Access to UNIX-Related Standards (diffs since last posting)
jsq at longway.tic.com
jsq at longway.tic.com
Fri Jan 20 16:17:00 AEST 1989
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USENIX soon after each IEEE 1003 meeting for posting in comp.std.unix
and in ;login:, the Newsletter of the USENIX Association.
! Changes from last posting: IEEE 1003.1 Full Use Standard.
! Donn Terry is now 1003.1 chair; Jim Isaak is still 1003 chair.
! New IEEE 1003.7 and proposed 1003.8. NBS is now NIST. POSIX FIPS.
! New X/OPEN address and Institutional Representative.
Access information is given in this article for the following standards:
IEEE 1003.1 (operating system interface), 1003.2 (shell and tools),
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USENIX soon after each IEEE 1003 meeting for posting in comp.std.unix
and in ;login:, the Newsletter of the USENIX Association.
! Changes from last posting: 1003.9, 1003.10, NIST GOSIP Users' Workshop.
! IEEE Computer Society doesn't sell IEEE 1003.1 Full Use Standard.
! IEEE 1003 October 1989 meeting is definitely in Brussels.
! Revised /usr/group Super Computing chairs.
Access information is given in this article for the following standards:
IEEE 1003.1 (operating system interface), 1003.2 (shell and tools),
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1003.3 (testing and verification), 1003.4 (real time),
1003.5 (ADA binding), 1003.6 (security),
1003.7 (system administration), 1003.8 (networking),
+ 1003.9 (FORTRAN binding), 1003.10 (supercomputing),
1003.0 (POSIX guide).
NIST FIPS.
/usr/group Technical Committee Subcommittees on distributed file system,
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UNIX, which is an implementation licensed by a certain vendor. Source
level application portability is the goal.
! Bulk orders may be made from the IEEE Computer Society in Los Angeles at
- +1-714-821-8380
-
- Unfortunately, this only works for multiple copies.
- But the following mail address works for single copies:
-
- IEEE Computer Society
- P.O. Box 80452
- Worldway Postal Center
- Los Angeles, Ca. 90080
-
- Or contact:
-
- IEEE Service Center
- 445 Hoes Ln.
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
+1-201-981-0060
The price is reputed to be $16 (plus tax, shipping, and handling).
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UNIX, which is an implementation licensed by a certain vendor. Source
level application portability is the goal.
! The standard may be ordered from:
+1-201-981-0060
+ IEEE Service Center
+ 445 Hoes Lane
+ Piscataway, NJ 08854
+ U.S.A.
The price is reputed to be $16 (plus tax, shipping, and handling).
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Hewlett Packard Systems Division
3404 E. Harmony Road
Fort Collins, CO 80525
+ U.S.A.
TAG meetings tend to be held wherever 1003.1 is meeting.
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NIST has a POSIX Conformance Test Suite (PCTS) for 1003.1.
! NIST is also producing a FIPS based on IEEE 1003.2, probably from
! the draft made by 1003.2 at their March 1988 meeting.
NIST sponsors a number of standards-related workshops, including:
1988 Sep 22 System Administration and Shell & Tools
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NIST has a POSIX Conformance Test Suite (PCTS) for 1003.1.
! NIST is also producing a FIPS based on IEEE 1003.2, and has started
! one on system administration.
NIST sponsors a number of standards-related workshops, including:
1988 Sep 22 System Administration and Shell & Tools
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1988 Nov 15 POSIX Applications
1988 Nov 16 POSIX FIPS Revision
1989 Jan 17 Terminal Interface Extensions and Network Services
+ 1989 Mar 1-2 GOSIP Users' Workshop
1989 May 16 POSIX Applications
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James Isaak
Chairperson, IEEE/CS P1003
! Tel.: (603)881-0480
! Fax.: (603)881-0120
decvax!isaak
isaak at decvax.dec.com
Digital Equipment
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James Isaak
Chairperson, IEEE/CS P1003
! +1-603-881-0480
! fax: +1-603-881-0120
decvax!isaak
isaak at decvax.dec.com
Digital Equipment
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ZK03-3/Y25
110 Spit Brook Rd.
Nashua, NH 03062-2698
+ U.S.A.
Sufficiently interested parties may join the working group.
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1003.5 Ada Binding for POSIX Terry Fong (USArmy), Stowe Boyd(Compass)
1003.6 Security Dennis Steinauer (NBS), Ron Elliot (IBM)
1003.7 System Administration Steve Carter (Bellcore)
! 1003.8 Networking Dave Dodge (committee not yet approved)
! Inquiries regarding any of the subcommittees should go to the same address
! as for 1003.1.
The next scheduled meetings of the P1003 working groups are:
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1003.5 Ada Binding for POSIX Terry Fong (USArmy), Stowe Boyd(Compass)
1003.6 Security Dennis Steinauer (NBS), Ron Elliot (IBM)
1003.7 System Administration Steve Carter (Bellcore)
! 1003.8 Networking Dave Dodge
! 1003.9 FORTRAN binding proposed
! 1003.10 Supercomputing proposed, derived from /usr/group
! Inquiries regarding any of the subcommittees should go to address for the
! IEEE 1003 chair.
The next scheduled meetings of the P1003 working groups are:
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1989 Jan 9-13 IEEE 1003 Embassy Suites, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1989 Apr 24-28 IEEE 1003 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
1989 Jul 10-14 IEEE 1003 San Francisco, CA
! 1989 Oct 16-20 IEEE 1003 Brussels (or Amsterdam)
1990 Jan 29 IEEE 1003 New Orleans, LA
1990 Apr IEEE 1003 Montreal, Quebec
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1989 Jan 9-13 IEEE 1003 Embassy Suites, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1989 Apr 24-28 IEEE 1003 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
1989 Jul 10-14 IEEE 1003 San Francisco, CA
! 1989 Oct 16-20 IEEE 1003 Brussels, Belgium
1990 Jan 29 IEEE 1003 New Orleans, LA
1990 Apr IEEE 1003 Montreal, Quebec
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There are four Institutional Representatives to P1003: John Quarterman
from USENIX, Heinz Lycklama from /usr/group, Mike Lambert from X/OPEN,
! and David Chen from OSF. The two from USENIX and /usr/group are also
! representatives to the U.S. TAG to ISO SC22 WG15.
There is a USENIX Standards Watchdog Committee of volunteers who report
on issues raised in standards committee meetings; composite reports are
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There are four Institutional Representatives to P1003: John Quarterman
from USENIX, Heinz Lycklama from /usr/group, Mike Lambert from X/OPEN,
! and David Chen from OSF. They are apparently all also representatives
! to the U.S. TAG to ISO SC22 WG15.
There is a USENIX Standards Watchdog Committee of volunteers who report
on issues raised in standards committee meetings; composite reports are
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attunix!jeanne
/usr/group Working Group on Super Computing:
! Karen Sheaffer Robin O'Neill
! Sandia National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
! P.O. Box 969 P.O. Box 5509, L560
! Livermore, CA 94550 Livermore, CA 94550
! 415-422-3431 415-422-0973
! oneill#r%mfe at lll-mfe.arpa
The X3H3.6 display management committee has recently formed to develop
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attunix!jeanne
/usr/group Working Group on Super Computing:
! Karen Sheaffer Jonathan Brown
! Sandia National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
! P.O. Box 969 P.O. Box 5509, L-560
! Livermore, CA 94550 Livermore, CA 94550
! 415-294-3431 415-423-4157
! karen at snll-arpagw.llnl.gov jbrown at nmfecc.arpa
!
The X3H3.6 display management committee has recently formed to develop
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wanginst!ulowell!grinstein
- The Abstract of the 1003.1 Trial Use Standard adds:
! This interface is a complement to the C Programming Language
! in the C Information Bulletin prepared by Technical Committee X3J11
! of the Accredited Standards Committee X3, Information Processing
! Systems, further specifying an environment for portable application
! software.
- X3J11 is sometimes known as the C Standards Committee. Their liaison to
- P1003 is
-
Don Kretsch
AT&T
190 River Road
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wanginst!ulowell!grinstein
! X3J11 is sometimes known as the C Standards Committee. Their liaison
! to P1003 is
Don Kretsch
AT&T
190 River Road
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X/Open
Abbot's House
Abbey Road
! Reading, Berkshire
! ENGLAND
+44 256 843-142
mgl at xopen.co.uk
uunet!mcvax!inset!xopen!mgl
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X/Open
Abbot's House
Abbey Road
! Reading, Berkshire RG1 3BD
! England
+44 256 843-142
mgl at xopen.co.uk
uunet!mcvax!inset!xopen!mgl
Volume-Number: Volume 16, Number 11
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