[HECnet] KLH-10 TOPS-10 DECnet Executor Configuration Persistence

[Supratim Sanyal]

On 3/11/2020 04:05, G. wrote:
> As far as I remember, you have to relink the monitor.

Thanks. I looked at pretty much all non-EXE files in [1,2] and [1,4] but 
could not find where it is picking up 24.172 from. Also it appears 
24.172 is picked up at a very early stage even before the dpni20 driver 
is loaded. Here is what I am doing/seeing. As you will see, the dpni20 
driver still wants to use the ac:60 mac (for 24.172) which it ignores - 
either because of the CHANGE prior to that, or maybe because I force the 
actual mac to 25:7C (for 31.37) before launching KLH-10. To me it looks 
like 24.172 is "burnt into" either the 704dcn image or whatever 
"microcode" is being loaded into NIA20.

So yes please walk me through getting a 704dcn image with 31.37 burnt 
into it.

KLH10# go
Starting KN10 at loc 0703667...
BOOT V4(100)

BOOT>704dcn
[Loading from DSKA:704DCN.EXE[1,4]]

RF434E DEC10 Development 05-Mar-91
Why reload: OPR
Date: 10-mar-2020
Time: 19:39
[KLNI microcode %1(172) loaded on NIA20 564]
Startup option: Q


Options are:    CHANGE  DEFINE  DESTRO  DISSOL  GO NOINIT
                 REFRES  SHOW
Type "HELP" for additional information
Startup option: SHOW
Show (ASL,DATE,NETWOR,SDL,SETS,SSL,STRUCT,UNIT): NETWOR

Networks:
         System-wide node name: TWONKY
         ANF-10 node TWONKY(57)
         DECnet node TWONKY(24.172)
         LAT service: TWONKY
Startup option: CHANGE
Change (ASL,DATE,NETWOR,SDL,SETS,SSL,STRUCT,UNIT): NETWOR
System-wide node name [TWONKY]:
ANF-10 node name [TWONKY]:
ANF-10 node number (1 - 77) [57]: 37
DECnet node name [TWONKY]:
DECnet area number (1 - 63) [24]: 31
DECnet node number (1 - 1023) [172]: 37
LAT service name [TWONKY]:
Startup option: show
Show (ASL,DATE,NETWOR,SDL,SETS,SSL,STRUCT,UNIT): networ

Networks:
         System-wide node name: TWONKY
         ANF-10 node TWONKY(37)
         DECnet node TWONKY(31.37)
         LAT service: TWONKY
Startup option:


Options are:    CHANGE  DEFINE  DESTRO  DISSOL  GO NOINIT
                 REFRES  SHOW
Type "HELP" for additional information
Startup option: define
Define (ASL,SDL,SSL,STRUCT):
Startup option: GO
[Rebuilding the system search list from the HOM blocks]

[Rebuilding the active swapping list from the HOM blocks]

[Rebuilding the system dump list from the HOM blocks]

[dpni20-W: "vde-dnet-tap4" E/N addr change ignored, Old=aa:0:4:0:25:7c 
New=aa:0:4:0:ac:60 - already a DECNET addr!]

% INTNAS No account string specified in TTY.INI

RF434E DEC10 Development 19:43:41 CTY system 3600
Connected to Node TWONKY(37) Line CTY
.LOGIN 1,2
.R OPR
%%TTY STOMPER - Not starting
%FRCLIN INITIA - Logging out
OPR>

> Same if you want the
> emulator to idle when TOPS-10 is doing nothing. If/When you feel confident I
> could provide some more help :)

Yes please. It hogs 100% of Xeon core. I did add a "devdef idler 700 
host" to the .ini - it does not help, so again I need a smarter 704dcn.

>> 3) What is the proper way to shut a KLH-10 PDP-10 running TOPS-10 system
>> down?
> .R OPR
> OPR> SET KSYS NOW
>
> Wait for '-- KSYS processing completed --' then give the 'shut' command at
> the 'KLH10>>' emulator prompt (which will return you to the 'BOOT>' prompt)
> and finally 'halt' and 'quit' the emulator.
>
> G. :)

Thank you.


Regards,

Supratim


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