Newbie Question: How to Enable Local Logins on TSS/8

[Rob Jarratt]

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> From: Rob Jarratt [mailto:robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com]
> Sent: 05 November 2016 15:53
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> > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al
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> > Subject: Re: Newbie Question: How to Enable Local Logins on TSS/8
> >
> > see TSS8_8.24_ManagersGuide
> >
> > "on"
> >
> > at the console with the operator logged on
> >
> 
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it but it doesn't seem to help. Every
> character I type on the terminal causes the bell to ring, it does not
respond to
> RETURN. If I type CTRL-C then it prints:
> 
> ?LOGGING IN ON LOCAL TERMINALS IS CURRENTLY DISALLOWED
> 
> Is there something else that is needed?
> 


I have just realised that this is almost certainly nothing to do with TSS/8.

I have tried to connect SIMH via reverse telnet to my Teletype via a
DECserver 90M (I do this successfully with the PDP10 emulation), but I think
SIMH has not made the connection to the DECserver, and so the message above
is most likely coming from the DECserver itself.

So I think this is a SIMH problem, I need to work out if the PDP8 TTIX
emulation can do outbound telnet like the DZ can.

Regards

Rob