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On 1/25/2018 18:08, Dave McGuire wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On 01/25/2018 05:50 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
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<pre wrap=""> I keep an Ubuntu 12.10 VM running at the museum to use as a hop-off
point and file transfer system. It sure would be nice to not have to do
that. :)
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Easy. Set up an RSX system instead. Then you can transport files between
DECnet and TCP/IP easily, as well as send/receive mail, and run
interactive terminal sessions, and more... :-)
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There are many RSX systems here. I think we're over a dozen now,
between the museum and the systems in my home/work building around the
corner. But we usually don't leave PDP-11s up and running all the time.
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Here's Dave booting one up just shy of four hours away:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://triblive.com/local/valleynewsdispatch/12104848-74/new-kensington-museum-preserves-relics-of-computing-revolution">http://triblive.com/local/valleynewsdispatch/12104848-74/new-kensington-museum-preserves-relics-of-computing-revolution</a><br>
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