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From: craig@bbn.com (Craig Partridge)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Re: DECnet protocol description ?
Keywords: DECnet, protocols
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Date: 29 Nov 90 19:46:58 GMT
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In article <1990Nov24.191343.8638@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> rizzo@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu (Luigi Rizzo) writes:
>Is some information about the Decnet protocols (including LAT)
>available ? I often read messages showing that people is very well
>informed about packet formats and such issues, but never found a
>complete description of the protocol (kind of RFCs, as they exist
>for TCP/IP). Does Digital sell the specification for reasonable
>prices ?

Digital has historically sold the specifications -- the problem has
been finding the product number.  I used to have friends at Digital
tell me the product number (printed on the cover of the manuals) and
then call my local salesman and ask for a copy.

Craig