[HECnet] Oldest VAX/VMS for VAX-11/730 on HECNET

Mark J. Blair nf6x at nf6x.net
Thu Dec 9 12:33:30 PST 2021



> On Dec 9, 2021, at 11:00 AM, Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> BTW, the original request asks for the oldest VMS for a 730 on HECnet, and mentions Phase IV.  That's certainly friendliest and it is of course required if you want to connect by Ethernet.  But Phase III can also be used, and Phase II provided you have either a Phase III or a PyDECnet neighbor to connect it to.

Really?! How can they talk to a remote node with an area number and larger node address numbers than they are designed for?


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