HAL%USU.BITNET@wiscvm.arpa (09/24/86)
Subject: 4.3BSD or Ultrix? > My organization's backbone networks is Decnet which I can't talk. > since I have two VAX (11/780, and 11/750) and a Sun (3/160) running under > UNIX 4.2BSD. Since is a must that my VAX 11/780 becomes a network node > I'm facing two alternatives : > 1) I convert my 780 into a Ultrix machine. > 2) I prove that Ultrix is not quite 4.2BSD and that the conversion > will be more expensive than to buy a uVax to be used as gateway. > My intuition tells me to stick to UNIX and get a uVax, but I need > more arguments than that, to convince my administration. Any info > concerning this issue will be very much appreciated. > Carlos Perez > Department of Electrical Engineering > Concordia University > Montreal, Canada > UUCP: {decvax}!utcsri!musocs!deervax!carlos > There is possibly a third alternative: A company called Technology Concepts Inc. markets a generic DECnet that reportedly runs on 4.xBSD, called CommUnity. Their literature claims it is compatible with DECnet Phase IV, UNIX as an operating system. their address is: Technology Concepts Inc. 40 Tall Pine Drive Sudbury, Mass 01776 (617)443-7311 We are not using the product ourselves because we chose Ultrix. We migrated from Eunice on VMS. I suspect that #2 above might or might not be correct depending on what must be converted. We converted Writers Workbench from Eunice(4.1bsd?!) to Ultrix with no problems, but we have yet to get S working 100%. DECnet Ultrix works real well. File copies, remote rm's ls's and cat's are easy both ways. Task to task communications with VMS is a piece of cake. All our printing and tape work is done over the network to VMS machines. hal