[HECnet] DECnet/m+

[Supratim Sanyal]

Life is easy. Just grab the FRODO distribution :)

http://www.rsx11m.com/

The links "Download PiDP-11 DU0 RSX11M+ V4.6 w/ BQ TCP/IP" and "Download 
PiDP-11 DU1 containg RSX Sig Tapes".

I am trying to document what I did to get a dual-adapter 11/93 from the 
same base install here (WIP): 
https://supratim-sanyal.blogspot.com/2021/12/simh-simulating-pdp-11-with-two.html

On 12/22/21 2:48 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2021-12-22 20:42, Paul Koning wrote:
>> More...
>>
>> I unpacked that decnet46 tape image with BRU, and did netgen with 
>> that.  I get an endnode, I missed the fact it didn't ask me if I 
>> wanted something else.  So how would I get a router instead?
>
> Sounds like you are faced with an endnode kit. Then you don't have a 
> choice.
> Download the full DECnet kit from MIM, and make a new installation 
> with that. Now that you've come this far, that is fairly easy to do, 
> since the tape image exists at MIM::
>
>> I supplied the addresses and vectors to match what SIMH has, but at 
>> network startup I get a complaint about the DMC-0 vector:
>>
>>> NCP SET SYS
>> NTL -- DMC Template -- Vector 320 Not Available
>>     .INT1    $$DMC
>> NTL -- DMC Template -- Vector 324 Not Available
>>     .INT2    $$DMC
>> NTINIT -- Failed To Load Line DMC-0
>>> ASN =XX:
>>> NCP SET EXE STA ON
>>
>> As far as I can tell nothing else uses that vector.  It's happy with 
>> DMC-1 (vector 330).
>
> Something must be using vector 320.
>
> Try "CON DIS FULL ATT" and spot what might be using it.
>
>> Also, I can't get CFE to set my nearby node names:
>>
>> CFE>def nod 41.1 name python
>> CFE -- Name Node Server QIO failed, Function=IO.WND, I/O Status=205
>>
>> Does it matter that I specified that name during netgen?  But I also 
>> gave it MIM and that's defined just fine.
>
> I wonder if it might be that the node name server isn't running. But I 
> don't understand why MIM would be possible to define in that case.
> Do you perhaps already have a PYTHON defined with some other number?
>
> Also, if you have DECnet up and running, check for [5,54]NNCFSL.TSK, 
> which is a task you can use to copy all the node names from another 
> node (like MIM).
>
>   Johnny
>
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