1 INFO-VAX	Mon, 02 Aug 2004	Volume 2004 : Issue 424       Contents: FS- LP37 Printers % Re: Multinet on VMS 5.5 please HELP !  Multinet problem with SIMH....& Q: Any VMS admins near Perth Scotland? Re: Where to get OpenVMS Alpha?   Re: Which IP Networking Package?( Re: [Announce] FreeVMS boots under bochs( Re: [Announce] FreeVMS boots under bochs  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------   Date: 1 Aug 2004 11:40:08 -0700 * From: cohnen@optonline.net (Stuart Cohnen) Subject: FS- LP37 Printers= Message-ID: <7f2f3590.0408011040.791a31b8@posting.google.com>   	 For sale: C 2 LP37 Printers, under DEC (aka Compaq aka HP) maintance. 1200 LPM. > With adapter for Centronics i/f and HP JetDirect, making theseE printers network devices.  Extra ribbons and bands. They are in great F shape. Make us an offer, the printers are in Manhattan (New York City) at the Rockefeller University.= Number of hours, line printers etc... available upon request.   . Contact: Stuart Cohnen  cohnen@rockefeller.edu   ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 17:37:38 GMT ' From: "Zibri" <zibri@NO.libero.SPAM.it> . Subject: Re: Multinet on VMS 5.5 please HELP !2 Message-ID: <CT9Pc.82856$5D1.4324520@news4.tin.it>   I found a faster way !  9 I created a RA72.dsk image with putr and rt11 filesystem.   H After that I mounted as foreign that image and then used EXCHANGE> mount& .... then copy xxxx yyyy /transf=block   :))))      --     ------  % If You Think Something Is Impossible,  Be Prepared For The Incredible.   = "Stanley F. Quayle" <squayle@insight.rr.com> wrote in message ' news:410CEBFA.9477.FA39165@localhost... 2 > > > I already have downloaded the 55 Mb archive.@ > > > I don't know how to transfer it to my virtual VAX/VMS .... > [...] F > > If the host o.s. could access COM1 and VMS/SIMH access COM2, couldJ > > kermit in ecah instance run over a null-modem serial cable between the! > > two COM ports at 115200 baud?  > 4 > That would be one choice.  If you're very patient. > F > You could burn it on a CD and mount the CD from the VAX environment.G > There used to be an ISO 9660 reader for VMS back in V4.7 days.  Can't  > find it on the net, tho... > B > You could install DECnet on a Linux system and send it that way:) >    http://linux-decnet.sourceforge.net/  > ? > You could use the Poor Man device driver with a Linux system: ; >    http://linux-decnet.sourceforge.net/poormanseries.html  > F > At one time, you could get a version of Pathworks for PC which would > speak DECnet.  > D > Get a friendly person to convert it to a container file, and mount@ > that as another disk drive.  [Shameless Plug (tm) Alert]  Your/ > friendly CHARON-VAX reseller could do that...  >  > --Stan Quayle  > Quayle Consulting Inc. >  > ----------/ > Stanley F. Quayle, P.E. N8SQ  +1 614-868-1363 5 > 8572 North Spring Ct., Pickerington, OH  43147  USA 2 > stan-at-stanq-dot-com       http://www.stanq.com >  >  >    ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 17:39:17 GMT ' From: "Zibri" <zibri@NO.libero.SPAM.it> ' Subject: Multinet problem with SIMH.... 2 Message-ID: <9V9Pc.82861$5D1.4324915@news4.tin.it>  8 %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   1-AUG-2004 19:31:34.81  %%%%%%%%%%% Message from user MULTINET3 IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.   > %MULTINET-W-STARTUPERR, error starting LAN device XQA0 for se0' -SYSTEM-F-IVADDR, invalid media address 5 %MULTINET-I-TRYAGAIN, trying again with 3 LAN buffers > %MULTINET-W-STARTUPERR, error starting LAN device XQA0 for se0' -SYSTEM-F-IVADDR, invalid media address 5 %MULTINET-I-TRYAGAIN, trying again with 2 LAN buffers > %MULTINET-W-STARTUPERR, error starting LAN device XQA0 for se0' -SYSTEM-F-IVADDR, invalid media address 4 %MULTINET-I-TRYAGAIN, trying again with 1 LAN buffer> %MULTINET-W-STARTUPERR, error starting LAN device XQA0 for se0' -SYSTEM-F-IVADDR, invalid media address < %MULTINET-F-CANTSTART, unable to start LAN device; giving up= %RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 0000020F  $     # Can anybody explain what is wrong ?  WinPcap is running... L my hosting pc has 192.168.0.1 as IP.. my hosted VAX has 192.168.0.2 (is that
 right?)...G my laptop has 192.168.0.5 and i can telnet and ping from 192.168.0.1 to 0 192.168.0.5 but nothing to/from 192.168.0.2 :(((     --     ------  % If You Think Something Is Impossible,  Be Prepared For The Incredible.    ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 03:03:24 GMT  From: anonymous@coolgroups.com/ Subject: Q: Any VMS admins near Perth Scotland? = Message-ID: <ad0abd4148836ac80f7fa996220bcff3@news.scbiz.com>   : Are there any VMS enthusiasts near Perth, Scotland who can: help with the following problem? The problem is the often : occurring  one of trying to install VMS on a PW500AU which; has an IDE CD-ROM drive and the "wrong" PCI IDE controller  : ... it has the Intel Saturn chip controller instead of the: Cypress chip one. (This box was probably originally a Unix< one rather than a VMS one). And as documented in the VMS 7.39 release notes and elsewhere you can't boot the OpenVMS CD 9 on this configuration. We know how to get around this, we 5 just need to do it in the shortest possible time ...   remedies include:  1. Get a SCSI CD-Rom drive. 9 2. Get the IDE controller replaced with the correct item. 8 3. Get a SCSI disk with VMS already on it and boot that.: 4. Do cluster boot from another VMS machine on a network.   < My problem is that I have someone trying to install a stand-: alone system in Perth at a voluntary society, and they are9 stuck. There are no other Alphas on site. We are pursuing 9 several avenues to get the correct hardware to get around < this problem, but this is likely to take several days at the8 very least. So ... are there any Scots VMS sysadmins out; there in a position to assist with options 1, 3 or 4 above?  If so please contact me.  - Erik Ahlefeldt -   sysman -at- abri.une.edu.a    ------------------------------  $ Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 17:01:37 -0400% From: "DAVID TURNER" <DAVID@HPAQ.NET> ( Subject: Re: Where to get OpenVMS Alpha?0 Message-ID: <10gqmbe6cb26684@news.supernews.com>   1 copy   dt   --   Island Computers US Corp 2700 Gregory St Suite 180  Savannah GA 31404  Tel: 912 4476622 Fax: 912 201 0402  Email: dbturner@icusc.com     0 "DAVID TURNER" <DAVID@HPAQ.NET> wrote in message* news:10gndfvibkhqd45@news.supernews.com...3 > We can order the media for you for $449 vms 7.3-2  >  > David  >  > --   > Island Computers US Corp > 2700 Gregory St Suite 180  > Savannah GA 31404  > Tel: 912 4476622 > Fax: 912 201 0402  > Email: dbturner@icusc.com  >  > 7 > "Steven Schoch" <schoch@spamcop.net> wrote in message + > news:cec1k2$1d35$1@news.mainstreet.net... J > > I have 2 old AlphaStation 400's just sitting around.  One has DEC UnixL > > and the other has Windows NT, but I don't need those anymore so I'd like > > to load OpenVMS. > > J > > The trouble is, I can't find it.  I started with HP's web site, got asI > > far as finding a price list, so I called their sales number and asked L > > for OpenVMS.  They said they don't sell it, but I could find a copy fromJ > > a reseller.  I called a couple of their listed resellers but they were > > no help either.  > >  > > So where can I get a copy? > >  > > --  	 > > Steve  >  >    ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 00:50:32 GMT 1 From: Michael Austin <maustin@firstdbasource.com> ) Subject: Re: Which IP Networking Package? : Message-ID: <sdgPc.220$qf3.163@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>   John Reinhardt wrote: E > If you could pick any of the following 3 IP networking packages for G > your home VMS (Alpha) system(s), which would you choose and why?  The F > choices are HP TCP/IP, Process TCPware and Process Multinet.  If youE > were going to expose your system to the internet as a Web/Mail/List ' > server would that change your choice?   O I have been running a webserver using TCPIP 5.x for about 4-5 years now... all  O over cable-modem or DSL.  When talking about a home system, fastest has little  J to do with the IP stack and more to do with the uplink you have.  Mine is P 1.5Mb/256K  down/up. Since I am guessing you won't be using a dead product like J Purveyor, being fastest on a dead product is nothing to write home about. P Purveyor was good and you could do a lot with it, but if you want to use a real K web server with things like MOD_SSL, MOD_PHP, MOD_PERL, MOD_whatever, then  K Purveyor loses.  Yes you can write some perl stuff, but I have yet to have  N anyone demonstrate the ability to download something like OSCommerce, install N it, configure it and have it run using Purveyor.  This would demonstrate true N interoperability and code portability.  And they are like any other tool used J for www pages, you must identify and program to eliminate security risks. 1 Security is not and cannot be a passive activity.    my $.02 worth...   --   Michael Austin.  Consultant - Available. @ Donations welcomed. Http://www.firstdbasource.com/donations.html :)   ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 13:35:33 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>1 Subject: Re: [Announce] FreeVMS boots under bochs + Message-ID: <410D37F4.BC12E6E7@comcast.net>   
 JKB wrote: >  >         Hello, > D >         Now, FreeVMS (0.0.54) is able to boot under Bochs (an i3862 >         emulator). You can found a disk image at? >         http://www.systella.fr/~bertrand/FreeVMS (10 Mbytes).  >  >         Regards, > 
 >         JKB   0 Does it boot on a genuine x86? (not an emulator)   D.J.D.   ------------------------------  * Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 18:40:45 +0000 (UTC)! From: JKB <knatschke@chezmoi.com> 1 Subject: Re: [Announce] FreeVMS boots under bochs < Message-ID: <slrncgqe9d.c1u.knatschke@grossebaf.systella.fr>   Le 01-08-2004,  propos de) Re: [Announce] FreeVMS boots under bochs, -  David J Dachtera crivait dans comp.os.vms :  > JKB wrote: >>   >>         Hello,  >>  E >>         Now, FreeVMS (0.0.54) is able to boot under Bochs (an i386 3 >>         emulator). You can found a disk image at @ >>         http://www.systella.fr/~bertrand/FreeVMS (10 Mbytes). >>   >>         Regards,  >>   >>         JKB > 2 > Does it boot on a genuine x86? (not an emulator)  = 	I don't have any workstation to test it at this time. But my A 	experience says that if a code can boot under bochs, it can boot  	on a real x86. You can try.  B 	But if you want boot FreeVMS on a real system, you have to createC 	devices and some statical linked utilities (loginout, dcl and some 	 	others).   	 	Regards,    	JKB   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2004.424 ************************