** ** ****** ** ** ******** ** ** ***** ** ** ** * ** ** ** *** ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** * **** **** ** * ** ** ** ** ** **** ** ** ** ** ** *** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** ** ** ****** ** ** ** ***** ***** ** ** ** ****** ****** ***** ** **** ******** ****** ****** ** ** ** ** * ** ** * ** ** ** ** ****** **** ** ** ** ** **** ****** ** ** ** ** **** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ****** ***** ** **** ** ****** ** ** **** KY REGISTER **** KY REGISTER **** KY REGISTER **** KY REGISTER *** JANUARY 1992 TABLE OF CONTENTS Upcoming FACTS Center Seminars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 UKCC Short Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Getting Onto NOTIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Holiday Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Prime Bulletin Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 Services Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 *********************************************************************** UPCOMING FACTS CENTER SEMINARS The Faculty Academic Computing and Technology Support (FACTS) Center will be sponsoring a series of seminars on high-end desktop computing throughout the Spring semester. Seminar presentations will be given by vendors describing current developments in hardware, software, and courseware, as well as by faculty members reporting on innovative applications of desktop computers in their instruction and research. For more information on the seminar series and the work of the FACTS Center, contact Dr. Robert S. Tannenbaum, Director of Academic Computing, at rst@ukcc.uky.edu; or 257-2900. Here is a listing of prospective seminars for the Spring semester; dates and times will be published as soon as they become available. Wavefront Visualizer Series Wavefront Technologies and Silicon Graphics (hardware) Development & Use of Software for Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) Donna Larson (co-sponsored with the UK School of Nursing) The Technical Innovations in Medical Education (TIME) Project Dr. Bill Harless, Georgetown University Medical College Using Computers to Improve Instruction Dr. David Hardison & Dr. Eric Spohn, UK College of Dentistry Workstations Sun Computational Tools for Mathematics Dr. Lester Senechal, Mount Holyoke College Math Dept. Workstations NeXT Computing Instructional Computing Graphics Lloyd Reber, Texas A & M Using Computers to Enhance College-Level Remedial Studies Kamala Anandam, Dade County Community College WordPerfect for Windows Dan Nelson, WordPerfect Corporation ********************************************************************* 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 two 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 21 and 22 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. 106 McVey Hall January 28 and 29 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. 106 McVey Hall February 11 and 12 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 106 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. Your instructor will be Chris Corman, 257-2243, chris@ukcc.uky.edu. INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC MAIL ON THE IBM 3090 January 23 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. 106 McVey Hall January 30 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. 106 McVey Hall February 13 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 106 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 users on the IBM 3090 as well as to users on the Prime and Wang systems. 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 learn the log on 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 UNIX January 13, 15, and 17 10:00 a.m. to Noon 104 McVey This course is designed to give you a basic understanding and working knowledge of the Unix operation system. We'll cover the fundamentals and major differences of system V, release 4, and BSD 4.3 derivatives, as well as the file system, networking and standard utilities, and system services. We'll have hands-on sessions with Unix workstations at the Math Sciences Lab. There are no prerequisites for this course, and Justin Sullivan will be your instructor; justin@ukcc.uky.edu, 257-2215. INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL COMPUTING February 11 and 13 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. 104 McVey This course will introduce you to the fundmental concepts of computer graphics. Techniques and software packages on a variety of platforms (IBM 3090, Sun SparcStation, Apple Macintosh, and IBM PS/2) will be demonstrated and explained. No computing experience is necessary for this course. Bob Williamson, 257-2227, robertt@ukcc.uky.edu, will be your instructor. INTRODUCTION TO SAS February 3 and 4 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. 106 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 6 and 7 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. 106 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 February 17, 18, 20, and 21 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. 106 McVey Hall SPSS 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, but do have experience with CMS or have completed the Introduction to VM/CMS & Xedit class, described above. Your instructor will be Emmanuel Okorley (257-3238, okorley@ukcc.uky.edu), and online registration is required for this course. NCSA SOFTWARE January 30 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. 327 McVey Hall NCSA (The National Center for Supercomputing Applications) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign produces several software tools for scientists and engineers. These tools are in the public domain and designed to aid research that must cross hardware boundaries. These packages are gaining a growing user base; UK is also using and supporting them. Packages to be discussed include HDF (Hierarchical Data Format) for images and multi-dimensional floating point data, HDF-Vset for storing complex interrelations between data sets, ImageTool for the Sun Sparcstation, Height-Color Visualizer, PolyView, and Iso-Surface Visualizer for the Silicon-Graphics Iris and IBM RS6000, and XImage and XDataSlice for any X-Windows workstation. Enrollment is limited to 10, and your instructor is Alan Audette, 257-2191, alan@ukcc.uky.edu. AIX/370 ON THE IBM 3090 January 27 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. 327 McVey Hall AIX is an operating system designed to provide standard Unix features on IBM computers. The class will begin by briefly looking at some of the basic, interactive commands and progress quickly to an overview of the advanced programming features. Topics will include using the IBM 3090's vector facility, available programming libraries and software packages, and an introduction to X-Windows. Enrollment is limited to twenty, and online registration is required. Alan Audette will be your instructor; 257-2191, alan@ukcc.uky.edu. USING MAPLE ON A WORKSTATION January 29 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. 327 McVey Hall MAPLE is a package for performing symbolic math and producing either numerical, graphic, or text results as output. Topics of this course include the basic use of MAPLE, obtaining and using LaTeX output from MAPLE, producing two- and three-dimensional plots and printing them, and the use of MAPLE as a programming language. Online registration is required, and class size is limited to 20. Alan Audette, 257-2191, alan@ukcc.uky.edu will be your instructor. PARALLEL COMPUTING IN FORTRAN February 25 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. 327 McVey Hall An introduction to parallel processing using VS/FORTRAN Version 2, Release 5, on the IBM 3090. Parallel coding instructions allow you to use up to all six processors of the IBM 3090 to concurrently process data, reducing wall clock time in running jobs. Automatic parallelization, parallel concepts and commands, and the architecture of the IBM 3090 will be discussed. Your instructor will be Anne Leigh, 257-2205, anne@ukcc.uky.edu. INTRODUCTION TO DI-3000 February 24, 26, 28 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. 106 McVey Hall DI-3000, a Precision Visuals, Inc., product, is a device-independent, general purpose graphics subroutine system for the FORTRAN programmer. It is primarily a toolkit system for custom application development. It is also part of a larger family of integrated software modules which do contour maps, 3-D gridded surfaces, charts, graphs, metafiles, etc. The complete family of products will be covered in this course. The class will meet two hours per day for three days. You should be familiar with VM/CMS and VS FORTRAN. Bob Williamson will be your instructor; 257-2227, robertt@ukcc.uky.edu. VISUALIZATION WITH PV-WAVE February 25 and 27 10:00 to 12:00 p.m. 104 McVey PV-WAVE is the latest graphics software from Precision Visuals, Inc., for interactive analysis and visualization of scientific data. This course will guide you through understanding and the use of the new point-and-click version of this popular package, and it will explore application possibilities, hardcopy options, etc. Bob Williamson will be your instructor; 257-2227, robertt@ukcc.uky.edu. ********************************************************************* GETTING ONTO NOTIS The UK libraries are in the process of moving to the NOTIS system, and users can now access NOTIS catalogs. Accessing the new catalog of library holdings is easy. * Connect to UKnet in your usual manner. If you're not sure how to do this, contact a UKCC Consultant in 110 McVey Hall, a consultant at the Medical Center, or call the Library. * At the >> prompt, type C. * Press the space bar. * Type UKCCB. * Press the Enter or Return key. * At the Terminal Type prompt, type vt100 or tvi955 or whatever terminal emulation you usually use with your software or terminal on UKnet. * Choose LIBRARY from the menu. If you're dialing in or you're on a UKnet port, type in the number in the left column and press the Enter key. If you're on a LAN gateway, move the cursor down next to LIBRARY, and press the Enter key. * The UK Libraries symbol screen will appear. Simply follow the instructions on the screen, and you're on your way. OPAC is the UK Libraries' catalog of holdings. It requires no passwords to access. ERIC is an education index database of journal articles and report citations. UK has many of the journals cited and has a subscription to most of the reports on microfilm. You'll need an ACF2 userid and password to access ERIC. For more information on ERIC, contact Mary Vass, Education Librarian at 257-1351. MEDL is the Medline database of journal article citations. It contains up to the last two years of citations. You'll need an ACF2 userid and password to access MEDL. For more information on MEDL, contact Stephanie Allen, Medical Reference Librarian, at 233-6567. If you're a UK student, or a UK faculty or staff member, you're eligible for an ACF2 userid to access either ERIC or MEDL. If you already have an userid on the IBM 3090 or Prime, you can probably use that userid and password to access the library databases. If you cannot access these extra databases with any of your existing passwords, come into one of the libraries and pick up an application form for a Multiple Database Access System userid. ********************************************************************* HOLIDAY SCHEDULE Monday, January 20, 1992 is an official UK holiday. The UKCC offices, Micro Instructional 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. Due to some kind of game it's hard to find a terminal for the Prime. This is a bad week to have a bunch of people using the computers for games since they stay on a long time. Please try to restrict the usage. >>>It is in the best interest of everyone not to play games when others need to use the system for school work, especially during finals week. However, it is next to impossible to police what everyone is doing, and even more difficult to judge if they should be doing it or not. The problem of providing access to all UK students, faculty, and staff while restricting abuse is being addressed as the University makes plans for general computing facilities. 2. Is there any way to look up an e-mail address on the Transy computer from Prime? >>>There is no standard way to find e-mail address anywhere. Generally, you talk to the person you wish to e-mail to and get an address to use, or perhaps you see their address on a mailing list. 3. Port 5, phone number 258-4859, has flow control problems. >>>Thanks for reporting it; we'll check it out. The next time you have a network problem, call the network repair number at 257-5900. 4. I have tried relay with tvi950, tvi955, and tvi924 but cannot get the server to act correctly on my tvi950 terminal. If it makes any difference, I'm dialed into EKU's network and then to NetOne. >>>How are you getting in relay; just typing RELAY or RELAY -TTP TVI950? If you are just typing RELAY, then try the other and let us know if it still does not work. It may be that the wrong terminal type is being read. In the meantime, use RELAY -TTP TTY; it will scroll like PHONE used to. 5. Some programs don't allow me to use the terminal I'm using. I am using a PT250 terminal at Morehead State University. >>>Since we do not have any PT250 terminals at this site we do not have most of our software configured for those terminals. We also do not have a way to test what we do have. Can you send us mail about what does not work? 6. The laser printer in 111 McVey Hall has become very unreliable. It prints only half pages and eats paper. Please bring back CCUSER, or at least put Central back online so that we have more than one printer to work with. It would be greatly appreciated. >>>Thanks for reporting this; we'll try to keep the laser printer in the best possible condition. We will try to restore the other printer just as soon as it's economically feasible. 7. When using PrimeWord and entering my terminal type as tvi955, the screen is scrambled with all the junk characters. >>>Are you actually on a tvi955? If so, please tell us where the teriminal is located so we can take a look. 8. Is there any way that the bulletin board postings under the Mail prompt can be placed on some sort of menu for easier browsing? >>>The bulletin board's interface will be enhanced if we continue to use this software on this machine. Thanks for the suggestion. 9. I have noticed that wheelchair-bound users have a problem with retrieving their printouts from the LIB printer. I thought I would mention this since I noticed again today that a user was unable to get their printout. >>>Thanks for bringing this to our attention; we'll try to rearrange things to improve access. 10. I can't delete program5.run. >>>.RUN files are mapped into your memory and will report being in use if they abnormally end, or if someone else is using them. We assume no one else is using it, so you can type RLS -ALL or ICE; then you can delete it. 11. EXEC, once it finds an error (on ANSI C), continually reports errors until it reaches end of file. There should be a limit on the number of errors that the program reports. >>>We assume you're referring to the error messages printed by the C compiler. There is a limit at which the compiler gives up and quits trying to compile. The limit is 50, and you should receive something similar to the following: Error# 50 on source line = xx has severity Fatal: Error vector overflow. The number of errors in the source program has exceeded the implementation's limit. Correct all previous errors and re-compile. 050 Errors and 00 Warnings detected in yy source lines. Too many errors. [CError] (CI) Compile time error. Do you wish to continue? ********************************************************************* SUGGESTIONS 1. Could you tell me what the figures after the CMS Ready prompt mean? >>>The numbers after the Ready prompt indicate the total and virtual CPU times. Total CPU time consists of the virtual CPU (time used directly by your program) and the control program overhead attributed to you. The times are listed in seconds. 2. Can these printers be set up so they don't produce a header page for every job? These are low-use printers; most jobs are picked up quickly. >>>Yes. Just enter LWPR filename filetype filemode (NOTR destination This command also works with the LWSCRIPT option. 3. Instead of printing four-up, I would like to make my page length the entire sheet of the page in portrait orientation. Can you tell me how I could get the printer to do this for my output? That way, I can adjust the pagelength from my programs to automatically use this longer page and won't have the clutter of extra headers and footers. Which, incidently, will also save paper as well as make my reports a little more readable. Any information on how to do this would be appreciated. >>>A pagedef has been created for this purpose. See the available pagedefs in the HELP 3800 menu. 4. Is there some sort of form definition that I could specify so that I could print 200+ column output on the laser printer? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >>>See the HELP 3800 menu for all the available pagedefs. 5. I am currently using VSCOM as my terminal emulator (on a system set up for WANG) when connecting to the CMS. I will soon be purchasing a modem for my home PS/2 which has Microsoft Windows 3.0 installed. Windows comes with a program called Terminal. Can this be used as a terminal emulator to connect to the mainframe from home? Thanks. >>>The terminal emulator which comes with Windows can be used to connect to UKCC, but some of the keys do not translate very well. You'll need to use ASCII codes in place of the Function keys and to clear the screen. We recommend you use Kermit to connect to UKCC; the keyboard translation is much better. Bring a diskette to 107 McVey Hall, and we'll give you a copy of Kermit and the documentation. 6. I just received a file from rpiecs file server; it arrived in several pieces. My other files have been shorter and have arrived in one piece. I download them to my PC with Kermit. They're in zip format and I can unzip them without any trouble, but the same technique doesn't work with this larger file. What do I do? >>>Chris Corman can help you with this specific problem. He can be reached at 257-2243, 115 McVey Hall, chris@ukcc.uky.edu. 7. What Kermit settings should I use to download a PostScript file from UKCC to a Macintosh using Kermit? >>>PostScript files are just ASCII (or EBCDIC) text, so transferring them is simple. You don't need any special settings; just treat them like any other text file. 8. We used to be able to log on to a bulletin board by entering Connect SSH. It does not work any more. What's wrong? >>>Thanks for reporting this; we'll check into it. 9. The word processing facilities in Helper are oriented around Script, but I do most of my word processing using TeX and/or LaTeX. It would be helpful if Helper had facilities geared for these programs and their ancillaries. This could perhaps be on a "Math Word Processing" menu, or perhaps some global variable can be set (by the user) to tell Helper whether to word process using TeX or Script. On the other hand, I see that you've been gradually improving Helper. Keep up the good work! >>>Good idea; we'll see what we can do. ********************************************************************* 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, Academic User Services Dr. Robert S. Tannenbaum RST@UKCC 257-2900 128 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 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 Local Area Networks Gary Porter PORTER@UKLANS 257-5267 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 257-6100 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 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 Lorinda Wang UKC333@UKCC 257-2204 109B Security & Disaster Recovery Jack L. Coffman UKA051@UKCC 257-2273 218 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 RESEARCH COMPUTING SUBCOMMITTEE Kumble R. Subbaswamy, Chair, 1994 Gregory W. Brock, 1992 Graeme Fairweather, 1993 Robert A. Lodder, 1993 Judith G. Shelling, 1993 Carolyn Brock, 1994 James M. McDonough, 1994 ex officio Delwood Collins John W. Connolly Doyle Friskney Douglas E. Hurley Robert S. Tannenbaum David S. Watt Student (1) INSTRUCTIONAL COMPUTING SUBCOMMITTEE Merrill W. Packer, Chair, 1994 Joel M. Lee, 1992 David J. Shippy, 1992 Anthony Q. Baxter, 1993 Robert L. Fehr, 1993 John E. Christopher, 1994 Kevin S. Kiernan, 1994 ex officio Doyle Friskney Douglas E. Hurley Louis J. Swift Robert S. Tannenbaum VC Academic Affairs, MC VC Academic Affairs CCS Undergraduate Student (1) ADMINISTRATIVE COMPUTING SUBCOMMITTEE Jack B. Jordan, Chair, 1994 David Carter, 1992 Sue Fosson, 1992 Ken Clevidence, 1993 Karen T. Combs, 1993 Randall W. Dahl, 1993 Joan McCauley, 1993 Dale R. Austin, 1994 Daniel L. Fulks, 1994 Nancy Ray, 1994 Walter F. Skiba, 1994 ex officio Doyle Friskney Jon Hesseldenz Roseann Hogan Douglas E. Hurley MC - vacant CCS - vacant *********************************************************************