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Anyone got TOPS-20 / Ultrix with DECNET SIMH image ready to run?

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2013-06-11 21:16, Clem Cole wrote: C heck out "the Unix Heritage Society": http://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl to see what was "released" to the world. My memory is that DEC only released a very early version of Ultrix. I don't think DEC did release any parts of Ultrix for free, but I might be wrong. Ultrix-11 is covered by the ancient Unix license though, apart from the DEC specific bits and pieces. The last release of Ultrix was something like 4.6 (I'll have the check my notes, but I'm traveling) - and on PMAX and VAX. V4.5 was the last. Over the course of time, Ultrix ran on: PDP-11 models with a MMU both with and without separated I/D space, most of not all of the Vaxen (except for the 9000 I believe), and MIPS 2K,3K,4K systems that Digital made. Actually, if I remember right, the 9000 is supported by Ultrix. However, the 7000/10000 systems are not. But I might also be remembering things wrong. Johnny Historical note: the original Alpha HW was brought up running Ultrix, but that was never a product ;-) Later version of Ultrix will run best on PMAX's made with a MIPS 4400 - which was the last "new" processor that Ultrix supported. On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Joe Ferraro <jferraro at gmail.com <mailto:jferraro at gmail.com>> wrote: Admittedly, posting without quick research, apologies... Where does one come by Ultrix sources these days, is it hobbyist licensable (or "abandonware"), and what hardware is needed? Joe On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com <mailto:sampsa at mac.com>> wrote: I'm going for Ultrix for now - I'm a total TOPS-20 noob, would need a lot of hand-holding to get the thing to run I fear... sampsa <sampsa at mac.com <mailto:sampsa at mac.com>> mobile +961 788 10537 <tel:%2B961%20788%2010537> On 11 Jun 2013, at 11:36, Robert Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com <mailto:robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> [mailto:owner- <mailto:owner-> >> hecnet at Update.UU.SE <mailto:hecnet at Update.UU.SE>] On Behalf Of Jordi Guillaumes i Pons >> Sent: 11 June 2013 09:13 >> To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE <mailto:hecnet at Update.UU.SE> >> Cc: Sampsa Laine >> Subject: Re: [HECnet] Anyone got TOPS-20 / Ultrix with DECNET SIMH image >> ready to run? >> >> Al 11/06/13 10:05, En/na Sampsa Laine ha escrit: >>> Got some spare cycles/RAM on one of my boxes, would be fun to run >> TOPS-20 or Ultrix with DECNET? >>> >>> Anyone got a working image / HOWTO on getting this going? >> For TOPS-20, you can enable DECNET in the panda distribution with not too >> much effort. I tried to explain how to do it here: >> >> http://ancientbits.blogspot.com.es/2013/05/ten-over-pi.html >> >> The main problem is the network setup. You will have to work in shared >> mode and it can wreck the host machine NIC. > > Aren't we mixing up a couple of things here? > > The Panda distribution, as far as I know, runs on the KL, which SIMH does > not emulate. SIMH emulates the KS and right now you can't run DECnet on the > KS. There is work being done now to bring the KMC/DUP emulation to SIMH to > allow DECnet to run on the KS. You should contact the SIMH mailing list for > status on this. > > Regards > > Rob >

12 years, 7 months

Couple of Unix/DECnet questions

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2013-06-12 16:42, Clem Cole wrote: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>> wrote: ust run a sed command such as "s/^def/set/" and you have what you need as well. But using awk has higher geek creds. Funny, considering that I use awk way more often than sed... :-) Then again, I don't think any one solved the Tower of Hanoi in Awk, but it was done in a sed script. ;-) Hmm. Doing it in awk seems like it should be pretty easy. Doing it in sed, however... Ugh! Johnny

12 years, 7 months

Couple of Unix/DECnet questions

by clemc＠ccc.com

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote: ust run a sed command such as "s/^def/set/" and you have what you need as well. But using awk has higher geek creds. Then again, I don't think any one solved the Tower of Hanoi in Awk, but it was done in a sed script. ;-) Clem

12 years, 7 months

Couple of Unix/DECnet questions

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2013-06-12 15:46, Jordi Guillaumes i Pons wrote: Al 11/06/13 23:20, En/na Tony Blews ha escrit: Hi all, I've got a couple of questions concerning Linux and Ultrix and DECnet. So, in rough order... 1) Is there an easy way to copy the node list into the /etc/decnet.conf filewithout a lot faffing about and making the file up manually?* * *I us*e an awk script to convert the output of a LIST KNOWN NODES to SET NODE commands (to feed the SETNOD utility): /^Remote node/ { nodnaml = length($5); nodnam = substr($5, 2, nodnaml-2); printf("SET NODE %s NAME %s\n", $4, nodnam); } You could grab fix.cmd from mim, and just run a sed command such as "s/^def/set/" and you have what you need as well. Or fix.com, if that amuses you more. Or grab nodenames.txt, and create what you need from there. Those files are always up to date... It should be quite easy to generate the decnet/linux nodetable instead. Indeed. Johnny

12 years, 7 months

Couple of Unix/DECnet questions

by sampsa＠mac.com

Can anyone provide pointers on how to (re)configure DECNET on Ultrix? I've got a working SIMH image with it installed and licensed, just wrong node data (courtesy of Cory) sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +961 788 10537 On 11 Jun 2013, at 23:20, Tony Blews <tonyblews at gmail.com> wrote: Hi all, I've got a couple of questions concerning Linux and Ultrix and DECnet. So, in rough order... 1) Is there an easy way to copy the node list into the /etc/decnet.conf file without a lot faffing about and making the file up manually? 2) How can I get DECnet back into the Raspbian kernel without recompiling the whole thing? I haven't recompiled a Linux kernel for about 16 years, so I pretty much have so idea what I'm doing. 3) (Ok, three is not a couple, except in certain *special* circumstances) Has anyone managed to get DECnet working with Ultrix 4.0 and SimH? Where can I get some licenses from? 4) (Proving that I really can't count) Is HECnet broke at the moment? Tony.

12 years, 7 months

Couple of Unix/DECnet questions

by jg＠jordi.guillaumes.name

Al 11/06/13 23:20, En/na Tony Blews ha escrit: Hi all, I've got a couple of questions concerning Linux and Ultrix and DECnet. So, in rough order... 1) Is there an easy way to copy the node list into the /etc/decnet.conf file without a lot faffing about and making the file up manually? I use an awk script to convert the output of a LIST KNOWN NODES to SET NODE commands (to feed the SETNOD utility): /^Remote node/ { nodnaml = length($5); nodnam = substr($5, 2, nodnaml-2); printf("SET NODE %s NAME %s\n", $4, nodnam); } It should be quite easy to generate the decnet/linux nodetable instead. 2) How can I get DECnet back into the Raspbian kernel without recompiling the whole thing? I haven't recompiled a Linux kernel for about 16 years, so I pretty much have so idea what I'm doing. AFAIK you can't. So yes, you have to rebuild the kernel. And its painful (it used to be easier). On the other hand, I'm not sure it is worth to do it. Routing is severily broken, and endnode is not really so useful. 4) (Proving that I really can't count) Is HECnet broke at the moment? It seems there have been power issues with Johnny's site, but other than that it is working for me.

12 years, 7 months

Bridge down?

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2013-06-12 12:04, Sampsa Laine wrote: I can't seem to reach psilo, I could yesterday - something wrong? There was a power outage last night, which caused some follow up issues today. Things are now back to running order... Johnny

12 years, 7 months

Anyone got TOPS-20 / Ultrix with DECNET SIMH image ready to run?

by jferraro＠gmail.com

Ok, point taken... I will be careful with my wording in the future... but *source* may indeed prove useful. On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: On 06/11/2013 09:45 AM, Joe Ferraro wrote: > Admittedly, posting without quick research, apologies... > > Where does one come by Ultrix sources these days, is it hobbyist > licensable (or "abandonware"), and what hardware is needed? Ultrix *sources*? I don't know about the licensing, but I do have some Ultrix source code. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

12 years, 7 months

Bridge down?

by sampsa＠mac.com

I can't seem to reach psilo, I could yesterday - something wrong? sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +961 788 10537

12 years, 7 months

Couple of Unix/DECnet questions

by tonyblews＠gmail.com

Hi all, I've got a couple of questions concerning Linux and Ultrix and DECnet. So, in rough order... 1) Is there an easy way to copy the node list into the /etc/decnet.conf file without a lot faffing about and making the file up manually? 2) How can I get DECnet back into the Raspbian kernel without recompiling the whole thing? I haven't recompiled a Linux kernel for about 16 years, so I pretty much have so idea what I'm doing. 3) (Ok, three is not a couple, except in certain *special* circumstances) Has anyone managed to get DECnet working with Ultrix 4.0 and SimH? Where can I get some licenses from? 4) (Proving that I really can't count) Is HECnet broke at the moment? Tony.

12 years, 7 months

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