** ** ****** ** ** ******** ** ** ***** ** ** ** * ** ** ** *** ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** * **** **** ** * ** ** ** ** ** **** ** ** ** ** ** *** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** ** ** ****** ** ** ** ***** ***** ** ** ** ****** ****** ***** ** **** ******** ****** ****** ** ** ** ** * ** ** * ** ** ** ** ****** **** ** ** ** ** **** ****** ** ** ** ** **** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ****** ***** ** **** ** ****** ** ** **** KY REGISTER **** KY REGISTER **** KY REGISTER **** KY REGISTER *** APRIL 1991 TABLE OF CONTENTS Schedule Book Data Available on the Prime . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 New TSET and CD Commands on the Prime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 CMS Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Improved Gateway Applications Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 UKCC Short Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 IBM PC Virus Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Cluster Site Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 SAS System for PCs Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 DVIview: a New TeX Viewer Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 UKCC Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Holiday Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 Prime Bulletin Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 959 Services Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1144 *********************************************************************** SCHEDULE BOOK DATA AVAILABLE ON THE PRIME Schedule book information for upcoming semesters is now available on the Prime system. For the Fall semester, the availability of this information comes seventeen days earlier than the arrival of the schedule book on campus. Four-week Intersession and Eight-Week Summer Session schedules are also accessible on the Prime. In addition to accessing standard schedule book material, you will be able to see the number of seats remaining in open classes. Information is updated Monday through Saturday at 12:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Wayne Beech worked with the Registrar's Office in developing this program, after advisers indicated the need to have schedule material available during the advising period preceding registration activities. If you have a Prime account, just log on and enter the command SCHEDULE at the OK, prompt to view the online schedule book. The program will need to know the kind of terminal you're using so that it can be properly formatted on your screen. If you have a global variable named .TERM set correctly (use the command HELP DEFINE_GVAR from the OK, prompt for information), the program will use .TERM's value as the terminal type; otherwise, you'll be asked to enter a terminal type. The currently supported terminal types are TVI, VT52, ADDS, VT100, ADM3A, and TVI955. If you need support for another terminal type send mail to wayne@ukpr.uky.edu, 257-2238, 100 McVey Hall. Input your choice (default: T915), and press the Return key. You don't have to have a Prime userid to view this information. If you don't have a Prime account, just connect to the Prime (ukpr) from UKnet. Enter SCHEDULE as the userid and SCHEDULE as the password to view the online schedule book. Logon instructions are available at all cluster sites, and the consultants can help you get started. Help for the program is available by entering H while viewing courses or by entering HELP at the semester menu. Wayne Beech at wayne@ukpr.uky.edu, 257-2238, 100 McVey Hall can give you more information about this new service. -- Lisa Collins & Wayne Beech ********************************************************************* NEW TSET AND CD COMMANDS ON THE PRIME Two new commands, TSET and CD, have been installed on the Prime system. Both are similar to the commands found in Unix environments. TSET is used to set several global variables used by various products that use full screen support. There is currently no support for the clearstring or terminal setup string. The TSET command can be used as follows: TSET terminal_type (If terminal_type is omitted a default is used.) Once a correct terminal type is chosen and displayed for confirmation, press the Return key. If the terminal type is not correct (for example, you may have it as a part of your normal login procedure and move from terminal to terminal), enter the correct terminal type and press Return. If you pick a terminal type that is not supported, you will be informed and your terminal type will be set to a "dumb" terminal. Type HELP TSET for more help and a list of supported terminals. CD is used to move around the PRIMOS file system, and it works like the Unix or PC version of the command. For example, if your login directory is ME and you type CD, regardless of where you're attached you'll be moved to ME. If you're attached to ME>JUNK>TEST>WHEREAMI and type CD LOST you'll be moved to ME>JUNK>TEST>WHEREAMI>LOST, if it exists. If you're attached to ME>JUNK>TEST>WHEREAMI and you type CD ../../../JUNK2 you'll be moved to ME>JUNK2 if it exists. If you're attached to ME>JUNK>TEST>WHEREAMI and you type CD .. you'll be moved to ME>JUNK>TEST Online help is available by typing HELP CD. For more information about the Prime, contact Wayne Beech at wayne@ukpr.uky.edu, 100 McVey Hall, 257-2238. -- Leonard Lauria ********************************************************************* CMS UPDATES * A new version of the tcp/ip for VM software has been installed on CMS. There should be no user-visible changes. * The default number of loader tables (LDRTBLS) has been changed from 4 to 8. This change was made to support the new FTP command, but other programs require more than 4 and users of these programs will benefit, too. This change reduces the amount of virtual storage available for your programs and data by about 16 kilobytes. * The UKLOADGO command (used by several programming language commands, like VSF2CG) has been changed to continue execution if the LOAD command returns a code of 4. This can indicate duplicate identifiers, which is usually not a problem, and undefined names, which usally indicates missing subroutines and is a problem. A warning message is issued before the loaded program is started. For more detailed information about these updates, contact a Consultant in 110 McVey Hall, 257- 2249, suggest@ukcc.uky.edu. -- Dave Elbon ********************************************************************* IMPROVED GATEWAY APPLICATIONS SCREEN We've made it easier to understand and select your applications on the gateway application screen. For example, CICS PRODUCTION is now FRS, (90-91), FAMS. Only the descriptions have changed, but be sure to watch the Notice bar for any future changes. For more information about the gateway application screen, contact Dan Durbin at 257-2235, 211C McVey Hall, sysdan@ukcc.uky.edu; or Judy Kisil at 257-2241, uka019@ukcc.uky.edu, 222 McVey Hall. -- Judy Kisil ********************************************************************* 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 ELECTRONIC MAIL ON THE IBM April 10 1:00 to 3:00 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 our 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. 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. ********************************************************************* IBM PC VIRUS ALERT Several campus IBM PCs have recently been infected by three viruses: Jerusalem B, Stoned, and Ping Pong. Following are descriptions and symptoms of the viruses and what you can do if your PC is infected. JERUSALEM B Jerusalem B is the most common of all PC viruses and can infect .SYS and program overlay files as well as .COM and .EXE files. The virus only affects IBM PCs. It is memory resident and can survive a warm reboot (CTL-ALT-DEL). .COM and .EXE files are infected, with .EXE files being reinfected each time they are executed due to a bug in the virus. The Jerusalem B virus redirects the internal clock; an half-hour after execution of an infected program the system may slow down by a factor of 10. Some Jerusalem virus variants will also have a black window or black box appear on the lower left side of the screen which will scroll up the screen as the screen scrolls. On the first Friday the 13th after the virus is installed in memory, every program executed will be deleted from the disk. The next Friday the 13th will be in September. Not all variants of the Jerusalem B virus slow down the system after an infection has occurred, and in some cases it doesn't reinfect .EXE files. STONED The Stoned virus is a boot sector virus. It infects floppy disks by installing itself in the Master Boot Record. The Master Boot Record is used to describe the attributes of the hard disk, but it is not used to boot DOS. A computer with a hard disk infection can still be initialized or booted. The symptoms of the Stoned virus include being unable to boot or initialize from a floppy disk, and getting the message "Your PC is now stoned!" Software packages may become unusable when the virus infests the hard disk. This virus does not affect IBM PS/2s or 3.5" floppy disks. PING PONG The Ping Pong virus is also a boot sector virus. When the Ping Pong virus activates, which is on a random basis, a bouncing ball or dot appears on the screen. This display can only be stopped through a system reboot. No other damage is apparently done. WHAT TO DO All of these viruses have several variations that could cause various other symptoms, including deletion of files; thus, a virus infection should never be taken lightly. Any virus is potentially dangerous to your software and files. If your PC is experiencing any of the above symptoms, scan your diskettes and hard drives for viruses using your favorite anti-virus software. If you do not have any anti-virus software, bring a blank diskette to the Micro Lab in 107 McVey Hall for a copy of anti-viral shareware, and then run it on your PC. The Micro Lab consultants can answer questions about your specific PC. IF YOU'RE STILL NOT SURE If you suspect your PC has been infected by these, or any other virus, contact a Micro Lab consultant at 107 McVey Hall, 257-2207, or notify your local micro lab manager immediately. Jack Coffman, the UKCC's computing security officer, can also help identify and eradicate most known viruses. He can be reached at 257-2273, 218 McVey Hall, uka051@ukcc.uky.edu. ********************************************************************* CLUSTER SITE NOTICES In an effort to improve repair time of terminals and printers in the cluster sites, we'll be placing signs in all our cluster sites listing a telephone number for faster service. If you experience problems at a cluster site, just call the posted number. UKCC cluster sites include the Agricultural Data Center, Blanding and Kirwan Complex Commons, 103 and 111 McVey Hall, 104 M.I. King Library, Nursing/Health Sciences Mezzanine, POT Mezzanine, and 106 and 208 Student Center. If you're having terminal or printer problems in a lab that doesn't have a sign, contact your instructor or the person responsible for that lab. ********************************************************************* SAS SYSTEM FOR PCs AVAILABLE The UKCC has acquired a site license for PC SAS. Copies of the software are available to all University departments, including the Community Colleges, Agricultural Extension Stations, students, staff, and faculty for university-related work. Our license does not allow for private consulting or business use. Presently, we have a license for Base SAS, SAS/STAT, and SAS/GRAPH. Other SAS systems include SAS/FSP, SAS/ETS, SAS/IML, SAS/OR, and SAS/QC. If there is enough demand for these other systems, we will get a license for them as well. WHAT'S THE COST? Our yearly contract with SAS runs from March to March and that determines the yearly charge. If you purchase the software in April the charge for Base SAS is $58.00, SAS/STAT is $56.00, and SAS/GRAPH is $62.00, and covers you through February 1992. For each month after April subtract $2.00 from the above rates. If you purchase before February 1992 you will be on a renewal fee for your second year, and the cost will be $24.00, or less, per package. Charges will depend on the number of copies sold. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR RELEASE 6.04 The SAS system requires a powerful PC to perform well. The best machines for running the SAS system are machines powered by the Intel 80386 Central Processing Units. The configuration of the machine is vital to its performance. RECOMMENDED MACHINES IBM PS/2 models 55SX and above, or compatibles Operating System: PC DOS or MS-DOS 3.0 or later Minimum memory requirement: 640K RAM Minimum hard disk requirement: 30 megabyte hard disk Math co-processor recommended, not required Expanded Memory Specifications (EMS): strongly recommended (required for some products) Disk caching recommended DISK SPACE REQUIREMENTS Base SAS 6 megabytes SAS/STAT 5 megabytes SAS/GRAPH 6 to 9 megabytes GETTING STARTED Call or send electronic mail to Lavine Thrailkill 257-2257, ukc105@ukcc.uky.edu, or Lorinda Wang 257-2204, ukc333@ukcc.uky.edu. You can also ask a Consultant in 110 McVey Hall, 257-2249, for details. We will need billing information from you, and you'll have to sign an agreement stating you won't use the software on more than one machine. Installation of the software will depend on your computing needs. There are several ways we can deliver the packages; we can loan you a set of diskettes and you can do the installation and then return the diskettes, or we'll help you with the installation at no additional cost. You can also bring us the required number of diskettes, and we'll make copies of the systems. PC SAS MANUALS FOR RELEASE 6.03 Manuals are not provided with the software, but you can order them from SAS Institute or from the University Bookstore. Here's a suggested list: No. Title Price P5847 Base SAS: Introductory Guide for Personal Computers $12.95 P5856 Base SAS: Language Guide for Personal Computers $19.95 P5844 SAS/STAT: User's Guide $33.95 P5938 SAS/STAT: Technical Report P-179 $11.50 P5845 SAS/GRAPH: User's Guide $34.95 You can call SAS Institute's Book Sales Department at 919/677-8000, extension 5060, and they will invoice you, or you can send a purchase order to SAS Institute, Inc., Book Sales Department, SAS Circle, Box 8000, Cary, NC 27512-8000. -- Lavine Thrailkill ********************************************************************* DVIview: A NEW TeX VIEWER PROGRAM DVIview is a TeX DVI file viewer which allows TeX users on CMS to preview the DVI files output from TeX before printing them. This service was previously available only on IBM graphics terminals through TEXVIEW. DVIview is an improvement over TEXVIEW because it supports terminals and emulators which can display Tektronix 4010 graphics, such as MS-DOS PCs or clones running Kermit 2.31 or higher or Macs using communication packages with graphics options. The TEXVIEW command is still available, but has been changed to use DVIview to display output. It now takes the DVIview termtype parameter and ignores magnification and page designations for display purposes; otherwise, it has not been changed. To invoke the original TEXVIEW command, enter OTEXVIEW. DVIview is documented in a TeX file on the TEX 191 disk. For those unfamiliar with TeX, the following commands will print a copy of the documentation on one of the CCUSER LaserWriters: GRAB TEX LATEXPRT DVGUIDE (TEX CCUSER To invoke DVIview make sure you have access to the program and all fonts by GRABbing TEX 191 and TEX 291. You should also have a DVI file ready for viewing (for the novice user, TeX output files have filetypes of DVI, i.e., EXAMPLE DVI). The command to invoke DVIview is DVIVIEW filename <(TERM termtype> where filename is the filename of the DVI file to be viewed; termtype is the kind of terminal being used. Legal termtypes are: GDDM IBM graphics terminals (including Mac tn3270) KERMIT (Tektronix terminals and emulators, including MS-DOS Kermit 2.31 or higher) PCPLOT PCs using PCPLOT KERMIT is the default termtype for DVIview (GDDM is the default for TEXVIEW), so if you're using Kermit or a Tektronix terminal, just enter DVIVIEW filename After entering DVIview, press the Enter key to display the command screen. A menu of commands can be shown by entering ? or by pressing the PF1 key. A few handy commands are: Q Quit D[=n] Move the display down the page n units (the default is inches) or by the height of the area displayed if you just enter D L[=n] Move left; works like D R[=n] Move right; works like D U[=n] Move up; works like D > Page forward to the next page of 'output' < Page backwards to the previous page Show Show the output Note: [ and ] were used to indicate optional portions of the commands since < and >, the traditional characters to use for the purpose in UKCC documentation, are themselves commands in DVIview. Issue the SHOW command to display the TeX output. If you're using an IBM graphics terminal, the output will be displayed on the command screen; otherwise, the terminal will go to a special graphics mode until the Enter key is pressed. To give more commands on most non-IBM terminals, you will have to press the Enter key. Depending on the terminal and the sequence commands are given in, the standard IBM prompt MORE may be shown; press the Clear key when MORE appears. Online help files are available; just enter HELP DVIVIEW. DVIview was written by Don Hosek at UIC, and has been modified locally by Charles Fisher to work under VM/XA and with varying display sizes for IBM graphics. Charles Fisher at 257-2268, syschuck@ukcc.uky.edu, 206 McVey Hall can answer your questions about DVIview. -- Charles Fisher ********************************************************************* UKCC CLASSIFIEDS Classified ads are free to UK students, faculty, and staff. Ads run for one issue and must be resubmitted for publication in subsequent issues. If you'd like to place a computing-related ad (such as buying or selling used computer equipment), send it via e-mail to EDITOR@UKCC or mail it to Editor, UK Computing Center, 72 McVey Hall, Lexington, KY 40506-0045. The deadline for ads is the first week of the month for the following month's issue. We do not accept advertising from commercial vendors and all ads are subject to revision by the Editor. For sale or trade: Irwin internal tape backup drive, 10MB, runs on floppy controller card, brand- new, never used, everything included. $75.00 or trade for IBM-type graphics printer, mouse, or 2400 baud modem. Let's talk. Contact Kay 277-4364 or cpdkay@ukcc.uky.edu. Medical Art and Graphics would like to inform and remind everyone that we can provide 35mm slides of your computer files within a 36-hour turnaround time. Information regarding computer language and software compatibility is also available. We are located at 506 Health Sciences Learning Center. Open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 233-6591. ********************************************************************* HOLIDAY SCHEDULE Monday, May 27, is an official UK holiday. The UKCC offices, Micro Lab, and Consulting Room will be closed. 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. ********************************************************************* PRIME BULLETIN BOARD 1. Where can I learn how to use the UK computer systems? I know you can use the HELP and VIEW commands, but since I don't know even where to begin these are useless. I keep hearing words like tcp/ip, telnet, UKCC, Bitnet, FTP, and others, but I can't learn anything about them. Information needs to be placed in the hands of the inexperienced user. Please do something; I know the UK computer systems are a bit more awesome than PrimeWord. >>>There are several way to learn how to use the UKCC systems. We offer free short courses to all UK faculty, staff, and students (see page 5 for the current listing), you can talk with one of our Consultants in 110 McVey Hall, and you can help yourself to the introductory handouts on the table outside 111 McVey Hall. 2. Is there any way to print a copy of the online schedule book? >>>We don't recommend that you use the online schedule book as a substitute since the printed schedule book is the most official version and contains important information not on the Prime. Just pick one up at your academic dean's office. 3. I just tried to do a search in the online schedule book and the program wouldn't find anything I entered; even something I know is in there like CS 101. So how do I get the thing to work? >>>You need to put two spaces between courses and their number if the course has a two-letter prefix, like CS, rather than a three-letter prefix, like SOC. 4. The Prime goes down too much. Students have to use the system, but it is hardly ever available. It's down everyday at 12:30 for half an hour. Why is this? I think downtime should occur at a better time, such as 4:00 a.m., not when students are coming to school to do their assignments. >>>The Prime system is not taken down every day at 12:30 p.m. Actually, we are rarely down. As shown in the Kentucky Register, we have maintained a 99% + uptime since we've been collecting that data. We use downtime to perform various tasks such as installing new software, correcting errors, testing, upgrading, and general maintenance. We generally schedule downtime from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. and longer downtimes on Saturday because usage is lower during those times. If downtime occurs during lunch time, it is usually to correct a serious problem that would cause more problems if not corrected immediately. In this case, we had to replace a component that was causing failures on the machine. We apologize for the inconvenience. 5. The downtime on Tuesday morning was short and sweet and at a very convenient time. Thank you. >>>Thanks for the comment; we do try to keep downtime to a minimum. 6. Is there any particular reason why Prime is so slow today? >>>The slowness you experienced was due to a network cable problem. It's been corrected now. 7. I'd like to read the February issue of the Kentucky Register, but I don't want to cycle all the way through the January issue. Is there a way for me to do this? >>>If you type VIEW REGISTER you'll see an intro screen that says to type D for a table of contents. If you do this you will see each volume of the Kentucky Register and can pick the one you want to read. 8. The supplement for PrimeWord here at the Commons is tattered and missing pages. Can you get us a new one? >>>Thanks for letting us know; we'll see what we can do. 9. There need to be consultants at the Nursing Mezzanine. >>>We used to have a consultant at the Nursing site, but because of low usage we felt users could be helped more by increasing consulting hours at a more frequently used location. 10. Could something be done at the dorm site to recycle the wasted line printer papers? >>>Good idea. We'll put a box marked "Recycle" at the dorm for your recyclable papers, and we'll see what we can do about the other cluster sites. 11. Hundreds of pages of paper are wasted due to the printers interpreting characters as form feeds. The characters are a result of using backspace keys while using COMO (record) and while in MAIL. The problem could be lessened if either the printing process edited out the characters or if MAIL or RECORD would delete these unwanted characters. The users have no idea the characters are present since DISPing the file doesn't show them. >>>Neither MAIL nor the printer software should change files; that is not their purpose. The characters that would be deleted are the same characters that tell the printer how to format your page. 12. The printer in library is always broken down, and there are a lot of computers in the cluster sites that don't work. Please fix them. >>>We are continually checking terminals and printers and repairing them as soon as we can. When you find a broken printer or terminal in one of the cluster sites, contact a UKCC Operator at 257-2222, and we'll repair it as soon as possible. We'll be putting up signs listing a contact number in all the cluster sites. 13. The printer at the Nursing Mezzanine is down now for the third day. A class is preparing to meet again this week, and again they will not be able to work because they cannot get their printouts. >>>This was a NIU problem, and should be fixed now. If it should fail again, please contact an UKCC Operator at 257-2222. 14. The Dorm2 printer refuses to advance pages. This wouldn't be much of a problem since there are two printers here, but the Prime automatically will select dorm2 if Dorm is busy. Could you add a third name (something like DORM1) that will only print on the original Dorm printer? That way, if one printer is inoperable, we can select the right printer. >>>If either of the DecWriters at DORM have a problem you can't correct, either leave the printer alone or turn it off-line so that the Prime will know not to send files to it. Then please call an UKCC Operator at 257-2222 to report the problem. 15. The terminal fifth from the wall nearest the printers in the Patterson Office Tower tells us that its port is reserved for security reasons. Whose security? Some numbers on these terminals might be helpful. Is this going to be the final location for POTMezz terminals? >>>We were converting channels on the broadband and had to temporarily disable some of the ports. We apologize for the inconvenience. 16. Would it be a terrible strain on your budget to put a paper cutter in 111 McVey Hall? It's inconvenient to take printouts to the library or the Student Center to cut them down to the right size, especially when those buildings are closed. >>>Thanks for the suggestion; we'll look into it. In the meantime, there is a paper cutter available in 110 McVey Hall, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. 17. There are two people playing games in 111 McVey Hall while people are waiting for terminals. >>>Ask them to leave. If they don't, find a UKCC staff member for help. 18. There still isn't a no-smoking sign here in 106 Student Center. Could someone please put a sign up here? >>>We'll try to be more conscientious about keeping signs up in the cluster sites. Thanks for your patience with us. 19. Is there a way to find out in which column of the line the cursor is at a particular instant? Also, which command will display what line the cursor is on? >>>If you're in the window editor, type DEL C W and press the Return key. 20. Is Prime accessible from a community college, such as Hopkinsville? >>>None of the Community Colleges have links to our Prime system at this time, though if they have tcp/ip and are on internet, they can get to our machine. 21. Mail sent to ukcc from ukpr over three hours ago hasn't arrived. Is there something wrong with smtp? >>>Mail off the Prime was held for a few hours because of system problems. We hope to have the majority of the problems corrected over spring break. 22. I have had problems in the past when trying to FTP to the Prime from somewhere else. I can connect and log in, but then I get "Insuficient Access Rights" when I try to do anything. Someone has told me that this is because the ftp program doesn't have access to my main directory, and I am unable to set the access myself. To avoid this, I have to TELNET to the Prime and then FTP back to wherever I'm telneting from. It would be a lot simpler if I could just FTP to the Prime. >>>Access has now been changed to allow ftp to your top-level directory. 23. Many thanks for TSET and CD; they're really appreciated! >>>Thanks! We're glad you like them. 24. If CD .. works, why not CD.. which works on a PC? And if you attempt to CD someplace that you do not have right to, it says, "Cd not found.." when it would be more appropriate to say "Insufficient Access Rights." >>>The space is needed between CD and .. to delimit CD as being a command and .. as the argument. 25. What if you want to do the following: TSET TTY, and have the TTY as a default? When I try to do it, it sets everything to TTY but gives me a message. Could you put TTY in as a default? >>>TSET has been changed to access TTY without those messages. 26. Why can't I SPOOL to the same destinations that I PRINT at? I need to spool a huge file with the -FTN option, and I can't use that with PRINT. I also can't spool files to CENTRAL, and I don't want to take up one of the other printers for 45 minutes. What can I do? >>>SPOOL is the interface to the Prime spooler, and PRINT is a generic interface to all printers (local and remote) and some utilities. We will update PRINT with any features people have used on SPOOL. You should not use SPOOL since it only works with the printers connected to the Prime. PRINT works with every printer we can talk to, and gives a single interface to everyone. 27. Whenever I type MAIL READ I get an error that says maximum quota exceeded. I have been trying out Bitnet and thought this may be part of my problem. >>>Sounds like your directory is full. Try deleting unneeded files. 28. Could we get a Help file for PROLOG? >>>PROLOG is obsolete and no longer supported. The new PROLOG compiler is called PROLOGIX; just check the Help file for PROLOGIX. 29. My files have a .z after them and are destroyed. This happened last night while using a modem. My file crashed, and I lost everything. Is there any way to reinstate my files from the backup files made when you save them? These files are very important! >>>.Z means your files are compressed. To restore them, enter the UNCOMPRESS command. If you still need help, please contact a Consultant in 110 McVey Hall, 257-2249. 30. I typed a command to list what I thought was a text file to the screen. It was a binary file, and it caused the terminal to reset. This trashed all my UKnet connections, locked up the telnet, and wouldn't allow me to log out from the system I was telnetted to. >>>We have no way of filtering binary data for you. Either have the host translate your file before shipping, or use a program (such as Strings) to do it for you. 31. Would it be possible when I log in and the terminal says "You have mail waiting," to have it say "you have NEW mail," or to have it say "plain" mail if I haven't received new mail? >>>At this time MAIL doesn't check for new versus old mail. Use MAIL CHECK in your login.cpl so when you log in you'll see a list of all the letters in your mailbox. 32. Why doesn't FINGER now work outside of Prime? >>>FINGER works both from and to the Prime. Please contact a Consultant in 110 McVey Hall for help with your specfic problem. 33. I would appreciate an option to FINGER which would stop the spewing of the FINGERed's .plan and .project. >>>The option -P will stop displaying the .plan and .project. 34. Does FINGER -l output have to be double-spaced? When you do a TSET VT100, it'd be nice for .PWTERMINAL to be set to vt100a instead of vt100, since PrimeWord doesn't know vt100. >>>There is a difference between vt100 and vt100a. TSET VT100A will fix you right up. Type HELP TSET for online help. 35. I was looking through my global variables and found one .termtype$, set to tvi924. I was wondering if this was a needed variable. >>>.termtype is the terminal type global variable used for the Help system. Tvi924 is used for tvi910p and tvi955. Without the global variable you will be prompted for a terminal type when you enter HELP. 36. I have recently obtained a phone modem and have trouble with trying to get into PrimeWord. My computer is an IBM PC. If you have any information as to terminal type to enter when asked or any helpful information, please send it to me. >>>If you're using some vt100/ansi terminal emulation program such as Kermit or Procomm, then VT100A should suffice as a term type, or just use VT100 with the TSET command. 37. The Prime no longer recognizes the existence of other machines. I can no longer FINGER accounts on other machines at other universities. Abbreviations which have always worked have suddenly started returning messages that the given host does not exist. >>>This was probably due to security changes made to our network. We've corrected the problem. 38. Why is tcp/ip being randomly dropped? This is very annoying for those of us who are coming in through an x-environment and trying to work. If it is a software bug, find it; if it is administrative action, please give a few minutes notice so we can log out. Being dropped in the middle of of editing is a pain. >>>We've been having various problems with tcp/ip, and we're working hard to correct them. Thanks for your patience. 39. Any idea when the telnet is going to be fixed? I can't get to the Sequent or the Unix lab through telnet and all of the msp ports are busy. This is really annoying. >>>We have replaced a faulty controller which was causing the problems for telnet, ftp, and mail transfers. 40. What are Primos wildcards and how do I use them? I'm trying to use HELP with various commands that I don't always know how to spell. Thanks! >>>The @ is the wildcard character in Primos. For example, HELP L @ @ will find all the Help files beginning with the letter L. 41. I was just looking through the Help file for MAIL, and I noticed that the WILD option was listed for several mailer commands, but there is no explanation of what this option means. >>>The "wild" in the mail help refers to the @ sign. This can be used to substitute for one or more characters. 42. Is there a global variable that can be set for the HELP command to eliminate entering your terminal every time HELP is evoked? Thank you. >>>You can use the TSET command to set all the global variables used by our software. Type HELP TSET for more information. 43. I have tried several different sources of transmission and found that whenever I try to login at 2400 bps I can't get the Prime to accept my password. I have no problem getting that far, but 1200 bps is so slow. If you have any suggestions, please help. >>>Check your settings; they should be 8-bit, no parity. If that doesn't correct the problem, contact Wayne Beech at 257-2238, 100 McVey Hall. 44. How do I save the contents of a table I have created in Oracle DBMS? If I have to create a large database can I write the data first in a Prime file and then copy portions of it into the table I have created, or must I enter into the tables directly (which may mean I have to enter some data again and again in different tables)? Thanks. >>>This answer to this question is too long to print in this column; please see a Consultant in 110 McVey Hall, 257-2249 for help. 45. Is there a way I can get a sample of the different character sets and fonts available on the laser printers? >>>You can print some of the special characters on the laser printer by using PrimeWord's alternate characters. While in PrimeWord you can insert characters into your text from the alternate character set. Since these characters cannot easily be displayed on the screen we do not have them in a Help file. There is, however, a file with the pathname of CONSULT>INFO>ALTERNATE.PW that can be printed USING PRIMEWORD (don't use the PRINT command). When printed, the output will show the available alternate characters along with their corresponding keyboard characters. At the top of the page are instructions on how to accomplish alternate characters. Remember that the characters will not be displayed on your screen but will print from LASER or DORMLP. They will not print, however, if you PRINT to disk and then PRINT the file to CCUSER1 or CCUSER2. To print the file issue this command: WORD CONSULT>INFO>ALTERNATE.PW -PRINT LASER or DORMLP Or you can copy it into your account to take a look at the file. For details on using PrimeWord itself see the "PrimeWord User's Guide." 46. I have seen a lot of Prime users communicating with one another and getting instant replies. How can I do this? >>>Try typing MESSAGE USERID -NOW where userid is the receiver's userid. When you press the Return key it will give you a blank line. All you do is type your message (up to 80 characters) and press Return again. They'll get it soon after this. 47. Why do you use 7-bit Kermit? Convert to 8-bit, or use X-modem or Y-modem or Z-modem, etc. >>>We cannot effectively transmit 8-bit binary characters without modifications on the host and the modems at this time. 48. I have never experienced any problems with the modems. I would like to thank UKCC and the networking people for removing the control characters from the port names, so that we can see what port that we're connected to now. >>>Thanks for the comments. We're glad you like the new feature. 49. I'm using the 2400 number with my 2400 baud modem. In the last eight minutes, I have been hung up three times. I have never been hung up so many times! I am on only for two or three minutes, and then I get a few odd characters and then no carrier. What's the problem? >>>We are continually monitoring the lines on our end; the problem you're having could be caused by any one of many things. If you're still having problems, contact GTE to check your phone lines or contact Communications at 257-5920 for more help. 50. 9600 baud modems are not answering. >>>We've had problems with the microcode, but we're in the process of upgrading. 51. Rlogin, FTP, ForumNet, and several other tools seem to be broken campuswide. Since other tools seem to work, it makes me wonder if the threatened access restrictions have been put in place. If so, please be aware that this has impeded access by faculty, staff, and students. Consider this a formal request to modify these restrictions so that they do not impact software for which they are not intended. >>>ForumNet has temporarily been taken down by its administrator. Rlogin and ftp were down for a few hours, but service has now been restored. We have modified access restrictions. 52. If you are in the line editor, and type UNLOAD without any arguments, you will receive an error message like "Insufficient Access Rights." Perhaps the editor should display more meaningful error messages. >>>While that error message may seem incorrect, it actually is the correct message display. You do not have access to create a file with a "blank" name. 53. While trying the TALK command I keep getting an error message. Does this command work? >>>We don't have any plans to install Prime's TALK service at this time, so we'll remove the command so there is no confusion. ********************************************************************* SUGGESTIONS 1. Where can I get a list of system completion codes and reason codes from MVS? All these numbers are so cryptic. >>>The complete list is in two IBM manuals: GC28-1812 MVS/ESA Message Library: System Messages Volume 1 and GC28-1813 MVS/ESA Message Library: System Messages Volume 2. There should be copies in the Consulting Room in 110 McVey Hall. If you need help interpreting them give us a call. 2. How about putting an appropriate REXX list into VIEW NETNEWS COMPUTERS? >>>Good idea; see VIEW NETNEWS COMPUTERS REXX. 3. With the coming of ACF2 for VM, will I be able to access my MVS datasets interactively from CMS? When will this be available, and what documenta-tion should I order? >>>No, you won't be able to access your MVS datasets interactively from CMS when ACF2/VM goes into effect. A final conversion date has not yet been set, but we'll let you know just as soon as we can. You won't need any documentation in preparation for this conversion. 4. Planned CMS/MVS password conflation will have three unfortunate consequences: a) The CMS PASSWORD change command will become obsolete. Passwords must be changed with the less familiar MVS //*PASSWORD card method. b) A faculty member will not be able to share an MVS account with a student without also sharing the corresponding CMS disk which might contain confidential information. There is no option except to create additional student MVS accounts. c) Project accounting must keep track of floating MVS accounts for which no corresponding CMS account exists, in order to avoid creating such a CMS account by inadvertence in the future. >>>a) No, the PASSWORD command will continue to work. Since there will no longer be a distinction between CMS userids and MVS logonids as far as the security is concerned, a change to a password either way will affect both CMS and MVS. b) Yes, if you give someone the password to an MVS logonid the corresponding CMS userid is compromised, but students will already have their own CMS userids which can be authorized for MVS as well. Faculty will have to set rules allowing those userids access to their MVS datasets. Or they could move the whole project to CMS instead. c) Project accounting has a single database of userids. An userid may be authorized for CMS or MVS or both. Userids for both systems are added using this database, so this isn't really a problem. 5. Please fix LWPRINT to recognize PostScript files automatically. I used it to print a large PostScript file, and instead of the expected 22 pages, it treated the program as a text file and wasted a huge amount of paper. It should be reasonable that when I send PostScript to a PostScript printer, the default action is to interpret that PostScript. >>>LWPRINT assumes any file with a filetype of P-SCRIPT or P+SCRIPT contains PostScript code. You can specify the POSTSCRIPT option if the filetype is something else. 6. Are there any downloading protocols available on UKCC other than Kermit? It would be helpful for those of us using modems to have a faster protocol available such as X-modem, etc. >>>Kermit is the only protocol the IBM 3090 can support for serial connections. If you're on campus and connected to a local network with campus ethernet connections you can use the much faster tcp/ip file transfers. If you are on campus you can also get a 19,200 baud serial connection to UKnet, which is quite fast even with Kermit. 7. How can I find out the e-mail address of a user at another university in the United States? Your help is appreciated. >>>There is a file on the Bitnet disk that includes the nnode and the postmaster's userid, but the simplest way is to call the reecipient at that university. To try to find it yourself, enter GRAB BITNET BRowse BITEARN NODES You can use search functions to help find the university you're looking for. Then, send e-mail to the postmaster, asking for the userid you need. 8. This complaint is long standing. You need to realize that faculty, not only at UK, but elsewhere depend upon the services you have agreed to supply. Many of us conduct research, network and do library searches as a daily part of our work. Nothing is more irritating than to find that UKCC has terminated services without warning. In the future, please notify our computer center here at EKU and others that depend upon you that you plan to dismantle Internet or any other of the services you are to provide. You really have a terrible reputation among us end users out in the state and probably should do something to improve your image, like tell us when telnet is back up. >>>We're sorry you're having problems, but we still have our Internet connection and our Bitnet connection. EKU is not yet connected to the Internet, but people there with UKCC userids can use KECNET to get to UK and access some Internet facilities, and mail can be sent over EKU's Bitnet link to Internet sites. We've been having recurring problems with the phone line from here to EKU, which carries the library async connection as well as the Bitnet synchronous connection over an ISN network, but the outages are usually brief. Our network group and the technical people at EKU have been with AT&T to solve the problem. In the meantime, if you are having a problem, please contact us immediately so that we can help you. We do try to inform our users when we make changes -- honest -- even when we have to make changes in a hurry. 9. I'm having trouble connecting to some nodes via telnet if I specify the port number. For example, telnet 128.6.4.8 works fine, but telnet 128.6.4.8 9999 doesn't. I tried the same address through an account in another university, and it works from there. Could you tell me what is wrong, and when it will be corrected? I have the same problem from the AIX system, too. >>>The telnet NIUs have been restricted from going off campus for security reasons. 10. I see you've changed the FORTRAN compilation options template so that the vectorization option is indicated by a Yes/No flag. Is this level 2 vectorization? How do I know? >>>FORTRAN no longer has vectorization levels; it's either on or off (though you can specify an optimization level). VECTOR implies OPT(3) unless you tell it otherwise. You'll also find a couple of other changes. The FORTRAN execution panel allows you to indicate which subroutine libraries you need. If there are others you use that aren't on the list, let us know. HELPER now has a simple macro facility. You can create a file with a filetype of HELPER that contains Helper commands. For example, you could create a file named FORT HELPER containing the line 6.5.3. Then, entering FORT on the Helper command line would take you directly to the FORTRAN compiler panel regardless of where you are. 11. How does one use the SELECT LIBRARIES option in the program development menus? >>>This was an experimental option that was abandoned. We're exploring other avenues. 12. In the template for printing a file, does the TRANSLATE (CONTROL CHARACTERS) option activate proper translation of FORTRAN carriage control characters? If not, this should be an option, too. >>>TRANSLATE is for removing unprintable characters. Carriage control is handled based on the filetype. LISTING files are assumed to have carriage control in the first column. 13. A capability for user customization -- adding menu items and even full menus -- would be highly desirable. It would also be nice if the user could define mnemonic shortcut commands that would take them directly to their most commonly used menus. I'm aware of the current capability that uses a decimal point preceding submenu numbers, but I'm looking for something more intuitive. >>>Yes, Helper now has a macro feature. You can put menu numbers and commands in a file with a filetype of HELPER, and use the filename as a Helper command. 14. I keep getting unusual results while trying to use SELECT. I have a 5000 byte file containing one record, with every byte being a T except for columns 4997-5000, which contain TEND. Repeated SELECTs give mixed results, sometimes finding the match and sometimes failing to find the match. Sometimes the same arguments give different results depending on what arguments were used on the previous request. Would anyone have time to point out to me what I am doing wrong? >>>SELECT can only search 256 bytes of each record. Either remove the restriction (which is a relatively large task) or add a warning message. If you search for more than 256 columns of a file, the results are unpredictable. 15. Help! I was running a PL/I program from a load module. The program was trying to read a fixed- block unlabeled tape and got an abend message. The manual in 111 McVey indicates that code D0 means that RECFM=FBS or FS was specified for a partitioned dataset. I cannot understand how a partitioned dataset relates to a tape. Mapping the tape seemed to indicate that its characteristics were exactly what the program was expecting. I then tried running the job again and got exactly the same abend. >>>Thanks for letting us know; we've fixed the problem. ********************************************************************* UKCC SERVICES DIRECTORY McVey Service E-Mail Address Phone Hall Vice President, Information Services Eugene R. Williams DPS128@UKCC 257-3609 Assoc. 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