[HECnet] DAP

[Thomas DeBellis]

That's interesting.

I'll see about putting rename into Tops-20 DAP and lying about it to VMS.

The anonymous code is completed; I'm doing testing and then I have to 
write up documentation.

On 12/10/19 1:34 PM, John Forecast wrote:
>> The only specifications I know of are for DAP V5.6, which is dated 1980. Which really sucks, because clearly newer versions exist. RSX claims to be talking DAP V7.1 for example. But I haven't seen a spec for it anywhere.
>>
>>> 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?
> I just checked the DECnet-Linux implementation and it claims to be talking either DAP V7.1 or DAP V7.2. It also supports the $RENAME operation (tested from a VMS system).
>
>    John.
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