17 Jul
2025
17 Jul
'25
11:46 a.m.
Tony...
On 2025-07-17 08:04, Tony Nicholson wrote:
Michael,
I “upgraded” to phase IV DECnet on all my HECnet machines - to be
consistent across each of the VAX/Alpha/x86 OpenVMS and PDP-11
operating systems (and I can use my 40-plus years of burnt-in NCP
command memory to manipulate the configurations).
Thanks for the clarification. I was looking at a machine or two you were
running and didn't see any Phase V, but I wasn't sure. :-)
Wiz (aka David Moylan) wiz(a)djm.net.au
<mailto:wiz@djm.net.au> is the
person you should
contact regarding joining HECnet area 35 in Australia. He can allocate
node numbers and Johnny Billquist co-ordinates the node name
registrations.
Oh, right. I didn't think properly in my initial response. I just saw
that you were in area 35 and didn't think to check who actually owned
it. So right, David Moyland or Tim Sneddon are the two areas in Australia.
I suggest you use pydecnet as your DECnet protocol
router as it can
manage the IP tunnels into HECnet. I run it and a few SIMH instances
on a Raspberry Pi 3B, whilst my x86_64 OpenVMS runs under virtualbox
on my Mac mini.
I think that would be the smarter option, yes. But it would require
spinning up PyDECnet on something.
And to answer Michaels other question - no PyDECnet do not speak Phase V
as far as I can remember.
Johnny
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