root@texbell.UUCP (Greg Hackney) (12/08/88)
One of our Pyramids has the "DMD" software package for "layers". In trying to run layers on an AT&T 615mt windowing terminal, an error message indicated that the terminal had an incompatible firmware version. As I understand it, the package is supposed to check the firmware version, and download code into the terminal if necessary. Does anyone know if the Pyramid DMD package supports the 615mt terminal, and if so, is there a firmware version requirement? Thanks in advance. -- Greg Hackney NET: cs.utexas.edu!texbell!hack S.W. Bell Telephone Co. UUCP: {backbone}!bellcore!texbell!hack Dallas, Texas "What hath God wrought?"
csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) (12/09/88)
In article <264@texbell.UUCP> root@texbell.UUCP (Greg Hackney) writes: >In trying to run layers on an AT&T 615mt windowing terminal, an error message >indicated that the terminal had an incompatible firmware version. > >As I understand it, the package is supposed to check the firmware version, >and download code into the terminal if necessary. layers insists that a layersys download file exist for every type of layers terminal, whether one is needed or not. The 615, 620, and 630 don't need a download file; so you just create one of zero length. The layersys download files are in the directory /usr/dmd/lib/layersys/; my directory looks like this: -rw-r--r-- 1 bin 0 Apr 28 1987 /usr/dmd/lib/layersys/lsys.8;0;5 -rw-r--r-- 1 bin 0 Mar 2 1988 /usr/dmd/lib/layersys/lsys.8;4;5 -rw-r--r-- 1 bin 150810 Mar 2 1988 /usr/dmd/lib/layersys/lsys.8;7;3 -rw-r--r-- 1 bin 0 Mar 2 1988 /usr/dmd/lib/layersys/lsys.8;7;5 -rw-r--r-- 1 bin 0 Mar 2 1988 /usr/dmd/lib/layersys/lsys.8;8;5 -rw-r--r-- 1 bin 0 Aug 14 1987 /usr/dmd/lib/layersys/lsys.8;8;6 The lsys.8;0;5 file is the one needed by the 615. The one non-zero file is for the early versions of the 5620. This is also the file list being shipped with the OSx 4.4 release of the DMD software. If you don't have the latest version, you should get it; there have been some important bug fixes. There is also a PTF for OSx 4.4 to fix a bug in the handling of "encoding" mode. <csg>