RT-11 and TCP/IP

From: Jerome Fine <jhfine_at_idirect.com>
Date: Tue Feb 2 09:25:30 1999

>Zane H. Healy wrote:

> OK, I'm back to trying to get Alan Baldwin's TCP/IP package running on
> RT-11. I've gone over the install procedure and am sure I'm doing it
> right. Tonite I was trying for both TSX+ and the RT-11 XM monitor using
> the EQ driver, and also the NQ driver that came with RT-11 for the XM
> monitor.
>
> I know the ethernet board is good as I'm able to use it under RSX-11M for
> DECnet.
>
> Howver, I'm getting the following error when I try to use FTP to connect to
> one of my other systems on my network.
>
> .ftpsb 192.168.1.41
>
> FTPSB-11 V02.24 1-Nov-1998
>
> Board initialization failed!. Error code=11
> netinit() failed
>
> .Can anyone translate this and tell me what I'm doing? Has anyone here
> managed to successfully install the software?
>
> The other problem is that while the instructions say that the EQ drivers
> included will work on a system running the SJ or FB monitors, I can't get
> the driver to load. Yes, I realize it's not normal for the SJ/FB monitors
> to be able to use a EQ driver.

Jerome Fine replies:

I know of one system that is running TCP/IP under TSX-PLUS with a
UNIX system at the other end. I assume that it is the Baldwin version,
but I am not sure.

Which version of RT-11 are you using? It is possible that the
EQ driver that came with the Baldwin package was not compatible
with the version of RT-11? Also, the NQ driver may not be
compatible with both the TCP/IP and the RT-11 or the TSX-PLUS?
Just suggesting!!! I would presume that Alan Baldwin would have more
definite information.

I notice that the error message also included a DATE. Was that just
a text string as part of the error code or an actual live running DATE?
And does TCP/IP require the DATE to be correct as part of the
running of the software? Under the RSX-11M version, must the
DATE be set correctly? And are file creation dates sent along
with the files? Then, of course, the real big question, does the
Baldwin package need to be fixed for Y2K bugs? Or do all
TCP/IP packages have a protocol that needs Y2K bugs fixed?

If so, would that mean that that ONLY the official Y2K versions
of RT-11 can be used with a TCP/IP that is Y2K compliant or
would any version of RT-11 that have been made Y2K compliant
be able to run a Y2K compliant version of TCP/IP?

Sorry for the dumb questions on TCP/IP, but I don't use it myself
at this point and I was thinking of putting it on a PDP-11 which
I have available. Right now, the system uses Kermit to transfer
files, which of course, is very slow. Since there is an RX50,
that is used when there are a couple of floppies of data. The
data is being transferred to a PC which can read the RT-11
format of the RX50 with the files. We are thinking of two
solutions. The simple one would substitute an RX33 for the
RX50. The second would be much more expensive. Place
an Iomega Zip drive (the cartridge is 100 MBytes) on both
the PC and the PDP-11. The PDP-11 is running V5.4G
of RT-11 which has been patched to be Y2K compliant
and the MSCP device driver has even been fixed so that
non-zero partitions on the RD53 can also be booted after
the initial hardware boot.

Sincerely yours,

Jerome Fine
RT-11/TSX-PLUS User/Addict
Received on Tue Feb 02 1999 - 09:25:30 GMT