🚀 go-pugleaf

The final public release of ISODE is out and already available via
SWITCHinfo on nic.switch.ch in the usual directory
	software/sources/isode
the two new files
	-rw-rw-r--   122851 Jun 19 12:35 isode-8.ps.Z
	-rw-rw-r--  5466493 Jun 19 12:28 isode-8.tar.Z

There is no completely new manual available, you can still use the one for
7.0 together with the update in the file isode-8.ps.Z

In the future ISODE will be maintained and further developed by the newly
formed ISODE Consortium where SWITCH is one of the funding members.
The academic members of SWITCH will be able to get the future releases
directly through SWITCH (the first one is planned for the end of this year).

When you are interested and want to know more about the ISODE Consortium you
can get the documents published up to now on nic.switch.ch in the directory
	software/isode-consortium

I wish you all good luck with the new release!

Thomas

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From:         Colin Robbins <C=GB;PRMD="X-Tel Services";O=XTEL;S=robbins;I=c>
Subject:      ISODE 8.0

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


    The final public release of the "ISO Development Environment" will be
    available on June 19th 1992.  This release is called

				   ISODE-8.0

    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 and AT&T System V systems
    in addition to various other UNIX-like operating systems.  No kernel
    modifications are required.

  - The 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 directory services
	OSI file transfer, access and management
	FTAM/FTP gateway
	OSI virtual terminal (basic class, TELNET profile)

  - ISODE Final consists of final "IS" level implementations with the
    exception of VT which is a DIS implementation.  The ISODE also 
    contains implementations of the 1984 X.400 versions of ROS and RTS.

  - The discussion group ISODE@NISC.SRI.COM is used as an open forum on ISODE.
    Contact ISODE-Request@NISC.SRI.COM to be added to this list.

  - The primary documentation for this release consists of an update to the
    ISODE 7.0 manual.  The ISODE 7.0 manual consists of a five volume
    User's Manual (approx. 1000 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.  





    DISTRIBUTION SITES

    The FTP or FTAM distributions of ISODE-8.0 consists of 3 files.  
    The source code and update documentation for the ISODE-8.0
    distribution is in the file isode-8.tar.Z which is
    approximately 5.5MB in size. 

    LaTeX source for the entire document set can be found
    in the isode-7-doc.tar.Z file (3.5MB).  A list of documents can be
    found in the doc/ directory of the source tree.

    A Postscript version of the five volume manual can be found in the
    isode-7-ps.tar.Z file (4.3MB), and the update document in the
    isode-8.ps.Z file (120KB).


 1. FTP
    If you can FTP to the Internet, then use anonymous FTP to uu.psi.com
    [136.161.128.3] to retrieve the files in BINARY mode from the
    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 files
    from the <SRC> directory

 3. FTAM on the JANET, IXI or PSS
    The sources are available by FTAM from UCL over X.25 using 
	JANET (DTE 00000511160013), 
	IXI   (DTE 20433450420113) or 
	PSS   (DTE 23421920030013) 
    all with TSEL "259" (ASCII encoding).  
    (This service is registered under "ucl, gb" in the OSI Directory).
    Use the "anon" user-identity and retrieve the files from the 
    src/ directory. 
    The file service is provided by the FTAM implementation in
    ISODE 6.0 or later (IS FTAM). 



    ISODE CONSORTIUM

    The ISODE Consortium is a not-for-profit cooperative enterprise, whose
    mission is to promote and develop the ISODE package of OSI (Open
    System Interconnection) applications, which has been used extensively
    in the research community.  The ISODE Consortium will be able to
    evolve the ISODE software more rapidly than would be possible for any
    single member.  This will be to the mutual benefit of members of the
    consortium, and will help to stimulate the market for OSI, which
    is key technology to enable open communication between and within
    organisations.  Membership of the ISODE Consortium is open to any
    organisation in any country.

    The ISODE Consortium releases of ISODE will be made exclusively
    available to the ISODE Consortium members or by purchase of products
    from ISODE Consortium members.  Academic organisations, and not for
    profit or government organisations with research as their primary
    purpose, will be given zero cost access to the ISODE Consortium
    releases, on the basis of simply signing a licence with minimal
    administrative overhead.  This builds on a major strength of the
    ISODE package by facilitating use of ISODE within the research
    community, whilst allowing ISODE to evolve as a product base.

    The ISODE Consortium has mailing lists for bug reports relating to the
    ISODE Package.   These are:

   	<bug-quipu@isode.com>   -- bugs relating to QUIPU
	<bug-pp@isode.com>      -- bugs relating to PP
	<bug-isode@isode.com>   -- bugs relating to any other parts of ISODE

    These lists are for the planned ISODE Consortium releases of ISODE.  
    Bug reports relating to the "ISODE-8.0" release of ISODE are
    welcome.   Changes will be incorporated into the ISODE Consortium
    releases, and not released to the public domain.  

    Further information may be obtained from:-

       ISODE Consortium                ISODE Consortium
       US Office, c/o MCC              European Office
       P.O. Box 200195                 P.O. Box 505
       Austin                          LONDON
       TX 78720                        SW11 1DX
       USA                             UK

        Phone: +1-(512)-338-3340        Phone: +44-71-223-4062
        Fax:   +1-(512)-338-3600	Fax:   +44-71-223-3846
        EMail: ic-info@isode.com        EMail: ic-info@isode.com


    SUPPORT

    X-Tel Services Ltd provide support for the ISODE and associated
    packages on an international basis.  X-Tel is a founding member of
    the ISODE Consortium and will continue to provide general
    assistance and site specific support on a commercial basis.  
    X-Tel will also enhance and market ISODE Consortium product. 

	X-Tel Services Ltd.
	University Park,
	Nottingham, NG7 2RD
        UK

	Phone:		+44 602 412648
	Fax:		+44 602 790278
	EMail:		support@xtel.co.uk




    The ISODE CONSORTIUM will maintain a database of companies
    offering support of the ISODE Package.



    PORTS

    Below is a table of hardware platforms and operating systems this
    version of ISODE is believed to work on.  This information is
    based upon reports sent to bug-isode.  It is not known how
    accurate this table is. 

    MACHINE			   OS				   STACKS

				   BSD/386                         TCP
    486/33 ISA                     OSF/1 1.1 snapshot 3            TCP
    CCUR 6000                      RTU 5.0                         TCP
    CCUR 6000                      RTU 6.0                         TCP X25 CLNS
    CDC 4000 Series                EP/IX 1.3.2, 1.4.1		   TCP X25 CLNS
    COMPAQ 386/25                  SCO Unix 5.2                    TCP
    COMPAQ 386                     BSD                             TCP X25
    Convex C120                    ConvexOS 8.1                    TCP
    DEC Vax                        2nd Berkeley Network release    TCP X25 CLNS
    DEC                            DECnet-ULTRIX V5.0              TCP CLNS
    DEC                            Ultrix 3.1D, 4.0, 4.1	   TCP X25
    DEC                            Ultrix 4.2                      TCP X25 CLNS
    DEC                            VMS v5.x                        TCP X25
    DG Avion                       DGUX 4.30                       TCP
    Encore Multimax 3xx, 5xx       UMAX V 2.2h		           TCP 
    Encore NP1                     UTX/32 3.1a                     TCP X25
    Encore PN6000,Encore PN9000    UTX/32 2.1b                     TCP X25
    HP/9000/3xx                    HP-UX 6.0, 7.05B		   TCP
    HP/9000/8xx                    HP-UX 7.00                      TCP X25
    IBM 3090                       AIX/370 1.2.1                   TCP
    IBM PS/2                       AIX 1.2.1                       TCP
    IBM RS/6000                    AIX 3.2                         TCP X25
    ICL                            DRS/6000                        TCP X25
    Interactive                    Interactive 5.4.0.3             TCP
    Macintosh                      A/UX 2.0.1                      TCP
    Macintosh                      MacOS V6.x                      TCP
    Mips 4_52		           ATT_V3_0 			   TCP
    NCR 3400                       SVR4 Unix                       TCP
    NeXT                                                           TCP
    ORION/Clipper                                                  TCP
    Olivetti LSX-3020              X/OS 2.1                        TCP X25
    Pyramid 9800, MIS	           OSx 5.1 (4.3BSD/SVR3.2)         TCP
    SEQUENT                        DYNIX V3.0.18                   TCP
    Silicon Graphics IRIS          IRIS 3.2.2                      TCP
    Silicon Graphics IRIS          IRIS 4.01                       TCP
    Solbourne Series 5/600         OS/MP 4.1                       TCP
    Sony News-1750                 NEWS-OS 3.3, 4.0c	           TCP
    Sony News-3250                 System V.4                      TCP
    Sun4,Sun3                      SunOS 4.0.3c 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2  TCP X25 CLNS CONS

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   Thomas Lenggenhager, SWITCH, Limmatquai 138, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland
   INET: lenggenhager@switch.ch | Tel: +41 1 261 8178 | Fax: +41 1 261 8133
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