mitton@nac.dec.com.UUCP (03/09/87)
>Path: decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!ames!styx!lll-lcc!seismo!mcvax!cernvax!jmg >Posted: 6 Mar 87 08:42:55 GMT >I thought that DEC's VAXMate plans included NETBIOS across DECNET, >using DECNET Transport Protocol. Since DECDOS is a subset of VAXMate, >this ought to be possible. The VMS Services for MS-DOS implement the Microsoft Networks protocols layered on DECnet transport. However these components are only availible in that product, not in DECnet-DOS. In included in the client kit are the Microsoft Redirector which speaks the file sharing protocol (SMB) to Interrupt 2Ah. Digital provides a component called "SESSION" that handles the Int 2A calls and translates them to the appropriate DECnet socket calls (DECnet-DOS is Unix compatible). While Int 2Ah calls to support MS-Net are NETBIOS compatible, they are not complete. In particular there is no datagram or naming support. All this may change in the future but, "Digital does not comment on unannounced products". Dave Mitton, DECnet-DOS Engineering.