The next release of the "ISO Development Environment" will be
available on 24 January 1990. This release is called
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
- 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 and X.25; 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
OSI virtual terminal (basic class, TELNET profile)
- ISODE 6.0 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.
- Although the ISODE is not "supported" per se, it does have a problem
reporting address, Bug-ISODE@NISC.PSI.NET. Bug reports (and fixes) are
- The discussion group ISODE@NIC.DDN.MIL is used as an open forum on ISODE.
Contact ISODE-Request@NIC.DDN.MIL to be added to this list.
- The primary documentation for this release 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. If you do not have LaTeX, you
should probably get a hardcopy from one of the distribution sites below.
If you can FTP to the Internet, then use anonymous FTP to uu.psi.com
[136.161.128.3] to retrieve the file isode-6.tar.Z in BINARY mode from the
isode/ directory. This file is the tar image after being run through
the compress program and is approximately 4.5MB in size.
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-6.tar. This is a 14MB tar image. The file <SRC>isode-6.tar.Z
is the tar image after being run through the compress program (4.5MB).
For mailings in NORTH AMERICA, send a check for 375 US Dollars to:
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Computer and Information Science
Attn: David J. Farber (ISODE Distribution)
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6314
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.
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
Telephone: +44 71 380 7214
Internet: natalie@cs.ucl.ac.uk, dawn@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.
Tapes without hardcopy documentation can be obtained via the European
UNIX User Group (EUUG). The ISODE 6.0 distribution is called EUUGD14.
Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica
Telephone: +31 20 5924121 (or: +31 20 5929333)
Internet: euug-tapes@cwi.nl
- 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape: 130 Dutch Guilders
- 800bpi 1/2-inch tape: 130 Dutch Guilders
- Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape (QIC-24 format): 190 Dutch Guilders
- 1/4-inch cartridge tape (QIC-11 format): 190 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.
For mailings in the Pacific Rim, send a cheque for 250 dollars
Attn: Andrew Waugh (ISODE DISTRIBUTION)
Telephone: +61 3 347 8644
Internet: ajw@ditmela.oz.au
Please specify the media you desire: (a) 1/2-inch tape at 1600bpi,
3200bpi, or 6250bpi; or (b) Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape in either
QIC-11 or QIC-24 format. 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.
8. FTAM on the JANET or PSS
The sources are available by FTAM at the UCL over X.25 using JANET
(00000511160013) or PSS (23421920030013) with TSEL "259" (ASCII encoding).
Use the "anon" user-identity and retrieve the file <SRC>isode-6.tar. This
is a 14MB tar image. The file <SRC>isode-6.tar.Z is the tar image after
being run through the compress program (4.5MB).
The sources are available by FTAM over the Internet at host osi.nyser.net
[192.33.4.20] (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 isode-6.tar.Z from the pub/isode/ directory. This
file is the tar image after being run through the compress program and is
approximately 4.5MB in size.
For distributions via FTAM, the file service is provided by the FTAM
implementation in ISODE 5.0 or later (IS FTAM).
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 (7MB) containing the entire documentation set in PostScript format.
A UK company has been set up to provide support for the ISODE and
associated packages - X-Tel Services Ltd. This company provides an update
service, general assistance and site specific support. Although inclusion
of this information should not be considered an endorsement, it should be
noted that two of the primary ISODE developers now work at X-Tel Services
Telephone: +44 602 412648
Internet: xtel@xtel.co.uk
If other organizations offering formal support for the ISODE wish to be
included in future announcements, a suitable index will be organized.
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