[HECnet] Central nodename database lookup tool

[Johnny Billquist]

Ah. Never mind. I believe Innopolis is indeed a city. Updating location...

   Johnny

On 2021-05-11 09:12, Oleg Safiullin wrote:
> Cool!
> It's time to update the info.
> CTAKAH is now in Innopolis :)
> 
> -- 
> Node:     CTAKAH
> Address:  62.637
> Owner:    Oleg Safiullin
> OS:       RSX-11M-PLUS V4.6
> CPU:      PDP-11/94 (E11)
> Created:  31 Jan 2012 17:48:53
> Modified: 02 May 2020 19:45:48
> Loc:      Novosibirsk, Russia
> Coord:    55.049999,82.949997
> 
> 
> On 10/05/2021 01:49, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> 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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