[HECnet] "illegal record size" in RSX?

[Dave McGuire]

On 04/15/2015 12:47 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2015-04-15 18:42, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> On 2015-04-15 18:36, Dave McGuire wrote:
>>> On 04/15/2015 12:34 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>>>>     Any idea of why I might get "access control rejected" when
>>>>> trying to
>>>>> get a directory of MIM::US:[FTP] from RSX, but not from VMS?  I
>>>>> probably
>>>>> have something incorrectly configured in nft.
>>>>
>>>> My guess would be that you have not enabled proxy on your RSX system,
>>>> but have on VMS.
>>>> Since RSX do not have a default DECnet account like VMS do, I instead
>>>> have a general proxy setup where anyone unknown will be proxyed as
>>>> guest, but it does require that the connection request to MIM have
>>>> outgoing proxy enabled.
>>>
>>>    Ok, that makes sense, thanks for the pointer.  I will look that up
>>> and
>>> get it configured.
>>>
>>>    While you're there, do you have a suggestion for the "path of least
>>> resistance" to install F77 and BP2 on this machine?  I have the
>>> trailing-edge dists as .tpc files.
>>
>> It will be hard to use the TPC files directly. Easiest is if you have
>> some emulator around on which you can mount those tape images.
>>
>> Inside RSX there is a tool and subsystem called VCP and VF:, which you
>> use to handle virtual tapes which maps to files on a disk. Use that to
>> copy the "physical" tape to a virtual tape inside RSX, and then you can
>> move that file around between systems using DECnet or TCP/IP.
> 
> By the way, I hope you know that the BP2 V2.7 tape on trailing-edge is
> corrupt... The V2.5 tape is OK though.

  Ah yes, thanks for the reminder!

             -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA