This looks very cool. I wonder when the first web server running this stack will come online. I also notice the presence of an IRC client. Has anyone tried to chat from a PDP-11 yet?
Mike On Jun 30, 2015 7:46 AM, "Johnny Billquist" <b...@softjar.se> wrote: > I'm happy to announce a new release of TCP/IP for RSX-11M-PLUS. > > Since I'm broadening the scope of the announcement slightly, a more > complete list of features is included, and not just what changed since > last. For anyone who is currently running TCP/IP for RSX, I strongly > encourage you to update to this latest version. Several improvements have > gone in in the last couple of weeks. Most important change is that there > now is telnet support, both client and server side. > > The TCP/IP for RSX that I've written is sometimes referred to as BQTCP/IP, > just to make clear that it is a different product than Process Software's > TCPWARE, or JSA's TCP/IP. > > BQTCP/IP is a rather feature rich TCP/IP implementation, which also comes > with libraries for various high level languages. The API is not compatible, > even at the source level, with Unix, but on the other hand, if people write > some code, they will see that it is a very easy API to work with. The > reasons for the incompatibilities are several, including both resource > concerns and differences between how RSX works and Unix like operating > systems. > > BQTCP/IP has tried to comply with all relevant RFCs, but I'm sure there > are corners where it does not do things right. It also does not demand much > resources. It do require RSX-11M-PLUS with split I/D space, and it has only > been tested properly on RSX-11M-PLUS V4.6. It should work on any version 4 > release of RSX-11M-PLUS, but there might be a couple of tweaks or fixes > needed. > > BQTCP/IP is distributed in binary form, so very little compilation is > required to get it up and running. However, pretty much all utilities do > come with sources. The actual TCP/IP stack sources are not included. I do > not have a good setup for distributing them in a sane way, and it has had a > low priority on my list of things to do. But I do not mind distributing the > sources as a general principle. > > All that said, BQTCP/IP current supports the following protocols: > > o Ethernet and loopback interfaces. > o ARP. BQTCP/IP can use Ethernet in co-existance with DECnet, or > standalone using the provided Unibus ethernet device driver. > o IP. The largest IP packets supported are approximately > 8KB. > o ICMP. > o UDP. The largest UDP packets supported are approximately > 8KB. > o TCP. The window is approximately 8KB in size, and TCP do > manage out of order packets in an efficient way. > > BQTCP/IP supports the following applications: > o DHCP. DHCP can be used to configure interface addresses, network > masks, default gateways, DNS servers and NTP servers dynamically. > o NTP. NTP can be used to set the local time. > o TELNET. The TELNET server hooks in to the standard TT: terminal > driver, and the number of terminals to create is configurable. > The TELNET client can be used to connect to other systems. > o FTP. The FTP server can serve all kind of files to other RSX > systems, and can serve text and binary files to any system. > The FTP client can retrieve RSX format files from RSX servers, > and text, binary and block format files from any system. > o TFTP. The TFTP server and client can be used for simpler file > transfer operations. > o RWHOD. RWHOD is a program that reports current users and uptime > from RSX, for other systems to collect. > o IRC. IRC is a program to communicate with other users around > the world. > o IRCBOT. IRCBOT is a small example robot program connecting to IRC > and performing a service for IRC users. > o PCL. PCL is a protocol for printing, used by HP (and other) printers > over a network. The PCL implementation in BQTCP/IP appears as a > print symbiont, which you can create a printer queue for. > o WWW. WWW (or World Wide Web) is a service that can present hypertext > information to clients. The WWW server in BQTCP/IP also supports CGI, > which makes it possible to create dynamic content. > o DNS. BQTCP/IP have DNS implemented as an ACP, that anyone can query > to get translations between IP addresses and domain names. It also > supports different users using different name servers, or private > translations. > o SINK. A standard TCP service. > o ECHO. A standard TCP service. > o DAYTIME. A standard TCP service. > o QUOTD. A standard TCP service. > o IDENTD. A standard TCP service. > > BQTCP/IP also have automatic IP spoof detection and prevention. > > Additional tools are IFCONFIG, PING, TRACEROUTE, NETSTAT as well as two > new pages for RMD. > > High level language libraries exists for BASIC+2, PDP-11 C and FORTRAN-77. > > I'm sure I have forgotten a thing or three, but that's a fairly > comprehensive list. > > The documentation is a weak point, but there is hopefully enough > documentation to get people running, and I am happy to answer any > questions, or give support if needed. BQTCP/IP is already running on the > internet, and have been for a while. People who are curious to check it out > can ether look at http://madame.update.uu.se/, or telnet to telnet:// > madame.update.uu.se and login as user GUEST with password GUEST, or use > ftp against ftp://madame.update.uu.se. Anonymous ftp account exist. > > As usual, the distribution is available from: > ftp://madame.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk > ftp://madame.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap > ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk > > The .tap file is an RSX virtual tape. It is only possible to download and > use if you are using FTP from anther RSX system and fetch the file. The > .dsk files are virtual RL02 images that are useful both from within RSX as > well as through emulators. > > The documentation is also available through ftp on Madame, or also at > http://madame.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc > > Johnny > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
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