any "product" command Message-ID: <1173627821.369077.286240@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com> On Mar 11, 5:09 am, mcbil...@yahoo.com wrote: > Hello all. I have inherited a VAX 4000-50 that was set up by someone > else quite a while back. The machine is running VMS 7.2 and Multinet > 4.4 Rev A. > > I tried to install the DFU utility from the VMS freeware and got the > above listed error when trying the "PRODUCT INSTALL" command. I then > tried a "PROD SHOW HISTORY" and got the same. I haven't been able to > find much information on this error. I found one listing at HP.com and > it indicates a possible problem with changing the volume name of a > drive. This computer looks like they may have changed the volume name. > The HP.com forum mentioned trying "PROD REGISTER VOLUME" to fix the > problem. I tried that command but got the same error. Here is the > output from my system: > > $ show dev d > > Device Device Error Volume Free > Trans Mnt > Name Status Count Label Blocks > Count Cnt > HSD0$DIA0: Mounted 0 SYS > 7709229 369 1 > HSD0$DIA1: Mounted 0 USR > 9310338 2 1 > SIMSVC$DUA0: Online 0 > > $ prod show hist > ----------------------------------- ----------- ----------- > -------------------- > PRODUCT KIT TYPE OPERATION DATE AND > TIME > ----------------------------------- ----------- ----------- > -------------------- > %PCSI-E-OPENOUT, error opening _HSD0$DIA0 as output > -PCSI-E-INVSPIDST1, destination device is not mounted or does not have > an associ > ated logical volume name > %PCSI-E-S_OPFAIL, operation failed > %PCSIUI-E-ABORT, operation terminated due to an unrecoverable error > condition > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Bill Is DFU a pcsi or is it a save_set? Have you tried to do a sys $update:vmsinstal instead? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:27:03 +0800 From: Paul Repacholi Subject: Re: History of VMS and related operating systems Message-ID: <87ps7fetzc.fsf@k9.prep.synonet.com> Dan O'Reilly writes: > A derivative of RT-11 was also used in the HSC controllers. I nearly CRONIC was an RT offshoot? First mention I've hear of that. > took a job with the HSC group in the early 80's but was so used to > extra beeper pay while working at the CSC (it was the TSC at the time) > that I couldn't afford the pay cut . > > > ------ > +-------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ > | Dan O'Reilly | "There are 10 types of people in this | > | Principal Engineer | world: those who understand binary | > | Process Software | and those who don't." | > | http://www.process.com | | > +-------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: 11 Mar 2007 09:02:37 -0700 From: "tomarsin2015@comcast.net" Subject: Re: Pathworks Advanced Server and Windows Shares Message-ID: <1173628957.305026.121550@8g2000cwh.googlegroups.com> On Mar 10, 8:50 pm, "Michael D. Ober" wrote: > Can Pathworks Advanced Server mount Windows 2003 shares and what are the > licensing requirements for Windows workstations to mount VMS directories > shared via Pathworks? Also, can I use JYC's Samba to connect to our VMS > Server and have a Pathworks Advanced Server on the same server to connect to > Windows Shares? > > NFS isn't going real well. > > Thanks, > Mike Ober. Can Pathworks Advanced Server mount Windows 2003 shares No We use XLINK WWW.XLINK.COM nfs server software to mount and share windows shares on VMS. We are still using 2000PRO and Windows 2000 Advanced Server. The licenses are PWLMXXXCA07.03 and PWXXWINAT07.03 Dont know about Samba. We plan to go to Samba when we retired the VAX, but that will not be for a while. TWN ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:15:03 GMT From: VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG Subject: Re: SAMBA on OpenVMS with OS X client Message-ID: <00A64735.73F879F3@SendSpamHere.ORG> In article , "Dave Weatherall" writes: > > >On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 23:49:26 UTC, Paul Sture > wrote: > >> In article <00A645ED.385CEFB1@SendSpamHere.ORG>, >> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: >.... > >> But, seeing your directory named [GigsOfPixOfGigs] has reminded me of >> another potential problem facing you, namely that OS X chokes on large >> Samba directores, which you see in the Google discussion below. > >Thanks to Paul's quote, I've parsed the direcory name. Thought it was >an attempt at a palindome. How many Merillion? I ask myself. That would be Marillion. ;) My current Aperture vaults fill 3 250GB firewire drives. And no, it's not all Marillion. From just the past year, there's also: Cast(MX), Marillion(UK), Evolucion(CR), Trettioariga Kriget(SE), The FLower Kings(SE), Kinzoku Ebisu(JP), Sergio Alvarez(CU), Toccata(MX), FLamborough Head(NL), Amarok(PL), Mostly Autumn(UK), Arbatel(MX), Lazuli(FR), Interpose+(JP), England(UK), Nektar(UK), Odessa(IT), Mirthrandir(US), Hatfield and the North(UK), SBB(PL), NEO(UK), John Young(UK), Ephemeral Sun(US), Satellite(PL), Karmakanic(SE), Hamadryad(CA), Mirthrandir,(US),The Watch(IT), Pallas(UK), Pineapple Thief(UK), Magic Pie(NO), Hatfield and the North(UK), The Tony Levin Band(US), Ozric Tentacles(UK), FM(CA), Richard Leo Johnson(US), Riverside(PL), KBB(JP), Keith Emerson(UK), Niacin(US), Ange(FR), Michael Manring(US), Guapo(UK), Nima and Mirge(MX), IZZ(US), Kino(UK), Cryptic Vision(US), Rocket Scientists(US), Helmut of Gnats(US), Ezra(UK), Credo(UK), White WIllow(NO), John Michell and John Beck(UK), Strangefish(UK), Pendragon(UK), Darwin's Radio(UK), Echolyn(US), Pinnacle(US), Fear of FLying(US), Jason Hart(US), Mahavishnu Project(US), Mirthrandir(US), ProtoKaw(US), SkeletonBreath(US), Spiraling(US), The Red Masque(US), The Underground Railroad(US), IZZ(US), Karl Eisenhart(US), Frogg Cafe(US), The Flower Kings(US), Cryptic Vision(US), Roger Waters(US), Steve Hogarth(UK), Steve Hackett(UK), Robert Fripp(UK), The Musical Box(CA),The Strawbs(UK), The Flower Kings(SE),The Australian Pink Floyd(AU), John Wetton(UK). I travelled to California(2), Mexico(2), Florida(1), New York and Pennsylvania(countless times), and the UK(2) for all of these and photographed each and every performance of these bands. Some are in my list serveral times because I saw the band multiple times. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:59:03 -0400 From: JF Mezei Subject: Re: Time zone/DST change question. Message-ID: <97d3e$45f3b6e5$cef8887a$14621@TEKSAVVY.COM> Am still alive. Alphas and my cisco switch changed their timne right on cue. Mozilla seems to have frozen during the time change, had to out of it. (it could have been for other reasons though since it isn't uncommon for it to freeze) I used the daylight_savings.com routine on the vax. told it to save the procedure to a file, then used SYSMAN to run it on each vax. WHEEL got its time ahead. VELO (on which I ran DAYLIGHT_SAVINGS.COM) ended up having a time of 01;00 instead of 03:00 ;-) But the time zone differential was correct, so I fixed it with a good old SET TIME command. ------------------------------ End of INFO-VAX 2007.140 ************************