JON@UCLASTRO.BITNET (11/14/87)
To netters,
A new subject.... A couple of questions:
a) Out of curiosity, does anyone know whether there exists (for free,
of course), machine-readable source for all the examples that are
given in standard set of VMS manuals (i.e. does someone have them
on tape, disk, etc.)?
b) A DECnet problem. I need to write programs that use the non-transparent
interface to DECnet. Specifically, I need to write tasks that will
call DNA network servers set up on a Sun (since sun does not provide
any servers and they do not support transparent operation). In
writing the basic test programs, I can create, on the Sun, a
DNA network server and a program that connects to it. On the
VAX, I can also write a server which the Sun requesting program
can also connect to. However, I am unable to get a VAX program
to connect to either the VAX server or the Sun server. The VAX
connecting program always complains about network object unknown.
However, NCP shows that such an object does exist and the Sun is
able to connect to it. :-)
If anyone has done non-transparent DNA programming, I would appreciate
a few pointers (i.e. your version of the bare-bones programs for a
server and something to connect to it). Also, a thorough discussion
of the NCB (network connect block) would be helpful.
NOTE: I have typed in the non-transparent MACRO example in the network
manual, and it gets the same error.
If anyone would like to see my programs, drop me a line and I will
send them to you (this saves me the embarrassment of the whole net
seeing bad programming).
Jonathan Eisenhamer
UCLA Astronomy
JON@UCLASTRO.BITNET
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(-::-)(-::-)(-::-)(-::-)(-::-)(-::-)(-::-)(-::-)(-::-)(-::-)(-::-)(-::-)(-::-)MCGUIRE@GRIN2.BITNET.UUCP (11/24/87)
> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 87 14:22 PST > From: JON%UCLASTRO.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU > Subject: Non-tansparent DECnet problem > > b) A DECnet problem. I need to write programs that use the non-transparent > interface to DECnet. Specifically, I need to write tasks that will > call DNA network servers set up on a Sun (since sun does not provide > any servers and they do not support transparent operation). There is a new version of Sun DNA (Sun DECnet) coming out very shortly which has built-in support for additional network objects (servers) and additional support for network tasks. For example, we're supposed to get FAL (the file access listener). The new version supports file transfer originating on the VMS side, and, more generally, remote file access from either side, I'm told. I'd call the Sun support hotline and ask them for more information on the new release. Ed