[HECnet] New system online

Thu Jul 7 15:15:27 PDT 2016

I should clarify that I have pretty much all RSX DECUS entries. No VMS 
around that I keep any track of, sorry.

	Johnny

On 2016-07-08 00:13, Supratim Sanyal wrote:
> Ah silly me - I am looking for the DODGEM and LIGHTCYCLE games and
> posted the following at comp.os.vms to no response, it looks like Johnny
> or someone here may have these, and if so, may I? Thanks in advance.
>
> Hi all - David Wilkinson's Dodgem is listed in the DECUS catalog for The
> VAX Library Collection 2 Version: 1992/1993. However I cannot find the
> BASIC source or an EXE (or am I blind?)
>
> Same for LIGHTCYCLE (i.e. cannot locate EXE or source).
>
> Anyone has any pointers? There are youtube videos of folks playing them
> on good old VT220s ...
>
> http://www.decuslib.com/decus/vax000/catalog.94a
> <http://www.decuslib.com/decus/vax000/catalog.94a>
>
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> On 7/7/2016 5:27 PM, Hans Vlems wrote:
>> With difficulty I'd say :-)
>> Hecnet members own a wide variety of hardware and tend to hang on to spare parts and software kits as if their lives depend on them.
>> If you have a specific question then it gets answered here‎, no doubt. Software kits, whatever version of a product you need, are generally easy to get here.
>> Hans
>>
>> Verzonden vanaf mijn BlackBerry 10-smartphone.
>>   Origineel bericht
>> Van: Lex van Roon
>> Verzonden: donderdag 7 juli 2016 21:33
>> Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
>> Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
>> Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] New system online
>>
>> I was wondering about this myself as well, how do you actually find
>> interesting things on HECnet without actively probing anything? The
>> INFO.TXT does seem to be a good thing for this, and by looking at it, I
>> need to start getting things into order :)
>>
>> gr, Lex
>>
>> On 07/07/2016 09:24, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>> I could certainly add various bits of information, but it might become a bit
>>> unwieldy to manage that information locally.
>>>
>>> In the past there was the suggestion that people have an INFO.TXT in the
>>> default account for DECnet. Any such file will be displayed by another page
>>> I have on MIM.
>>>
>>> See for example http://mim.update.uu.se/hecnet?node=mim
>>>
>>> There have also been suggestions for standardizing the format of that file.
>>> I don't think my example might be following any such standards, and I'm not
>>> sure how important/useful that could be.
>>>
>>> But I think it's a better system for giving random information about nodes
>>> than the nodename database, as there can be all kind of odd information you
>>> can put there.
>>>
>>> Johnny
>>>
>>> On 2016-07-07 02:29, Mark Abene wrote:
>>>> Speaking of which, I was wondering if maybe Johnny thinks it would be
>>>> a good idea to add a column to the web-based node list which shows
>>>> whether or not the particular system has a guest account, or offers
>>>> user accounts? The question of which nodes are "open" comes up on the
>>>> list now and again, and I don't remember there being any authoritative
>>>> list.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Lex van Roon <r3boot at r3blog.nl> wrote:
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> After some effort, I got an PDP-11/93 (simh) online running RSX-11M+ 4.6
>>>>> bl 87. It is reachable as ROJIN (1.542) and I've configured a guest
>>>>> account on this box if anyone is interested in nosing around on this
>>>>> sytem. Do note, I just have about 2 weeks of experience with rsx, so be
>>>>> gentle with me :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Lex van Roon
>>>>>
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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