CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Design Considerations

  1.1     Structuring VAXELN Applications
    1.1.1      Jobs and Processes in VAXELN Applications
    1.1.2      Applications with Multiple Jobs
    1.1.3      Applications with Single Jobs

  1.2     Designing Communication Protocols

  2      Asynchronous I/O

  2.1     Solution

  2.2     Creating and Running the Application

  2.3     Sample Application

  3      Interjob Communication

  3.1     Solution

  3.2     Creating and Running the Application

  3.3     Sample Application

  4      Intrajob Synchronization

  4.1     Solution

  4.2     Creating and Running the Application

  4.3     Sample Application

  5      VAXELN Time Routines

  5.1     Solution

  5.2     Creating and Running the Application

  5.3     Sample Application

  6      VAXELN Interface to VMS

  6.1     Solution

  6.2     Creating and Running the Application

  6.3     Sample Application

  7      Multiple-Circuit Server

  7.1     Solution

  7.2     Creating and Running the Application

  7.3     C Multithread Server and Application
    7.3.1      C Server
    7.3.2      C Sample Application

  7.4     Pascal Multithread Server and Application
    7.4.1      Pascal Server
    7.4.2      Pascal Sample Application

  8      Interrupt Service Routines

  8.1     Solution

  8.2     Creating and Running the Applications

  8.3     First Sample Application

  8.4     Second Sample Application

  9      Accessing Hardware in User Mode

  9.1     Solution

  9.2     Creating and Running the Application

  9.3     Sample Application

  10     Fast Device Handling

  10.1    Solution

  10.2    Creating and Running the Application

  10.3    Sample Application

  11     Drivers for NonDMA Devices

  11.1    Solution

  11.2    Creating and Running the Application

  11.3    Sample Application

  12     Drivers for DMA Devices

  12.1    Solution

  12.2    Creating and Running the Application

  12.3    Sample Application

  13     FORTRAN Routine Inclusion

  13.1    Solution

  13.2    Creating and Running the Application

  13.3    Pascal Sample Application

  13.4    C Sample Application

  13.5    FORTRAN Subroutines

  14     C Device Driver

  14.1    Solution

  14.2    Creating and Running the Application

  14.3    Sample Application

  A   Making a Bootable Floppy Disk

  A.1     Solution

  A.2     Creating and Running the Application

  A.3     Sample Application