[HECnet] Central nodename database lookup tool

[Peter Lothberg]

Johnny,

There is a serious problem with your database thing, it
must be corrupting the GEO coordinates:

59.858612  17.638744 is the central square in Uppsala, MIN::
is located at abt:

59.84145130853427, 17.647929315759676

--P

(I did my basic military service  in one of the buildings where UU is 
 located today,and we had several things that used lat/long that we
 trained on in the field between Dag Hammarskjolds V}g and the buildings...)

----- Original Message -----
> From: "bqt" <bqt at softjar.se>
> To: "hecnet" <hecnet at Update.UU.SE>
> Sent: Sunday, May 9, 2021 6:49:47 PM
> Subject: [HECnet] Central nodename database lookup tool

> 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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