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From: eirikur@ranger.enet.dec.com (Eirikur Hallgrimsson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: DEC LanWORKS for Macintosh (Was Re: MacX available ?)
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Date: 24 Sep 90 19:13:59 GMT
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In article <90262.101538SKG102@psuvm.psu.edu>, SKG102@psuvm.psu.edu writes...
>The DEC LanWorks server portion also contains the DAL (CL/1) server and
>AppleTalk for Vms. The price quoted in our last DECDirect catalog was $440.
>Compare this to the Apple price for just these two pieces of $5000. The
>question is simple; which would you but?  LanWorks also requires you to
>purchase LanWorks for VMS which has a price of $666. The DAL client for the
>Mac sells for $695 from Apple and for $295 from DEC. The only question I have
>here is that according to DEC their Mac client is only a paper license and that
>the software is on the TK50 or Magtape depending on which one you order, since
>the Mac reads none of these, how do you get the software? You have to already
>have a way to transfer files to your Mac from the VAX to get the connectivity
>tools that are supposed to do this. Silly, isn't it?  :-)

Your quote from the DECdirect catalog is too high for some reason.   The
per-Mac license price for the product is $295.  Pretty unbelievable.  The
$4xx.00 price refers to the TK50 or magtape and documentation kit--you only
need one of those.

If you do not have access to a VMS system in order to read the tape, talk
to your local DEC sales office about putting it onto Mac disks for you.  They
should be willing to do that as a part of the sale.  If they aren't willing
to do that, let me know--it's just a communication problem and it can be fixed.


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Eirikur Hallgrimsson
eh@ranger.enet.dec.com