[HECnet] SCSISE adapter -> listings

[sampsa at mac.com]

VMS, VAX 7.3:

LABVAX::SAMPSA$ monitor ethernet
MONITOR> exit
LABVAX::SAMPSA$ monitor foobar   
%MONITOR-E-INVCLSNM, class-name "FOOBAR" is invalid or not uniquely identified
LABVAX::SAMPSA$ 


VMS, AXP, 8.3:

CHIMPY$ monitor ethernet
MONITOR> exit
CHIMPY$ monitor foobar
%MONITOR-E-INVCLSNM, class-name "FOOBAR" is invalid or not uniquely identified
CHIMPY$ 


VMS, I64, 8.4:

{RHESUS$} monitor ethernet
MONITOR> exit
{RHESUS$} monitor foobar
%MONITOR-E-INVCLSNM, class-name "FOOBAR" is invalid or not uniquely identified
{RHESUS$} 


So looks like the hidden classes are in there, anyone know how to write a patch for this? :)



sampsa






On 14 Jan 2013, at 18:51, lee.gleason at comcast.net wrote:


  I wrote the original patches for Monitor that enabled those hidden classes, and the Pagewapper article that detailed how to apply them

  I haven't had an opportunity to check on newer versions of VMS, but it's trivial to see if at least some   support is still there for them.

  On a VMS system, try 

$ MON ETHERNET

or any of the other undocumented monitor classes. Then try   a command that definitely isn't going to be there

$ MON NOTTHERE

  If the error messages are different - then at least some of the support for the undocumented classes is still there.

--
Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR
Control-G Consultants
lee.gleason at comcast.net
From: "H Vlems" <hvlems at zonnet.nl>
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 2:21:30 PM
Subject: RE: [HECnet] SCSISE adapter -> listings

Brian,
Speaking of source listings, VMS V4.<mumble> had a "secret" patch for
MONITOR.EXE. It enabled the monitor class Ethernet. Is that code still
hidden in MONITOR?
The MONITOR utility was written in PL/I at the time. Probably rewritten,
right?
Hans