[HECnet] Getting openvms going

[Bill Cunningham]

On 11/13/2019 3:52 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On 11/13/19 2:54 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>> [...]
>    You'll need to install the VAX-VMS and DVNETEND PAKs to get it talking
> via DECnet, then any other license PAKs can be transferred.  Just typing
> in those two PAKs is easy.
>
>    You can copy/paste them from the terminal, but if you try it all at
> once you'll hit a buffer overflow.  To address that, edit
> SYS$SYSTEM:MODPARAMS.DAT and add the following lines:
>
> MIN_TTY_TYPAHDSZ=4096
> MIN_TTY_ALTYPAHD=4096
>
>    ...then do:
>
> $ SET DEFAULT SYS$UPDATE
> $ @AUTOGEN GETDATA REBOOT NOFEEDBACK
>
>    After the system comes back up, log in again, then you can paste in
> much larger chunks without issues.
>
>            -Dave
> Ok yes I want to install decnet too. OK I will copy this, no sure what to do yet, but I will need it if it's needed for decnet. There's a phase IV and another system loaded from the backup. Are they both needed for TCP/IP or decnet?

Bill