On 30 Oct 2012, at 01:49, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 10/30/2012 12:35 AM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Does the 11/750 work?
Not yet, but it's close.
How close? What're your plans once she's operational again?
Well I know it's complete except for a few mechanical bits...the front
door latch, the card cage cover, and both back doors are missing.
Beyond that, it was represented to me as being functional at last
powerup when it was given to me. The TU58 capstan roller has surely
turned to a gooey mess by now, but I'll take care of that.
My plans are to put (probably) an RA90 on it and run VMS...and then
pet it lovingly. :-)
What's the latest version of VMS that'll run on a 750?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 30 Oct 2012, at 01:47, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 10/30/2012 12:33 AM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Speaking of which I need to buy a couple 1TB and 2TB drives to
implement RAID. Don't want to lose disk mages of netware or my Ultrix
install named bonerhitler (don't ask) (anyone know where I could get
a license pak for Ultrix or know how to configure DECnet on it?)
Boner Hitler??
Asked a friend on IRC for a hostname, and he suggested bonerhitler, doesn't fit my naming scheme but I haven't felt like changing it.
Sorry, never did DECnet under Ultrix. I can help you with most
anything else Ultrix-related, though...it was my main desktop platform
for many years.
On a VAXstation or a DECstation?
For long-term reliable online (as opposed to tape) data storage, look
into ZFS.
Actually, that's a good idea. How good is linux's support for it right now?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 10/30/2012 12:35 AM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Does the 11/750 work?
Not yet, but it's close.
How close? What're your plans once she's operational again?
Well I know it's complete except for a few mechanical bits...the front
door latch, the card cage cover, and both back doors are missing.
Beyond that, it was represented to me as being functional at last
powerup when it was given to me. The TU58 capstan roller has surely
turned to a gooey mess by now, but I'll take care of that.
My plans are to put (probably) an RA90 on it and run VMS...and then
pet it lovingly. :-)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 10/30/2012 12:33 AM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Speaking of which I need to buy a couple 1TB and 2TB drives to
implement RAID. Don't want to lose disk mages of netware or my Ultrix
install named bonerhitler (don't ask) (anyone know where I could get
a license pak for Ultrix or know how to configure DECnet on it?)
Boner Hitler??
Sorry, never did DECnet under Ultrix. I can help you with most
anything else Ultrix-related, though...it was my main desktop platform
for many years.
For long-term reliable online (as opposed to tape) data storage, look
into ZFS.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 30 Oct 2012, at 01:43, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 10/30/2012 12:27 AM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Yeah, archiving this stuff would be a great idea. Dump them all in a
format we'll all be able to read in a few years and store it on say,
amazon glacier. Who would want anything less than advertised eleven
nines for storing email?
I dunno, I'd want something more than storing it on someone else's
hardware. Especially when that someone else is a huge corporation,
subject to corporate whims. Your data could go away at any time.
So, backup to your tape library? :p
Yes. But this one:
http://www.neurotica.com/misc/DECporn/DSC_0789.JPG
Yeah, I think that would be the better tape library to use. ;)
...not this one:
http://www.neurotica.com/misc/DECporn/DSC_0790.JPG
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Ahh, good thinking. See if you can score an extra! =)
-Dave
On 10/30/2012 12:07 AM, sampsa at mac.com wrote:
Yeah but they go for stupid prices - some dude in Tozhno won't have any clue what the thing is worth on ebay :)
On 30 Oct 2012, at 06:05, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 10/29/2012 11:38 PM, sampsa at mac.com wrote:
I'd love one of those crazy Soviet PDP-11 clones they made home computers out of, I think the brand was Elektronika or something.
Might have to put my uncle in St Pete on a hunting mission.
They show up on eBay with some regularity. They're supposed to be
really nice machines.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 10/30/2012 12:29 AM, sampsa at mac.com wrote:
This is a solved problem, no?
I mean automated mailing list archivers have existed since like forever, no?
Yup! And there they sit...until they disappear, usually because some
suit figures out that it isn't making them any money.
I'm sorry but, after losing SO DAMN MUCH STUFF that I counted on
"being around forever", the only archives I trust are my own.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 10/30/2012 12:27 AM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Yeah, archiving this stuff would be a great idea. Dump them all in a
format we'll all be able to read in a few years and store it on say,
amazon glacier. Who would want anything less than advertised eleven
nines for storing email?
I dunno, I'd want something more than storing it on someone else's
hardware. Especially when that someone else is a huge corporation,
subject to corporate whims. Your data could go away at any time.
So, backup to your tape library? :p
Yes. But this one:
http://www.neurotica.com/misc/DECporn/DSC_0789.JPG
...not this one:
http://www.neurotica.com/misc/DECporn/DSC_0790.JPG
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Pakgen...
Sent from my iPad
On 2012-10-29, at 10:19 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
On 30 Oct 2012, at 01:17, Ian McLaughlin <ian at platinum.net> wrote:
Is this available on Hecnet somewhere?
Is what? ;) This chain of email has gotten a bit off topic...
Ian
Sent from my iPad
On 2012-10-29, at 10:03 PM, sampsa at mac.com wrote:
I've got a copy of pakgen too, in case someone needs it. For legit purposes only, of course.
Sampsa
On 30 Oct 2012, at 06:54, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
On 30 Oct 2012, at 00:50, sampsa at mac.com wrote:
Not off the top of my head, I did manage to get it installed with a license from pakgen though.
THis was like 3 years ago. I'll have a look around for the install media.
Okay, I deleted the copy I had, and the ftp site I found it on disappeared...
Sampsa
On 30 Oct 2012, at 06:37, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
On 30 Oct 2012, at 00:35, sampsa at mac.com wrote:
I got pakgen.c if you want it - I think you just need to figure out what the product name is and you're good
Happen to know the product name for Ultrix itself on a MicroVAX? ;)
and would you have a copy of some install media? I don't think I installed the DECnet bits.
Sampsa
On 30 Oct 2012, at 06:29, sampsa at mac.com wrote:
This is a solved problem, no?
I mean automated mailing list archivers have existed since like forever, no?
Sampsa
On 30 Oct 2012, at 06:27, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
On 29 Oct 2012, at 23:58, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 10/29/2012 11:52 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Yeah, archiving this stuff would be a great idea. Dump them all in a
format we'll all be able to read in a few years and store it on say,
amazon glacier. Who would want anything less than advertised eleven
nines for storing email?
I dunno, I'd want something more than storing it on someone else's
hardware. Especially when that someone else is a huge corporation,
subject to corporate whims. Your data could go away at any time.
So, backup to your tape library? :p
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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Very interesting... and quite different from the way I did it way back when.
In case you're curious, I used the attached code to patch the running kernel (don't try this at home :-) ) to modify EXE$LOOKUP_LICENSE to always return success. Once that's in place, you can LICENSE REGISTER your own PAKGEN license, or any other for that matter. The PAKGEN license has as its token a string of "issuer~producer" (or "producer~issuer" I always forget which comes first). You can then use LICENSE/GENERATE/ISSUER=issuer/PRODUCER=producer and LMF will permit it.
--Marc
