[HECnet] DAP

Thomas DeBellis tommytimesharing at gmail.com
Tue Dec 10 15:36:18 PST 2019


Interesting.

Do you have source for the DAP/NFT/FAL on Tops-10 or know where I might 
get what you have?

May I ask you what it does against a VMS system?  Unless it is reporting 
DAP 7, my guess is that it won't work.

On 12/10/19 10:47 AM, Johnny Eriksson wrote:
> Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>
>>>   3. The implementing DAP module (DAPLIB) appears even older, apparently
>>>      dating to V6.0, 1981 time-frame (which seems incorrect).  It
>>>      supports DAP 5.6, for which I have the specifications.
>>>        * It does /not/ support $RENAME (ACCFUNC 3), which I found
>>>          remarkable.  Is $RENAME supported on all other platforms?
>> It's certainly supported under RSX, and without doubt also under VMS.
> Just checked.
>
> On ATLE::
>
>    .copy kaka.txt=nul:
>
> On TOPSY::
>
>    .r nft
>
>    *rename atle::[10,335]allan.txt=atle::[10,335]kaka.txt/u
>    For remote atle::[10,335]kaka.txt
>     User-id: 10,335
>     Account:
>     Password:
>     [10,335]allan.txt <= ATLE::DSKA:[10,335]KAKA.TXT
>    Total of 1 file
>    *
>
> On ATLE:: again:
>
>    .dir kaka
>
>    %WLDNSF No such files as kaka
>
>    .dir allan
>
>    ALLAN   TXT     0  <055>   10-Dec-19    DSKA:   [10,335]
>
> Log on ATLE:: contains:
>
>    11:38:25        FAL-Stream 0  -- Begin --
>                    Servicing ANF-10 node ATLE for userid 10,335
>
>    11:38:25        FAL-Stream 0  -- End --
>                    Servicing ANF-10 node ATLE for userid 10,335
>
> So it seems to work under TOPS-10.
>
>>     Johnny
> --Johnny (the other one)


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