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From: robin@csuchico.edu (Robin Goldstone)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: tcp/ip services <--> decnet connectivity, help wanted
Keywords: tcp/ip, decnet, help wanted
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Date: 31 May 90 14:52:05 GMT
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In article <18409@hercules.csl.sri.com> kph@dirt.cisco.com (Kevin Paul Herbert) writes:
>The easiest thing to do would be to get a DECstation 3100 (or something
>else running Ultrix) and use the DECnet-Internet gateway software. I
>don't know many product specifics, but I know that you can use it for
>remote login and file transfer. You should also be running at least
>DECnet/E V4.0 (RSTS/E V9.3) as previous versions had some problems
>dealing with Ultrix, if I recall correctly.
>
>I've always thought it would be *fun* to put up TCP/IP on RSTS, though.
>It really wouldn't be that hard to do for someone that was good with
>RSTS monitor internals.
>
>Kevin

I also spent a long time looking for a TCP/IP implementation for RSTS.
After giving up on that, I looked at the solution described above, i.e.
an Ultrix VAX as a gateway.  All you need to run on it is DECnet-Ultrix.
This automatically does conversion between DECnet protocols and TCP/IP
protocols (according to DEC). Get DEC's "Local Area Network Solutions
Guidebook" and read page 74.

Well, in the end we decided that this solution was too indirect and
ended up replacing our three RSTS systems with a VAX 6310!  Too bad
there wasn't a real TCP/IP solution for RSTS.  I kinda miss it...

Robin Goldstone,  Systems Software Specialist
California State University, Chico  Computing Services
robin@csuchico.edu