[HECnet] portable / user mode DECnet router?

[Supratim Sanyal]

On 4/4/2019 03:27, Rob Jarratt wrote:
> I actually built some code in my
> user mode decnet router to periodically check IP addresses without blocking
> and I reckon it would be quite easy to update the bridge to use the same
> code.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rob
> 

Rob,

I looked around the internet for information about your user mode DECnet 
router and saw a few posts and a mention at the 2012 retrochallenge website.

Does it compile on Linux? Is it open-source / can it be shared (i.e. can 
one have a copy to experiment)?

Thanks
Supratim




















>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On
>> Behalf Of Dave Wade
>> Sent: 04 April 2019 07:43
>> To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
>> Subject: RE: [HECnet] Minimal Requirements
>>
>> Johnny,
>>   As I only have VMS systems, and a dynamic IP looks like I am stuck for a
>> while.
>> Dave
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On
>> Behalf
>>> Of Johnny Billquist
>>> Sent: 04 April 2019 00:48
>>> To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
>>> Subject: Re: [HECnet] Minimal Requirements
>>>
>>> On 2019-04-03 23:42, Dave Wade wrote:
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>> Do I still need a fixed IP address to have a node on HECNET? I can't
>>>> see anything on the HECNET web site.
>>>
>>> No you don't. But it do depend on how you connect.
>>> RSX mulitnet links using TCP handles if you have a dynamic IP address
>>> just fine.
>>> VMS multinet links I think not, and the bridge certainly do not.
>>>
>>>     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
> 


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