20 Oct
2015
20 Oct
'15
7:08 p.m.
About four months since I last announced anything. There have been
various development since, and I figured I should encourage people who
are using BQTCP/IP for RSX to upgrade to the latest release.
A short list of changes:
TCP:
. Small bugfixes in various states.
. Bugfix in window handling. TCP reception could occasionally accept
data outside of window.
. Added ability to dynamically change transmit and receive buffer size.
. Bugfix. SYN packets could result in lost pool if sockets were closed
with outstanding SYN packets queued.
. Bugfix. If pool is full, system could crash on incoming connections.
FTP:
. Added SUMMARY, PROMPT, MGET and MPUT commands.
. Improved filename parsing and handling for mapping between local and
remote filenames.
. Bugfix. FTP would abort if a long file transfer took place, since the
command channel had a timeout.
. Much improved progress line for file transfers, including ETA and
delta between updates.
FTPD:
. Bugfix. If a file transfer was followed by an immediate close of the
connection, the file could be left in a locked state.
. Expanded time stamp information in directory listings to include seconds.
TELNET:
. Bugfix in telnet options processing.
TELNETD:
. Bugfix in telnet options processing.
IFCONFIG:
. Added commands for setting default and maximum allowed tcp transmit
and receive buffer sizes.
RMD:
. Added information on task page about UDP connections.
TRACERT:
. Added /NUMERIC switch
As usual, the distribution is available from:
ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk
ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap
ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk
The documentation is also available through ftp on Mim, or also at
http://mim.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc
I believe the state of the code is now good enough that I expect there
will be fewer updates to the basic networking drivers in the future. I
plan to find some new protocols to work on next, and also improve some
of the current clients and servers as the need arises.
(On a different note, Madame.Update.UU.SE is now a CNAME for
Mim.Update.UU.SE, making the naming of the machine consistent between
DECnet and TCP/IP, in case someone wonders why the name have changed...)
Johnny
21 Oct
21 Oct
4:48 a.m.
Johnny,
Again thanks for your efforts on BQTCP/IP.!!!
I do have one minor request. Could you supply a compiled task image for PCL?
I've been try to install PDP-11C on my 11/83 but the only .TPC tape that is not
corrupted is V1.1 and although I have installed it on Simh, my 11/83 needs a .tap tape not
.tpc and I have been trying to convert with TPC, but I don't have it done yet.
Thanks and Best Regards,
Mark
On Oct 20, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt
at softjar.se> wrote:
About four months since I last announced anything. There have been various development
since, and I figured I should encourage people who are using BQTCP/IP for RSX to upgrade
to the latest release.
A short list of changes:
TCP:
. Small bugfixes in various states.
. Bugfix in window handling. TCP reception could occasionally accept data outside of
window.
. Added ability to dynamically change transmit and receive buffer size.
. Bugfix. SYN packets could result in lost pool if sockets were closed with outstanding
SYN packets queued.
. Bugfix. If pool is full, system could crash on incoming connections.
FTP:
. Added SUMMARY, PROMPT, MGET and MPUT commands.
. Improved filename parsing and handling for mapping between local and remote filenames.
. Bugfix. FTP would abort if a long file transfer took place, since the command channel
had a timeout.
. Much improved progress line for file transfers, including ETA and delta between
updates.
FTPD:
. Bugfix. If a file transfer was followed by an immediate close of the connection, the
file could be left in a locked state.
. Expanded time stamp information in directory listings to include seconds.
TELNET:
. Bugfix in telnet options processing.
TELNETD:
. Bugfix in telnet options processing.
IFCONFIG:
. Added commands for setting default and maximum allowed tcp transmit and receive buffer
sizes.
RMD:
. Added information on task page about UDP connections.
TRACERT:
. Added /NUMERIC switch
As usual, the distribution is available from:
ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk
ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap
ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk
The documentation is also available through ftp on Mim, or also at
http://mim.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc
I believe the state of the code is now good enough that I expect there will be fewer
updates to the basic networking drivers in the future. I plan to find some new protocols
to work on next, and also improve some of the current clients and servers as the need
arises.
(On a different note, Madame.Update.UU.SE is now a CNAME for Mim.Update.UU.SE, making the
naming of the machine consistent between DECnet and TCP/IP, in case someone wonders why
the name have changed...)
Johnny
3:59 p.m.
Hi, Mark.
Just cut a version where I now include PCL.TSK and PCLRES.TSK. (I have a
bit of misnomer, as the ...RES.TSK files are actually using supervisor
mode libraries. However, the task without RES at the end also use
supervisor mode libraries, but that one only uses libraries that exist
on all systems, so it should be usable by everyone.
PCLRES.TSK, as an example, on the other hand requires both the RMSRES
supervisory library, and the PDP-11 C supervisor mode library installed.
Johnny
On 2015-10-21 04:48, Mark Matlock wrote:
Johnny,
Again thanks for your efforts on BQTCP/IP.!!!
I do have one minor request. Could you supply a compiled task image for PCL?
I've been try to install PDP-11C on my 11/83 but the only .TPC tape that is not
corrupted is V1.1 and although I have installed it on Simh, my 11/83 needs a .tap tape not
.tpc and I have been trying to convert with TPC, but I don't have it done yet.
Thanks and Best Regards,
Mark
> On Oct 20, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>
> About four months since I last announced anything. There have been various
development since, and I figured I should encourage people who are using BQTCP/IP for RSX
to upgrade to the latest release.
>
> A short list of changes:
>
> TCP:
> . Small bugfixes in various states.
> . Bugfix in window handling. TCP reception could occasionally accept data outside of
window.
> . Added ability to dynamically change transmit and receive buffer size.
> . Bugfix. SYN packets could result in lost pool if sockets were closed with
outstanding SYN packets queued.
> . Bugfix. If pool is full, system could crash on incoming connections.
>
> FTP:
> . Added SUMMARY, PROMPT, MGET and MPUT commands.
> . Improved filename parsing and handling for mapping between local and remote
filenames.
> . Bugfix. FTP would abort if a long file transfer took place, since the command
channel had a timeout.
> . Much improved progress line for file transfers, including ETA and delta between
updates.
>
> FTPD:
> . Bugfix. If a file transfer was followed by an immediate close of the connection,
the file could be left in a locked state.
> . Expanded time stamp information in directory listings to include seconds.
>
> TELNET:
> . Bugfix in telnet options processing.
>
> TELNETD:
> . Bugfix in telnet options processing.
>
> IFCONFIG:
> . Added commands for setting default and maximum allowed tcp transmit and receive
buffer sizes.
>
> RMD:
> . Added information on task page about UDP connections.
>
> TRACERT:
> . Added /NUMERIC switch
>
> As usual, the distribution is available from:
> ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk
> ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap
> ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk
>
> The documentation is also available through ftp on Mim, or also at
http://mim.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc
>
> I believe the state of the code is now good enough that I expect there will be fewer
updates to the basic networking drivers in the future. I plan to find some new protocols
to work on next, and also improve some of the current clients and servers as the need
arises.
>
> (On a different note, Madame.Update.UU.SE is now a CNAME for Mim.Update.UU.SE, making
the naming of the machine consistent between DECnet and TCP/IP, in case someone wonders
why the name have changed...)
>
> Johnny
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
5:55 p.m.
Johnny,
Thanks for the PCL tasks! I've been wanting to experiment with more of the BQTCP/IP
products but work keeps me traveling and I don't have a lot of time for the fun
stuff.
Also, thanks for the advice on converting the .TPC tape to .TAP. I don't have
physical tape on the 11/83 but use VCP on a SCSI2SD RA92 for virtual tape and use your ftp
to move the .DSK and .TAP files. What I missed on VCP was that there is a COPY command,
until I started taking a closer look at the release notes. Thank you for the pointer!!
Best Regards,
Mark
On Oct 21, 2015, at 8:59 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
Hi, Mark.
Just cut a version where I now include PCL.TSK and PCLRES.TSK. (I have a bit of misnomer,
as the ...RES.TSK files are actually using supervisor mode libraries. However, the task
without RES at the end also use supervisor mode libraries, but that one only uses
libraries that exist on all systems, so it should be usable by everyone.
PCLRES.TSK, as an example, on the other hand requires both the RMSRES supervisory
library, and the PDP-11 C supervisor mode library installed.
Johnny
On 2015-10-21 04:48, Mark Matlock wrote:
Johnny,
Again thanks for your efforts on BQTCP/IP.!!!
I do have one minor request. Could you supply a compiled task image for PCL?
I've been try to install PDP-11C on my 11/83 but the only .TPC tape that is not
corrupted is V1.1 and although I have installed it on Simh, my 11/83 needs a .tap tape not
.tpc and I have been trying to convert with TPC, but I don't have it done yet.
Thanks and Best Regards,
Mark
> On Oct 20, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>
> About four months since I last announced anything. There have been various
development since, and I figured I should encourage people who are using BQTCP/IP for RSX
to upgrade to the latest release.
>
> A short list of changes:
>
> TCP:
> . Small bugfixes in various states.
> . Bugfix in window handling. TCP reception could occasionally accept data outside of
window.
> . Added ability to dynamically change transmit and receive buffer size.
> . Bugfix. SYN packets could result in lost pool if sockets were closed with
outstanding SYN packets queued.
> . Bugfix. If pool is full, system could crash on incoming connections.
>
> FTP:
> . Added SUMMARY, PROMPT, MGET and MPUT commands.
> . Improved filename parsing and handling for mapping between local and remote
filenames.
> . Bugfix. FTP would abort if a long file transfer took place, since the command
channel had a timeout.
> . Much improved progress line for file transfers, including ETA and delta between
updates.
>
> FTPD:
> . Bugfix. If a file transfer was followed by an immediate close of the connection,
the file could be left in a locked state.
> . Expanded time stamp information in directory listings to include seconds.
>
> TELNET:
> . Bugfix in telnet options processing.
>
> TELNETD:
> . Bugfix in telnet options processing.
>
> IFCONFIG:
> . Added commands for setting default and maximum allowed tcp transmit and receive
buffer sizes.
>
> RMD:
> . Added information on task page about UDP connections.
>
> TRACERT:
> . Added /NUMERIC switch
>
> As usual, the distribution is available from:
> ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk
> ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap
> ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk
>
> The documentation is also available through ftp on Mim, or also at
http://mim.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc
>
> I believe the state of the code is now good enough that I expect there will be fewer
updates to the basic networking drivers in the future. I plan to find some new protocols
to work on next, and also improve some of the current clients and servers as the need
arises.
>
> (On a different note, Madame.Update.UU.SE is now a CNAME for Mim.Update.UU.SE, making
the naming of the machine consistent between DECnet and TCP/IP, in case someone wonders
why the name have changed...)
>
> Johnny
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
6:28 p.m.
Mark,
On 2015-10-21 17:55, Mark Matlock wrote:
Johnny,
Thanks for the PCL tasks! I've been wanting to experiment with more of the
BQTCP/IP products but work keeps me traveling and I don't have a lot of time for the
fun stuff.
You're welcome. I'm happy when I hear that people find this stuff is
useful/fun.
Also, thanks for the advice on converting the .TPC
tape to .TAP. I don't have physical tape on the 11/83 but use VCP on a SCSI2SD RA92
for virtual tape and use your ftp to move the .DSK and .TAP files. What I missed on VCP
was that there is a COPY command, until I started taking a closer look at the release
notes. Thank you for the pointer!!
You slightly confuse me when you talk about .TPC and .TAP files, as I
normally associate those names with the format of tapes used by SimH,
E11 and other emulators.
But if you are talking about them as the format of files inside RSX,
then I'm ok.
TPC is an (old) tools from DECUS, which you can use. However, that just
creates files that can be transported, and used to recreate the tape again.
TAP, in the meaning of virtual tapes inside RSX, as used by VCP, means
you do not have to deal with TPC at all. VCP also create files which can
be transported. FTP can transfer those files correctly to a remote
machine, so no need for any converters. And VCP tape files can be
mounted directly in RSX, meaning you can play with the them as tapes, as
far as RSX is concerned.
So, as soon as you mange to access any tape from within the RSX
environment, just copy the tape to a virtual tape inside RSX, and then
you don't need to go out any more, and you are independent of actual
hardware.
Johnny
Best Regards,
Mark
On Oct 21, 2015, at 8:59 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
Hi, Mark.
Just cut a version where I now include PCL.TSK and PCLRES.TSK. (I have a bit of misnomer,
as the ...RES.TSK files are actually using supervisor mode libraries. However, the task
without RES at the end also use supervisor mode libraries, but that one only uses
libraries that exist on all systems, so it should be usable by everyone.
PCLRES.TSK, as an example, on the other hand requires both the RMSRES supervisory
library, and the PDP-11 C supervisor mode library installed.
Johnny
On 2015-10-21 04:48, Mark Matlock wrote:
Johnny,
Again thanks for your efforts on BQTCP/IP.!!!
I do have one minor request. Could you supply a compiled task image for PCL?
I've been try to install PDP-11C on my 11/83 but the only .TPC tape that is not
corrupted is V1.1 and although I have installed it on Simh, my 11/83 needs a .tap tape not
.tpc and I have been trying to convert with TPC, but I don't have it done yet.
Thanks and Best Regards,
Mark
> On Oct 20, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>
> About four months since I last announced anything. There have been various
development since, and I figured I should encourage people who are using BQTCP/IP for RSX
to upgrade to the latest release.
>
> A short list of changes:
>
> TCP:
> . Small bugfixes in various states.
> . Bugfix in window handling. TCP reception could occasionally accept data outside of
window.
> . Added ability to dynamically change transmit and receive buffer size.
> . Bugfix. SYN packets could result in lost pool if sockets were closed with
outstanding SYN packets queued.
> . Bugfix. If pool is full, system could crash on incoming connections.
>
> FTP:
> . Added SUMMARY, PROMPT, MGET and MPUT commands.
> . Improved filename parsing and handling for mapping between local and remote
filenames.
> . Bugfix. FTP would abort if a long file transfer took place, since the command
channel had a timeout.
> . Much improved progress line for file transfers, including ETA and delta between
updates.
>
> FTPD:
> . Bugfix. If a file transfer was followed by an immediate close of the connection,
the file could be left in a locked state.
> . Expanded time stamp information in directory listings to include seconds.
>
> TELNET:
> . Bugfix in telnet options processing.
>
> TELNETD:
> . Bugfix in telnet options processing.
>
> IFCONFIG:
> . Added commands for setting default and maximum allowed tcp transmit and receive
buffer sizes.
>
> RMD:
> . Added information on task page about UDP connections.
>
> TRACERT:
> . Added /NUMERIC switch
>
> As usual, the distribution is available from:
> ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk
> ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap
> ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk
>
> The documentation is also available through ftp on Mim, or also at
http://mim.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc
>
> I believe the state of the code is now good enough that I expect there will be fewer
updates to the basic networking drivers in the future. I plan to find some new protocols
to work on next, and also improve some of the current clients and servers as the need
arises.
>
> (On a different note, Madame.Update.UU.SE is now a CNAME for Mim.Update.UU.SE, making
the naming of the machine consistent between DECnet and TCP/IP, in case someone wonders
why the name have changed...)
>
> Johnny
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
4:01 p.m.
By the way, a different comment...
On 2015-10-21 04:48, Mark Matlock wrote:
Johnny,
Again thanks for your efforts on BQTCP/IP.!!!
I do have one minor request. Could you supply a compiled task image for PCL?
I've been try to install PDP-11C on my 11/83 but the only .TPC tape that is not
corrupted is V1.1 and although I have installed it on Simh, my 11/83 needs a .tap tape not
.tpc and I have been trying to convert with TPC, but I don't have it done yet.
What you should do here is to make a virtual tape inside RSX, on the
system where you have the tape. The you ftp that tape image over to your
other systems, and use VCP inside RSX to deal with tapes...
So, on your simh machine - use VCP to make a copy of the tape. The
transfer this image over to the other RSX system, using FTP (or DECnet).
Then use VCP on this other system to mount the virtual tape, and off you go.
Johnny
Thanks and Best Regards,
Mark
> On Oct 20, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>
> About four months since I last announced anything. There have been various
development since, and I figured I should encourage people who are using BQTCP/IP for RSX
to upgrade to the latest release.
>
> A short list of changes:
>
> TCP:
> . Small bugfixes in various states.
> . Bugfix in window handling. TCP reception could occasionally accept data outside of
window.
> . Added ability to dynamically change transmit and receive buffer size.
> . Bugfix. SYN packets could result in lost pool if sockets were closed with
outstanding SYN packets queued.
> . Bugfix. If pool is full, system could crash on incoming connections.
>
> FTP:
> . Added SUMMARY, PROMPT, MGET and MPUT commands.
> . Improved filename parsing and handling for mapping between local and remote
filenames.
> . Bugfix. FTP would abort if a long file transfer took place, since the command
channel had a timeout.
> . Much improved progress line for file transfers, including ETA and delta between
updates.
>
> FTPD:
> . Bugfix. If a file transfer was followed by an immediate close of the connection,
the file could be left in a locked state.
> . Expanded time stamp information in directory listings to include seconds.
>
> TELNET:
> . Bugfix in telnet options processing.
>
> TELNETD:
> . Bugfix in telnet options processing.
>
> IFCONFIG:
> . Added commands for setting default and maximum allowed tcp transmit and receive
buffer sizes.
>
> RMD:
> . Added information on task page about UDP connections.
>
> TRACERT:
> . Added /NUMERIC switch
>
> As usual, the distribution is available from:
> ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk
> ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap
> ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk
>
> The documentation is also available through ftp on Mim, or also at
http://mim.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc
>
> I believe the state of the code is now good enough that I expect there will be fewer
updates to the basic networking drivers in the future. I plan to find some new protocols
to work on next, and also improve some of the current clients and servers as the need
arises.
>
> (On a different note, Madame.Update.UU.SE is now a CNAME for Mim.Update.UU.SE, making
the naming of the machine consistent between DECnet and TCP/IP, in case someone wonders
why the name have changed...)
>
> Johnny
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
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