Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: sad@martha.utcc.utk.edu (Deutscher)
Subject: Re: PVM for OS/2?
Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Date: 17 Nov 1994 23:54:59 -0500
Message-ID: <3ahc33$s7q@martha.utk.edu>

It exists. I have saved an article about it a while ago. Give me some
time to retrieve it or get back with me via email.
Oh well, I just realize that in January 1994 it was in beta. Haven't tried it
yet so I don't know what the state of the art is. Check it out, the latest
version should reside on hobbes or cdrom.com.  You may also want to
inquire in the comp.os.os2.* newsgroups about it. There are quite a few.
ANyway. I append the posting I have saved. Good luck!    Stefan


From martha.utcc.utk.edu!darwin.sura.net!sgiblab!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!news Mon Jan 24 16:59:38 1994
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From: ftacnikj@fnal05.fnal.gov
Subject: NEW OS/2 UTILITY:  PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) version 3.2 beta
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Submitted by:   Jan Ftacnik (ftacnikj@fnal05.fnal.gov)
Source:         Jan Ftacnik (ftacnikj@fnal05.fnal.gov)
Date received:  1994 January 3
Date posted:    1994 January 23
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In case anybody is interested I have released a beta version of my port of
PVM3.2 (patchlevel 5) to OS2 v2.1. 

PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) is a software system that enables a 
collection of heterogeneous computers to be used as a coherent and flexible 
computational resource. It is one of the most frequently used message passing 
software system for parallel programing that has wide support from the
industry (CRAY, SGI, IBM ..) but at the same time is in public domain.
It runs on on almost any UNIX machine (Linux and BSD386 including), on many 
massively parallel computers and now also on a lovely PC running OS2 :-).
The software uses TCP/IP for the communication between machines (and also
programs within one machine).

Because OS2 normaly doesn't come with TCP/IP software, I have to be a little
bit more specific. The port uses IBM produced TCP/IP v2.0 (version 1.2 was
essentialy 16 bit, so that one can't be used). If you would want to recompile
PVM you need not only base package with relevant DLL's, but also programming
package. For those wanting to use PVM libraries as a user base package is
enough.

The port uses emx development system and on the FORTRAN side f2c is used.

The port is fully compatible (you don't have to change anything in the part
of your program that deals with PVM calls). There is one nonessential
functionality missing (the PVM error messages from the user programs are lost
due to peculiarity of sockets with respect to files and pipes) and I have not
yet tested the use of this port in the LAN environment. It is targeted now as
a convenient way to write and partly debug PVM programs in the comfort of your
own PC running OS2 v2.1 (that is many times not even connected to the LAN).
The lack of testing of the LAN connectivity and fuctionality of this port of
PVM is the main reason why it is considered to be beta test. I intend to fully
test and release fully finished port within 2 to 3 months.

The port is placed on the main OS2 ftp site called ftp-os2.cdrom.com
(192.153.46.2) and can be found in /pub/os2/2_x/program as file pvm3os2b.zip.
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Jens H. Ovesen (jho@imada.ou.dk) wrote:
: Cheers, Jens.

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