eager@amd.UUCP (Mike Eager) (12/13/84)
Is there any way to connect a VAX 750 with Unix to a microVax running VMS in the same way that they would be connected if the 750 ran VMS. DECNET will link the two. Does anyone know of a DECNET simulator for Unix? -- Mike Eager (amd!eager)
ss@wivax.UUCP (Sid Shapiro) (12/18/84)
> > Does anyone know of a DECNET simulator for Unix? > > -- Mike Eager > (amd!eager) Having just returned from DECUS, I expect there will be other messages with this answer, but maybe I'll be first. On the demo ultrix-32 machine, there was a decnet thing running. It was runnning over an ethernet to the rest of the dec network that was being demoed. I sat at a terminal server and said "connect foo" and I was talking to VMS, then I said "set host bar" and I was talking to ultrix. Then I said "cterm fratzn" and was talking to another VMS. Neat, and it only crashed a few times!! The official word was "you CAN hold your breath on this one" - which is to say that DEC was not making a product announcement, but with it running, it could only be a matter of "real short" time. Of course, for those of you running SysV or 4.2BSD, it is very unclear whether you will be able to do anything (especially SysV, as ultrix is really 4.2BSD). Sid Shapiro -- Wang Institute of Graduate Studies [apollo, bbncca, cadmus, decvax, linus, masscomp]!wivax!ss ss%Wang-Inst@Csnet-Relay.ARPA (617)649-9731