earley@modular.UUCP (Joe Earley) (04/20/88)
We have a client that wishes to transfer data from a MicroVAX II running VMS to a PDP-11/34 running RSX. The two machines are located about 6 kilometers from each other. We've considered a phone line and some type of communications software. Does DEC provided DECNET for linking these two machines together? I guess what I'm looking for is some suggestions and related experiences of people who have a configuration to do file transfers between VAXes and PDPs. Thanks in advance. -- Joe Earley, Modular Mining Systems USENET: {ihnp4,allegra,cmcl2,hao!noao}!arizona!modular!earley INTERNET: modular!earley@arizona.edu
cetron@utah-cs.UUCP (Edward J Cetron) (04/20/88)
The simplest is to use decnet on both machines. This gives you almost completely transparent access - and set host capability also. However, as with all DEC software, it isn't super cheap. The alternative is to use a serial line from a terminal port on one machine to a terminal port on the other. Then use kermit (public domain) over that line. We have sites here that do both with tremendous success. -ed cetron@cs.utah.edu center for engineering design univ of utah