[HECnet] VCF East

Hello! Magic word is "Gack!". Now I place you. I asked Dave what was with the name on the Vax, and he confirmed it was yours. I wondered why it was named after a second stage booster back from our years of sending stuff into space, Think of the term, "Atlas-Agena" and you'll get my reasoning. Dave was that the one who finally brought up the terminal server? Oddly enough I have here three Model 90 terminal servers, but they are the L Plus ones. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> wrote: > > On 04/23/2015 09:37 PM, Gregg Levine wrote: >> Hello! >> Holy Mackerel. Steve, I was there, and saw that island of Dec in a >> world of stuff. (Well one of many) . Which of the two were you again? >> I met the fellow who goes by the handle of Vaxman, but I'm guessing >> that you were the other fellow I spoke to who confirmed that >> everything was working after a fashion. >> >> I found the sequence of events concerning the terminal server as >> interesting. In fact as Dave will confirm, the VLC was the one who >> provided the boot sequence for the server. >> >> Dave told me what was going on as shown on the terminal screen I sat >> by, and then I said to one person, that it was complaining that it >> need certain files to do that, and the two PDP-11s were telling to >> "Fribble off! We don't have what you need." And I used an interesting >> term, when I inadvertently used a not-so nice word, and it was "Pardon >> my Andorian." where some of us would use, "Pardon my French.". >> >> I was the one wearing the leather jacket, and a name tag as "Doctor >> John Smith", and that I'd answer to "Doctor Who". >> >> In fact I actually did have fun. >> >> Cory as I said before, you missed a heck of a good time there. >> >> Next year, we'll need to do it again, and I'll spend more time, and >> perhaps contribute something to it. >> ----- >> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com >> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 9:17 PM, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> >> wrote: >>> 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! >>> >>> -Steve >>> >>> > Greg, > > I was the one who went from sleep sitting to sleep standing. No glasses, > short hair (compared to both Dave and Brian). I was working on the VAXen > and Brian was keeping me focused. The images were on a thumb drive but > getting them to the VAX was an exercise to say the least. Once they were on > AGENA:: (19.11) we were able to get MOM/MOP to do its thing. I must confess > that I had to look up on the web no less how to configure ISL because > neither of us could think straight with all the noise. I will be bringing > ear plugs or my noise cancelling headphone next year for sure. :-) > > -Steve