Path: senator-bedfellow

.
TestCenter is now available for the RS/6000. It supports AIX 3.2.5

and AIX 4.1 on POWER, POWER2 and PowerPC machines. More information

is available from .
Purify [phone] is not availible for the RS/6000.
ZeroFault detects memory violations and leaks without recompiling or

relinking. Works on all RS/6000 systems running AIX 3.2.5 or later,

DCE and pthreads. Contact The Kernel Group, Inc. [phone],

email , .

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Subject: 5.07: PPP
PPP does not come with AIX 3.2.x (only SLIP).
PPP support was announced for AIX 4.1.4, see:


David Crow caught the announcement of a non-IBM ppp package that

claims to support AIX 4.x. More information is availible from

or


A comercial PPP for AIX is availible from Morningstar

([e-mail] or [e-mail]) [phone].

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Subject: 5.08: Graphics adapters
Abstract Technologies Inc. (Austin TX, 512-441-4040, [e-mail])

has several high performance graphics adapters for the RS/6000.

1600x1200, 24-bit true-color, and low cost 1024x768 adapters are

available. Retail prices are between US$1000-2000.

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Subject: 5.09: Training Courses
Email [e-mail] with "help" in the body of the message for

information about how to receive a list course descriptions for AIX*

and/or UNIX* courses offered by Skill Dynamics.
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Subject: 5.10: Hardware Vendors
New & Used RS6000s, peripherals

Core Systems Inc, 1605 12th Ave Seattle WA 98122

[phone] fax: [phone]


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Subject: 5.11: Debugging aides

From: Curt Finch

SCTrace reports system calls (and more) made by an AIX process.

SCTrace from SevOne Software . It is $199 and a

demo is available from .
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Subject: 6.00: Miscellaneous other stuff
Information that defies catagories. ;-)
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Subject: 6.01: Can I get support by e-mail?
In general, no, and

are no longer supported.

IBM does maintain a fee based system, the AIX Support Family Services

at 1-800-CALL-AIX (1-800-225-5249) option 8.

In Canada:
Gary Tomic mentioned that Canadian customers can get support from their

BBS, cac.toronto.ibm.com at 142.77.253.16.

In Germany:
Thomas Braunbeck reported that German customers with ESS (extended

software service) contracts can get support by e-mail too. They can

obtain information by sending mail with Subject: help to

[e-mail].

Various flavors of service offerings are available. Contact your IBM rep

for details.

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Subject: 6.02: List of useful faxes
You can get some informative faxes by dialing IBM's Faxserver at

1-800-IBM-4FAX. [phone] from outside the US. If you're calling

for the first time, push 3 then 2 to request a list of RS/6000 related faxes.
IBM's AIX Support WWW site,

,

contains many of the same documents. Select a country or region from the

menu, then look for "Technical Tips from IBM" on the returned page.
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Subject: 6.03: IBM's gopher, WWW, aftp presence.
(verified Aug 9 1996 by Frank Wortner)

Thanks to Ronald S. Woan

(FixDist ptfs)

(rlogin fixes & more)

(anonouncements & press releases)

(software, hardware, service & support)
General IBM information like product announcements and press releases

are available through World Wide Web at .

Specific information on the RISC System/6000 product line and AIX

(highlights include marketing information, technology White Papers and

the POWER 2 technology book online before it hits the presses,

searchable APAR database and AIX support FAX tips online so you don't

have to type in all those scripts) is available at


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Subject: 6.04: Some RS232 hints

From: [e-mail], sactoh0.SAC.CA.US!jak

Q: How do you connect a terminal to the RS232 tty ports when not using

the standard IBM cable & terminal transposer?

A: 1- Connect pins 2->3, 3->2, 7->7 on the DB25's

2- On the computer side, most of the time cross 6->20 (DSR, DTR).

Some equipment may require connecting 6, 8, and 20 (DSR, DCD, DTR).
Also, pin 1 (FG) should be a bare metal wire and the cable should be

shielded with a connection all the way through. Most people don't run

pin 1 because pins 1 & 7 (SG) are jumpered on many equipment.
When booting from diskettes, the port speed is always 9600 baud. If you

use SMIT to set a higher speed (38400 is nice) for normal use, remember

to reset your terminal before booting.
Q: How do you connect a printer to the RS232 tty ports

A: 1- Connect pins 2->3, 3->2, 7->7 on the DB25's

2- On the computer side, loop pins 4->5 (CTS & RTS)

Archive-name: aix-faq/part5

Last-modified: Sep 2, 1997

Version: 5.18

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Subject: *6.05 What publications are available for AIX and RS/6000?

Publications list:

http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/resource/aix_resource/Pubs/
AIXpert magazine: http://www.developer.ibm.com/library/aixpert/
AIXpert

IBM Corporation

Mail Stop 36

472 Wheelers Farms Road

Milford, CT 06460

FAX: [phone]

These manuals should be available from your favorite IBM office.

SC23-2204-02 Problem Solving Guide

SC23-2365-01 Performance Monitoring and Tuning Guide for AIX 3.2

SA23-2629-07 Service Request Number Cross Reference, Ver 2.2

SA23-2631-05 Diagnostic Programs: Operator Guide

SA23-2632-05 Diagnostic Programs: Service Guide

SA23-2643-01 Hardware Technical Reference: General Information

SA23-2646-01 Hardware Technical Reference: Options and Devices

IBM's International Technical Support Center produces redbooks -

practical, how-to manuals - on a wide range of technical topics

including AIX migration, system management, internet security, and

RS/6000 hardware. Abstracts and ordering information areavailable

from the redbooks homepage