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From: 702WFG@SCRVMSYS.BITNET (bill gunshannon)
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Date: 1 Jun 90 13:35:01 GMT
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Subject: Re: tcp/ip services <--> decnet connectivity, help wanted
>>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
>
>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.

While this sounds like an easy solution, it may not really be so.  I have a
DECstation 3100 sitting here in front of me and I can assure you that it did
not come with any of the DECNET software.  I assume DECNET is an option and
based on the cost of the box alone, if you have to pay extra for the software
too, it's an awful expensive solution.

                                          bill gunshannon
                                       702WFG@SCRVMSYS.BITNET