[HECnet] Re: DECnet kit for RT-11

Marty and Megan are the same person. Marty and I used to go dumpster diving at "The Mill" for spare parts. I built my office PDP-11/23+ from many of those parts with Marty's help. Marty became Megan just as I was leaving the RT-11 group (circa July 86). The XC handler was done at the same time (give or take) as XU and XQ. It is done with a prefix file (.INCLUDE) of the common source for X?. I will have to boot up my Pro to say for sure. It did ship in the V5.x timeframe with the Pro kit. DECnet/RT-11 shipped on 6 RX50's. I have only been able to find the last 6. I have been cleaning up my basement trying to find the others. I can't imagine how the kit got separated - but it did somehow and so I keep looking. I have been looking for it for some time. The basement is large and I still have a ways to go. I have to warn you... the kit is LARGE and the memory footprint is nothing short of UGLY! You do get to tune it a bit but it's still UGLY! -Steve Marty or Megan? Last time I asked Megan about it, she thought she had a kit, but it was where she couldn't get to it. I know that feeling I'm only just starting to get access to much of my hardware that has been unaccessible for the past decade. I've been trying to get a kit for a decade or more. :-( In that time I've been able to learn almost nothing about it. The existence of an XC handler is news to me. Zane At 3:37 PM -0400 6/6/10, Steve Davidson wrote: Zane, I have been able to find only half the kit. It is installed on my Pro however. DEC only made the one kit - the Pro was never included or excluded to my knowledge. When I joined the RT-11 group DECnet on RT-11 was cancelled within a week of my start date. I had hoped to work on that project, but that never came to be. The XC "handler" (driver) is the 10M interface on the Pro. It was written by Marty Gentry just before DECnet's cancellation. -Steve Do you have the DECnet kit for RT-11, or is this a version specific to the Pro-380? Zane At 7:41 PM -0400 6/4/10, Steve Davidson wrote: I have an ULTRIX kit, but no license. I also have Digital UNIX but again no license. I do not have DECnet for either - sorry. I am working on getting a PRO-380 (RT-11) w/DECnet to talk to HECnet. The DECNA has died a horrible death but the com port may be a possibility. -Steve -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |