Indeed. I meant apart from your own. Mike On Jul 1, 2015 5:24 PM, "Johnny Billquist" <b...@softjar.se> wrote:
> On 2015-07-01 23:08, Michael Kerpan wrote: > >> 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? >> > > You mean apart from mine, as Madame.Update.UU.SE is already serving > web-pages, and is running this software. > Yes, I use that IRC client myself every day. > > (I'm also running this on a real 11/93 at home, by the way. Speed is > pretty ok.) > > Johnny > > >> Mike >> >> On Jun 30, 2015 7:46 AM, "Johnny Billquist" <b...@softjar.se >> <mailto: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 <http://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 <mailto:Simh@trailing-edge.com> >> http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh >> >> > > -- > Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus > || on a psychedelic trip > email: b...@softjar.se || Reading murder books > pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol >
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