Vax! (and epilogue on teledisk)

From: David C. Jenner <djenner_at_halcyon.com>
Date: Tue Feb 23 16:30:04 1999

If it's DECnet for Windows 95/98/NT, I assume it costs "big money"?
Probably more than scrounging up a *VAX* with freely available
software? Anybody have pointers to DECnet for Windows 95/98/NT?

Thanks,
Dave

John Foust wrote:
>
> At 01:20 PM 2/23/99 -0800, you wrote:
> > So, one way to have the Pro communicate
> >with my network is to have another machine that talks both DECnet and TCP/IP.
> >Apparently, there is a Linux DECnet, but Zane has been having trouble getting
> >it to work. Another possibility is a VAXstation that talks both DECnet and
> >TCP/IP.
>
> There are DECnets for Mac and PC, of course, although I don't know
> how you're going to do any actual routing as opposed to simple
> file parking. Once upon a time, my company even made a DECnet for
> the Amiga, a licensed port of the Thursby code. (I wrote the
> DECnet mail for the Amiga.) My DEC Pro 350 was once able to talk
> to my Amiga this way, but my knowledge of this has been fogged by time.
>
> - John
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