[Simh] Releasing terspy.mar - vax/vms terminal spy program

[Robert Armstrong]

  I've never heard of this particular program, but on VMS there's SET
HOST/LOG which kinda sorta gives a similar result.  In 1980 that might not
have existed, but it's there in most "modern" VMS versions.

 

Bob

 

From: Simh [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com] On Behalf Of Supratim
Sanyal
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 12:36 AM
To: simh at trailing-edge.com
Subject: Re: [Simh] Releasing terspy.mar - vax/vms terminal spy program

 

wouldn't taking pictures with a smart phone and running a OCR app work?

 

supratim

 

On 3/25/20 1:56 AM, Dan Gahlinger wrote:

I have a paper printout of a program called terspy.mar - which is a terminal
spy program for vax/vms

 

it was written by Bob Vera, DEC, April 28, 1980
Don't know if anyone here knows him, or knew him, I never met him or knew
him.
I've had this printout in my collection since shortly after the day it was
written (or so).

 

I'd forgotten what a pain it is to scan in fan-fold DEC teletype printouts,
the pages are too long to fit.

 

I've done a scan of it, but the bottom line or so of each page is always
cut-off.
I'm thinking of editing the PDF (Acrobat) and putting in the lines that were
missed manually.

 

from the comments in the program:

 

This tool is designed to kidnap characters out of a designated terminal's
output buffer and record them in a disk file which is subsequently printed
out on the printer when the session is finished.

by default, it creates a log file with the users' name with a .LOG
extension.

also by default, when the session is done, it auto-prints the log file, then
erases it when the print is completed.

 

It's a little over 7 pages long (original printout)

 

If this is a well-known util, I won't waste my time, but I've never seen it
in any archives.

obviously you need appropriate privileges to use it on another user's
terminal.

I don't see anything that specifies which privileges it needs,

but the comments say it's scanning the IRP's, which is what it says it uses
to do its work.


Aside from doing scans a half-page at a time, if anyone has any suggestions
on scanning it, I'd welcome some advice.


Dan.





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