Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> writes:
>All,
>
>For those who did not attend VCF East you missed a great time! On
>Saturday, the keynote speaker was none other than Brian Kernighan. You
>really missed a treat - right Dave!
>
>Next year, I plan to bring even more stuff (not nearly as much as Dave
>did) but more than this year. Dave's island of equipment included the
>following:
>
>PDP-8
>PDP-11/34
>PDP-11/44
>DECserver-200
>multiple terminals
>I'm sure I have forgotten something...
>
>I added:
>
>VAXstation 4000/60
>DEChub-90 backplane with a DECserver-90TL and a 16-port DEChub
>VT320
>a gateway (actually bridge) machine to connect to HECnet only the link
>was pathetic
>
>Brian (aka VAXman) added:
>
>VAXstation 4000/30 (aka VLC)
>
>In addition to the "island" Dave had other "exhibits" that I will defer
>to Dave for discussion.
>
>Next year we NEED more stuff! This is the official challenge to anyone
>on the East coast. We want to see many more of you. If is is DEC it is
>needed.
>
>I would also like to personally add my thanks to Dave and Brian for
>making this such a treat. Dave is nuts (in a good way) and very
>generous. Brian was there for me when my brain could not content with
>the sheer volume of noise - helping me to configure the DECservers and
>dealing with my fat fingering the keyboard and the license management
>facility (LMF). For a while we were Frick and Frack but we managed to
>get it together. Thanks guys!
'Twas great to meet you Steve.
Dave has often spoken of creating an uber-cluster at VCF East. Let's do it!
As for me, I reside about 12 miles away, so it's no issue for me to get to
InfoAge. In the later '80s and early '90s, I provided VMS support at Camp
Evans when the Army was still in active occupation of the site.
I would love to see a huge DEC presence at VCF next year; especially, VMS
kit. I also, albeit Alpha and Itanium are not vintage in the mindset of
those running VCF, would love to demonstrate the seamless integration of
VMScluster across the different architectures. But, regardless, I would
very much contribute DEC kit for next year's VCF.
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Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> writes:
>On 04/24/2015 09:35 AM, Steve Davidson wrote:
>> I think we could get away with adding Alpha circa 92' - after all it was STILL DEC at that point.
>
> The way to get away with it would be to show real relevance. I don't
>consider Alphas to be "vintage" in the least, but showing full
>interoperability between related machines that evolved along a family
>line going back more than thirty years is, in my view, a highl relevant
>exhibit.
>
> Further, keep in mind that a lot of this is marketing. It's marketing
>for the museum, and for our "hobby" (using the term very loosely). An
>exhibit as massive as the one we've got in mind will deeply impress a
>lot of people.
... and it may deeply depress the local power grid. ;)
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Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> writes:
>
>
>On 04/23/2015 09:34 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> On 2015-04-24 03:21, Sampsa Laine wrote:
>>> On 24 Apr 2015, at 02:17, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> VAXstation 4000/60
>>>> DEChub-90 backplane with a DECserver-90TL and a 16-port DEChub
>>>> VT320
>>>> a gateway (actually bridge) machine to connect to HECnet only the
>>>> link was pathetic
>>>
>>>
>>> Next year let me know, I've got a bridge sitting on a gigabit pipe
>>> doing nothing.
>>
>> I don't think that will help, unless that pipe happens to have one end
>> somewhere on the US east coast I suspect...
>>
>> Update itself sits on even more bandwidth. Not helping either...
>>
>> Johnny
>>
>The issues were local to the VCF East site. Everyone had issues with
>it. Dave is working this one for next year. The other end is my site
>with plenty of bandwidth and even more coming. It will be a 100 megs
>down / 40 megs up shortly.
I have other passions outside of computing too. One is music. For more
than a decade, I've been hosting the Aural Moon Progressive Rock internet
radio site and doing many/most of the technical efforts to keep it going.
My title there is: Janitorial Services and Restroom Supplies; as I keep
it all neat and tidy, and free of the script kiddies and forum SPAMmers.
Anyway, a Philadelphia FM DJ has a show which Aural Moon rebroadcasts on
Saturday evenings and replays on Tuesday. He has also, as an Aural Moon
exclusive, done live concert feeds. For this, I've contacted the local
cable internet providers and have had cable internet drops installed for
the duration of these events -- typically, weekends. With a little bit
of preparation, I've had sufficient bandwidth via these carriers for the
up-feed to Aural Moon. The installation and fee for the last three-day
event's internet was less then $100!!! I have a 4U portable rack with a
Cisco router, APC UPS and sundry other bits I've needed for doing remote
site live gigs. Think about it!
I don't know who is providing internet to InfoAge but I've found it to
be slow and unreliable; at least, the wireless on the campus seems to
be.
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Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> writes:
>AGENA:: (19.11) is part of the STARS:: cluster. All of the nodes have
>the names of stars. Ask Dave (or Brian) what the message from
>SYLOGIN.COM said... :-)
:)
Star and Starlet; I know it well. ;)
FYI, I used to have a Sheltie. Her registered name was Starlet-dot.MLB.
We called her Starlet for short.
>The DECserver-90TL was brought up by Brian and myself. The
>DECserver-200 was brought up by Dave and myself after Dave was able to
>do a hardware reset on the unit. Prior to that it was VERY confused.
>We spent a great deal of time trying to get files off the USB stick, in
>fact much more time than anything else. The ISL configuration was easy
>(as usual with DEC). The DECserver-90TL came right up - no issues.
>Everything was loaded from AGENA::. Brian's machine was a "hot" backup
>should we have needed it. The beauty of the 90TL was not only LAT but
>telnet. Unfortunately we did not have time to make use of it.
>
>Also... I did manage to get our wireless link up long enough for both
>Dave and I to VMS/Phone Fred Coffee in Ohio. The MACbook did the best
>job holding the link. Far better than the Linux or Windows system could
>manage. Next year it will be a dedicated NetBSD platform just like what
>I use in my DEClab to support the bridge. I would like to experiment
>with using LAT just like we do today between my network and the rest of
>the backbone. If the link is robust enough then MOM/MOP might also be a
>possibility. Imagine... DECservers be loaded "remotely"!
I'll just bring a DEChub-900 and DECserver-90Ms for you next year. Also,
some DECswitch-90FE for 100MB connects to the 900 hub.
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Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> writes:
>I think we could get away with adding Alpha circa 92' - after all it was STI=
>LL DEC at that point.=20
I have an ES45 in a short rack with 32GB 4-way interleaved memory, 4 CPUs
and it's configured as a Galaxy (2 instances) which is a way cool thing to
demo. However, the ES is tagged with Compaq.
I do have several DEC "tagged" Alphas.
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"Hans Vlems" <hvlems at zonnet.nl> writes:
>Brian,
>
>do you know whether it is possible to configure a 2-instance galaxy
>on an Alpha Server 1200 (or possibly a DS20E)?
>That is the only hardware with more than 1 cpu that have.
>Hans
I had a 1200 (as the d|i|g|i|t|a|l Ultimate Workstation); it died. I have
2 dual CPU DS20Es (and one single CPU DE20E). I've not looked into setting
up a Galaxy on ANY dual CPU setup. It seems kind of pointless. You would,
more likely than not, have the best chance on the DS20E if it's supported.
Give it a try; it couldn't hurt.
>
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Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> writes:
>I will be bringing a packet probe and possibly the entire STARS:: cluster.
DECprobe, DECagent, DECbridge, etc., I got them too.
>In addition I am thinking of bringing a LATprint DEChub module.
I never bothered with those. Serial printing can be configured on any LAT
capable terminal server.
>All I will need are a couple or serial printers.
I've got a beautiful LA120 but I figured that would be nice for a console.
I do have a DEC LetterPrinter LA-210 with both options of friction feeder
and tractor feeder. I used to use it to print carbonless invoice forms.
I have a DEC LNCO2 which, if I can get some consumable for it, would be a
nice laser printer to demo. It printed gorgeous 2400DPI color. I put it
on mothballs when Hopelessly Pathetic decided their printers were better
and stopped supporting the old DEC laser printers.
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Jordi Guillaumes i Pons <jg at jordi.guillaumes.name> writes:
>Hello,
>
>My connect (formely DECUS) membership has expired, and when I try to =
>renew it I have seen the =E2=80=9Cguest=E2=80=9D membership option (the =
>free one is gone). Is there any other organization whose members are =
>elegible to obtain PAKS under the Hobbyist program?
Sign up for an account on DECUServe. eisner.decus.org
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Hello,
My connect (formely DECUS) membership has expired, and when I try to renew it I have seen the ?guest? membership option (the free one is gone). Is there any other organization whose members are elegible to obtain PAKS under the Hobbyist program?
Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> writes:
>Hello!
>Okay. Go here:
>http://hackaday.com/2015/04/23/vcf-east-x-the-mega-mix/ it gives an
>excellent coda on the past weekend.
>
>In fact the photo shows the both of you there. And of course the
>photographer, who I met there last year, of course, forgot the most
>important part of that scene in front of it. Me. It also caught the
>group working at its best.
Hey Steve, your better side! :P That photo cuts off most of my ponytail.
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