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I am posting a copy of the revised VAX PROGRAMS LIST. Instructions are
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The VAX Programs List
The following programs are available as described below. If you have additions
or corrections to make, please contact me at the address below. Please
submit all application-specific questions to the originators of the codes.
Availability codes are explained at the end of the list.
NOTE: A current version of this file may be retreived by sending a ONE LINE
mail message to: NETSERVER@RML2.SRI.COM. The one line should say:
?PACKAGE*VAX_LIST
ANU NEWS A news program for VMS. For the usenet system of news msgs.
Get 000_readme.ascii first. (1) See also NNTP_NEWS.
Availability: F1
BOSS Allows user to run several interactive processes at once.
Availability: E1
BULLETIN Bulletin board SW for VMS systems.
Availability: S1
DOE-MACSYMA Symbolic math package with numeric and plotting capabilities.
Availability: M1 (cost for media and distribution, etc.).
DVIDIS Utility to allow previewing of DVI files on workstations
(and bit-mapped terminals?). Get DVIDIS.A and fixrec.exe
and/or fixrec.c. Use fixrec to modify backup record size.
Availability: F18
DVI drivers Converts DVI files to formats that various printers can use.
Availability: F2
DVI2PS Converts DVI (usually TEX or graphic) output to Postscript.
Availability: F3 (1)
FILE Changes attributes of a file.
Availability: S5
FIND Searches through index file of a disk to locate a file
matching specific conditions.
Availability: S5
FINGER Utility to provide info about users on local or remote systems.
Availability: S2, S3, F10
GNU Emacs Popular screen-oriented editor. Runs on a variety of
computers. Developed at MIT.
Availability: F4, F5 (COMPRESSED VMS-BACKUP FILE), F6
MG, formerly MicroGnuEmacs, is a smaller version of
GNU emacs, and is available from: F17 (in pub/mg2a.tar.Z).
Versions for VMS, UNIX, Amiga, and MSDOS may be available.
A VMS backup saveset is available at: F10 (VMSD only).
You may also need reblock.exe to fix backup record size.
GNU C C compiler for VMS and other computers. ANSI plus extensions.
Compatible with other VAX languages, but no VMS debugger
records produced. GNU debugger (GDB) can be used for this.
Availability: F4 (1), F7
KERMIT Popular file transfer utility. Often used to transfer files
between two different computers. Versions for VAX, IBM-PC,
MAC, UNIX, TOPS-20 and many other machines.
Availability: F8
LIBSEARCH Searches through HELP and other libraries for a specific
topic. Lists commands relevant to that topic.
Availability: ????
MAINT A utility to maintain/update/control directories and the
files that reside in them.
Availability: F9 (in pub/maint).
MAKE A program maintainer. Can be used to recreate a program
by only recompiling source programs that are out of date.
Analogous to "make" on UNIX systems. Two versions exist,
at least: 1 very similar to the Unix make; 1 specifically
for VMS.
Availability: MAKE/VMS v3.4 from F10 (Read make.doc first)
MAKEINDEX Indexer for LaTeX.
Availability: F2
MORE A unix-like file display tool.
Availability: ????
MPMGR Modparams.dat file manager for large clusters.
Availability: F11
NANNY A set of useful tools and an environment sourrounding VMS
(will do autologouts, for example).
Availability: ????
NNTP_NEWS nntp newsreader for VMS. See also ANU NEWS.
Availability: F12
NSQUERY Name server query program for CMU/Tek TCP V6.3.
Availability: F11
PHOTO Uses pseudo terminal driver to "capture" a terminal session.
Everything typed between PHOTO and LOGOUT is captured in
a file.
Availability: F10
PROFILE Screen-oriented user account add/modify utility.
Availability: F12
PTDRIVER Pseudo terminal driver.
Availability: F10
SERVERS (MAIL) Utilities that will check for incoming mail and respond to
requests (for files or information).
Availability: Form: (COMMAND_TO_USE) SITE_NAME
(SEND VMSSERV.PACKAGE) VMSSERV@UBVMSA.CC.BUFFALO.EDU
and UBVMSB,UBVMSC,UBVMSD
(?PACKAGE*NETSERVER) NETSERVER@VAXMFG.TECH.NWU.EDU
SPELL Spelling checker (source in Pascal, exe in Decus TEX).
The dictionaries are large indexed files.
Availability: F16 (Part of Decus TeX)
STATUS Utility that provides considerable detailed information
about a VMS system and it users and resources. Needs DECNET.
Availability: S5
SUM (Show Users More). Like DCL Show Users, but with addition
of LAT Server and port name for LTAnnn: terminals.
Availability: E5
SWING A wonderful screen-oriented directory and file maintenance
tool. Allows for directory creation, moving, deletion,
and displays. A bargain at half the price.
Availability: F12
TAR2VMS A UNIX-like tar utility for VMS. Can convert tar tapes and
files to VMS files. VMS2TAR does the reverse.
Availability: ????
TEX/LaTeX Text formatting package developed by Donald Knuth.
Produces DVI files.
Availability: F13, F16 (Decus TeX)
UAF Searches through SYSUAF.DAT for users that match certain
criteria.
Availability: S5
UNSDL Utility to aid in creation of include files from system
definitions given in SYS$SHARE:STARLETSD.
Availability: S5
UUCP Unix file data transfer utility for VMS.
Availability: F14
VACATION Program to periodically check for incoming mail messages
and let sender know that you're on vacation (or otherwise
unable to respond) by sending back a message that you specify.
Availability: F12
VI A TPU emulation of the UNIX VI editor.
Availability: E4
VMS_SHAR Tool to distribute ascii source files that allows recipient
to confirm files were properly received (with no errors).
Availability: E3, F10
VERB Inverse of VMS's SET COMMAND.
Availability: S4, S5
WATCHER Configurable idle-job killer. Knows about LAT.
Availability: F11
WILD Wildcard (i.e., with * and %) version of DCL SEARCH.
Availability: E1
XMODEM File transfer program with checksums and error correction.
Compatible with CP/M MODEM7. XMODEM is program VAX-96 of
the DECUS library. Author: J. James Belonis II.
Availability: ???? (no FTP or SERVER yet)
E2
ZOO File compressor/decompressor/archiver.
Archiver: F15
(1) Requires compress/decompress and/or tar2vms or a tar utility. Most
sites supplying compressed files also supply decompressing tools.
Not all compress/decompress utilities are equal! The version from
MIT will not work without modifications. Charles Karney of Princeton
University (see BOSS, above) was kind enough to send me a difference
file between a working VMS version and the MIT distribution.
Probably MIT should fix their compress to work as well on VMS as it does
on every other OS and computer.
SOURCES: F -> Anonymous FTP, E -> EMAIL to person, S -> SERVER
M -> Postal Service
Be sure to use binary mode on FTP of executables and backups.
E1 KARNEY%PPC.MFENET@NMFECC.LLNL.GOV Charles Karney
KARNEY%PPC.MFENET@LBL.BITNET
E2 BELONIS@PHAST.PHYS.WASHINGTON.EDU J. James Belonis
E3 UDAA055%OAK.CC.KCL.UK@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Andy Harper
E4 gregg@nemo.math.okstate.edu Gregg Wonderly
E5 mnk@draco.hac.com Michael Kimura
F1 KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU
F2 SCIENCE.UTAH.EDU
F3 JUNE.CS.WASHINGTON.EDU
F4 PREP.AI.MIT.EDU
F5 MIRIAM.UTAH.EDU
F6 CC.UTAH.EDU
F7 UMIGW.MIAMI.EDU
F8 CUNIXC.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU
F9 GUMBY.CC.WMICH.EDU
F10 VMSA.CF.UCI.EDU, VMSD.CF.UCI.EDU
F11 VMS.ECS.RPI.EDU
F12 KRYPTON.ARC.NASA.EDU
F13 SCORE.STANFORD.EDU
F14 ACFCLUSTER.NYU.EDU
F15 WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL
F16 POWER.EEE.NDSU.NODAK.EDU
F17 EMX.UTEXAS.EDU
F18 VENUS.YCC.YALE.EDU
M1 National Energy Software Center
9700 South Cass Ave.
Argonne, IL 60439
Ordering info: 312-972-7250
(As of 6/26/89: Cost for VAX/VMS version of DOE-MACSYMA is $3110,
$2500 for prime contractors)
VMSSERV sites use the following syntax: DIR for program listing, SEND PGM to
get a specific program.
S1 (SEND ALL) BULLETIN%MIT.MFENET@CCC.MFECC.LLNL.GOV
S2 (SEND FINGERV5) VMSSERV@UOFTO2.UTOLEDO.EDU
S3 (SEND FINGER.PACKAGE) VMSSERV.SPCVXA.BITNET
S4 VMSSERV@UBVMSD.CC.BUFFALO.EDU
S5 VMSSERV@FHCRCVAX.BITNET, VMSSERV%FHCRCVAX.BITNET@OLY.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU
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