DECnet-DOS, was Re: [HECnet] Size of HECnet

[Dave McGuire]

On 06/08/2012 03:39 AM, Kari Uusim  ki wrote:
There is a DECnet stack for DOS and Windows in the Pathworks V5 or V6
client kit. Those versions were meant to be used on Windows'es before
Windows NT4. Then the Pathworks32 kit was released and that could be
used on WNT4.0 and Windows 2000. Maybe on XP as well. Don't remember for
sure.

    Is this the same as DECnet-DOS?   I ran that a long time ago.   Does
anyone have a copy?   It included drivers for that weird DEC ISA Ethernet
card, the DEPCA, which was a full-length 8-bit board that also included
(strangely) a mouse interface.

If not exactly the same, but a newer (and possibly enhanced) version. I
didn't deal with the PCSA versions (< V4.1) so I don't know about them.
Unfortunately I don't have the V4.1 either. Just the V5 and V6, which
were distributed on CD's.
Anyhow, the V5 or V6 DECnet stack should work on MS-DOS V5 and newer. I
don't remember if it was possible to install on older DOS versions. The
client medium has the supported adapter drivers (like DEPCA) included.

  Neat!

Yes, indeed, I also have one or two DEPCA's somewhere. I think the mouse
port was meant for the DEC workstation mouse ("hockey puck") as PC mice
were serial port attached.

  Yes, there were drivers in some packages that recognized those puck
mice with the DEPCA's controller.   I ran Ventura Publisher (the GEM
version, pre-Windows port, under DOS 3.3) that way for a long time.   It
worked well.

                        -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA