1 INFO-VAX	Tue, 26 Dec 2006	Volume 2006 : Issue 710       Contents:  Re: Internet Explorer 7 Released Need help running a Decmate II" Re: Need help running a Decmate II" Re: Need help running a Decmate II) Re: OpenVMS Weekly Audio Update - Show #1 4 Re: Relationship between node numbers, alloclass etc4 Re: Relationship between node numbers, alloclass etc4 Re: Relationship between node numbers, alloclass etc  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 17:34:18 +0800 - From: Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> ) Subject: Re: Internet Explorer 7 Released ) Message-ID: <458f9ae6_1@rain.i-cable.com>   % admin.softwaresearch@gmail.com wrote:  > Click Here To download :7 > http://downloadhub.uni.cc/category/detail.php?id=5953   : Isn't Micro$oft planning to kill her xBase dialect Foxpro?   --  C   .~.   Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org B  / v \  Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you!% /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10)  Linux 2.6.19.1 E   ^ ^   17:32:02 up 12 days 23:44 1 user load average: 1.00 1.02 1.00 I news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:24:33 -0500 6 From: "Headley Sappleton" <inexpensivepcs@comcast.net>' Subject: Need help running a Decmate II : Message-ID: <I_qdnWIs8-jguA3YnZ2dnUVZ_veinZ2d@comcast.com>   Hi All  H I have received this really nice looking Decmate II computer with LK201 < keyboard and vr201 monitor as well as some floppy diskettes.  M When everything is connected and powers up, I get the DECmate II logo on the  L monitor. That's just about it, because nothing else comes up no matter what  key I press on the keyboard.  L I assume the keyboard is fine because if I start the computer without it, I L do not get the DECmate II logo. The floppy drive also appears to be reading L the diskettes. (incidentally i learned that they should be inserted up side K down). The diskettes may not be booting diskettes, they are probably Files   backup or so forth.   I Since i cannot do anything without input from the keyboard, i was hoping  L anyone who have experience with this computer could shed some light on this ( problem for me. Any help is appreciated.   regards  Headley sappleton    ------------------------------    Date: 25 Dec 2006 13:00:37 -0800- From: "Steve Lionel" <steve.lionel@intel.com> + Subject: Re: Need help running a Decmate II B Message-ID: <1167080437.310018.300230@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>   Headley Sappleton wrote:  I > I have received this really nice looking Decmate II computer with LK201 > > keyboard and vr201 monitor as well as some floppy diskettes.  / Try alt.sys.pdp8 for help with the DECmate II.     Steve    ------------------------------    Date: 25 Dec 2006 15:06:00 -0800 From: dooleys@snowy.net.au+ Subject: Re: Need help running a Decmate II B Message-ID: <1167087960.798318.110450@48g2000cwx.googlegroups.com>   Steve Lionel wrote:  > Headley Sappleton wrote: > K > > I have received this really nice looking Decmate II computer with LK201 @ > > keyboard and vr201 monitor as well as some floppy diskettes. > 0 > Try alt.sys.pdp8 for help with the DECmate II. >  > Steve  also try posting to comp.os.cpm  Phil   ------------------------------    Date: 25 Dec 2006 19:31:58 -0600- From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) 2 Subject: Re: OpenVMS Weekly Audio Update - Show #13 Message-ID: <1MORj0pHioXz@eisner.encompasserve.org>   f In article <1165764733.772345.207360@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com>, "Ian Miller" <gxys@uk2.net> writes:  G > It was deliberately made a format that even Mac users could listen to  > :-)   C Considering that http://www.openvms.org/pages.php?page=VPN bills it * as being a "podcast" that seems only fair.   ------------------------------  + Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 22:20:32 +0000 (UTC) 7 From: moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) = Subject: Re: Relationship between node numbers, alloclass etc ( Message-ID: <empirg$3i0$1@pcls6.std.com>  0 JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> writes:   >It is well known that the5 >SCSSYSTEMID = DECNET AREA*1024 + DECNET NODE NUMBER.     B >But the rest seems to be at the discretion of the system manager.  I >Is is worth the trouble of trying to synchronise the DECNET node number   >with the TCPIP address ?   5 >(eg: decnet node 1.10, TCPIP would be xx.xx.xx.10 ?)   C Makes things appear neater, and makes it easy to find one of these  ! parameters if you know any other.   M >Is it also worth trying to synchronise the ALLOCLASS with a node number for   >each node ?  F Some system administrators have come up with some fairly complex rulesF regarding assigning alloclasses to nodes and SCSI busses, such as the D nodes having alloclasses multiples of 10 and SCSI busses having portF alloclasses (node alloclass +1, +2, +3 etc), or node alloclasses beingC a number 1-9 and shared SCSI busses having alloclasses by combining F the alloclasses of the nodes it connects to (a disk $13$DKA0: would beJ on a SCSI bus shared by nodes 1 and 3, $24$DKA0: on a bus between 2 and 4,A $42$DKA0: on a second bus between nodes 2 and 4, etc.)  But with  C fibrechannel, alloclasses 1 (and 2 for tapes) probably shouldn't be  used.   L >Also, in a cluster, the oldest node is the one to let a booting node in or  >not.   I I don't remember the algorithm, but I don't think it's always the oldest. J It's irrelevant anyway, all nodes are considered equal (except for votes).  4 > And it remembers nodes that have left the cluster.  0 The cluster as a whole remembers former members.  L >If I change the SCSYSTEMID on node VELO and then reboot that node, will it # >be allowed back into the cluster ?   G >What about if I keep the SCSYSTEMID the same, but change the SCSNODE ?   D If a node has the same SCSYSTEMID as a former member but a different@ SCSNODE, it won't be allowed to join.  Same for same SCSNODE but different SCSSYSTEMID.  I >Is it correct to state that allocation class doesn't matter for cluster  K >membership, it only is used to name devices ? (eg: I can change alloclass  L >and then reboot - the existing nodes will see both the old devices (marked 7 >unavailable) and the new ones with the new alloclass ?   F Pretty much, except for old versions of VMS where alloclass determined< which devices it could serve (had to be the same alloclass).   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 17:30:59 -0500 . From: Ken Robinson <k_n_b_s_@nospam.rbnsn.com>= Subject: Re: Relationship between node numbers, alloclass etc = Message-ID: <459043e2$0$1466$88260bb3@unlimited.teranews.com>    Michael Moroney wrote (n part):   C > $42$DKA0: on a second bus between nodes 2 and 4, etc.)  But with  E > fibrechannel, alloclasses 1 (and 2 for tapes) probably shouldn't be  > used.   ? When using an EVA for storage the allocation class is always 1.    Ken    ------------------------------  + Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:32:37 +0000 (UTC) 7 From: moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) = Subject: Re: Relationship between node numbers, alloclass etc ( Message-ID: <emq1k5$tut$1@pcls4.std.com>  0 Ken Robinson <k_n_b_s_@nospam.rbnsn.com> writes:    >Michael Moroney wrote (n part):  D >> $42$DKA0: on a second bus between nodes 2 and 4, etc.)  But with F >> fibrechannel, alloclasses 1 (and 2 for tapes) probably shouldn't be >> used.  @ >When using an EVA for storage the allocation class is always 1.  F ...which is why I said alloclass 1 (and 2) probably shouldn't be used.   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2006.710 ************************