Initial VISTA Devices

Why do we set DUZ as .5?

GTM>set DUZ=.5

FileMan has multiple entry points - why do we use Q^DI?

GTM>do Q^DI


VA FileMan 22.0


Select OPTION: ?
    Answer with OPTION NUMBER, or NAME
   Choose from:
   1            ENTER OR EDIT FILE ENTRIES
   2            PRINT FILE ENTRIES
   3            SEARCH FILE ENTRIES
   4            MODIFY FILE ATTRIBUTES
   5            INQUIRE TO FILE ENTRIES
   6            UTILITY FUNCTIONS
   7            OTHER OPTIONS
   8            DATA DICTIONARY UTILITIES
   9            TRANSFER ENTRIES

Select OPTION: 1  ENTER OR EDIT FILE ENTRIES

Now we need to edit the DEVICE file

INPUT TO WHAT FILE: NEW PERSON// device    (52 entries)
EDIT WHICH FIELD: ALL//<enter>


Select DEVICE NAME: ??

   Choose from:
  BROWSER (CIRN)       Text Browser Utility     NUL
  BROWSER CACHE/NT       HFS/CRT     C:\TEMP\DDBR.TXT
  BROWSER DSM/VMS       HFS/CRT     DDBR.TXT
  BROWSER MSM/DOS       HFS/CRT     51
  BROWSER MSM/NT       HFS/CRT     51
  CHRIS       CHRIS     |PRN|CHRIS
  CONSOLE       CONSOLE     |TRM|
  DG FIELD MONITOR       DG field editing protocol     DG FIELD MONITOR
  FAUX PRINTER       LAT TERMINAL     LC-
  GMRA UPDATE RESOURCE       Allergy update control     GMRA UPDATE RESOURCE
  GTM-UNIX-CONSOLE       Console (GT.M)     /dev/tty
  GTM-UNIX-HFS       Host File Server (GT.M)     /tmp/hfs.dat
  GTM-UNIX-NULL       Bit Bucket (GT.M-Unix)     /dev/null
  GTM-UNIX-TELNET       TELNET     /dev/pts/
  HDIS STATUS RESOURCE DEVICE       Resource Device     HDIS STATUS RESOURCE DEVICE
  HDIS VUID RESOURCE DEVICE       Resource Device     HDIS VUID RESOURCE DEVICE

               ^

    You may enter a new DEVICE, if you wish
    NAME BY WHICH TO REFER TO THE DEVICE, Must start with 1 UPPERcase and
    not contain lowercase, or ';', or '.'.

Edit the TELNET device

Select DEVICE NAME: /dev/pts/  GTM-UNIX-TELNET    TELNET     /dev/pts/
NAME: GTM-UNIX-TELNET// <enter>
LOCATION OF TERMINAL: TELNET// <enter>
Select MNEMONIC: TELNET// <enter>
LOCAL SYNONYM: <enter>
$I: /dev/pts/// <enter>
VOLUME SET(CPU): <enter>
SIGN-ON/SYSTEM DEVICE: y  YES
TYPE: VIRTUAL TERMINAL// <enter>
SUBTYPE: C-VT102// <enter>
ASK DEVICE: YES// <enter>
ASK PARAMETERS: ^

Edit the CONSOLE device

Select DEVICE NAME: /dev/tty  GTM-UNIX-CONSOLE    Console (GT.M)  /dev/tty

NAME: GTM-UNIX-CONSOLE// <enter>
LOCATION OF TERMINAL: Console (GT.M)// <enter>
Select MNEMONIC: CONSOLE// <enter>
LOCAL SYNONYM: <enter>
$I: /dev/tty// <enter>
VOLUME SET(CPU): <enter>
SIGN-ON/SYSTEM DEVICE: y  YES
TYPE: VIRTUAL TERMINAL// <enter>
SUBTYPE: C-VT100// <enter>
ASK DEVICE: YES// <enter>
ASK PARAMETERS: ^

Rename the NULL device so only one exists

Select DEVICE NAME: NULL
    1   NULL      NT SYSTEM     //./nul
    2   NULL  GTM-UNIX-NULL    Bit Bucket (GT.M-Unix)     /dev/null
    3   NULL-DSM      Bit Bucket     _NLA0:
CHOOSE 1-3: 1  NULL    NT SYSTEM     //./nul
NAME: NULL// NT-NULL
LOCATION OF TERMINAL: NT SYSTEM// <enter>
Select MNEMONIC: ?
        You may enter a new MNEMONIC, if you wish
       ANSWER MUST BE 1-35 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH and not equal to a $I.

Select MNEMONIC: ^

Rename the DSM null device so it doesn't appear when searching for NULL

Select DEVICE NAME: null
    1   NULL  GTM-UNIX-NULL    Bit Bucket (GT.M-Unix)     /dev/null
    2   NULL-DSM      Bit Bucket     _NLA0:
CHOOSE 1-2: 2  NULL-DSM    Bit Bucket     _NLA0:
NAME: NULL-DSM// DSM-NULL
LOCATION OF TERMINAL: Bit Bucket// <enter>
Select MNEMONIC: ?
       You may enter a new MNEMONIC, if you wish
       ANSWER MUST BE 1-35 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH and not equal to a $I.

Select MNEMONIC: ^

Setup the GTM NULL device to be the only NULL device

Select DEVICE NAME: NULL  GTM-UNIX-NULL    Bit Bucket (GT.M-Unix)
/dev/null

NAME: GTM-UNIX-NULL// NULL
LOCATION OF TERMINAL: Bit Bucket (GT.M-Unix)  Replace
Select MNEMONIC: NULL// @
  SURE YOU WANT TO DELETE? y  (Yes)
Select MNEMONIC: ?
       You may enter a new MNEMONIC, if you wish
       ANSWER MUST BE 1-35 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH and not equal to a $I.

Select MNEMONIC: ^


Select DEVICE NAME: <enter>