INFO-VAX Tue, 22 May 2007 Volume 2007 : Issue 279 Contents: Re: ANN: Xpdf v3.02 for OpenVMS/Alpha Re: ANN: Xpdf v3.02 for OpenVMS/Alpha Re: ANN: Xpdf v3.02 for OpenVMS/Alpha Re: Anyone know why the Alpha market is so so quiet? RE: Anyone know why the Alpha market is so so quiet? Available SAP SD and SAP CRM consultant with us Available SAP SD and SAP CRM consultant with us Re: Does NASA/JPL etc still use VMS? Re: Does NASA/JPL etc still use VMS? Re: Does NASA/JPL etc still use VMS? Re: Does NASA/JPL etc still use VMS? Re: DS10L ATI 7500 PCI Graphics Problems Re: DS10L ATI 7500 PCI Graphics Problems Re: DS10L ATI 7500 PCI Graphics Problems RE: Is VMS losing the Financial Sector, also? Re: looking for the on-line documentation for september 1994 Re: New Zealnders now laughing at global warming Re: Noahs ark found! Re: Noahs ark found! Re: Still want: LK461 keyboard TCPIP PROXY ISSUE World's Fastest Processor? For Now, Anyway Re: World's Fastest Processor? For Now, Anyway Re: [OT] Thieving printer manufacturers was: Re: Shouldn't we be ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:00:02 -0400 From: JF Mezei Subject: Re: ANN: Xpdf v3.02 for OpenVMS/Alpha Message-ID: <80859$4651de47$cef8887a$25472@TEKSAVVY.COM> Chip Coldwell wrote: > I'm pleased to announce that there are fresh Xpdf 3.02 PCSI packages > available for OpenVMS/Alpha at > > http://frank.harvard.edu/~coldwell/vms/xpdf.html Wow ! Many thanks. I have a quetsion though. Some documents come out with fonts that are barely unreadable. But, I recently produced a PDF on a MAC that had embedded fonts (some Futura fonts), and they came out nicely on XPDF. Is it correct to state that XPDF itself has the font rendering logic and that it draws graphical glyphs to the window ? In cases where the fonts are barely readable, is there a way with XPDF to find out which font it is using ? I was thinking about perhaps removing some of the bad bitmap fonts on the workstation and replacing them with scalable truetype versions so that XPDF could display them properly. Any recommendations ? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:28:43 -0400 From: Chip Coldwell Subject: Re: ANN: Xpdf v3.02 for OpenVMS/Alpha Message-ID: On Mon, 21 May 2007, JF Mezei wrote: > Chip Coldwell wrote: > > I'm pleased to announce that there are fresh Xpdf 3.02 PCSI packages > > available for OpenVMS/Alpha at > > > > http://frank.harvard.edu/~coldwell/vms/xpdf.html > > > Wow ! Many thanks. > > I have a quetsion though. Some documents come out with fonts that are barely > unreadable. > > But, I recently produced a PDF on a MAC that had embedded fonts (some Futura > fonts), and they came out nicely on XPDF. > > Is it correct to state that XPDF itself has the font rendering logic and that > it draws graphical glyphs to the window ? Yes. Xpdf uses two different font-rendering engines: the t1lib for Type 1 (PostScript) fonts and freetype2 for TrueType fonts. > In cases where the fonts are barely readable, is there a way with XPDF to find > out which font it is using ? The Xpdf package comes with the pdffonts utility which will list the fonts in the PDF file and indicates which ones are embedded or not. > I was thinking about perhaps removing some of the bad bitmap fonts on > the workstation and replacing them with scalable truetype versions so > that XPDF could display them properly. Any recommendations ? Most likely, the fonts that look bad are not embedded in the document nor available to either of the font rendering libraries, and so a font substitution is taking place. Your best bet would be to identify the missing font and install it in the directory that your GS_FONTS logical name points to. Chip -- Charles M. "Chip" Coldwell "Turn on, log in, tune out" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:42:18 -0400 From: JF Mezei Subject: Re: ANN: Xpdf v3.02 for OpenVMS/Alpha Message-ID: Chip Coldwell wrote: > The Xpdf package comes with the pdffonts utility which will list the fonts > in the PDF file and indicates which ones are embedded or not. Thanks. I will remember this next time I encounter a document with barely readable fonts. > Most likely, the fonts that look bad are not embedded in the document nor > available to either of the font rendering libraries, and so a font > substitution is taking place. But it is it substituting a font with an existing one, wouldn't the existing one rendrer in a readable fashion, even if the spacing is off ? Some of the output I have seen looks a bit like a fax with streaks. When I magnify the page, the problem is not as bad, but you can clearly see the fonts are not properly rendered. Next time I encounter this, I might as well use XV to take a snapshot of the XPDF window to demonstrate. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 16:40:44 -0500 From: pechter@pcp09822625pcs.eatntn01.nj.comcast.net (Bill Pechter) Subject: Re: Anyone know why the Alpha market is so so quiet? Message-ID: In article <465082D0.8040207@comcast.net>, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: >Chip Coldwell wrote: >> On Fri, 18 May 2007, ChrisQuayle wrote: >> >>>Why would anyone in their right mind want to run Linux for mission critical >>>stuff when Solaris is now free, industrial strength, has decades of >>>professional development effort and runs on Sparc or X86 ? >> >> >> Because they are pessimistic about the long-term prospects for Sun as a >> company. Linux has the property that it is owned by nobody, so there is >> nobody to go broke and strand the customer. For example, you can now buy >> support for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux distro from either Red Hat or >> Oracle. If one of those two goes broke, switch to the other one. >> >> Chip >> > >The biggest problem with Linux is "too many cooks". What's everyone's >responsibility is no ones responsibility. > >Even in a software engineering environment, things happen that should >never have seen the light of day. Consider Sun's telnet bug in which >telnet -lf bin could get you logged in as bin. VMS has had a few >incidents of this class. With Linux, who's minding the store? > > I think that telnet bug dated back to the BSD code from the original USB stuff or the USL code. I don't think I can blame Sun for that one completely. The amazing thing is code that old used as a code base by so many vendors existed with that bug until 1996.. It was originally fixed in 1996. Cert knew about it and it was reintroduced by a programmer screw up again in 2006 or so. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/tags/Sun+Solaris/ http://www.stanford.edu/group/itss-ccs/security/Advisories/96-032.html Here's the vulnerability list from 1996. Notice dec is not Apple Computer not vulnerable Berkeley Software Design not vulnerable Cray Research not vulnerable CYGNUS cns-95q1 - vulnerable cns-95q4 - not vulnerable Data General not vulnerable Digital Equipment Ultrix - not vulnerable OSF/1 - vulnerable FreeBSD vulnerable Harris not vulnerable Hewlett-Packard not vulnerable Linux Debian - vulnerable Red Hat - vulnerable Slackware - appears vulnerable MIT- distributed for Athena vulnerable NetBSD 1.0 - vulnerable current - not vulnerable NEC vulnerable Open Software Foundation OSF/1 v1.3 not vulnerable OpenVision OpenV*Secure 1.2 - vulnerable SCO not vulnerable SGI 5,2, 5.3, 6.0.1, 6.1 - vulnerable Sony Corp. NEWS-OS 6.x - not vulnerable http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2007/02/trivial-remote-solaris-0day-disable.html Bill -- -- d|i|g|i|t|a|l had it THEN. Don't you wish you could still buy it now! pechter-at-ureachtechnologies.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 21:38:30 -0400 From: "Main, Kerry" Subject: RE: Anyone know why the Alpha market is so so quiet? Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: Arne Vajh=F8j [mailto:arne@vajhoej.dk] > Sent: May 20, 2007 1:11 PM > To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com > Subject: Re: Anyone know why the Alpha market is so so quiet? >=20 > Chip Coldwell wrote: > > It's a weird business model, giving away software and selling > support. > > IBM Global Services made a lot of money essentially selling support > > (although they've really screwed the pooch lately if you believe > Robert X. > > Cringely). But you're right that necessarily the margins on > supporting > > Linux will have to be small if everybody has access to the source > code and > > therefore anybody could offer to sell support. >=20 > Mass producing cars using an assembly line also brought the > prices of cars downs. >=20 > Arne Yeah, but how long would Toyota and Ford be in business if they gave = away cars for free and only sold $1000/year support licenses? :-) And to address a reply from someone else, if you sell a car very cheap = for with the idea of selling lots of future parts, then you are also = toast as companies like Toyota are selling quality and that is one of = the big reasons why they are doing so well over companies like GM. Bottom line, software is a business. If you do not make a good profit on = it, then you go out of business and your Customers are on their own. And as has been noted here in the past - if an OS platform has 5-20 = security patches released each and every month, given the huge = QA/testing for App certifications required, can a company actually = afford that platform? Since most companies can not keep up with this huge volume of security = patching, they tend to release patches with no testing or simply let the = patches pile up thinking their firewall is good so they can get away = with it. Unfortunately, as most security analysts will tell you, approx 50-60% of = all security incidents are internal related. Regards Kerry Main Senior Consultant HP Services Canada Voice: 613-592-4660 Fax: 613-591-4477 kerryDOTmainAThpDOTcom (remove the DOT's and AT)=20 OpenVMS - the secure, multi-site OS that just works. ------------------------------ Date: 21 May 2007 15:14:38 -0700 From: Sachin Subject: Available SAP SD and SAP CRM consultant with us Message-ID: <1179785678.396990.13740@x18g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Contact : Mandar Direct : 402 408 6601/402 408 3687 Email : mandar@kraftware.com Hi, We have the following SAP SD and SAP CRM consultant available. 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Thanks & Regards, Mandar Kraftware Inc, Direct- 402 408 6601/402 408 3687 Email - mandar@kraftware.com ------------------------------ Date: 21 May 2007 15:15:13 -0700 From: Sachin Subject: Available SAP SD and SAP CRM consultant with us Message-ID: <1179785712.992272.185130@y18g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Contact : Mandar Direct : 402 408 6601/402 408 3687 Email : mandar@kraftware.com Hi, We have the following SAP SD and SAP CRM consultant available. Consultant Name: K P Summary: =B7Certified SAP CRM consultant. =B7Trainings attended: SAP SD (sales and distribution), SAP CRM, SAP BW and ABAP/4. =B7About 5 years and 7 months of total experience. =B7About 4 Years and 2 months of experience in SAP Implementation and Application support. =B7Worked on end-to-end implementation, integrations development, and application support. =B7Design and customization of the SD module and its functionality. =B7Design and customization of the SAP CRM and its functionality. =B7Experience in customizing SAP R/3 sales, delivery and billing processes. =B7Experience in customizing IC Winclient and Marketing functionalities. Please feel free to contact us for additional information. Thanks & Regards, Mandar Kraftware Inc, Direct- 402 408 6601/402 408 3687 Email - mandar@kraftware.com ------------------------------ Date: 21 May 2007 17:59:08 GMT From: bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) Subject: Re: Does NASA/JPL etc still use VMS? Message-ID: <5be4vcF2sv7e3U1@mid.individual.net> In article , koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes: > In article <5bdnb8F2quu8oU1@mid.individual.net>, bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes: >> >> Are they still running the PDP-11 they acquired a couple of years ago >> to interpret the telemetry from an ancient satellite? :-) > > Depends on who "they" are, and which PDP-11. Well, we were talking about NASA and JPL. I meant the Pioneer 10 Team. :-) > I know of at least one > case of a customer who refers to VAX 4000 as "PDP-11" because that's > what he's used to seeing doing the work it's doing. No, it was defintely an 11/34 and not a VAX 4000. bill -- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves bill@cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton | Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include ------------------------------ Date: 21 May 2007 15:04:05 -0500 From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Subject: Re: Does NASA/JPL etc still use VMS? Message-ID: In article , "Tom Linden" writes: > One of the NASA sites running a VAX6030 (PL/I code of course) have enough > spares that they plan to keep the system operational until 2020. That is a rather specific date. Are those the people who track asteroids that might hit Earth ? Do they know something we don't know ? :-) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:03:50 -0700 From: "Tom Linden" Subject: Re: Does NASA/JPL etc still use VMS? Message-ID: On Mon, 21 May 2007 13:04:05 -0700, Larry Kilgallen wrote: > In article , "Tom Linden" > writes: > >> One of the NASA sites running a VAX6030 (PL/I code of course) have >> enough >> spares that they plan to keep the system operational until 2020. > > That is a rather specific date. > > Are those the people who track asteroids that might hit Earth ? > > Do they know something we don't know ? :-) Yes, that PL/I is the best language for tracking asteroids. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:06:05 +0000 (UTC) From: moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) Subject: Re: Does NASA/JPL etc still use VMS? Message-ID: bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes: >In article , > koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes: >> In article <5bdnb8F2quu8oU1@mid.individual.net>, bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes: >>> >>> Are they still running the PDP-11 they acquired a couple of years ago >>> to interpret the telemetry from an ancient satellite? :-) >> >> Depends on who "they" are, and which PDP-11. >Well, we were talking about NASA and JPL. I meant the Pioneer 10 Team. :-) The story I heard was they had a PDP-11 (/34?) to talk to Pioneer 10, and in the later years when there were reliability/support issues, they tried to convert the code to run on a PC. They could never get it working, so they continued with the ancient hardware, scrounging 11/34 (or whatever) parts from anywhere and everywhere just to keep in touch with Pioneer 10. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 13:52:50 -0400 From: JF Mezei Subject: Re: DS10L ATI 7500 PCI Graphics Problems Message-ID: FredK wrote: > Is it possible that the device might work with the VMS driver/ddx? Perhaps. > But not without figuring out it's capabilities and initialization > requirements and adding it to the driver. First, a big thank you for all the time you take to asnwer these questions. It is not only very informative, but also very educational. Your contribution here is very appreciated by me (and I have to assume by a whole lot of people). Now, back to the business at hand: How difficult would it be to compile a version of the driver this this fellow, one which would take the device/vendor ID and assume it is a normal 7500 ? He could then test it to see if it works of not. (I assume this is a hobbyists, so if it fails, there are no recriminations and no requirement to absolutely make it work). Also, say the patched driver does hang the system. How would one go about rebooting without having the driver be invoked by VMS ? Would the only way be to physically remove the card, or is there a software way to tell VMS to not load that driver ? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:12:38 -0400 From: "FredK" Subject: Re: DS10L ATI 7500 PCI Graphics Problems Message-ID: "JF Mezei" wrote in message news:dee1e$4651dc97$cef8887a$23660@TEKSAVVY.COM... > > Now, back to the business at hand: How difficult would it be to compile a > version of the driver this this fellow, one which would take the > device/vendor ID and assume it is a normal 7500 ? > Not too. > He could then test it to see if it works of not. (I assume this is a > hobbyists, so if it fails, there are no recriminations and no requirement > to absolutely make it work). > Unless someone is telling me that there is a huge cache of these variations at some ridiculous low price - then I would be inclined to point the guy to Dave at Island for a regular version. Why? First because it won't be a one time thing. If I don't check it into the mainstream driver, people will be asking for a new version until the day I retire. If I check it in, then I know dollars to donuts that a real customer will buy one, have a problem, and report it as a bug. Now, if there is some overwhelming advantage - like there happen to be a bizzilion of these cards and the cost next to nothing... or some other really compelling story. I know that Dave has cards that work, and I'm pretty sure a fairly cheap. > Also, say the patched driver does hang the system. How would one go about > rebooting without having the driver be invoked by VMS ? Would the only > way be to physically remove the card, or is there a software way to tell > VMS to not load that driver ? b -fl 0,1 SYSGEN> SET NOAUTO 1 Only the minimum required drivers get loaded (that is SYSMAN IO AUTO is not invoked). ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:17:47 -0400 From: JF Mezei Subject: Re: DS10L ATI 7500 PCI Graphics Problems Message-ID: <4beff$4651e270$cef8887a$27279@TEKSAVVY.COM> FredK wrote: > Unless someone is telling me that there is a huge cache of these variations > at some ridiculous low price - then I would be inclined to point the guy to > Dave at Island for a regular version. Fair enough. > b -fl 0,1 > > SYSGEN> SET NOAUTO 1 > > Only the minimum required drivers get loaded (that is SYSMAN IO AUTO is not > invoked). Thanks. I did not know about this one. This could prove to be very handy one day. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 21:59:12 -0400 From: "Main, Kerry" Subject: RE: Is VMS losing the Financial Sector, also? Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: JF Mezei [mailto:jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca] > Sent: May 20, 2007 12:58 PM > To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com > Subject: Re: Is VMS losing the Financial Sector, also? >=20 > re: mainframes >=20 [snip ...] >=20 > The big question is whether Oracle will succeed in making Linux a > serious platform, acceptable to banks for serious applications. mmm... with 5-20 security patches released each and every month? Good luck to them .. Yeah, I can see the banks jumping all over this as they are not concerned to much about security are they? And in terms of cost savings, I know the billions of $'s in profit banks make each year is not much, so I can see them really being under pressure to get rid of those nice, safe back end systems. :-) Regards Kerry Main Senior Consultant HP Services Canada Voice: 613-592-4660 Fax: 613-591-4477 kerryDOTmainAThpDOTcom (remove the DOT's and AT)=20 OpenVMS - the secure, multi-site OS that just works. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:02:24 -0400 From: JF Mezei Subject: Re: looking for the on-line documentation for september 1994 Message-ID: <4a57$4651ded6$cef8887a$25472@TEKSAVVY.COM> Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > From the "OpenVMS_AXP Software Product Library_____ Master Index" > DEC FAX, if present, should have been listed between the two foregoing > entries. Or am I missing something? Did DEC Fax ever make it to Alpha ? Is it is part of the great Palmer software purge where a lot of software didn't make the jump from VAX to Alpha ? I have DEC FAx 1.2 on the 1995 VAX software distribution. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 20:49:52 +0200 From: "Dr. Dweeb" Subject: Re: New Zealnders now laughing at global warming Message-ID: <4651ea28$0$7606$157c6196@dreader2.cybercity.dk> Andrew wrote: > On 19 May, 02:41, "Dr. Dweeb" wrote: >> ultra...@gmail.com wrote: >>> http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4064691a6571.html >> >> Naturally. This is the position of all those capable of reading the >> science and who do not have a vested interest in the promulgation >> of the politically correct (but scientifically, totally >> unsupportable) line. >> >> AGW is irrelevant, on a global scale. >> >> There are so many environmental issues which *are* relevant and >> which can be addressed, that it is truly sadenning to see the >> obsession with the pointless and urrelevant (CO2 volume) issue. It >> is based on non-science and detracts from the real issues at hand. :( >> >> But hey, what do I know, my mentors in this field are merely >> scientiests with extremely high credibility who have chosen to keep >> their own counsel. They laugh at Al Gore and his polemic, as I do, >> and for the same reasons. >> >> Dweeb > > I would suggest > > http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn11462 > > You are perplexed and as you can see from the title the article may > help. > > BTW. For every "credible" scientist that has laughed at the IPCC > report because places too much emphasis on mans impact on GW there are > many many more who are complaining that the reports pulled their > punches because of pressure from large carbon producing and consuming > countries. > > Regards > Andrew Harrison Follow the money ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:35:25 -0400 From: "Richard B. Gilbert" Subject: Re: Noahs ark found! Message-ID: <4651E66D.90203@comcast.net> FredK wrote: > "Andrew" wrote in message > news:1179760297.803505.65120@36g2000prm.googlegroups.com... > >>On 30 Apr, 15:25, Dirk Munk wrote: >> >>>gen...@marblecliff.com wrote: >>> >>>>the same researcher who helped bring about the discovery >>>>of Mount Sinai now believes he has found Noahs ark on a >>>>mountain in Iran ... scroll to the bottom and look at the >>>>pictures and video ... >>> >>>>http://www.arkfever.com/ >>> >>>This time Boob is right. What you see on the pictures is the stern of >>>the ark. On it they found the inscription "Noahs Ark - Monrovia" in >>>Hebrew. That proofs Boob is not mistaken this time. >> >>Thats what you get if you register your ark under a flag of >>convenience, wildly off course and stuck up a mountain with no >>navigable water in site. >> > > > That was the best thing ever written in this thread. > > Sigh. Why do people insist on discussing politics and religion in groups > like this? > > - I have not once seen someones mind changed. > > - At best you get those who agree with you agreeing. > > - At worst, you will be exposed as an idiot. > > There *are* forums devoted to almost anything. You can find lots of people > who agree with you, without risking ridicule from people you may need to > interact with professionally. > > > Perhaps those involved have no other social outlet! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 20:54:53 +0200 From: "Dr. Dweeb" Subject: Re: Noahs ark found! Message-ID: <4651eb56$0$7604$157c6196@dreader2.cybercity.dk> FredK wrote: > "Andrew" wrote in message > news:1179760297.803505.65120@36g2000prm.googlegroups.com... >> On 30 Apr, 15:25, Dirk Munk wrote: >>> gen...@marblecliff.com wrote: >>>> the same researcher who helped bring about the discovery >>>> of Mount Sinai now believes he has found Noahs ark on a >>>> mountain in Iran ... scroll to the bottom and look at the >>>> pictures and video ... >>> >>>> http://www.arkfever.com/ >>> >>> This time Boob is right. What you see on the pictures is the stern >>> of the ark. On it they found the inscription "Noahs Ark - Monrovia" >>> in Hebrew. That proofs Boob is not mistaken this time. >> >> Thats what you get if you register your ark under a flag of >> convenience, wildly off course and stuck up a mountain with no >> navigable water in site. >> > > That was the best thing ever written in this thread. > > Sigh. Why do people insist on discussing politics and religion in > groups like this? > > - I have not once seen someones mind changed. > > - At best you get those who agree with you agreeing. > > - At worst, you will be exposed as an idiot. > > There *are* forums devoted to almost anything. You can find lots of > people who agree with you, without risking ridicule from people you > may need to interact with professionally. True, but there are many who no longer need to interact professionally with the members of this group - if indeed they ever have - through no fault of their own or their choosing. Random discussion on random topics makes for entertainment, and the OT threads are usually obvious enough. Life would be less colourful without Bill and Bob and Andrew pontificating. :) Dweeb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:09:22 -0500 From: "Craig A. Berry" Subject: Re: Still want: LK461 keyboard Message-ID: In article <1179529293.500797.120430@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, Rambo wrote: > I can't believe that no one has a spare one. And I'm in very need! > I haven't expand my AS600 to full 1 GB for nothing you know! :-D I have several of them in Chicago and might be willing to part with one or more. Write me off-list. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 18:19:54 -0500 From: John Subject: TCPIP PROXY ISSUE Message-ID: <4652291A.8070807@tx.rr.com> I have noted some TCPIP PROXY issues from time to time - two to be exact. 1) Proxy In and Out Local Server - VMS V7.2-1h1 IP stack V5.0A - ECO 3 Remote Server - VMS V7.3-2 IP stack V5.4 - ECO 6 On the Local Server I have the following proxy configured: $ TCPIP SHOW PROXY LOCUSER LOCUSER CD REMUSER NODE1, NODE2, NODE3, NODE4, NODE5 However from time to time - not sure of the cycle (if there is any) the proxy will look like this (not always the same server causing me grief) $ TCPIP SHOW PROXY LOCUSER LOCUSER CD REMUSER NODE1, NODE2, NODE3 LOCUSER C REMUSER NODE4 LOCUSER CD REMUSER NODE5 2) Adding a proxy problem I have a two node cluster - sharing the same PROXY file. I run into problems when adding proxies on one of the server: In this example, NODE1 and NODE2 are clustered. REMNODE is the - remote node. NODE1> TCPIP ADD PROXY LOCUSER /REM=REMUSER /HOST=REMNODE NODE1> TCPIP SHOW PROXY LOCUSER /HOST=REMNODE VMS User_name Type User_ID Group_ID Host_name LOCUSER CD REMUSER REMNODE NODE2> TCPIP SHOW PROXY LOCUSER /HOST=REMNODE VMS User_name Type User_ID Group_ID Host_name LOCUSER C REMUSER REMNODE NODE2> TCPIP REM PROXY LOCUSER /HOST=REMNODE VMS User_name Type Remote User_name Host_name LOCUSER C REMUSER REMNODE Remove? [N]:Y NODE2> TCPIP ADD PROXY LOCUSER /REM=REMUSER /HOST=REMNODE NODE2> TCPIP SHOW PROXY LOCUSER /HOST=REMNODE VMS User_name Type User_ID Group_ID Host_name LOCUSER CD REMUSER REMNODE Any thoughts? ------------------------------ Date: 21 May 2007 19:16:21 -0700 From: Neil Rieck Subject: World's Fastest Processor? For Now, Anyway Message-ID: <1179800180.959281.18870@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> World's Fastest Processor? For Now, Anyway http://www.ddj.com/dept/64bit/199700333?cid A multi-core processor that increases the speed, while keeping energy consumption the same IBM has launched what it claims is the fastest microprocessor ever built -- the 4.7-GHz, dual-core POWER6. According to IBM, the processor doubles the speed of the previous generation POWER5 which, in a new kind of benchmark, delivers enough bandwidth to download the entire iTunes catalog in 60 seconds. That tops out at 300 gigabytes per second -- 30 times faster than HP's Itanium, according to IBM. The processor also uses nearly the same amount of electricity as the POWER5. The POWER6 supposedly is the first UNIX microprocessor able to calculate decimal floating-point arithmetic in hardware. Until now, calculations involving decimal numbers with floating decimal points were done using software. The built-in decimal floating-point capability gives advantage to enterprises running complex tax, financial, and ERP programs, among others. The POWER6 processor is built using IBM's state-of-the-art 65 nanometer process technology. Coming at a time when some experts have predicted an end to Moore's Law, which holds that processor speed doubles every 18 months, the IBM processor is driven by a number of technical advances scored during the five-year research and development effort to develop the POWER6 chip. These include: Neil Rieck Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:55:41 -0400 From: JF Mezei Subject: Re: World's Fastest Processor? For Now, Anyway Message-ID: <733c2$46525bd5$cef8887a$8003@TEKSAVVY.COM> > doubles every 18 months, the IBM processor is driven by a number of > technical advances scored during the five-year research and > development effort to develop the POWER6 chip. These include: > > Neil Rieck > Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge, Aren't you a bit pretentious to claim you are one of the technical advances that made Power6 possible ? :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 21:26:41 GMT From: ChrisQuayle Subject: Re: [OT] Thieving printer manufacturers was: Re: Shouldn't we be Message-ID: Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > Bob Koehler wrote: > >> In article <464C635C.4040908@comcast.net>, "Richard B. Gilbert" >> writes: >> >>> The available evidence; e.g. the number of ink jet printers at >>> curbside on trash day, suggests that a lot of people just buy a new >>> printer instead of buying a new ink cartridge. It doesn't cost all >>> that much more. . . . ;-) >> >> >> >> I have a Lexmark that was supposed to be free as part of an Apple >> promotion, but due to incompetence was actually bought at $75. It >> takes two cartridges at over $100 total. >> >> It gathers dust. >> > > About ten years ago, I bought an HP LJ4000 with a Duplex unit. I'm > still using it though I'm only on my second toner cartridge. I suppose > its' overkill for a home printer but it works and works well. I added a > Jet Direct card a couple of years ago so now it's a network printer and > any computer in the house can use it. > > Have yet to make the move to inkjet. The laserjet 2 that I bought new in 1987 and still with only 30k pages or so recently failed. Replaced it wit an LJ5 from Ebay for 20 ukp or so including shipping. Did the same thing for our local school with 3 x LJ 4's a couple of years ago and none of them have missed a beat since. Even had the networks cards installed as well. The old LJ4 and 5 series are very good and the toner carts are dirt cheap on Ebay, even the hp branded ones... 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