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This feature compresses the data written to a tape, increasing by up to three times the amount of data which can be stored on a single cartridge. Effective January 15, 1991, the system default will be changed so that all 3480 cartridges written at UKCC will use IDRC, unless your job specifically requests that it not be used. Since the use of IDRC is transparent to the application, this change will not necessitate any change to user jobs. The only jobs which should override the use of IDRC are those which create cartridges to be sent offsite. A cartridge created with IDRC can only be read on a drive equipped with IDRC, so a tape which is to be sent to a site which may not have IDRC-capable drives should override IDRC. This is done by adding the parameter TRTCH=NOCOMP to the DCB of your output tape. If you have any questions or need help with this, contact a Consultant in 110 McVey Hall, 257-2249, suggest@ukcc.uky.edu. -- Matt Simpson ********************************************************************* UKCC SHORT COURSES The following short courses are free to all UK faculty, staff, and students, but preregistration is required. If you register for a course and then find that you can't attend, please cancel your registration by calling 257-UKCC. Failure to do so may jeopardize your right to register for future UKCC short courses. There are several ways you can register, depending on the class: * You can register online -- some classes require online registration. Just enter VIEW UKCC SHORTCOURSE on your CMS account and follow the menus. * You can register by calling 257-UKCC (this is Voice Mail Exchange; your registration will be confirmed by phone within five days). Many of these classes don't require any knowledge or experience with any computer system. If there are prerequisites for a particular class, they'll be listed in the class description. If you have questions about class content or bypassing prerequisites, call the instructor for that class. INTRODUCTION TO VM/CMS AND XEDIT January 29 and 30 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall February 5 and 6 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall A basic introduction to interactive use of the IBM 3090, this class presumes no previous knowledge of the IBM or any other computer system. You'll learn how to access the computer, how to create and manage files on your account, and how to use online tools such as CALENDAR and VIEW. You'll also learn how to use the CMS text editor, XEDIT, to create and modify individual files. This course will be taught in two two-hour sessions. Both sessions will provide hands-on practice of the commands that are covered. You'll be given a class computer account which will remain active for the duration of the course. This course will be offered twice during the Spring semester. Your instructor will be Chris Corman, 257-2243, chris@ukcc.uky.edu. INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC MAIL ON THE IBM January 31 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall February 7 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall An introduction to the MAIL command on the IBM 3090, this class is for the beginner. You'll learn how to create mail files and send them to other IBM system users, to Wang system users, and to Prime system users. We'll also cover the use of Bitnet to communicate with individuals at other academic centers around the world, and you'll learn how to read incoming mail and some techniques for storing old mail. We'll discuss how to create and maintain a NAMES file of individuals with whom you frequently correspond. You'll be taught the logon sequence and some basic CMS background before we begin the discussion of MAIL. This class presumes no previous knowledge of the IBM 3090 or any other computer system. You'll be given a CMS account for the duration of the course and will receive hands-on instruction for all the commands covered. Your instructor will be Chris Corman, 257-2243, chris@ukcc.uky.edu. INTRODUCTION TO SAS February 5 and 7 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall SAS is a collection of powerful and flexible data management and statistical analysis procedures that allow you to create and analyze libraries of data files on the IBM 3090. This two-session course will emphasize simple data manipulation and general syntax, and is designed for new and inexperienced SAS users. CMS and XEDIT knowledge is prerequisite. Your instructor will be Lorinda Wang (ukc333@ukcc.uky.edu, 257-2204), and online registration is required for this course. INTRODUCTION TO SAS/GRAPH February 25 and 27 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall SAS/GRAPH is a collection of SAS PROCs that can be used to draw text in various fonts; plot values in the x-y plane with various curves; draw three-dimensional and contour plots of functions; display bar, pie, star, and block charts; and plot several different map displays using SAS datasets for county, state, and country boundaries on the IBM 3090. The Introduction to SAS short course, described above, is a prerequisite. Lorinda Wang will be your instructor (257-2204, ukc333@ukcc.uky.edu). Online registration is required for this course. INTRODUCTION TO SPSS-X February 4 and 6 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall SPSS-X is a powerful program for displaying and analyzing data on the IBM 3090. This course is designed for those who have little or no knowledge of SPSS-X, but do have experience with CMS or have completed the Introduction to VM/CMS & XEDIT class, described above. Your instructor will be Steve Thomson (257-2259, steve@ukcc.uky.edu), and online registration is required for this course. GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS February 12 and 14 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall Traditional linear models, i.e., linear regression and ANOVA models, relate the mean of a random variable to some linear combination of predictors. Generalized linear models relate a function of the mean to a linear combination of predictors. This simple modification allows logistic and probit regression, log-linear modeling, and most other univariate maximum likelihood techniques to be performed similar to the usual regression techniques. This two-session course will review some of the theory of such generalized linear models, as well as their analysis using the interactive VM/CMS program GLIM. Your instructor will be Steve Thomson (257-2259, steve@ukcc.uky.edu). GENERAL LINEAR MODELS IN SAS February 18, 20, and 22 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall This course will cover features of SAS procedures for the analysis of univariate and multivariate linear models. The course will review the use of SAS procedures for multiple regression and the analysis of balanced and unbalanced designs. Included will be an overview of the various regression diagnostics in PROC REG, including the specification test and the part and partial correlations, a discussion of the various types of sums of squares in PROC GLM and PROC REG, hints on analyzing repeated measures designs, and a review of the various multiple comparisons. The course is designed to be of help to those who need to analyze many different linear models in SAS. Completion of the Introduction to SAS short course, or equivalent experience in SAS, plus some experience with regression or ANOVA are prerequisite. VS FORTRAN DEBUGGER AND ISPF February 11 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 327 McVey Hall The VS FORTRAN Debugger is a powerful tool for correcting run-time errors in your programs. We will cover batch-mode debugging as well as interactive debugging under ISPF. Enrollment is limited to ten. Online registration is required for this course, and your instructor will be Alan Audette (257-2191, alan@ukcc.uky.edu). USING AIX ON THE IBM 3090-600J March 11 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. 327 McVey Hall AIX is an UNIX system designed for the IBM 3090. We will begin with the basics and progress quickly to an overview of its advanced features. Topics will include using the IBM 3090's vector architecture, interfacing to a workstation, using X-windows, and a review of available software packages. Your instructor will be Alan Audette (257-2191, alan@ukcc.uky.edu), and online registration is required. PROTRAN & ELLPACK: TWO PACKAGES FOR SOLVING PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS April 8 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. 327 McVey Hall Both of these packages offer a non-procedural language for solving PDEs. They are relatively easy to use and include graphic output of solutions. You will learn how to use them and actually solve some sample problems. Enrollment is limited to ten. Online registration is required; your instructor will be Alan Audette (257-2191, alan@ukcc.uky.edu). ADVANCED FORTRAN TOPICS & VECTORIZATION January 23 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. 327 McVey Hall The course will cover changes in coding FORTRAN due to hardware upgrades to the IBM 3090 made over the summer, and the new FORTRAN Version 2, Release 5 features. It is also an introduction to using the vector facility on the IBM 3090-600J. Vectorization reduces the amount of time needed to process DO loops by concurrently processing the DO loop elements. Vectorization will work on unmodified code, but program speedup can be increased by proper coding techniques. A good background in FORTRAN is prerequisite, as well as familiarity with CMS and XEDIT. Your instructor will be Alan Audette (257-2191, alan@ukcc.uky.edu), and online registration is required. ********************************************************************* MICRO LAB HOURS The Micro Lab in 107 McVey Hall will be on an abbreviated schedule during December and January because of the holidays. Regular hours will be observed until Finals Week: Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. For December and the beginning of January: Dec. 2 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Dec. 3 to 6 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Dec. 7 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Dec. 8 Closed Dec. 9 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Dec. 10 to 14 (Finals) 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Dec. 15 to 16 Closed Dec. 17 to 21 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Dec. 22 through Jan. 1 Closed Jan. 2 to 4 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Jan. 5 to 6 Closed Jan. 7 to 11 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Jan. 12 to 13 Closed Jan. 14 to 17 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Jan. 18 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Jan. 19 Closed Jan. 20 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Jan. 21 Closed Micro Lab hours beginning January 14, 1991, will be Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., except for January 21 when the Lab will be closed in observance of M.L. King, Jr. Day. ********************************************************************* HOLIDAY SCHEDULE Tuesday, December 25, through Tuesday, January 1, is an official UK holiday. Monday, January 21 is also an official UK holiday. The UKCC offices, Micro Lab, and Consulting Room will be closed during those dates. The Data Center and Users' Rooms in 103 and 111 McVey Hall will be open from Noon until 12:30 a.m. The IBM and Prime systems will be in operation, as usual. ********************************************************************* BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET Many bulletin board systems exist on the Internet and are accessible via telnet. They vary greatly in functionality and amount of usage. Please keep in mind that bulletin boards go up and down quite often so this list may quickly be obsolete. The TELNET command shown in this document must be executed on a system that is connected to the Internet. QUARTZ Quartz is the largest and most successful of the Internet bulletin board systems. It is run by Rutgers University and uses a bulletin board system software package known as Citadel. Quartz has 100 different messaging areas on a wide variety of topics and also has a chat facility. To access it, enter telnet quartz.rutgers.edu login: bbs FREENET Freenet is a bulletin board system for the City of Cleveland and is run by Case Western Reserve University. Freenet contains message bases and Internet mail among its services. To access Freenet, telnet freenet-in-a.cwru.edu The first time you are on, log in as a visitor, and then apply for an account. You will later receive your account in the US mail. UNC The University of North Carolina has an Internet bulletin board system. It has a message base, Usenet access, and Internet mail among its features. To access: telnet samba.acs.unc.edu login: bbs THE MARS HOTEL The Mars Hotel is a BBS system at Mississippi State University. It has a nice user interface, message base, chat facility, mail, and file transfers. Unfortunately, response is very slow. To use the Mars Hotel: telnet mars.ee.msstate.edu login: bbs PICAYUNE Picayune is a BBS run by North Dakota State University. It has a message base and downloads available. Network access from UKCC to NDSU is very slow. telnet star96.nodak.edu Enter service class: 20 TWIN PEAKS LIST If you're a Twin Peaks fan, here's your chance to discuss your theories with other fans. Just enter TELL NICBBS@BITNIC BBOARD SUBSCRIBE TWIN_PEAKS and enjoy. -- Billy Barron Editor's Note: This article was adapted from the October 1990 issue of the University of North Texas Computing Center Newsletter, Benchmarks. ********************************************************************* SERVERS AND ELECTRONIC MAGAZINES This is an abbreviated list of network servers and magazines. You can also send the command GET BITNET USERHELP as the first line of a mail message to one of the NETSERV servers listed in this document. For more information about, or help with, Bitnet, contact a Consultant in 110 McVey Hall, 257-2249, suggest@ukcc.uky.edu. ARCHIVE-SERVER@DECWRL.DEC.COM DECWRL archive server This file server stores many interesting programs and recipes. Each command you send ARCHIVE- SERVER must be the first word on a line in a mail file. The archive server reads your entire message before it does anything, so you can have several different commands in a single message. Accepts commands via MAIL. ARCHIVE-SERVER@SUN.SOE.CLARKSON.EDU Clarkson University This server offers contributed LaTex and PostScript files. It accepts the commands HELP, INDEX, and SEND. Accepts commands via MAIL. ASTRADB@ICNUCEVM Istituto del C.N.R, Pisa ASTRA (Application Software and Technical Reports for Academia) is a joint project of IBM and CNR (the Italian National Research Council). The aim is to design and implement a free European service through EARN (European Academic and Research Network) for the distribution of information, software in public domain, and documentation about academic projects in education and research. To access ASTRA, apply for a subscription. This is done by sending the command SUBSCRIBE firstname lastname to ASTRADB@ICNUCEVM. You will receive the software ASTRA EXEC and a guide manual file through EARN. The ASTRA EXEC must be resident in the virtual machine in order to be able to access ASTRA. Note that this EXEC only runs on IBM VM systems. Accepts commands via MAIL or MESSAGE. BIALIK@BRANDEIS Brandeis University BIALIK is the first Bitnet server dedicated to the subject of poetry. The three commands that BIALIK accepts are POEM, INDEX, and HELP. All commands and qualifiers may be abbreviated to three letters. Accepts commands via MESSAGE. BIOSERVE@UMDC University of Maryland BIOSERVE is a network file server for BIOSCIence area. Currently, previous BIOTECH bulletins, SEQNET bulletins, and information on plasmid sequences are stored on the disk. Public domain data and software in biotechnology area will be available in future. Accepts commands via MAIL and MESSAGE. BIOSPHERE NEWSLETTER BioSphere newsletter may be of interest for those of you concerned about the problems facing our environment. To get a subscription, send this command to LISTSERV@UBVM: SUB BIOSPH-L your_full_name. Back issues of the magazine are available from the server UMNEWS@MAINE (on the MAGAZINE disk). DISTED The Online Journal of Distance Education and Communication Special Interest Group has two primary concerns: first, it is concerned with distance education as the organized method of reaching geographically disadvantaged learners; second, the Journal is interested in projects concerned with overcoming cultural barriers through the use of electronic communication. To subscribe, send the command to LISTSERV@UWAVM via mail or message: SUB DISTED your_full_name INTERNATIONAL INTERCULTURAL NEWSLETTER XCULT-L is an international intercultural newsletter written by undergraduate and graduate students at Penn State University who are enrolled in Speech Communication 497B: Cross-cultural Communication. Each week students write on a topic being discussed in class. Topics range from non- dominant cultures in the US to corporate cultures to the use of nonverbal communication in international communication. Participants who receive the newsletter are encouraged to join in the discussions or to contribute their own topics and issues. You can subscribe to XCULT-L by sending the command SUB XCULT-L firstname lastname to LISTSERV@PSUVM. JBH ONLINE English language news broadcasts from overseas, monitored via shortwave radio in South Bend, Indiana, are accessible in digest form to all interested parties through electronic mail. The digest is produced weekday mornings by John Harlan. JBH Online is distributed free of charge to recipients at academic institutions nationally and internationally via Bitnet. To be added to the distribution list, send the following command to LISTSERV@IRLEARN via mail or message: SUB ONLINE-L your_full_name. MEDNEWS Mednews is a weekly electronic newsletter. Regular columns consist of medical news summary from USA Today, Center For Disease Control MMWR, weekly AIDS Statistics from the CDC, plus other interesting medical news items. To subscribe, send the following command to LISTSERV@ASUACAD via mail or message: SUB MEDNEWS your_full_name. NBSLIB@CMR.ICST.NBS.GOV National Bureau of Standards The NBSLIB is a collection of benchmarks, measurement data, and a bibliography on benchmarking maintained at NBS as part of a project on the performance measurement of parallel computers. The collection exists to provide a pool of measurement data and benchmarks on more or less "large" computers. For more information on how to send commands to NBSLIB, send the following command as the first line of a mail message SEND DOC FROM INFO. Accepts commands via MAIL. NETMONTH NetMonth is an online magazine featuring news, information, and opinion about Bitnet. Inside each issue you will find features, columns, and regular departments covering a variety of network- related topics. The purpose of NetMonth is to inform the Bitnet community while providing practical guidelines for getting the most out of the network. In order to subcribe, send the following command to LISTSERV@MARIST: SUB NETMONTH your_full_name. NETWORK AUDIO BITS Network Audio Bits and Audio Software Review is an electronic audio magazine devoted primarily to compact disc and vinyl LP record reviews. Subscriptions are available by sending mail to MURPH@MAINE. Back issues are available from UMNEWS@MAINE (EMAGS disk). PS-FILE-SERVER@ADOBE.COM The Adobe File Server The Adobe File Server is an automatic mail-response program. There are many documents available from the server such as PostScript files, program source code, Adobe Font Metrics files, and PostScript Printer Description files. For more information send the server the command HELP as the first line of text in the body of a mail message. Accepts command via MAIL. QUANTA Quanta is a magazine devoted to science fiction and topics related to science fiction. It is published bi-monthly by Dan Appelquist (r746da1@cmuccvmb). Send mail to Dan to subscribe, submit material, or just to receive more information. Quanta is published in both straight ASCII and PostScript formats. RPRLSCI@TECHNION Technion, Israel LifeSci is the Life Science Research Server, a server developed at the Rappaport Family Institute and running on the main computer at the Technion, Israel. Its purpose is to enhance communication among people in the life-related fields (medicine, physiology, psychology, social work, etc.). For a list of LifeSci commands, send the HELP LIST command to RPRLSCI@TECHNION. Accepts commands via MAIL and MESSAGE. SERVICE@SRI-NIC.ARPA United States Data Defense Network This is an automated service provided by the DDN Network Information Center. It allows access to NIC documents and information via ordinary electronic mail. For more information send a mail message to SERVICE with a subject of HELP. The message body will be ignored. Accepts commands via MAIL. TeXMaG TeXMaG is a magazine for users of the TeX computer typesetting system. For a subscription send the following command to LISTSERV@BYUADMIN via mail or message: SUB TEXMAG-L your_full_name. Editor's Note: This listing was adapted from the Bitnet Services Library. ********************************************************************* SPSS RELEASE 4.0 AVAILABLE ON MVS/ESA BATCH A new release, 4.0, of the SPSS system is available for testing on the MVS/ESA system. This is the version described in the new set of SPSS manuals, including the new manuals "SPSS Base System User's Guide" and "SPSS Reference Guide." To access the new release, use an EXEC statement: // EXEC SPSS or // EXEC SPSS40 or // EXEC SPSSXX During the Spring semester, when you specify // EXEC SPSSX you will access the older 3.0 release. It is the version described in the SPSS-X User's Guide, 3rd Edition, Unless problems arise, the system will change sometime in May 1991 so that the 4.0 release will also be accessed when you EXEC SPSSX. For more information about SPSSX, contact Steve Thomson at 257-2259, steve@ukcc.uky.edu. -- Steve Thomson ********************************************************************* BMDP-90 AVAILABLE ON MVS/ESA BATCH The latest release of the BMDP statistical program library is available for testing. This version features two new programs: BMDPLE, which is a program for univariate or multivariate maximum likelihood estimation using modified Newton-Raphson iterations, featuring various supporting statistics and good confidence curves for parameters; and BMDPPR, which performs polychotomous stepwise logistic regression, such as modeling either a nominal or ordinal response with more than two levels. BMDPCA, for correspondence analysis, has also been enhanced to perform multiple correspondence analysis, rather than just simple correspondence analysis of a two-way table. Either simple or multiple correspondence analysis is similar to a principle components analysis or a factor analysis of categorical variables in a multi-way table. These and other new enhancements to various programs are described in some detail in the new two-volume edition of the manual, "BMDP Statistical Software Manual." A reference copy of the manual is available in the Consulting Room, 110 McVey Hall. Other information on enhancements can be printed by including a /PRINT NEWS paragraph in any particular program in which you are interested. You generally have to include an error-free program that actually performs the relevant analysis before you can have the NEWS printed, so prior access to a manual is necessary. Until January 28, the following JCL EXEC statements access the indicated version: // EXEC BIMED (to access the old BMDP-88) // EXEC BIMEDX (to access the new BMDP-90) To incorporate FORTRAN subroutines with these, use // EXEC BIMEDT (BMDP-88) // EXEC BIMEDTX (BMDP-90) After January 28, these are scheduled to change as follows: // EXEC BIMED (BMDP-90) // EXEC BIMEDT (BMDP-90) // EXEC BIMEDOLD (BMDP-88) // EXEC BIMEDTOL (BMDP-88) As usual with such changes, you can expect that some programs will require more REGION. For more information about BMDP, contact Steve Thomson at steve@ukcc.uky.edu, 257-2259. -- Steve Thomson ********************************************************************* LISREL 7 AND PRELIS 1 AVAILABLE Structural equations analysis is the statistical modeling of a response observed with error as a function of regressors, also observed with error. Factor analysis, simultaneous equations, as well as regression analysis can all be interpreted as special cases of such methodology. Probably the most popular computer program to analyze such structural equations models is LISREL, written by Karl Joreskog and Dag Sorbom of Sweden. The newest release of LISREL, LISREL 7 with PRELIS, is finally available on the MVS/ESA system at UK. PRELIS is a preprocessor for LISREL that can be used to screen variables, test for multivariate normality, transform variables, compute regression equations, and compute asymptotic weight matrices for categorical or censored data and for general so-called "asymptotically distribution free" methods, based on the matrix of fourth moments (the covariance matrix is a matrix of second moments). These weight matrices can then be passed to LISREL 7 to estimate parameters and compute test statistics. Besides the new asymptotically distribution free estimates, other new statistics have been added, supposedly better algorithms have been implemented, and the definitions of several statistics have changed. Note the last two points imply that there will usually be some inconsistency in output between LISREL 7 and the older LISREL 6. These changes to LISREL are described in the new manual "LISREL 7 User's Reference Guide, 1989." PRELIS is described in the manual "PRELIS: A Program for Multivariate Data Screening and Data Summarization, 1988." Both manuals can be ordered from: Scientific Software 1369 Nietzel Road Mooresville, IN 46158-9312 (317) 831-6336 The LISREL 7 manual is $35.00 and the PRELIS manual is $30.00, with $5.00 shipping charge when ordering both. A reference copy of each is available in the Consulting Room, 110 McVey Hall. To access the new release of PRELIS: //jobname JOB ,'your name' //*LOGONID mvsid //*PASSWORD password // EXEC PRELIS //SYSIN DD * PRELIS commands Other JCL will be needed to save the WEIGHT matrix for later analysis by LISREL. To access the new release of LISREL 7, use an EXEC statement. // EXEC LISREL7 or // EXEC LISRELX The JCL command // EXEC LISREL will continue to access LISREL 6 until January 28. Unless problems arise with LISREL 7, on that date it will become the default version of LISREL. For more information about, or help with, LISREL, contact Steve Thomson at steve@ukcc.uky.edu, 257-2259. -- Steve Thomson ********************************************************************* PRIME BULLETIN BOARD 1. My wife is a UK law student. Does she automatically get a mailbox number for Prime? >>>Students do not automatically receive Prime accounts unless they are in a class for which the instructor has already set up student accounts. However, all your wife has to do to open her own Prime account is to contact Peggy Akridge or Wayne Beech in 100 McVey Hall. 2. Help! I want to find more information on how to use Bitnet. Where do I go? Who do I ask? >>>For help online, just enter HELP BITNET. For person-to-person help, ask one of the Consultants in 110 McVey Hall, 257-2249, or a student Consultant at one of the cluster sites. 3. It is too cold in the Commons. Sometimes I have to work with a coat on and my hands freeze while trying to type. Can someone in charge of heat please turn it up or get rid of the windows? >>>Unfortunately, the UKCC doesn't have control over this, but we have forwarded your concerns to Physical Plant. You might also report these types of problems to the building operator or to an employee at the Commons. 4. Is there any possible way we could get some sort of tinting in the cluster sites? It is very difficult to see the screens, especially in POT now that some of them are by the windows. Thanks! >>>Good idea; we'll investigate alternatives to see what can be done. 5. Since tags with terminal numbers seem to get ripped off, why not write the numbers on the terminals with indelible ink? >>>Terminals are often moved from one location to another, and terminal addresses change. Thanks for the idea, though. 6. There was no Consultant on duty in McVey Hall. >>>We apologize for the inconvenience. Sometimes one Consultant must attempt to help users in both 103 and 111 McVey Hall. We're working to make sure more consulting staff is available during the posted hours. Thanks for letting us know. 7. Please tell me what "duplex" is. >>>Duplex refers to how data is transferred between devices. Full duplex data can be transmitted in both directions at the same time; half duplex data are only transmitted in one direction at a time. 8. How do you send files from a PC to the Prime? >>>The Consultants in the Micro Lab, 107 McVey Hall, 257-2207, will be glad to help you with your specific PC questions. 9. This terminal blew up with a loud bang and much smoke. Why can't we just sit down at a terminal and have it work? Why do we have to play musical chairs? Isn't anyone fixing them? Is UKCC management aware of the problem? Why are they spending millions of dollars on computers when students can't even get to them? Something is very wrong here. >>>Thanks for letting us know of the problems you're having; we do understand your frustration. We're trying to get funding identified to both replace existing terminals and add new ones. 10. How about changing that "unknown device attribute" message to something a little more understandable? >>>This message is sent not only when a printer destination is unknown but also when another attribute is unknown. Changing it to something more specific would be misleading. 11. Why is the laser printer in 111 McVey the only laser printer the PrimeWord people can use? It should be granted that it will go down, regardless of what it is, so shouldn't there be more than one? >>>In addition to this printer, there is one available at the dorm site (DORMLP). You can also send output to CCUSER1 and CCUSER2. Peggy Akridge at 257-2237, peggy@ukpr.uky.edu, can offer you more detailed help. 12. The laser printer in 111 McVey won't print multiple-page files correctly. Each page is superimposed on one page. >>>This has been fixed. We apologize for the inconvenience. 13. The printer at Commons Dorm is not working! >>>DORMLP is back online now. We appreciate your patience with us. 14. Is there still a Prime printer in AH200C? >>>The Decwriter at AH200C is still attached to the Prime system. 15. I am getting an error on that "weather@s.ms" feature. >>>Try finger weather@s.ms. This is important. 16. UKnet keeps being slow and dropping connections. I just got disconnected for the tenth time today. I wonder if the problem would get fixed any faster if it were affecting the administration? So far I've gotten no response from anyone. Other people have reported the problem, too. >>>When this happens, please contact the Network group at 257-5920 so that they can get right to work on the problem. 17. The nameserver ncc.uky.edu appears to be dead. >>>Yes, there have been a few occasions this has happened. We are working on the problem. 18. Are the 2400 baud modems busy because there aren't enough modems, or because all the lines are busy going into campus? >>>The 2400 baud modem lines are busy because of the lines going into campus. 19. In the past thirty minutes line noise has kicked me out three times, and all three times I have been in the middle of writing long letters to someone. So please correct the situation. >>>We are doing what we can to correct this situation. If the noise is on your personal phone, report it to the local telephone company. 20. I am in my dorm room calling in on a modem, obviously. I am using Procomm, emulating the TVI 950, full duplex, 2400, no parity, 8 bits, and 1 stop bit. The problem is that I am losing random characters. The space is gone, too. It doesn't matter when I call or what port it is. >>>Sounds like you may not be using XON/XOFF. Check the configuration of Procomm, and if necessary, have your modem checked. 21. When I use TCP/IP from Ag Engineering across campus there are often many delays, and sometimes my connection is broken outright. >>>This has been tracked down and fixed. If the problem persists, contact Robert Lee at 257-2201. 22. What other protocols are available other than Kermit? And how do I access these protocols? Thanks. >>>Kermit is the only file transfer we support, other than ftp which requires an ethernet connection. 23. I typically connect to the Math Sciences network via UKnet then telnet or msp. If I issue a command that generates a lot of output quickly, I should be able to kill the command early by hitting ^C or some such. It appears, however, that UKnet is accepting the command's output as fast as it's generated, thus allowing the command to race ahead of my meager 1200 bps modem. This seems great, except that I have to sit through all that output whether I want to or not. Is there some way to limit the size of this buffer, or to flush it without breaking the phone connection? Would you consider making this buffering less ambitious? >>>There is no way at this time to limit the buffer size. For a more technical description, please contact Robert Lee at 257-2201. 24. I want to read the bulletin board UK.INFO but have no earthly idea how to access it. It would be nice if HELP 2.0 could help with some of the commands needed for this type of thing. >>>Type HELP MAIL for information on reading your mail and the bulletin boards. 25. Whenever I use the editor to write a gripe the mailer gives me the undeliverable mail message, but my gripe ends up on the bulletin board anyway. How does this happen? >>>The undelivered mail is due to the domain name server being down, or not operating properly. The Prime is configured to poll the domain name server to get almost all addresses. If it is not working properly it cannot perform the address lookup, and the mail bounces. 26. How do I FINGER and send mail to people on various machines and systems on campus? Information on this is kind of hard to come by. >>>Type HELP FINGER and HELP MAIL to learn more about these commands, or talk with a Consultant in 110 McVey Hall, 257-2249. 27. How come I can't FINGER @ms.uky.edu? Is there really a machine called ms.uky.edu? It's not listed in any of the hosts files that I could find. I get tired of having to send my mail through ukcc in order to get it off campus because the Prime's mailer doesn't know where anything is. >>>ms.uky.edu is not a machine. You can use s.ms.uky.edu to FINGER people at Math Sciences; you don't have to send mail through ukcc. If it is a Bitnet site, you will have to send the site name to leonard@ukpr.uky.edu to have it added to the list. 28. We need this new CPU! Who do we bug so that we can keep it? >>>We realize the old system needs to be upgraded and are hoping to get the necessary funding so we can install the machine we presently have on evaluation. Thanks for letting us know how you feel. 29. Do they still print the QuickPlan manuals? >>>Your instructor may have copies of these manuals. Online, enter HELP QP. If you need more detailed information, contact Peggy Akridge at 257-2237, 100 McVey Hall. 30. I am writing to you after just having done half my spreadsheet on your QuickPlan software and then losing it when I didn't hit a key that suited it. I tried to enter a range to replicate, and I accidentally hit another key. Then the software screamed at me that I could not do the attempted function using that key and proceeded to lock up the keyboard so that I lost my spreadsheet and now have to start over. Why is it that you people insist on using two different programs in this course? Why can't you simply use a version of VPP instead of forcing us to learn two different systems? VPP is a much better program to deal with and at least is a little more user-friendly. Why not find a system standard for the complete material taught in CS 101 and be done with it instead of confusing us by having us learn two programs? This is ridiculous! Now I will have to spend yet more of my time trying to deal with an archaic, ineffective program. >>>We are investigating alternatives to QuickPlan that would be more like Lotus 1-2-3. For information on what is taught in Computer Science classes, check with the Computer Science department. 31. I keep getting errors when I run my C programs that use pointers. When the program compiles with no errors, when I run it I get either Illegal_segno$ or Access_violation$ errors. Then I ftp my program to the Unix, and it works fine. So why don't they work on the Prime? The problem can't be my programs because they work on the Unix system. >>>If your programs are correctly written they will run on the Prime. We have an ANSI compliant compiler that expects correct code; check to make sure all arguments and pointers are correct and initialized. If you need more help, contact Wayne Beech at 257-2238, wayne@ukpr.uky.edu. 32. How do I see the 20/20 demo? >>>Try S2020 for the real program and T2020 for the tutorial. 33. If I have twenty-seven files in a subdirectory and each one only takes up one record, why does the whole subdirectory take up fifty-one records? >>>There are several possible explanations. The directory used to be larger, which meant it needed a larger top-level entry to manage the files/dirs below it. Or it could be a file system problem. Another reason is that files incur overhead to store; there is a lot of data stored about files that is not a part of the file. This includes things like various dates/times that file system operations occurred, protection (both concurrency and access rights), and size/name info, etc. The larger a file gets the less the overhead matters, and is less likely to show up as a quota mismatch. The type of file also determines how much space is used. We have many types of files, a few of which are DAM, SAM, SEG, SEGSAM, and CAM. The direct access files (all but SAM) are faster for some applications but incur a penalty as they require at least one extra block to store pointers to the records in the "real" file. In your situation, it is the last explanation. Most of your files are DAM files, which require more hidden blocks to define them. These extra blocks also require more space in the directory to describe them. We will eventually change 98% of our files to CAM type. In the meantime, try copying your files to another name and convert them to SAM files. Use the command COPY file1 file2-SAM if you want to free up space. 34. Since the Gripe Manager is being used more these days to submit gripes and comments to the Gripe bulletin board and the FINGER command is now available on the Prime, you could fix the Gripe Manager up so that it automatically pulls in the real name of the user, their phone number, and any other information that would be helpful. >>>Thanks for the suggestion; we'll look into it. 35. Have phantoms facilities on the Prime been removed? I thought PH filename would engage a phantom user to execute filename (a CPL program), but this procedure doesn't seem to work. Am I using incorrect syntax, or has that feature of the Prime been changed? >>>We have disabled phantoms for all students because of continuous misuse. We still have the batch system which runs jobs in the background, and you can submit CPL jobs with the JOB command. 36. How about an SU command? Of course, this would not go to SYSADM or any other pseudo "root" account on the Prime, but maybe there would be some way to get to files without the users going to their terminals and logging in from there. >>>Thanks for the suggestion; we'll investigate. 37. I would greatly appreciate it if you did not put ASCII values in the login script on ukpr by sprintf(script,"\07"); or by any other means. I understand that the bell in the script is to call attention to a particular item on the script, but I thought the **** on the script was to draw your attention to it. I find it rude programing style to put beeps into a program. I don't want to hear beep! beep! when I login my account. >>>Since few people read the login messages, we try to draw as much attention as possible to important messages, like downtime, with a bell. 38. Where or how can I get some information on how to use arguments in my abbreviations? I've used these in several of my abbreviations, but I'd like to know if there's a way to specify a default value for it. There's no help file on this. >>>The HELP CPL does not really cover %NUMBER% arguments. Basically (and if you know C that will help), the %1% arguments are commands that take command line arguments and can expand them. For more help, contact Wayne Beech at 257-2238, wayne@ukpr.uky.edu., or see the PRIMOS Command Reference Guide, available at most cluster sites. 39. I accidentally saved a file using the editor with the name -932. I have tried to delete and to open the file, both return an error. How can I remove this file? >>>You can enclose the filename in single quotes; that way the special characters are not interpreted. 40. How come when I type ed filename -term ## (where ## is whatever terminal type I'm currently using) I get an error message? I'm doing it like the help file says to do it. >>>For the editor you have to completely spell out the option name or abbreviate it down to one letter. In your case, -t or -terminal will work. Type HELP ED STARTING. 41. When I type 'ed file -t ##' or 'ed file -terminal ##' I get "Buffer number not allowed." What is this? What does -terminal have to do with buffers? >>>You must have an abbreviation for ed. If your abbreviation is something like ed %1% -w and you type ed -terminal # then the expanded command line is going to be ed -terminal -w # which is incorrect. ********************************************************************* SUGGESTIONS 1. I'm writing on behalf of all the women users. It is not safe to use the ladies' room on the second floor of McVey Hall at night. Why can't we have a ladies' room on the first floor? >>>We understand your concerns. McVey Hall is an old building and was originally designed and fitted with plumbing fixtures appropriate for each sex in the present locations. The anticipated addition to the building next year will include more modern and expanded rest rooms on each floor. In the meantime, if you encounter any safety problems using the present facilities, please contact the campus police by calling 333 immediately. 2. I'm a student at EKU and I've been trying to access the HELP utility on your computer that is linked with us via the UKCC link. I've been trying to send some commands, but all that I have tried have returned the message INVALID COMMAND. What command do I enter to get HELP messages when I'm trying to send to you? >>>Are you using KECnet to connect to UKnet? Tell us exactly what you are doing and where you get rebuffed. We'll be glad to help. 3. s.ms.uky.edu does not work with telnet. I have to use the IP address. Could you all please fix this so it works again? >>>The nameserver on ukcc has been restarted, and we're investigating the problem. Sorry for any inconvenience. 4. I have a terminal hardwired to ukcc. How do I access ukccb and the STATE DIS mainframe after I login to ukcc? >>>From the initial ukcc screen, tab to the command area and enter DIAL VTAM. On the "L" screen, enter an L. Then select your application from the menu. When you logoff the application and get back to the "L" screen, enter UNDIAL to get back to the UKCC screen. 5. Is there a public bulletin board on CMS like the one on the Prime? If so, how do I access it? If not, is there some way to make one? >>>There is no bulletin board facility on CMS at this time, but we'll look into the possibility. 6. I have an IBM PS/2 with a Panasonic printer. I use e-mail on Bitnet frequently and have a lot of letters I would like to print out. To print a single letter, I've been logging the letter to its own notebook then APRINTing the whole notebook. This works fine for a single letter or two, but I've got lots more than a couple I'd like to print out each on its own page. Is there a way of inserting some character that will be interpreted by my printer as a page break? >>>We've come up with two options. Use F4 from MAIL to print each of the files. This generates a separate spool file for each mail item. After exiting MAIL use the GATHER command to collect the individual items into one spool file (with carriage control). ACCEPT this file to disk and use APRINT to print it. The other option is to log each of the individual items into a temporary notebook just for this purpose. XEDIT the new notebook file. Place a "1" in column one of the first line of each item. You may be able to automate this since this line is a string of ='s. File this file and APRINT it. Let us know which works out best for you. 7. I was delighted to see that the campus directory is now available through VIEW, but I was astounded to see that e-mail addresses aren't provided here. Surely, it would be a straight-forward matter to add an e-mail address field to the directory records. >>>Yes, intuitively it would seem a simple matter, but the online directory listings come directly from the Communications Operations department which does the phone books. We are, however, working on an interface to provide the features you mention. 8. When using WHOIS GUESS for a last name like SMITH, I only get the first fifteen matches. Is there any way to get the system to display additional matches? Since GUESS only allows you to search on a single word, there seems to be no way to do a more narrow search by adding a first initial or a range of initials. >>>Good idea; we're working on it. 9. I would like to see a better set of manuals for these computers (both IBM and Prime). I consider myself to be of reasonable intelligence, but I have had a lot of trouble with the documentation that I have received from HELP and from McVey Hall (the people have been of enormous help, the manuals have not). >>>Thanks; we'll see what we can do. 10. Thanks for making the Kermit login script file available for logging in on the IBM 3090; it definitely saves some keystrokes (and frustration) when logging on. >>>Thanks! 11. I find that CMS-Kermit does not support time outs. Does that mean a packet lost in transfer is lost forever? If so, can I prevent that? I am having trouble downloading a binary file to a PC. >>>The PC should timeout if it misses a packet; CMS Kermit doesn't have that ability. If you need more help, check with a Consultant in 110 McVey Hall, 257-2249. 12. Could you give me information on how to talk to someone with the Bitnet address Wittenberg.edu? >>>The Consultants are looking into this for you. 13. How can I access MVS datasets from my CMS account? I'd like to be able to keep SAS datasets on MVS and access them interactively at times through VM/CMS. Is TSO on this system? I'd like to be able to use TSO to manage my MVS datasets. How do I get a TSO id? Are there any other utilities for managing MVS datasets directly from CMS? >>>TSO is not generally available at UK under MVS. MVS datasets may be retrieved by submitting batch jobs. 14. What is the command to request a tape mount from CMS? >>>VM tape mounts are discouraged. If you have a special need, please contact Joe Williams (257-5632, uka048@ukcc.uky.edu) or a Consultant (110 McVey Hall, 257-2249) for help. 15. I would like to use a virtual machine that would allow me to access a much larger region than 64 meg. Is this possible? I realize that 100 meg or more may be accessible through an interactive session, but in my case this is not practical due to the extensive runtimes involved with my software. Please inform me if this is possible and if it will be made available to the general user any time soon. >>>There are several ways we can accommodate your special needs. Contact Anne Leigh at 257-2205, anne@ukcc.uky.edu, 109B McVey Hall for help with this. ************************************************************************* UKCC SERVICE DIRECTORY McVey Service E-Mail Address Phone Hall Vice President, Information Services Eugene R. Williams DPS128@UKCC 257-3609 Assoc. VP, University Computing Services Dr. Douglas Hurley HURLEY@UKCC 257-2900 128 Director, Communications Services Doyle Friskney DOYLE@UKCC 257-6225 Director, Computational Sciences Dr. John Connolly CONNOLLY@UKCC 257-8737 324 Director, Distributed Services Janet Baynham DPS108@UKCC 257-1535 120 Director, Information Resources Dr. Jon Hesseldenz UKA045@UKCC 257-3904 230D Academic Consulting Services Lavine Thrailkill UKC105@UKCC 257-2257 121 CMS Consulting Bob Crovo CROVO@UKCC 257-2258 109 Complaints Carol Lotz LOTZ@UKCC 257-2213 129 Consultant for Remote Sites Wanda Dixon WANDA@UKCC 257-2206 115 Consulting Consultant on Duty SUGGEST@UKCC 257-2249 110 Contingency Planning & Security Jack L. Coffman UKA051@UKCC 257-2273 218 Database - IDMS Rick Chlopan DBA003@UKCC 257-2211 230E Data Center 257-2222 61 Data Entry Frank McCormick OPFRANK@UKCC 257-2216 72 Desktop Publishing Consulting Marguerite Floyd EDITOR@UKCC 257-2219 205 Disk Rental Janet Hyatt HYATT@UKCC 257-2212 130 Larry Johnson JOHNSON@UKCC 257-2217 130 Facilities Operations Joe Williams UKA048@UKCC 257-2231 122 Graphics Consultation Bob Williamson ROBERTT@UKCC 257-2227 207 Information Center Judy Kisil UKA041@UKCC 257-2241 222 Instructional Software Wayne Beech WAYNE@UKCC 257-2238 100 Machine Room 257-2222 59 Management Information Systems Forrest Hahn UKA006@UKCC 257-2260 123 Memos and Manuals Consulting Room 257-2249 110 Micro Lab 257-2207 107 Network/Telecommunications UKT101@UKCC 257-2229 New Accounts Janet Hyatt HYATT@UKCC 257-2212 130 Larry Johnson JOHNSON@UKCC 257-2217 130 Numerical Analysis Consulting Anne Leigh ANNE@UKCC 257-2205 109B Optical Scanner - NCS Chris Corman CHRIS@UKCC 257-2243 109 Bob Crovo CROVO@UKCC 257-2258 109 Passwords Janet Hyatt HYATT@UKCC 257-2212 130 Larry Johnson JOHNSON@UKCC 257-2217 130 PRIME Information Peggy Akridge PEGGY@UKCC 257-2237 100 Program Documentation/Libraries Consulting Room 257-2249 110 Publications Office Marguerite Floyd EDITOR@UKCC 257-2219 200 Refunds Consulting Room 257-2249 110 SAS and SPSS Consulting Steve Thomson STEVE@UKCC 257-2259 120 Lorinda Wang UKC333@UKCC 257-2204 109B Statistical Consulting Steve Thomson STEVE@UKCC 257-2259 120 Tapes to Borrow, Tape Storage Data Center 257-2222 61 Tours of UKCC Lavine Thrailkill UKC105@UKCC 257-2257 121 User Account Services Janet Hyatt HYATT@UKCC 257-2212 130 Larry Johnson JOHNSON@UKCC 257-2217 130 Vectorization Consulting Anne Leigh ANNE@UKCC 257-2205 109B ************************************************************************* UNIVERSITY COMPUTING ADVISORY COMMITTEE Douglas E. Hurley, Central Administration H. Clay Owen, Central Administration D. Wesley Otis, Community Colleges James W. Phillips, Community Colleges Raphael Finkel, Lexington Campus Keh-Feh Liu, Lexington Campus N. Clare Detraz, Medical Center David A. Nash, Medical Center T. Earle Bowen, Ex Officio Ben W. Carr, Ex Officio John Connolly, Ex Officio Wimberly C. Royster, Ex Officio Eugene R. Williams, Ex Officio *************************************************************************