[HECnet] DECnet/m+

[Johnny Billquist]

Hi, Paul. Sorry I didn't answer earlier. Saw some other mails I should 
have responded too as well, but been a bit busy.

Anyway. 4.0 is way old and have various issues you do not want or need. 
Locate M+ 4.6 instead. That's basically the only version I'd recommend.
And yes, M+ is definitely easier to deal with than 11M.

You can find both tapes at 
http://bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp11/magtapes/rsx11mplus/

Basically you want BB-J0830-01.L01_RSX11M+_V4.6_BRU_1999.tap, which 
should be bootable, and contain all you need for M+ itself. There is a 
second tape (BB-J0830-01.M01_RSX11M+_V4.6_1999.tap), which might be the 
second tape if the whole thing came on two tapes. (I got M+ 4.6 on TK50, 
which just came on a single cartridge.)

Then you want DECnet, which is decnet11mp46-netkit.tap. The manuals are 
online, but of course you can also just ask. And since you seem to have 
already managed once, it should hopefully not be too complicated.

After that, you might also want to install TCP/IP, and then you can 
experiment on from that...

   Johnny

On 2021-12-22 18:58, Paul Koning wrote:
> I'm trying to build a DECnet/RSX system, and since I've never done anything like that I figured I'd try M+ as (right?) the easiest option.
> 
> Did a sysgen, that seemed to work ok.  Found a DECnet kit on Bitsavers, the 4.0 one marked "3errs", used that to do netgen.  That too seemed ok.
> 
> Now I'm trying "netins".  That fails mid-way and I have no clue why:
> 
>> @[5,1]netins
>> * Do you want to install and load the CEX system? [Y/N]: y
>> * Do you want to install and start DECnet? [Y/N]: n
>> * On what device are the network tasks [D=DU0:] [S]:
>> INS XX:[5,54]NTINIT
>> INS XX:[5,54]NTL
>> INS XX:[5,54]MLD
>> INS XX:[5,54]EVC
>> INS XX:[5,54]NCPRES
>> ; INS XX:[5,54]CFERES
>> ; INS XX:[5,54]VNP
>> INS XX:[5,54]NMVACP
>> SET /SYSUIC=[5,54]
>> ASN XX:=LB:
>> LOA NM:/HIGH/VEC
>> CON ONL NM:
>> ASN =LB:
>> SET /SYSUIC=[2,54]
>> INS XX:[5,54]LOO
>> INS XX:[5,54]LOO/TASK=LOO...
>> INS XX:[5,54]EVFRES
>> SET /UIC=[5,54]
>> NCP SET SYS
> 12:56:33  Task "NTL..." terminated
> 	  Odd address or other trap four
> 	  R0=000000
> 	  R1=000000
> 	  R2=000005
> 	  R3=000004
> 	  R4=151775
> 	  R5=157724
> 	  SP=120614
> 	  PC=160252
> 	  PS=170000
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 	paul
> 

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