OT(?): Emulation XKCD

[Zane Healy]

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 3:50 PM, Charles Anthony <charles.unix.pro at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I would think that Multics is well inside the cctalk purview. There are several Multics knowledgeable people lurking on this list, and if we can't answer a question, we know people who can. Ask away...

Awesome!

On my first install, about a year ago, I didn’t know to setup the Crank.  I eventually figured it out and could never get it going.  It was failing with the following error.

Message from Initializer.SysDaemon (absentee)  10/30/19  0300.6 pst Wed:
Absentee job >user_dir_dir>SysAdmin>admin>crank.absin 191029110004.811332 termi
\cnated. absentee: Attempt to reenter user environment via a call to cu_$cl.  J
\cob terminated.

I rebuilt the system recently, and now the error seems intermittent.  I will say, that backing up my directory of files, and restoring it to the new system was a lot easier than fighting with the tape drives we had on the DPS-8 Mainframes I worked with nearly 30 years ago (we ran GCOS-8).

I’m getting the following message on the console.  This wasn’t initially a problem, but now is.
1452.8  Utility.SysDaemon.z:  monitor_quota: Storage in >system_control_1>syserr_log is 26212% full.

The following absentee jobs are running.

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Absentee queue 1:    3 requests. 3 total requests.

120004.8 weekly.absin (deferred by user to 11/01/19 04:00)
103014.7 dodrp.absin (deferred by user to 10/31/19 02:30)
110004.6 crank.absin (deferred by user to 10/31/19 03:00)

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Message from Initializer.SysDaemon (install)  10/16/19  0300.2 pst Wed:
Installed sat for healyzh.SysAdmin.m.

Message from Initializer.SysDaemon (absentee)  10/16/19  0300.8 pst Wed:
Absentee job >user_dir_dir>SysAdmin>admin>crank.absin 191015173249.204951 termi
\cnated. absentee: Attempt to reenter user environment via a call to cu_$cl.  J
\cob terminated.

Message from Initializer.SysDaemon (install)  10/18/19  0650.8 pst Fri:
Installed sat for healyzh.SysAdmin.m.
=:(10/19/19  0300.2 pst Sat) Installed sat for healyzh.SysAdmin.m.
=:(10/20/19  0300.2 pst Sun) Installed sat for healyzh.SysAdmin.m.
=:(10/21/19  0300.2 pst Mon) Installed sat for healyzh.SysAdmin.m.
=:(10/22/19  0300.2 pst Tue) Installed sat for healyzh.SysAdmin.m.
=:(10/23/19  0300.2 pst Wed) Installed sat for healyzh.SysAdmin.m.

Message from Initializer.SysDaemon (absentee)  10/23/19  0300.6 pst Wed:
Absentee job >user_dir_dir>SysAdmin>admin>crank.absin 191022110004.734659 termi
\cnated. absentee: Attempt to reenter user environment via a call to cu_$cl.  J
\cob terminated.

Message from Initializer.SysDaemon (install)  10/24/19  0300.2 pst Thu:
Installed sat for healyzh.SysAdmin.m.

Message from Initializer.SysDaemon (absentee)  10/24/19  0300.6 pst Thu:
Absentee job >user_dir_dir>SysAdmin>admin>crank.absin 191023110004.826004 termi
\cnated. absentee: Attempt to reenter user environment via a call to cu_$cl.  J
\cob terminated.

Message from Initializer.SysDaemon (install)  10/25/19  0300.2 pst Fri:
Installed sat for healyzh.SysAdmin.m.
=:(10/26/19  0300.2 pst Sat) Installed sat for healyzh.SysAdmin.m.
=:(10/27/19  0300.2 pst Sun) Installed sat for healyzh.SysAdmin.m.
=:(10/28/19  0300.2 pst Mon) Installed sat for healyzh.SysAdmin.m.
=:(10/29/19  0300.2 pst Tue) Installed sat for healyzh.SysAdmin.m.
=:(10/30/19  0300.2 pst Wed) Installed sat for healyzh.SysAdmin.m.

Message from Initializer.SysDaemon (absentee)  10/30/19  0300.6 pst Wed:
Absentee job >user_dir_dir>SysAdmin>admin>crank.absin 191029110004.811332 termi
\cnated. absentee: Attempt to reenter user environment via a call to cu_$cl.  J
\cob terminated.

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