Hey Dave,
When you installed RSTS/E and configured DECnet, what options did you give? I want to see what I did wrong. Did you do anything after installing the layered product that was special or did you configure it in the little installer thingy?
On 10/31/2012 04:21 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Also do we send any encrypted stuff over this? What if something
commercial gets routed through say CHIMPYMAIL.COM - will this be
a problem or is it a "problem" in theory only?
I thought encryption and commercial messages were strictly
verboten on HAM stuff.
They are. So let's not encrypt stuff. And how much commercial
data flows across HECnet? ;)
So, now that selling DECnet-based internet access to rural areas over
packet radio is out, how about we setup some HECnet nodes in
Antarctica?
We could probably do that! Is Ethan Dicks among us? If not, he
should be. He works down there. I've CCd him on this.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 10/31/2012 02:16 AM, Gregg Levine wrote:
SBC 11/21 (boardname KXT11) Falcon and Falcon Plus single board
computer on a Qbus card implementing the basic PDP-11 instruction set,
based on T11 chipset containing 32 KB static RAM, two ROM sockets,
three serial lines, 20 bit parallel I/O, three interval timers and a
two-channel DMA controller. Up to 14 Falcons could be placed into one
Qbus system.
KXJ11 QBUS card (M7616) with PDP-11 based peripheral processor and
DMA controller. Based on a J11 CPU equipped with 512 kB RAM, 64 kB ROM
and parallel and serial interfaces.
KXT11s are very fun boards. I have one, I like it a lot.
I don't have any KXJ11 though. They are as rare as hens' teeth,
though I do see one on eBay right now for a not-too-terrible price. I
just looked at the auction; it says "10+ available"!!!
I'll bet he'd accept a lower-than-normal offer if it were for a
quantity of them. Bulk purchase?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 31 Oct 2012, at 16:09, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 10/31/2012 03:34 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Also do we send any encrypted stuff over this? What if something
commercial gets routed through say CHIMPYMAIL.COM - will this be a
problem or is it a "problem" in theory only?
I thought encryption and commercial messages were strictly verboten
on HAM stuff.
They are. So let's not encrypt stuff. And how much commercial data
flows across HECnet? ;)
So, now that selling DECnet-based internet access to rural areas over packet radio is out, how about we setup some HECnet nodes in Antarctica?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 10/31/2012 03:09 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Let's hijack one - I thought the Iranians managed to get one up there, don't think anyone would particularly give us trouble in the West if we took it over..
We could do that. I have some satcomm gear here.
(assuming one of our governments hasn't already grabbed that satellite..)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 10/31/2012 03:34 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Also do we send any encrypted stuff over this? What if something
commercial gets routed through say CHIMPYMAIL.COM - will this be a
problem or is it a "problem" in theory only?
I thought encryption and commercial messages were strictly verboten
on HAM stuff.
They are. So let's not encrypt stuff. And how much commercial data
flows across HECnet? ;)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 10/31/2012 03:33 PM, Fred wrote:
We could probably do that...encapsulate DECnet packets in AX.25..
I was thinking about that (also in regard's to Steve's comment about him
having an IP on the 44. amateur reserved net). I experimented with this
years ago, but there was no one around my area to test with.
Wouldn't latency be an issue?
I think it could be handled. Thinking of all the slow links DECnet
was used with in its early days, I'd be surprised if it didn't handle
them well.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 31 Oct 2012, at 15:04, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
But the network of geostationary satellites idea is not gonna fly, is it?
What about raspberry pi based weather balloons that also handle HECnet?
Sampsa
On 31 Oct 2012, at 20:58, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 10/31/2012 08:16 AM, Joe Ferraro wrote:
If we only had the HF Radio DECnet link figured out... ;)
We could probably do that...encapsulate DECnet packets in AX.25..
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Also do we send any encrypted stuff over this? What if something commercial gets routed through say CHIMPYMAIL.COM - will this be a problem or is it a "problem" in theory only?
I thought encryption and commercial messages were strictly verboten on HAM stuff.
Sampsa
On 31 Oct 2012, at 21:33, Fred wrote:
On Wed, 31 Oct 2012, Dave McGuire wrote:
We could probably do that...encapsulate DECnet packets in AX.25..
I was thinking about that (also in regard's to Steve's comment about him having an IP on the 44. amateur reserved net). I experimented with this years ago, but there was no one around my area to test with.
Wouldn't latency be an issue?
Fred
On Wed, 31 Oct 2012, Dave McGuire wrote:
We could probably do that...encapsulate DECnet packets in AX.25..
I was thinking about that (also in regard's to Steve's comment about him having an IP on the 44. amateur reserved net). I experimented with this years ago, but there was no one around my area to test with.
Wouldn't latency be an issue?
Fred
