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Connecting to HECnet from DEC Legacy 19-20 Oct

by sampsa＠mac.com

If that's the case, my Macbook Pro 13" is turning into a portable VAX :) sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932 On 23 Sep 2013, at 08:41, Jordi Guillaumes i Pons <jg at jordi.guillaumes.name> wrote: El 23/09/2013, a les 8:38, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> va escriure: And the VAX emu does graphics? I'm not at home now so I can't check it for sure; the microVAX II does it for sure, and IIRC the 3900 does it too.

12 years, 1 month

Connecting to HECnet from DEC Legacy 19-20 Oct

by jg＠jordi.guillaumes.name

El 23/09/2013, a les 8:38, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> va escriure: And the VAX emu does graphics? I'm not at home now so I can't check it for sure; the microVAX II does it for sure, and IIRC the 3900 does it too.

12 years, 1 month

Hooking up TOPS-20 to HECnet?

by sampsa＠mac.com

Will that run in SIMH? Or do I need some other emulator? sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932 On 23 Sep 2013, at 08:38, Jordi Guillaumes i Pons <jg at jordi.guillaumes.name> wrote: El 23/09/2013, a les 5:59, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> va escriure: What software do I need to get another one going? Any ideas? The panda distribution contains everything you need.

12 years, 1 month

Hooking up TOPS-20 to HECnet?

by jg＠jordi.guillaumes.name

El 23/09/2013, a les 5:59, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> va escriure: What software do I need to get another one going? Any ideas? The panda distribution contains everything you need.

12 years, 1 month

Connecting to HECnet from DEC Legacy 19-20 Oct

by sampsa＠mac.com

And the VAX emu does graphics? sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932 On 23 Sep 2013, at 08:36, Jordi Guillaumes i Pons <jg at jordi.guillaumes.name> wrote: El 23/09/2013, a les 4:04, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> va escriure: I'm building one the moment SIMH v4 comes out :) The one in the dev repository works quite well. The only problem I found when I tried it is related to non-US keyboards, and I have not yet tried to fix it via configuration. sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932 On 23 Sep 2013, at 04:03, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: I'd use that in a cafe' in a heartbeat. -Dave On 09/22/2013 10:02 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote: That would be pretty nifty - build a laptop that runs Linux, starts SIMH from init and runs with graphics. A VaxBook if you will. sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932 On 23 Sep 2013, at 04:00, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: On 09/22/2013 09:43 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote: Speaking of SIMH v4, I came across this in github: Add sim_video and VAX QVSS (VCB01) Monochrome Video Board from Matt Burke Does this mean we'll get a graphical version of SIMH VAX? That has been in the works for some time. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

12 years, 1 month

Connecting to HECnet from DEC Legacy 19-20 Oct

by jg＠jordi.guillaumes.name

El 23/09/2013, a les 4:04, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> va escriure: I'm building one the moment SIMH v4 comes out :) The one in the dev repository works quite well. The only problem I found when I tried it is related to non-US keyboards, and I have not yet tried to fix it via configuration. sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932 On 23 Sep 2013, at 04:03, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: I'd use that in a cafe' in a heartbeat. -Dave On 09/22/2013 10:02 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote: That would be pretty nifty - build a laptop that runs Linux, starts SIMH from init and runs with graphics. A VaxBook if you will. sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932 On 23 Sep 2013, at 04:00, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: On 09/22/2013 09:43 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote: Speaking of SIMH v4, I came across this in github: Add sim_video and VAX QVSS (VCB01) Monochrome Video Board from Matt Burke Does this mean we'll get a graphical version of SIMH VAX? That has been in the works for some time. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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LAUNCH pad on CHIMPY::

by sampsa＠mac.com

Does anybody wish to have their system listed in CHIMPY's LAUNCH captive account - it gets a moderate amount of traffic. Currently listed systems are: 1. B4BBS - Yesterday's Technology Today 2. WOPR:: - Games and VAX BBS goodness 3. MIM: - The RSX-11 based home of HECnet 4. vert.synchro.net - Vertrauen BBS 5. EISNER - DECUSERVE's Public Access System 6. MANSON - Part of the Deathrow Cluster 7. BUBBLE:: 8. TIGER:: 9. RetroChallenge BBS 10. Pyffle BBS HQ 11. HILANT:: VAX Cluster 12. TWENEX - awesome TOPS-20 system 13. B4/S390 - MBSE BBS runnning on a z/Series MAINFRAME. Check it out! sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932

12 years, 1 month

Hooking up TOPS-20 to HECnet?

by gregg.drwho8＠gmail.com

Hello! Johnny, I'm not doubting you. Really! I only related that scene in the book, freely translated of course. Sampsa please go and do so, when you have the time. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote: I don't get it. There is nothing easier to work on than a TOPS-20 system. As to the question of the OP - of course you can. .ncp tell sol sho exec cha Node characteristics as of 23-SEP-13 05:56:20 Executor node = 59.10 (SOL) Identification = SC40M, Stupi Stockholm, Tops20, Management version = 4.0.0 Loop count = 1, Loop length = 127 Loop with = Mixed, Incoming timer = 30 Outgoing timer = 60, NSP version = 4.0.0 Maximum links = 65535, Delay factor = 48 Delay weight = 10 Inactivity timer = 120, Retransmit factor = 10 Routing version = 2.0.0, Type = Routing IV Routing timer = 600 Broadcast routing timer = 40, Maximum address = 1023 Maximum circuits = 20 Maximum cost = 100 Maximum hops = 16, Maximum visits = 20 Maximum broadcast endnodes = 64 Maximum broadcast routers = 32 Maximum buffers = 80, Buffer size = 576 Segment buffer size = 576 . Johnny On 2013-09-23 05:52, Gregg Levine wrote: Hello! Interesting. And I wonder why. There's a scene in the book "Cuckoo's Egg" where the fink having broken into the US sponsored network again landing in UCB finds himself 3000 miles away and in Cambridge and trying to figure out a TOPS-20 running system. I can't recall what specie of system it was that was still there then, but when Cliff contacted the school to report it, the individual told him not to worry about it, there wasn't much on it, and it was (GASP!) going to be thrown away in a few months. It might have been an ordinary PDP-10 as it happens. The fink was easily confounded by BSD, and knew enough VMS to confuse even Cliff, but the way the TOPS-20 system worked completely baffled him. I certainly hope the system went to a good home..... ------ Interestingly enough one of the people on the SIMH list who I know well enough told me that when he got started in computers most of the sites mentioned in the book were still available. ----- And Dave? That's not your fault. But leaving enough active and running systems available for a family of Yeti is. They've been throwing all sorts of things at China for the past three days. Cory as well. They've already worn out your primary router and worse...... Your cats let them in, especially when they saw that they brought friends, a family of snow leopards. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote: I'm really starting to like this OS, and wondered if it's possible to attach it to DECNET Phase IV? The docs weren't exactly clear. sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932 -- 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

12 years, 1 month

Hooking up TOPS-20 to HECnet?

by sampsa＠mac.com

I think I found v7 and a decnet stack on the SIMH site. Will prob run it in SIMH as I don't own a -20.. sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932 On 23 Sep 2013, at 06:05, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote: On 2013-09-23 05:59, Sampsa Laine wrote: Yeah I saw that SOL is a TOPS-20 node. What software do I need to get another one going? Any ideas? TOPS-20. Atleast 6.1, but better with 7.0... And I think DECnet is on a separate tape. I think that pre 6.0, it was only phase III. And of course, the right hardware to go with it (or the right emulator). Johnny sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932 On 23 Sep 2013, at 05:57, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote: I don't get it. There is nothing easier to work on than a TOPS-20 system. As to the question of the OP - of course you can. .ncp tell sol sho exec cha Node characteristics as of 23-SEP-13 05:56:20 Executor node = 59.10 (SOL) Identification = SC40M, Stupi Stockholm, Tops20, Management version = 4.0.0 Loop count = 1, Loop length = 127 Loop with = Mixed, Incoming timer = 30 Outgoing timer = 60, NSP version = 4.0.0 Maximum links = 65535, Delay factor = 48 Delay weight = 10 Inactivity timer = 120, Retransmit factor = 10 Routing version = 2.0.0, Type = Routing IV Routing timer = 600 Broadcast routing timer = 40, Maximum address = 1023 Maximum circuits = 20 Maximum cost = 100 Maximum hops = 16, Maximum visits = 20 Maximum broadcast endnodes = 64 Maximum broadcast routers = 32 Maximum buffers = 80, Buffer size = 576 Segment buffer size = 576 . Johnny On 2013-09-23 05:52, Gregg Levine wrote: Hello! Interesting. And I wonder why. There's a scene in the book "Cuckoo's Egg" where the fink having broken into the US sponsored network again landing in UCB finds himself 3000 miles away and in Cambridge and trying to figure out a TOPS-20 running system. I can't recall what specie of system it was that was still there then, but when Cliff contacted the school to report it, the individual told him not to worry about it, there wasn't much on it, and it was (GASP!) going to be thrown away in a few months. It might have been an ordinary PDP-10 as it happens. The fink was easily confounded by BSD, and knew enough VMS to confuse even Cliff, but the way the TOPS-20 system worked completely baffled him. I certainly hope the system went to a good home..... ------ Interestingly enough one of the people on the SIMH list who I know well enough told me that when he got started in computers most of the sites mentioned in the book were still available. ----- And Dave? That's not your fault. But leaving enough active and running systems available for a family of Yeti is. They've been throwing all sorts of things at China for the past three days. Cory as well. They've already worn out your primary router and worse...... Your cats let them in, especially when they saw that they brought friends, a family of snow leopards. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote: I'm really starting to like this OS, and wondered if it's possible to attach it to DECNET Phase IV? The docs weren't exactly clear. sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932 -- 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 -- 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

12 years, 1 month

Hooking up TOPS-20 to HECnet?

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2013-09-23 05:59, Sampsa Laine wrote: Yeah I saw that SOL is a TOPS-20 node. What software do I need to get another one going? Any ideas? TOPS-20. Atleast 6.1, but better with 7.0... And I think DECnet is on a separate tape. I think that pre 6.0, it was only phase III. And of course, the right hardware to go with it (or the right emulator). Johnny sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932 On 23 Sep 2013, at 05:57, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote: I don't get it. There is nothing easier to work on than a TOPS-20 system. As to the question of the OP - of course you can. .ncp tell sol sho exec cha Node characteristics as of 23-SEP-13 05:56:20 Executor node = 59.10 (SOL) Identification = SC40M, Stupi Stockholm, Tops20, Management version = 4.0.0 Loop count = 1, Loop length = 127 Loop with = Mixed, Incoming timer = 30 Outgoing timer = 60, NSP version = 4.0.0 Maximum links = 65535, Delay factor = 48 Delay weight = 10 Inactivity timer = 120, Retransmit factor = 10 Routing version = 2.0.0, Type = Routing IV Routing timer = 600 Broadcast routing timer = 40, Maximum address = 1023 Maximum circuits = 20 Maximum cost = 100 Maximum hops = 16, Maximum visits = 20 Maximum broadcast endnodes = 64 Maximum broadcast routers = 32 Maximum buffers = 80, Buffer size = 576 Segment buffer size = 576 . Johnny On 2013-09-23 05:52, Gregg Levine wrote: Hello! Interesting. And I wonder why. There's a scene in the book "Cuckoo's Egg" where the fink having broken into the US sponsored network again landing in UCB finds himself 3000 miles away and in Cambridge and trying to figure out a TOPS-20 running system. I can't recall what specie of system it was that was still there then, but when Cliff contacted the school to report it, the individual told him not to worry about it, there wasn't much on it, and it was (GASP!) going to be thrown away in a few months. It might have been an ordinary PDP-10 as it happens. The fink was easily confounded by BSD, and knew enough VMS to confuse even Cliff, but the way the TOPS-20 system worked completely baffled him. I certainly hope the system went to a good home..... ------ Interestingly enough one of the people on the SIMH list who I know well enough told me that when he got started in computers most of the sites mentioned in the book were still available. ----- And Dave? That's not your fault. But leaving enough active and running systems available for a family of Yeti is. They've been throwing all sorts of things at China for the past three days. Cory as well. They've already worn out your primary router and worse...... Your cats let them in, especially when they saw that they brought friends, a family of snow leopards. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote: I'm really starting to like this OS, and wondered if it's possible to attach it to DECNET Phase IV? The docs weren't exactly clear. sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932 -- 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 -- 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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