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From: Gregg C L. <dr...@wo...> - 2002-06-18 03:10:15
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Hello from Gregg C Levine normally with Jedi Knight Computers Can our project be used when E-11, (Or E/11), be used when it is running on Windows? I have my setup configured so that the Linux box, is connected via normal Ethernet to my Windows box. Gregg C Levine dr...@wo... "How many floors does this TARDIS of yours have, anyway?" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregg C Levine" <dr...@wo...> To: "Paul Koning" <pk...@eq...> Cc: <lin...@li...> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [Linux-decnet-user] A strange idea worth considering and yes this for real > Hello from Gregg C Levine normally with Jedi Knight Computers > Thanks Paul. Even though he and I have only occasionally exchanged e-mail I > am including myself in that rare collection of friends via the Internet. I > figured that one of you were the lucky ones, who did use the E-11 product. > Your name wasn't in the running, though, just a candidate. Oh and the list > of candidates was a short one, maybe two or three. I'll figure out an > appropriate arrangement for myself, and see what I can dummy up here. Can > you post a recipe behind how you did your testing? And thank you for your > quick reply. > Gregg C Levine dr...@wo... > "How many floors does this TARDIS of yours have, anyway?" > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Koning" <pk...@eq...> > To: <dr...@wo...> > Cc: <lin...@li...> > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 4:11 PM > Subject: Re: [Linux-decnet-user] A strange idea worth considering and yes > this for real > > > > >>>>> "Gregg" == Gregg C Levine <dr...@wo...> writes: > > > > Gregg> Hello from Gregg C Levine It's nice to see mail on this list, > > Gregg> and subject, its been way to quiet lately. However, a quick > > Gregg> question, then: Has anyone worked with an emulator for the > > Gregg> PDP-11, called the Ersatz-11? ...Since I believe the original > ideas > > Gregg> behind DECnet surfaced on the PDP-11, (Someone will, and can > > Gregg> correct me.), that emulator would a perfect fit for testing > > Gregg> ideas, when we have software but not hardware for them. I now > > Gregg> invite questions, criticism, and much of anything else > > Gregg> regarding this statement. > > > > Absolutely true. That's how I did my compatibility testing and > > tweaking to make DECnet/Linux be happy talking to DECnet/E (for > > RSTS). That works very nicely especially if you use an EtherTAP > > simulated Ethernet to tie the two together, with tcpdump to watch the > > packets flying by. > > > > Ersatz/11 is an impressive piece of work. I won't say too much more > > because I'm a biased observer (since John is a friend). Let me just > > summarize by saying that it supports every PDP11 OS ever tried on it > > (including hard ones like IAS and 2.11 BSD) and a large collection of > > emulated I/O devices. > > > > paul > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Sponsored by: > ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Linux-decnet-user mailing list > Lin...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-decnet-user |
