[HECnet] Anyone got TOPS-20 / Ultrix with DECNET SIMH image ready to run?

[Cory Smelosky]

On Tue, 11 Jun 2013, Joe Ferraro wrote:

Admittedly, posting without quick research, apologies...

Where does one come by Ultrix sources these days, is it hobbyist licensable
(or "abandonware"), and what hardware is needed?


Should run on a MicroVAX 3900, haven't tested other systems using SIMH yet. It's more "abandonware" but licenses can be "made" if you know how.   You can get install media from TUHS iirc.

Joe


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:

I'm going for Ultrix for now - I'm a total TOPS-20 noob, would need a lot
of hand-holding to get the thing to run I fear...


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On 11 Jun 2013, at 11:36, Robert Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
wrote:



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-
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Sent: 11 June 2013 09:13
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Cc: Sampsa Laine
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Anyone got TOPS-20 / Ultrix with DECNET SIMH image
ready to run?

Al 11/06/13 10:05, En/na Sampsa Laine ha escrit:
Got some spare cycles/RAM on one of my boxes, would be fun to run
TOPS-20 or Ultrix with DECNET?

Anyone got a working image / HOWTO on getting this going?
For TOPS-20, you can enable DECNET in the panda distribution with not
too
much effort. I tried to explain how to do it here:

http://ancientbits.blogspot.com.es/2013/05/ten-over-pi.html

The main problem is the network setup. You will have to work in shared
mode and it can wreck the host machine NIC.

Aren't we mixing up a couple of things here?

The Panda distribution, as far as I know, runs on the KL, which SIMH does
not emulate. SIMH emulates the KS and right now you can't run DECnet on
the
KS. There is work being done now to bring the KMC/DUP emulation to SIMH
to
allow DECnet to run on the KS. You should contact the SIMH mailing list
for
status on this.

Regards

Rob





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