[HECnet] Multics online as node 1.770 (BANAI)

[Zane Healy]

Very cool!  I just got my Multics system up and running this last Sunday.  I was a systems analyst on DPS-8 mainframes running GCOS-8 from ’90-93.  I’ve come to the conclusion that not only is that knowledge all evaporated from my head, it also wouldn’t really help with Multics. :-)

How on earth did you manage to hook Multics up to HECnet?

I connected as a guest, am I correct that you have a bunch of Multics software that’s not available as part of the standard build?

Zane




> On Sep 6, 2018, at 8:52 AM, Jeffrey H. Johnson <jhj at trnsz.com> wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Time to update those node databases ... BAN.AI Public Access Multics, the premier public access Multics system, has joined HECnet, as node number 1.770 (BANAI).
> 
> It's just an initial implementation (based on the Linux DECnet source) and performance is lacking, but I hope to get things better optimized and support more services in the near future.
> 
> There are currently 16 outgoing channels for HECnet connections, and up to 128 dynamically allocated incoming login channels.
> 
> Outgoing connections to HECnet are allowed only for registered users, but any incoming login from the Internet or HECnet is permitted, including anonymous Guest users.
> 
> For more information, you can visit https://ban.ai/ <https://ban.ai/>, ssh or mosh to dps8 at m.trnsz.com <mailto:dps8 at m.trnsz.com>, or SET HOST to BANAI/1.770. 
> 
> Feel free to request an account or ask any questions.
> 
> --
> Jeffrey H. Johnson
> jhj at trnsz.com <mailto:jhj at trnsz.com>
> https://ban.ai/multics <https://ban.ai/multics>
> http://mim.update.uu.se/hecnet?node=BANAI <http://mim.update.uu.se/hecnet?node=BANAI>
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