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From: eirikur@ranger.enet.dec.com (Eirikur Hallgrimsson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: DEC LanWORKS for Macintosh (Was Re: MacX available ?)
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Date: 18 Sep 90 17:03:09 GMT
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Responding to a query about LAT driver availability,
Byron Han of Apple writes: 

>The DEC LANWorks product includes the basic connectivity set (TTY, VT102,
>ADSP, Serial, Apple Modem, Text, and XMODEM), VT320, LAT, TGA, CTerm, and
>MacTCP Tool (for use with MacX).

Byron goes on to cover the license price if you purchase from Apple:

>Basic Connectivity Set license: $50/year 
>VT320 license: single use $50, redistribution $1000 one time fee
>LAT license: single use $50, redistribution $2500 one time fee

This prompts me to add:

Depending upon how many of the pieces that you need, DEC LanWORKS might be
very cost-effective even if you don't want to run the VMS-based file and
print servers everywhere--for example, you can run Mac X over the included
MacTCP, and you can use LAT to DEC's Ultrix systems.

It's $295 (list) per Mac, and you get Mac X, MacTerminal V3.0, all the
comm. tools Byron mentions, file and print servers for the VAX, plus DECnet
for the Macintosh (including the DECnet Comm. Toolbox tool). You do have to
buy a media and documentation for the VAX, though, because the product
ships with only one Mac floppy.  The rest of the files are shipped as a
file server volume.


Disclaimer: I work for the DEC LanWORKS group, aka DEC/Apple joint
development.  Hi, Byron!

Eirikur Hallgrimsson
eh@ranger.enet.dec.com