[HECnet] Re: DECnet kit for RT-11

[Zane H. Healy]

Marty or Megan?   Last time I asked Megan about it, she thought she had a kit, but it was where she couldn't get to it.   I know that feeling I'm only just starting to get access to much of my hardware that has been unaccessible for the past decade.

I've been trying to get a kit for a decade or more. :-(   In that time I've been able to learn almost nothing about it.   The existence of an XC handler is news to me.

Zane




At 3:37 PM -0400 6/6/10, Steve Davidson wrote:
Zane,

I have been able to find only half the kit.   It is installed on my Pro however.
DEC only made the one kit - the Pro was never included or excluded to my
knowledge.   When I joined the RT-11 group DECnet on RT-11 was cancelled within
a week of my start date.   I had hoped to work on that project, but that never
came to be.   The XC "handler" (driver) is the 10M interface on the Pro.   It was
written by Marty Gentry just before DECnet's cancellation.

-Steve


Do you have the DECnet kit for RT-11, or is this a version specific
to the Pro-380?

Zane



At 7:41 PM -0400 6/4/10, Steve Davidson wrote:
>I have an ULTRIX kit, but no license.   I also have Digital UNIX but again no
>license.   I do not have DECnet for either - sorry.
>
>I am working on getting a PRO-380 (RT-11) w/DECnet to talk to HECnet.   The
>DECNA has died a horrible death but the com port may be a possibility.
>
>-Steve

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