>Ah, I missed this one. LAT is the protocol by which terminals can talk to a
>host machine (Local Application Transport IIRC) so you must be running a LAT
Your memory is better than mine, I wasn't even going to hazard a guess.
>server on the host machine - LATCP is standard on OpenVMS and is an option
>under Tru64/DEC UNIX/OSF/Ultrix. It's non-routable and is designed for
>single office environments, so while it can be bridged over a WAN things can
>get nasty.
>
>To do what you're describing physically you need a mux, not a terminal
>server. I don't recall RT11 or RSTS ever being able to run LAT.
In addition to OpenVMS and Tru64/DEC Unix/OSF/Ultrix, it is supported on RSX-11M, RSX-11M+, RSTS/E, TOPS-10, and I think TOPS-20. There is also support for Linux as part of the DECnet for Linux project.
DECnet support for RT-11 is pretty bad (Phase III over serial, IIRC), I'm pretty sure it doesn't support LAT, but I could be wrong. I think there might be a couple other DEC OS's that support it, but finding anyone with a copy of them is nearly impossible.
Zane
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