[HECnet] Is this the most up to date version of DECnet OS numbers?

[Johnny Billquist]

I sortof doubt COPOS/11 is a regular TOPS-20 terminal frontend. Too bad 
I have no further information.

   Johnny

On 2021-11-08 00:55, Thomas DeBellis wrote:
> I have heard of three 'standard' (I.E., DEC supported) front ends for 
> the 20,
> 
>  1. RSX-20F for the terminals and KL management,
>  2. MCB for DECnet and
>  3. DN60 for IBM RJE workstations (which I maintained at Columbia.
> 
> I do know of some hacked front ends:
> 
>  1. Case Western had a second front end running terminals (that's right
>     two front ends with DH11's).  How they got that many users signed on
>     without the system melting into a puddle of bits is beyond me.
>  2. MIT Chaos on a KL uses a DN20 for the Ethernet communications (an NI
>     not being available at the time)
> 
> I never heard of COPOS/11, either but I don't get out much... Anybody else?
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> On 11/7/21 12:06 PM, Robert Armstrong wrote:
>>
>>
>>    And what the heck is COPOS/11??  I see that is says TOPS-20 front end, but
>> I thought TOPS20 used the same RSX20F as TOPS10.
>>
>>    And DTF/MVS?  Is that the IBM OS MVS?
>>
>> Bob
>>

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