Article Archive

The following articles have appeared in past issues of the TPF System Technical Newsletter. They contain information that is substantially correct though some elements have been superseded by subsequent development. The information nevertheless is considered worthwhile.

Networking and the Web

• Case Study of a TPF Client/Server Application - Part I
• What Is All This Internet Solution Stuff, Anyway?
• TPF Web Server Demo

Program Update Tape Topics

• What Is on Program Update Tape (PUT) 11?

  Remote procedure call (RPC), MATIP, file system performance, Transaction services enhancements, VisualAge Client, multi-mod copy, TCP/IP native stack support, and more.

• What Is on Program Update Tape (PUT) 10?

  C++ class libraries, MQSeries local queue manager enhancements , open systems infrastructure, ZFILE functional messages, TPFCS enhancements, MATIP support, Assembler Debugger for VisualAge Clients, and more.

• What Is on Program Update Tape (PUT) 9?

  Coupling Facility (CF) Support, high performance routing (HPR) support, Collection Support (TPFCS), Internet Server Support, MQSeries Local Queue Manager Support, VisualAge C Debugger for TPF, and more.

• What Is on Program Update Tape (PUT) 8?

  File system support, ZDTCP functional message, Coverage display tools, ZDPLT and ZFECB functional messages, and more.

• What Is on Program Update Tape (PUT) 7?

  Link map support for C, VFA synchronization, TPF transaction services, support for C++ language, dynamic link libraries (DLLs) , TPF file system support, TPF collection support, Cisco 7500 series router support, and more.

• What Is on Program Update Tape (PUT) 6?

  Application Requester Enhancements, C main() support, 3590 Tape Control Unit and IBM 3590 tape device support, Threads Precursor support, and more.

• What Is on Program Update Tape (PUT) 5?

  Year 2000 support, TCP/IP support enhancements, resource control support, TPFDF structured programming macro (SPM) support, MQSeries client support, LONGNAME option support, and more.

• What Is on Program Update Tape (PUT) 4?

  Multiple I-Stream DASD I/O, Dynamic LU Support, Coverage Display Tools, ISO-C File Resident Support, TCP/IP Support, and more.

• What Is on Program Update Tape (PUT) 3?

  Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking, ISO-C E-Type Loader Support, Migration of TPF System Code to ISO-C Support, and more.

C/C++ Topics

• TPF C++ Class Libraries Support — STLport
• The Writable Static Problem in C Libraries
• Support for C main() Function
• C++ Function Call Linkage
• Differences Between TARGET(TPF) and ISO-C Memory
• Comparing ISO-C and TARGET(TPF) Path Lengths
• A Practical Approach for Migrating to ISO-C
• Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot? Ring in the New Year with ISO-C!

TPFCS (aka TPF Object-Oriented - - TPF TO2) Topics

• The Support Previously Known As TPF Persistent Collections
• TPF Collection Support PUT 10 Enhancements
• (TPF Persistent) Collections Corner

  Log and Keyed Log Collections

TPFDF Topics

• Application Programming Enhancements (Boolean logic with keys, global modification of LRECs, and default keys on read operations)
• TPFDF Database Integrity
• TPFDF Version 1.1.3 Support of TPF Version 3.1

General Topics

• VTS: Great Things Come in Small Packages (virtual tape drive)
• Migration to TPF File System
• Extending the Boundaries with XML Support on TPF
• Debugging with Debuggers

Standards Topics

• A Correction to the Use of Global Variables for CSECT Statements in TPF Programming Standards
• Something Old, Something New....What's Changed in the "TPF Programming Standards" Manual?