[HECnet] DECNET for RT-11?

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-02-22 15:44, Jerome H. Fine wrote:
>  >On Monday, February 22nd, 2016 at 16:37:15 +0300, Sampsa Laine wrote:
>> Does anyone know where one could acquire DECNET for RT-11?
> YEP!!  Or at least I am fairly confident that I know where a copy should
> be located.
>
> However, at the very least, anyone receiving a copy from that source would,
> almost certainly, be required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they
> had a license from DEC or Mentec.  And even then, your first born might
> also be required as a suitable consideration.
>
> I can always ask if the answer is important.  If you can describe the
> overall
> situation, that might help as well.
>
> There might be another source for RT-11  DECNET, but as far as I can
> remember, there was no success in the past.
>
> Would the TCP/IP stack that Johnny Billquist has made available for RSX-11
> be suitable for RT-11 instead of DECNET?  There is a TCP/IP implementation
> that is decades old which is available for RT-11 and maybe TSX-Plus. Since I
> have never had the hardware set up, I have not attempted to check it out.

My TCP/IP stack will not work under RT-11, and getting it to work would 
mean doing a huge amount of work, including rewriting lots of stuff.

	Johnny