[HECnet] Quiet list and a question about setting up a system

[Bob Armstrong]

Johnny wrote:
I have actually also done DDCMP connections in the past. DDCMP is 
basically just a serial line, so I tunneled that traffic using some 
freeware with a little massaging.

  But even tunneling DDCMP as you described still requires another machine
to run the "freeware"?   

  BTW, this is essentially what Multinet does, although it's not actually
using DDCMP of course, but it does emulate a point-to-point connection (i.e.
a DECnet line and circuit) that uses the Internet for the actual transport.

  Still, if you happen to have, say, a PDP-11 in the garage, there's still
no way to put that -11 on HECnet without another machine to serve as an
intermediary.   For many people this isn't an issue because they already have
a suitable machine anyway, but for those who just want to put one machine on
HECnet it's a problem. 

Good question. I know that I've had problems when running DECnet/Linux 
in the past, but that's definitely another possibility.

  I have one machine running Ubuntu w/DECnet here and haven't had any
problems, but my machine is just an end node.

Bob