[HECnet] Next retro comms project?

[Jason Stevens]

Would you be willing to sell it?  

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Steve Davidson <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:
I have a copy of PATHWORKS for MAC.   It includes a DECnet client.
Haven't used it for years though...

-Steve



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE on behalf of Sampsa Laine

Sent: Wed 10/21/2009 09:41
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Next retro comms project?

More ideas I just thought of:

Amiga - I've got a DECNET package here for my Amiga, unfortunately the
license key only works with one node address - and I naturally have no
idea what that address is. I'll have a play once my Amiga is up and
running again though, the product looks pretty full-featured (comes
with MAIL, CTERM and file transfer client and server).

Old-school (68K) Macs: I don't know where I got this idea but I think
there might be a PATHWORKS client for classic Macs? Anybody ever use it?

Sampsa


On 21 Oct 2009, at 14:31, Steve Davidson wrote:

>
> SNA can run on multiple physical transports using the gateways.
> Serial, X.25, network adapter (specialized), etc are available.   The
> SPD's specify what is supported.   Like Johnny said however, finding
> some of this hardware may be a problem.   One of the SPD's mentions
> an intermediate server that I have never seen/heard of.
>
> Sort of reminds me of the fun and games (not to mention expense) to
> get
> SNA to talk to Netware.
>
> -Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE on behalf of Sampsa Laine
> Sent: Wed 10/21/2009 09:27
> To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
> Subject: Re: [HECnet] Next retro comms project?
>
> I thought SNA mostly ran on Token Ring or something?
>
>
> On 21 Oct 2009, at 14:24, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>
>> There was a SNA product for RSX as well. Don't know if it required
>> special hardware as well.
>> But I very much doubt anyone will be able to find that now
>> anyway. :-)
>>
>>         Johnny
>>
>> Steve Davidson wrote:
>>> It can via the gateway software.   I see several and it appears that
>>> many
>>> (if not all) require specialized hardware for the
>>> interconnection.   A
>>> search for (vms sna gateway) will point you to the SPD's.
>>> -Steve
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Sampsa Laine
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 08:34
>>> To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
>>> Subject: Re: [HECnet] Next retro comms project?
>>> Can VMS talk SNA? If so, I'm in :)
>>> Sampsa
>>> On 21 Oct 2009, at 13:31, Fred wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, Sampsa Laine wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Where should we go from here? Setting up our own virtual X.25
>>>>> PSDN   tunnelled over IP maybe? Something crazy with SNA?
>>>> SNA! SNA! :)
>>>>
>>>> I could set up Hercules here running MVS 3.8J ... ;)    I'm sure
>>>> the   folks have been able to get SNA to work within the emulator.
>>>> I set   up Hercules and MVS once, but other than a novelty, I
>>>> really didn't   do much with it, because most of my associates
>>>> wouldn't know a   mainframe if it ran them over.   I think it would
>>>> be interesting to   get something quasi-public (on HECmet) going.
>>>>
>>>> Fred
>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>> Lets call it for what it is - "legacy" is a term that people use
>>>> in a
>>>> polite but derogatory manner to imply that the future direction
>>>> they
>>>> prefer is not that which they view as the current direction.
>
>
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