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Russ Rew: Re: NetCDF Subscription and More...

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Subject: Re: NetCDF Subscription and More... 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 09 Nov 1994 12:14:39 MST."
Organization: UCAR Unidata Program
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 14:00:29 -0700
From: Russ Rew <russ@buddy>

> Organization: KODAK
> Keywords: 199411091742.AA20756

Hi Barry,

>       The other questions are regarding an attempted port of our
> NetCDF-utilizing code from the DEC VAX/VMS to a DEC Alpha/VMS platform.
> We cannot get the NetCDF source code to compile or execute properly on
> the Alpha.  Does anyone know anything about this?

Yes, and it has now become one of our Frequently Asked Questions about
netCDF, for which answers are also available in an FAQ file we make
available in two forms: ASCII text and a WWW document for Web browsers such
as Mosaic, Netscape, or Lynx.  The ASCII version is at

    ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/faq.txt

and the WWW version is at

    http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/faq.html

Here's what's currently there regarding OpenVMS:

    15. Has anyone ported netCDF to DEC's Alpha OpenVMS platform?

       Valerio Luccio (address@hidden) has ported netCDF to Alpha/VMS
       but notes the following problems and workarounds:

       It seems that the C run-time library on Alpha VMS 6.1 has some
       problems with buffering. I have discovered two different instances,
       one of which concerns NetCDF. I am talking to DEC to come up with a
       proper and permanent solution. In the mean time, I have come up with
       a patchy solution, so, if you are experiencing difficulties in this
       area, contact me and I can help you. As soon as DEC comes up with a
       more permanent solution, I will post it ...

>                                                   Now, we are using a
> version of NetCDF that is at least two years old.  When my friend (using
> a Silcon Graphics/Unix box) tried to download the latest VMS backup file
> listed in our old readme file with FTP, however, he had connection problems.
> Is the listed address of "laurel.ucar.edu (128.117.140.6)" still correct,
> and is it an anonymous FTP directory?

Nope, sorry, the machine laurel.ucar.edu has been unplugged for a couple of
years.  The current distribution is available from

    ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf.tar.Z
       
>                                        Is the Unix tar-format source
> code at the listed Unix address of "unidata.ucar.edu (128.117.140.3)"
> exactly the same source code as in the VMS backup file?

We no longer make VMS backup files available, but the Unix compressed
tar-format source is the version that should be used for VMS systems.  We
tested it on a VMS system before releasing it.

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Russ Rew                                                UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                                          P.O. Box 3000
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/                          Boulder, CO 80307-3000


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