sasaki@HARVARD.HARVARD.EDU.UUCP (05/15/86)
I haven't been able to find the name of the person to contact about Tektronix TCP/IP licensing and such. What I can give you is the names, addresses, and phone numbers that were on the documentation that I got from Tektronix. Here they are: Tim E. Fallon Stan C. Smith timf@tektronix stans@tektronix Tektronix Inc. Delivery Station: 50-454 P.O. Box 500 Beaverton, Oregon 97077 503-627-5347 It isn't clear how "free" this software is. Tektronix has been threatening to stop distributing it and there are even rumors that they will fix it up and sell it for real money. The software is very buggy (see my earlier note, and Kevin Carosso's posting as well), but there are several people working on it. To those that were at the info-vax BOF session at Dallas, forget everything that I said about TCP/IP, I had the wrong company. I was mentioning Interlan, but I meant CMC. Which brings me to Interlan... Interlan has some very interesting products. They have an ethernet board in beta test that puts TCP/IP down onto the board. Software to run TELNET and FTP is also in beta test. The next iteration of the software/firmware will include SMTP and class-B sub-netting. The best news is that the Unibus version (including software) will cost less than $6000 (quantity one). The Qbus version should be less than $5000. They gave exact figures, but I can't find my notes. I don't know when TCP/IP will be available, or how good it will be. The equipment is still in test, and they want to be sure that the stuff really works before sending anything out. After talking to the project manager and one of the programers (at DEXPO) I have the impression that they are doing things right. This is a real VMS TCP/IP and not just a half-hearted conversion of a UNIX version. I don't think you will be able to run DECNET over the same board, but who cares? The hardware and software are going to cost one third of the cost of Wollongong's software alone. While at Dallas I asked once again why DEC isn't going to have a VMS TCP/IP and was told the same thing, DEC is committed to the ISO 802.3 standards and will bring DECNET into conformance with that standard. They didn't see any demand for TCP/IP and were happy with the arrangement with Wollongong. Oh well, at least I can hope that Interlan does a good job... ---------------- Marty Sasaki uucp: harvard!sasaki Harvard University Science Center arpa: sasaki@harvard.harvard.edu One Oxford Street bitnet: sasaki@harvunxh Cambridge, MA 02138 phone: 617-495-1270