/netlib/apollo

Index for apollo

• file: hpplot
  for: program which converts Apollo GMR graphics output files into ascii text files of HPGL (Hewlitt Packard Graphics Language) commands which can then be sent to any HP graphics device (the HP7550 plotter in particular).
• file: 7550a
  for: pen plotter which runs on the Apollo. Complete instructions on compiling and installing the print-server are included.
• file: qsend
  for: program allows a user at one Apollo workstation to send messages to other users, other nodes, all users, all nodes, their own node (from a background job), and to themselves (if they are logged in on more than one machine).
• file: toshiba
  for: print-server for a Toshiba 1351 dot matrix printer running on an Apollo workstation with an RS232 interface.
• file: image
  for: Apple Imagewriter dot matrixprinter running on an Apollo workstation with an RS232 interface.
• file: rand
  for: random number generators for the Apollos
• file: v2d
  for: V2d is a demo program originally written by Jim Rees to show how an Apollo network could get transparent file access to any BSD 4.2 system running TCP/IP.
• file: ftp
  for: A set of small programs which will startup the TCP/IP FTP, RIP, and TELNET servers on the Apollos after a suitable delay to allow the TCP/IP server to get initialized.
• file: sendrec
  for: package which converts Apollo binary data file (REC file types) to Alliant binary format data files which can be read with an unformatted Fortran READ statement on the Alliant and vice-versa (ie. it will convert Alliant format files for reading on an Apollo).
• file: ckmail
  for: checks if new network mail has arrived for you on the Apollo network and will (optionally) pop up a window to notify you about the new mail.
• file: shar
  for: does the same function as your BUNDLE shell script, but is more extensive. It adds in some error checking and can handle packing entire directories into an archive file for mailing out over the network (e.g. this file was created by the command 'shar shar.dir >foobar').
• file: batch
  for: allows you to start a background job running on any machine in the network and then log out without killing the job.
• file: compress
  for: a utility which can save a considerable amount of disk space.
  by: From: David Krowitz, MIT 2/11/87
• file: v2
  for: Apollo to BSD 4.2 (Alliant FX/1) transparent file access software. This version works correctly on Apollo workstations running the new SR9.5 release of AEGIS. The version I gave you previously works under SR9.2 -- the new version will not run on SR9.2. Please add this to your software library.
  by: David Krowitz 2/28/87
• file: gone
  for: When the user wants to leave the node unattended, the gone routine borrows the display, puts a message on the screen, and waits for the user to type a password. The user can specify the password and the message font with a configuration file in the user's ~user_data directory.
  by: David Krowitz, MIT 3/21/87
• file: hp7570
  for: new HP 7570 print server
  by: David Krowitz, MIT 5/16/87
• file: hp7475
  for: new HP 7475 print server
  by: David Krowitz, MIT 5/16/87
• file: hp7550
  for: revised HP 7550 print server
  by: David Krowitz, MIT 5/16/87
• file: nec-p9xl
  for: Apollo print server for NEC P9XL Pinwriter
  by: David Krowitz, MIT 7/30/87
• file: remote
  for: is a short file daemon program which periodically checks a directory and executes a shell command for each of the files it finds there before deleting them.
• file: kermit
  for: kermit program for the apollo

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