[HECnet] Oldest VAX/VMS for VAX-11/730 on HECNET

[Supratim Sanyal]

On 12/9/21 2:29 AM, Mark J. Blair wrote:

>
>> On Dec 8, 2021, at 11:18 PM, Supratim Sanyal<supratim at riseup.net>  wrote:
>>
>> Looks like it. The lowest I could go so far is 31.31 (XLIV) @ 4.4. We should try 3.4+ with the key sometime.
> I tried 3.5 with the license installed, and then upgraded it to 3.7 and tried again. It asks for an address in the range 1..1023, but I didn't see any way to specify an area. When I tried starting the network in any of them, I got errors like:
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>> $ @startnet
>> %RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 0001000E
>> %OPCOM,  8-DEC-2021 18:33:36.97, message from user DECNET
>> DECnet starting
>> %NCP-I-NMLRSP, listener response - Invalid parameter value, Maximum address
>> Executor node = 2.617 (PUGGLE)
>>
>> %RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 0001000C
>> %NCP-I-NMLRSP, listener response - Invalid parameter value, Maximum address
>> Executor node = 2.617 (PUGGLE)
>>
maybe it will be happy with some address <=255, or <=128. it is very 
promising you got this far, though. I will try it too once I am happy 
with the PDP-11/93 with two DEQNAs and 4 DUP lines that is keeping me 
awake on the east coast.

regards,
Supratim



> In that case I had type in my 2.617 address without paying enough attention to the prompt asking for a number in the range 1..1023. I got the same kinds of errors after I reconfigured with an address of 617.
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> 4.0 was the first version that prompted me for a regular Phase IV address, and it gave me errors like:
>
>> %RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 0000004A
>> $
>> %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   8-DEC-2021 19:23:45.49  %%%%%%%%%%%
>> Message from user DECNET
>> DECnet event 4.19, adjacency down, operator initiated
>>  From node 2.617 (PUGGLE),  8-DEC-2021 19:23:45.49
>> Circuit UNA-0, Adjacent node address out of range
>> Packet beginning = 0B020000AA000400BB0A024F0240000A
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> I speculate that it was reacting poorly to traffic it saw on my local network, between my router LABRDR and my nodes HUSKY and BULDOG which were up?
>
> 4.7 is working well, but I have not tried any other versions between 4.0 and 4.7 yet.
>
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