<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Very cool! I just got my Multics system up and running this last Sunday. I was a systems analyst on DPS-8 mainframes running GCOS-8 from ’90-93. I’ve come to the conclusion that not only is that knowledge all evaporated from my head, it also wouldn’t really help with Multics. :-)<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How on earth did you manage to hook Multics up to HECnet?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I connected as a guest, am I correct that you have a bunch of Multics software that’s not available as part of the standard build?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Zane</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 6, 2018, at 8:52 AM, Jeffrey H. Johnson <<a href="mailto:jhj@trnsz.com" class="">jhj@trnsz.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Greetings,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Time to update those node databases ... BAN.AI Public Access Multics, the premier public access Multics system, has joined HECnet, as node number 1.770 (BANAI).</div><div class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It's just an initial implementation (based on the Linux DECnet source) and performance is lacking, but I hope to get things better optimized and support more services in the near future.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There are currently 16 outgoing channels for HECnet connections, and up to 128 dynamically allocated incoming login channels.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Outgoing connections to HECnet are allowed only for registered users, but any incoming login from the Internet or HECnet is permitted, including anonymous Guest users.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For more information, you can visit <a href="https://ban.ai/" class="">https://ban.ai/</a>, ssh or mosh to <a href="mailto:dps8@m.trnsz.com" class="">dps8@m.trnsz.com</a>, or SET HOST to BANAI/1.770. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Feel free to request an account or ask any questions.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">--<div class="">Jeffrey H. Johnson</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:jhj@trnsz.com" class="">jhj@trnsz.com</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://ban.ai/multics" class="">https://ban.ai/multics</a></div><div class=""><a href="http://mim.update.uu.se/hecnet?node=BANAI" class="">http://mim.update.uu.se/hecnet?node=BANAI</a></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>