28 Apr
2015
28 Apr
'15
1:02 a.m.
On 2015-04-28 00:48, Mark Matlock wrote:
Dave,
If you are using the RSX11M+ V4.6 distribution tape, there is a copy of F77 (V5.4 I
think) on it already. Look in [246,246]. Also, that tape has DECnet on it as well that
works fine with Johnny's TCP/IP software.
Cool. Did the person setting that up also include the layered product
patches that are included with RSX?
Unfortunately, the DECnet on that tape is for non
routing nodes, so that complicates direct connection to HECnet. I have not found a RSX11M+
V4.6 routing DECNet distribution.
It don't really complicate any connection to HECnet. You do not need a
routing node for that, and unless you have some very specific needs,
routing nodes just means it requires way more CPU and memory usage.
You are right on BP2 V2.7 being corrupted. The
V2.5 is good though. On the PDP-11 the latest one is corrupt but the earliest one is ok.
V2.7 have some improvements that would be really nice to have, such as
split I/D space capability...
I have been trying to repair the tape on trailing edge, but there is a
big library file in there which is just way complicated to figure out...
Johnny
Mark
> On Apr 27, 2015, at 3:22 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
>
> On 04/27/2015 06:04 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>> Uh-oh...That "HDR1" business looks like part of an ANSI tape
label,
>>> not a filename. What do you think?
>>
>> Definitely a corrupted tape.
>
> Yup...After testing several other images from the trailing-edge
> archive, I'm finding the same sort of mess. I knew the BP2 v2.7 image
> was trashed, but it looks like quite a few others are as well. The
> f77_v5_4.tpc one is corrupt too.
>
> What a mess.
>
> Thanks for your help in diagnosing this.
>
> At least some earlier releases are intact, but do you know if any of
> those newer ones have been archived intact anywhere? Do you have them?
>
> -Dave
>
> --
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
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