gaska.pasa@XEROX.COM (03/27/90)
There is a product called Alpine which runs on Suns and allows file transfer (XNSFTP), printing, etc. Below you will find some messages relating to this product. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 24 May 89 18:56:08 PDT (Wednesday) Subject: *****XISDEPUBLIC HAS MOVED AGAIN**** From: Ira Scharfglass To: XisdeInterest:All Areas, AlpineSunUsers:All Areas ALL, Sorry for the confusion! Our Network Support people in El Segundo have been good enough to provide us with a File Drawer that has lots of room. We will be using this drawer for upcoming releases of several tools. Stay Tuned! The new drawer is located on LOON:ES PUBLIC. The drawer is still called XISDEPUBLIC. Thanks, Ira **PLEASE NOTE** For the time being, Alpine will remain on MEC:ES PUBLIC in the XISDE file drawer. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 20 Jun 89 09:47:04 PDT (Tuesday) Subject: Alpine 1.1 Is Released From: AIshigo To: AlpineSunUsers:All Areas cc: XISDESupport:All Areas Reply-to: XISDESupport:All Areas All, The latest version of Alpine is now released. Please note that version numbers have changed -- we are now starting with version 1.1 (the previous version was 8.1). This is to get a common release numbering with the Xerox Systems Institute (XSI) version of Alpine. Release and installation procedures have also changed. The release is now separated into 2 different parts: 1) Kernel, 2) Applications. This will enable us to get bug fixes out faster and make things easier for users to retrieve. What's new in this release: 1) GAP telnet server support. 2) Bug fixes to various utilities: xnsftp 1) Defunct processes on the server machine created during file transfer with another Sun machine using xnsftp. (AR #2) 2) Connection dropped on access error. (AR #3) 3) "put" storing wrong file. (AR #20) (AR #21) 4) Retrieving files from a Sun brought the wrong files over. (AR #11) 5) Cannot run from shell script. (AR #12) xnsprint 1) Printing multiple files have same job name and document name. (AR #18) mail 1) Problem in sendmail.cf file, not allowing unix mail to be retrieved. 3) Globbing on file servers fixed (caused wrong files to be retrieved from the Sun when using wildcards). The files for the kernel release are on: [Loon:ES Public:Xerox]XISDEPublic/Alpine/Sun[3|4]/1.1 README!1 XNSSun[3|4]Binary.tar.tf.Z!1 XNSSun[3|4]Binary.tar.Z!1 XNSSun[3|4]Export.tar.tf.Z!1 XNSSun[3|4]Export.tar.Z!1 XNSSun[3|4]Libs.tar.tf.Z!1 XNSSun[3|4]Libs.tar.Z!1 XNSSun[3|4]Release.tar.tf.Z!1 XNSSun[3|4]Release.tar.Z!1 *** Please read the README before attempting any of the installations. *** The "Binary" distribution file is for the making of custom kernels. The "Export" and "Release" files contain a GENERIC EXPORT and GENERIC kernel respectively. The "Libs" file contains the XNS libraries for applications developers. The kernel distributions only contain the kernel and servers. Applications must be retrieved separately. *** IMPORTANT FOR SUN 3 USERS *** In order to use the latest release of Alpine which supports the GAP Telnet Server, you must install the SunOS 4.0.1 patch fix for "LGKERNEL". Without this fix the kernel will crash sporadically. Consult the SunOS 4.0.1 patch instructions for this fix. The documentation directory is set up on: [Loon:ES Public:Xerox]XISDEPublic/Alpine/Doc The documentation is stored as Interpress masters and the Alpine problem report templates are also here. The Alpine source directory is set up on: [Loon:ES Public:Xerox]XISDEPublic/Alpine/Source We are in the process of storing the sources out and they should be ready in a few days. The files for the Applications are on: [Loon:ES Public:Xerox]XISDEPublic/AlpineAppls/ Doc - man pages, ascii files Sun[3|4]/1.1 - executables/scripts Source - source code of the applications (.tar.Z) Data - dirs containing icons, cm files, etc. The usual Alpine applications are located here (xnslogin, xnsftp, xnstelnet, etc.) as are some newer tools: PrintStatusTool - SunView-based printer query tool PrintTool - SunView-based printing tool RemoteBrowser - SunView-based browser (like XDE RemoteBrowser) XNSFileTool - SunView-based file tool (like XDE FileTool) A duplicate file drawer is being set-up on the East coast ([Pueblo3:Henr801c:Xerox]). An announcement will be broadcast when the drawer is completed. Address problems to XISDESupport:All Areas:Xerox. The XISDE Implementors ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 20 Jun 89 13:26:55 PDT (Tuesday) Subject: New Sun Applications Available From: XISDE To: XISDEInterest:All Areas, AlpineSunUsers:All Areas, SunUsers:All Areas, MesaHacks:All Areas cc: XISDESupport:All Areas Reply-to: XISDESupport:All Areas All, The public access file server directory, [Loon:ES Public:Xerox]XISDEPublic/SunChest, now contains assorted Sun application programs. The directory has the following structure: XISDEPublic/SunChest Doc - man pages and plain ascii files Sun3 - executables/scripts for Sun3 machines 3.5 - SunOS 3.5 4.0 - SunOS 4.0 Sun4 - executables/scripts for Sun4 machines 3.5 - SunOS 3.5 4.0 - SunOS 4.0 Source - source code of the applications (.tar.Z) Data - dirs containing icons, cm files, etc. The tools currently in the directory are: calctool SunView-based calculator calentool SunView-based calendar tool ipprinting Interpress printing utilities (includes part of the IP Toolkit) tartool SunView-based tar utility XDEdit SunView-based editor with XDE feel Tools will continue to be added to this directory, both supported and unsupported. The directory is currently world-readable. Tools in this directory were contributed by both members of XISDE and outside sources. XISDE will attempt to correct any bugs in any of the tools in this directory, but will only be personally responsible for tools that XISDE wrote. Documentation for the tools will explicitly state the origins of the tool. Future release messages will be broadcast to XISDEInterest:All Areas only. You can add yourself using Maintain or VPMaintain. Those interested in contributing tools to this directory should send a note describing the tool to XISDEImplementors:ES Public:Xerox. ~ The XISDE Implementors ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 27 Jun 89 13:59:34 PDT (Tuesday) Subject: New Sun Application: xnsbrownie From: XISDESupport:All Areas To: XISDEInterest:All Areas, AlpineSunUsers:All Areas Reply-to: XISDESupport:All Areas xnsbrownie, a C language version of the XDE Brownie tool using XNS protocols, is now available from [Loon:ES Public:Xerox]/XISDEPublic/AlpineAppls/ Sun3|Sun4/1.1 -- executables Source -- source code as .tar.Z Brownie is a file transfer tool which copies a number of files and/or directories from a remote machine to the local machine. It reads and executes file transfer commands, along with optional automatic start and stop times, from a user-specified file. This tool was developed by Gregg Bonikowski. Questions regarding xnsbrownie should be directed to XISDESupport:All Areas:Xerox. XISDE Support ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 13 Jul 89 08:53:54 PDT (Thursday) Subject: Releasing dumpster, IPCamera and ProfileTool From: XISDESupport:All Areas To: XISDEInterest:All Areas Reply-to: XISDESupport:All Areas Three new SunView-based applications are now released: dumpster: a file dumping program that takes a file and translates it into binary, octal, hex, or decimal code with an option to display it with its ascii characters. IPCamera: similar to the XDE tool IPCamera, this tool captures and formats screen bitmaps for printing on Interpress and PostScript printers. ProfileTool: allows a user to edit global information kept by xnshelper, such as XNS login name and XNS password. These values in turn are used by such tools as xnsftp, xnsprint, etc. Similar to the XDE ProfileTool. All of these tools are Xerox internal tools and therefore are supported. dumpster and IPCamera are available from: [Loon:ES Public:Xerox]XISDEPublic/SunChest ProfileTool is available from: [Loon:ES Public:Xerox]XISDEPublic/AlpineAppls ~ The XISDE Implementors ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 25 Jul 89 08:21:28 PDT (Tuesday) Subject: Alpine Programming Guide Available From: Ira Scharfglass To: AlpineSunUsers:All Areas Reply-to: Ira Scharfglass All, The electronic version of the programming guide is finally available. It can be found in the documentation folder for Alpine on both the east and the west coasts. Please see the note below before printing. Ira - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: Mala Chana:ES AE:Xerox Subject: Printing of XNS for UNIX V.3 Programming Guide Date: 24-July-89 (Monday) 14:53:11 PDT To: Ira Scharfglass Copies: MChana:ES AE In reply to: Mala Chana:ES AE:Xerox Note: The XNS for UNIX V.3 Programming Guide was originally created using the old XC1-1-1 Optima font. In order to print this Guide in its9 original form, the old Optima font has to be loaded onto a 3700 printer with fps pointing to it. - Mala ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 25 Jul 89 10:20:43 PDT (Tuesday) Subject: *NEW CONTACT FOR ALPINE LICENSES* From: Ira Scharfglass To: AlpineSunUsers:All Areas cc: XisdeInterest:All Areas All, Those interested in obtaining a license for the Alpine XNS Software should message Sally Robinson (Robinson:El Segundo), who will be helping with the administering of Alpine Licenses. We currently have over 500 machines licensed! Thanks, Ira ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 11 Aug 89 14:15:35 PDT (Friday) Subject: Two new SunView Applications - bounx and xeras From: XISDESupport:All Areas To: XISDEInterest:All Areas Reply-to: XISDESupport:All Areas bounx and xeras are two applications that display and convert files of different Xerox bitmap formats. bounx is a demo that conveniently may be used as a screen saver. It will repeatedly move a set of bitmaps around on the screen surface until interrupted by the user. xeras converts bitmaps of various Xerox formats to Sun Raster files. These new applications are available on [Loon:ES Public:Xerox]/XISDEPublic/SunChest/ Doc/bounx.1, bounx.txt -- man page and human-readable doc Sun3/4.0/bounx -- executable Sun4/4.0/bounx -- executable Source/bounx.tar.Z -- sources Doc/xeras.1, xeras.txt -- man page and human-readable doc Sun3/4.0/xeras -- executable Sun4/4.0/xeras -- executable Source/xeras.tar.Z -- sources These tools come to us from Lennart Lovstrand of Rank Xerox EuroPARC. Questions regarding them should be directed to XISDESupport:All Areas:Xerox. XISDE Support ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 14 Aug 89 16:07:14 PDT (Monday) Subject: Re: Two new SunView Applications - bounx and xeras From: XISDESupport:All Areas To: XISDEInterest:All Areas Reply-to: XISDESupport:All Areas Contrary to the release notice, the sources for xeras and bounx are bundled together in the file bounx.tar.Z, and the file xeras.tar.Z does not exist on Loon:ES Public. Sorry for any confusion this has caused. XISDE Support ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 15 Sep 89 09:14:16 PDT (Friday) Subject: Next Alpine Releases From: Ira Scharfglass To: AlpineSunUsers:All Areas cc: XisdeImplementors:ES Public, Ira Scharfglass, DFranco, Robinson All, As a result of the extremely large user base Alpine has attracted (over 600 Suns within Xerox alone), we have decided to be more formal about our testing of future releases in order to ensure a better quality product that meets the requirements of our many customers. We have decided to adopt the formal test plan prepared by the Xerox Systems Institute for Alpine in addition to an adobe database to track problems. During the testing of the release that was scheduled for this month, several problems have arisen which have caused me to beleive that the release is not of sufficient quality to meet the needs of our users. As a result, I have decided to delay this release until the quality has reached a sufficient level. When a new date has been established, I will notify this DL. We in XISDE have received many requests for support under SUNOS 4.0.3, as well as support for the new Sparcstation (4/60) and the new Sun 3/80. In order to meet the needs of those of you that need this support now, we have decided to make the following available immediatly: 1). A generic Kernel for support of 4.0.3 on SUN 39s (68020 and 68030) based 2). A generic Kernel for SUNOS 4.0.3 on Sparcstations(Old SUN 4 and new SUN 4/60) 3). A patch kit that will allow users who build their own Kernels to build them for the machines listed above. ALL OF THESE KERNELS ARE BASED ON THE RELEASE OF ALPINE CURRENTLY IN THE FIELD(1.1). NO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN FIXED. The following contains details on what I have outlined above: ****PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THE README.PATCH FILE BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS UPGRADE**** The patch files and associated README files have been stored out onto: [Loon:ES Public]XISDEPublic/Alpine/Sun[3|4]/1.1 The files are: README.PATCH XNSSun68020Patch.tar.Z -- 68020-based Sun3s XNSSun68030Patch.tar.Z -- 68030-based Sun3s XNSSunSparcIPatch.tar.Z -- old Sun4s XNSSunSparcIIPatch.tar.Z -- Sparcstations README.PATCH will provide the instructions for installing the patch. Following this, the normal Alpine 1.1 installation instructions should be followed. Each patch file contains a GENERIC kernel (DOMESTIC only) and also the objects necessary if the user wishes to build a custom kernel. *** INTERNATIONAL USERS PLEASE NOTE. THE GENERIC EXPORT KERNEL IS NOT YET AVAILABLE***** These files will be moved to our east coast release drawer in the next few days. As always, please message XisdeSupport:All Areas (NOT ME) with any questions or problems you may have. Thanks, Ira ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 18 Dec 89 14:15:06 PST (Monday) Subject: Forwarding: Help needed on installing Alpine onto a Sun 3/80... PLEASE !! From: Edwards E Reed To: Graham Watson:BRIDGE HOUSE:rxuk cc: XISDESUPPORT:ALL AREAS, AlpineSunUsers:All Areas Reply-to: Edwards E Reed Graham - Yes, you9ve been had by the :generic: Alpine distribution copy of :/etc/rc.local:. The file contains a line which sets the default domain and tries to start yellow pages...inappropriate for most of us outside of El Segundo. Boot into single user mode (if all else fails, press L1-A to halt the processor, then say :b /vmunix -s: and hit return). Then, look and see if the install script saved the /etc/rc.local file as rc.local.old or something. If possible, put the old rc.local file back into place, then edit it yourself. As an alternative, edit the rc.local file yourself. You9ll want to comment out stuff not appropriate to your environment - at least the ypbind stuff, if you9re not running yellow pages. Or, change the name of /usr/etc/ypbind so the if test in the rc.local script can9t find it and doesn9t run it. What9s happending is that you9ve told the system that your domain name is :esae1.xerox.com: and that you are not a yellow pages server, so ypbind is trying to locate the yellow pages server for your domain (esae1.xerox.com). The goal is to stop it form doing that. Generally, I9ve always avoided installing the Alpine rc.local script, and simply edited our own to execute /etc/xnsup as the xns startup script. Good luck. Ed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: Graham Watson:BRIDGE HOUSE:rxuk Subject: Help needed on installing Alpine onto a Sun 3/80... PLEASE !! Date: 18-December-89 (Monday) 13:12:58 EST To: XISDESUPPORT:ALL AREAS Copies: AlpineSunUsers:All Areas Answer to: Graham Watson:BRIDGE HOUSE:rxuk In reply to: Graham Watson:bridge house:RXUK Note: HELP ! I currently have a Sun 3/80 sat on my desk, which won't boot fully up, but is just sat there, occasionally issuing plaintive little 'yp: server not responding for domain :esae1.xerox.com:; still trying.' messages. I have just 'installed' Alpine for Sun/3 on it, following the instructions in the README file by Alan Ishigo for an export generic kernel. I am not an expert with Suns (I got this thing today), but am more familiar with AT&T V.3. Could somebody tell me how to get the beast past this message so that I can inform it that it can't go near xerox.com (In fact, because of the Xerox IRS, it can't get out of the building until I get Alpine working!) I've already trashed my vmunix by turning the machine off, and am now running on vmunix.generic. Alternatively, could somebody tell me the network address of esae1.xerox.com, so that I can fire up another machine with that address (remember that we are 'TCP/IP isolated' here) and get the Sun to realise that it doesn't really want to talk to esae1 anyway ? If anyone could give me any information on how it got hold of esae1 as a good place to be, and suggestions on what to do about it, I will have a much happier Christmas ! Many Thanks, and sorry for the Brain Dump ! Graham ----------------------------------------------------------------
gng%soc.surrey.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK ("G. Nigel Gilbert") (09/01/94)
We have an 8000 server, an 8040 laser printer, and a 300 Mbyte 'Trident' (?) disk attached to the server. The server is on an Ethernet which is also used by Suns (and Macs). Although we used to do lots of work on our 4 1186s, that project has now ended and we don't anticipate continuing work with them; besides the 1186 screens are in a poor way (bad focus, dead, etc). What we'd like to do is to continue to use the 8000 server and in particular the 300 Mb disk, accesing it from our Suns (one SparcStation 1, one 386i). The Suns do NOT run Interlisp-D (they are mainly used for Quintus prolog). Questions: Is there code which would allow the Suns to make use of the 8000 filestore in a manner which would make it appear like any (NFS mountable) volume? If not, is there any other way we could make use of the server/filestore? Is there any use we could make of the printer? -- or do I have to bow to the inevitable, pull the plug and get the scrap merchant to take the server and printer away (that would be a sad day). Thanks Nigel Gilbert, University of Surrey, UK