I was poking through the TOOLS filelist and noticed that LDBASE.COM (the Vax version of the database exec for LISTSERV) was not present. Since we finally got our new Vax 8800 to stay up for periods longer than 15 minutes (bleh -- what a fido VMS is after something as elegant as CMS and REXX), I needed to get something going to allow access to BITNET information. Thus, I am announcing the availability of my version of LDBASE.COM from [log in to unmask] It invokes your favorite editor to create a file of commands and then ships them off to the nearest LISTSERV (indicated by changing two variables inside the DCL proc) using your local "send files" command. I chose the file method because there is a very serious bug in the firmware for the BI-bus bisync ports that causes them to receive and transmit files correctly, but it drops carrier, resets the line, and must do a full RSCS START before sending or receiving more than one message OR before sending the first file in a group. DEC has promised us a fix Real Soon Now, but I'll believe that when I see it. After all, these are the people that think VMS is really neat...sigh. Anyway, get it (or AFD it) and use it in good health. If you find problems or bugs, please let me know so I can correct them. Oh, yeah -- file is stored as LDBASE COM in filelist TOOLS. ---------- David Boyes (503) 686-4394 |BITNET: 556@OREGON1 Systems Group |ARPA : 556%OREGON1.BITNET@ University of Oregon Computing Center| CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU UUCP: [your fav backbone]...!tektronix!uoregon!oregon2!oregon1!556