[HECnet] UK based people - we must go to this (Vintage Computer Festival UK)

[Steve Davidson]

That's because the new system disk build went into mount-verify-timeout.   Never a good thing...   I'm still looking for a replace disk.   Also, the TOY clock and battery are having some issues.   When it rains... it pours!
  
-Steve
  


From: Sampsa Laine [mailto:sampsa at mac.com]
Sent: Mon 5/31/2010 18:26
To: Steve Davidson
Subject: Re: [HECnet] UK based people - we must go to this (Vintage Computer Festival UK)

Steve,

I just bounced GORVAX, the 19 circuit seems not to be up yet...

Sampsa


On 31 May 2010, at 14:37, Steve Davidson wrote:
Sampsa,
  
It doesn't mention HECnet by name on the website.   If you can arrange it, maybe put in a HECnet gateway there.   Just the gateway, nothing else.
  
I will commit to bringing all of my systems (and clusters) up for that weekend.   None of the machines here are newer than 1993 and that includes the Alpha's.   The earliest hardware that can be on the net is circa 1985.   Everything here is DEC and only DEC not Compaq and certainly not HP.   This means that the only thing that will be available will be actual hardware (from this end).   I could (maybe) have up to 15 machines running by then.   I can see that electric meter move now - probably faster than it ever has!   I can bring up PDP-11's, VAXen, and Alpha's.
  
I did not publish this to the list intentionally.   Let me know if I need to be able to bring everything up.   Also,   all of the various gateways should be stable by then so we can really show something.   Maybe show how vintage systems can still communicate in the current world with current hardware.
  
-Steve


From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE on behalf of Sampsa Laine
Sent: Mon 5/31/2010 08:52
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: [HECnet] UK based people - we must go to this (Vintage Computer Festival UK)

Guys,      Check this out: http://www.tnmoc.org/vcf-gb.aspx      Maybe we could get HECnet involved somehow? Or are we already doing     this and I've totally missed the boat on it all?      Sampsa