Configuring Ultrix 4.4

Having managed to install Ultrix you will probably want to enable terminal access, install the man pages, configure the network, set up the date and time, add a separate volume for user files and create a new user account.

Installing Ultrix 4.4

Over the holiday period I decided to see if I could install Ultrix on my (simulated) MicroVAX II so I could compare it with the latest version of Tru64 UNIX that I have installed on my AlphaServer DS10.

Cross compiling ‘C’ programs for CP/M using ‘sdcc’

I have always maintained an interest in programming on CP/M long after it really ceased to be actually useful, and I still have my original copy of the Microsoft FORTRAN compiler that I brought way back when.

Evolution failed to authenticate

Just posting this here to remind me the next time this error occours.

Installing Debian 12 (bookworm) on a Raspberry Pi 3B+

There are a couple of issues but in the end I successfully managed to get Debian running on a Raspberry Pi 3B+.

Compiling CKERMIT on VMS 9.1-2

When no other file transfer protocol will do then you need KERMIT.

Finding files based on their modification date

To list any files in the current folder that have been modified today, you need to search for files that are less than one day old.

Connecting to a free WiFi without using a GUI

I don’t tend to use a graphical network manager these days and find it simpler to just configure my wireless connection ‘manually’ by modifying the configuration files as my network configuration is a little complicated.

Pinning packages with APT

We all know that we should really, really keep our systems up to date so we should always use the latest version of a package right?

Source code formatter in Python

This is the latest version of the script I use to format the code blocks on this blog.