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by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

Hi Guys, http://hecnet.eu is up and running - not much up there, but there is more to come! Johnny - can I duplicate your information on this site? It's running on an OpenVMS box connected to hecnet, the site is generated using the utility asctohtm to encourage you guys to make a contribution. Asctohtm runs on the VAX and can process very simply formatted ASCII into a nice looking webpage - perfect for adding content by using a VAX/PDP box and then copying it via hecnet onto the target. I'd also like to get a script running to determine the active state of the network, and in the long run a bit of client site charting to produce a network diagram. In the first instance I'd like email suggestions of content please (or you can email me actual content). The idea in the long run is to create a batch job that will scan the decnet default directory and pickup contributions to put on the wall by automatically converting the ascii files into HTML. I'd also like to create an online tutorial/faq to walk people through the basic decnet/bridge setup as well as point out any common issues. Lots of ideas in the pipeline - we did talk about issuing @hecnet.eu email address which would automatically get piped through a SMTP gateway - which would also be very nice. It'd also be nice to get some bios & backgrounds on people using hecnet - sometimes even though it's a big network it can feel a bit lonely! Regards, Mark

14 years, 11 months

Active node script

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

At 8:58 AM +0100 5/23/10, Mark Wickens wrote: There was a script running at http://www.avanthar.com:8080/nodes/ that I used to use to get an active node list. Is that script available? I'd like to run a script on my VAXstation that is up 24/7 and connected to hecnet to do that or something similar. hecnet.eu is now pointing to that box and I should have WASD configured up shortly. Regards, Mark Unfortunately two things happened, one is that I lost the powersupply in that box, and I still haven't had time to either swap powersupplies, or XP1000's. The other is that since my XP1000 and VAX are powered off I've come to realize just how much running them 24x7 was costing. :-( I had a pretty good idea what it was costing me in electricity, and as a result had already been thinking of powering it down, but as it turns out it was even more than I realized. The CGI in question requires Perl. I have some data on the box in question that I need in the next month, so I need to get it back up and running. I'll see about recovering the script as well. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

14 years, 11 months

Active node script

by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

There was a script running at http://www.avanthar.com:8080/nodes/ that I used to use to get an active node list. Is that script available? I'd like to run a script on my VAXstation that is up 24/7 and connected to hecnet to do that or something similar. hecnet.eu is now pointing to that box and I should have WASD configured up shortly. Regards, Mark

14 years, 11 months

DECNet Issue - moving the system disk between two VMS boxes

by hvlems＠zonnet.nl

NETCONFIG pretty much solves all problems... The ethernet interface on a VAXstation 4000 model 60 is recognized by DECnet as ESA0, so you'll see a LINE and a CIRCUIT called ESA-0. The VAXstation 4000 model 90 uses different hardware and the device is known as ISA-0 to DECnet. You can manually create the corresponding LINE and CIRCUIT components with NCP but running NETCONFIG is a lot faster, if not easier ;-) Hans Vlems -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] Namens Mark Wickens Verzonden: zaterdag, mei 2010 11:42 Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] DECNet Issue - moving the system disk between two VMS boxes OK, So in time honoured tradition I solved the problem pretty much by asking the question. I did a NETCONFIG and a reboot and all is fine again. Regards, Mark. Geen virus gevonden in het binnenkomende-bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 9.0.819 / Virusdatabase: 271.1.1/2889 - datum van uitgifte: 05/22/10 08:26:00

14 years, 11 months

DECNet Issue - moving the system disk between two VMS boxes

by bqt＠softjar.se

Mark Wickens wrote: OK, So in time honoured tradition I solved the problem pretty much by asking the question. I did a NETCONFIG and a reboot and all is fine again. That said, what you needed to fix was basically just the line and circuit configs. In NCP: SHOW KNOWN LINES SHOW KNOWN CIRCUITS You should see configured something that you don't have, and I think you should also see what you do have, which have not been configured. It's not that tricky to change the configuration parameters yourself. Actually, there is very little you need to do. You basically needs to set the state of the line to running, and the same for the circuit. Then it should work. Put that in the permanent database, so it works right at boot time. Might be that there is one or two parameters on the circuit that you might want to fiddle with, but that would be pretty obvious from just starting to fool around. 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

14 years, 11 months

DECNet Issue - moving the system disk between two VMS boxes

by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

OK, So in time honoured tradition I solved the problem pretty much by asking the question. I did a NETCONFIG and a reboot and all is fine again. Regards, Mark.

14 years, 11 months

DECNet Issue - moving the system disk between two VMS boxes

by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

Hi all, The list has been very quiet lately! I've got a problem which hopefully someone can give me some clues on. I think it's due to the fact that I've swapped a system disk between a VAXstation 4000/60 and a VAXstation 4000/90 - and as a result the decnet configuration is not valid. It looks like this is because the network device name is different: $ start/network decnet %SYSGEN-E-NOUNLOAD, driver is not unloadable %SYSGEN-F-DEVACTIVE, device is active %RUN-F-CREPRC, process creation failed -SYSTEM-F-DUPLNAM, duplicate name %DCL-I-SUPERSEDE, previous value of MOM$SYSTEM has been superseded %DCL-I-SUPERSEDE, previous value of MOM$SYSTEM_NOSOFTID has been superseded %DCL-I-SUPERSEDE, previous value of MOM$SYSTEM_SOFTID has been superseded %NCP-W-UNRCMP, Unrecognized component , Line Line = SVA-0 %SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available %NCP-W-UNRCMP, Unrecognized component , Circuit Circuit = SVA-0 %NCP-I-NOINFO, No information in database %RUN-F-CREPRC, process creation failed -SYSTEM-F-DUPLNAM, duplicate name Can someone give me some clues as where to look. Cheers, Mark.

14 years, 11 months

CHIMPY / CHIMP swap and update

by sampsa＠mac.com

Gentlemen, I have moved CHIMPY onto the hardware (Alphaserver 4100) that used to run CHIMP - which will eventually be brought up on my other Alphaserver (a mere 800). This means that my main system now has the chunkiest Alpha hardware in my setup, CHIMPY was of course initially installed in an 800 as I simply couldn't use my 4100 in the tiny apartments I lived in at the time. Sampsa

14 years, 12 months

MONK RIP

by jeep＠scshome.net

Zane, What you know as STRGTE:: is actually a P3, 667Mhz running NetBSD 4.0. It is running Johnny's HECnet bridge, Postfix, BIND, ntp (as a server), and SIMH. The SIMH is of course emulating a VAXstation 3900, with 64MB memory, (8) RA90's, (2) RR40's, and (4) terminals (via telnet). The system is also running Multinet. The system is set up to make all of HECnet available from the outside (for mail anyway) under a single domain (declab.net) - more info about this coming shortly. It is actually quite fast! Oh, and btw this is all done with only 128MB of physical memory. Surely a Linux system should be able to run a SIMH instance. You are more than welcome to login and try it out for yourself. Just let me know, and I will create an account for you to play around with. -Steve -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE on behalf of Sampsa Laine Sent: Tue 3/9/2010 10:46 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] MONK RIP I think Steve Davidson is running SIMH on some pretty old hardware, I think a P3 might be able to pull it off. It won't be blazingly fast of course... Sampsa On 9 Mar 2010, at 15:44, Zane H. Healy wrote: The UNIX box that is still running is a Pentium III that is close to 10 years old, and honestly probably on its last legs. I don't think it could handle a VAX instance. I've considered this, and if I do it, it will be using a new Intel Atom board, but I have my doubts on the ability of that class board to handle the load of a SIMH instance. Zane At 9:49 AM +0000 3/9/10, Sampsa Laine wrote: You could always get a SIMH VAX instance running on the UNIX box... Sampsa On 9 Mar 2010, at 03:39, Zane H. Healy wrote: At some point over the past few days MONK lost his power supply. Additionally I wasn't sure what the state of PDXVAX was, as MONK was my primary method of access, and the console wasn't responding so I pulled the plug on PDXVAX and powered off both systems drive arrays. While I have to try to bring MONK back up at some point to recover data (thankfully I have a second XP1000), I don't think I'll be leaving it running 24x7 anymore. I was already thinking about shutting down my servers to save power. Right now my UNIX server is the only one still running, and I'm preparing to copy the data off, and redirect my DNS back to my .Mac account like I had it last Winter while we were house- hunting. I really don't have time to keep my own servers running anymore. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

15 years, 1 month

MONK RIP

by neozeed＠gmail.com

If the idle or throttle work right sure... Otherwise.. yeah it'd kill the poor thing. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: The UNIX box that is still running is a Pentium III that is close to 10 years old, and honestly probably on its last legs. I don't think it could handle a VAX instance. I've considered this, and if I do it, it will be using a new Intel Atom board, but I have my doubts on the ability of that class board to handle the load of a SIMH instance. Zane At 9:49 AM +0000 3/9/10, Sampsa Laine wrote: You could always get a SIMH VAX instance running on the UNIX box... Sampsa On 9 Mar 2010, at 03:39, Zane H. Healy wrote: At some point over the past few days MONK lost his power supply. Additionally I wasn't sure what the state of PDXVAX was, as MONK was my primary method of access, and the console wasn't responding so I pulled the plug on PDXVAX and powered off both systems drive arrays. While I have to try to bring MONK back up at some point to recover data (thankfully I have a second XP1000), I don't think I'll be leaving it running 24x7 anymore. I was already thinking about shutting down my servers to save power. Right now my UNIX server is the only one still running, and I'm preparing to copy the data off, and redirect my DNS back to my .Mac account like I had it last Winter while we were house-hunting. I really don't have time to keep my own servers running anymore. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

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