[HECnet] DECnet-VAX V3.0, VMS V3.5 (Was Re: Oldest VAX/VMS for VAX-11/730 on HECNET)

[Supratim Sanyal]

TL;DR: sorry Johnny, now you have to add 31.42 XXXV, SimH VAX-11/780, 
VMS 3.5 DECnet-VAX V3.0 but Phase-IV, to the node database :)

Paul's commands nudged something into sanity.

For those who grabbed my experimental tarball from dropbox, this is all 
we needed to do (long version below).

Now ... what do we do about vaxvms 3.0 with NETACP from 3.5?

All in all, an excellent day today!

:)

On 12/16/21 4:54 PM, Paul Koning wrote:

> So I see that "max areas" does not appear in the help you showed. 
>  What happens if you attempt to set it anyway?  Is it rejected?

Whoa! No complaints, and a "Maximum Area" characteristic got added!

NCP>define exec max areas 63
NCP>set exec max areas 63
NCP>show exec char


Node Volatile Characteristics as of 15-DEC-1984 23:50:32

Executor node = 42 (XXXV)

Identification           = DECnet-VAX V3.0,  VMS V3.5
Management version       = V4.0.0
Incoming timer           = 45
Outgoing timer           = 45
NSP version              = V3.2.0
Maximum links            = 32
Delay factor             = 80
Delay weight             = 5
Inactivity timer         = 60
Retransmit factor        = 10
Routing version          = V2.0.0
Type                     = nonrouting IV
Routing timer            = 600
Broadcast routing timer  = 40
Maximum address          = 1023
Maximum circuits         = 16
Maximum cost             = 1022
Maximum hops             = 30
Maximum visits           = 63
Maximum area             = 63
Max broadcast nonrouters = 64
Max broadcast routers    = 32
Maximum buffers          = 100
Buffer size              = 576
Nonprivileged user id    = DECNET
Default access           = incoming and outgoing
Pipeline quota           = 1200

> What happens if you attempt to set the executor address to 31.42?

I'll be damned.

%OPCOM, 15-DEC-1984 23:58:12.94, message from user DECNET
DECnet event 4.15, adjacency up
 From node 31.42 (XXXV), 15-DEC-1984 23:58:12.94
Circuit UNA-0, Adjacent node = 31.32

Dec 16 23:58:092021-12-16 
<https://my.papertrailapp.com/systems/2021-12-16/events?focus=1408287339721158669&selected=1408287339721158669>23 
<https://my.papertrailapp.com/groups/1472164/events?q=program%3A23&focus=1408287339721158669&selected=1408287339721158669>58:08.967: 
PYRTR: Event type 4.14, Node reachability change#012 From node 31.3 
(PYRTR), occurred 16-Dec-2021 23:58:08.967#012 Node = 31.42#012 Status = 
Reachable

$ mc ncp show exec char


Node Volatile Characteristics as of 16-DEC-1984 00:01:37

Executor node = 31.42 (XXXV)

Identification           = DECnet-VAX V3.0,  VMS V3.5
Management version       = V4.0.0
Incoming timer           = 45
Outgoing timer           = 45
NSP version              = V3.2.0
Maximum links            = 32
Delay factor             = 80
Delay weight             = 5
Inactivity timer         = 60
Retransmit factor        = 10
Routing version          = V2.0.0
Type                     = nonrouting IV
Routing timer            = 600
Broadcast routing timer  = 40
Maximum address          = 1023
Maximum circuits         = 16
Maximum cost             = 1022
Maximum hops             = 30
Maximum visits           = 63
Maximum area             = 63
Max broadcast nonrouters = 64
Max broadcast routers    = 32
Area maximum cost        = 1022
Area maximum hops        = 30
Maximum buffers          = 100
Buffer size              = 576
Nonprivileged user id    = DECNET
Default access           = incoming and outgoing
Pipeline quota           = 1200


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