4 Apr
2001
4 Apr
'01
8:54 p.m.
I am looking for some ideas for putting one of my DEC machines on the
net. I used to run a Unix bbs years ago on a 386 running Xenix and XBBS
and really enjoyed it a lot. I noticed that the source is still around
for that program on the net.
This is what I have:
11/23+ running RT-11. I have the TCP-IP package for it and I beleive I
have everything I need to make it work.
11/53 running RSX but I can probably coax BSD on it without a problem.
VAXstation II running VAX/VMS 4.4 but I also have netBSD for it. I know
nothing about VMS.
I want to make these machines available but at the same time I want to
batten down the hatches so they are not wide open for troublemakers. I
personally would like to put the 11/23+ on the net. If I could make that
work, then it would be easy to duplicate it on my 11/34 and put that on
the net.
These would be running behind my IP masq'ed Linux router. I could port
forward Telnet and FTP services. Maybe even HTTP if I could get that
working on the RT-11 box. Right now thats going to my current web
server.
Any ideas?
Brian.
5 Apr
5 Apr
1:04 a.m.
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Brian Roth wrote:
I am looking for some ideas for putting one of my DEC
machines on the
net. I used to run a Unix bbs years ago on a 386 running Xenix and XBBS
[...]
Any ideas?
That reminds me of when I first got my PDP-11/73 running TSX-Plus and
RT-11. Some of the files needed to use the assembler were missing,
and the only other language on the system was COBOL-Plus. Wanting
to use this system for a BBS, I set out to do something unusual with
COBOL: write a BBS program. The result was the creation of a BBS
called the Gadzooks! BBS. It wasn't perfect, and didn't do a heck of
lot other than allow one to post and read messages, etc., but at least
it was a way of at least doing something half-way interesting with
a PDP-11 and COBOL. :-)
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6:34 a.m.
Thats pretty much the way I feel about the PDP-11's. I have about a dozen of them
sitting around doing nothing. If anything it will be a fun and unusual project.
Brian.
"R. D. Davis" wrote:
That reminds me of when I first got my PDP-11/73 running TSX-Plus and
RT-11. Some of the files needed to use the assembler were missing,
and the only other language on the system was COBOL-Plus. Wanting
to use this system for a BBS, I set out to do something unusual with
COBOL: write a BBS program. The result was the creation of a BBS
called the Gadzooks! BBS. It wasn't perfect, and didn't do a heck of
lot other than allow one to post and read messages, etc., but at least
it was a way of at least doing something half-way interesting with
a PDP-11 and COBOL. :-)
--
Copyright (C) 2001 R. D. Davis Ancient guru who see future once say:
All Rights Reserved "wise man who meditate upon immortal wisdom
rdd(a)perqlogic.com 410-744-4900 of Bart Simpson's words: "Don't have a
cow,
http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd man" will enjoy interesting life."
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11:49 a.m.
R. D. Davis writes:
Booooo! Hissssss! I just can't believe(sp) you did that. I don't even
have a fireplace handy OR a beer glass to throw into it. *sigh*
g.
I set out to do something unusual with COBOL:
write a BBS program.
The result was the creation of a BBS called the Gadzooks! BBS.
Perhaps you should have been called it COMMUNICATION DIVISION. :)
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