18 Nov
2021
18 Nov
'21
8:14 p.m.
That will probably not realized any time soon.
First, all simh sync interfaces speak inherently Decnet (Dmc/Dmr and Kdp/Dup); a simple
character based sync line is not yet implemented but needed? Yes!.
Second DN200 Rje like DN20/200 Decnet is not like Anf10 but Rsx11S based and it will
not(yet) run; debugging is difficult because there almost no source code available to
prevent reverse engineering. At the moment, luckily, it already crashes in the Init code
and I have the sources for Rsx-11M 3.1 which is the family member of the used Rsx-11S. But
there may be more being wrong before we get it running.
So far my glazy eyes only see the prompt:
DECnet-20 V3.0
Reindert
From: Peter Lothberg [mailto:roll at stupi.com]
Sent: Thursday, 18 November, 2021 17:16
To: bob <bob at jfcl.com>
Cc: Supratim Sanyal <supratim at riseup.net>; R. Voorhorst <R.Voorhorst at
swabhawat.com>
Subject: Re: [HECnet] ANF10 network --> Kdp/Dup --> recipe for 8 Dups
The red QZ sticker on MRC's 2020 (YIPYIP) I put there.. I have a picture of Nadja
from LCM,
but can't rememeber where.
I will look at the DN200 code. I also looked at doing "ANF-NAT".
-P
_____
From: "bob" <bob at jfcl.com <mailto:bob at jfcl.com> >
To: "Supratim Sanyal" <supratim at riseup.net <mailto:supratim at
riseup.net> >, "Peter Lothberg" <roll at stupi.com <mailto:roll at
stupi.com> >
Cc: "R. Voorhorst" <R.Voorhorst at swabhawat.com <mailto:R.Voorhorst at
swabhawat.com> >
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2021 11:03:38 AM
Subject: RE: [HECnet] ANF10 network --> Kdp/Dup --> recipe for 8 Dups
What?s the user name and password for the guest account? GUEST and GUEST??
And somehow it seems like [666,666] would be a more appropriate PPN.
Like Peter said, all these machines, even TWONKY, are really just clones of VENTI. Same
TOPS10, same hardware configuration, same installed utilities, languages, etc. Until
somebody starts actually doing something with them to make them unique, there isn?t any
point in logging in anywhere else.
I?m going to fire up a VAX (a real VAX, that is!) and see if I can read some of my old
TOPS10 nine track tapes today. Don?t know how well they?ve survived over the last 40
years or so.
BTW, is anybody interested in fooling with Reindert?s PDP11 RJE setup? That?d be
something different?
I stood next to MRC?s 2020, complete with all the stickers, at the LCM. Didn?t think to
take my picture with it though..
Bob