ITEC Home PageC S S C N E W S L E T T E R Vol 1 No 3 April 6, 1993 WE'RE BACK! You can't hold a good newsletter down for very long. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Site inventory surveys...it's better/faster/easier than ever. 2.0 Maintenance on Oracle's SQR 3.0 Calls received/anwered by SCACAD, SCADM and SCSYS for March 1993 4.0 Updated CSSC Advisory Committee list 5.0 Touching the White House 1.0 Site inventory surveys...it's better/faster/easier than ever. In the past, we've had to rely on Digital and the problems involved with scheduling a visit by a Field Service representative to produce the Site Inventory Program (SIP) reports. Field Service had to load a program from tape, run it, and then delete it before leaving. A copy would be left with the System Manager but often the Field Service representative didn't forward a copy onto us at the Support Center. This was hardly a "clean, quick, painless" process. Well that's all changed. New software is available to you in GETSOFTWARE which will virtually automate the entire process of the site surveys. 1) Request the software, "SUNYDASC", as you would any other package in GETSOFTWARE. 2) Create a directory in which to run the software. SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR.YNUS] is recommended... 3) Break-out the saveset. 4) Run the Site Inventory Report as directed in the README file. This will require exactly ONE manual intervention to determine that the Support Center machine in Buffalo is up - and can be reached on the network. The software will automatically send a copy of the report to Buffalo, for inclusion in our bi-annual report to Digital. 5) Run SUNYDELETE as indicated in the README file, to remove the software. Removal of the software is REQUIRED by our agreement with Digital. In fact, getting permission to use this software (without Field Service on site) took special permission from Digital. The software is normally "internal use only." If your site is BELOW VMS 5.4-2, please contact SCSYS@SNYBSCVA before running the SUNYDASC software. Our deadline for receiving the reports is May 1, 1993. If you have any questions regarding the procedure, please first download the SUNYDASC software, read the README.TXT file, and if any questions/problems remain, feel free to contact us at SCSYS@SNYBSCVA. 2.0 Maintenance on Oracle's SQR As of today, we still have not been able to make arrangements for maintenance on SQR under Oracle. The SICAS Program and Ron Brown have been keeping on top of the situation. Concerned about the risk of further development in SQR while there is no maintenance agreement for the language, Rosanne Murphy of the SICAS Center has asked the SICAS Computer Center's Advisory Board to explore maintenance agreements (either SUNY-wide or individual) for SQR. Charlie Young, as chair of the CCAB, will coordinate the CCAB's effort to obtain SQR maintenance for the SICAS Program in conjunction with CSSC. If you have any comments on this matter, please get them to Charlie (young@snycobva) or Ron Brown (brownrn). 3.0 Calls received/answered by SCACAD, SCADM and SCSYS for March 1993 Vendor supplied answers SCACAD 21 DSN - 2 SCADM 128 Oracle - 2 SCSYS 101 Digital - 4 4.0 Updated CSSC Advisory Committee list If you see any corrections that still need to be made, please contact Betty Spencer at scacad@snybscva. Alfred; Bob Granger; GrangeRB@snyalfva Brooklyn HSC; Robert Losonsky; losonsky@snybkadm Buffalo State College; Dave Cummings; Cummindl@snybscva Canton; Bob Hayden; HaydenRR@snycanva Central; Bob Lunden; SRGL@snycenvm Cobleskill; Dan Sidebottom; SideboDR@snycobva Corning CC; Bill Manuel; scccvc::Manuel Cortland; Martin Coolidge; Martin@snycorva Delhi; Dick Nabinger; NabingRW@snydelva Empire State College; Curt King; CKing@snyescva *Farmingdale; Bob Wilbert; WilberRJ@snyfarva SUNY FIT; Marty Erdsneker; SFITVA::ERDSNEMS Geneseo; Bill Davis; Davis@geneseo Library Support; Carey Hatch; Hatchcb@snycenva *Morrisville; Bob Hemmings; HemminRE@snymorva Old Westbury; Ron Johnston; Johnston@snyoldva Oneonta; Eric Wilson; WilsonEH@snyoneva *Oswego; Paul Voninski; Voninski@oswego.oswego.edu Plattsburgh; Tom Deso; desotm@snyplava Potsdam; Bruce Buchanan; BuchanBE@snypotva Stony Brook; Charles Bowman; CBowman@sbccmail *Syracuse HSC; Ruedi Lienhart; Lienhard@snysyrv1 University at Buffalo (yet to be named) Limited Oracle membership only: Genesee CC Mohawk Valley CC *CSSC Executive Board Members 5.0 Touching the White House The Clinton "administration has set up special databases and bulletin boards on a number of popular on-line services available to any computer user." CompuServe: "You can send the White House an e-mail message at the address "75300,3115". You can also tap into a large library of official White House documents, updated daily, by using the command "Go Whitehouse". These documents, which can be downloaded into your own computer, range from weighty speeches and daily press briefings..." America Online service: "Send an e-mail message at the address "Clintonpz". You can tap into a similar library of White House documents, and a similar bulletin board, by using the command "Whitehouse"." MCI Mail: "..you can send the White House an e-mail message at the address "White House". You can also reach a repository of White House documents with the command "View White House"." Internet: "..you can send the White House e-mail messages via the commercial services even if you aren't a member of them." The two addresses are "75300.3115@CompuServe.com" and "Clintonpz@AOL.com". You can also subscribe to email deliveries of White House documents. "This experimental service can be requested with a message to the Internet address "Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org" (you must use the word "Help" as the subject of your message). This service should be used sparingly; it isn't designed for high-volume traffic." At the University of North Carolina a database of recent presidential documents can be accessed by telneting to "sunsite.unc.edu" and logging in with "politics". (Excerpts taken from article, "Personal Technology," by Walter S. Mossberg, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, March 18, 1993) ******************************************************************* Thanks for your comments on the newsletter... "VERY useful and MUCH needed, IMHO. The DSNlink connection will be very welcome, as well the CWIS entry into the system. Will make them much more accessible to the casual user." "CWIS looked great. It will be convenient when people ask "what software do we have?"." "We like 'em. Keep 'em coming." "I think the CSSC News Letter is a great idea! The first two issues were about the right length and had good content. To keep the work load reasonable on you I would suggest publishing it twice a month September thru June and once a month in July and August. What do other readers think?" Response: Good idea. Thanks. "CSSCnews is OUTSTANDING! It's so good I don't know why somebody didn't think of it before. Keep up the good work!" Response: It has been something we've been wanting to do for a long time but with the amount of work the CSSC has been doing we never had the time. However, with the hiring of a secretary, Linda Delaney, some of the work load problems were alleviated which allowed us to concentrate on the newsletter. EDITOR: Betty Spencer scacad@snybscva>