RE: Questions

[William Webb <william@digitalvoicecorp.com>]

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xenocide login: dvc
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Linux 2.2.13.
Last login: Wed Jan 26 14:15:56  2000 on ttyp1 from snowcrash.digita.
No mail.
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|          1) Connect to HAWK              |
|          2) Connect to FALCON            |
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|     Please allow 60 seconds for the      |
|          connection to be made.          |
|     Once logged in, please allow an      |
|      additional 30 seconds for the       |
|           session to respond.            |
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|  To set up your terminal session, type:  |
|            SET TERM/DEC_CRT              |
|       once you receive the $ prompt.     |
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                Option: 1
sethost V1.0.3
Connecting to HAWK
Connected. Escape Sequence  is ^]

DIGITAL VOICE CORPORATION - VAX/VMS 4.6

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Username: 

    Last interactive login on Tuesday, 25-JAN-2000 14:31
    Last non-interactive login on Monday, 20-DEC-1999 12:37
%SET-W-NOTSET, error modifying RTA1:
-SET-I-UNKTERM, unknown terminal type

Now executing your Login.Com procedure...

H$set host nemo
Connected to "NEMO  ", System type = RSX-11M-Plus
System ID: NEMO                            


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and at this point the session to NEMO simply hangs.

Your other question:  yes, I can establish a serial connection to one of the
VAXen
and then SET HOST to the PDP with full interactivity.

By the way, VMS 4.6 *is* Y2K compliant.  DEC/Compaq simply didn't want to
deal with it.  
We've run _extensive_ testing and this rev is Y2K compliant.


Will

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Zane H. Healy [SMTP:healyzh@aracnet.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, January 25, 2000 2:18 PM
> To:	William Webb
> Cc:	linux-decnet@dreamtime.org
> Subject:	RE: Questions
> 
> >Hobbyist?  No.  I'll be working at this company for approximate 2 more
> weeks
> >- simply the fact that they are still using these beasts _in production_
> is
> >a sign I think of worse things to come.  We run our ERP on one of the
> VAXen
> >and the engineers develop code based on an old DEC processor on the other
> >VAXen.  The PDP is where our in-house barcoding system is running.
> 
> Nothing wrong with using the system in production, on the other hand,
> there
> is a MAJOR problem with using those OS's in production though.  That
> should
> be a nice Y2k nightmare!
> 
> >The setup is pretty simple.  The three DEC machines all speak DECnet (the
> >VAXen run v4 and I have no clue as to what the PDP runs) over 10Base5
> 
> I'm not sure, but I suspect it might be Phase IV, IIRC, RSX-11M+ V3 is the
> same age as RSX-11M V4.2, not sure though.  In my case the Node numbers
> I'm
> using is proof I've got Phase IV.
> 
> >If we serial connect in through a MUXmaster (MINX-NET) to connect to a
> >terminal server, I can connect to any one of the three DEC machines.
> >However, if I telnet to my Linux gateway and then issue sethost commands,
> >only the two VAXen respond.  _And_ if I telnet to the Linux box and then
> >connect to one of the VAXen, I can't even SET HOST to the PDP.  I get a
> >prompt but it simply sits there.  No interactivity.
> 
> The only other question I can think of would be, if you telnet in to the
> VAX from the Linux box, what happens when you then connect to the same VAX
> from a terminal and try and SET HOST to the PDP-11?
> 
> 			Zane
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