[HECnet] DECnet on VMS version3

[Peter Allan]

Hi Dave,

You are quite correct that LMF did not appear until VMS version 5. Prior to
that you needed to install what was called a DECnet key to let you use
DECnet on VMS. I do recall having to do this back when I managed a
VAX-11/780 that ran VMS 3.x,and later VMS 4.x. Installing the so-called key
actually patches the file NETACP.EXE.

My reference to a license was because that is actually what the system
complains about the lack of when I try to start DECnet. Clearly this is not
an LMF license.

Cheers

Peter


On Sun, 21 Feb 2021 at 18:43, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
>
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