[Simh] Request for PDP-10 help for DEUNA validation

[Timothe Litt]

There are DECnet-10 documents in the software notebook set, as well as some
information burried in the monitor calls manual.  However, reading the
monitor calls manual wasn't enough to program the management interfaces - I
used the DECnet arch specs and the sources :-)  Sane people used the
DEC-provided utilities.

The 10 & 20 DECnet (and LAT) implementations shared most of their code -
there was a layer that glued a JSYS or UUO interface on at the the top, and
some others for OS internals and configuration.  (The fun part was squeezing
the Phase IV code into the KS's address space without touching the common
sources...)

Aside from mimimal configuration in MONGEN, most of the management is done
using the L/NCP command subsets of OPR - yes, DECnet required GALAXY.

(The MCB configuration was another matter, but once ethernet was available,
its popularity declined.)

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-----Original Message-----
From: simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com]
On Behalf Of Zane H. Healy
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 14:52
To: Hittner, David T (IS); simh at trailing-edge.com
Subject: Re: [Simh] Request for PDP-10 help for DEUNA validation

I think the pack here is going to be a good starting point.
http://klh10.trailing-edge.com/
However, I don't know if it will boot on a KS10 (simh), as I've only booted
it on KLH10.  If you have to load from scratch you'll want to install either
TOPS-10 7.03 or 7.04.

There are hopefully some good links here.  It's been 3 years or so since
I've had time to update the site.
http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/pdp10emu.html

I'm not aware of any DECnet-10 doc's, but there are Monitor Installation
Guides for 7.03 and 7.04.  I've successfully installed
7.03 in the past, but have only used the starter pack at the trailing-edge
URL above for 7.04.  It was pretty cool being able to connect to TOPS-10
7.04 with a VT-420 via my DECserver 90L+.  I don't remember how good the
DECnet-10 implementation is, as I was more interested in the LAT support.

Zane




At 7:06 PM +0000 1/26/11, Hittner, David T (IS) wrote:
>I'd like to finally validate the functionality of the DEUNA Ethernet 
>controller with the PDP-10.
>It's been rumored to work, but I don't have PDP-10 experience to 
>validate it by myself.
>
>Could someone in the SIMH community who is familiar with the PDP-10 
>environment provide me with:
>   1) Locations of an OS kit and a DECNET kit with DEUNA support?
>   2) Instructions for configuring SIMH PDP10 with a DEUNA or a 
>configuration file?
>   3) Instructions for loading the OS and DECNET kits?
>   4) Basic instructions for running the OS, starting DECNET, and 
>command prompts to transfer files over to another DECNET node?
>
>Thanks!
>Dave Hittner
>SIMH Ethernet developer (one of them :-)

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