[HECnet] TOPS-20 DECnet

[Joe Ferraro]

Hmmm... from section 1.8 in the Decnet-20 system managers guide...
         SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Each of the following commands is complete.
Command keyword only:
NCP>EXIT
NCP)HELP
Command keyword and entity:
NCP)SHOW EXECUTOR (SUMMARY is implied)
Command keyword, entity, and parameter:
NCP)SET EXECUTOR NODE nodeid
NCP)ZERO CIRCUIT cktid COUNTERS
A complete list of NCP command keywords follows. The order is
alphabetic for ease of reference. Because the action requested by a
command keyword is related to both the entity and parameter that
follow the command keyword, the functions are defined in non-specific
terms. Refer to the section indicated for a more specific description
of function.




On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
What I do know is that you don't have a NCP.EXE under TOPS-20. NCP is a submode in OPR.

           Johnny


On 2012-01-12 00.32, Joe Ferraro wrote:
Thanks again for the replies, folks...

I've skimmed the docs at bitsavers.org <http://bitsavers.org>, but I

agree -- they seem scarce. The docs I have reference NCP, but the tapes
I have didn't restore ncp.exe... I'll keep looking... thanks again...

Thanks for the show exec Johnny... I have confirmed that the tape I used
is DN20 4.0... I need to go RTFM / see if I missed some files on the DUMP.

$VDIR <*>NCP*.*

     PS:<DECNET>
  NCP.MEM.1;P777700               4 1603(36)      3-Jun-85 16:11:03 DMCDANIEL

     PS:<DECNET-SOURCES>
  NCP.HLP.1;P777700               1 118(36)       9-Mar-82 04:24:56 EVANS
  NCPTAB.CMD.1;P777700          1 276(36)       7-Dec-82 17:35:59 DMCDANIEL
     .CTL.1;P777700                1 1549(7)      12-Apr-85 10:05:16 DMCDANIEL
     .MAC.1;P777700               39 99255(7)    15-May-85 21:20:50 DMCDANIEL

  Total of 42 pages in 4 files

     PS:<SUBSYS>
  NCP.HLP.1;P777752               1 118(36)       9-Mar-82 04:24:56 EVANS
  NCPTAB.REL.1;P777700         14 7137(36)    11-Oct-87 13:11:37 BROOKS

  Total of 15 pages in 2 files

  Grand total of 61 pages in 7 files

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:20 PM, <gerry77 at mail.com
<mailto:gerry77 at mail.com>> wrote:

     On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:01:21 +0100, you wrote:

      > Joe. I believe DECnet V4 might be the latest.

     I think so too.

      > Afraid I don't know the magic incantations though. Checked the
     manuals?

     Few hours ago, after my first answer to Joe, I've discovered that
     digitized
     docs about TOPS-20 in general (and DECnet-20 in particular) are quite
     scarce. Just for comparison: TOPS-10 software notebooks are almost
     complete
     while TOPS-20 ones are almost absent... :(

     G.