TACOMA Software Distribution

TACOMA has been in public domain since September 1995. The system has registered users in 15 different countries, but the system has been pulled over to almost 100 sites world-wide so far.

We recommend that TACOMA users register. The objective is to have an interactive group of TACOMA users. Hence, all users are put on a mailing-list (tacoma-users@cs.uit.no) so TACOMA information can be easily shared.

Software

• TACOMA v1.2 (April 1996): Offers better portability and is much more stable than v1.1. It supports multiple programming languages: C, Tcl/Tk, Perl, Python and Scheme (Elk). In addition, this TACOMA version can be installed in a World Wide Web environment by adding the following:
  • The tac_web agent is used to make a TACOMA site accessible through a web interface. By installing this (perl CGI-bin) script at the server, clients (without any TACOMA support) can ship TACOMA agents to the server.

  • The client does not have to install any additional software. However, the client must fill in a HTML form with TACOMA agent code and parameters. To support this process, this TACOMA script can be used.

• TACOMA v1.1 (January 1996): Based on UNIX and TCP. It support agents written in both Tcl/TK and C. Also includes a very simple security mechanism. Some manual pages are missing.

• TACOMA v1.0.1 (September 1995): Based on UNIX and Tcl-TCP. It support agents written in Tcl/TK.

Miscellaneous

• FAQ compiled 6/2/96

• An Introduction to the TACOMA Distributed System Version 1.0

• Registration form

• Software support sources (Tcl)