[HECnet] VCF East

[Gregg Levine]

Hello!
He was off making time in a one hundred year old closet with his sidekick.

As I said, there's no timelord in the photo (me), but yes Steve they certainly.

Next year, I do hope to have something to bring to the party...
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Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."


On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:52 PM, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> wrote:
> Hey Dave,
>
> They got my best side!  :-)  Where were you???
>
> -Steve
>
>
> On 04/23/2015 10:41 PM, Gregg Levine wrote:
>>
>> Hello!
>> Okay. Go here:
>> http://hackaday.com/2015/04/23/vcf-east-x-the-mega-mix/ it gives an
>> excellent coda on the past weekend.
>>
>> In fact the photo shows the both of you there. And of course the
>> photographer, who I met there last year, of course, forgot the most
>> important part of that scene in front of it. Me. It also caught the
>> group working at its best.
>> -----
>> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
>> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:28 PM, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> AGENA:: (19.11) is part of the STARS:: cluster.  All of the nodes have
>>> the
>>> names of stars.  Ask Dave (or Brian) what the message from SYLOGIN.COM
>>> said...  :-)
>>>
>>> The DECserver-90TL was brought up by Brian and myself.  The DECserver-200
>>> was brought up by Dave and myself after Dave was able to do a hardware
>>> reset
>>> on the unit.  Prior to that it was VERY confused.  We spent a great deal
>>> of
>>> time trying to get files off the USB stick, in fact much more time than
>>> anything else.  The ISL configuration was easy (as usual with DEC).  The
>>> DECserver-90TL came right up - no issues.  Everything was loaded from
>>> AGENA::.  Brian's machine was a "hot" backup should we have needed it.
>>> The
>>> beauty of the 90TL was not only LAT but telnet.  Unfortunately we did not
>>> have time to make use of it.
>>>
>>> Also...  I did manage to get our wireless link up long enough for both
>>> Dave
>>> and I to VMS/Phone Fred Coffee in Ohio.  The MACbook did the best job
>>> holding the link.  Far better than the Linux or Windows system could
>>> manage.
>>> Next year it will be a dedicated NetBSD platform just like what I use in
>>> my
>>> DEClab to support the bridge.  I would like to experiment with using LAT
>>> just like we do today between my network and the rest of the backbone.
>>> If
>>> the link is robust enough then MOM/MOP might also be a possibility.
>>> Imagine... DECservers be loaded "remotely"!
>>>
>>> -Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/23/2015 10:11 PM, Gregg Levine wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello!
>>>> Magic word is "Gack!". Now I place you. I asked Dave what was with the
>>>> name on the Vax, and he confirmed it was yours. I wondered why it was
>>>> named after a second stage booster back from our years of sending
>>>> stuff into space, Think of the term, "Atlas-Agena" and you'll get my
>>>> reasoning.
>>>>
>>>> Dave was that the one who finally brought up the terminal server?
>>>> Oddly enough I have here three Model 90 terminal servers, but they are
>>>> the L Plus ones.
>>>> -----
>>>> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
>>>> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 04/23/2015 09:37 PM, Gregg Levine wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>> Holy Mackerel. Steve, I was there, and saw that island of Dec in a
>>>>>> world of stuff. (Well one of many) . Which of the two were you again?
>>>>>> I met the fellow who goes by the handle of Vaxman, but I'm guessing
>>>>>> that you were the other fellow I spoke to who confirmed that
>>>>>> everything was working after a fashion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I found the sequence of events concerning the terminal server as
>>>>>> interesting. In fact as Dave will confirm, the VLC was the one who
>>>>>> provided the boot sequence for the server.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave told me what was going on as shown on the terminal screen I sat
>>>>>> by, and then I said to one person, that it was complaining that it
>>>>>> need certain files to do that, and the two PDP-11s were telling to
>>>>>> "Fribble off! We don't have what you need." And I used an interesting
>>>>>> term, when I inadvertently used a not-so nice word, and it was "Pardon
>>>>>> my Andorian." where some of us would use, "Pardon my French.".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was the one wearing the leather jacket, and a name tag as "Doctor
>>>>>> John Smith", and that I'd answer to "Doctor Who".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In fact I actually did have fun.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cory as I said before, you missed a heck of a good time there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Next year, we'll need to do it again, and I'll spend more time, and
>>>>>> perhaps contribute something to it.
>>>>>> -----
>>>>>> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
>>>>>> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 9:17 PM, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For those who did not attend VCF East you missed a great time!  On
>>>>>>> Saturday,
>>>>>>> the keynote speaker was none other than Brian Kernighan. You really
>>>>>>> missed a
>>>>>>> treat - right Dave!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Next year, I plan to bring even more stuff (not nearly as much as
>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>> did)
>>>>>>> but more than this year.  Dave's island of equipment included the
>>>>>>> following:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> PDP-8
>>>>>>> PDP-11/34
>>>>>>> PDP-11/44
>>>>>>> DECserver-200
>>>>>>> multiple terminals
>>>>>>> I'm sure I have forgotten something...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I added:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> VAXstation 4000/60
>>>>>>> DEChub-90 backplane with a DECserver-90TL and a 16-port DEChub
>>>>>>> VT320
>>>>>>> a gateway (actually bridge) machine to connect to HECnet only the
>>>>>>> link
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> pathetic
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brian (aka VAXman) added:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> VAXstation 4000/30 (aka VLC)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In addition to the "island" Dave had other "exhibits" that I will
>>>>>>> defer
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> Dave for discussion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Next year we NEED more stuff!  This is the official challenge to
>>>>>>> anyone
>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>> the East coast.  We want to see many more of you.  If is is DEC it is
>>>>>>> needed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would also like to personally add my thanks to Dave and Brian for
>>>>>>> making
>>>>>>> this such a treat.  Dave is nuts (in a good way) and very generous.
>>>>>>> Brian
>>>>>>> was there for me when my brain could not content with the sheer
>>>>>>> volume
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> noise - helping me to configure the DECservers and dealing with my
>>>>>>> fat
>>>>>>> fingering the keyboard and the license management facility (LMF).
>>>>>>> For
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> while we were Frick and Frack but we managed to get it together.
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> guys!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Steve
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> Greg,
>>>>>
>>>>> I was the one who went from sleep sitting to sleep standing.  No
>>>>> glasses,
>>>>> short hair (compared to both Dave and Brian).  I was working on the
>>>>> VAXen
>>>>> and Brian was keeping me focused.  The images were on a thumb drive but
>>>>> getting them to the VAX was an exercise to say the least.  Once they
>>>>> were
>>>>> on
>>>>> AGENA:: (19.11) we were able to get MOM/MOP to do its thing.  I must
>>>>> confess
>>>>> that I had to look up on the web no less how to configure ISL because
>>>>> neither of us could think straight with all the noise.  I will be
>>>>> bringing
>>>>> ear plugs or my noise cancelling headphone next year for sure.  :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> -Steve
>>>
>>>
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