dan@cit-vax.ARPA (04/23/84)
From: Dan Whelan <dan@cit-vax.ARPA> We are in the process of installing an Ikonas framebuffer on a VAX that is running 4.2bsd. The ik driver supplied with 4.2 isn't functionally equivalent to the driver provided by Adage. We'd like to use the Adage acceptance test and diaganostic routines as well as their library. Unfortunately, the Adage driver doesn't quite fit into 4.2. Has anyone got an Ikonas framebuffer (an RDS-3000) running on a 4.2 system? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Dan
mike@BRL-TGR.ARPA (04/26/84)
From: Mike Muuss <mike@BRL-TGR.ARPA> We have the Adage software running on an Ikonas framebuffer, with both an Adage-style interface, and a UNIX-style one (lseeks). All the diagnostics work under 4.2 (thanks to the tireless efforts of Terry Slattery and Steve Satterfield of USNA fixing up all the junky FORTRAN). Contace me individually, and I'll provide you with sources. Best, -Mike Muuss (301)-278-6678 AV 283-6678 FTS 939-6678 ArpaNet: Mike @ BRL UUCP: ...!{decvax,research}!brl-bmd!mike Postal: Mike Muuss Leader, Advanced Computer Systems Team Computer Techniques and Analysis Branch Systems Engineering and Concepts Analysis Division U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory Attn: DRSMC-BLB (Muuss) APG, MD 21005
dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale) (05/01/84)
I have a driver for the Ikonas 3000 that runs under 4.2BSD. It is basically the Adage-supplied one (which is really Ron Gordon's driver) rewritten to run under 4.2 and provide the same interface. It also has a few improvements. Ron also has a copy of it. Since it's really his driver, I'd prefer that people request it from him first, unless you already are running his driver and just want the changed version for 4.2. Ron's address is allegra!rdg. Warning: even when you get the new driver, you can't run the Ikonas acceptance tests. The diagnostics use octal format all over the place, and the 4.2BSD F77 library doesn't support octal anymore. Has anyone gotten around this? Dave Martindale
rick@rochester.UUCP (05/01/84)
I got around the problem of Ikonas diagnostics using octal I/O by (*blech*) putting octal I/O back into the F77 runtime library. This was under 4.1C. I don't know if the F77 runtime changed in going from 4.1C to 4.2. The Ikonas acceptance test is very pretty, but it's not clear that it was worth it... rick floyd uucp: (seismo | allegra)!rochester!rick arpa: rick@rochester