[HECnet] BQTCP without DECnet

[Lee Gleason]

On 5/8/2020 9:32 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2020-05-09 03:51, Lee Gleason wrote:
>>
>>    I'm working on an 11/73 running Mplus  that is tight on disk 
>> space, to the point that DECnet won't fit. I was wondering if RSX 
>> TCP/IP (that consumes less disk space) would work on a Q bus machine 
>> without DECnet. It's documented as possible for Unibus machines - can 
>> it work on a QBus system?
>
> In theory it could. The problem is that you need some device driver 
> for the Qbus ethernet card, and unfortunately DEC didn't provide any. 
> There is for the Unibus ethernet, which is why that works.
>
> If DECnet is installed on the machine, TCP/IP will be using the 
> drivers provided through DECnet, so that they can co-exist. And that 
> is usually how it is used, so I have never bothered looking into 
> writing a device driver of my own for the Qbus ethernet cards.
>
   OK, thanks for the info. I doubt I'll find a driver to use, and don't 
have time to write one. For this project, looks like it's time for me to 
Kermit like it's 1989.

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Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR
Control-G Consultants
lee.gleason at comcast.net


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