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    <p>Hmmm...  That's very close to the Tops-20 format of SET NODE a.b
      <font size="4"><tt>NAME</tt></font> C::, so Johnny would write
      that in FIX.T20 as<br>
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    <p><font size="4"><tt>set node 1.1 name MAGICA</tt><tt><br>
        </tt><tt>set node 1.2 name ERNIE</tt><tt><br>
        </tt><tt>set node 1.3 name FNATTE</tt></font><br>
    </p>
    <p>It would be trivial for me to create an invisible synonym for <font
        size="4"><tt>SET</tt></font> named "<font size="4"><tt>DEFINE</tt></font>"
      which perhaps means that I might be able to handle the VMS file,
      assuming all only contains are <font size="4"><tt>DEFINE</tt></font>
      commands.  BUT...  The standard DEC <font size="4"><tt>SETNOD</tt></font>
      would choke on such a file for two reasons:</p>
    <ol>
      <li>It doesn't know about the "<font size="4"><tt>DEFINE</tt></font>"
        verb.</li>
      <li>It signals end of file by going into an endless loop.  The
        file HAS to be terminated with a <font size="4"><tt>RETURN</tt></font>
        statement.</li>
    </ol>
    <p>The rewrite gracefully handles end of file by closing the it and
      going to command level; basically doing the same thing that <font
        size="4"><tt>RETURN</tt></font> would do.  It occurs to me that
      some sort of a standardized format would have been A Good Idea,
      but I don't know how close they got to that.</p>
    <p>I don't see anything in there for Tops-10.  What does it do?<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">
      <hr width="100%" size="2">On 11/11/21 9:05 AM, Paul Koning wrote:<br>
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      RSTS wants a DCL command file that looks like this:
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            style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">$
            ncp</span></div>
        <div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px;
          line-height: normal; font-family: Monaco;" class=""><span
            style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">def
            node 1.1 name MAGICA</span></div>
        <div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px;
          line-height: normal; font-family: Monaco;" class=""><span
            style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">def
            node 1.2 name ERNIE</span></div>
        <div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px;
          line-height: normal; font-family: Monaco;" class=""><span
            style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">def
            node 1.3 name FNATTE</span></div>
        <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
            no-common-ligatures" class="">...</span></div>
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            no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class="">
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        <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">      </span>paul</div>
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          <blockquote type="cite" class="">
            <div class="">On Nov 11, 2021, at 3:53 AM, Johnny Billquist
              <<a href="mailto:bqt@softjar.se"
                class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">bqt@softjar.se</a>>
              wrote:</div>
            <br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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              <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
                !important;" class="">If a specific format is needed for
                RSTS/E nodes, I can create that format file whenever the
                nodename database is updated. Just let me know what the
                format should be.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0,
                0, 0); font-family: LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px;
                font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
                font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align:
                start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
                white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;
                -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"
                class="">
              <br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none;" class="">
              <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
                !important;" class="">At the moment, the following files
                are created:</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
                font-family: LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style:
                normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none;" class="">
              <br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none;" class="">
              <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
                !important;" class="">FIX.T20 (for TOPS-20)</span><br
                style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none;" class="">
              <a href="http://fix.com/" style="font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align:
                start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
                white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
                -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
                -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""
                moz-do-not-send="true">FIX.COM</a><span
                style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
                !important;" class=""><span
                  class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(for VMS)</span><br
                style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none;" class="">
              <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
                !important;" class="">HECNET.PY (for PyDECnet)</span><br
                style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none;" class="">
              <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
                !important;" class="">FIX.CMD (for RSX)</span><br
                style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none;" class="">
              <br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none;" class="">
              <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
                !important;" class="">All can be found at MIM::HECNET:</span><br
                style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
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                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none;" class="">
              <br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none;" class="">
              <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
                !important;" class=""> Johnny</span><br
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                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
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                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
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                text-decoration: none;" class="">
              <br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
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                text-decoration: none;" class="">
              <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
                !important;" class="">On 2021-11-11 02:20, Supratim
                Sanyal wrote:</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0,
                0); font-family: LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px;
                font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
                font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align:
                start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
                white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;
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                text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
                -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"
                class="">Maybe helpful to someone, the latest node
                database can now be synced up on RSTS/E using
                RST101::DEFNOD.CMD<br class="">
                RST101 is at 31.28<br class="">
                best,<br class="">
                /s.<br class="">
                On 11/10/21 7:42 PM, Tony Nicholson wrote:<br class="">
                <blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">
                  <br class="">
                  On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 at 11:31, Supratim Sanyal <<a
                    href="mailto:supratim@riseup.net"
                    class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">supratim@riseup.net</a>>
                  wrote:<br class="">
                  <br class="">
                     Copied from GALAH, the copy at DINGO doesn't have
                  read permission.<br class="">
                  <br class="">
                  <br class="">
                  Fixed permissions - I thought I had protected them
                  against writing/not reading. Blame finger memory not
                  engaging with my brain.<br class="">
                  <br class="">
                  Tony<br class="">
                  <br class="">
                  --<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br
                    class="">
                  Tony Nicholson <<a
                    href="mailto:tony.nicholson@computer.org"
                    class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">tony.nicholson@computer.org</a>><br
                    class="">
                </blockquote>
                --<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br
                  class="">
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                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none;" class="">
              <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
                !important;" class="">--<span
                  class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br
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                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
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                text-decoration: none;" class="">
              <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
                !important;" class="">Johnny Billquist
                                 || "I'm on a bus</span><br
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                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none;" class="">
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                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
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                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
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                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
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                 on a psychedelic trip</span><br style="caret-color:
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              <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
                !important;" class="">email:<span
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                href="mailto:bqt@softjar.se" style="font-family:
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                letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align:
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                white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
                -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
                -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"
                class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">bqt@softjar.se</a><span
                style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
                LucidaConsole; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
                font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
                !important;" class=""><span
                  class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>            ||
                 Reading murder books</span><br style="caret-color:
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                letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
                0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
                word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
                text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline
                !important;" class="">pdp is alive!
                                    ||  tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol</span></div>
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