Info-Vax-REQUEST@KL.SRI.COM (Ramon Curiel) (05/03/87)
Info-Vax Digest Saturday, 2 May 1987 Volume 0 : Issue 6 Today's Topics: re: ringing bell from vms RE: How do you ring bell in DCL file? Re: How do you ring bell in DCL file? VAX/VMS spelling checkers Help with setting a VT132 terminal properly ULTRIX f77 compiler problem cableshare RFI Ringing bells Re: VAXstation II/GPX and options ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 May 87 09:12:34 PDT From: tencati@Jpl-VLSI.ARPA Subject: re: ringing bell from vms The following procedure will ring the terminal bell: $ Bell[0,7] = 7 $ write sys$output bell $ exit Ron Tencati JPL-VLSI.ARPA ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 May 87 12:08 EDT From: Bob Stodola <STODOLA%xrt.upenn.edu@cis.upenn.edu> I am interested in locating a VMS driver for an AED-512 parallel interface. Can anybody point me in the right direction? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 May 87 10:57 From: McGuire_Ed%GRINNELL.Mailnet@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA Subject: RE: How do you ring bell in DCL file? > Date: 29 Apr 87 16:32:37 GMT > From: siemens!jrv@princeton.edu (James R Vallino) > Subject: How do you ring bell in DCL file? > > I would like to have the terminal bell rung from within a DCL command > file. Is there a way to specify control characters within a string > used with a 'write sys$output' statement? Can the control character be > entered "raw" into the string or is there a character escape mechanism? > > I tried everything I could think of and didn't see anything in the orange > wall of manuals. Right now I 'type' a file which has a single bell character > in it. > > Thanks. > Jim Vallino > Siemens Research and Technology Lab. > Princeton, NJ > CSNET: jrv@siemens.siemens-rtl.com > UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,philabs}!princeton!siemens!jrv $ BEL[0,8]=7 This loads 8 bits starting with bit 0 of the numeric symbol BEL with the appropriate value. See the DCL manual for details. Ed <MCGUIRE@GRIN2.BITNET> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 May 87 15:02:35 EDT From: Art McClinton <art@mitre.arpa> Subject: Re: How do you ring bell in DCL file? I would like to have the terminal bell rung from within a DCL command file. Is there a way to specify control characters within a string used with a 'write sys$output' statement? Can the control character be entered "raw" into the string or is there a character escape mechanism? Several ways to do what you want. 1) you could create a Bell character in a symbol with the following $ BELL[0,7]=%O07 $ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "''BELL' DING DONG" 2) You could also modify your typing of the file to be the following $ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT SYS$INPUT THIS IS THE FIRST LINE OF TEXT OUTPUT THIS IS THE SECOND LINE OF TEXT... BELL CHARACTERS ARE INSERTED WITHIN THE TEXT AS DESIRED USING LYOUR EDITOR OF CHOICE. $ NEXT DCL STATEMENT. I tried everything I could think of and didn't see anything in the orange wall of manuals. The Introduction to VMS DCL Command Procedures has the information you are looking for. ------------------------------ Date: Fri May 1 15:45:59 1987 From: TDOWNEY@cc8.bbn.com Subject: VAX/VMS spelling checkers Has anyone had experience with spelling checkers for VAX/VMS, such as DECspell? Is DECspell good? Are there better ones? I find UNIX "spell" and "edtypo" are adequate for what I need. The main use will be for checking the spelling in LaTeX documents. Tom Downey BBN Communications Corp. tdowney@cc8.bbn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri 1 May 87 16:10:34-EDT From: Tim Lee <OC.LEE@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU> Subject: Help with setting a VT132 terminal properly Hi, I have a problem with a DEC VT132 terminal. It deals with deleting of characters by the backspace key on the keyboard. Basically the backspace key works fine until I go into EDT screen mode. After I exit EDT, when I use the backspace key, all the erased characters are echoed back to the left of the cursor. These are the terminal settings and the terminal is connected to a RS232 port. Scroll = 1 SHIFTED = 0 AutoRepeat = 1 WRAP AROUND = 0 Screen = 0 NEW LINE = 0 Cursor = 1 INTERLACE = 0 MARGIN BELL = 1 RECEIVE PARITY = 0 KEYCLICK = 1 RESERVED = 0 ANSI/VT52 = 1 LOCAL ECHO = 0 Auto XON/XOFF = 1 POWER = 0 Has anybody ever seen this problem before. Is there a fix or that is the way it works ? Thanks, Tim PS: Please send mail to either of the following sites: Bitnet: sy$lee@cuchem Arpanet: oc.lee@cu20b.columbia.edu Thanks again to all in advance... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 May 87 14:29:59 PDT From: carl@CitHex.Caltech.Edu Subject: ULTRIX f77 compiler problem When I try compiling the following program with ULTRIX's alleged FORTRAN 77 compiler, it bombs. INTEGER*4 MA,MH, MHA(1),MHB(1) WRITE(6,830) ((MHA(MA) , MHB(MA)), MA=1,MH ) 830 FORMAT(2I5) END The error messages are: test.f: MAIN: Error on line 2 of test.f: invalid complex constant Compiler error line 2 of test.f: Impossible tag 0 in routine fixtype compiler error. Is there anybody out there running ULTRIX who has seen this problem before and who can tell me what I'm doing wrong (other than using ULTRIX in the first place)? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 May 87 14:28 MST From: <KIEFFER%UNCAEDU.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu> Subject: cableshare RFI A long time ago an request for information was posted asking for information about Cableshare. One of our systems people used to work for the company. Rom Kieffer ------------------------------------------------ From: UCEDU::KOZLOWSKI 30-APR-1987 15:02 To: UCEDU::KIEFFER Subj: RE: cableshare request for info I've finally gotten around to this request for information about Cableshare's LSIX25. I had worked on them when I was with Cableshare, and they are quite a good product. The hardware is produced by DEC, and can be anywhere from the PDP11/03 to the PDP11/73, depending on the speed required. The software is quite robust; it underwent very strenuous testing by Ford Credit in Dearborn. The LSI will significantly reduce the I/O load on the mainframe, since data arrives in clumps, and most of the x25 protocol is handled in the LSI. It has options like DMA transfer that can really move data if the application requests it. I understand that Cableshare has just sold the network operation to a company in London, ONT call Microtronix. I don't know anything about this company, but I hope they provide good support. The LSI is one of the best network interfaces abvailable. It's main problem is that it was never properly marketed. ------------------------------ Date: 1 May 87 17:54:00 EDT From: "ARTIC::GAYMAN" <gayman%artic.decnet@ari-hq1.arpa> Reply-to: "ARTIC::GAYMAN" <gayman%artic.decnet@ari-hq1.arpa> Subject: Ringing bells Jim Vallino - $ bell[0,7] = 7 $ write sys$output "''bell'" Elizabeth Gayman (GAYMAN@ARI-HQ1.ARPA) > I would like to have the terminal bell rung from within a DCL command > file. Is there a way to specify control characters within a string > used with a 'write sys$output' statement? Can the control character be > entered "raw" into the string or is there a character escape mechanism? > ------------------------------ Date: Fri 1 May 87 17:15:34-PDT From: David Roode <ROODE@BIONET-20.ARPA> Subject: Re: VAXstation II/GPX and options Regarding the issue of ease of working on the BA23 vs. the BA123 MicroVax box: It turns out that the commonly used tower-stand for the BA23 is the thing that makes it hard to work on the BA23. There is a rack mount kit to take the actual BA23 out of the tower stand and mount it in the 19" rack with other things like disks and tapes. In this configuration, the BA23 is probably easier to work on than the BA123. ------------------------------ End of Info-Vax Digest **********************