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by md.benson＠gmail.com

That's a UNIX tradition I think, lot of UNIXs I have used (IRIX, Solaris, NetBSD to name a few) return the 'preposterous value in Time if Day clock' or similar error if the date wrong. I think it's triggered if the system date is prior to the kernel's date :) -- Mark Benson http://markbenson.org/blog http://twitter.com/MDBenson On 28 Jun 2012, at 10:53, Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> wrote: On 28/06/12 10:31, Tony Blews wrote: Hi. Has anyone had any success emulating Ultrix with DECnet under SimH? I managed to find a copy of 4.0, and the "tape" claimed that it was installing DECnet, but I couldn't find any evidence of it anywhere on the system. I may just be being stupid (this is not unknown). An aside: You've got to love an OS that gives you error messages containing the word "preposterous"! Tony. That would be reporting the TOY clock setting then? -- http://www.wickensonline.co.uk http://declegacy.org.uk

12 years, 10 months

SimH, Ultrix and DECnet

by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

On 28/06/12 10:31, Tony Blews wrote: Hi. Has anyone had any success emulating Ultrix with DECnet under SimH? I managed to find a copy of 4.0, and the "tape" claimed that it was installing DECnet, but I couldn't find any evidence of it anywhere on the system. I may just be being stupid (this is not unknown). An aside: You've got to love an OS that gives you error messages containing the word "preposterous"! Tony. That would be reporting the TOY clock setting then? -- http://www.wickensonline.co.uk http://declegacy.org.uk

12 years, 10 months

SimH, Ultrix and DECnet

by tonyblews＠gmail.com

Hi. Has anyone had any success emulating Ultrix with DECnet under SimH? I managed to find a copy of 4.0, and the "tape" claimed that it was installing DECnet, but I couldn't find any evidence of it anywhere on the system. I may just be being stupid (this is not unknown). An aside: You've got to love an OS that gives you error messages containing the word "preposterous"! Tony.

12 years, 10 months

VAXstation 3100 boot - now you see it, now you don't...

by HECNET＠beyondthepale.ie

The m38 gets to '...B' in the countdown and then restarts with the graphics test ad infinitum. The m30 gets to '...B' in the countdown and then hangs. The countdown includes a question mark after the initial 'F?' The good news is I've seen something like this. The bad news is it was caused by leakage from the battery pack. The batteries in these machines are very old now and I would suggest removing them and recycling them whether they are leaking or not. If they are not leaking now, they are going to start soon. Suitable replacements can sometimes be found intended for use with cordless phones. The machine can be also be left without a battery pack although it will not remember it's boot settings and will need the time to be reset every time it is turned on. Test B is the memory test. Try removing the memory expansion board and check if the test completes then. Check the expansion board and the main board for corrosion damage. I think test F relates to the monochrome graphics system. I've got to run now but I can dig up more information later if nobody else chimes in before I return. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

12 years, 10 months

Possible downtime

by pontus＠update.uu.se

On 06/26/2012 10:06 PM, Pontus wrote: On 06/15/2012 03:36 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: Mim and the server running this mailinglist might have to be taken down. I'll get back to you when I know more. I just found out (five minutes ago) that our hard working admins are moving hardware out of the water damaged room. Psilo and Mim will go down soon. I can't say for how long, looks like it might be a while. Short update: Psilo is back and running in a temporary setting. There will be more downtime when we can move hardware back into the server room. Mim is still down. Regards, Pontus.

12 years, 10 months

VAXstation 3100 boot - now you see it, now you don't...

by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

Quick question as I'm getting sick of breaking VAXen lately - I've installed Ultrix 4.4 on both a VAXstation 3100 m38 and a VAXstation 3100 m30. Both were working before installation, both now hang on boot during POST now. The m38 gets to '...B' in the countdown and then restarts with the graphics test ad infinitum. The m30 gets to '...B' in the countdown and then hangs. The countdown includes a question mark after the initial 'F?' Anyone got any ideas? My best hypotheses are: * coincidence - old machines not been run in a long time, both just happen to have broken. * ultrix updates nvram in some way which causes the problem (the backup batteries are surely flat now) Ultrix/VAX is still eluding me and I just feel like I deserve to get it running given all the pain I've gone through trying over the years! Regards, Mark. -- http://www.wickensonline.co.uk http://declegacy.org.uk

12 years, 10 months

decnet.org

by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

Of course there is still http://hecnet.eu I'm a bit sad no-one else mentioned it :( The good: - WASD under VMS - text based web pages (easy retro-editing) - provides area and node lists - endless possibilities for hooking website into hecnet when running on a node The bad: - on the end of an ADSL connection - text based web pages (no web access for updates) - not always up If someone could provide a hecnet node with good bandwidth and uptime then something along these lines surely would make a lot of sense. Of course a hecnet 'web-site' could be a happy marriage of modern hosting tech with wiki, CMS etc, and WASD giving stats on a VMS et al. box. Mark. -- http://www.wickensonline.co.uk http://declegacy.org.uk

12 years, 10 months

decnet.org

by md.benson＠gmail.com

Okay I mentioned earlier (if my mail got through) about my site at DECtec.info. I'd be willing to throw my lot in with a potential decnet.org/HECnet effort as I can't realistically build a massive amount meaningful on DECtec.info myself so I'd like to put some work part of a community instead. I will keep the DECtec mailing list open though, perhaps we could offer it as a more general mailing list vs. the HECnet specific list here? I have already produced and polished up a really nic DEC-esque skin in the later bugandy colour scheme for Mediawiki (see http://wiki.dectec.info/wiki/Main_Page) and it wouldn't take a lot of work to port it to a DEC blue version should you prefer a more retro look. I also have experience setting up and managing Mediawiki installations although I'm no class genius by a long way, but I do have the necessary knowledge to at least set up one and make some efforts to keep the spammers out provided I can work in concert with the server;'s admin to ensure the correct library support etc. Count me in, at least for the Wiki side, and if you boil up a Wordpress blog I'll happily help with that too. -- Mark Benson http://DECtec.info Twitter: @DECtecInfo HECnet: STAR69::MARK Online Resource & Mailing List for DEC Enthusiasts.

12 years, 10 months

decnet.org

by bob＠jfcl.com

Dave McGuire wrote: You don't run your own namservers? Jeeze. ;) Of course I do, but only my own machines use it. Nobody else on the Internet considers me authoritative .... Bob

12 years, 10 months

decnet.org

by bob＠jfcl.com

Johnny Billquist wrote: (As a parenthesis, didn't someone do this a few years ago...?) I did (the feature is built into Multinet, so it's not that hard), but nobody ever used it (including me!) and I quit updating it. So, what machine have you setup to do this? Steve - want me to put in an MX record? What's your mail gateway machine?? Bob

12 years, 10 months

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