[TUHS] 4.1BSD Networking

[Clem Cole]

Hi Cory,

We can take this a off list if you like.   I warn you the DMR/DMC support
was for BSD was rudimentary, and most of us in the UNIX community did not
mess with it because we had non-DEC Ethernet controllers from that time.
 You might have more success seeing if we can dig up a simulation of the
Interlan or 3Com Unibus boards which were what may of used.

Clem


On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:

> Hello all, recent subscriber to this list...but some might recognise me.
>
> I'm currently fighting (and mostly succeeding) with getting a pure
> 4.3BSD-Tahoe install rolling in a VAX simulator (all my tape drives are
> currently nonfunctional or I'd fire up a real II or III).  Still in the
> middle of compiling (I know there are easier ways...but I like the feeling
> of doing it purely "from scratch"...feels more historically accurate).
>
> Anyways, while waiting for the compile I ended up with a working 4.1c
> installation and I began poking around its source tree (I also did a little
> bit of poking at the CSRG discs).  I stumbled upon the fact 4.1c supports
> the DMC (which SIMH git now emulates!) and I see it's also still in src/old
> on some versions of 4.3 (I wonder if it'll still build...). Looking at the
> source is immensely confusing...does anyone have any knowledge/notes from
> the time period/documentation that will help me with my little experiment
> in archaic networking? I might just be tired...but the berknet
> configuration doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. (There's also the
> fact my grasp of C is minimal).
>
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