OBERMAN@ICDC.LLNL.GOV ("Kevin Oberman, LLNL, 422-6955", 415) (07/21/88)
> I just got the PAK for DECNET for VMS V5.0, and in the cover letter >it says that: > > "VMS will be withdrawing support for the DEQNA adapter in the >future. Support will be continued for at least one year. The DELQA adapter >is the recommended replacement for the DEQNA" > > Can they get away with this? (That was a rhetorical question). What is >the point of this change? Am I really going to be forced to go out and buy a >DELQA adapter? Does anyone know _really_ how long DEC will support the DEQNA? >What additional features do we get by using the DELQA instead of a DEQNA? Not right away. You've got until next July to have full support. After that I've been told (by real DEC types) that the driver will be continue to be distributed with VMS as long as it runs at all. As to the reason--Pure economics. The DEQNA has not proven very successful, even though they sold like crazy. The board has been plagued by design problems and has had twelve major revisions. The software is full of patches to get around these problems. This in turn as cut performance which was not too great, at best. So rather that try to keep the old beast alive, DEC has decided to pu it out of its pain. I have been told that DEC is discussing an exchange policy and I suspect that one is in the works. But as to its terms, I have no idea. R. Kevin Oberman Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Internet: oberman@icdc.llnl.gov (415) 422-6955 Disclaimer: Don't take this too seriously. I just like to improve my typing and probably don't really know anything useful about anything.