[comp.sys.hp] LAT protocol for HP9000/825??

belkin@teecs.UUCP (Hershel Belkin) (10/04/89)

I run a mainly-HP shop centered around a LAN-connected 9000/825,
9000/340, and a Vectra RS-20 running SCO Xenix.  (Also some 
non LAN-connected HP1000's, etc. :-)

I have a need to connect (via a second LAN card on the 825) to an
Ethernet DECNET LAN (using LAT protocol).  My preference is to
simply connect to the one VAX machines here that does run TCP/IP
(using ARPA services, for example), and use that host to get access
to the many other VAX machines on the DECNET.

However, I have been asked to look into a product called "DEKNET",
from a company called "Ki Research".  Has anyone heard of this, or
know anything about its operation and support on HP 800-series
machines?  (The product apparantly implements the LAT protocol
for non-DEC machines, and reportedly runs on the 800's.  It also
is reported to co-exist with other software using the same LAN card 
under TCP/IP.)  Other than these "rumors", I have no information,
not even a company phone number!

If anyone has any info on this, or knows of a "better way", please
e-mail to me.  I'll be glad to summarize if there's interest.