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Fourth Quarter 2005 Vol. 12 No. 2
Dumping and tracing highlight this issue. A dump is even going away. We also have an article on running the same code on TPF and z/TPF systems. The 2006 Holiday Schedule for the TPF Lab shows when support in Poughkeepsie, New York will be closed and how to obtain support.

First Quarter 2005 Vol. 12 No. 1
This issue begins the discussion of newly announced z/TPF with two articles: one describing migration of floating point values and one on storage control. We also have an article on controlling time through the Time Zone Environment variable. The 2005 Vacation Schedule for the TPF Lab shows when support in Poughkeepsie, New York will be closed and how to obtain support. Finally there is an operating note regarding cache for the TPF Information Center.

First Quarter 2004 Vol. 11 No. 1
This issue has two interesting articles about TCP/IP developments: one describing recent enhancements and the other discussing the security features added over the past year. We have an article describing a Web tool for locating TPF-specific information and, finally, there is another in the Letters, We Get Letters C Language questions and answers series.

Fourth Quarter 2003 Vol. 10 No. 4
Two main articles comprise this issue of the Newsletter: the first of a two part article on the TCP/IP changes added to TPF 4.1 over the years, and an article describing how to use new tools on the web to keep up with changes to TPF. We also include the 2004 holiday schedule for the TPF Poughkeepsie Lab.

An issue for the Third Quarter 2003 did not appear

Second Quarter 2003 Vol. 10 No. 2
Three major articles comprise this quarter's Newsletter. The lead article describes the complex and difficult issue of how to use convert from one character set to another. The second article describes in detail how to manage resources in an system with MQSeries. And lastly the companion article for the new release "What Is on PUT 17?" A quick revision of the 2003 education schedule is also posted.
First Quarter 2003 Vol. 10 No. 1
A variety of interesting articles appear in this issue. One describes and explains the contents of TPF PUT tapes. Another discusses use of the hardware management console (HMC) as prime CRAS. A third article shows how the assembler and C/C++ debuggers have been merged into a single tool. These appear in addition to a description of the new TCP/IP enhancements for PUT 17 as well as our regular feature, Letters, We Get Letters. The 2003 education schedule is also posted.
Fourth Quarter 2002 Vol. 9 No. 4
Many kinds of questions are answered in this issue: questions about DLLs in C/C++, questions about the TPF Holiday schedule, ones about the latest enhancements to MQSeries, and finally questions about managing SID codes in TPF source.
Third Quarter 2002 Vol. 9 No. 3
The four articles appearing in this quarter's Newsletter range far afield. The lead article concerns the TPF Information Center refresh: what it is and how you can get a copy of your own. Another article describes an enhancement to the TCP/IP support for offload routers that provides control over socket timeout. Also discussed is a change to the standard of naming segments with dollar signs ($$). And finally, customer questions are answered about DOMXML, making DLL the compiler default, linking and prelinking CBLD, among others in another Letters article.
Second Quarter 2002 Vol. 9 No. 2
Presented in this issue is an overview of PUT 16 support as well as a look at PUT 16 TCP/IP additions. An in-depth article describes using VisualAge for TPF with TPFDF. There is a short note on the latest enhancement to the system heap, and reader questions on C/C++ are answered in another Letters article. This issue is rounded out with articles about the new MQSeries server and on how OSA interacts with routers.
First Quarter 2002 Vol. 9 No. 1
This issue is full of articles describing some recent or upcoming additions to TPF, and some older items you might have missed. Uses for TPF pipes are described in "Plumbing for Programmers." Read about how FARF6 and 32-Way have expanded TPF capacity even further. The Euro has made its mark, even in TPF. The TPF Product Information Center provides TPF documentation online and on CD-ROM. EUSS is announcing ACSA Version 4.0 for Windows. Hard numbers on DLM and DLL throughput? See the performance analysis article all about it. Do you suspect that TCP/IP isn't as good as SNA for some things? Read Mark Gambino's exposé on "The Wheel." We have a discussion about secure Apache, some questions answered regarding C/C++, and a review of TPF standards changes for 2001 and a preview of changes for 2002 and beyond. And finally there is a list of educational offerings for 2002.
Fourth Quarter 2001 Vol. 8 No. 4
This issue is all about enhancements. The lead article describes the contents of PUT 15. We also have articles on TCP/IP enchancements and MQ Series enhancements. TPFDF PUT 16 is available with its enhancements. One enhancement to get everyone's attention is the new 8-byte file addressing scheme being released, FARF6. Other enhancements are described in articles about expression support in the debuggers, secure sockets for TPF, and CISO source.
Third Quarter 2001 Vol. 8 No. 3
This small issue contains two articles on TCP/IP and one on C++. One TCP/IP article describes why you would use Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The other TCP/IP article, by Mark Gambino, describes the SSL security mechanisms recently added to TPF systems. Finally, we have an article of Questions and Answers about C and C++ programming issues.
Second Quarter 2001 Vol. 8 No. 2
This issue is packed with articles from all over the TPF system: Recoup, MQSeries, TCP/IP tools, INETD. We also feature a description of the changes to TPF output messages, articles on C/C++ and STLPort, several articles on TPFDF, and one on XML. Perhaps the most timely is the article describing "What's on PUT 14." And this issue introduces the Newsletter's first TPF detective story!
First Quarter 2001 Vol. 8 No. 1
This small issue has two articles on STLport, an article with tips and hints on C++ programming, an announcement about TPF Family documentation on CD-ROM and a discussion about updating softcopy books, and finally, another article by Mark Gambino, this one on OSA.
Fourth Quarter 2000 Vol. 7 No. 4
In this issue we have articles about the support shipped on PUT 13, TPFDF, TPF DECB support, Recoup, IIOP Connect for TPF, logical record caching, and hints and tips about using the BookManager search facility. We also have installments from our regular contributors: two articles by Mark Gambino, a TCP/IP article by Dan Yee, and a Collection Connection entry by Daniel Jacobs.
Third Quarter 2000 Vol. 7 No. 3
In this issue we have articles about MQSeries, TPFDF CRUISE (capture/restore utility, information and statistics environment), Full Source APARs, TPF Tools download, and a MATIP update.
Second Quarter 2000 Vol. 7 No. 2
In this issue we have articles about TPF Collection Support, MQSeries, TPFAR, VA/TPF, and the support shipped in PUT 12. In addition, we have an article about transitioning to the Java Debugger Interface. We also have installments from our regular contributers: one on communications by Mark Gambino, and the fourth installment of the Visiting with VisualAge column.
First Quarter 2000 Vol. 7 No. 1
In this issue we have two articles about TPFDF, changes to DNS functions, Coupling Facility record lock support, and options with ESCON and 3215 consoles. In addition, we have the Year 2000 holiday schedule for TPF. We also have installments from our regular contributers: one on communications by Mark Gambino, and the third installment of the Visiting with VisualAge column.
Third and Fourth Quarters 1999 Vol. 6 No. 3
In this issue we have articles about MATIP User Exits, Enhancements to TCP/IP Middleware, the TPF Internet Pages, the TPF Year 2000 Support Plan, Debugging with Debuggers, and the support shipped on PUT 11. In addition, we have an article introducing Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP) Connect for TPF. We also have installments from our regular contributers: one on communications by Mark Gambino, another Collection Connection entry by Daniel Jacobs in our series on persistent collections, and the second installment of the Visiting with VisualAge column.
Second Quarter 1999 Vol. 6 No. 2
In this issue we have articles about New TCP/IP Middleware, MQSeries Support, TPF C++ Class Libraries Support, and the support shipped on PUT 10. In addition, we introduce the Visiting with VisualAge and VisualAge TPF Q and A columns. We also have installments from our regular contributers: one on communications by Mark Gambino and another Collection Connection entry by Michele Dalbo and Daniel Jacobs in our series on persistent collections.
First Quarter 1999 Vol. 6 No. 1

Articles that are not obsolete have been moved to the Active library.

Fall 1998 Vol. 5 No. 4
In this issue there are several articles about TPF internet and aspects of its web server support, updates on PUT 9 contents and TCP/IP, information on system-related topics (like, recovery log, TPF files, signals in TPF, and VTS), some articles on collections and outcomes research. A multi-part case study on a TPF client/server application begins this time. We also have installments from our regular contributers: one on networking by Mark Gambino, another C Corner from Bill Ashby, and an entry in our series on persistent collections.
Summer 1998 Vol.5 No.3
In this issue we have articles on Year 2000 considerations other than just the usual ones, SPEs provided by TPFDF for Packing and Conditional Closing, and an update on full source replacement. Two articles on TPF C language discuss a new cinfc function and the writable static problem. Finally we have installments from our regular contributers: one on TPF performance by Mark Gambino, another C Corner from Bill Ashby, and the second of our series on persistent collections.
Spring 1998 Vol.5 No.2
This issue discusses several, new aspects of TPF: TCP/IP application tools (ping, tracerte, and DNS), a new Recoup, and new (persistent) collections. All this, in addition to an overview of support shipped on TPF PUT 8, a discussion of the AVOIDT parameter of C language trace, communications load balancing, and common pitfalls in C programming.
Winter 1998 (Vol. 5 No.1)
In this issue we have several articles on the new TPF file system, one describing the new communication cards for EOCF/2, a discussion of the kinds of performance data to collect during migrations, help for your Year 2000 problems, another C Corner, a conversation about how TPF can reside on several networks at the same time, among several other notable articles.
Fall 1997 (Vol. 4 No.4)
In this (huge) issue we have many articles about C language and C++ as well as articles on PUT7, Cisco routers, the TPF file system, documentation updates, persistent collections, measuring messages, Object-Code-Only modules, and even our 1998 holiday schedule.
Summer 1997 (Vol. 4 No. 3)
In this issue we announce IBM support for CMOS processors and TPF support for Cisco 7500 Series Routers, discuss the changes on the PUT 6 tape, include articles on the C main function, the Year 2000, free software samples, SNA channel surfing, and another C Corner as well as three TPFDF articles about selection keys, SPMs, and the library.
Spring 1997 (Vol. 4 No. 2)

Articles that are not obsolete have been moved to either the Active library or the Archive library.

Winter 1997 (Vol. 4 No.1)
In this issue we describe our newest enhancements to usability and flexibility. TPF Application Requester (TPFAR) was made dynamic. Database reorganization (DBR) was made faster. Many coverage tools are being adopted. There are two articles on TPFDF improvements and one on debugging TCP/IP programs with the CLAW data trace. Our communications series continues with an article on how the network control program (NCP) and VTAM definitions affect TPF. These articles are rounded out with additional notes and suggestions, and the IBM Holiday Schedule for 1997.
Fall 1996
This issue contains an article by Jerrie Stewart on the Year 2000. There are also articles about PUT 5, TPF performance, TCP/IP, changes to APAR deliverables, and document indexing. Finally, changes to the Programming Standards manual are described.
Summer 1996
Nearly half of this issue is devoted to articles about C language, including one about library functions in the TPF Database Facility (TPFDF). Three more articles in the TPFDF arena help to round out a very strong TPFDF showing. There is also another article in Mark Gambino's Systems Network Architecture (SNA) series as well as one about installing TPF Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) support.
Spring 1996

Articles that are not obsolete have been moved to either the Active library or the Archive library.

Winter 1996

Articles that are not obsolete have been moved to either the Active library or the Archive library.

Summer 1995

Articles that are not obsolete have been moved to either the Active library or the Archive library.

Spring 1995

Articles that are not obsolete have been moved to either the Active library or the Archive library.

 

 


 


 


 

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