[HECnet] RPM on HECnet

[Johnny Billquist]

Ok. I'll try and dig up my changes/fixes in the next few days.

I actually worked together with Seved around 20 years ago. He wasn't 
that interested in the topic back then either. :-)

   Johnny

On 2021-06-14 03:08, Dave McGuire wrote:
> 
>    Well I'm certainly interested.  Even if Oregon Pascal is better, I
> have a personal attachment to Swedish Pascal.  I installed it on my
> first PDP-11 (the 11/34 that I'm sure I've told you about) when I was
> 16.  That was, wow, 36 years ago.  I really liked the compiler, and in
> particular its extensions over standard Pascal.
> 
>    I actually ran across Seved Torstendahl on Facebook a couple of years
> ago.  I told him about my history with the compiler, the museum, etc and
> that, basically, "someone still loves it".  He was quite amused, but he
> didn't seem too interested in reliving the good old days.
> 
>               -Dave
> 
> On 6/13/21 9:00 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> Speaking of Swedish Pascal, I did some fixes to that a number of years
>> ago, which I'm not sure I ever released to anyway.
>> And since Oregon Pascal really is better, I haven't really bothered.
>> But is there interest in work on Swedish Pascal?
>>
>>    Johnny
>>
>> On 2021-06-14 02:57, Dave McGuire wrote:
>>> On 6/13/21 6:32 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>>> In case someone is using RPM on HECnet, and using DECnet as the
>>>> transport protocol, you need to update your configuration of RPM.
>>>>
>>>> The reason is because I moved the RPM repository directory to a new
>>>> place. In order to avoid any similar problem in the future, please use
>>>> RPM$DIR: instead of LB:[RPM] which was previously the suggested default
>>>> when accessing MIM::
>>>>
>>>> You can change your configuration using RPM CONFIG, or edit CONFIG.CMD
>>>> in your RPM directory. If you edit the file directly, it is the USER
>>>> variable that should be changed.
>>>>
>>>> If people are using RPM with TCP/IP as transport, no changes are needed,
>>>> and all should work without any disruption.
>>>
>>>     I happen to have my home (not LSSM) PDP-11/83 up today, doing some
>>> hacking with Swedish Pascal to heal my soul, so I took this opportunity
>>> to install it.  I'm rummaging through the packages now.  Looks fantastic
>>> so far!  Thanks for doing this!
>>>
>>>                 -Dave
>>>
>>
> 
> 

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