HECnet June 2018

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DECnet for Linux

by e.olofsen＠xs4all.nl

At RULLFS:: there is now also a DNPROGS-2-66.ZIP with various small changes.

5 years, 10 months

Hoping to join HECnet

by Keith.Halewood＠pitbulluk.org

Hi, I sent a message a while back to the 'responsible person' (as stated in the HECnet webpage) but have not received a response so I thought I'd try the list. Having recently rediscovered the delights of VMS(7.3 VAX architecture), the hobbyist programme and SIMH, etc. etc. I'd like to link into HECnet. Any help appreciated. I can do DDCMP-DMC (over UDP or TCP) or use the SIMH4.x built-in bridge. Regards, Keith

6 years, 4 months

hecnet.org?

by bqt＠softjar.se

Who registered hecnet.org? Anyone around here? Would you like us to do something with it? 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

6 years, 5 months

Infocom video

by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

Check out @BBCArchive?s Tweet: https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1002554808870604800?s=09 Not seen this video before, plenty of Dec action! Regards Mark M0N0M

6 years, 5 months

Automatic Orderly Shutdown of Emulated VAX/VMS System in SIMH

by supratim＠riseup.net

here's a quick hack. Run this detached from a privileged account, and telnet to port 1234 will cause an immediate halt. I actually did not run this from a system account; tested that I did get a %SYSTEM-F-NOPRIV from a regular account. Possibilities are endless; you might want to listen to private IPs only :) EXE is at QCOCAL::REMOTE-SHUTDOWN-LISTENER.ZIP or https://www.dropbox.com/s/kg1vs8zsf2jqn48/remote-shutdown-listener.zip?dl=0 :) On 6/10/2018 18:20, Supratim Sanyal wrote: > On 6/10/2018 16:00, Mark J. Blair wrote: >> I'm not sure if the HECnet list is the best place to ask this, but hopefully it's not too far off topic. >> >> Let's say that I want to run a full-time SIMH emulation of a VAX running VMS (because I do). This would be my full-time DECnet presence on my local network, my primary means of moving things between my DECnet-speaking computers and my modern machines, and my full-time HECnet presence if I ever find a good way to have persistent internet access at my rural home. The SIMH emulation would be hosted on a Linux server. >> >> It's easy enough to set up the host server to automatically launch a SIMH emulation at boot time, but I don't know yet how to deal with automatically and cleanly shutting down the emulation when the host server needs to shut down. In particular, I'd want to somehow trigger an orderly VMS shutdown when the host server needs to perform an unattended shutdown, such as when the UPS signals a power failure. If there's a way to checkpoint the entire emulation and then restore it later, that might also be a good option, as long as I can prevent corrupting the emulated system's filesystems by suddenly yanking the virtual power plug. >> >> Is there any prior art for setting up an unattended SIMH-based VAX/VMS emulation like this? >> -- Sent via Thunderbird for Windows 10 on Lenovo Legion Y720

6 years, 5 months

Automatic Orderly Shutdown of Emulated VAX/VMS System in SIMH

by nf6x＠nf6x.net

I'm not sure if the HECnet list is the best place to ask this, but hopefully it's not too far off topic. Let's say that I want to run a full-time SIMH emulation of a VAX running VMS (because I do). This would be my full-time DECnet presence on my local network, my primary means of moving things between my DECnet-speaking computers and my modern machines, and my full-time HECnet presence if I ever find a good way to have persistent internet access at my rural home. The SIMH emulation would be hosted on a Linux server. It's easy enough to set up the host server to automatically launch a SIMH emulation at boot time, but I don't know yet how to deal with automatically and cleanly shutting down the emulation when the host server needs to shut down. In particular, I'd want to somehow trigger an orderly VMS shutdown when the host server needs to perform an unattended shutdown, such as when the UPS signals a power failure. If there's a way to checkpoint the entire emulation and then restore it later, that might also be a good option, as long as I can prevent corrupting the emulated system's filesystems by suddenly yanking the virtual power plug. Is there any prior art for setting up an unattended SIMH-based VAX/VMS emulation like this? -- Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

6 years, 5 months

RVDSXL

by rok.vidmar＠gmail.com

Can somebory try to login via Hecnet to RVDSXL (3.47) please and report the result? There is no GUEST account on it, as far as I know. The machine is responding to ping, but telnet and SSH time out. -- Regards, Rok

6 years, 5 months

help finding DECUS stuff

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

Hi folks. I've found something that I'm looking for listed in the SIGTAPES.SUM file in the rsx freeware CD v2, but I can't find the actual software anywhere. It's from the European 1984 RSX SIG Tape, Amsterdam. Maybe I'm being dense but I can't find that stuff anywhere. The specific software I'm looking for is called CCDRV; if you search for that in SIGTAPES.SUM it's listed there. Can anyone help? Thanks, -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

6 years, 5 months

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