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<p>Tomas,</p>
<p>Say, that is a very nice <font size="4"><tt>ping</tt></font>
utility you have! Would you know where I could get the source to
it or its theory of operation?<br>
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<p>Tommy Timesharing systems (<font size="4"><tt>TOMMYT</tt></font>,
<font size="4"><tt>VENTI2</tt></font>, <font size="4"><tt>TERZO</tt></font>)
are Tops-20 machines running on the KLH10 micro-engine. They have
a number of monitor modifications plus a rewritten <font size="4"><tt>SETNODE</tt></font>
utility to support long term updates of the volatile data base.
"Long term" means updates in access of 39 weeks (6,636 hours).</p>
<p>Updates are accomplished by a weekly batch job. The node
database on <font size="4"><tt>MIM::</tt></font> is checked for
updates on a weekly basis. I check connectivity to <font
size="4"><tt>MIM::</tt></font> by attempting a directory of the
appropriate files. If this works, then I proceed to <font
size="4"><tt>NFT</tt></font> them. If not, then I send email.</p>
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<p><tt>21:09:03 MONTR $@NFT<br>
21:09:03 USER NFT>*SET DEFAULTS MIM:: /USER:<br>
21:09:03 USER NFT>*SET DEFAULTS MIM:: /PASSWORD:<br>
21:09:03 USER NFT>*SET DEFAULTS MIM:: /ACCOUNT:<br>
21:09:03 USER NFT>*DIR MIM::FIX.T20;0<br>
21:09:03 USER<br>
21:09:03 USER [Fork NFT opening DCN:MIM-FAL for reading,
writing]<br>
21:09:06 USER<br>
21:09:06 USER MIM::DU1:[DECNET]<br>
21:09:06 USER FIX.T20;111;P775656 17 33280(8)
21-Sep-2021 22:19:51<br>
21:09:06 USER NFT>*; If get here, then have connectivity
to MIM::</tt><br>
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<p>It seems to me that doing a <font size="4"><tt>ping</tt></font>
might be a more valid initial connectivity test, the directory
attempt then being a test of <font size="4"><tt>FAL</tt></font>/<font
size="4"><tt>DAP</tt></font> status.</p>
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<p>Regards,</p>
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<p>--T</p>
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<hr width="100%" size="2">On 10/20/21 4:17 AM, Tomas Prybil
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">MIM responds well from Area34 via Area59<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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area.node 1.13, timeout is 5 seconds:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p>On 10/19/21 10:14 PM, Robert Armstrong wrote:<br>
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<p> … I can’t seem to reach it. It’s not a big problem, but
I wondered if it was my issue or somebody else’s…</p>
<p>Bob</p>
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