Try: NCP>define node 19.301 name dusty -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Marc Chametzky Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 15:19 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] TOPS-20 systems on HECnet? Is anyone on HECnet running TOPS-20? I occasionally have CALHAN:: up running the Panda distribution (TOPS-20 7.1). It generally works okay, but I have some DECnet configuration problems with it in that I can't seem to load the node database: @enable $opr OPR>enter ncp NCP>define node dusty address 19.301 NCP> 15:17:34 NCP Request # 3; Define Node Failed, Operation failure I don't know enough about TOPS-20 to know why this fails. --Marc