karen@pemrac.space.swri.edu (Karen Birkelbach) (03/08/90)
>We are buying a Vax and (for various reasons) want to run VMS on it. We >also would like to link the Vax to our local area network of Suns running >NFS. We would like to be able to log onto the Vax from the Suns and >transfer files back and forth. In our LAN, we have Suns, a Convex, and a couple of Vaxes (or Vaxen if you follow DEC's terminology :-). Each Vax is running a different brand of smtp software. One is running Excelan's EXOS and the other one is running Process Software, Inc. Networking Software for VMS. The Excelan is more expensive than Process and seems to be more stable, but when trying to do network programming on VMS, I prefer using Process because they've written the calls to look like Unix networking calls where EXOS uses VMS $qio (or qio$, you can see how much I use it) system calls. There's also a cheap package from Carnegie-Mellon University (~$150). It works, but I don't know how well. Karen Birkelach Instrumentation and Space Research Division karen@pemrac.space.swri.edu Southwest Research Institute ...convex!pemrac!karen 6220 Culebra Rd. swri::karen (SPAN) (o)(o) San Antonio, TX 78228-0510
boyter@uunet.uu.net (Maj Brian Boyter) (03/09/90)
karen@pemrac.space.swri.edu (Karen Birkelbach) writes: >>We are buying a Vax and (for various reasons) want to run VMS on it. We >>also would like to link the Vax to our local area network of Suns running >In our LAN, we have Suns, a Convex, and a couple of Vaxes (or Vaxen if you >follow DEC's terminology :-). Each Vax is running a different brand of I've got two Vax's and a ton of Sun's at work.... We bought multinet from SRI (now sold by TGV, 408-353-3939), and we couldn't be happier.... We have the NFS server code for the VAX and it works great.... TGV now has an NFS client.... Maj. Brian A Boyter US Army Foreign Science & Technology Center Charlottesville, Va 22901 __ off: (804)980-7362 ( ) home: 973-9440 { } FAX: 973-9047 ( ) boyter%bimbo.uucp@virginia.acc.virginia.edu || || Noriega Who??? Ortega Who??? Libya Next.._______< >_______