5 May
2021
5 May
'21
2:45 a.m.
On 2021-05-05 02:03, Paul Koning wrote:
Area 1 is sortof a bit special but it's perfectly legal.
But for some things, area 1 is treated different, at least in RSX. But
it's mostly cosmetic.
If I remember right, with area 1 you don't have to give the area. It
will default to it. So you can basically act the same as with phase III
networks. If you just give a node number (and it's below 256), you end
up with the identical syntax and handling for both phases. Which means a
lot of scripts and stuff didn't have to be changed if you upgraded from
phase III to phase IV with RSX. Assuming you then used area 1 after the
upgrade.
Johnny
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On May 4, 2021, at 6:15 PM, Thomas DeBellis
<tommytimesharing at gmail.com> wrote:
I fixed a few things in SETNOD to get some more information about the error. In
particular,
? Allow listing of AREA 1 (this was specifically disallowed, I don't know why)
I wonder if someone thought that Phase 4 areas should not be numbered 1. It may be that
DEC didn't use area 1 for its internal network, I no longer remember. But certainly
area 1 is entirely legal and should not be considered a special case.