Ah yes, that was quite the adventure, ended up getting an, erhm, unofficial .BCK install image, restored it to a LD image on CHIMP and served it over Infoserver, the install was fairly straightforward after that :)
Sampsa
On 22 Oct 2008, at 21:16, Fred wrote:
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I have finally managed to get my rx2600 running, it's accesible on HECnet with the host name RHESUS (1.403).
It's a dual Itanium 900MHz, 8 GB of RAM, one 146 GB disk running OpenVMS 8.3-1H1. Let me know if you want an
account, esp. for stuff like porting software across to IA64.
*drool*
MISER, my AlphaStation 255/233 looks in your general direction with envy.
Where did you end up finding an install DVD? I remember reading in c.o.v. where you trying to get the beast up and running but my newshost isn't the best, and I never saw the outcome.
Glad to hear it worked out well.
Cheers,
Fred
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Expert, n.:
Someone who comes from out of town and shows slides.
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I have finally managed to get my rx2600 running, it's accesible on HECnet with the host name RHESUS (1.403).
It's a dual Itanium 900MHz, 8 GB of RAM, one 146 GB disk running OpenVMS 8.3-1H1. Let me know if you want an
account, esp. for stuff like porting software across to IA64.
*drool*
MISER, my AlphaStation 255/233 looks in your general direction with envy.
Where did you end up finding an install DVD? I remember reading in c.o.v. where you trying to get the beast up and running but my newshost isn't the best, and I never saw the outcome.
Glad to hear it worked out well.
Cheers,
Fred
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Expert, n.:
Someone who comes from out of town and shows slides.
Gentlemen,
I have finally managed to get my rx2600 running, it's accesible on HECnet with the host name RHESUS (1.403).
It's a dual Itanium 900MHz, 8 GB of RAM, one 146 GB disk running OpenVMS 8.3-1H1. Let me know if you want an
account, esp. for stuff like porting software across to IA64.
Sampsa
Is it possible to join HECNet with a DECNet Phase V rig?
I'm not currently on HECnet due to problems on my end. My Area Router
PDXVAX has always run Multinet and DECnet Phase IV. However MONK originally
ran DECnet Phase V before I *upgraded* it to Phase IV. He should simply be
able to connect with a UNIX box running Johnny's bridge program. Though
with Phase V he might have some difficulty talking to some non-VMS systems
(it has been a long time, but I'm pretty sure that's why I upgraded to Phase
IV).
I believe DECnet Phase V supports DECnet over IP, but I don't know if he'd
be able to use this to connect into HECnet.
Zane
Certainly.
Several have done so.
However, I think almost all have switched back to phase IV after a while, since phase V just makes things much more difficult, while not really gaining anything.
However, without using Multinet, he'll have to use my bridge program to get connected.
Johnny
Fred wrote:
Good afternoon:
An associate of mine and I were talking OpenVMS about a week ago, and I mentioned this hobbyist DECNet I was on. He never heard of such a thing, and wondered if he would be able to get on with his DECNet Phase V set-up. From what I understand, his address is static. He frowned at me when I told him I was running MultiNet - I guess he likes TCP/IP Services ... ;) (to each his own of cours, I have no preference and installed what was needed to get on HECNet with my set-up).
Is it possible to join HECNet with a DECNet Phase V rig?
He's in the Columbus Ohio area.
Cheers,
Fred
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Lets call it for what it is - "legacy" is a term that people use in a
polite but derogatory manner to imply that the future direction they
prefer is not that which they view as the current direction.
Dan,
FYI, my Hecnet node CHIMPY is now up, it has a gateway to my bulletin board system, B4BBS, as well as a captive account for playing tetris.
Enjoy :)
Sampsa
On 5 Oct 2008, at 22:56, Dan Williams wrote:
Hi everyone. I have now got a machine back on line (51.1) Petey.
All my machines have been in storeage for over a year now. Only one
machine started up when I set them up. One of the 4000/90's refuses to
do anything at all. The Alpha was ok after removing all the boards and
resitting them.
Has anyone come across any interesting Vax or Alpha programs in the
last year I may of missed ?.
What machines on the network have remote access and fun things to
play with online at the moment ?
Dan
Good afternoon:
An associate of mine and I were talking OpenVMS about a week ago, and I mentioned this hobbyist DECNet I was on. He never heard of such a thing, and wondered if he would be able to get on with his DECNet Phase V set-up. From what I understand, his address is static. He frowned at me when I told him I was running MultiNet - I guess he likes TCP/IP Services ... ;) (to each his own of cours, I have no preference and installed what was needed to get on HECNet with my set-up).
Is it possible to join HECNet with a DECNet Phase V rig?
He's in the Columbus Ohio area.
Cheers,
Fred
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Lets call it for what it is - "legacy" is a term that people use in a
polite but derogatory manner to imply that the future direction they
prefer is not that which they view as the current direction.
On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Saku Set?l? wrote:
AX.25 is pretty dead also on the ham world, except for APRS.
There's a little bit of activity here in Ohio, USA, but nothing like it was when I first got my ticket. :( That's why I figured I'd try to set up a BBS and leave it on the local packet frequency and see what I attract.
Fred
Mark Abene wrote:
I've heard about the KOM conferencing system in the past. Isn't it
still in use at Lysator in some current incarnation complete with web
interface?
Yes. The people at Lysator also wanted a new KOM system, since the original ran on PDP-10 systems, which aren't exactly around any more (well, except for around this crowd).
So they did an implementation for which a specific protocol for clients, so that you can have multiple different clients.
That KOM-system is nice, but I prefer the original. Matter of taste, I think.
But in ways, this KOM system is even better. But that also is a matter of taste. :-)
Anyway, my emulated RSTS/E system is up 24/7 and I run V8 by choice.
So if you're looking to find a home for a vintage KOM BBS, I'm offering.
Hmm. That would definitely be interesting.
Let's talk offlist, and see if we can get it up and running.
Johnny
John Wilson wrote:
My projects come and go (except for E11 of course, which is always the main
one but it's *about* PDP-11s, not *on* PDP-11s -- current project is writing
FS drivers so the stand-alone version will be useful), but the one that's the
closest to being something is KSERVE, a server-only Kermit, originally for
RT-11 but I'm slowly working on a stand-alone version (for transferring raw
disk images). To make that build from the same sources, I've been isolating
the OS-dependent parts so hopefully I'll do RSTS and RSX versions some day.
Anyway it's a Kermit like any other, except that it supports sliding windows
and large packets, and it's a lot smaller (and way easier to build) than the
"official" Kermits, what with not having a command line interpreter (although
it still sort of does, for "REM K" commands). All in MACRO-11, naturally.
It would have been kind of cool 25 years ago when anyone might have cared.
Still sounds like a fun project. KERMIT is another thing that someone should look into for RSX. The RT-11 (and I believe RSTS/E) version got additional development done that wasn't done in a portable way, so that K11 actually isn't as up to date as it should be. But that is way down on any list I have... Anyone else feel like playing with it? :-)
I too had a project to write a BBS for RSTS a million years ago -- I guess
everyone did! Yes, with its own RTS since that's the only way to be 100%
^^C proof. This was on V7.0-07, mostly MACRO-11, a little bit of BASIC, but
the machine never had more than one modem (actual Bell 212A and later a Vadic
VA3451PA, I still have them somewhere) and I was using it half the time to
dial out to the RPI mainframe anyway so the whole idea was kind of pointless.
KOM wasn't using an RTS for the ^C trapping (even if that is a nice perk), but to actually squeeze as much out of the address space as possible. The people who wrote KOM even had to write their own linker to get things massaged down into a form that would make it run. It have loads of functionality in it, including a nice command parser a'la TOPS-20.
Johnny
