[HECnet] Announcing TCP/IP for RSX-11M-PLUS

[Mark Wickens]

Johnny

What tool(s) do you use to generate your documentation?

Regards, Mark

On 8 November 2015 at 12:59, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:

> Argh. For anyone who have downloaded the release I cut yesterday - please
> get the new version (that goes for everyone else as well).
>
> I just discovered and fixed an obscure bug that can crash the system. It's
> something that happens under very specific circumstances, and is uncommon,
> but if you have lots of TCP connections coming and going, you'll hit it
> sooner or later.
>
> As usual, the distribution is available from:
> ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk
> ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap
> ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk
>
> The documentation is also available through ftp on Mim, or also at
> http://mim.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc
>
>         Johnny
>
> On 2015-11-07 17:02, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>
>> Well, about two weeks since my last announcement, but I figured I should
>> do another one.
>>
>> I've cut a new release of TCP/IP for RSX, and I encourage everyone to
>> update to this latest release.
>>
>> A short list of changes since my last release:
>>
>> Documentation:
>> . I've worked some on the documentation, and filled out some parts that
>> were previously TBD.
>>
>> TCP:
>> . Performance improvements. In general, I've improved file transfer
>> performance by about 20% by tuning when TCP ACK messages as well as
>> window updates are sent. On links where packets are dropped from time to
>> time, the performance improvements can be significantly higher.
>> . Bugfix. Retry counter were incorrectly reset under some circumstances.
>> . Bugfix. TCP did not resend an ACK if the same data was received twice.
>> . Bugfix. TCP sockets could erronously be left in a closed state with
>>     no task. However, looking at the socket, it looked like a task was
>>     associated.
>>
>> FTP:
>> . Size calculation for stream type files in RSX mode was done incorrectly.
>>
>> Applications:
>> . I've included a precompiled version of PCL.TSK
>>
>> As usual, the distribution is available from:
>> ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk
>> ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap
>> ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk
>>
>> The documentation is also available through ftp on Mim, or also at
>> http://mim.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc
>>
>>         Johnny
>>
>>
>
> --
> Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus
>                                   ||  on a psychedelic trip
> email: bqt at softjar.se             ||  Reading murder books
> pdp is alive!                     ||  tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
>
> --
> Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus
>                                   ||  on a psychedelic trip
> email: bqt at softjar.se             ||  Reading murder books
> pdp is alive!                     ||  tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
>
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