<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Turning of SIMH cpu idle and not nicing simh down if it is niced down may be worth a shot too<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">---</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">39.19151 N, 77.23432 W</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">QCOCAL::SANYAL via <a href="http://www.update.uu.se/~bqt/hecnet.html">HECnet</a></span></div></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Feb 24, 2020, at 5:17 PM, Johnny Billquist <<a href="mailto:bqt@softjar.se">bqt@softjar.se</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>On 2020-02-24 22:28, Fred wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi all</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I've moved my SIMH VAXen to a new host with a new version of SIMH (the current 3.11 that I found - is there a newer version?)</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>3.11 would suggest you are sticking to Bobs development. There is also the "fork" by Mark. Not sure which, if either, is better...</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Main host runs Devuan Linux (yes, I'm a systemd hater). VirtualBox VM hosts the SIMH instance, also running Devuan Linux.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>systemd needs to die.</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>My area router, FRUGAL, boots fine and gets adjacency with my Multinet-over-IP connections, that is, LEGATO, MIM, and 31.3:: as well as other DECNet hosts (MISER, CHEAP)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>However, the connection from FRUGAL "flaps" (going up and down) quite a bit with local DECNet hosts as well as the ip-connection to 31.3::</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I've tried eliminating the connection to 31.3:: as the culprit by turning off the circuit, and the connection between FRUGAL:: and MISER:: (both local nodes) continues to go up and down every few minutes.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I'd welcome some pointers, things to check, etc. Is there such a thing as an adjacency timer perhaps I could crank up a bit?</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>You could crank up the hello timer on the circuit, but I'm not sure you'll be much happier with that.</span><br><span>Sounds like you might have some issues with how it performs on the ethernet. Hard to tell much without more investigation...</span><br><span></span><br><span> Johnny</span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus</span><br><span> || on a psychedelic trip</span><br><span>email: <a href="mailto:bqt@softjar.se">bqt@softjar.se</a> || Reading murder books</span><br><span>pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>