[HECnet] Is MIM running?

Poolak poolakb at gmail.com
Wed Oct 20 09:31:25 PDT 2021


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On Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 11:39 PM Thomas DeBellis <tommytimesharing at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Tomas,
>
> Say, that is a very nice ping utility you have!  Would you know where I
> could get the source to it or its theory of operation?
>
> Tommy Timesharing systems (TOMMYT, VENTI2, TERZO) are Tops-20 machines
> running on the KLH10 micro-engine.  They have a number of monitor
> modifications plus a rewritten SETNODE utility to support long term
> updates of the volatile data base.  "Long term" means updates in access of
> 39 weeks (6,636 hours).
>
> Updates are accomplished by a weekly batch job.  The node database on
> MIM:: is checked for updates on a weekly basis.  I check connectivity to
> MIM:: by attempting a directory of the appropriate files.  If this works,
> then I proceed to NFT them.  If not, then I send email.
>
> 21:09:03 MONTR   $@NFT
> 21:09:03 USER   NFT>*SET DEFAULTS MIM:: /USER:
> 21:09:03 USER   NFT>*SET DEFAULTS MIM:: /PASSWORD:
> 21:09:03 USER   NFT>*SET DEFAULTS MIM:: /ACCOUNT:
> 21:09:03 USER   NFT>*DIR MIM::FIX.T20;0
> 21:09:03 USER
> 21:09:03 USER   [Fork NFT opening DCN:MIM-FAL for reading, writing]
> 21:09:06 USER
> 21:09:06 USER     MIM::DU1:[DECNET]
> 21:09:06 USER   FIX.T20;111;P775656             17 33280(8)   21-Sep-2021
> 22:19:51
> 21:09:06 USER   NFT>*; If get here, then have connectivity to MIM::
>
> It seems to me that doing a ping might be a more valid initial
> connectivity test, the directory attempt then being a test of FAL/DAP
> status.
>
> Regards,
>
> --T
>
> ------------------------------
> On 10/20/21 4:17 AM, Tomas Prybil wrote:
>
> Hello there
>
> MIM responds well from Area34 via Area59
>
>
>
> bbtrtr#ping decnet 1.13
>
>
>
> Type escape sequence to abort.
>
> Sending 5, 100-byte DECnet echos to atg 0 area.node 1.13, timeout is 5
> seconds:
>
> !!!!!
>
> Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 4/6/8 ms
>
>
>
> BR
>
> /t
>
> ------------------------------
>
> On 10/19/21 10:14 PM, Robert Armstrong wrote:
>
>  … I can’t seem to reach it.  It’s not a big problem, but I wondered if it
> was my issue or somebody else’s…
>
> Bob
>
>
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