[287] in DCNS Development
["Andrea Hauser, MIT Account Mgr: (617)654-1537"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Roden)
Fri Jan 22 10:50:06 1993
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 10:48:19 EST
From: roden@MIT.EDU (Peter Roden)
To: developers@MIT.EDU, dcns@MIT.EDU, acs@MIT.EDU, css@MIT.EDU
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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 10:22:29 EST
From: "Andrea Hauser, MIT Account Mgr: (617)654-1537" <hauser@nemail.enet.dec.com>
To: roden@Athena.MIT.EDU
Cc: jis@mit.edu, hauser@nemail.enet.dec.com
Apparently-To: jis@mit.edu, roden@athena.mit.edu
Subject: INternet access to Alpha/DEC info
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Subject: Online, Internet-Accessible Product Information
Digital is pleased to announce the availability of online, Internet-
accessible product information. The available information spans a
diverse range -- from information sheets, to technical overviews,
performance summaries, brochures, software product descriptions (SPD's),
whitepapers, presentations and even the Systems and Options Catalog.
All information is in either ASCII text or Postscript form. Each
document has an abstract file (.abs) that gives a single paragraph
overview of the document. It also contains the formal document name,
when the document was released and, if in Postscript form, how many
pages of Postscript.
The information hierarchy is divided into a number of subdirectories and
documents are accessible by either anonymous ftp or Email. An index is
available for each subdirectory. Besides the index file, all other
files carry an extension of:
.ps Postscript
.txt ASCII Text
.abs Abstract
Postscript file larger than 75k are also available in a compressed
file format with a .ps.Z extension.
Attached is the high-level index in found in the /pub/DEC/DECinfo
subdirectory and Internet access instructions.
Be sure to check the index file and the README file in the DECinfo directory
for a current overview of the subdirectories and their contents.
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/pub/DEC/DECinfo/index file
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DECnews-PR
This subdirectory contains all Digital press releases since 8/01/92.
The press releases are available as ASCII files. These same press
releases are posted to the biz.dec newsgroup. If you prefer to have
press releases send to you directly via e-mail, you can send mail
to decnews-pr@pa.dec.com with a subject line as follows:
Subject: subscribe decnews-pr
DECnews-UNIX
This subdirectory contains the full text version of articles
referenced by the DECnews for UNIX Newsletter, as well as back issues
of the newsletter. The newsletter is distributed via e-mail every
3 weeks and provides capsule summaries of products and services of
relevance to the UNIX market. To subscribe to this newsletter, send
mail to decnews-unix@pa.dec.com with a subject line as follows:
Subject: subscribe abstract
SOC
This subdirectory contains all the Digital Systems and Options
Catalog (SOC) broken up into smaller files by chapters and/or
products. Files are all in Postscript form.
SPD
This subdirectory contains all of the Digital Software Product
Descriptions (SPD). They are all in ASCII text form.
brochure
This subdirectory contains various brochures. Brochures are
typically available as Postscript files.
document
This subdirectory contains assorted documents of interest to the
Digital community - installation guides, compatibility guides,
porting guides, etc. Most documents are typically in Postscript
form.
infosheet
This subdirectory contains product-specific infosheets for both
software products and hardware platforms. Infosheets are usually
available in both text and Postscript form.
misc
This subdirectory contains assorted charts, graphics, posters, and
other graphics that can be used to better visualize and understand
Digital's products.
performance-summary
This subdirectory contains performance data for both workstation
and server products. Performance summaries are typically in
Postscript.
presentation
This subdirectory contains commonly used presentations that can
be used with a larger group to explain product functionality,
position products and describe strategy. Presentation are in
Postscript.
technical-overview
This subdirectory contains technical overviews of Digital
products, both hardware and software. Technical overviews are
in Postscript.
whitepaper
This subdirectory contains whitepapers on Digital products and
generic issues in the computer industry. Whitepapers are in both
Postscript and text form.
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Internet Access Instructions
===============================================================================
All documents are are kept online at gatekeeper.dec.com in the
/pub/DEC/DECinfo directory.
These documents can be accessed electronically by either ftpmail
or anonymous ftp from gatekeeper.
Instructions for using anonymous ftp to copy files:
1. Use the INTERNET application, FTP, to connect to gatekeeper.dec.com.
(16.1.0.2 is the address if you don't have it defined)
2. Login as user: anonymous
3. Enter a password. You may use any string as the password, but we
prefer that you use your e-mail address.
4. Change to the appropriate DECinfo directory;
(for example: cd pub/DEC/DECinfo/infosheet)
5. Use the get command to get the file DECnsr V2.0 abstract
(for example: get decnsr-v2p0.abs)
Note that the username in step 2, the directory in step 4, and the
filename in step 5 are case sensitive; they must be typed as shown.
Also, ".txt" must be used instead of " txt" (space txt).
Instructions for using ftpmail to copy files:
1. Address the mail message to ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com.
2. Ignore the subject line.
3. Include in the first line of the body the word "connect".
4. Include get commands for each document required.
(for example: get /pub/DEC/DECinfo/infosheet/decnsr-v2p0.ps)
5. The body of a typical request might look like:
connect
get /pub/DEC/DECinfo/SPD/index
get /pub/DEC/DECinfo/infosheet/decnsr-v2p0.ps
get /pub/DEC/DECinfo/brochure/unix-from-digital.txt
Note that results will be mailed to you later in the day as requests
are queued up and processed every 30 minutes. For more timely access,
consider using anonymous ftp.
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