[HECnet] SimH, Ultrix and DECnet

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2012-06-28 16:48, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote:
Various operating systems have amusing messages.   One of the fun ones in RSTS (unless you got it) was what it would print if the program was killed due to an addressing error or parity error or the like.

"Program lost -- sorry"

Indeed. There are several in BP2:
25                     ?Disk pack needs 'CLEANing'
66                     ?Missing special feature
87                     ?Expression too complicated
103                   ?Program lost-Sorry
108                   ?End of statement not seen
109                   ?What?
136                   ?Illegal or illogical access
174                   ?File expiration date unexpired
236                   ?TIME limit exceeded
239                   ?Arrays must be square

Just to pick a few...

This one is "classic" in RSX:
.err -69
000273 (-69): %I/O-F-IE.NFW, path lost to partner

	Johnny


	paul

On Jun 28, 2012, at 5:31 AM, Tony Blews wrote:

Hi.

Has anyone had any success emulating Ultrix with DECnet under SimH?
I managed to find a copy of 4.0, and the "tape" claimed that it was installing DECnet, but I couldn't find any evidence of it anywhere on the system.
I may just be being stupid (this is not unknown).

An aside: You've got to love an OS that gives you error messages containing the word "preposterous"!

Tony.



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