Hi.
On 2023-03-12 04:22, Mike Shields wrote:
Hello all - long time member of the list, and about
time for me to get a
machine connected. I have a PiDP-11 running RSX-11M-PLUS 4.6 and
BQTCP/IP. It's emulated, but is up 24/7 and I'm interested in allowing
guest logins or other remote use of the machine. (Even if only to keep
those sweet blinkenlights moving around in more interesting patterns
than the idle loop!)
I'm in Northern Virginia, USA and see that there are two areas in my
neighborhood, 59 and 31.
Who would I reach out to regarding connection to either area?
Also - I'm no RSX-11m wizard (still learning), so I'd be interested in
any pointers to the incantations necessary to forge the Multinet
connection from RSX-11M-PLUS (if this is indeed the recommended approach).
Thanks all - looking forward to getting packets flowing.
Well, basically, you start by talking to me, and we figure out who to
loop in to get you connected. As you have RSX all setup, it's obviously
fairly easy to just use that as you connection system.
With Virginia, I guess Supratim Sanyal or Peter Lothberg are your two
options, indeed. So one of them looped in, assigning some addresses for
you, and setting up their end of a Multinet link.
Then you configure your machine with the right DECnet address, and the
Multinet link with the right parameters, and you should be up and running.
See also
http://mim.stupi.net/hecnet.htm just in case you haven't seen it.
Johnny
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