baw@terminator.cc.umich.edu (Brian Wolfe) (10/30/90)
I'm trying to get a few departments of my company to get together to
help finance an Internet connection and unfortunately not all of them
have money to pay for the connection and the TCP-IP software for VMS.
(One of the machines we need it for is a Vax 6440, soon to be traded in
for a Vax 9000)
Is there any free or very cheap TCP-IP software for VMS available?
Telnet and FTP would be the only applications they need.
I'm already familiar with DEC's UCX, Wollengong, TGV, Fusion & Process Software,
Unfortunately they are just too expensive.
I'd appreciate any pointers and I will gladly summarize for the net.
regards,
Brian Wolfe
Rush Medical Center
Chicago, IL
bwolfe@rpslmc.edu
(312)-942-5781
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Henry Ford Hospital Voice: (313)-876-7461manager@cai.com (11/01/90)
In article <1990Oct29.182022.2227@terminator.cc.umich.edu>, baw@terminator.cc.umich.edu (Brian Wolfe) writes: > I'm trying to get a few departments of my company to get together to > help finance an Internet connection and unfortunately not all of them > have money to pay for the connection and the TCP-IP software for VMS. > (One of the machines we need it for is a Vax 6440, soon to be traded in > for a Vax 9000) > > Is there any free or very cheap TCP-IP software for VMS available? > Telnet and FTP would be the only applications they need. > > Brian Wolfe > Rush Medical Center > Chicago, IL > bwolfe@rpslmc.edu > (312)-942-5781 I highly recommend Carnegie Mellon Universities CMU-TEK TCP/IP. The following information is from the latest newsletter: Kdren Heilman (412)268-5896 KH55@andrew.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University 4910 Forbes Avenue UCC 124 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 $125 for the license add $25 for TK50 add $25 for Purchase Order add $50 for outside US Requests to get on the mailing list go to 'cmu-tek-tcp-request@andrew.cmu.edu'. The mailing list is 'cmu-tek-tcp@andrew.cmu.edu'. To preempt some common questions: 1. It doesn't do NFS. 2. It can do TELNET, FTP, Domain Name Service, LPR 3. It works with (at least) VMS 4.7 through 5.4. 4. Most of it is in Bliss, sources are included. 5. The pre-compiled system provides for a DEC Ethernet driver. 6. You can build an IP-over-DECnet driver, a SLIP driver, and and IP-over-X.25 driver, but you may experience great anguish in getting them to work in your environment. 7. There is a DECwindows transport for CMU-TEK TCP/IP, so your favorite Unix box can be an X client to your VAXstation. I have absolutely no affiliation with CMU. I am providing this information of my own free will in hopes of improving the quality of your network life. Flames to /dev/null, NLA0:, or whatever passes for your local bitbucket. -- Todd Aven Manager, Mid-range Computer Services Computer Associates International Internet: manager@cai.com UUCP: uupsi!usgcdh!manager
baw@terminator.cc.umich.edu (Brian Wolfe) (11/06/90)
Here is the summary of Cheap TCP-IP implementations for VAX/VMS:
I receieved about 15 responses pointing me towards CMU/TEK TCP-IP,
a few people thought that it was painful to get working and that
they thought Multinet was cheaper in terms of their time. Several
people recommended CMU/TEK as a very solid alternative to Wollengong,
TGV et al, although they thought that CMU didn't scale well on a large
machine.
For this price I'm going to try it and see how things go, if it
doesn't do exactly what we need at least we should be able to do something
until we can budget the money for a commercial TCP.
Here is a typical response...
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CMU/TEK TCP-IP This is a full-blown implementation, including Telnet,
FTP, SMTP support, LPR and Finger. It is very stable and well-supported.
Order from:
Karen Heilman, CMU (412) 268-5896 karen.heilman@andrew.cmu.edu
There is a mailing list, cmu-tek-tcp@andrew.cmu.edu, that you can
subscribe to (cmu-tek-tcp-request@andrew.cmu.edu)
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Systems Analyst UUCP: {rutgers,uunet}!sharkey!hfhrv!brian
Henry Ford Hospital Voice: (313)-876-7461