DECnet (NCP) has a TRIGGER command that sends a special MOP message to a remote
machine, and that s supposed to force the machine to do a hard reset and the reboot,
presumably via DECnet. It s for machines that are located in remote locations where
there s no operator around to conveniently flip the RESTART toggle.
The problem is that it doesn t seem like there are many PDP-11 or VAX communications
interfaces that actually implement this. The DMR and DMC appear to, but as far as I can
find those are the only ones. In particular there don t appear to be any QBUS
interfaces that can do it. Have I missed any? Has anybody ever done this? What
interface did you use? Thanks,
Bob
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