ISODE 5.0 release notice

Marshall Rose mrose at twg.com
Wed Mar 29 04:05:16 AEST 1989


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			  A N N O U N C E M E N T


    The next release of the "ISO Development Environment" will be
    available on 28 March 1989.  This release is called

				   ISODE 5.0

    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, X.25, and CONS;
	    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 5.0 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 at TWG.COM.  Bug reports (and fixes) are welcome
    by the way. 

  - The discussion group ISODE at SRI-NIC.ARPA is used as an open forum on ISODE.
    Contact ISODE-Request at SRI-NIC.ARPA to be added to this list.

  - The primary documentation for this release consists of a four volume
    User's Manual (approx. 900 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.

  - Although ISODE is an openly available implementation of the upper-layers of
    OSI, it is primarily a development environment.  As such, it contains many
    tools and libraries to aid the development process.  Volume 4 of the User's
    Manual, "The Applications Cookbook", has several recipies for automating
    the implementation of OSI applications which use remote operations.  This
    includes use of a stub-generator for remote operations macros, a structure-
    generator to produce equivalent C structs for the ASN.1 type definitions
    used by the application, and so on.  Experience has shown that use of these
    tools can drastically accelerate building distributed applications. 

    For more information, contact:

        The Wollongong Group
        Attn: Marshall T. Rose
        1129 San Antonio Road
        Palo Alto, CA  94303
	USA

        +1-415-962-7100

    There are several ways to get a distribution:

 1. FTP
    If you can FTP to the Internet, you can use anonymous FTP to
    spam.istc.sri.com [10.2.0.107] and retrieve the file portal/isode-5.tar in
    BINARY mode.  This is a 10.5MB tar image.  The file portal/isode-5.tar.Z
    is the tar image after being run through the compress program (3.5MB).  
    The compressed file is also available from the host nisc.nyser.net
    [192.33.4.10] via anonymous FTP in the pub/isode/ directory.

 2. NIFTP
    If you run NIFTP over the public X.25 or over 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-5.tar.  This is a 10.5MB tar image.  The file <SRC>isode-5.tar.Z
    is the tar image after being run through the compress program (3.5MB).

 3. NORTH AMERICA
    For mailings in NORTH AMERICA, send a check for 365 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.


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 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 at cs.ucl.ac.uk, dawn at 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.

 5. EUROPE (tape only)
    Tapes without hardcopy documentation can be obtained via the European
    UNIX User Group (EUUG). The ISODE 5.0 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 at cwi.nl (euug-tapes at mcvax.uucp)

    Specify one of:
	- 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape:			120 Dutch Guilders
	- 800bpi 1/2-inch tape:				120 Dutch Guilders
	- Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape (QIC-24 format):	180 Dutch Guilders
	- 1/4-inch cartridge tape (QIC-11 format):	180 Dutch Guilders

    If you require DHL this is possible and will be billed through.  Note that
    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.







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 6. 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

	+61-3-347-8644

    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.

 7. FTAM on the JANET or PSS
    The sources are available by FTAM at UCL over X.25 using JANET
    (00000511160013) or PSS (23421920030013) with TSEL "259" (ascii encoding).
    Use the "anon" user-identity, supply any password, and retrieve the file
    src/isode-5.tar.  This is a 10.5MB tar image.  The file src/isode-5.tar.Z
    is the tar image after being run through the compress program (3.5MB).

 8. FTAM on the Internet
    The sources are available by FTAM at SRI over the Internet at host
    spam.istc.sri.com [10.2.0.107] (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 portal/isode-5.tar.  This is a
    10.5MB tar image.  The file portal/isode-5.tar.Z is the tar image after
    being run through the compress program (3.5MB).  

    For distributions via FTAM, the file service is provided by the FTAM 
    implementation in ISODE 5.0.

    If you wish to use the FTAM implementation in ISODE 4.0, which was a DIS
    implementation of FTAM but with an IS implementation of the rest of the
    stack (i.e., association control, presentation, and so on), use TSEL 258
    instead (ascii encoding at UCL, and numeric encoding at SRI).  This older
    service is temporary and is provided for bootstrap purposes only.

    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 (5MB) containing the entire documentation set in PostScript format.














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