[HECnet] Hoping to join HECnet

[Zane Healy]

> On Jun 23, 2018, at 10:56 AM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 06/23/2018 01:32 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> But yes, there is no point in simulating a star coupler, since it's just
>> a passive device anyhow. And HSC emulation only needs to talk the CI
>> protocol and act as (T)MSCP server side. No point, or need, to emulate
>> an actual HSC and run CRONIC on it.
> 
>  About as much point as running VMS under emulation.  I have real HSCs
> here connecting real hardware, but I'd surely run an emulated HSC
> connecting emulated hardware if it were available.  I'd even be quite
> excited about it.
> 
>           -Dave
> 
> -- 
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA

I don’t know Dave, I never thought I’d see the day when I’d be using emulation as my primary platform, but I am for both VAX and PDP-11 now.  I’m even looking into moving my Compaq XP1000/667 over to an emulator.  Most of the data and some of the applications are now on my VAXcluster, which makes good backups easier.  PDXVAX is still a VAXstation 4000, but will be moving to SIMH soon.  That would have happened this weekend most likely, except my internet is down, so I can’t get the OS for the host system.

Zane