THE UNIX NEWSLETTER VOLUME 3 NUMBER 7 AUGUST 1978 Page 1 Py NOTICE This document may contain information covered by one or more licenses. copyrights and non-disclosure agreements Circulation of this document is restricted to holders of @ license for the UNIX’, PWB/UNIX*, or Mini-UNIX" software system from Western Electric Such license holders may reproduce this document for uses In conformity with the Unix hcense All other circulation or reproduction is prohibited "Trademark of Bell Laboratories Address editorial material, payments, and software submission to Melvin Ferentz Box 8 The Rockefeller University 1230 York Avenue New York, NY 1002) Subscription requests and address changes should be addressed to Armand Gazes Box 8 The Rockefeller University 1230 York Avenue New York,NY 1002) The special issue of The Bell System Technical Journal devoted to the of Vol. 57, No. 6 (July-August 1978). UNIX system will be available on or about August 1, 1978. It is Part 2 Bell Laboratories plans to send a complimentary copy to each licensee of UNIX, MINI-UNIX, and PWB/UNIX. Additional copies cost $1.50 each, plus 15 cents per copy for foreign postage. If you wish to order one or more copies, please send a check for the full amount, payable to The Bell System Technical Journal, to: Circulation Group Bel] Laboratories Whippany Road Whippany, N.J. 07981 USA Research Resources Center UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER, CHICAGO FACILITIES Mashing Addrese Bioinsirumentation PO 6998 (911 Ride) Biostatistecs Chicago, TL 6060 Electron Microscope Environmental Stress Location Instrument Shop 1940 West Taylor Steet Nuclear Magnetic Revonance Chicago. HE AOI Screntific Computer July 6, 1978 Prof, Melvin Ferentz, Box §&, The Rockefelier University, 123u York Avenue, New York, N, ¥., 10021. Dear Prof. Ferentz, At the last Unix meeting I announced [by jotting it on the blackboard) that we had a version of SPSS (called SPSS/C) running undec Unix. Since then more people than I expected have shown interest in it and I am very happy abovt it. The otiginal work was done at Carleton College and they remain the sole distributors of the package (by an agreement with SPSS, Inc., Chicago). Unix users interested in the package should contact the Carleton group for information on licensing, cost, end the like. The Carleton people now have a tp tape of all my software: sources, object files, documentation, and the ‘out’ file, Licensees interested in the Unix version of the Package will ceceive a copy of that tape, along with whatever else 1s usually sent out by the Carleton people. 1 will be responsible for the support of this software under Unix. Any guestions, complaints, bugs, improvements and so on, wil) be handled by yours truly as best as possible. The current version available under Unix is SPSS/C 1.1. Carleton just came out with version 2.U which “SPSS, Inc., has taken a look at“ and “feel it is 80% of the IBM package". I hope to have this one reedy for Unix by the middle-to-end of August {1¥9%b, Of course}. The only requiremet to cun SPSS/C under Unix is Commcer- cial Union's FORTRAN-IV Plus. SPSS/C was originally developed for RT-11, and relied on the overlaying facilities o£ RT-li's FOR. Il already had CULC's FORTRAN when I started the "RT-11 to Unix” conversion and decided that it was easi- est to stick to overlaying as opposed to multiple processes. Even then it took me over six weeks to get it going. Furth- ermore, CULC’S FORTRAN is the fastest (at execution time) of the FORTRAN's avuiluble under Unix (that 1 am aware of). These are the two interesting addresses, for any one in- tercestcd, ' Mc. Graham Kimble, Carleton College, Computer Center, Northfield, Minnesota, 55057. {S07) 645-443] x-443, Mr. Matt Perez, Univ. of Il]. Med. Center, Research Resources Center, 194U West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois, 606122. (312) 996-8959, In my shop the other petson to ssk for is Yair Daon, he did all the hard work of conversion. At Carlton, Bonnie Labosky-Tallon is the SPSS/C coordinetor and the person 1 have been in contact with. Sincerely, (Ast (h, Des Matt M. Perez, Scientific Computer Facility. COPIES: Graham Kimble Bonnie Labosky-Tallon Yair Daon } f. ~ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY + CLEVELANU;OHIO 44106" FACULTEIT DER WISKUNDE EN NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN Toernear eli, Nome gen Telephone att 35 88 3.1 KATHOUEKE UNIVERSII EIT Telex 44224 winut al NIJMEGEN THE NETHERLANDS, Case Institute of Technology 1 June 8, 1978 Depaunes Computer Gr. YDB/m1/78/6/2 2 June 1978 Professor Melvin Ferentz Box 8 Prof, Melvin Ferentz Rockefeller University Physics Department 1230 Park Avenue Brooklyn College of CUNY New York, New York 10021 New York City, New York 11210 Dear Professor Ferentz: Our installation has an 11/40 with a floating point unit. We would appreciate any software modifications or support pro- grams written for the FU. A "C" callable Fast Fourrier Trans- pose using 11/40 floating point would be especially appreciated. We are currently building a ring network for data acquisi- tion and control based on the 2-80 microprocessor. A cross "C" compiler, cross assembler creating relocating code and a crose linking loader for the 2-80 vould be appreciated. Any software that we develop will be submitted after completion of the initial phase. Sincerely, John Halen ‘ John Haller compiler or interpreter for SIMULA under UNIX. Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dear Prof, Perentz, We are soliciting information from any one who has a working JHiwe Sincerely yours, Jan van den Bos Computer Graphics Group School of Engrneering Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Meated A do 2 7, Dr. M. Ferentz - 2 group names which you propose. The names "UNIXSIG", “PWB/UNIXSIG", “MINI-UNIXSIG", and so forth, would be a Bell Laboratories potential problem. We would hope that your final selection of group names would not incorporate the UNIX mark. 600 Moura Avenue Murtay Hall Now Jersey 07974 Te Pune (701) bea 9000 these concerns of ours raise questions, I would be happy to speak with you at your convenience. I can be contacted at 201-592-2961. AUG 15 978 Very truly yours, Dr. Melvin Ferentz - . Bos 8 StpPen f thblp: Rockefeller University Stephen J. Phillips 1230 York Avenue New York, New York 10021 SJPiges Patent Attorney Dear Dr. Ferentz: It was with some interest that I read ,logi Vol. 3, No. 6, June/July 1978. Your choice of the name "USENIX" was rather an inspired way of avoiding the use of the UNIX* trademark in the committee name. We programmers - I include myself in this group since I am a recast programmer — love acronyms, and it appears inevitable that the name of every group we belong to will be spelled in full uppercase. Since we have communicated before on the topic of proper use of the UNIX trademark, you may think that my company is rather concerned about it, and to some extent that is true. The UNIX mark has not been around as long as some others such as Chevrolet or Coca-Cola, for example, so we cannot point to the fact that the mark has been respected by the public for many years or to the fact that we have spent millions in promoting it, for of course we have not. Therefore, we feel we must police use of the UNIX mark rather closely to prevent its "dilution". Dilution of a trademark is a legal concept and arises when members of the public come to use the mark in ways other than strict trademark usage such as physically attaching the mark to goods sold. If the mark is so used too widely and too freely, it may no longer serve its proper role in distinguishing our goods from those of others. It is for this reason that we object to the use of the mark in non-trademark ways, for example, in a corporate title. Having set forth our concerns about dilution of the UNIX mark, I am sure you can understand the significance to us of your proposed use of the UNIX mark in the special interest *UNIX Is a Trademark of Bell Laboratories REED COLLEGE Portland, Oregon 97202 g "TER CLNTLR duly 18, 1978 Professor Melvin Ferentz Box 8 The Rockefeller University 1230 York Avenue ne New York, New York 10021 Dear Professor Ferentz: You and other members of the Unix Users Group may be in- terested to know that BMDP, the Biomedical Computer Programs, P-Series, will soon be available for Unix operating systems. Reed College recently adapted Version 1 BMDP to Unix, and is entering into an agreement with Software Development Inc. to distribute the package. Version II will be available ina few months. The Unix package requires the Fortran four Plus compiler distributed by Commercial Union Leasing Corp. Interested parties should contact: Software Development Inc. Middlebury College P.O. Box 500 Middlebury, Vermont 05753 (802) 388-7976 In order to obtain the package, users must Sign a license agreement with SDI, and a second agreement with Reed College. The Reed College agreement merely stipulates that users of the package will keep any results of its use obtained in the public domain, the usual Unix requirement. Sincerely, Drew, 8 Doane Dorsey B. Drane Director of Computer Center DBD: jz