SteveG@MAINE.BITNET.UUCP (03/27/87)
Hi,
I have some pending questions that I am sure other people have, so here
goes...
1) VMS to UUCP:
I asked about this a month or so ago, and have gotten alot of response, and
even more confusion. Some of the things people mentioned were PMDF, a mail
only interface to UUCP. There was another package which also did mail only,
no full implimentation of a VMS UUCP node package tho.
2) TCP/IP on VMS:
I know of the two commercial packages for VMS TCP. Each is around $4,500
I believe. Thats a bit steep for us here tho. Someone mentioned CMU-TCP
enhancements to the TEKTRONIX TCP. It requires an AT&T Unix license, as well
as a TEK license. We have a UNIX license, where and for how much is the TEK
TCP license <for an accademic institution>?
3) LOGINOUT.EXE
DEC charges something like $2,250 to upgrade a UvaxII from 1 user to
8 users. The thing that controls user limits is hooked to LOGINOUT.EXE.
Is there any law, or DEC agreement customers have which would forbid a customer
from changing the LOGINOUT code to bypass the user limit, or to rewirte
LOGINOUT completely, or something similar?
4) EMACS
Finally got it up and running here.
Thats all the questions that have been queued up the past few weeks....
/Steve
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+----------------------------------------------------------------------+Vince.Fuller@C.CS.CMU.EDU.UUCP (03/28/87)
Regarding the CMU/TEK TCP package: TEKTRONIX requires a signed and delivered site license agreement and we (CMU) are required to verify this before sending out our version of the software (due to the extensive nature of the rewrite done here at CMU, it is not feasable to extract and send just our changes). I believe TEKTRONIX still gives our their software free of charge to educational institutions, though I don't know what their policy toward others is. We also require a signed and returned CMU nondisclosure agreement and are restricted by DARPA from distributing our software outside the United States. Otherwise, we freely distribute our software to anyone. No other licenses, AT&T or otherwise are required. TEKTRONIX inquiries should be sent to: Dennis Thomas Tektronix, Inc. Scientific Computer Center P.O. Box 500 MS 50-454 Beaverton, Or 97077 CMU inquiries should be sent to: CMU-TEK TCP/IP Software Request Computation Center Carnegie Mellon University 4910 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Please do not send requests for distribution to me - I am a developer of this software and do not handle the distribution. Vince Fuller CMU Computer Science Facilities P.S. My apologies to anyone who has seen this before. -------