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- ISODE version 6.0 was released in January 1990. The new release,
- ISODE 7.0, is due out in late summer 1991. The following pages describe the
- current release and how ISODE can be obtained from the Internet.
-
-
- A N N O U N C E M E N T
-
- The next release of the "ISO Development Environment" will be
- available on 24 January 1990. This release is called
-
- ISODE 6.0
-
- This software supports the development of certain kinds of OSI protocols
- and applications. Here are the details:
-
- - The ISODE is not proprietary, but it is not in the public domain. This
- was necessary to include a "hold harmless" clause in the release. The
- upshot of all this is that anyone can get a copy of the release and do
- anything they want with it, but no one takes any responsibility
- whatsoever for any (mis)use.
-
- - The ISODE runs on native Berkeley (4.2, 4.3) and AT&T (SVR2, SVR3)
- systems, in addition to various other UNIX-like operating systems. No
- kernel modifications are required.
-
- - Current modules include:
- OSI transport service (TP0 on top of TCP and X.25; TP4 for SunLink
- OSI)
- OSI session, presentation, and association control services
- ASN.1 abstract syntax/transfer notation tools, including:
- remote operations stub-generator (front-end for remote operations)
- structure-generator (ASN.1 to C)
- element-parser (basic encoding rules)
- OSI reliable transfer and remote operations services
- OSI file transfer, access and management
- FTAM/FTP gateway
- OSI directory services
- OSI virtual terminal (basic class, TELNET profile)
-
- - ISODE 6.0 consists of final "IS" level implementations with a few
- exceptions: ROSE and RTSE are current to the last circulated drafts
- (March, 1988); VT is a DIS implementation. The ISODE also contains
- implementations of the 1984 X.400 versions of ROS and RTS. ISODE is
- aligned with the U.S. Government OSI Profile (GOSIP).
-
- - Modules planned for future releases include:
- OSI message handling system
- MHS/SMTP gateway
-
- - Although the ISODE is not "supported" per se, it does have a problem
- reporting address, Bug-ISODE@NISC.NYSER.NET. Bug reports (and fixes) are
- welcome by the way.
-
- - The discussion group ISODE@NIC.DDN.MIL is used as an open forum on ISODE.
- Contact ISODE-Request@NIC.DDN.MIL to be added to this list.
- - The primary documentation for this release consists of a five volume
- User's Manual (approx. 1000 pages) and a set of UNIX manual pages. The
- sources to the User's Manual are in LaTeX format. In addition, there are
- a number of notes, papers, and presentations included in the
- documentation set, again in either LaTeX or SLiTeX format. If you do not
- have LaTeX, you should probably get a hardcopy from one of the
- distribution sites below.
-
- For more information, contact:
-
- PSI, Inc.
- PSI California Office
- Attn: Marshall T. Rose
- 420 Whisman Court
- Mountain View, CA 94043-2112
- USA
-
- +1-415-961-3380
-
-
- DISTRIBUTION SITES
-
- 1. FTP
- If you can FTP to the Internet, then use anonymous FTP to UU.PSI.COM
- [136.161.128.3] to retrieve the file isode-6.tar.Z in BINARY mode from the
- isode/ directory. This file is the tar image after being run through
- the compress program and is approximately 4.5MB in size.
-
- 2. NIFTP
- If you run NIFTP over the public X.25 or JANET, and are registered in
- the NRS at Salford, you can use NIFTP with username "guest" and your own
- name as password, to access UK.AC.UCL.CS to retrieve the file
- <SRC>isode-6.tar. This is a 14MB tar image. The file <SRC>isode-6.tar.Z
- is the tar image after being run through the compress program (4.5MB).
-
- 3. NORTH AMERICA
- For mailings in NORTH AMERICA, send a check for 375 US Dollars to:
-
- University of Pennsylvania
- Department of Computer and Information Science
- Moore School
- Attn: David J. Farber (ISODE Distribution)
- 200 South 33rd Street
- Philadelphia, PA 19104-6314
- USA
-
- +1-215-898-8560
-
- The tape will be written in tar format at 1600bpi, and returned with a
- documentation set. Do not send tapes or envelopes. Documentation only
- is the same price.
-
- 4. EUROPE (tape and documentation)
- For mailings in EUROPE, send a cheque or bankers draft and a purchase
- order for 200 Pounds Sterling to:
-
- Department of Computer Science
- Attn: Natalie May/Dawn Bailey
- University College London
- Gower Street
- London, WC1E 6BT
- UK
-
- For information only:
- Telephone: +44-1-380-7214
- Fax: +44-1-387-1397
- Telex: 28722
- Internet: natalie@cs.ucl.ac.uk, dawn@cs.ucl.ac.uk
-
- Specify either (a) 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape, or (b) Sun 1/4-inch
- cartridge tape. The tape will be written in tar format and returned
- with a documentation set. Do not send tapes or envelopes.
- Documentation only is the same price.
-
- 6. EUROPE (tape only)
- Tapes without hardcopy documentation can be obtained via the European
- UNIX User Group (EUUG). The ISODE 6.0 distribution is called EUUGD14.
-
- EUUG Distributions
- c/o Frank Kuiper
- Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica
- Kruislaan 413
- 1098 SJ Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
-
- For information only:
- Telephone: +31-20-5924121 (or: +31-20-5929333)
- Telex: 12571 mactr nl
- Telefax: +31-20-5924199
- Internet: euug-tapes@cwi.nl
-
- Specify one of:
- - 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape: 130 Dutch Guilders
- - 800bpi 1/2-inch tape: 130 Dutch Guilders
- - Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape (QIC-24 format): 190 Dutch Guilders
- - 1/4-inch cartridge tape (QIC-11 format): 190 Dutch Guilders
-
- If you require DHL this is possible and will be billed through. Note,
- if you are not a member of EUUG, then there is an additional handling fee
- of 300 Dutch Guilders (please enclose a copy of your membership or
- contribution payment form when ordering). Do not send money, cheques,
- tapes or envelopes, you will be invoiced.
-
- 7. AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND
- For mailings in AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND, send a cheque for 250 dollars
- Australian to:
-
- CSIRO DIT
- Attn: Andrew Waugh (ISODE DISTRIBUTION)
- 55 Barry St
- Carlton, 3053
- Australia
-
- For information only:
- Telephone: +61-3-347-8644
- Fax: +61-3-347-8987
- Internet: ajw@ditmela.oz.au
-
- Please specify the media you desire: (a) 1/2-inch tape at 1600bpi,
- 3200bpi, or 6250bpi; or (b) Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape in either
- QIC-11 or QIC-24 format. The tape will be written in tar format and
- returned with a documentation set. Do not send tapes or envelopes.
- Documentation only is the same price.
-
- 8. FTAM on the JANET or PSS
- The sources are available by FTAM at the UCL over X.25 using JANET
- (00000511160013) or PSS (23421920030013) with TSEL "259" (ascii
- encoding). Use the "anon" user-identity and retrieve the file
- <SRC>isode-6.tar. This is a 14MB tar image. The file <SRC>isode-6.tar.Z
-
- is the tar image after being run through the compress program (4.5MB).
-
- 9. FTAM on the Internet
- The sources are available by FTAM over the Internet at host osi.nyser.net
- [192.33.4.20] (TCP port 102 selects the OSI transport service) with TSEL
- 259 (numeric encoding). Use the "anon" user-identity, supply any
- password, and retrieve the file isode-6.tar.Z from the pub/isode/
- directory. This file is the tar image after being run through the
- compress program and is approximately 4.5MB in size.
-
- For distributions via FTAM, the file service is provided by the FTAM
- implementation in ISODE 5.0 or later (IS FTAM).
-
- For distributions via either FTAM or FTP, there is an additional file
- available for retrieval, called isode-ps.tar.Z which is a compressed tar
- image (7MB) containing the entire documentation set in PostScript format.
-
-
- SUPPORT
-
- A UK company has been set up to provide support for the ISODE and
- associated packages - X-Tel Services Ltd. This company provides an
- update service, general assistance and site specific support. Although
- inclusion of this information should not be considered an endorsement, it
- should benoted that one of the primary ISODE developers now works at
- X-Tel Services Ltd.
-
- X-Tel Services Ltd.
- 13-03 Tower Block
- Nottingham University
- Nottingham, NG7 2RD
- UK
-
- Telephone: +44-602-412648
- Fax: +44-602-588138
- Telex: 37346
- Internet: xtel@cs.nott.ac.uk
-
- If other organizations offering formal support for the ISODE wish to be
- included in future announcements, a suitable index will be organized.
-
-
-
- REFERENCES
-
- Moore, C., Book review of "The Open Book: A Practical Perspective on
- OSI", ConneXions, The Interoperability Report, vol. 3, no. 11, Nov. 1989.
-
- Rose, M. T., ISODE Internals, INTEROP Tutorial, October 8-9, 1990.
-
- Rose, M. T., "The Open Book: A Practical Perspective on OSI", Prentice-
- Hall, 1989.
-
- Rose, M. T., ISODE User's Manuals, 5 volumes.
-
-