[HECnet] Another sillyness. More information in the nodename database on MIM.

Sat May 18 18:14:25 PDT 2013

It doesn't happen too often but when they all run in th winter there's no snow on the roof!  
Given that my town has a certain reputation for growing marihuana that is a mixed blessing...
No police yet however :-)

Van: Cory Smelosky
Verzonden: zaterdag 18 mei 2013 18:45 PM
Aan: H Vlems
Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Cc: hecnet
Onderwerp: RE: [HECnet] Another sillyness. More information in the nodename database on MIM.

On Sat, 18 May 2013, H Vlems wrote:

>
> A list of my systems:
>
> 44.1 HELIUM VAXstation 3100-M48 VMS 7.2
> 44.2 XENON VAXstation 4000-60 VMS 7.2
> 44.3 ARGON VAXstation 4000-90A VMS 7.3
> 44.4 NEON Asus Eee pc Fedora 14
> 44.5 ZILVER VAXstation 4000-60 VMS 7.3
> 44.6 JODIUM VAXstation 2000 VMS 5.5-1
> 44.7 RADON VAXstation 3100 VMS 5.5-1
> 44.8 ASTAAT DECserver 100
> 44.9 OSMIUM Digital Server 5305 5/533 VMS 8.3
> 44.10 CHLOOR VAXstation 4000-90A VMS 7.2
> 44.11 ZWAVEL microVAX 3100-10e VMS 6.1
> 44.12 INDIUM VXT2000+
> 44.13 ERBIUM AlphaServer 800 5/500 Tru64 5.0
> 44.14 BROOM AlpaServer 1200 5/400 VMS 7.3-2
> 44.15 FOSFOR VAXstation 4000-60 VMS 7.3
> 44.16 COBALT VAXstation 4000-60 VMS 7.3
> 44.17 KOPER VAXstation 2000 VMS 5.5-1
> 44.18 CERIUM VAX 4000-100A VMS 7.3
> 44.19 IJZER Compaq XP1000 6/500 VMS 8.3
> 44.20 CHROOM VAX 4000-100A VMS 7.3
> 44.21 NIKKEL VAXstation 4000-90A VMS 7.3
> 44.22 ZINK VAXstation 4000 VLC VMS 7.3
> 44.23 LOOD microVAX 3100-30 VMS 7.3
> 44.24 CURIUM Multia VX42 4/233 VMS 7.3
> 44.25 KWIK VAXstation 4000-60 VMS 7.3
> 44.26 AURUM Integrity rx2600 VMS 8.4
> 44.27 RADIUM HP dc5000 sff Windows XP
> 44.28 TIN AlphaServer 1200 5/533 VMS 8.3
> 44.29 FLUOR AlphaServer 1000A 5/333 VMS 7.3-2
> 44.30 BOOR VAXstation 4000-60 VMS 7.1
> 44.31 SELEEN microVAX 3100-20e VMS 6.1
> 44.32 ARSEEN microVAX 3100-20e VMS 6.1
> 44.33 CARBON DEC AXP 3000-300X VMS 1.5-1H1
> 44.34 OXYGEN DEC AXP 3000-300X VMS 6.1
> 44.35 TITAAN AlphaServer DS20E 6/666 VMS 8.3
> 44.36 URAAN AlphaServer 1000A 5/333 VMS 8.3
> 44.37 BARIUM AlphaServer 1200 5/533 VMS 8.3
> 44.38 CESIUM Digital Server 5305 5/533 VMS 8.3
> 44.39 KALIUM AlphaServer 300 Tru64 5.1a
> 44.40 SODIUM Digital Server 5305 5/533 VMS 8.3
> 44.41 AZOTE <not in use>
> 44.42 VISMUT AlphaServer 800 5/333 Tru64 5.1a
> 44.43 OZON AlphaServer DS10 6/466 VMS 8.4
> 44.1023 A44RTR simh VAXserver 3900 VMS 6.1
>

Now that's quite a few systems!

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] Namens
> Sampsa Laine
> Verzonden: zaterdag, mei 2013 16:00
> Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
> Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] Another sillyness. More information in the nodename
> database on MIM.
>
> My boxes:
>
> London based boxes:
>
> 8.401 CHIMPY: DS10, OpenVMS 8.3
> 8.400 GORVAX: SIMH, OpenVMS 7.3
> 8.403 RHESUS: rx2600, OpenVMS 8.4E (also offers a variety of services, see
> http://rhesus.sampsa.com/)
>
>
> 47.100 HILANT Cluster in Hila, Finland, composed of:
>
> 47.556 KUHAVX SIMH running VMS 7.3
> 47.555 LABVAX - = -
> 47.727 SHAMS - = -
> 47.559 HPIVAX - = - (Raspberry Pi)
> 47.113 SIIRI MicroVAX 3400, VMS 7.3
> 47.700 K4VX1 VAXstation 4000/90, VMS 7.3
> 47.701 K4VX2 VAXstation 4000/60, VMS 7.3
>
>
>
>
> On 17 May 2013, at 17:03, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>
>> On 2013-05-17 16:18, Bob Armstrong wrote:
>>>> On 2013-05-16 18:28, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>>> This is a totally volontary thing. I've finally come to the point
>>>> where I think that there are a few more pieces of data on nodes
>>>> that would be nice/useful to have from time to time.
>>>
>>> Much of the information you want (all of it, I think) is already in the
>>> INFO.TXT file -
>>>
>>> $ type legato""::info.txt
>>> ....
>>> ADDR |NAME |OWNER |EMAIL |HARDWARE |OS
>>> |LOCATION |NOTES
>>> 2.1 |LEGATO|Bob Armstrong |bob at jfcl.com |simh |OpenVMS
>>> 7.3|Milpitas, CA, US|DCN Multinet Ro
>>> uter
>>> 2.2 |POCO | | |MicroVAX-2000 |
>>> | |6MB, RD54, TK50
>>> 2.4 |MEZZO | | |PDP-11/53 |RSTS
>>> | |3.5MB, 2xRA73,TK70, SCSI
>>> 2.6 |LARGO | | |VAX-11/730 |VMS 4.7
>>> | |R80, 2xRA81, RL02, RX02, TU80
>>> 2.7 |CODA | | |DS20E |OpenVMS
>>> 8.3| |
>>> 2.9 |DIVISI| | |VAX-8350 |VMS
> 5.5-2
>>> | |16MB, RA81, RA82, TU81+
>>> 2.10 |ADAGIO| | |VAXserver 3900 |VMS 6.0
>>> | |RA81, RX50, 2xRD54, Kennedy 9610, RRD50, RF31, 2xRF71,
>>> RF72, SQ703, Exabyte 8505
>>> 2.11 |LENTO | | |PDP-11/73 |RSX-11M+
>>> | |2xRD32, RX50, RL02, Kennedy 9600
>>> 2.12 |JENSEN| | |DEC 2000 axp |OpenVMS
>>> 7.3| |
>>> 2.13 |ZITI | | |eBox-3310 |Ubuntu
>>> | |
>>> 2.14 |MULTIA| | |Multia UDB |OpenVMS
>>> 7.3| |
>>> 2.15 |PAVANE| | |DECstation 3100 |Ultrix
>>> | |MIPS box w/DECnet-Ultrix
>>> 2.16 |SKETTI| | |HP ProLiant ML110G4 |Ubuntu
>>> | |
>>> 2.18 |DSRVB1| | |DECserver-200/MC |
>>> | |
>>> 2.19 |DSRVB2| | |DECserver-200/MC |
>>> | |
>>>
>>> FWIW, keeping a central database up to date is going to be a nightmare
> -
>>> that's why we invented the INFO.TXT files; so each sysadmin could locally
>>> update his own information.
>>
>> Yes. I know... :-)
>>
>> Which I said this is all voluntary and so on. I've just felt that the
> INFO.TXT is not really working that well either. At least not from my point
> of view. I'm willing to try different things. I could consider some
> automatic scraping and population of the nodename database from some
> distributed sources as well, if we can come up with something that seems
> reasonable.
>>
>> Oh, and thanks.
>>
>> Johnny
>>
>
>

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