[HECnet] DECnet on VMS version3

[Dave McGuire]

On 2/21/21 12:36 PM, Peter Allan wrote:
> I am trying to get DECnet working on a simulated VAX 780 (with simh) 
> with a 3.x version of VMS. This is largely for nostalgic reasons.
> 
> I have the version of VMS 3.0 from John Dundas that Supratim posted 
> nearly a year ago. I have also built a VMS 3.0 system by installing VMS 
> from the VMS 3.0 distribution tape. Both of those systems seem to 
> work well.
> 
> However I am failing to find a way of getting DECnet working. I have a 
> DECnet end node key (and a routing key, come to that) from 
> http://iamvirtual.ca/VAX11/VAX-11-software.html but that says that it 
> only works for VMS 3.4 or later. I did try it on 3.0 anyway, but it did 
> not get DECnet to work. It complains about needing a license.
> 
> Can anyone help me either upgrade my VMS 3.0 system to VMS 3.4 or higher 
> (or just install the higher version from scratch), or help me find a 
> DECnet key that works with VMS 3.0.

   LMF didn't appear in VMS until v5.0.  Is there some other licensing 
scheme for pre-VMS-5 DECnet that I'm unaware of?  I certainly don't 
remember any.  Lacking that, are you certain the DECnet package you're 
trying to get running is compatible with VMS 3.0?

           -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA