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by sampsa＠mac.com

Johnny, Could you please add the following nodes to the node database: 8.200 TACO 8.201 HIRAME 8.202 INARI 8.203 HAMACHI 8.204 SUZUKI 8.205 EBISU 8.207 UNAGI They are SIMH-VAX OpenVMS 7.3 running in a cluster called MOSHIX (8.199, already registered but you might want to change the node type to cluster alias). The SIMH-VAX is running Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS x86-64bit. Cluster owner is Moishe Bar, location Houston, TX. Thanks, Sampsa

8 years, 8 months

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Announcing TCP/IP for RSX-11M-PLUS

by bqt＠softjar.se

Time for a new release announcement of TCP/IP for RSX-11M-PLUS. This release address some serious bugs and also address performance. I strongly encourage people to upgrade to the latest version to get these fixes, since they can otherwise cause system crashes. Things that have been done since the last release: ICMP: - There was a bug that triggered for some specific ICMP error packets, which cased stack corruption, and system crashes. This bug have been around for a long time, but usually don't trigger, which is why it have remained around for so long. TCP: - Reworked the timer code. Under some circumstances, the timers was not restarted properly, which could cause longer timeouts of things than there should be. - Reworked how ACKs for packets are generated. TCP can delay sending ACKs in some cases, to improve performance. The algorithm for this have been improved to better interact with Nagle. - Added new functionality, by which writes can add data in a pending state, meaning it will not be sent immediately. This can improve performance where Nagle is used, but it is known that several writes will be done in short succession. (telnetd is now using this feature.) - Added the ability to define the keepalive time for individual connetions. - Correct retransmit timer on accept calls. HTTP: - Improve the handling of subprocesses for CGI scripts, to make it more error proof. - Stop defining the QUERY_STRING logical for CGI scripts, if no query string exist. SPOOF: - Bugfix: The spoof handler could block the same address multiple times under some circumstances. TELNETD: - Changed code to use pending data feature in TCP for better network utilization. As usual, the distribution is available from: ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk The documentation is also available through ftp on Mim, or also at http://mim.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc The firewall for Mim have now been removed, so no need for the alternate ports, but Mim is still listening to the alternate ports as well. ftp: 10021 telnet: 10023 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

8 years, 8 months

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Possible outage

by pontus＠Update.UU.SE

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 11:26:22AM +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote: > > 100Gb/s to a 10Mb/s interface... Poor Magica... :-) I think there is probably a 100GB -> 10GB -> 1GB -> 100MB ladder in between :) So she will not have to feel ashamed. /P

8 years, 8 months

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Possible outage

by pontus＠Update.UU.SE

Hi Since some of you use Johnnys bridge or connect to MIM or Magica I though you wanted to know that Uppsala University is getting a network upgrade and will flip the switch(es) on tonight at 19:00 and on the 31:st. I'm told we shouldn't notice it due to redundant lines, but you never know :) If all goes well you should, at least part of the way, be able to telnet to our old machines at a whopping 100GB/s Cheers, Pontus.

8 years, 8 months

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bridge connection

by jsteve＠superglobalmegacorp.com

I don't mean to be a giant PITA, lol but anytime you get some time I'd LOVE to get back onto the hecnet... :) Thanks again! Jason

8 years, 8 months

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Mailing list "archive"

by sampsa＠mac.com

Guys, Just in case anyone is interested, I?ve made a dump of all the HECnet mailing list message I have (about 15,000 of them, going back to 2008) in mbox format (basically a big flat ASCII file). I plan on updating this every month or so. Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10129729/hecnet/hecnet-list-dump-2016-0… (22 MBs compressed, 173 MB uncompressed) Sampsa

8 years, 8 months

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GATE18

by drb＠msu.edu

Folks, Nobody cares, but GATE18 has been down for a couple of weeks. I'm having trouble with the virt box that hosts simh. We'll be back. That's a threat. :) De

8 years, 8 months

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[OT] PMDF licenses/process.com

by fcoffey＠misernet.net

Hi all Anyone else not able to get to www.process.com ? I could use a PMDF hobbyist license renewal and I can't seem to get to their website, timed out. Home, work (different ISPs) doesn't matter. Fred

8 years, 8 months

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HILANT IRC Gateway

by sampsa＠mac.com

Guys, Just for the hell of it I?ve set up an IRC channel on irc.rizon.net (because they have a fairly nice Web chat interface on top of being quite stable) called #hecnet_chat. I?ve also set up an account on LABVAX that will connect you to it using the username CHAT. Let me know if you have any problems (and yes, I?m aware that the IRC program crashes on exit, I have no idea why, but aside from that it seems to work OK). Sampsa

8 years, 9 months

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OpenVMS manuals (Grey wall + HP) available, Windermere UK

by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

Greetings I have a set of OpenVMS 7.3 era manuals available (grey wall). They are located in Windermere, UK. At the moment I am unable to ship them due to lack of packing materials so it would be either via collection or by an arrangement. The manuals are generally in good condition. I can get a list together if anyone is interested. I also have a large numbr of HP/Compaq softbound manuals which came as a set also available. Please email me direct if interested. I am the organiser of declegacy.org.uk so if you want to come along on October 15th-16th and collect them you've got a reason to visit Windermere. Please feel free to pass this message on to anyone you think might be interested. Regards, Mark.

8 years, 10 months

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Announcing TCP/IP for RSX-11M-PLUS

by bqt＠softjar.se

Time for a new release announcement of TCP/IP for RSX-11M-PLUS. This is a release that mainly address a couple of potential bugs that have been identified and fixed in the TCP layer. I strongly encourage people to upgrade to the latest version to get these fixes, since they can otherwise cause system crashes. Things that have been done since the last release: TCP: - Several bugfixes which could cause kernel memory corruption under some circumstances. Mostly a problem with slow machines and high volumes of network traffic. DHCP: - Changed DHCP to not print anything in case a plain renewal of the current IP address is done. HTTP: - Bugfix in the HTTP daemon, which could report incorrect times for last modify for files under some circumstances. TELNETD: - Changed code to to explicit push after I/O requests are complete, which improves performance. As usual, the distribution is available from: ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk The documentation is also available through ftp on Mim, or also at http://mim.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc As Mim is behind a firewall, which at the moment is blocking incoming ftp and telnet (we are working on getting that removed again), an alternative is to connect to Mim as Mim.Update.UU.SE:10021 (for ftp) and Mim.Update.UU.SE:10023 (for telnet). (Guess why the ability to listen to multiple ports for telnet, as well as being able to give a port argument to ftp came about... ;-) ) 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

8 years, 10 months

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Announcing TCP/IP for RSX-11M-PLUS

by bqt＠softjar.se

Time for a new release announcement of TCP/IP for RSX-11M-PLUS. There have been some improvements in reliability and stability done in the last few months. Part of this is because MAGICA (the real PDP-11/70 that I use) have finally started coming alive again, and running on that machine exposed some issues related to running out of primary pool (nothing like running on slower, real hardware). I seriously recommend that people upgrade, as some of these fixes are fixing issues that could crash your system. Things that have been done since the last release: ARP: - Bugfix in ARP processing. If system was running out of primary pool, kernel structures could become corrupted. IP: - Bugfix in fragment reassembly. It could cause a system crash under some circumstances. TCP: - Bugfix in daemon activation. If system was running out of primary pool, data corruption in the kernel could happen under some circumstances. DHCP: - Improved option processing, added NTP server option handling, added hostname option to requests. Generally improved stability of code. Multinet: - Improved stability and reliability of code. FTP/FTPD: - Improved file handling. In RSX mode, if the file to transfer was readonly, the transfer would fail, as the file protection was applied to the file before it had been completed. - Added the ability to provide a port to connect to for FTP client. TELNET: - Turned off terminal wrap when running telnet. TELNETD: - Added the ability to listen on several ports. - Fixed issues related to running on mP systems. HTTPD: - Changed timeout handling for sessions. As usual, the distribution is available from: ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk The documentation is also available through ftp on Mim, or also at http://mim.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc As Mim is behind a firewall, which at the moment is blocking incoming ftp and telnet (we are working on getting that removed again), an alternative is to connect to Mim as Mim.Update.UU.SE:10021 (for ftp) and Mim.Update.UU.SE:10023 (for telnet). (Guess why the ability to listen to multiple ports for telnet, as well as being able to give a port argument to ftp came about... ;-) ) 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

8 years, 10 months

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TOPS-20 5.1 on KS10?

by b4＠gewt.net

[multi-list post] Evening all, I've heard and seen anecdotes of people having run TOPS-20 5.x on a KS10, does anyone know how it was done, or done it themselves? -- Cory Smelosky http://gewt.net Personal stuff http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects

8 years, 10 months

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Cobol-81 V3.1 for RSX

by bqt＠softjar.se

Hi. Have anyone managed to successfully install C81 V3.1 under RSX? I decided to try and give it a go last night, and failed. The tape reads ok, but there still seem to be a broken C81BLD.OLB in there. This with the tape fetched from trailing-edge. Anyone have some other copy, or who actually successfully did an installation from 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

8 years, 10 months

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RC2016/10 COMPETITION ENTRY IS OPEN!

by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

RC2016/10 COMPETITION ENTRY IS OPEN! I am pleased to announce that Retrochallenge 2016/10 ? the ?October? edition of the Retrochallenge - will run and is now open to entrants! Roll-up Roll-up! Get those thinking caps on and come up with an excellent retro-computing project. Why not? The Retrochallenge 2016/10 competition will run from October 1st to the end of the month. Blog entries should be complete by midnight on Monday 31st October GMT. I would like to extend the warmest welcome to the fantastic John W. Linville who is taking over the running of the October competition and, if he gets the bug, make take the reins for future Retrochallenge Competitions. If you would like to enter please email john using the address ?linville @ /tuxdriver.com?/(removing spaces)//with your name (or handle), a brief synopsis of your project and a URL for your blog. See the website http://retrochallenge.org for more details. ABOUT RETROCHALLENGE In a nutshell, the RetroChallenge is a loosely disorganised gathering of RetroComputing enthusiasts who collectively do stuff with old computers for a month. The event is very much open to interpretation? individuals set there own challenges, which can range from programming to multimedia work; hardware restoration to exploring legacy networking? or just plain dicking around. It really doesn?t matter what you do, just so long as you do it. While the RetroChallenge has its competitive side, it?s not really a contest? it?s more like global thermonuclear war ? everyone can play, but nobody really wins. COMPETITION RULES 1. Retrochallenge commences 1st October 2016 and runs until 31st October 2016. 2. In order to qualify, computer systems must be vintage (this used to be defined as 10 years old, but typically ?vintage? is older than that now ? don?t expect to be accepted if you are using a box capable of running Windows XP for example!). Exceptions will always be made for exotica! 3. Gaming consoles and PDAs qualify if they were made in the previous century. 4. Where appropriate, replica hardware and emulators may be used. 5. Entrants are responsible for adequately documenting their projects and submitting occasional updates during the contest, preferably with an announcement on twitter with #retrochallenge. 6. Projects may encompass any aspect of retro-computing that tickles the fancy of the individual entrant. 7. Winners will be carefully selected and adulation bestowed. 8. Have fun!

8 years, 10 months

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Re: [Simh] Publicly available PDP-11/70

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2016-08-31 02:41, Jeremy Begg wrote: > Hi Johny, > >> Since I occasionally get questions about real machines for reference or >> testing, I figured I should announce that after some work, Update have >> brought their PDP-11/70 back to life, and on line. >> ... >> An HTTP server is also running on the machine, where you can even see a >> picture of the machine serving. (http://magica.update.uu.se) > > Do you turn it off overnight? Just tried to connect to it now (00:42 UTC) > and it's not responding. > > It's an impressive effort nonetheless :-) I accidentally crashed it a couple of hours ago. :-( It will be rebooted tomorrow, when someone can pass it by physically. 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

8 years, 10 months

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Update my tunnel IP please

by b4＠gewt.net

Hey, Tried updating the DNS record a couple weeks ago and that didn't bring any tunnels up - current static-for-quite-awhile IP is 50.131.218.138. -- Cory Smelosky http://gewt.net Personal stuff http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects

8 years, 10 months

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Publicly available PDP-11/70

by bqt＠softjar.se

Since I occasionally get questions about real machines for reference or testing, I figured I should announce that after some work, Update have brought their PDP-11/70 back to life, and on line. It is accessible from HECnet as MAGICA:: and on the Internet as Magica.Update.UU.SE. telnet is listening on both port 23 and 10023. ftp is listening on both port 21 and 10021. An HTTP server is also running on the machine, where you can even see a picture of the machine serving. (http://magica.update.uu.se) A guest account is available on the machine, and people are free to request accounts of their own as well. The machine as such is a PDP-11/70 running RSX-11M-PLUS V4.6 with some improvements, with (at the moment) one UDA-50, one RL-11, and one DELUA. Four RA73 disks, one RL02 disk, and the console terminal. 3.5 Meg of memory and an FPP. I try to keep as many tools as I have available on Magica. So you have both PDP-11 C and DECUS C. BASIC+2, F77, Datatrieve, Oregon Pascal, XLISP, BCPL, FMS-11, Kermit-11, ZEMU, Mail-11, RATFIV, PDP-11 Symbolic Debugger, RTEM-11, Sort/Merge, as well as DECnet and my TCP/IP. Feel free to play around, experiment, play games, or whatever (most Infocom games are there as well). But please behave. If anyone have questions, I am happy to answer them. On the web page served, there is also a link to a bunch of manuals for RSX, networking and layered products. And just for completeness sake, in addition to Magica, Update is also running MIM, which is an emulated PDP-11/74 with pretty much the same software setup, but of course way faster. Only one CPU online though, since the 11/74 emulation in E11 have some bugs that cause it to be unstable when I bring additional CPUs online. (The RSX manuals are actually served by Mim.) I hope people will find it interesting/useful/amusing. Johnny

8 years, 10 months

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EISNER account problems

by sampsa＠mac.com

Guys, Does anybody know anyone over at EISNER? I?m trying to prove my identity, for some stupid reason I apparently accidentally registered two accounts and used an SSH public key to log into the one I use so I have no idea what the password is and EISNER is no longer accepting my SSH logins. Sampsa

8 years, 10 months

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DEC Legacy Event, 15-16 October 2016, Windermere, UK PDP VAX Alpha VMS RSX

by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

Greetings It's oh so quiet, shh.., shh.. Just a reminder that DEC Legacy is on this October again! Come make some noise! Tickets can be purchased either direct from the DEC Legacy website: http://wickensonline.co.uk/declegacy/register or via the eBay listing: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=331937152752 Would be great to see some old faces and some new ones! Regards, Mark.

8 years, 11 months

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Layered products for OpenVMS

by fcoffey＠misernet.net

Afternoon all ... Is there a VMS layered product repository available on HECNET ? There was some discussion on c.o.v. about LSEDIT, and I'd to play around with that. I emailed the OpenVMS Customer Lab about getting FTP access to layered products as a hobbyist, but they say since OpenVMS 8.3 is EOL, they won't provide the link. I did not think layered products were version specific? I suppose I could upgrade my DS10 to a more recent version, but that seems like a lot just to play with a layered product. Fred --- $ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$MESSAGE (2928) %SYSTEM-W-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels

8 years, 11 months

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Bridge contact lost

by jg＠jordi.guillaumes.name

Hello, I?ve lost connection to Update so my area is off-hook. Am I the only one having problems?

8 years, 11 months

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URL for Ask the Wizard

by system＠TMESIS.COM

Michael Holmes <mholmes10 at hotmail.com> writes: >Hi all, > > I was trying to search the "Ask the Wizard" archive, but HP seems to ha= >ve screwed up the URL so that it points to HPE's OpenVMS info page, but can= >'t find a link to the Wizard index. > > > Anyone know of a mirror for "Ask the Wizard" or a short cut url to the = >working old url or to a new HPE url? > > > Thanks in advance. Hoff wrote most of those responses. He may have them on hit site and or a link to where they've landed at HPE.com -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.

8 years, 11 months

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URL for Ask the Wizard

by system＠TMESIS.COM

Michael Holmes <mholmes10 at hotmail.com> writes: >Was trying to find a wizard article on restricting which accounts can login= > via telnet. > >I use multinet and OpenVMS 8.3. > > >Would like to allow only a few captive accounts to login via telnet and for= >ce all others to use SSH (or console). > > >Since I figured this is been done before, it would be in Ask the Wizard ind= >ex. I don't know about Multinet but under TCPIP Services, TELNET is REMOTE and SSH is LOCAL. You can easily restrict accounts based upon that. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.

8 years, 11 months

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URL for Ask the Wizard

by mholmes10＠hotmail.com

Hi all, I was trying to search the "Ask the Wizard" archive, but HP seems to have screwed up the URL so that it points to HPE's OpenVMS info page, but can't find a link to the Wizard index. Anyone know of a mirror for "Ask the Wizard" or a short cut url to the working old url or to a new HPE url? Thanks in advance.

8 years, 11 months

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