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by sampsa＠mac.com

Could you register KETURA as 8.195. It's an rx2600 running OpenVMS 8.4, based in Houston, TX. sampsa

10 years, 4 months

Tru64 5.1B Media

by md.benson＠gmail.com

Hi It seems a casualty of my big sortout/move of house is I've lost my Tru64 5.1B-2 install CD. I had a full HP media kit but the OS CD is missing, I either lent it to someone or lost it. Does anyone have one up their sleeve I could grab an ISO from? I have a PAK kit for it, but no install CD! Thanks, -- Mark @ DECtec.info twitter.com/DECtecInfo

10 years, 4 months

HECnet .HLP library for OpenVMS

by system＠TMESIS.COM

Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> writes: >The original idea is that it's basically the same format as a VMS help = >file but we'll use some markup to make it more generic, then export VMS = >HELP files, Wiki markup etc. > >YAML will work fine for this. > >If we keep over-engineerin this thing I doubt anything will ever be = >built.. > >I vote we use YAML and agree on the tags we use to structure the text. There's a YAML to VMS .HLP converter? -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.

10 years, 4 months

HECnet .HLP library for OpenVMS

by Mark＠infocomm.com

On Sep 8, 2015 7:57 AM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote: > > > On 8 Sep 2015, at 15:52, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I need a DATATRIEVE expert... any volunteers? :) > > > > Aside from that, MediaWiki might be the best idea for storage (even if > > I'm not that keen on it) as it's easy to host and the front-end is > > relatively platform agnostic. > > > > My idea was to keep the "sources" in VMS HLP format and write some scripts to convert them to whatever we need (including MediaWiki markup that I then automatically upload). > > This way people can access the information through various sources (Plain text files over FAL, MediaWiki, VMS HELP, JSON for further processing etc). > > Basically you describe the output format to me and I write the scripts to produce them - the source file is copied across HECnet to CHIMPY which produces the various outputs, updates the Wiki and possibly even notifies interested parties of updates made. > > Sound like a plan? The generic idea sounds good, but maybe the base file format should have more info/structure than the simple VMS help input form. Given a simple formatting structure, emitting the VMS help and the other formats should be readily achieved. I'm looking at reworking the internal help structure of simh with the goal of potentially emitting several different formats. - Mark

10 years, 4 months

New Node

by md.benson＠gmail.com

Just thought I'd add my newest node: BARTLD (6.3) Running RSX-11M Plus 4.6 via SimH PDP-11/73 -- Mark @ DECtec.info twitter.com/DECtecInfo

10 years, 4 months

HECnet .HLP library for OpenVMS

by sampsa＠mac.com

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. --- SNIP ---

10 years, 4 months

SOLAR:: is back up again..

by sampsa＠mac.com

I've unpacked all the freeware + DECUSLIB and SDL CDs etc I can find and put it on an emulated Alphaserver called SOLAR::. If you prefer HTTP access (which is faster than FAL), go to http://solar.sampsa.com sampsa

10 years, 4 months

HECnet .HLP library for OpenVMS

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.

10 years, 4 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

10 years, 4 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

10 years, 5 months

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