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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bob<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Simh [mailto:simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Supratim Sanyal<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 25, 2020 12:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> simh@trailing-edge.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Simh] Releasing terspy.mar - vax/vms terminal spy program<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>wouldn't taking pictures with a smart phone and running a OCR app work?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>supratim</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 3/25/20 1:56 AM, Dan Gahlinger wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I have a paper printout of a program called terspy.mar - which is a terminal spy program for vax/vms<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>it was written by Bob Vera, DEC, April 28, 1980<br>Don't know if anyone here knows him, or knew him, I never met him or knew him.<br>I've had this printout in my collection since shortly after the day it was written (or so).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I'd forgotten what a pain it is to scan in fan-fold DEC teletype printouts, the pages are too long to fit.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I've done a scan of it, but the bottom line or so of each page is always cut-off.<br>I'm thinking of editing the PDF (Acrobat) and putting in the lines that were missed manually.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>from the comments in the program:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>by default, it creates a log file with the users' name with a .LOG extension.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>also by default, when the session is done, it auto-prints the log file, then erases it when the print is completed.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>It's a little over 7 pages long (original printout)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>If this is a well-known util, I won't waste my time, but I've never seen it in any archives.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>obviously you need appropriate privileges to use it on another user's terminal.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I don't see anything that specifies which privileges it needs,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>but the comments say it's scanning the IRP's, which is what it says it uses to do its work.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Aside from doing scans a half-page at a time, if anyone has any suggestions on scanning it, I'd welcome some advice.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Dan.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Simh mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Simh@trailing-edge.com">Simh@trailing-edge.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh">http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>39.19151 N, 77.23432 W<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>QCOCAL::SANYAL via HECnet<o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>