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Title:DECevent -- keywords KIT* and PAK are available
Notice:DECevent V2.2 available - SHOW KEY/FULL to find note numbers
Moderator:DSNENG::KOLBEN
Created:Fri Jan 07 1994
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:307
Total number of notes:1463

288.0. "DECevent V2.4 released" by DSNENG::KOLBE (Wicked Wench of the Web) Fri Apr 18 1997 21:29

DECevent V2.4 is now available on the WWW.

External - http://www.service.digital.com/decevent

Internal - http://pinkft.cxo.dec.com/decevent

There is added VAX support for the 6000/7000 and 10000 series.

Also a fix for the TA90 problem.

Please see the release notes for details. 

anonymous ftp is still available via pinkft.cxo.dec.com

cd to /pub/DECevent/V240/{ovms-vax,ovms-alpha,unix,doc}

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288.1Where can customers pick up DECevent?KERNEL::LOANEComfortably numb!!Mon Apr 21 1997 08:056
    We  want  to  blitz  our  customers  with  details  of  where to get 
    DECevent (and the fact that new product support in UERF and  ERF  is 
    limited)  etc,  but  some of them will be Internet-challenged!! Does 
    anyone have details of the CD's on which  DECevent  was  distrubuted 
    and  what  versions  of  O'VMS & D'Unix distribution media they came 
    with??
288.2sort ofDSNENG::KOLBEWicked Wench of the WebMon Apr 21 1997 14:4810
DECevent V2.3 should be on the OpenVMS V7.1 associated products CD. It is also
FIS'd on the V7.1 alpha systems. I think UNIX V4.0b has DECevent V2.3 also. 
V2.3 is also on the Turbo Laser 4 gig memory update CD (both OS).

The next version of UNIX (now called PT-min) will have DECevent V2.4 as will
the next version of OpenVMS (raven). Unless V2.5 comes out before either of
those ship.

We are also working on a CD for the WOW program but that is a couple months
away. liesl
288.3A cd with tools on it? what tools?BACHUS::PIRLETWed Apr 23 1997 06:0122
    hello
    
>We are also working on a CD for the WOW program but that is a couple months
>away. liesl
    
    Would you mind to extend a little bit about the previous sentence?
    
    I would like to see on this cd ALL the tools that may be used on a 
    customer machine, not only DECevent. DSNlink is the first I really NEED
    on top of DECevent, but others are usefull too.
    
    Will we get DSNlink and DECevent and Edex and DIA (you know, all those
    products advertised on the web under electronic services at
    www.service.digital.com)? What about Canasta, and MPH and ... ?
    
    Will we get a UNIQUE cd with all operating software: VAX-VMS,
    ALPHA-VMS, UNIX and ALPHA-WNT (Edex does run also on ultrix and non-DEC
    O.S. but could be accessed from unix I hope...)?
    
    	Thanks to take care.
    
    		Louis Richard
288.4Kits are protected on PNKLGS and FMCSSEATZIS1::SCHIESSERWed Apr 23 1997 10:0211
	Today, I tried to copy over the latest DECEVENT-kits for VAX and Alpha
	from the good old nodes PNKLGS and FMCSSE.

	In both locations, the new DECEVENT-Kits V024 are present but they are
	well protected.

	Is there any reason for protecting them?

	regards
             Hannes

288.5OLD1S::SYSTEMPM&D PSE Tools SupportWed Apr 23 1997 12:3010
	Hannes,


   I have changed the protection on the files on fmcsse and pnklgs. Hopefully
this will not happen again. 

Cheer's

Keith
288.6DECevent V2.4 is now on TIMA alsoDSNENG::KOLBEWicked Wench of the WebWed Apr 23 1997 15:3515
The proposed contents of the Service tools CD are:

DECevent for OpenVMS,UNIX,NT
Edex for UNIX (Digital only)
UniCensus for UNIX
AutoCLUE for OpenVMS and UNIX
DSNlink for OpenVMS,UNIX and maybe NT

This will be in iso9000 format with the
Rockridge (?) extentions to be mountable
on all systems. Only the UNIX will be installable
from the CD. The others will have to be copied to
the system they will be used on. 

This CD will be part of the WOW program. liesl
288.7beautifull, ...may I ask more?...BACHUS::PIRLETThu Apr 24 1997 06:2518
    
    Well, this sound REALLY NICE, but PLEASE include at least a readme.txt
    file to explain the contents of the cd, or even better a command
    procedure to execute the files.
    
    Just for fun, I have seen a cd with only decevent v2.3 and KNL files
    for both UNIX and VMS. There was nothing on this cd but a few files
    named DIA_VMSALPHA_023.A_DCX_ALPHAEXE (or similar) in the vms
    directory. It took me a couple of hours to finally discover that those
    files are OVMS ALPHA executable (ana/image). It took me another 30
    minutes to run those files with the correct syntax...A readme would
    have saved me a lot of time...a command procedure that asked for the
    final destination would have been even nicer...
    
    	Again thanks for the good job.
    
    		Louis Richard
    
288.8how did you get that?DSNENG::KOLBEWicked Wench of the WebFri Apr 25 1997 15:546
Louis, the only cd I know of that fits that description is the one we made fvor the
Turbolaser 4 gig memory. There were complete directions in hardcopy that were supposed
to be with the CD. In fact, the cd was only supposed to be shipped WITH the turbolaser
for the early 4 gig customers. I wonder how you got one and why the hardcopy wasn't
with it. It also contained UNIX fiels and VMS patches that were required for the 4 gig
analysis. liesl
288.9I had the cd with the turbolaser, read about the docsBACHUS::PIRLETMon Apr 28 1997 11:2521
    Hello Liesl
    
    What you say is beautifull to point out another missconception of the
    field work...Yes I did receive the cd with a 8400 turbolaser. Yes this
    machine was brand new and had some problems. ( Machine was hanging
    intermittently due to an empty XMI backplane -this will be populated
    with the hardware from vax7000 that will go away- but that is an
    another story...)
    
    In fact the hardware manual that sould have been associated with the cd
    was allready somewhere ( but where ?), in the customer documentation.
    (read: is is in the desk of the customer, or at the home of the operator,
    or maybe even in an engineer car, who knows?)
    
    If only a small doc, just enough to get going, was written on the cd.
    That would solve so MANY "problems". I really would like the doc
    stappled (ho, you can't stapple books to cdrom, can you ? :-) ) 
    
    	Thanks to take care...
    
    		Louis Richard
288.10MPH locationDPPRIP::BARRIEThu May 29 1997 10:499
    
    re - 288.3
    
    MPH can be found on Digital UNIX V3.2 onwards in the area
    /usr/field/mph along with a user guide in text and postscript format.
    
    Regards.
    
    Liam.