[HECnet] Central nodename database lookup tool

[Johnny Billquist]

Hi, all.

If you are running an RSX system on HECnet, and you'd like a simple 
command line tool to check some information about other nodes, as it is 
registered in the Datatrieve database I keep on MIM, I've written one now.

It does require that you have the PDP-11 C runtime libraries installed 
(they are installed as a part of BQTCP, and also exists as a component 
in RPM).

Just grab MIM::HECNET:DDB.TSK, install it, and off you go.
If you want the sources (it's really simple) they can be found at 
MIM::HECNET:DDB.C and you also have a Makefile there that compiles it 
for you, in case you want to experiment some.

Example run:

.ddb mim
Node:     MIM
Address:  1.13
Owner:    Johnny Billquist
OS:       RSX-11M-PLUS V4.6
CPU:      PDP-11/74 (e11)
Created:  12 Nov 2011 12:00:00
Modified: 02 May 2020 19:45:49
Loc:      Uppsala, Sweden
Coord:    59.858612,17.638744

.

I just thought it could be useful to have sometimes, and it's also a 
good exercise in interfacing between Datatrieve and PDP-11 C.

   Johnny

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