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

[Joe Ferraro]

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? 

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-
>> hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Jordi Guillaumes i Pons
>> 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
>