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by system＠TMESIS.COM

Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> writes: >Since I have some spare time on my hands, I've decided to create a .HLP = >file that describes service / nodes on HECnet. > >If you want an entry, basically just email me some text to = >sampsa at mac.com and I'll compile a HECNET help library out of the = >entries. > >So if you're offering some cool service, guest accounts, allow = >registration of user accounts, are running on unusual hardware (I know = >there's a couple of TOPS-20 systems out there, I really want to learn = >that OS) then let me know. > >I'll release a new .HLP file (over both FAL and HTTP) along with = >instructions on how to import it into your system's HELP library = >whenever there's new material or material is changed / removed.. > >See the text below for an example, but please start your numbering at = >heading level 2: > >--- SNIP (lines beginning with a number are like <h#> tags in HTML) = >------ > >1 HILANT > > # # # # ## # # ##### > # # # # # # ## # # > ###### # # # # # # # # > # # # # ###### # # # # > # # # # # # # ## # > # # # ###### # # # # # > > Welcome to the HILANT VAX Cluster, part of the SAMPSACOM, .FI section. > >2 Accounts > >No guest accounts at the moment, but if you log in as ACCTREQ >you can apply for a full one. > >For the more active accounts you can interact with, look in >Active Accounts here or KAHUNA$:[INFO]ACCOUNTS.TXT > >3 Active Accounts > >List of quite active accounts on HILANT:: >----------------------------------------- > >SAMPSA Sampsa Laine, owner, admin >DAVIDSON Steve Davidson, co-conspirator, admin > > > >2 Mail > >Mail can be sent to HECnet users directly using the <NODE>::<USER> >syntax I'm sure you are all familiar with. > >To send mail to the internet, route it via the CHIMPYMAIL gateway, >using this syntax: > > CHIMPY::smtp%"joe.user at example.com" > >Please note that some providers (notably Apple and Hotmail/Windows Live) >do not accept this as a valid address. Gmail does however. > >Your inbound address is: > > KUHAVX::<username>@chimpymail.com > >For information on how to forward your mail, see the Forwarding >subsection. > >See KAHUNA$:[INFO]ACCOUNTS.TXT for the most active accounts, usually >admins who can help you. Write it using RUNOFF (.RNH) or DOCUMENT and convert that into the .HLP. It will give you better formatting and it makes it easier, should you have need to edit the help text, to reformat it. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.

9 years, 2 months

Running the RSX-11 MAIL-11 client on VAX VMS with the RSX emulation installed

by sampsa＠mac.com

Guys, Is it possible to run the RSX-11 MAIL client on a VAX that has the RSX compatibility module installed? Will it work alongside the normal VMS MAIL client? I'm asking because frankly the mail client on MIM is much nicer to use than the standard VMS mail client.. Sampsa

9 years, 2 months

Installing DECnet netkit to RSX-11M Plus 4.6

by md.benson＠gmail.com

I have built and SYSGEN'd a fresh system in a SimH instance of RSX-11M Plus 4.6 and am trying to install DECnet and NETGEN it. I am struggling with the tape image I have though. I have the 'decnet11mp46-netkit.tap' image from bitsavers. I have mounted it but when I try to copy the PREGEN.CMD file (following Matt Burke's guide here http://9track.net/pdp11/decnet4_netgen) it says it's not there. I am unfortunately not well enough voiced in RSX-11M to probe further from here to find out what's going on. Anyone got any clues or ideas? -- Mark @ DECtec.info twitter.com/DECtecInfo

9 years, 2 months

Connectivity via BT Infinity

by md.benson＠gmail.com

Hi, Is anyone else running a HECnet connection using Johnny's bridge and a BT Infinity line? I don't seem to be able to get any traffic to flow to Johnny. Anyone else hosting a bridge that would be willing to add me and see if we can figure out what's what? -- Mark @ DECtec.info twitter.com/DECtecInfo

9 years, 2 months

SG1:: will be offline tomorrow

by steve＠davidson.net

SG1:: will be offline tomorrow while the WAN circuit is being upgraded to fibre. The static IP address may change as well. If it does I will send another email. Tomorrow's upgrade will be to 50Mb/20Mb with 100Mb/40Mb possible in the near future. Not bad for a rural area! -Steve Sent from my iPhone

9 years, 2 months

Announcing TCP/IP for RSX-11M-PLUS

by bqt＠softjar.se

I'm happy to announce a new release of TCP/IP for RSX-11M-PLUS. Since I'm broadening the scope of the announcement slightly, a more complete list of features is included, and not just what changed since last. For anyone who is currently running TCP/IP for RSX, I strongly encourage you to update to this latest version. Several improvements have gone in in the last couple of weeks. Most important change is that there now is telnet support, both client and server side. The TCP/IP for RSX that I've written is sometimes referred to as BQTCP/IP, just to make clear that it is a different product than Process Software's TCPWARE, or JSA's TCP/IP. BQTCP/IP is a rather feature rich TCP/IP implementation, which also comes with libraries for various high level languages. The API is not compatible, even at the source level, with Unix, but on the other hand, if people write some code, they will see that it is a very easy API to work with. The reasons for the incompatibilities are several, including both resource concerns and differences between how RSX works and Unix like operating systems. BQTCP/IP has tried to comply with all relevant RFCs, but I'm sure there are corners where it does not do things right. It also does not demand much resources. It do require RSX-11M-PLUS with split I/D space, and it has only been tested properly on RSX-11M-PLUS V4.6. It should work on any version 4 release of RSX-11M-PLUS, but there might be a couple of tweaks or fixes needed. BQTCP/IP is distributed in binary form, so very little compilation is required to get it up and running. However, pretty much all utilities do come with sources. The actual TCP/IP stack sources are not included. I do not have a good setup for distributing them in a sane way, and it has had a low priority on my list of things to do. But I do not mind distributing the sources as a general principle. All that said, BQTCP/IP current supports the following protocols: o Ethernet and loopback interfaces. o ARP. BQTCP/IP can use Ethernet in co-existance with DECnet, or standalone using the provided Unibus ethernet device driver. o IP. The largest IP packets supported are approximately 8KB. o ICMP. o UDP. The largest UDP packets supported are approximately 8KB. o TCP. The window is approximately 8KB in size, and TCP do manage out of order packets in an efficient way. BQTCP/IP supports the following applications: o DHCP. DHCP can be used to configure interface addresses, network masks, default gateways, DNS servers and NTP servers dynamically. o NTP. NTP can be used to set the local time. o TELNET. The TELNET server hooks in to the standard TT: terminal driver, and the number of terminals to create is configurable. The TELNET client can be used to connect to other systems. o FTP. The FTP server can serve all kind of files to other RSX systems, and can serve text and binary files to any system. The FTP client can retrieve RSX format files from RSX servers, and text, binary and block format files from any system. o TFTP. The TFTP server and client can be used for simpler file transfer operations. o RWHOD. RWHOD is a program that reports current users and uptime from RSX, for other systems to collect. o IRC. IRC is a program to communicate with other users around the world. o IRCBOT. IRCBOT is a small example robot program connecting to IRC and performing a service for IRC users. o PCL. PCL is a protocol for printing, used by HP (and other) printers over a network. The PCL implementation in BQTCP/IP appears as a print symbiont, which you can create a printer queue for. o WWW. WWW (or World Wide Web) is a service that can present hypertext information to clients. The WWW server in BQTCP/IP also supports CGI, which makes it possible to create dynamic content. o DNS. BQTCP/IP have DNS implemented as an ACP, that anyone can query to get translations between IP addresses and domain names. It also supports different users using different name servers, or private translations. o SINK. A standard TCP service. o ECHO. A standard TCP service. o DAYTIME. A standard TCP service. o QUOTD. A standard TCP service. o IDENTD. A standard TCP service. BQTCP/IP also have automatic IP spoof detection and prevention. Additional tools are IFCONFIG, PING, TRACEROUTE, NETSTAT as well as two new pages for RMD. High level language libraries exists for BASIC+2, PDP-11 C and FORTRAN-77. I'm sure I have forgotten a thing or three, but that's a fairly comprehensive list. The documentation is a weak point, but there is hopefully enough documentation to get people running, and I am happy to answer any questions, or give support if needed. BQTCP/IP is already running on the internet, and have been for a while. People who are curious to check it out can ether look at http://madame.update.uu.se/, or telnet to telnet://madame.update.uu.se and login as user GUEST with password GUEST, or use ftp against ftp://madame.update.uu.se. Anonymous ftp account exist. As usual, the distribution is available from: ftp://madame.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk ftp://madame.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk The .tap file is an RSX virtual tape. It is only possible to download and use if you are using FTP from anther RSX system and fetch the file. The .dsk files are virtual RL02 images that are useful both from within RSX as well as through emulators. The documentation is also available through ftp on Madame, or also at http://madame.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc Johnny

9 years, 2 months

VAXstation 4000/60 parameter RAM?

by system＠TMESIS.COM

Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> writes: > > >On 28/08/2015 14:42, Hans Vlems wrote: >> Yup, that's what my memory thought it was. I've learned to mistrust my = >own memory s=E2=80=8Eubsystem somewhat.... >> Anyway, SETTIME set to 1 makes VMS behave like standalone backup: it as= >ks for the date and (optionally) time. >> Hans > >OpenVMS 7.3 appears to save the time when you shut it down and resume=20 >from that time when you boot it up. When I started mine it was still on=20 >August 2014. Like a fool I set the time correctly (and invalidated all=20 >my licenses). > >I just booted it up again and it thinks it's 8:49pm last night. Which is=20 >when I shut it down yesterday. You could always edit SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.COM and put: $ SET TIME="17-NOV-1858" in it! Your PAKs will not be expired! :) -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.

9 years, 2 months

VAXstation 4000/60 parameter RAM?

by md.benson＠gmail.com

Hi, I fired my VAXstation 4000 Model 60 up after a while dormant and it keeps asking me for a language in the SRM prompt after the self-test. I know it asked for it previously but I don't remember it needing it more than once, particularly between power switch cycles. Is there an issue here, maybe a dead battery I need to look at somewhere or something else? -- Mark @ DECtec.info twitter.com/DECtecInfo

9 years, 2 months

VAXstation 4000/60 parameter RAM?

by system＠TMESIS.COM

Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> writes: > > >On 27/08/2015 22:58, Hans Vlems wrote: >> I didn't bother with the replacement units. It's far cheaper to write d= >own the boot parameters > >In my case that's pretty easy, just Language 4 and hit the interrupt=20 >switch and boot DKA0, so it's no sweat really :) > >and set the Sysgen variable that forces vms to ask for the date and time. > >Do you have the details of that variable? TIMEPROMPTWAIT I believe that is is correct. If not, drill down in SYSGEN help. $ MCR SYSGEN HELP PARAMETER TIMEPROMPTWAIT VMS will continue to prompt you for time if the TOY is non-functional. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.

9 years, 2 months

Hi...

by md.benson＠gmail.com

Well, after a long absence due to life being what life is sometimes, I'm now in my own apartment with my own Broadband line. Alas I'm still on a dynamic IP. I wondered if anyone had made any progress with allowing us wandering souls to connect to HECnet. I aim to renew my VMS Hobbyist licenses (hopefully that still works? Did it move to VMSsoftware or is HP still doing it?) and get my VAXstation up and running as well as a couple of RPi's running an older VAX sim with VMS and PDP-11 sim RSX-11M Plus. I may also dabble in using Tru64 on my Alpha, if I can dig out some bigger disks for it. Hoping I can get back into DEC as it's about the only esoteric hardware I have left these days! Thanks, -- Mark @ DECtec.info twitter.com/DECtecInfo

9 years, 2 months

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