Thanks for the responses... There is no decnet connectivity to the TOPS 20 host... The TOPS-20 host is presently available via IP - 74.143.35.91:1023. In any case, my knowledge of TOPS-20 is slowly growing ex nihilo ... I loaded the tapes from bitsaver.org and believe that I am running the correct monitor... (unfortunately, the docs that I've found don't always correspond to the version of software I've chosen to run). I'm sure there may be a newer DECnet tape out there; however, the latest I could find (at the time) was v4, I believe... in any case, one of my biggest issues is hardware knowledge -- running `netgen` does not seemingly inquire about the [equivalent] NIC... $netgen TOPS-20 Network Configurator for DN20, Version 4A(11) [Type START to begin configuration dialog] NETGEN>start Node name: tx0 Node address: 20.3 ?Not confirmed: "" Node address: 2 Transmit password: <blah> What DTE port number is used for this DN20: 0 ?Value is out of range: "0" What DTE port number is used for this DN20: 1 The total number of DMC11s and DMR11s must not exceed 6 How many DMC11 lines are on this DN20: 1 DMC-0 Cost: 1 How many DMR11 lines are on this DN20: How many KDPs are on this DN20: [Configuration Saved On: PS:<DECNET>TX0.CNF.1] [Generating PS:<DECNET>NMLACC.MAC.1] [OK] [Generating PS:<DECNET>CETAB.MAC.1] [OK] [Generating PS:<DECNET>NETPAR.MAC.1] [OK] [Configuration complete] Type SAVE and FINISH after any additional changes Type EXIT to terminate NETGEN On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:24 AM, <hvlems at zonnet.nl> wrote: Joe, Could you explain how the TOPS-20 system is connected to your network? Your mail indicates the ability to do a SET HOST from WOPR to TOPS20, is that right? If so then there is DECnet connectivity between WOPR and TOPS20. or am I missing something? Hans ------Origineel bericht------ Van: Joe Ferraro Afzender: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE Aan: hecnet at update.uu.se Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: [HECnet] TOPS-20 DECnet Verzonden: 10 januari 2012 03:49 I'll echo the sentiment of not wanting to sound like an AOL user.... With all of the recent, invigorating HECnet discussion, I am curious if anyone has a decent [approachable] resource for getting a TOPS-20 instance on the [HEC] net. I have a non-panda instance up (ARPAnet), and have a version of DECnet [apparently] installed, but no dice with HECnet connectivity. Worse case I guess I may use a captive account of sorts to gateway from WOPR:: to the 20x node via telnet.... but that just seems wrong in principle... Joe