2 Jul
2009
2 Jul
'09
4:26 a.m.
Michael Kerpan <mjkerpan at kerpan.com> wrote:
I'd be interested to know what's out there vis
a vis classic systems
that are on the Internet offering public access. Currently, I know of
twenex.org (emulated KL-10B DECSYSTEM-20 with Panda TOPS-20),
pdpplanet.com (a TOAD-1 with TOPS-20, a DECSYSTEM-10 2065 and a VAX
780) and cray-cyber.org (an emulated CDC Cyber plus a rotating
selection of historic super computers on weekends), but is there
anything else? Is anybody running classic versions of UNIX (UCB-era
BSD, AT&T-era System III/V, V6/V7, etc) Is anybody running a public
IBM system? What about various lesser-known systems? Given that most
people used these systems through remote terminals to begin with, a
public access system would seem to be an ideal way to experience them,
but how many of them are available in such a way?
A little surprised that people don't seem to know this, since it's been
online for about fifteen years now (and I have made public announcements
now and then all the time)...
Update, in Sweden, have a PDP-11/70, which runs RSX, and have guest
access. The machine is Magica.Update.UU.SE.
Because a budget limit, along with a problematic cooling system a few
years ago, we've had to restrict how much we can have that machine
running, so we migrated all accounts to an emulated PDP-11/74 instead,
called Mim.Update.UU.SE.
So, just telnet to Mim.Update.UU.SE, and login with guest/guest, and you
can play with RSX.
Oh, and yes, Magica is still around as well. It just takes a turn of the
key to get it online.
Johnny
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|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
3 Jul
3 Jul
2:04 a.m.
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Johnny Billquist<bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
Michael Kerpan <mjkerpan at kerpan.com> wrote:
And don't forget ITS (http://up.update.uu.se/) for all you lusers out there.
John
--
"I've tried programming Ruby on Rails, following TechCrunch in my RSS
reader, and drinking absinthe. It doesn't work. I'm going back to C,
Hunter S. Thompson, and cheap whiskey." -- Ted Dziuba
I'd be interested to know what's out
there vis a vis classic systems
that are on the Internet offering public access. Currently, I know of
twenex.org (emulated KL-10B DECSYSTEM-20 with Panda TOPS-20),
pdpplanet.com (a TOAD-1 with TOPS-20, a DECSYSTEM-10 2065 and a VAX
780) and cray-cyber.org (an emulated CDC Cyber plus a rotating
selection of historic super computers on weekends), but is there
anything else? Is anybody running classic versions of UNIX (UCB-era
BSD, AT&T-era System III/V, V6/V7, etc) Is anybody running a public
IBM system? What about various lesser-known systems? Given that most
people used these systems through remote terminals to begin with, a
public access system would seem to be an ideal way to experience them,
but how many of them are available in such a way?
A little surprised that people don't seem to know this, since it's been
online for about fifteen years now (and I have made public announcements now
and then all the time)...
Update, in Sweden, have a PDP-11/70, which runs RSX, and have guest access.
The machine is Magica.Update.UU.SE.
Because a budget limit, along with a problematic cooling system a few years
ago, we've had to restrict how much we can have that machine running, so we
migrated all accounts to an emulated PDP-11/74 instead, called
Mim.Update.UU.SE.
So, just telnet to Mim.Update.UU.SE, and login with guest/guest, and you can
play with RSX.
Oh, and yes, Magica is still around as well. It just takes a turn of the key
to get it online.
? ? ? ?Johnny 
5:18 p.m.
In article <7d3530220907022304x50cb9a1dp317c67debb7d97b4 at mail.gmail.com>,
John Floren <slawmaster at gmail.com> writes:
And don't forget ITS (http://up.update.uu.se/) for
all you lusers out there=
The above URL says:
"(You can not connect using Telnet.)"
So its not really relevant to a list of machines to which you can
connect by telnet.
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5:24 p.m.
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Richard<legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
In article <7d3530220907022304x50cb9a1dp317c67debb7d97b4 at mail.gmail.com>,
? ?John Floren <slawmaster at gmail.com> ?writes:
You can connect with SupDup, the super duper telnet.
John
--
"I've tried programming Ruby on Rails, following TechCrunch in my RSS
reader, and drinking absinthe. It doesn't work. I'm going back to C,
Hunter S. Thompson, and cheap whiskey." -- Ted Dziuba
And don't forget ITS
(http://up.update.uu.se/) for all you lusers out there=
The above URL says:
? ? ? ?"(You can not connect using Telnet.)"
So its not really relevant to a list of machines to which you can
connect by telnet. 
4 Jul
4 Jul
10:45 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnny Billquist" <bqt at softjar.se>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 3:26 AM
Subject: Re: Telnet access to classic mainframe/timesharing systems
A little surprised that people don't seem to know
this, since it's been
online for about fifteen years now (and I have made public announcements
now and then all the time)...
Update, in Sweden, have a PDP-11/70, which runs RSX, and have guest
access. The machine is Magica.Update.UU.SE.
Because a budget limit, along with a problematic cooling system a few
years ago, we've had to restrict how much we can have that machine
running, so we migrated all accounts to an emulated PDP-11/74 instead,
called Mim.Update.UU.SE.
So, just telnet to Mim.Update.UU.SE, and login with guest/guest, and you
can play with RSX.
Oh, and yes, Magica is still around as well. It just takes a turn of the
key to get it online.
Johnny
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
Thanks for that. I know nothing about RSX, but I stayed long enough to
achieve a new high score in Mad Bomber and execute a 1-line Basic program.
:)
Later,
Charlie Carothers
--
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