X230GV@TAMVM1.BITNET.UUCP (02/23/87)
Regarding the query for linking VAXes to IBM machines: we have them connected here using TCP/IP with equipment from Excelan on the VAX side and KNET from Spartacus/Fibronics on the VM side. After a few initial problems (which Spartacus very quickly fixed), it works great; people on the VAX can print using the Xerox printers attached to the IBMs, file transfer works well, etc. although remote logins still have some glitches . . . I can't tell you too much about the products myself, but the best sources of info would probably be a couple of mailing lists . . . KNET-L@TAMVM1.Bitnet for the KNET stuff, and WISCNET@TCSVM.Bitnet for Wiscnet, a public-domain TCP/IP controller for IBM machines. I know you requested DECnet interaction, and there is a package to get IBMs to speak it, from Interlink --- but I'm really in the dark there! ---Glenn Vanderburg
13501ADC@MSU.BITNET.UUCP (02/23/87)
From Glenn Vanderburg: >Regarding the query for linking VAXes to IBM machines: we have them connected >here using TCP/IP with equipment from Excelan on the VAX side and KNET >from Spartacus/Fibronics on the VM side. Has anybody implemented a system whereby a person can submit a batch job on the VAX and have it executed on the IBM using the above connections? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Alan D. Cabrera BITNET: 13501adc@msu 400d Computer Center Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48224