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RSTS/E tapes, was Re: [HECnet] two dumb RSX questions

by b4＠gewt.net

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote: On Feb 16, 2014, at 9:15 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote: What're the requirements for RSTS/E 10.1? I think I managed to fit it in 40M very carefully in simh once? 40 MB of disk? That?s almost an RM03 worth of space. 10.1 certainly wants more than older releases, but that sounds like plenty. I seem to recall I got it to fit "comfortably" in 40M in simh. It took a bit of fiddling and I didn't have endless free disk, but I had enough. Come to think of it, my PRO has less than that. As for memory, I think 124 kW (max memory on 18 bit machines) is required. Hey, I have more than that! paul -- Cory Smelosky http://gewt.net Personal stuff http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects

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OS X (lack of) tape support, was Re: [HECnet] tape image manipulations...

by clemc＠ccc.com

below (in blue) On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 11:00 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: On 02/16/2014 10:54 PM, John Wilson wrote:> > Does it have any kind of raw SCSI interface, like /dev/sg* on Linux? *BSD, Linux, Darwin, Mach, Tru64, and SVR4/Solaris all used a different ways to splice SCSI support into the kernel I/O system and user namespace [actually I liked the way Tru64 did the best - thank you Fred if you are listening]. > It'd be easy to work around the lack of real tape drivers if so ... I think maybe it did not, but it's been awhile since I messed with OS X. If you note when you run "system info" the parallel SCSI kernel sub-system is still listed in the I/O section. Like Dave, it's been a while since I played with the Mach/Darwin kernel, but last I checked some of the pieces seem to be still there, i.e. a complete eradication of SCSI was not done by Apple. But at the time, I realized it was more than I wanted to mess with it. I have had some of the Darwin sources on my file server, and I'll try to take a peek later to see what is there. The issue I ran into is that since you are pulling the >>kernel<< support in, the support for the driver has to be in the key of that kernel which takes some messing around. The good news is from the user space all of them supported many of the same ioctl's and in particular used the *BSD tape interface - so I agree that in theory it should not be too hard. Clem

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RSTS/E tapes, was Re: [HECnet] two dumb RSX questions

by Paul_Koning＠Dell.com

On Feb 16, 2014, at 9:15 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote: What're the requirements for RSTS/E 10.1? I think I managed to fit it in 40M very carefully in simh once 40 MB of disk? That s almost an RM03 worth of space. 10.1 certainly wants more than older releases, but that sounds like plenty. Come to think of it, my PRO has less than that. As for memory, I think 124 kW (max memory on 18 bit machines) is required. paul

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OS X (lack of) tape support, was Re: [HECnet] tape image manipulations...

by b4＠gewt.net

Sent from mobile device that advertises itself for no good reason On 16 Feb 2014, at 23:00, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: On 02/16/2014 10:54 PM, John Wilson wrote: Apple suddenly and arbitrarily removed the tape drivers from OS X years ago. That was one reason why I dumped OS X. They unilaterally decided that I didn't need tape support, and I don't like being told how to conduct my business. Does it have any kind of raw SCSI interface, like /dev/sg* on Linux? It'd be easy to work around the lack of real tape drivers if so ... I think maybe it did not, but it's been awhile since I messed with OS X. It's gotten awful internally. Keep staying away. I am...intimately acquainted with its internals. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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RSTS/E tapes, was Re: [HECnet] two dumb RSX questions

by pontus＠Update.UU.SE

On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 04:19:16AM +0100, Peter Lothberg wrote: In Croatia we put 1GE simple fiber SFP in to the houses. Could be upgraded to 10G when prices come down. No pon, no nothing strange... We will hopefully start putting down fiber here in "rural" sweden in a year or so. It will be a group of (not so technical) locals doing the planning and negotiations with ISPs. Any tips or gotchas I need to know about? /P

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two dumb RSX questions

by roll＠Stupi.SE

DECnet fels|k.. Jag (n{r ja vaknar) fixar till en Frebsd burk p} lanet med routern och Krylbo, s} kan du testa med din brygga direkt hemifr}n dig om du har lust. Dagens radio |vning prata med en muppe i Mariefred. Det tog mig 38 min att bygga ihop ensam... -) Konton, ett guest//guest som inte funkar vi Internet kanske Om du inte vill kopiera med NFT kan jag g|ra band av filer, eller n}tt.. P} band fronten. "buffer programmet" har ingen inverkan p} DLT tapen. 4MM tape vill den av n}n anledning inte leka med. S} det blir DLT p} alla burkarna, $10 p} Wierd_stuff kan man ju leva med. DLT spolar hit och dit, men det funkar.. (Skall ta och konsolidera med en tape/disk CMD kontroller..) -P

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VMS Pak termination date ignored

by mholmes10＠hotmail.com

I noticed something weird last night. My multinet Pak expired and I had to get a new PAK online. I had to get my VMS hobbyist checksum to get my new multinet oak. While getting it, I noticed that my Hobbyist pak termination date had already passed but both alphas were booting up fine and not giving me the "expired license" notice like before. Has anyone else seen this behavior ?

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OS X (lack of) tape support, was Re: [HECnet] tape image manipulations...

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On 02/16/2014 10:54 PM, John Wilson wrote: Apple suddenly and arbitrarily removed the tape drivers from OS X years ago. That was one reason why I dumped OS X. They unilaterally decided that I didn't need tape support, and I don't like being told how to conduct my business. Does it have any kind of raw SCSI interface, like /dev/sg* on Linux? It'd be easy to work around the lack of real tape drivers if so ... I think maybe it did not, but it's been awhile since I messed with OS X. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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OS X (lack of) tape support, was Re: [HECnet] tape image manipulations...

by wilson＠dbit.com

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> Apple suddenly and arbitrarily removed the tape drivers from OS X years ago. That was one reason why I dumped OS X. They unilaterally decided that I didn't need tape support, and I don't like being told how to conduct my business. Does it have any kind of raw SCSI interface, like /dev/sg* on Linux? It'd be easy to work around the lack of real tape drivers if so ... John Wilson D Bit

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two dumb RSX questions

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2014-02-17 03:04, Peter Lothberg wrote: Are you giving guest access and/or offering accounts? Sure.. I'll talk to my sys$admin:..... (it needs a guest account) :-) Just tell me what you want done... And do you have Fortran? :) It's a basic RSX with DECnet, I'll install anything that anyone can offer for layared products.. I can probably install most of everything you want on that machine. Just give me some time... And while on this subject, I wanna buikd a RSTS/E system to, tapes of stuff, anyone? Seems like several people have the answer. 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

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