I've been busy (as usual) with writing stuff for RSX. And been a bit
annoyed at not having a nice mail gateway between TCP/IP and DECnet. So
I've written one for RSX, which is now live.
This is still very new and not so very tested code, so I really
appreciate any error reports, feature requests, thought, or just stress
tests... :-)
So, without making it any more complicated:
To send mail from anywhere on the Internet to a host on HECnet:
<node>::<user>@Mim.Update.UU.SE
To send mail from a node on HECnet to Internet:
MIM::<user>@<host>
Of course, as usual, PMR addressing works on the DECnet side. Also, this
mail gateway can also deal with local mail on Mim, in case anyone
wonders. And it does *not* relay mail on the Internet.
I've done a cut of BQTCP as well, with this mailer included. But I'm not
officially making a release yet. That is what the next week or so of
testing is leading me up to, though. :-)
And if people try to get this up and working let me know, as the
documentation might still be a bit cryptic as well.
And in case anyone wonder - yes, it does use MX records on the TCP/IP
side. Also, Mim is behind a firewall, so for most people, SMTP access
directly to Mim does not work. However, Mim also have an MX record
pointing to an intermediate machine which then relays the messages on to
Mim, but this introduces about a 10s delay in mails sent from the
Internet to HECnet.
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
Hi,
I regret I have lost the email announcing the internet email to VMS mail
gateway and would appreciate if someone could forward me those details
one more time.
Thank you in advance,
Supratim
I accidentally managed to disconnect and connect the power connector to
a TK70 while powered on. Now it seems like the TQK70 no longer wants to
talk to the TK70.
Does anyone recognize this, and have any suggestions on fixing it?
The CPU can talk to the TQK70, and it seems to also be functioning
correctly.
However, the TK70 itself seems to be running through self-tests, and
then blinks all LEDs indicating that something is wrong.
I've tried looking at the board, but cannot see anything burned, and I
cannot see any fuses either...
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
Hi, sorry to ask about something not decnet/hecnet related here, but I'm
out of ideas.
Does anyone have a webserver that will compile and run properly under
Ultrix 4.0 or 4.5? Everything I've tried has failed.
Cheers for any help,
Tony.
Hey all,
My VMS disk died ages ago and I needed to reinstall (thankfully, the
disk is dying again but more slowly)...and in that mess I lost my VAX
NOTES install. :(
Where can I grab a copy of VAX NOTES? I do not recall where I grabbed
it last time.
--
Cory Smelosky
b4 at gewt.net
Hi,
I have just become the proud owner of a DECmate II (in original
packaging no less :-). I had hoped to do something fun with it, but
unfortunately at the moment is is loaded with WPS. So, I was hoping to
load OS/278 onto it. Unfortunately, I don't have anything that I can
use to write the floppy images to.
So, after Googling around I came across something called a KryoFlux:
https://www.kryoflux.com/?page=home
They don't specifically say that the support RX50, but I did find a
couple posts on their forum suggesting that maybe it could be done.
Before I go off and buy one of these (and a 5.25 floppy drive, although
not from them...) I was wondering if anyone out there had used this
before? Maybe a different solution?
Alternatively, if there is someone out there who could help copy the
OS/278 binary and source images to RX50, I would be really appreciative.
I'm more than happy to pay my way and provide the disks.
Anyway, thanks in advance.
Regards, Tim.
Hi,
Just a somewhat late heads up. Due to some electric work in the building
that houses our server room all services at Update will be down
tomorrow, thursday June 29, from 15:30 to (probably) around 18:30 CEST.
/Jesper
Time for a new release announcement of TCP/IP for RSX-11M-PLUS.
This release contains a lot of fixes and improvements in many areas. I
really encourage people to upgrade, as some of these changes can have a
noticeable impact on performance, and in some cases, stability.
Highlights:
A new name resolver is provided, with better functionality, and better
stability.
A mail daemon is provided, which can handle mail both on TCP/IP, DECnet
and local.
Detailed information on things that have been done since the last release:
TCP:
- Improved handling of TCP FIN packets.
- Improved TCP probe handling, including a bug fix where sequence
numbers in packets could become wrong when probing.
- Improved handling of repeated ACK messages in TCP, which cause
immediate retransmits.
- Added TCP slow start algorithm () had not though I would need this,
but it turned out that under some circumstances, it really helps).
- Added handling of ICMP source quench messages.
- Added ability to set specific timeouts on individual receives from TCP.
- Changed handling in TCP for daemons, so that both queue depth and
actual running copies are checked to adhere to the limits set for
daemons. This makes TCP daemons properly manage potential DOS attacks.
- Bugfixes in TCP. If task activation failed for some reason, resources
were not cleared up properly.
FTP:
- Improved handling in FTP for existing files, which can now be chosen
to be superseded or not.
- Improved FTP MPUT command to not abort on errors.
FTPD:
- Improved FTP daemon Unix-style directory listings.
HTTP:
- Improved error handling in HTTP daemon.
- Improved logging in HTTP daemon.
- Added handling of Accept-field in HTTP requests.
- Added handling of options spanning multiple lines in HTTP.
- Removed binary log file in HTTP daemon.
TELNETD:
- Bugfix in TELNET daemon. Under some circumstances, TELNETD could stop
transmitting data.
NTPDATE:
- Improved handling of no responses in NTP client.
DECnet-over-IP:
- Improved DECnet-over-IP links to get better performance.
IRC:
- Added handling of various text attributes in IRC.
Name resolver:
- New name resolver, with improved functionality, better error handling,
and the ability to abort outstanding requests. Name resolved can now
also resolve other type of queries, such as MX records.
MAILD:
- Added MAILD
Libraries:
- Bugfixes in PDP-11C inet library. Some definitions were wrong.
- Updated quad-time functions with new functionality (affects both
MACRO-11 and all high level languages).
As usual, the distribution is available from:
ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk
ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap
ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk
The documentation is also available through ftp on Mim, or also at
http://mim.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc
The firewall for Mim have now been removed, so no need for the alternate
ports, but Mim is still listening to the alternate ports as well.
ftp: 10021
telnet: 10023
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
Most of you have heard of the Large Scale Systems Museum, a public
museum in the Pittsburgh area that is focused on minicomputers,
mainframes, and supercomputers. LSSM has been closed for renovations
and expansion for the past several months; we've added nearly a
thousand square feet of new exhibit space and many new exhibits.
On May 6th, there will be a large block party (actually, several
blocks) here in town, called "New Kensington Better Block", with
street vendors and other standard block party fare. LSSM will be
participating in that event with our post-renovation reopening; we
will be open to the public all day with docents on duty. Many of our
systems will be running and demonstrated throughout the day.
In even bigger news, LSSM is pleased to announce the opening of a
brand new wing, the Large Scale Integration Museum, or LSIM. As the
name suggests, the LSIM wing is dedicated to computer systems based on
Large Scale Integration CPUs, from the earliest four-bit 4004
processors through the desktop computer revolution of the 1970s and
1980s. Thanks to a partnership with Pennsylvania-based nonprofit
organization Tristate Technology Museum Consortium, and a generous
donation from the private collection of Corey Little and C/PMuseum,
LSIM will add more than one hundred new exhibits in four thousand
square feet of newly-renovated space located in the same building as
the recently-expanded Large Scale Systems Museum.
Everyone is welcome. LSSM is located at 924 4th Avenue, New
Kensington, PA 15068. For more information, directions, or hotel
recommendations, contact the LSSM via email at info at lssmuseum.org or
on Facebook (search for "Large Scale Systems Museum"). You can also
see some photos of our facilities on the Facebook page.
Please feel free to forward this message to anyone whom you think
might be interested.
Thanks,
-Dave McGuire
President/Curator, LSSM
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Sorry to bother you kind folks, but do you know how to get hold of the
password for the hobbyvax account on ftp.usa.hp.com ?
Or has it gone away?
It has been a long time since I last used it and failed to keep a local
copy of the isos I needed (C and Basic mainly)
Cheers for any help,
Tony Blews.
