THE UNIX NEWSLETTER VOLUME 3 NUMBER 8 SEPTEMBER 1978 Page 1 NOTICE Address editorial material, payments, and software submission to This document may contain information covered by one or more licenses, copyrights, Melvin Ferentz and non-disclosure agreements. Circulation of this document is restricted to holders Box & of a license for the UNIX*, PWB/UNIX*, or Mini-UNIX" software system from The Rockefeller University Western Electric. Such license holders may reproduce this document for uses in 1230 York Avenue conformity with the Unix license. All other circulation or reproduction is prohibited Neve York NY. 10021 Subscription requests and address changes should be addressed to Armand Gazes Box 8 The Rockefeller University "Trademark of Bell Laboratories SANS Noel Pieri New York, N.Y. 10021 | | | | | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO o REAKELES + DAVIS = INVINE LOS ANCELIS * RIVERSIDE SAN DIEGO * SAN FRANCISCO SANTA BARBARA * SANTA CRUZ SCHOOL O1 PHARMACY SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94143 DEVARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY COMPUTER GRAPHICS LABORATORY September 13, 1978 Professor Melvin Ferentz Box 8 The Rockefeller University 1230 York Avenue New York, New York 10021 The Computer Graphics Laboratory at the University of California, San Francisco, is waking extensive use of the UXII operating system to support a high performance interactive graphics facility for display of three-dimensional molecular models. We are primarily interested in the study of structures, functions, and interactions of complex biological molecules, particularly those related to drug interactions. The main components of the facility consist of a Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-11/70 computer and an Evans and Sutherland Computer Corporation Picture System 2 display system. (The Picture System 2 4a os calligraphic display which includes a graphics matrix arithmetic processor capable of performing rotation, translation, perspective, and zooming computations on two and three dimensional data in real-time.) Several simple extensions have been made to UNIX to fully support the required high performance environment necessary for interactive graphics and a complete graphics subroutine package bas been developed to epecifically support the powerful capabilities of the Pieture System 2 under UNIX. Extensions to UNIZ include a minor addition to provide ‘real- time' response for a process (real time E predictable response time <= 50 msec). This allows us to support about 12 users and an interactive graphics process simultaneously. ¥ Most of this work has been detailed in a technical report available from our labcratory. If anyone is interested, I would be bappy to send a copy of this report and arrange for diatribution of the Picture System 2 Graphics Subroutine Package upon request (both are free of charge). Sincerely, Aus Cara Thomas Ferrin Computer Facility Manager and Lecturer Computer Graphics Laboratory 2 fe : _ P.O. Box 7028 ANAL YT | ES Shaka toon Saskatchewan mony. (306) 244 3606 , ; Sept. 1, 1978 UNIX News, Dr, Melvin Ferentz The Rockefeller University The University of Guelph, Department of Computer Sclence, 1350 Take Avenue ; is looking for device drivers for the following devices: New York, N.Y. 10021 August 22, 1978 Dear Dr. Ferentz: DU 11 I am enclosing the amount requested for subscriptions of the UNIX mil nevsletter to June 1979, May IT request that the mailing address of Analytics be changed to the above and that the adressee be changed to Eric A. Brooks, General Manager; Mr. Skulmoski {s no If anyone cen help please write: longer vith the company. We developed a driver for RKO6 disk drives through necessity in UNIX Supervisor mid-1917 and we are investigating the possibility of developing ; Department of Computer Science one for the RMO3 disk drives. Before we reinvent the wheel, vould University of Guelph you inquire of the newketter readership whether a RHO} driver exists? Guelph, Ontario If one does, we would be prepared to negotiate with the developer NIG 2Wi to save ourselves the trouble. CANADA, Thank you fot this cooperation. Thank you so much. <i | / Eric A. Brooks General Manager co: f Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation Western Development si eel Way Laboratories Division : Palo Alto, California $4303 26 September 1978 Dear Colleague, We met at the Unix Users Group Meeting in New York this past May. You may recall that I gave a talk on the KSOS Project. As part of that talk I men- tioned that we had written a Formal Specification for 6.0 Unix. Copies of that specification were promised. A list was circulated. You signed up for a copy. A pumber of clearances, both internal and external, were required before the Formal Specification could be distributed. Those clearances have now been obtained. If, after all this delay, you are still interested in receiving a copy of the Formal Specifications, I will be happy to send one to you. The circulation is limited to Unix licensees. To obtain your copy please send back the label from this letter along with a copy of your executed Unix license. I also have a limited supply of the SPECIAL Reference Manual, by Roubine and Robinson. This manual describes the language which we used for the Formal Specifications. If you would like a copy of this, simply enclose a note. Sincerely yours, TE Qog— Thomas A. Berson RETURN ADDRESS: Dr. Thomas A. Berson Ford Aerospace & Communications Corp. 3939 Fabian Way MS/V-02 Palo Alto, CA 94303