[HECnet] SIMH experience?

[Supratim Sanyal]

Turning of SIMH cpu idle and not nicing simh down if it is niced down may be worth a shot too


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Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT
39.19151 N, 77.23432 W
QCOCAL::SANYAL via HECnet


> On Feb 24, 2020, at 5:17 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
> 
>> On 2020-02-24 22:28, Fred wrote:
>> Hi all
>> I've moved my SIMH VAXen to a new host with a new version of SIMH (the current 3.11 that I found - is there a newer version?)
> 
> 3.11 would suggest you are sticking to Bobs development. There is also the "fork" by Mark. Not sure which, if either, is better...
> 
>> Main host runs Devuan Linux (yes, I'm a systemd hater).  VirtualBox VM hosts the SIMH instance, also running Devuan Linux.
> 
> systemd needs to die.
> 
>> My area router, FRUGAL, boots fine and gets adjacency with my Multinet-over-IP connections, that is, LEGATO, MIM, and 31.3:: as well as other DECNet hosts (MISER, CHEAP)
>> However, the connection from FRUGAL "flaps" (going up and down) quite a bit with local DECNet hosts as well as the ip-connection to 31.3::
>> I've tried eliminating the connection to 31.3:: as the culprit by turning off the circuit, and the connection between FRUGAL:: and MISER:: (both local nodes) continues to go up and down every few minutes.
>> I'd welcome some pointers, things to check, etc.  Is there such a thing as an adjacency timer perhaps I could crank up a bit?
> 
> You could crank up the hello timer on the circuit, but I'm not sure you'll be much happier with that.
> Sounds like you might have some issues with how it performs on the ethernet. Hard to tell much without more investigation...
> 
>  Johnny
> 
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