ML20245E764
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| Issue date: | 02/01/1988 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM) |
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| NUREG-BR-0056, NUREG-BR-0056-V04-N1, NUREG-BR-56, NUREG-BR-56-V4-N1, NUDOCS 8908110356 | |
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W g/^~ j Regulatory U.S. Nuclear 0+5en o' informaton Information Technology S"
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and Training Laboratory Bappy Anniversary!
l ITS IS THREE YEARS OLD!
This vinter the ITS is 2262 individual staff mem-celebrating the completion bers represented, 179 are THE ISSUE AT HAND of its third year of ser-located in the regions.
vice to NRC's computer iTs is Three vears oldi
.1 users.
When the Training Lab ITs New tocation.
.3 opened, there were 156 PCs o,yi.g,33, p;io, p,c,,ci
.3 Development of the ITS as in the agency. Today g,g,y,,,m M,0,,,c,t,,n 3
two complementary facili-there are more than 1000, ties, one providing struc- (See NRC's 1000th PC In-configunno our Mooem
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tured hand 6-on ADP train-stalled, Page 6).
Fig. 1 IBM 9370 installed -
.4 ing and the other provid-shows the growth in the n,gion i u,c,o 7,,,n,ng 5
ing technical support for number of PCs in use by NRC's 1000th PC instaneo
.6 computer users, began in the NRC.
1983. It culminated in Docum'n' controi system.
.7 the opening of the ITS The number of sof tware scientific coce distribution
.8 Training Laboratory on packages installed has SINET Update.
9 October 15, 1984, and the grown concurrently. As of Training calencar
.10 ITS Support Center on November 5, 1987, 7100 January 10, 1985. Since copies of software pack-PC User Group Updates.
.11 then the Training Lab has ages had been installed on software Traveiog.
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conducted 533 courses for NRC machines. Fig. 2 Tech Notes.
.13 5200 participants. Of the shows the number of copies 8908110356 8002S1 PDR NUREG BR-OOS6 R PDR
INSTALLEO PCs of rcprestatativa coftware FY 1984 - 1987 '
pcekages installed.
1000 955 800l As the number and types of 2
$34 microcomputers have in-
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Center has increased its
$ 400l 423 technical support to com-2 puter users. In late E
1986, the average number 200i 157 of users served per month reached a peak of 257.
1984 1985 1986 1987 All of this activity has YEAR been directed to increas-Fiqure 7 ing the capability of NRC employees to use computers MICROCOMPUTER SOFTWARE IN USE AT NRC NOVEMBER,1987 Initially, ITS concentrat-1200 ed on the rapidly growing
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kept pace. Training har 600 been expanded to include all major microcomputer
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Productive through expand-fJHEA COURSES ed use of computer tech-Figure 3
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l DAVIS BESSE PILOT searches on his IBM PC/XT accesses ISAM files, par-PROJECT hard-drive unit and the ticularly ad-hoc reports
- aoftware, written in MARKIV, please In July,1987, a pilot This project was initiated contact Chuck Fitzgerald l
l project was begun to test to determine storage re-at 492-8322 for assistance l
the use of PCs by project quirements, speed, and in converting them.
d managers for immediate complexity of loading and access to, and word operating. Other search searching capability of software and storage.aedia ITS New Loc'ation Technical Specifications, such as optical disks, are
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Final Safety Analysis Re-also being studied by IRM.
7The iN support denw in now ports and Emergency Plans.
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' Personnelin the Whhe Flint area NIH SYSTEM wm find support cen= eerwces i
Fr. Al Diagazio, Project MODIFICATION
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I Manager for Dayis-Besae, Station C-12 on the third floor of NRR and Mr. Walter Magee, Phyllis Smith Rja'gThga upp=1 Acting Division Director
- P-8081n the Phdipe Building. -
of Information Support The support and use of the P.... ' J, i :
Services, obtained $520 NIH Computer Facility In-y'["8 document disks from Toledo dexed Sequential Access
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Edison, Inc., the licensee Method (ISAM) will be dis-Telephone Numbers:
for the Davis-Besse pro-continued July 11, 1988.
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It will be replaced by the Virtual Storage Access White Flint support cenw 2m These documents were Method (VSAM), which has transferred from disk to been in use at NIH fot Training tab 2-4744 an NRC 5520 by Lee Berry, some time.
NRR. The Technical Spec-VSAM is IBM's most advanc-ifications docums.nts were downloaded to s PC and ed acetss method for stor-subsequently converted to age and retrieval of data ITS NEWS Credits ASCII by Karen VanDuser, in OS/VS and DOS /VS oper-ITS Support Center, for ating systems.
{e iTjEWS s a c ter y c
use with a PC text search of inrewst to users et compater software package, ZY1NDEX.
ARM's Information Systems yfe","((yyn,',',"[,, $ ('gc'i 8
5D 43 files were loaded into Branch (ISB), which has formation Technology Services ZYINDEX.
responsibility for com-Slll,," c nter an T a ning o,
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,n,n, puter systems software NRC's Office of Personsa The ZYINDEX sof tware has maintenance, is converting your amcies.,deas. auestions the ability to search all the necessary systems to and comments are weicomeo-P orwara them to the ITS parts or any number of comply with the NIH
,,a parts specified for a change. Some systems that given character string.
will be changed are h","ll fn p 92 n
It builds indexes for all IACKFIT, FEES, GIMICS,
P-808 Ph@ps Bldg words in th6. documents and LMS, RITS, SIMS, and 766.
g,,,,a p,,,,,n, g gy i73g records the location of Execut>ve Editor these words within the Implementation of the up-Douglas Vic erv. USDA.GS documents. It also can E5ades necessary to comply Managing Editor search for words in a spe-w3th the NIH revisions Carolyn B. Bassin. CP TBEA cified proximity to other will be completed by May Pro,ect uanage, words in the text of the 1988.
John Vogtewede. ARM!lTSB document.
chief Some applications devel-The documents and indexes, oped by NRC users of NIH
- "N[c'[o"*IS ain1n ab as well as the ZYINDEX may also be impacted by software, have been in-the VSAM conversion.
On%n c" aoh$c"s' Section stalled on Mr. Diagazio's If you have developed a machine. He can perform computer code that 3
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over a telephone line. A V
modeu allows a microcom-IBM 9370 INSTALLED puter user 1.o communicate with other, possibly re-mote, computer systems.
On November 6,1987, the first IBM mini-computer ever acquired by NRC was switched on by Walter Magee, Acting Director of IRM's Division of In-One of the most popular fomation Support Services. David Diehl, Chief of modems, the Hayes Smart-DISS/ Computer and Telephone Operations Branch, is modem, contains micro-at left. The computer, one of a new line from switches that are used to IBM, has 16 megabytes of main mer.ory and 1.7 giga-control device options.
bytes of disk storage. It will be used to run all The switch settings are VM operating system applications at NRC, including described in an appendix PILOT (part of SINET), PROFS and INQUIRE. Pur-to the user's manual for chase by NRC of the $558,000 machine, including CROSSTAIJC, the most common software, marks a shi.ft from dependence on leasing communications ' software computer time at other installations.
package at the NRC.
Other types of modems are To configure them, the mands are described in the being distributed with communications software instruction manual provid-device options which are should be loaded into the ed with the modem. The controlled by software computer. When the on-changes are stored in rather than switches. Two line condition is indicat-non-volatile memory and examples of such modems ed, the user should type need be made only once.
are the RacaL-Vadic 2400VP in the command string 1
and Anderson-Jacobson For further information on j
AJ2414-STH modems. Neith-AT6F6016D26W (Enter) obtaining a modem or data er of these modems are line, please call the compatible with CROSSTALK Af ter this string has been Telecommunications Branch as delivered. They will entered, the telephone at 492-7927. For informa-appear to be on-line or carrier will drop and nor-tion on modem configura-connected before the com-mal Hayes conventions can tion, or assistance in munications software has be used. The comn:and making these changes, had a chance to dial. NRC string modifies the Car-please call the Informa-has approximately 20 of rier Detect (CD) and Data tion Technology Services the Racal-Vadic modems and Terminal Ready (DTR) sig-Support Branch at 492-170 of the Anderson-nals between the modem and 4160.
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requested training to help 16 Resident Site secretar-w ta ies transfer word pro-cessing skills from Dis-c 3
j playWrite 2 to Display-Write 3.
This training Arenda Holladay Trai: sing Region V Staff incorporated into the was agenda of the annual Resi-j dent Site Secretaries i
meeting in Atlanta, mini-I miring staff travel costs.
Regional Microcomputer early training classer, The next day, the instruc-Training recalls the delight of these end-users, mostly Banks Mitchum and typewriter veterans, with Kathy Beckman
" advanced" features like Figure 1-1
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Microcomputer training for place.
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ITS TRAINING IABM NRC personnel based in REGIONAL TRAINING HISTORY Regional offices has been an integral part of NRC The focus of regional Year Loca' tion Cour$eNI!
end-user training since training in 1986 and early j-ci.:4 w WL the opening of the ITS 1987 changed from a single 1984RIIIDispls[ Whit $627.'
Training Lab in 0ctober, function--word processing RIV ' DisplayWrite?2
1984 ITS Lab instructors
--to the broader capabili-
- a.c.,ca;.g p y gg have travelled to all five ties of micros. As they 1985TTC'Displaywrited NRC Regional offices, as acquired more microcom-RI.
-DisplayWrite51t well as to the Chattanooga puter workstations, re-RII 7d isplaywrit'il23 D
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to present on-site train-training that introduced 1986 RIV 'Intio to"PCsM ang. Figure 1-1 charts them to the spreadsheet, um#Dfor8Eovidesh4D the history of computer database, and telecommuni-wf;dg 4mnsg.33 training in the Regions.
cations software available 19h7jRIII2In'tht[PCs /
for their new equipment.
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As Figure 1-1 indicates, In February, 1987, Norman NIIJDiihlsyWritM3) regions initially identi-Stanback trained 40 Region
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(1984-1985). The package End-User Computing at NRC "URi1YIddr6YtCPCW then available to end-for Novices".
Mr. Stan-
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Arenda Holladay, an ITS problem:
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Lab instructor who con-my students to take a ducted several of these lunch break.!"
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ience of 20 from the Divi-region in 1988 (see "SINET ITS Training I.aboratory sion of Reactor Safety.
U date" Page 9). This Project Manager, Banks P
Scheduling these two effort will be the first Mitchum, OP/TBEA, for classes together took full time that training on a evaluation and authoriza-advantage of both the on-mainframe database access-tion of additional train-
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site instructor and the ible via microcomputers ing. For more informa-training room specially has been offered in the tion, contact Mr. Mitchum set aside at Region II Regions. The Regional on extension 2-7934.
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Eme e y Prepa ed-NRC's 1000th PC INSTALLED ness exercise. The exer-cise objectives were Gregory Cwalina, Chief of the Performance Evaluation finely honed. At the end Branch of the Division of Licensee Performance and of training, participants had to produce Status Sum-Quality Evaluation (LPEB), is shown with his newly installed PC, the 1000th PC installed at NRC. With mary reports via Display-him are Drew Persinko (left) and Dick Becker (seat-Write 3, convert them to ed).
Mr. Cwalina's branch evaluates licensee per-ASCII format, and then formance and synthesizes that information for use upload them to an elec-during Senior Management Review meetings and for tronic mail (E-mail) sys-coordination of the SALP program.
3 tem via Crosstalk. To clarify the instructors' The Branch will use the new PC to create documents, understanding of these and more significantly, to access the on-line search-exercise objectives, Mr.
ing and ad hoc reporting capabilities of SINET. As Joe Himes of the NRC Oper-Greg Cwalina notes, "I can't think of a data base in ations Center briefed ITS SINET that LPEB won't use!"
Lab instructors on E-mail procedures and conducted a Congratulations to LPEB and the NRC on the instal-tour of the NRC Operations lation of its 1000th PC!
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each Command. 1.1nes 1-3 Esampless Do 05000269, T control valves And 1 2 Da 870101. 870430s V 1 display the parameters and the number of records (Count) located on the DCS SUBJECT SEARCH developed. This vocabu-for each.
lary reflects the entire One question we have nf t er.
scope of NRC licensing, heard during DCS user regulatory, and research e Combining the data ele-training sessions is: "Is and developerat programs, ments to narrow the there a y,,u_b,iec_t; search?"
as well as other official search. Here the user has Our response has always agency actions. The voca-first requested a search had to be a shake of the bulary will be updated on title and docket by head and a comment to the regularly, with additions entering "An(d) 1 2" where effect that it vould cer-or deletions as needed.
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tainly te nice if we had Suggestions for candiJate ments at once), on the that opt 4n.
key terms from NRC staff command line. This tells are encouraged.
the system to search both Lines 1 and 2.
The result Those days are over! As is displayed on Line A of early December,1987, The figure shows the sub-under Selected Operations.
DCS users have been able jeet search screen and the We see that 392 records to search for documents on operations available to relating to piping at Co-DCS using keywords, phras-the user in the earlies.
manche Peet I have been es and subje.: terms.
version of subject searca.
found.
j As improvements are made to the subject search mo-l
""he Title / Description dule, revisions to the e Finally, adding field of over 1.6 million main screen will be made.
Terao,D." to the title /
i DCS records was systemati-In the example, the user docket search. On the es11y reviewed for subject wishes to find all DCS command line the user will terms and phrases. As a records authored by D.
enter "An(d) A_3," 4*Line result, a comprehensive Terno that pertain to pip-A containing the ',itle/
controlled vocabularv of ing issues at Comanche docket combin.: Lion, and nuclear industry-related Peak, Unit 1 (Docket 50-3=Line 3, which contains and NRC-wide terms was a45). This search in-the "Terso,D." search.
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.j The result is-shsvn on stract include inspection Computer codes may be
- ina B, whsre va see that-reports and'related docu-distributed interns 11y to l
49 records.have been lo-mentation; environmental NRC staff members and con-
.cated. To view these re-analyses; NRC and external tractors performing work cords, the user enters technical reports; topical for the NRC. Internal E
."V(iew),,B" on the command reports; N2C/ licensee no-distribution usually in-line. The records will tificatinus; and legal volves codes that are not then be displayed one-documents. Abstracts will yet fully developed and by-one.
be variable in length, tested. This provides the averaging about 150 words, opportunity to test the and will be fully indexed validity of the code Numerous search combina-and keyworded for subject before it is shared tions can be generated searching.
publicly.
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from the subject search functions.
Public distribution of More information on the Date ranges and multiple abstracting program will codes to requestors such as vendors, licensees, terms can be used. Up to be provided in later ts-universities or foreign j
8 data elements and 10 sues of the ITS NEWS.
u governments is a coopera-combinations can be tive effort of the NRC searched in one session.
program offices and the SCIENTIFIC COMPUTER office of Administration CODE DISTRIBUTION A S M eet Search Training and Resource Management.
and User Guide is avail-
'" " *# "* I Patricia Bell able to NRC personnel, performed by an outside Training sessions in sub-ject search and regulcr Scientific or analytical contractor, National DCS searching are conduct-computer codes are devel-Energy Software Center (NESC) or Radiation ed every second Wednesday.
oped to model complex pro-cesses associated with the ShieldinB Information Call Darl*
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eron 2-9074, to sign up.
operation of reactors and Center (RSIC). Ad hoc The DCS staff will also nuclear waste repositories distribution of computer d"
- d' *' dual for siting analyses, u ci-codes by NRC staff or con-group training setsions at dent analyses, and oober tractor personnel is dis-evaluations.
couraged' NRC sites upon request.
Codes should be documented Policy governing scienti-before distribution so DCS Abstracts fic codc distribution is that they can be mainteir.-
described in Attacharat 1 ed and used successfully.
Current plans call for the to Bulletin 0904-3 8 Accurate e,un c tion is DCS staff to begin ab-
"Developmen t, St. omit tal
- particularly important for stracting selected NRC Distribution and Documen-codes and their results documents. These ab-tation Requirements for that may be at iss'oe in stracts will provide more Machine-Readable Contract hearings and other licens-complete descriptions of Deliverables",
ing proceedings.
documents.and also pro-ne NRC program oMees A code and its documenta-t ba e or e
ub' t
(RES, NRR and NMSS) de-tion should also be made search function. The uver is able to exercise more vel p, modify and maintain available publicly on a discretion when deciding codes to meet their spect-timely basis. Program whe't h er to view an actual fic program needs. Con-offices are responsible tractor services are used for maintaining records of document.
x r code development when revisions or replacements a program office deter-for any codes used in the Categories of documents mines that in-house capa-licensing or regulatory that the DCS plans ts ab-bility is not available.
process.
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l The progr m offices re-SINET UPDATE A schedule is being devel-sponsiblo for the dcvelop-oped for SINET courses to ment of the codes must Fran Goldberg be given by the ITS at work closely with the headquarters in the next Division of Publications few m oths. Additional th the e mpletion of Services regarding formal courses will be given at Phase I of SINET, OP and documentation which is Headquarters throughout IRM will be offering done through NUREGS, the year. Two courses are t M ning th mugh the ITS ICREG/CRs or Regulatory planned fo? each Regional g
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office between now and the and program support staff end of the year. Te.ns-who would like to access tive plans call for one ARM will provide a check-the new UNIT and EVENT i
list of items that are c urse t be taught in the databases.
needed for the submittal Regions each month begin-of a code to a distribu-ning with Region I.
tion center to ensure that The first SINET training all externally distributed course has a somewhat codes are documented pro-formidable title " Intro-SINET TECHNICAL perly &nd that all re-duction to Database, COORDINATORS quirements of the NESC SINET, IDMS/R Concepts, coutract are met.
and OnLine Query" (" Intr NRR:
Faith Brenneman to SINET for short).
492-9521 The Information Technology This 3 day course starts AEOD: Stuart Rubin
- Services Branch (ITSB) with an overview of the 492-0091 helps NRC employees to basics of database pro-NMSS: Claudia Seelig define all anticipated cessing and how it differs 427-4072 deliverables and to ensure from the conventional file RES:
Gerald Tomlin that Attachment 1 of processing environment.
443-7651 Manual Chapter 0904-3 is Next participants receive RI:
Kenneth Murphy Jr.
appended to official con.
detailed information on 488-1210 tracts. ITSE also assists the structure and content RII: Kerry Landis in preparing NESC code of the SINET UNIT and 2 W 509 submittal packages.
EVENT databases. The last RIII: Ed 3chweibinz two days of the course 388-5542 Patricia Bell, ITSB, man-focus on searching the RIV:
Dorwin Hunter ages the NESC contract and data base and producing 728-8103 is NRC's NESC Installation reports using Cullinet's RV:
Kathleen Hamill Representative. NRC staff OaLine Query s)ftware.
463-3743 The software ellows the and contractor personnel can obtain codes for in-user to query the database
- AEOD staff members ternal use from the NESC and produce fc matted re-should call their library by requesting them ports by selec ting data training coordinator, from Mrs. Bell et exten-elements and report op-Cherie Siegel 492-sion 2-3491.
tions from meaus.
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ITSB will be happy to as-The " Intro to SINET" sist you in reviewing code course uses a combination For additional information development projects or of lecture and hands-on on the course content, as provisions of Manual exercises with the SINET well as schedules and Chapter 0904-3 to ensure production database ac-sign-up information for that codes developed for cessed by PCs communicat-upcoming SINET courses the NRC can be readily ing with the Department of contact your Office or implemented and used on Justice computer facility.
Regional SIhET Technical NRC-accessible computer Participants will receive Coordinator (see box facilities or transferred full instruction on how o below) or John Sullivan, to other data processing access SINET from their IRM Data Administration sites.
E own PCs.
Branch, 492-7979.
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MEETINGS
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Volunteers and visitors are always 1:30 prn, Tra..ining Lab welcome.
The purpose of the NRC dBASE III User Group is to assiet in the utilization dBASE:
First Tueday of dBASE III and dBASE III each month PC FORTRAN User Group Plus through the sharing of programming techniques,
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Last Tuesday Harold VanderMolen programs and interactive Odd # Months member involvement.
FORTRAN: Last Tuesdav The October meeting of the The group is continuing Even # Months PC FORTRAN User Group fea-discussions in two major tured a presentation and areas. The first b'eing discussion of new, advanc-whether distribution of ed FORTRAN compilers for The November meeting had PCs, led by John Voglevede dBASE compilers, which EERNIE HILLMAN from R-I provide a means to resist and based on his article introduce the Inspection in the June issue of the program tinkering and may Program Information Man-FC Tech Journal. The ca-also improve program run-agement System (IPIMS).
pabilities of these com-ning time, is warrented.
This system is written in pilers var greatl and no The second area is con-dBASE III a d does some single compiler manages to cerned with the selection prioritization of inspec-simultaneously be fast, of programmable editors tion resources using nu-sophisticated and easy to suchasERIEFandVEDII merical techniques, use. The choice of the which are currently being Bernie suggested the AIUG best compiler remains de-evaluated by several dBASE take on, as a project, the pendent upon the program User Group Members. Trial adding of a small expert one wishes to compile.
packages are available for system in the area of the loan for those who want to Regional Inspection Prior-try out these editors.
ity Program.
The December meeting fea-tured a videotape presen-If you have a need for tation of the characteris-
" local" dBASE III program-Bernie also introduced tics and its capabilities ming help, or need infor-BRENT DIXON of INEL who of the new CRAY machine mation concerning the pub-demonstrated an internal available through INEL.
lic domain programs lib-research project on inter-Although more and more use rary, contact Carrie activt risk projection, is being made of the small Williams (Ext. 24472) or The program uses AI tech-personal machines, it ie Al Serkiz (Ext. 23555).
niques in its data repre-evident that large main-sentation, "in-line" ex-frame technology is very pert systems, and advan ud much on the advance also.
Al User Group graphics-oriented user interface and runs on a The purpose of the FORTRAN XEROX 1186 The project Bill Kennedy User Group is to share demonstrated significant ideas and discuss prob-The AI Users Group meeting abilities m editing /vork-lems regarding PC FORTRAN, in September featured SY ing with a living PRA as well as the entire WEISS describing his ex-and in graphically por-spectrum of scientific and perience/ observations at traying the effects of technical uses of personal the EPRI Seminar on Expert specific equipment fail-computers. Our membership Systems Applications in ures or unavailability, varies from the novice to Power Plants last May in the expert. For more Boston. Thirteen papers The AIUG will continue to information regarding the (about 30%) were presented provide a vehicle for the group, contact Harold Vap-by utilities on projects.
exchange of experiences derMolen on X27389.
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USE command is issued for can tell by route's.igns if the primary (.DBF) file, they are traveling on an On fixed disk machines, a dBASE checks for the auxi-interstate, and *y warning subdirectory should be liary (.DBT) file if memo signs if driving may be created on the hard disk fields are used. If dBASE tricky. Road signs are to act as an intermediate cannot find the memo file, also helpful when using a storage area for the data the primary file cannot be microcomputer, particular-to be transferred. The opened and the database ly with the many software-COPY command can be used can no longer be used.
packages and machine envi-to move the data to this Memo fields should not be ronments available at the subdirectory. The data used when defining a data-NRC. Here are some of the can then be copied from base. Alternatives, such road signs that you may the subdirectory to the as the use of long, cht.r-encounter:
terget floppy disk using a acter fields or a second, second COPY command.
related (.DBF) file, can WARNING: DISKCOPY be used.
CAUTION : BACKUP / RESTORE The diskcopy command does CAUTION: DBASE BROWSE a FORMAT, which erases The BACKUP and RESTORE everything on the target commands may not work with Editing under BROWSE in disk, then performs a COPY commercial software. Use dBASE III can result in of all information on the of these commands may corruption of files. The source disk and moves it alter copy protection BROWSE command should only to the target disk.
In schemes and render vendor be used to examine the versions 2.0 and 2.1 of software unusable. The database and not to change DOS, the target drive may BACKUP and RESTORE com-it.
To modify database be a fixed disk. If not mands should only be em-files, quit BROWSE and use specified, the target ployed with user files.
the EDIT command.
drive may default to the fixed disk and software or STOP: CONFIG.DB Watch for, and follow the data on this drine may be microcomputer road signs lost.
Use of CONFIG.DB files and you can enjoy a safe will alter the configura-aad pleasant trip. For It is safer to format a tion of a machine for the further information and diskette using the FORMAT dBASE III program. CON-advisories contact the command directly. On lual FIC.DB files should not be Support Center at 492-floppy machines, the COPY installed on agency compu-4160.
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logoff interval did not save the document in prim-If you have any questions apply. Now, after two ary format. This format is regarding " Tech Notes" or hours in server mode with the default forest in-if you wish to contribute no commands from the PC, stalled by IRM on your an item, contact the ITS TSO Kermit will terminate.
DisplayWrite software; Support Center, 492-4160.
margins are set to 12 and e Line Wrapping 90, and pitch is set to 12 characters per inch.
PERSONAL COMPUTERS The treatment of text file lines that exceed the max-o TSO Kermit Updated imum line length has been Before attempting to pass changed. Formerly such the document to tl.e 5520 The TSO Kermit program has lines were truncated. Now to store and print or been updated to correct a the excess characters will simply to print, the user number of problems. Users be used to create another must convert the document need not obtain a new PC line in the dataset. This to Revisable Form Text Kermit diskette because means that KERMIT can now (RFT). This is done with-the fixes were incorpo-upload random access text in the DisplayWrite soft-rated on the mainframe files. Because such filca ware by selecting the Doc-(TS0) side. The more im-often do not contain a ument Utilities option on portant fixes are describ-carriage return and line the Main Task Selection ed below.
feed as do normal text Menu and the Convert op-files, the proper proce-tion on the Utilities BYE and LOGOUT Commands dure is to upload to a menu. The user will be non-edit format dataset,
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LOGOUT commands now oper-length of the records in converted, and the name ate properly with TSO the file on the PC.
the document will be call-KERMIT.
Both commands ed after it is converted.
exit from TSO Kermit sud For more information, re-These names may be the log off TSO. In addition, fer to NIH INTERFACE num-same except for the exten-the BYE command exits from ber 139, available at the sions. The exteneion for I
PC-DOS and MS-DOS Kermit ITS Support Center.
the document to be con-on the PC.
Note: these verted will be DOC if Dis-l commands should be used playWrite 4 assigned the only when TSO Kermit is e Moving Documents extension, or TIT if Dis-entered directly from the Between PCs and the playWrite 2 or 3 assigned TSO READY prompt.
5520 the extension. The exten-sion of the converted doc-Server Timeout Users who have access to a ument will be RFT if the PC that is hardwired to DisplayWrite software is Formerly, when TSO Kermit the IBM 5520 can create a allowed to assign the ex-
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- Text, a document on a standard from. DOC to.RFT (Revis-PC attached printer, such able Form Text) fo. mat on as a IBM or Epson without the machine equipped with Assistance is available from the ITS Support li e vr8pping. (Line DisplayWrite 4 The user Center, at 492-4160.
wrapping is caused by a may then transport the right margin set beyond document to the machine 80.) Single or double equipped with DisplayWrite spacing is recommended for 3 and convert the document e Primary and Alternate a document created with from.RFT format to.TXT Document Formate for the alternate format be-format.
DISPLAYWRITE cause of printer compati-bility.
The user may also save the liisplayWrite has two for-document on the Display-mat options set up by IRM.
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The IBM DisplayWrite software struction to get the ASCII pitch is set at 12. The are in use and supported file into this dummy docu-first typing line is set at NRC, the latest of m(ut.
Because this method at 7, and the last typing which is DisplayWrite 4 will strip format control line is 60.
With this If a document created characters, it is recom-document format, single or using DisplayWrite 3 is mended that the first double spacing should be revis er' ming DisplayWrite method (DOC to RFT to TXT) used to ensure compati-4, the DisplayWrite soft-be used.
bility with the IBM 5520.
ware will automatically convert the document to The second format option DisplayWrite 4 fomat and e CROSSTALK Profiles is the alternate format, rename the document with a which is used only if the
. DOC extension. While the vendor included this fea-Crosstalk profiles are document is not to be ture to meet the market defined to access main--
transferred to the IBM 5520. The settings in the demand for upward compati-frames and other PCs with-alternate fomat are as bility, it may cause pro-in the agency's computer blems in a mixed,ersion env{ronment. Users are follows: the Icft margin environment like ors.
reminded to select the is set at 15, the right appropriate profile for margin is set at 76, the communication with the first typing line is 7, If the document must be target machine (INEL, and the last typing line returned to DisplayWrite 3 MV8000, NIH, etc.).
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ing printout, be sure to predictable communica-use the following routing tions. The ITS Support Users are cautioned that parameters for the Phil-Certer will assist users (1) charges are accrued lips Building printer:
in defining a new profile during all connected time or_ provide the name and a and (2) care should be ROUTE, filename DC=PR, copy of a profile that is taken to logoff when ac-UN=NRC,UJN=yourid applicable to th user's cess to the mainframe is needs. Please call 492-no longer needed.
'4160 for assistance.
e CRAY Supercomputer e Release Reel Tapes Now Profiles contain communi-The CRAY information video cations parameters that The DCRT/NIH has converted is available for viewing are unique to connecting to the IBM 3480 cartridge by appointment in ITSB.
and talking with the tar-tape, but they continue to CRAY training will be of-get computer. Just as the Provide reel tapes for two fered on an as-needed Queen would have diffi-Purposes: (1) compati-basis by ITSB staff mem--
culty understanding Cock-bility with plotters and bers who attended CRAY ney, so the Data Ceneral microfiche equipment and training at INEL in Decem-would have difficulty (2) data transport to and ber. ITSB can process understanding the language from other computer in-CRAY access for present used for the IBM NIH sta11ations that do not CYBER users quickly. ITSB systes.
have 3480 cartridge tape also can provide informa-capability. An audit in-tion on criterin for dicates an increase in the choosing FORTRAN programs MAINFRAME COMPUTERS number of reel tapes.
to convert to the CRAY Because the 3480 cartridge eschine. Call ITSB, ex-tape is very reliable, tension 2 3490 or 2-3491 holds more data, and re-for an appointment or in-NIH quires less storage space, formatioo.
e the DCRT asks users to e Terminal Idle Times release reel tapes or ex-Increased on NIH WYLBUR change them for cartridge and TSO tapes, if possible.
The NIH/DCRT has been ex-periet.cing an increase in INEL the use of PCs connecting with the IBM mainframe.
In recognition of the need e Destination Parameters to download mainframe data and manipulate it at the One CYBER 176 mainframe PC, and a need to read-was removed from service dress the mainframe after during the summer. Users
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