Well, I decided to trim the collection of fat over the past year or so. I haven't regretted it. There are still 3100s in the garage that really need to go to the skip - out of 5 of them I couldn't get one to work. The ZX6000 went, and I now have SLAVE (AlphaServer 1000A), BUBBLE (4000/90 with BA356 pack) and ORAC all up and running on simulators on a DL380 G5. BUBBLE is a 4-cpu VAX MP instance. SIMVAX - a straight SIMH instance running on an HP Microserver - has been serving http://hecnet.eu for the past 18 months or so.
I do like some real hardware BTW - I'm not a complete heathen, but it's nice to have all that available without having to root through for cables, transceivers etc. etc. and especially nice not having that cringing feeling every time I hit the power switch. Probably most of all however is that I can run some powerful VAX simulators 24/7 without having to worry *too much* about the cost.
I stayed away from emulation for a long time, but so far with a bit of perseverance I'm not regretting it.
On 25 January 2015 at 19:37, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
On 2015-01-25 20:32, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Civilised? They invented the freaking alphabet 30 km north of my
apartment.
The current population just tends towards the trigger-happy and
sectarian but it's pretty normal here, aside from the fucking power cuts.
But I love it here - I can go diving in the summer and going skiing
tomorrow.
Besides, where else can I can get a top floor apartment in a good area
with a view of the mountains AND the sea for these kinds of prices?
Also, the REALLY good food is like 70% cheaper than
London/Paris/Dubai/HK etc..
[...]
And power 20h a day, with glitches, from one source, and 4h a day with glitches from another source... I think I'll pass. :-)
I think I'll keep Beirut, buy a UPS if when I get non-laptop computers.
UPS? Non-laptop... Well, I'd say that the kind of computers I'm thinking of, the UPS required is rather large... Most UPSes are mostly good for just laptops. ;-)
Johnny
Sampsa
On 25 Jan 2015, at 21:18, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se
<mailto:bqt at softjar.se>> wrote:
On 2015-01-25 19:31, Sampsa Laine wrote:
And the worst thing about it - I've got LOADS of room for this thing,
I live alone in 150 sq m flat (well I have a cat, so that's like 1.3
people).
I just don't have the power infrastructure to run it. And NO I am NOT
buying my own diesel generator.
How about moving back to a civilized country?
Johnny
On 25 Jan 2015, at 20:13, John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com
<mailto:wilson at dbit.com>> wrote:
From: Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com <mailto:sampsa at mac.com>>
< but >
However
< I really had nowhere to put it >
I could not find sufficient space for such a large object anywhere =
reasonable.
Yeah that's the part that's just line noise. What are you sitting on
right now? Couldn't it be a PDP-11 instead? And do you sleep lying
down? That space could be put to better use.
John Wilson (whose dining room has an 11/34a and an 11/93 in it, kitchen
has two RK05s, living room has a BA23 with a Mentec CPU, etc. etc. etc.)
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email:bqt at softjar.se <mailto:bqt at softjar.se> || Reading
murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
--
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
On 2015-01-25 20:32, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Civilised? They invented the freaking alphabet 30 km north of my
apartment.
The current population just tends towards the trigger-happy and
sectarian but it's pretty normal here, aside from the fucking power cuts.
But I love it here - I can go diving in the summer and going skiing
tomorrow.
Besides, where else can I can get a top floor apartment in a good area
with a view of the mountains AND the sea for these kinds of prices?
Also, the REALLY good food is like 70% cheaper than
London/Paris/Dubai/HK etc..
[...]
And power 20h a day, with glitches, from one source, and 4h a day with glitches from another source... I think I'll pass. :-)
I think I'll keep Beirut, buy a UPS if when I get non-laptop computers.
UPS? Non-laptop... Well, I'd say that the kind of computers I'm thinking of, the UPS required is rather large... Most UPSes are mostly good for just laptops. ;-)
Johnny
Sampsa
On 25 Jan 2015, at 21:18, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se
<mailto:bqt at softjar.se>> wrote:
On 2015-01-25 19:31, Sampsa Laine wrote:
And the worst thing about it - I've got LOADS of room for this thing,
I live alone in 150 sq m flat (well I have a cat, so that's like 1.3
people).
I just don't have the power infrastructure to run it. And NO I am NOT
buying my own diesel generator.
How about moving back to a civilized country?
Johnny
On 25 Jan 2015, at 20:13, John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com
<mailto:wilson at dbit.com>> wrote:
From: Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com <mailto:sampsa at mac.com>>
< but >
However
< I really had nowhere to put it >
I could not find sufficient space for such a large object anywhere =
reasonable.
Yeah that's the part that's just line noise. What are you sitting on
right now? Couldn't it be a PDP-11 instead? And do you sleep lying
down? That space could be put to better use.
John Wilson (whose dining room has an 11/34a and an 11/93 in it, kitchen
has two RK05s, living room has a BA23 with a Mentec CPU, etc. etc. etc.)
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email:bqt at softjar.se <mailto:bqt at softjar.se> || Reading
murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
--
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
Civilised? They invented the freaking alphabet 30 km north of my apartment.
The current population just tends towards the trigger-happy and sectarian but it's pretty normal here, aside from the fucking power cuts.
But I love it here - I can go diving in the summer and going skiing tomorrow.
Besides, where else can I can get a top floor apartment in a good area with a view of the mountains AND the sea for these kinds of prices?
Also, the REALLY good food is like 70% cheaper than London/Paris/Dubai/HK etc..
I think I'll keep Beirut, buy a UPS if when I get non-laptop computers.
Sampsa
On 25 Jan 2015, at 21:18, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
On 2015-01-25 19:31, Sampsa Laine wrote:
And the worst thing about it - I've got LOADS of room for this thing, I live alone in 150 sq m flat (well I have a cat, so that's like 1.3 people).
I just don't have the power infrastructure to run it. And NO I am NOT buying my own diesel generator.
How about moving back to a civilized country?
Johnny
On 25 Jan 2015, at 20:13, John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com> wrote:
From: Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com>
< but >
However
< I really had nowhere to put it >
I could not find sufficient space for such a large object anywhere =
reasonable.
Yeah that's the part that's just line noise. What are you sitting on
right now? Couldn't it be a PDP-11 instead? And do you sleep lying
down? That space could be put to better use.
John Wilson (whose dining room has an 11/34a and an 11/93 in it, kitchen
has two RK05s, living room has a BA23 with a Mentec CPU, etc. etc. etc.)
--
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
On 2015-01-25 19:31, Sampsa Laine wrote:
And the worst thing about it - I've got LOADS of room for this thing, I live alone in 150 sq m flat (well I have a cat, so that's like 1.3 people).
I just don't have the power infrastructure to run it. And NO I am NOT buying my own diesel generator.
How about moving back to a civilized country?
Johnny
On 25 Jan 2015, at 20:13, John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com> wrote:
From: Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com>
< but >
However
< I really had nowhere to put it >
I could not find sufficient space for such a large object anywhere =
reasonable.
Yeah that's the part that's just line noise. What are you sitting on
right now? Couldn't it be a PDP-11 instead? And do you sleep lying
down? That space could be put to better use.
John Wilson (whose dining room has an 11/34a and an 11/93 in it, kitchen
has two RK05s, living room has a BA23 with a Mentec CPU, etc. etc. etc.)
--
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
On 2015-01-25 16:12, Sampsa Laine wrote:
So I ran a simple script that tried to get the executable characteristics of a node, for each node in the nodedb.
I was surprised to see that only 33 systems seemed to be online.
I thought there would've been more up.
Note that not all machines on HECnet speaks NICE... No Cisco boxes do, for example, even though they do talk DECnet and have node numbers.
But in general, yes, the list is much shorter than the registered nodes. Lots of people don't keep their machines up 24x7, and lots of people also are not always even online with any box.
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
I can imagine the HECnet post subject:
"Cat got into <insert vital part of PDP-11> - won't boot now, any advice?"
sampsa
On 25 Jan 2015, at 20:38, Hans Vlems <hvlems at zonnet.nl> wrote:
The cat might think differently
Verzonden vanaf mijn BlackBerry 10-smartphone.
Origineel bericht
Van: Sampsa Laine
Verzonden: zondag 25 januari 2015 19:31
Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] Number of nodes online a bit low?
And the worst thing about it - I've got LOADS of room for this thing, I live alone in 150 sq m flat (well I have a cat, so that's like 1.3 people).
I just don't have the power infrastructure to run it. And NO I am NOT buying my own diesel generator.
On 25 Jan 2015, at 20:13, John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com> wrote:
From: Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com>
< but >
However
< I really had nowhere to put it >
I could not find sufficient space for such a large object anywhere =
reasonable.
Yeah that's the part that's just line noise. What are you sitting on
right now? Couldn't it be a PDP-11 instead? And do you sleep lying
down? That space could be put to better use.
John Wilson (whose dining room has an 11/34a and an 11/93 in it, kitchen
has two RK05s, living room has a BA23 with a Mentec CPU, etc. etc. etc.)
The cat might think differently
Verzonden vanaf mijn BlackBerry 10-smartphone.
Origineel bericht
Van: Sampsa Laine
Verzonden: zondag 25 januari 2015 19:31
Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] Number of nodes online a bit low?
And the worst thing about it - I've got LOADS of room for this thing, I live alone in 150 sq m flat (well I have a cat, so that's like 1.3 people).
I just don't have the power infrastructure to run it. And NO I am NOT buying my own diesel generator.
On 25 Jan 2015, at 20:13, John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com> wrote:
From: Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com>
< but >
However
< I really had nowhere to put it >
I could not find sufficient space for such a large object anywhere =
reasonable.
Yeah that's the part that's just line noise. What are you sitting on
right now? Couldn't it be a PDP-11 instead? And do you sleep lying
down? That space could be put to better use.
John Wilson (whose dining room has an 11/34a and an 11/93 in it, kitchen
has two RK05s, living room has a BA23 with a Mentec CPU, etc. etc. etc.)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
Behalf Of John Wilson
Sent: 25 January 2015 18:14
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Number of nodes online a bit low?
From: Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com>
< but >
However
< I really had nowhere to put it >
I could not find sufficient space for such a large object anywhere =
reasonable.
Yeah that's the part that's just line noise. What are you sitting on
right now?
Couldn't it be a PDP-11 instead? And do you sleep lying down? That space
could be put to better use.
John Wilson (whose dining room has an 11/34a and an 11/93 in it, kitchen
has
two RK05s, living room has a BA23 with a Mentec CPU, etc. etc. etc.)
My wife is pretty tolerant, but that would be too much. I tell her how lucky
she is; I could have reacted to my mid-life crisis by buying a sports car
and growing a pony tail, instead I just collect old computers, which is a
lot cheaper (mostly!) and less embarrassing. :-)
Regards
Rob
And the worst thing about it - I've got LOADS of room for this thing, I live alone in 150 sq m flat (well I have a cat, so that's like 1.3 people).
I just don't have the power infrastructure to run it. And NO I am NOT buying my own diesel generator.
On 25 Jan 2015, at 20:13, John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com> wrote:
From: Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com>
< but >
However
< I really had nowhere to put it >
I could not find sufficient space for such a large object anywhere =
reasonable.
Yeah that's the part that's just line noise. What are you sitting on
right now? Couldn't it be a PDP-11 instead? And do you sleep lying
down? That space could be put to better use.
John Wilson (whose dining room has an 11/34a and an 11/93 in it, kitchen
has two RK05s, living room has a BA23 with a Mentec CPU, etc. etc. etc.)
The PDP-11 was in Helsinki, I'm in Beirut.
Logistically this was deemed to be not feasible.
On 25 Jan 2015, at 20:13, John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com> wrote:
From: Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com>
< but >
However
< I really had nowhere to put it >
I could not find sufficient space for such a large object anywhere =
reasonable.
Yeah that's the part that's just line noise. What are you sitting on
right now? Couldn't it be a PDP-11 instead? And do you sleep lying
down? That space could be put to better use.
John Wilson (whose dining room has an 11/34a and an 11/93 in it, kitchen
has two RK05s, living room has a BA23 with a Mentec CPU, etc. etc. etc.)
