9 Dec
2005
9 Dec
'05
12:39 a.m.
At 3:41 PM -0800 12/8/05, Robert Armstrong wrote:
I know I'm not the first to think of this; in
particular, I've had a few
email discussions recently with Johnny Billquist about HECnet,
http://www.update.uu.se/~bqt/hecnet.html
At some point I'd like to link up with HECnet, but right now Johnny is
having ISP problems and it sounds like HECnet is down to one or two nodes.
Are there any other hobbyist DECnet associations that are going strong?
HECnet's still around? I thought it had died off without ever really
getting started. I wonder why on earth I quit messing with it
then... Actually taking a quick look at the HECnet mail list
archives on my box, probably was a combination of the mail list dying
off (unless I got dropped), and real life taking to much of my time
:^/
I have a fair amount of Internet bandwidth available
at my location, and I
can set aside a VS4000 VLC or model 90 to serve as a dedicated Phase IV
routing node.
Hmmm, I wonder what I did with the Storage Works shelf that I had for
the VS4000 60 or 90 I was going to use. It's around here somewhere,
hopefully with the drives still installed, just not sure if it's
here, or in storage. I know the VLC, 60, and 90 are all in storage,
but I know where, and they're easy to get to :^) Or maybe I could
manage an AlphaStation 200 4/233 as I have a pair sitting around
doing nothing.
Needless to say, I'd be interested in a Hobbyist DECnet, if I can
find the time to put a node together.
What I can't manage is putting a physical PDP-11 on it, though I
might be able to do an emulated one.
Zane
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