I will look as well. The 1841 is in storage right now (and the other one
is in a box to be shipped to Ian........ eventually *G*)
I can't find where my stash of IOS images went.
I'll let you know when I find a copy.
-brian
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:45:57AM +0100, Mark Darvill wrote:
Hi Tim,
Just got back from Australia today. The Cisco 1800 I have is an 1841.
It is currently using:
Cisco IOS Software, 1841 Software (C1841-BROADBAND-M), Version
12.4(16a), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2) image name
flash:c1841-broadband-mz.124-16a.bin
So a compatible release with DecNet would be great.
Thanks for your help.
Mark
below
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:07 PM, John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com> wrote:
I'm 99.99% sure the BBN and MIT pagers are unrelated, even though they were both built for the KA10 and around the same time.
Makes sense, that syncs with my memory. I don't remember much about the detail of either of them frankly. That said, I might not state "unrelated" as much as different. Everyone talked (argued) in those days and frankly LCS and BBN are not that far in distance from each other -- there was certainly a lot of flow of ideas if not bits.
TOPS-20 and ITS paging are certainly different universes.
That I remembered.
From: Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com>
I think you are right, but my memory is fuzzy on all this now. IIRC with
the MIT/BBN pager modification, KA10's could run ITS or TENEX (aka twinex -
which was the Tops-20 pre-cursor ).
I'm 99.99% sure the BBN and MIT pagers are unrelated, even though they were
both built for the KA10 and around the same time. TOPS-20 and ITS paging are
certainly different universes.
John Wilson
D Bit
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 3:10 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se> wrote:
I recall that it was a KA10,
but did KA10's run TOPS-20?
I think you are right, but my memory is fuzzy on all this now. IIRC with the MIT/BBN pager modification, KA10's could run ITS or TENEX (aka twinex - which was the Tops-20 pre-cursor ). Folks like dvk or supnik are likely to remember, so I'll try to remember to ask one of them when I see them next. A number of DARPA contractors had modified processors and I'm pretty sure it took a processor modification to run TENEX.
I loved TENEX until I was seduced by UNIX -- maybe its the X in the name that takes you to darkside ;-)
If you could take really good notes and build an "How-To" You are scratching on a project [TWINEX - Tops20 - on a simulated PDP-10/20] I want to try to myself but have not gotten the time.
Thanks,
Clem Cole
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:49 AM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
Installing it on a Linux box anyway, it says it comes with a precompiled Linux binary of KLH10.
sampsa <sampsa at mac.com>
mobile +358 40 7208932
On 23 Sep 2013, at 08:47, Jordi Guillaumes i Pons <jg at jordi.guillaumes.name> wrote:
>
> El 23/09/2013, a les 8:41, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> va escriure:
>> Will that run in SIMH?
>>
>> Or do I need some other emulator?
>>
>
> It won't run in SIMH. The panda dist comes with KLH10. The default configuration has DECNET disabled, but it is not difficult to enable it. You will find some tips in this post:
>
> http://ancientbits.blogspot.com.es/2013/05/ten-over-pi.html?m=1
>
>
>
>> sampsa <sampsa at mac.com>
>> mobile +358 40 7208932
>>
>> On 23 Sep 2013, at 08:38, Jordi Guillaumes i Pons <jg at jordi.guillaumes.name> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> El 23/09/2013, a les 5:59, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> va escriure:
>>>>
>>>> What software do I need to get another one going? Any ideas?
>>>
>>> The panda distribution contains everything you need.
On Mon, 23 Sep 2013, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Does anybody wish to have their system listed in CHIMPY's LAUNCH captive account - it gets a moderate amount of traffic.
Currently listed systems are:
1. B4BBS - Yesterday's Technology Today
2. WOPR:: - Games and VAX BBS goodness
3. MIM: - The RSX-11 based home of HECnet
4. vert.synchro.net - Vertrauen BBS
5. EISNER - DECUSERVE's Public Access System
6. MANSON - Part of the Deathrow Cluster
7. BUBBLE::
8. TIGER::
9. RetroChallenge BBS
10. Pyffle BBS HQ
11. HILANT:: VAX Cluster
12. TWENEX - awesome TOPS-20 system
13. B4/S390 - MBSE BBS runnning on a z/Series MAINFRAME. Check it out!
sampsa <sampsa at mac.com>
mobile +358 40 7208932
Add MARLEY and i'll try to bring that VM back up. It's TOPS-10. I /think/ the guest login is guest/guest
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
On Mon, 23 Sep 2013, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I'm really starting to like this OS, and wondered if it's possible to attach it to DECNET Phase IV? The docs weren't exactly clear.
I've done it. I've done the same with TOPS-10.
sampsa <sampsa at mac.com>
mobile +358 40 7208932
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
On 23/09/2013 02:43, Sampsa Laine wrote:
sampsa <sampsa at mac.com>
mobile +358 40 7208932
On 23 Sep 2013, at 03:05, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote:
It's hard to describe Multinet with words that are printable. It was designed by fools who never bothered to understand the DECnet architecture specifications and were utterly clueless about competent protocol design. Avoid it if at all possible.
GRE tunneling is a good answer. (So is SIMH DMC emulation, if both ends can speak it.)
Speaking of SIMH v4, I came across this in github:
Add sim_video and VAX QVSS (VCB01) Monochrome Video Board from Matt Burke
Does this mean we'll get a graphical version of SIMH VAX?
sampsa
Matt is an attendee of DEC Legacy and always brings a smorgasboard of VAX goodness. I'm going to ask him if he'll do a talk on his SIMH video support work this time, but he's not big into giving presentations so I don't know which way he'll go.
His page on these enhancements to SIMH is here: http://www.9track.net/simh/video/
Regards, Mark.
Hi Tim,
Just got back from Australia today. The Cisco 1800 I have is an 1841.
It is currently using:
Cisco IOS Software, 1841 Software (C1841-BROADBAND-M), Version 12.4(16a), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2) image name flash:c1841-broadband-mz.124-16a.bin
So a compatible release with DecNet would be great.
Thanks for your help.
Mark
On 15/09/2013 01:30, Tim Sneddon wrote:
Hi Mark,
I did. Well, I found an 1800 with an appropriate image on it. I'll dump it sometime next week and get it to you.
Regards, Tim.
On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Mark Darvill <mark.darvill at mac.com> wrote:
On 08/09/2013 16:29, Tim Sneddon wrote:
On 8/09/2013 11:18 PM, Mark Darvill wrote:
On 08/09/2013 15:45, Robert Jarratt wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-
hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Johnny Billquist
Sent: 08 September 2013 14:52
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Config Details Required
On 2013-09-08 15:48, Mark Darvill wrote:
HI,
I will be bringing up a new decnet area on hecnet (Area 22) in the
near future.
Can I please have info on the peering for IP and any other config
details that may help. I will be using a DECbrouter 90 (Cisco) V11.1.
So, anyone know if the DECrouter will do, and who would be willing to act
as
a peer?
Johnny
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
Hmmm... Didn't know much about DECbrouter until I looked it up following
these emails. If I have it right
(http://manx.classiccmp.org/collections/mds-199909/cd2/network/decbroma.pdf)
all DECbrouters have only one Ethernet interface and a one or more
(depending on model) WAN connections using synchronous serial lines. I am
wondering how this could be used on HECnet. I don't think anyone offers any
synchronous serial way into HECnet, or am I wrong?
That leaves the one Ethernet interface. To be able to use that would need
the bridge (or my user mode router, or some other hardware router) to be on
the same LAN. But at that point there wouldn't be a lot of point having the
DECbrouter as it would not have anything to route.
Have I missed something? Is the DECbrouter 90 (Cisco) a different beast?
Regards
Rob
I should be able to set up the DECbrouter 90 as a one armed router behind my main internet Router which is a Cisco 1800. All I need it for is to encapsulate DECnet and then forward it to a peer via my internet connected router. It won't be the highest performance but it will get the Area up, I can then change it at a later date if required.
BTW, my Cisco 1800 does not support DECnet or GRE so this is not an option.
Does anyone have any peering info or the config used either on a Cisco or DECbrouter.
Hi Mark,
I have a Cisco 857 which provides my connection to the 'net. I have the following NAT rules on my Cisco 867 (gatekeeper) to pass GRE/IP packets through to my DECbrouter 90T2:
interface Vlan1
ip address 172.17.111.254 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside
interface Dialer0
ip nat outside
ip nat inside source static tcp 172.17.111.251 1723 interface Dialer0 1723
Then on my DECbrouter 90T2 (a12rtr) I just set up the tunnels, like so:
interface Tunnel52
description HECnet tunnel for ...
no ip address
decnet cost 20
tunnel source Ethernet0
tunnel destination ....
However, as Dave pointed out (and I said earlier) when Brian catches up with the list he can add you to the mesh and you will receive all the configuration details from him.
I am also likely able to track down a version of the Cisco 1800 IOS that can do DECnet and GRE/IP (if you're interested).
Regards, Tim.
Hi Tim,
Did you manage to find a version of IOS for the 1800 that could support DECnet?
Thanks, Mark
On 23/09/2013 07:26, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Does anybody wish to have their system listed in CHIMPY's LAUNCH captive account - it gets a moderate amount of traffic.
Currently listed systems are:
1. B4BBS - Yesterday's Technology Today
2. WOPR:: - Games and VAX BBS goodness
3. MIM: - The RSX-11 based home of HECnet
4. vert.synchro.net - Vertrauen BBS
5. EISNER - DECUSERVE's Public Access System
6. MANSON - Part of the Deathrow Cluster
7. BUBBLE::
8. TIGER::
9. RetroChallenge BBS
10. Pyffle BBS HQ
11. HILANT:: VAX Cluster
12. TWENEX - awesome TOPS-20 system
13. B4/S390 - MBSE BBS runnning on a z/Series MAINFRAME. Check it out!
sampsa <sampsa at mac.com>
mobile +358 40 7208932
SLAVE:: (when it's up) contains DECUS archive, VMS/DUnix/Ultrix archive
