27 Aug
2015
27 Aug
'15
9:34 a.m.
Well, after a long absence due to life being what life is sometimes, I'm
now in my own apartment with my own Broadband line. Alas I'm still on a
dynamic IP. I wondered if anyone had made any progress with allowing us
wandering souls to connect to HECnet.
I aim to renew my VMS Hobbyist licenses (hopefully that still works? Did
it move to VMSsoftware or is HP still doing it?) and get my VAXstation
up and running as well as a couple of RPi's running an older VAX sim
with VMS and PDP-11 sim RSX-11M Plus. I may also dabble in using Tru64
on my Alpha, if I can dig out some bigger disks for it.
Hoping I can get back into DEC as it's about the only esoteric hardware
I have left these days!
Thanks,
--
Mark @ DECtec.info
twitter.com/DECtecInfo
27 Aug
27 Aug
9:49 a.m.
Hi
And welcome back.
/P
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 08:34:02AM +0100, Mark Benson wrote:
Well, after a long absence due to life being what life
is sometimes,
I'm now in my own apartment with my own Broadband line. Alas I'm
still on a dynamic IP. I wondered if anyone had made any progress
with allowing us wandering souls to connect to HECnet.
I aim to renew my VMS Hobbyist licenses (hopefully that still works?
Did it move to VMSsoftware or is HP still doing it?) and get my
VAXstation up and running as well as a couple of RPi's running an
older VAX sim with VMS and PDP-11 sim RSX-11M Plus. I may also
dabble in using Tru64 on my Alpha, if I can dig out some bigger
disks for it.
Hoping I can get back into DEC as it's about the only esoteric
hardware I have left these days!
Thanks,
--
Mark @ DECtec.info
twitter.com/DECtecInfo
9:53 a.m.
Hi Mark,
HP still runs the hobbyist program. Register on the website, if you haven't got the
url ?then send a mail to John Egolf. I don't have that information on my phone right
now...
HP keeps the rights for vax and axp vms and itanium vms until V8.4. V8.4-1H1 and onwards
is VSI's turf?.?
Hans Vlems
? Origineel bericht ?
Van: Mark Benson
Verzonden: donderdag 27 augustus 2015 09:34
Aan: HECnet
Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Onderwerp: [HECnet] Hi...
Well, after a long absence due to life being what life is sometimes, I'm
now in my own apartment with my own Broadband line. Alas I'm still on a
dynamic IP. I wondered if anyone had made any progress with allowing us
wandering souls to connect to HECnet.
I aim to renew my VMS Hobbyist licenses (hopefully that still works? Did
it move to VMSsoftware or is HP still doing it?) and get my VAXstation
up and running as well as a couple of RPi's running an older VAX sim
with VMS and PDP-11 sim RSX-11M Plus. I may also dabble in using Tru64
on my Alpha, if I can dig out some bigger disks for it.
Hoping I can get back into DEC as it's about the only esoteric hardware
I have left these days!
Thanks,
--
Mark @ DECtec.info
twitter.com/DECtecInfo
10:43 a.m.
Welcome back Mark
I have to say that I've generally been ignoring my dec kit since dec legacy. My
retrochallenge last month wasn't dec related and didn't amount to much. I did get
a PidP8 kit which I need to get a Rasperry pi 2 for, and I bought an FPGA board on which
I've installed a PDP/11 emulator (is the right terminology when implemented in
hardware?) Regardless there is a pattern of buying stuff then not really using it. Not
enough time in the day - the usual story!
Regards, Mark
http://www.wickensonline.co.uk
http://declegacy.org.uk
http://retrochallenge.net
https://twitter.com/#!/%40urbancamo
On 27 Aug 2015, at 09:34, Mark Benson <md.benson at
gmail.com> wrote:
Well, after a long absence due to life being what life is sometimes, I'm now in my
own apartment with my own Broadband line. Alas I'm still on a dynamic IP. I wondered
if anyone had made any progress with allowing us wandering souls to connect to HECnet.
I aim to renew my VMS Hobbyist licenses (hopefully that still works? Did it move to
VMSsoftware or is HP still doing it?) and get my VAXstation up and running as well as a
couple of RPi's running an older VAX sim with VMS and PDP-11 sim RSX-11M Plus. I may
also dabble in using Tru64 on my Alpha, if I can dig out some bigger disks for it.
Hoping I can get back into DEC as it's about the only esoteric hardware I have left
these days!
Thanks,
--
Mark @ DECtec.info
twitter.com/DECtecInfo
11:43 a.m.
Mark,
this is the answer I got from John Egolf(john.egolf at hp.com):
Q: How do I renew PAKs when they have expired (or are about to expire)?
A: Re-Register at
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/license_software_programs/index.html
or
http://plato.ccsscorp.com/hobbyist_registration.php
Note the underscore between hobbyist and registration in
hobbyist_registration.
/John
Note: as you know HP is splitting itself in two parts. I got these url's
early July and they may no longer be valid. Try his email address and if it
bounces replace 'hp.com' with 'hpe.com'
Hans
11:58 a.m.
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:43:51AM +0200, Hans Vlems wrote:
/John
Note: as you know HP is splitting itself in two parts. I got these url's
early July and they may no longer be valid. Try his email address and if it
bounces replace 'hp.com' with 'hpe.com'
When you think that the hp website couldn't be more messier..
/P
1:19 p.m.
On 8/27/2015 5:43 AM, Hans Vlems wrote:
Mark,
this is the answer I got from John Egolf(john.egolf at hp.com):
Q: How do I renew PAKs when they have expired (or are about to expire)?
A: Re-Register at
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/license_software_programs/index.html
or
http://plato.ccsscorp.com/hobbyist_registration.php
Both of these addresses still work.
John H. Reinhardt
11:46 p.m.
Curiously, which FPGA project did you implement for the PDP/11? I messed
with a PDP10 project a couple years ago when hack-a-day mentioned it...
just recently thought about trying to get one up and running again.
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 4:43 AM, Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk>
wrote:
and I bought an FPGA board on which I've installed
a PDP/11 emulator (is
the right terminology when implemented in hardware?)
28 Aug
28 Aug
12:02 a.m.
I bought Terasic?s DE0 to run PDP2011:
http://pdp2011.sytse.net/wordpress/pdp-11/fpga-boards/de-0/
There are more modern boards with larger FPGA's but the DE0 is a good
compromise, has well supported peripherals and also supports a number of
other FPGA emulators: ZX Spectrum, BBC Model B, MSX, Amiga etc.
Bought from Mouser in the US and shipped to the UK. It was very easy -
postage and customs all sorted at checkout.
Regards, Mark.
On 27/08/15 23:46, Joe Ferraro wrote:
Curiously, which FPGA project did you implement for
the PDP/11? I
messed with a PDP10 project a couple years ago when hack-a-day
mentioned it... just recently thought about trying to get one up and
running again.
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 4:43 AM, Mark Wickens
<mark at wickensonline.co.uk <mailto:mark at wickensonline.co.uk>> wrote:
and I bought an FPGA board on which I've installed a PDP/11
emulator (is the right terminology when implemented in hardware?)
27 Aug
27 Aug
2:10 p.m.
On 27/08/2015, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:
Well, after a long absence due to life being what life
is sometimes, I'm
now in my own apartment with my own Broadband line. Alas I'm still on a
dynamic IP. I wondered if anyone had made any progress with allowing us
wandering souls to connect to HECnet.
I aim to renew my VMS Hobbyist licenses (hopefully that still works? Did
it move to VMSsoftware or is HP still doing it?) and get my VAXstation
up and running as well as a couple of RPi's running an older VAX sim
with VMS and PDP-11 sim RSX-11M Plus. I may also dabble in using Tru64
on my Alpha, if I can dig out some bigger disks for it.
Hoping I can get back into DEC as it's about the only esoteric hardware
I have left these days!
Thanks,
--
Mark @ DECtec.info
twitter.com/DECtecInfo
Welcome back Mark.
Regarding the dynamic IP, one of the main features of the user mode
router I wrote was support for dynamic IP. However, it needs your peer
to use the router really, or implement the same code. I did suggest to
Johnny that he take my DNS code for that purpose, I am not sure if he
did so. However, depending on your ISP, your IP address may not
actually change all that often, mine rarely changes so it is rarely a
problem and I only have to ask Johnny to restart the bridge at his end
in order to be back on HECnet.
If you want to try peering with my router I would be happy to
accommodate, I am in area 5 and could allocate you a segment of node
numbers. Performance won't be great because your traffic would be
coming in and out of my house which is domestic broadband with limited
upload bandwidth, and I do occasionally restart it.
Regards
Rob
2:45 p.m.
Or you could connect to SG1::. Your choices are johnny's bridge or Multinet. I can
handle either with dynamic addressing. Contact me offline after tomorrow.
-Steve
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 27, 2015, at 08:10, Jarratt RMA
<robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote:
On 27/08/2015, Mark Benson <md.benson at
gmail.com> wrote:
Well, after a long absence due to life being what life is sometimes, I'm
now in my own apartment with my own Broadband line. Alas I'm still on a
dynamic IP. I wondered if anyone had made any progress with allowing us
wandering souls to connect to HECnet.
I aim to renew my VMS Hobbyist licenses (hopefully that still works? Did
it move to VMSsoftware or is HP still doing it?) and get my VAXstation
up and running as well as a couple of RPi's running an older VAX sim
with VMS and PDP-11 sim RSX-11M Plus. I may also dabble in using Tru64
on my Alpha, if I can dig out some bigger disks for it.
Hoping I can get back into DEC as it's about the only esoteric hardware
I have left these days!
Thanks,
--
Mark @ DECtec.info
twitter.com/DECtecInfo
Welcome back Mark.
Regarding the dynamic IP, one of the main features of the user mode
router I wrote was support for dynamic IP. However, it needs your peer
to use the router really, or implement the same code. I did suggest to
Johnny that he take my DNS code for that purpose, I am not sure if he
did so. However, depending on your ISP, your IP address may not
actually change all that often, mine rarely changes so it is rarely a
problem and I only have to ask Johnny to restart the bridge at his end
in order to be back on HECnet.
If you want to try peering with my router I would be happy to
accommodate, I am in area 5 and could allocate you a segment of node
numbers. Performance won't be great because your traffic would be
coming in and out of my house which is domestic broadband with limited
upload bandwidth, and I do occasionally restart it.
Regards
Rob 
5:34 p.m.
On 27/08/2015 8:45 PM, Steve Davidson wrote:
Or you could connect to SG1::. Your choices are
johnny's bridge or Multinet. I can handle either with dynamic addressing. Contact me
offline after tomorrow.
...or you could connect to the GRE tunnel mesh :-) There are plenty of
ways!
Regards, Tim.
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