ircII-EPIC4 for OpenVMS

Download and installation

Current beta version:
ircII-EPIC4 2.0 Preview Release 1 (BETA) (30-May-2004). [ Release notes ] [ Distribution: Self-extracting ZIP (source) ]

Previous versions:
ircII-EPIC4 1.2.0 Preview Release 9 (BETA) (14-Feb-2004). [ Release notes ] [ Distribution: Self-extracting ZIP (source) ]
ircII-EPIC4 1.2.0 Preview Release 8 (BETA) (11-Dec-2003). [ Release notes ] [ Distribution: Self-extracting ZIP (source) ]
ircII-EPIC4 1.2.0 Preview Release 7 (BETA) (08-Dec-2003). [ Release notes ] [ Distribution: Self-extracting ZIP (source) ]
ircII-EPIC4 1.2.0 Preview Release 6 (BETA) (07-Dec-2003). [ Release notes ] [ Distribution: PCSI (binary): Alpha / VAX | Self-extracting ZIP (source) ]
ircII-EPIC4 1.2.0 Preview Release 5 (BETA) (06-Dec-2003). [ Release notes ] [ Distribution: PCSI (binary) | Self-extracting ZIP (source) ]
ircII-EPIC4 1.2.0 Preview Release 4 (BETA) (04-Dec-2003). [ Release notes ] [ Distribution: PCSI (binary) | Self-extracting ZIP (source) ]
ircII-EPIC4 1.2.0 Preview Release 3 (BETA) (03-Dec-2003). [ Release notes ] [ Distribution ]
ircII-EPIC4 1.2.0 Preview Release 2 (BETA) (03-Dec-2003). [ Release notes ] [ Distribution ]
ircII-EPIC4 1.2.0 Preview Release 1 (BETA) (02-Dec-2003). [ Release notes ] [ Distribution ]

These files are also available via FTP from ftp://ftp.sosdg.org/pub/epic4/vms or mirrored at ftp://ftp.irc.org/irc/clients/vms/epic4-vms.

Mirrors

This site is currently mirrored at the following locations:

Site	Maintainer
http://dahmer.vistech.net/www_2mbit_com/-larne/	beave@dahmer.vistech.net

Change history:

EPIC4 2.0 PR1

Update to current upstream version.

EPIC4 1.2.0 PR9

Support regex with PCRE.

EPIC4 1.2.0 PR8

IO fixes.
VAX fixes.

EPIC4 1.2.0 PR7

Fix VAX support.

EPIC4 1.2.0 PR6

Fix timers to run (this also fixes the broken clock).
Don't set mail variable on startup.
Load ircrc properly.
Fix /USERNAME option
Fix default load path to use ".", not "[]".
Apply Rumi Szabolcs' patches for VAX systems.
Don't install help files for now.

EPIC4 1.2.0 PR5

Enable buffered I/O to improve speed.
Compile with IPv6 support.
Strip '-' off terminal type (eg vt100-80).

EPIC4 1.2.0 PR4

Switch to our own termcap implementation instead of using SMG.
Catch broadcast messages and print them neatly.
Add EPIC$SCRIPT: etc. logicals rather than defining at build time.

EPIC4 1.2.0 PR3

Add a workaround in new_select() to prevent input hanging.
Some filesystem code fixes.
Fix compile on older CRTLs.

EPIC4 1.2.0 PR2

INSTALL.COM typo & bug fixes.
Fix new_select() crash.

EPIC4 1.2.0 PR1

Update to latest upstream EPIC beta version.

EPIC4 1.0.1 PR5

Possibly fix a panic when reading input under certain conditions.
Add /set VMS_PATH_SYNTAX.
Fix /HELP and add help files to distribution.

EPIC4 1.0.1 PR4

Fix compile on DEC C V6.5.
Redo input handling code (which was broken in all previous releases, though in different ways) to work. This has not received a large amount of testing but is believed to be functional.

EPIC4 1.0.1 PR3

Fix the build on DEC C V6.4 (and possibly others) which changed the meaning of the PTRMISMATCH warning. Thanks to Craig Berry of hp OpenVMS forums for a clean solution to this.

EPIC4 1.0.1 PR2

Apply a fix from upstream EPIC for a security vulnerability relating to CTCP handling.
Add "Known bugs" section to release notes.

EPIC4 1.0.1 PR1

Initial release

Mailing List

A mailing list for discussion of EPIC on VMS systems exists; to subscribe, visit http://epicsol.org/mailman/listinfo/vms-epic. It is recommended that all users of EPIC subscribe to this list; it is a low traffic list, and announcements of new versions and updates are posted to it.

Copyright and License information

The following text is extracted from the release notes:

The release notes and INSTALL.COM command procedure, and DESCRIP.MMS build
description file distributed with the VMS edition of EPIC are
Copyright 2001-2003, Edward Brocklesby. Permission is given to redistribute
unmodified copies of these release notes in any form. The INSTALL.COM and
DESCRIP.MMS files may be distributed under the same terms as other EPIC source
code, as described below.

All other files (including source code, documentation, but excluding VMS
specific changes to the EPIC source code) is:

Copyright (c) 1990 Michael Sandroff.
Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 Troy Rollo.
Copyright (c) 1992-1996 Matthew Green.
Copyright (c) 1993, 1997 Jeremy Nelson.
Copyright (c) 1994 Jake Khuon.
Copyright (c) 1995, 2000 Jeremy Nelson and others ("EPIC Software Labs").
All rights reserved.

VMS specific modifications to the source code and other files are
Copyright 2001-2003, Edward Brocklesby. Redistribution and use of these files in
source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the
following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notices, the above paragraph (the one permitting redistribution),
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. The names of the author(s) may not be used to endorse or promote
products derived from this software without specific prior written
permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED
AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGE.

Some files, (notably, glob.c, and compat.c) may contain some source that
is covered by the original BSD 3-clause license, rather than the above
license. Please refer to those files for more specific information.