From RWKatMIT-MC Sat Dec 1 00:00:00 1979 From: RWKatMIT-MC (Robert W. Kerns) Date: 1 December 1979, 00:00 Subject: Directory block shuffle Message-ID: It would be better to make it store the UNAME in the word with the reference date, so you could find out who even if the person didn't have a directory of his own.... From EAKatMIT-MC Tue Dec 11 00:00:00 1979 From: EAKatMIT-MC (Earl A. Killian) Date: 11 December 1979, 00:00 Subject: sorting Message-ID: Date: 12/11/79 00:44:04 From: BARRYG at MIT-MC To: (BUG DDT) cc: (BUG ITS) Re: sorting Is there a way to sort a file on this system? If it's easier to do than explain, the file I want to sort is MC:GUEST1;BARRYG YAMATO to be sorted in ascending order on the first 40 characters of each line. Yes, try   40c  l  in TECO.  is the sort command - the first command string moves from the beginning of the record to the beginning of the key, the second command moves to the end of the key, and the third to the end of the record. From MACRAK at MIT-MC Thu Dec 13 00:00:00 1979 From: MACRAK at MIT-MC (MACRAK at MIT-MC) Date: 13 Dec 1979 00:00 Subject: No subject Message-ID: ARGGGGH!! .open [1,,'nul] .status -> 2121 .open [1,,'dsk ? 'foobar ? 'quuzey] .status -> 43 What happened to the 100 bit?? (write) Peek seems to know that the chnl is opened for writing. Why doesn't .status?! From MOON at MIT-MC Thu Dec 27 00:00:00 1979 From: MOON at MIT-MC (MOON at MIT-MC) Date: 27 Dec 1979 00:00 Subject: .STATUS and .CALL STATUS broken Message-ID: I thought I answered it. It's fixed in the source. It had evidently been broken for many years. From HAL at MIT-MC Wed Dec 26 00:00:00 1979 From: HAL at MIT-MC (HAL at MIT-MC) Date: 26 Dec 1979 00:00 Subject: No subject Message-ID: i just sent a bug message about not being able to run crtsty. i now realize that this occurred because, at the moment i tried to run it, disc space went to zero. so i guess you can ignore the previous bug message. From HAL at MIT-MC Wed Dec 26 00:00:00 1979 From: HAL at MIT-MC (HAL at MIT-MC) Date: 26 Dec 1979 00:00 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Has there just been some change to MC ITS ? Suddenly I can't seem to run CRTSTY . From MACRAK at MIT-MC Wed Dec 26 00:00:00 1979 From: MACRAK at MIT-MC (MACRAK at MIT-MC) Date: 26 Dec 1979 00:00 Subject: No subject Message-ID: I never received an answer about my complaint that .Status problem: namely, .Status doesn't seem to correctly report whether a Dsk or TTY channel is input or output! Try: 100/ $$0' !DSKfoo >$ .open 100$x .status$x 0/ 43 (not 143) This does not seem to depend on the mode of output (image, block) nor anything else I can find. Can anyone tell me how to find out whether a channel is open for input or output if this isn't considered a bug??? From MOON at MIT-MC Thu Dec 20 00:00:00 1979 From: MOON at MIT-MC (MOON at MIT-MC) Date: 20 Dec 1979 00:00 Subject: No subject Message-ID: It is not the same. The arguments to USRVAR, TTYVAR are really instructions. From MRC Wed Dec 19 00:00:00 1979 From: MRC (Mark Crispin) Date: 19 DEC 1979, 00:00 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Why does .CALL USRVAR insist upon MOVEM for the return argument value? It should allow 2000,, like the rest of .CALL does. From MRC Wed Dec 19 00:00:00 1979 From: MRC (Mark Crispin) Date: 19 DEC 1979, 00:00 Subject: No subject Message-ID: TELNET failed to assemble because %TXSFL apparently is no longer defined. All TELNET used it for was to turn the bit off along with %TXSFT. I removed the reference; can TELNET trust that that bit will never be on? From DLW0 at MIT-MC Fri Dec 14 00:00:00 1979 From: DLW0 at MIT-MC (DLW0 at MIT-MC) Date: 14 Dec 1979 00:00 Subject: No subject Message-ID: It appears that ITS does not understand what %TOSAI on a DM2500 is supposed to do. On the SAIL-modified DMs, as well as our fake DMs, you send escape (033) followed by the low-order code in order to make it print an extended graphic. Could ITS be changed to transmit this sequencefor terminals with TCTYP of DM2500 with the %TOSAI bit set? This is not urgent... From BARRYG at MIT-MC Tue Dec 11 00:00:00 1979 From: BARRYG at MIT-MC (BARRYG at MIT-MC) Date: 11 Dec 1979 00:00 Subject: sorting Message-ID: Is there a way to sort a file on this system? If it's easier to do than explain, the file I want to sort is MC:GUEST1;BARRYG YAMATO to be sorted in ascending order on the first 40 characters of each line. From jnc Mon Dec 3 00:00:00 1979 From: jnc (J. Noel Chiappa) Date: 3 DEC 1979, 00:00 Subject: Shutting down an ITS Message-ID: It sort of unflavorful that you have to wait at least 5 mins to shut down the system (etc LOCK). In an emergency, you might want a fast shutdown to repatriate disk bufs, etc.... preumably one could patch, say, SHUTDN to the right thing, but it would be nice if there was a good way to do this without such hacks...