Sampsa,
You were interested in HECnet<----->BITNET stuff, right? I stumbled upon some BITNET NJE stuff that seems to know about VMS.
mylie:njesrc-960322 b4$ cat nmr_vms.c
/* NMR.C V2.7-mea
| Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 by
| The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Computation Center.
|
| This software is distributed under a license from the Hebrew University
| of Jerusalem. It may be copied only under the terms listed in the license
| agreement. This copyright message should never be changed or removed.
| This software is gievn without any warranty, and the Hebrew University
| of Jerusalem assumes no responsibility for any damage that might be caused
| by use or misuse of this software.
| VMS environment specific versions of some routines.
/*
| Loop over all users in the system.
| Look for those that are interactive users.
| from those either list all of them (if UserName points to Null), or look
| for a specific username (if UserName points to some string).
| If a list of users is requested, we try to block 6 usernames in a single
| line.
*/
static struct itmlist { /* To retrive information from $GETJPI */
If I can get this to work with more point-to-point links, I might be able to get hobbyist IBM mainframe stuff linked to HECnet through the aide of BITNET NJE and UNIX/VMS.
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On Tue, 19 Nov 2013, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote:
Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> writes:
Hello,
Is it normal for a MicroVAX II to drop out of a cluster and then reboot
when the console is disconnected?
I am using a USB<--->serial adapter...when I unplug it from USB the
machine reboots itself and leaves the cluster. (This wouldn't be too bad
if the battery that stores its settings hadn't died over a decade ago)
Anyone else have this problem?
You are making the console think it's seeing a <BREAK> being typed.
How are your switches set on the console bulkhead?
Break-enable switch is set. I'll toggle that unless the bulkhead is still touchy when I get back.
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Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> writes:
Hello,
Is it normal for a MicroVAX II to drop out of a cluster and then reboot
when the console is disconnected?
I am using a USB<--->serial adapter...when I unplug it from USB the
machine reboots itself and leaves the cluster. (This wouldn't be too bad
if the battery that stores its settings hadn't died over a decade ago)
Anyone else have this problem?
You are making the console think it's seeing a <BREAK> being typed.
How are your switches set on the console bulkhead?
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Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.
Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> writes:
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013, G. wrote:
%SYSBOOT-E-Unable to locate file PKCDRIVER.EXE
For some (strange) reason your MicroVAX ROM decided not to output the above
two messages but to consider every byte as an error message number, and to
output the corresponding error message identification.
Could be that the install was done on a MicroVAX 3100 and I tried to boot
it in a VAXstation 4000/60.
THat should make no difference. If it's a SCSI drive that can be read and
written by both systems, it should work with one caveat -- the VMS version
on the disk much be able to support the vintage of the VAX upon which the
boot is performed. Check this chart for minimum VMS suport for particular
VMS supported systems.
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/hw_supportchart.html
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On Tue, 19 Nov 2013, Mark Wickens wrote:
Hi Cory
I've seen this behaviour from various VAXen including later 4000 models. I now
have everything connected to a DECserver 90M with reverse-LAT so, from the
computers point of view, there is always a console cable connected.
I don't have a spare terminal server to toss at it so I'm trying to think
of my options. I suppose I could just flip the "disable break" switch."
I suspect what is happening is that the computer is treating the cable
disconnect as a 'break' which then will drop it to the console prompt.
That makes sense. I can test that tomorrow by flipping the "break enable"
switch. Don't feel like heading downstairs to boot the MVII right now.
I do want to eventually swap the KA630 for a KA650/KA655/KA660 though.
Regards, Mark.
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On 19/11/2013 05:46, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Hello,
Is it normal for a MicroVAX II to drop out of a cluster and then reboot
when the console is disconnected?
I am using a USB<--->serial adapter...when I unplug it from USB the
machine reboots itself and leaves the cluster. (This wouldn't be too bad
if the battery that stores its settings hadn't died over a decade ago)
Anyone else have this problem?
Hi Cory
I've seen this behaviour from various VAXen including later 4000 models. I now have everything connected to a DECserver 90M with reverse-LAT so, from the computers point of view, there is always a console cable connected.
I suspect what is happening is that the computer is treating the cable disconnect as a 'break' which then will drop it to the console prompt.
Regards, Mark.
Hello,
Is it normal for a MicroVAX II to drop out of a cluster and then reboot
when the console is disconnected?
I am using a USB<--->serial adapter...when I unplug it from USB the
machine reboots itself and leaves the cluster. (This wouldn't be too bad
if the battery that stores its settings hadn't died over a decade ago)
Anyone else have this problem?
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http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
Would anybody have a VAXBI transition header that they could spare? I need a second one to install a KDB50 in my 8350. This is the little plastic connector that screws onto the BI backplane and allows ribbon cables to be connected.
The KDB50 actually needs two transition headers (it has two boards). One has the SDI cables attached that one I actually have, believe it or not, but then there s also a second header needed for the second board. This second one just has four headers that connect to four tiny ribbon cables that connect to the header for the first board.
I d guess that this second header is the same as the ones used on the DMB32 and other BI options, but I can t say for sure.
If anybody can spare one, the 8350 will love you forever J
Thanks,
Bob Armstrong
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013, G. wrote:
%SYSBOOT-E-Unable to locate file PKCDRIVER.EXE
For some (strange) reason your MicroVAX ROM decided not to output the above
two messages but to consider every byte as an error message number, and to
output the corresponding error message identification.
Could be that the install was done on a MicroVAX 3100 and I tried to boot
it in a VAXstation 4000/60.
If cleaning the memory boards works, I can tell you for sure in a day or
two...gotta wait for them to appropriately dry.
(They were toast anyway...battery seems to have corroded them somehow to
get them stuck in a loop.)
Maybe that disk is not a bootable one and/or contains a corrupted volume which
has fouled some MicroVAX ROM routine. So it's very likely that those two error
messages are not relevant or correct, and most of all they cannot be trusted.
I figured as much. There is a dka700:[sys0] on the disk.
HTH,
G.
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On Tue, 19 Nov 2013, Steve Davidson wrote:
Boot a known good VMS disk.
Show device dk and see what comes back.
If that succeeds, then try a mount/over=id of this disk.
If that succeeds, then analyze/disk/read.
If that succeeds, then analyze/disk/read/repair.
Mounting it succeeded. It seems it was just a user data disk.
Unfortunately, what I assume to be the OS drive from the 3100 has failed.
:(
-Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE
[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Cory Smelosky
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 22:11
To: hecnet at update.uu.se
Subject: [HECnet] Weird boot error
Evening all,
I picked up an old MicroVAX 3100 with soem an RZ24 and soem
RZ23s...I am currently trying to see what is on them. I
tried to boot from one and got
this:
b dka700
-DKA700
?0D NO MSG
?0A CHM FR ISTK
?25 LTL
?53 NO MSG
?59 NO MSG
?53 NO MSG
?42 NOSUCHFILE
?4F SCBINT
?4F SCBINT
?54 RETRY
?2D AMB SYM
?57 DEVCMDERR
?2D AMB SYM
?53 NO MSG
?79 NO MSG
?73 NO MSG
?74 NO MSG
?65 NO MSG
?6D NO MSG
?20 TOY ERR
?52 NOSUCHNODE
?4F SCBINT
?4D DEVOFFLINE
?20 TOY ERR
?76 NO MSG
?65 NO MSG
?72 NO MSG
?73 NO MSG
?69 NO MSG
?6F NO MSG
?6E NO MSG
?20 TOY ERR
?6C NO MSG
?65 NO MSG
?73 NO MSG
?73 NO MSG
?20 TOY ERR
?74 NO MSG
?68 NO MSG
?61 NO MSG
?6E NO MSG
?20 TOY ERR
?6D NO MSG
?69 NO MSG
?6E NO MSG
?69 NO MSG
?6D NO MSG
?75 NO MSG
?6D NO MSG
?20 TOY ERR
?72 NO MSG
?65 NO MSG
?71 NO MSG
?75 NO MSG
?69 NO MSG
?72 NO MSG
?65 NO MSG
?64 NO MSG
?20 TOY ERR
?66 NO MSG
?6F NO MSG
?72 NO MSG
?20 TOY ERR
?56 DUPIDENT
?4D DEVOFFLINE
?53 NO MSG
?0D NO MSG
?0A CHM FR ISTK
?25 LTL
?53 NO MSG
?59 NO MSG
?53 NO MSG
?42 NOSUCHFILE
?4F SCBINT
?4F SCBINT
?54 RETRY
?2D AMB SYM
?45 BADFILEHDR
?2D AMB SYM
?55 NOWRT
?6E NO MSG
?61 NO MSG
?62 NO MSG
?6C NO MSG
?65 NO MSG
?20 TOY ERR
?74 NO MSG
?6F NO MSG
?20 TOY ERR
?6C NO MSG
?6F NO MSG
?63 NO MSG
?61 NO MSG
?74 NO MSG
?65 NO MSG
?20 TOY ERR
?66 NO MSG
?69 NO MSG
?6C NO MSG
?65 NO MSG
?20 TOY ERR
?50 SCB2NDINT
?4B CTRLERR
?43 FILESTRUCT
?44 BADCHKSUM
?52 NOSUCHNODE
?49 BADFILENAME
?56 DUPIDENT
?45 BADFILEHDR
?52 NOSUCHNODE
?2E CHKSM
?45 BADFILEHDR
?58 ILLIOFUNC
?45 BADFILEHDR
I don't know whether or not to assume it's a corrupted
FIELS-11 volume, one without system files, or a bad disk.
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