[HECnet] VMS, linux and Hec/DEC net

[Dave McGuire]

  Unfortunately, DECnet for Linux is no longer maintained, as of maybe a
year ago.  It still mostly works, but you'd be better off setting up an
earlier release of Linux to run it on.  I believe the DECnet stack
itself has stopped working due to kernel interface changes in the past
year or so.  LAT, however, still works great.

  It'd be wonderful if someone were to pick it up and maintain it.  It'd
take some hacking, but not much...it has only been out of sync with the
kernel for maybe a year.  I don't have time to do it, but I'd put up a
few bucks for someone to pick it up.

              -Dave

On 02/10/2016 06:09 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> I don't know the status, state, or location of such software. I don't
> run DECnet on Linux myself.
> 
>     Johnny
> 
> On 2016-02-11 00:07, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>> Is there software needed for decnet phase iv on linux?
>> http://blinkenbone.com/decnet/decnet-on-ubuntu-setup
>> There's a page to convert between MAC and nodes.
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     *From:* Johnny Billquist <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>
>>     *To:* hecnet at Update.UU.SE <mailto:hecnet at Update.UU.SE>
>>     *Sent:* Wednesday, February 10, 2016 5:51 PM
>>     *Subject:* Re: [HECnet] VMS, linux and Hec/DEC net
>>
>>     Did a brief look at it looks like it would give you some idea of
>> how to
>>     use DECnet on Linux, yes.
>>
>>     Johnny
>>
>>     On 2016-02-10 23:41, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>>      > Johnny,
>>      > Does this page pretty well or these two pages speak of how to use
>>     linux
>>      > and VMS for HECnet. I'm not really wanting to jumo into anything
>>      > especially concerning VMS. But I thought I'd inquire.
>>      > http://blinkenbone.com/decnet/decnet-on-a-vax
>>      > http://blinkenbone.com/decnet/decnet-on-a-vax
>>      > Bill
>>
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA