[HECnet] VMS, linux and Hec/DEC net

[Robert Jarratt]

I tried to get DECnet for Linux to work quite some time ago, but I couldn't
work out how to make it work, and in the end I gave up. It was one of the
reasons why I decided to write my own simple one that would run on pretty
much anything. I suppose it might be nice to mess around in a kernel, not
done that before, but I am not ready to say that I would try.

Regards

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-
> hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
> Sent: 10 February 2016 23:44
> To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
> Subject: Re: [HECnet] VMS, linux and Hec/DEC net
> 
> 
>   Unfortunately, DECnet for Linux is no longer maintained, as of maybe a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