The UNIX® CRONicle |
July 1997 |
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Wednesday, July 9, 1997 at 6:30 PM
Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester
| 6:30 PM | Tutorial | "Libraries, Include Files and Shared Objects" by Rich Seibel |
| 7:00 PM | Call For Help | (An opportunity for you to ask technical questions of the group) |
| 7:15 PM | Social, off-line conversations, & book sales | |
| 7:30 PM | Presentation | "CCNUMA architectures for Unix" by Randy Isbell, Sequent Computer |
"CCNUMA architectures for Unix" by Randy Isbell, Sequent Computer
This month's presenter is Randy Isbell a Sr. System Engineer from Sequent Computer's Dallas office. Randy will be discussing CCNUMA architectures for Unix, including information on what CC Numa is, and what problems are appropriate for CC Numa.
CC Numa, which stands for cache coherent non-uniform memory architecture is a type of clustering where large numbers of relatively inexpensive processors are tied together typically through some type of switching fabric. Unlike traditional SMP boxes, these boards do not share a common pool of memory. CC Numa looks like it may become a common architecture in the Unix and NT worlds. Come to the meeting and find out why...
"Libraries, Include Files, and Shared Objects" by Rich Seibel
Rich will discuss a topic of interest to all UNIX developers (and often to users) that was suggested in February.
| Main Meeting | July 9, 1996 at 6:30 PM Sunnen Products 7910 Manchester St. Louis, MO
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| Steering Committee | July 15, 1996 at 6:00 PM Daugherty Systems One City Place (2nd floor) Creve Coeur, MO
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| Linux SIG | July 17, 1996 at 7:00 PM RCS (Revision Control System) by Sanjiv Bhatia Bridgeton Trails Public Library ROOM #2 3455 McKelvey Road St. Louis, MO 63044
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| CTI SIG | July 2, 1996 at 6:30 PM Seminar on UPS Technology for Computers and Telephony Equipment, by Rusty Gipson, R.G. Computer Power Specialists Bridgeton Trails Public Library ROOM #1 3455 McKelvey Road St. Louis, MO 63044
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The STL!/unix/usr/group meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester Blvd, just east of Hanley on Manchester.
Directions From Downtown
The SLUUG Steering Committee meets the Tuesday following the general 2nd Wednesday meeting at 6:00 PM in the 2nd floor training room of Daugherty Systems, One City Place in Creve Coeur.
The SLUUG Linux SIG (SLUUGLS) meets the 3rd Thursday of every month at the Bridgeton Trails Public Library.
The SLUUG CTI SIG (SLUUG CiTI) meets the 1st Wednesday of every month at the Bridgeton Trails Public Library.
As our membership grows, we have had some inquiries about the possibility of having Special Interest Groups in several areas. If you are interested in starting or participating in a SIG for System Administration, Networking, C, Object Oriented Programming, a specific vendor, etc., please call Dave Mills at 230-5151, extension 103, or contact any officer of the group.
RCS (Revision Control System) by Sanjiv Bhatia
There are plenty of problems in terms of code and documentation management during the life cycle of a project. The major problems in the project occur in keeping track of the changes made to the files. These changes can be managed and tracked by using the RCS utility that is available under the Gnu license. In this presentation, we'll discuss the features of RCS and contrast them with SCCS (the source code control system).
Sanjiv Bhatia is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Missouri -- St. Louis. He got interested in RCS to manage some large software projects for his research in image databases.
LOCATION DIRECTIONS:
Bridgeton Trails Public Library
ROOM #2
3455 McKelvey Road
| From 270: | Exit St. Charles Rock Road east, make right onto McKelvey Road, Library is on the right (west) hand side of McKelvey. |
| From Lindberg: | Exit St. Charles Rock Road west, make left onto McKelvey Road, Library is on the right (west) hand side of McKelvey. |
For more information on SLUUGLS refer to the WWW home page for the group at http://www.stllinux.org/ or contact Matthew Feldt at linux@www.feldt.com.
Seminar on UPS Technology for Computers and Telephony Equipment at July Meeting
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) industry veteran Ron (Rusty) Gipson will speak on UPS technology applications of the 90's. Rusty's focus will be particularly how it relates to the protection of computers, networks, and other telephony equipment. Specific discussion will include sizing and specifying UPS equipment, pricing, software monitoring through NT and other platforms, as well as case studies.
Rusty is President and Owner of R.G. Computer Power Specialists in St. Louis. He has over 20 years of experience in the UPS industry. Rusty's expertise ranges from the smallest of applications to large, megawatt systems.
Note: Our meetings are always open for your CTI presentations. Please call us if you are interested.
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, July 2, 1997; 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (approx) |
| Location: | Bridgeton Trails Library (Rm #1) - 3455 McKelvey Road
St. Louis, MO (one block south of St. Charles Rock Road) (see map at http://www.ctitek.com/ctiusers/library_map.html) |
| Cost: | None. New members welcomed monthly free of charge. |
| Note: | All 1997 meetings will be held on the first Wednesday of the month. |
For more information on SLUUG CiTI contact Tony Zafiropoulos at tonyz@ctitek.com or (314)537-3959.
You think SLUUG just provides the best source of UNIX information in St. Louis?
You think SLUUG members are just computer jocks?
But, that is not all there is to SLUUG. The SLUUG is investigating new avenues to expand its service to the community.
Stay tuned...
We wish to thank everyone who participated in the raffle of a Linux PC. The raffle raised $82 for SLUUG and the lucky winner was Dave Mills.
O'Reilly & Associates invites you to stop by their new and upcoming products page. It's at http://www.ora.com/catalog/new.html.
Some recent related titles you might be interested in include:
DETAILED PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION
WEB PAGE: http://www.usenix.org/events or CALL USENIX at (714)588-8649
August 11-13, 1997
USENIX WINDOWS/NT WORKSHOP
Seattle, Washington, Sheraton Hotel
Sponsored by the USENIX Association
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Researchers in any field of computer science using or adopting Windows NT as their research base.
The USENIX NT Workshop will provide a forum to share information, experiences, and results. An increasing amount of research work is being done on Windows NT, now there is a forum where researchers can gather and learn from each other's work. The workshop includes technical presentations of submitted position papers, invited talks, Birds-of-a-Feather sessions for highly-interactive, focused discussions, demonstrations, and a poster session.
August 14-16, 1997
LARGE-SCALE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION OF NT WORKSHOP
Seattle, Washington, Sheraton Hotel
Sponsored by the USENIX Association and
SAGE, the Systems Administrators Guild
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: System managers involved in the management of large-scale Windows NT networks. System administrators as they move either from UNIX to Windows NT or between the two will find it especially helpful.
System administrators are faced with the deployment of Windows NT across complex networks comprised of hundreds of individual Windows NT systems. They are expected to maintain these systems with the same quality of service they deliver for their better-understood UNIX systems and, often, to provide integration services between legacy platforms and Windows NT as well. In this workshop, you will learn about experiences of system administrators who have wrestled with real-life problems and are building solutions today which will scale into tomorrow. There will be lots of opportunities for interaction: during panels, a Work-In-Progress Session, and luncheons. You will discuss topics such as large scale administration, integration, tools, and security. This is an exciting experience for anyone involved in the management of large Windows NT installations.
FREE TO ALL ATTENDEES: Windows NT in a Nutshell - A Desktop Quick Reference for System Administration by Eric Pearce, with Beverly Scherf and Chris Reilly, published by O'Reilly & Associates.
Jim Singler will be hosting a computer and technology radio show on KTRS 550am on Fridays from 9-10 PM (premiering July 11). This is a proof-of-concept program with four weeks to establish an audience and attract advertisers.
Spread the word about the show and feel free to call in (969-KTRS or *KTRS on a cellular phone).
Thanks for your support.
The SLUUG Steering Committee meets the Tuesday following the general 2nd Wednesday meeting at 6:00 PM in the 2nd floor training room of Daugherty Systems, One City Place in Creve Coeur. The guard can direct you to the meeting location. Anyone is welcome to attend. If you would like to become more involved in the planning of SLUUG, feel free to join us at the next Steering Committee meeting. Meetings usually last 1.5 to 2 hours.
For more information about sponsoring the St. Louis UNIX Users Group, contact Ed Wehner wehner@mail.sluug.org.
The St. Louis UNIX Users Group maintains a WWW page at http://www.sluug.org/. Visit us to learn more about who we are and what we do, visit other UNIX user groups' WWW pages, sign up for a SIG, or just to browse.
We publish other user group meeting schedules on a reciprocal basis. If you are a member of another non-profit group, please inform them of our policy and invite them to exchange meeting information with editor@mail.sluug.org, or call any of the SLUUG officers.
The St. Louis Java Special Interest Group is dedicated to promoting interest in and disseminating information about the Java programming language, Java development concepts and tools, and the use of Java for a variety of business and technical applications.
Next meeting details:
When: Thursday, July 10, 1997, 6:30 PM Where: Novell, Inc., 600 Emerson Road, Suite 203 Topic: "Introduction to JavaBeans," by Eric Burke, Object Computing, Inc.
Be sure to visit the Java SIG's Web site at http://www.ociweb.com/javasig for the latest news about the Java SIG and an updated schedule of events. The Web site also includes presentation slides from previous meetings, a form for subscribing to the Java SIG mailing list, and a map to the meeting location. You may direct any questions about the Java SIG to javasig@ociweb.com.
The Saint Louis Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) invites you to a discussion of Productivity Gains or Lack of Gains from Information Technology led by Dayle Majors.
Monday, July 14th, 1997
Social & Dinner: 6:00 PM. Program: 6:15 - 7:45 PM
Grones Cafeteria: 4409 Woodson Rd, 423-7880
Summary: Computers and Information Technology have been touted as a significant improvement. However, recent popular media has voiced questions about whether there have been any gains from Information Technology. Economists are having difficulty quantifying gains. Is this a problem with the current methodologies, or has there been no gain? Come and participate in the discussion. Let your opinions be heard.
This will be an open discussion. Since most of us receive our income directly or indirectly from data processing and information technology we should all have an interest.
Discussion Leader: Mr. Majors has been an active participant in Information Technology since the early 1960s. He will not be making a presentation but will facilitate the discussion.
Arrangements: Begin the cafeteria style dinner and social when you arrive. Dinner and FREE lecture are in the back room. Non-members are welcome. No registration. Bring a friend!
| Address Changes and Membership |
Klaus Mueller | Home: +1 (573) 334-6477
331 S Spring Ave Cape Girardeau, MO 63703 mueller@mail.sluug.org
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| BBS Questions | Jim (Knight) Ford | knight@mail.sluug.org
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| Corporate Sponsors | Ed Wehner | wehner@mail.sluug.org
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| Publisher: Sanjiv Bhatia | Home: (314)519-9272
Work: (314)516-6520 FAX: (314)516-5400 sanjiv@aryabhat.cs.umsl.edu
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| Editor: Steve Totten | Home: (618)931-0037
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| O'Reilly Books | Fred Govier | Work: (314)342-7846
govier@mail.sluug.org
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| Presentations | Dave Dickerson |
daved@mail.sluug.org
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| Steering Committee Information |
Gary Meyer | Home: (314)781-8644
gary@mail.sluug.org
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| SLUUG Treasurer | Steve Pautz | steve@mail.sluug.org
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| Computer Telephone Integration (CTI) |
Tony Zafiropoulos | http://www.inlink.com/~itek
tonyz@ctitek.com
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| Linux | Matthew Feldt | Home: (314)429-5433
http://www.feldt.com linux@www.feldt.com
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The St. Louis UNIX Users Group has a new P.O. box. All official correspondence with SLUUG should now be sent to:
St. Louis UNIX Users Group
P.O. Box 1184
Fenton, MO 63026-1184