VMS TCP/IP?

From: Patrick Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
Date: Thu Aug 29 08:39:01 2002

IIRC, it's still called 'UCX' on the V7.2 hobbyistCD. I have a V5.3
system, which still calls it UCX, also. I think V6 or so was when they
starting calling it (in places) TCP/IP.

-- Pat

On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Curt Vendel wrote:

> If I remember right UCX was for VMS 4 or earlier I think.... I gotta do
> some digging, I know I've got the Digital TCP Services CD someplace, I'll
> look into the WASD webserver afterwards, it would be fun to check it out.
> Thanks.
>
>
> Curt
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geoff Roberts" <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
> To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 11:06 PM
> Subject: Re: VMS TCP/IP?
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Curt Vendel" <curt_at_atari-history.com>
> > To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 11:00 AM
> > Subject: VMS TCP/IP?
> >
> >
> > > Besides Multinet and TCPware, are there any freeware TCP services for
> VMS
> > > 6.1 and higher???
> >
> > There is CMU/IP, freeware IP stack originally developed at Carnegie-Mellon
> > Uni.
> > Not sure what version it was in the end, 6.something I think, most things
> > work ok with it, though it's a little slow.
> > Rather buggy too, though perhaps less so than the versions of UCX that
> were
> > around at the time it was written.
> > Haven't seen anything on it for a while, I think the support mailing list
> is
> > dead these days. I think there are still versions
> > of it out there in use and a search of the web will find it for you
> > somewhere.
> > Open source so those with the skills could tinker with it, but it's
> getting
> > pretty old. Can't recall what language it was written in,
> > I don't *think* it was c.
> >
> > UCX is available and comes on the VMS distribution these days, still a bit
> > twitchy but
> > better than it was, if you have the hobbyist VMS licence it covers it too
> > IIRC.
> >
> > > Anyone have any experience with the Purveyor webserver for VMS?
> >
> > No, but WASD is freeware, and very well supported. We are a WASD beta
> site
> > and I know
> > the developer personally, he telnets in to play with it on the Vax here.
> > (Lives in Adelaide, just up the road, - about 140 miles)
> > Really good. It doesn't like CMU though, we tried it early in the WASD
> > development days
> > and it did some very odd things to web pages that were completely cured by
> a
> > shift to Multinet...
> >
> > Works ok with Multinet, UCX (properly patched) and TCPWare. Still using
> > Multinet 3.2 Rev B here. (OLD now)
> > Available for Vax or Alpha. (Runs on Vax 6440 VMS 6.0 here).
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Geoff in Oz
> >
>
>
Received on Thu Aug 29 2002 - 08:39:01 BST