[comp.sys.dec] Is there portable decnet code out there?

chris@sparta.UUCP (Chris Chiotasso) (12/19/89)

We are considering putting decnet on our router along with our
IP implementation.  Is there decnet source code available somewhere
out there that we could obtain for the purpose of porting it to our
router.  Besides the protocol stack we would also require the network
management agent.

Thanks

Chris

dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) (12/20/89)

In article <241@sparta.UUCP> chris@sparta.UUCP (Chris Chiotasso) writes:
>We are considering putting decnet on our router along with our
>IP implementation.  Is there decnet source code available somewhere
>out there that we could obtain for the purpose of porting it to our
>router.  Besides the protocol stack we would also require the network
>management agent.

There are several companies out there who will license their DECnet
implementations.  I can think of three off the top of my head:
Technology Concepts in Sudbury MA, a Bell Atlantic Co,  Ki Research
(somewhere in New Hampshire) and Thursby Something or Other whose
address I don't know.  All three frequently advertise in rags like
Digital Review, etc.

I'm not a DECnet expert, but I've worked with TCI's code, and I thought
it was very clean, and it's amazingly portable to all sorts of environments.
I have no direct experience with Ki, but I've talked to their head techie
folks, and they sounded very bright and knowledgeable.  Thursby I've
just seen come on the scene, so I have no opinion one way or the other.



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