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From: dwatts@ki.UUCP (Dan Watts)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: unusual terminal server need
Message-ID: <997@ki.UUCP>
Date: 9 Mar 91 03:28:51 GMT
References: <5050@mindlink.UUCP>
Organization: Ki Research, Inc.
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In article <5050@mindlink.UUCP> a699@mindlink.UUCP (Jay W. Thorne) writes:
>Digital Equipment DecServers do this over LAT - a proprietary protocol similar
>to rlogin/telnet ... If you have any Vaxes running VMS at your site you can use
>one of their servers but you have to originate the login to the console from
>another DecServer.
>It works pretty well but the limitation, of course is that you need VMS to load
>the Decservers.

Just a few nits.  One, LAT is only as proprietary as UNIX is.  If you pay
the license fee you get the spec and code.

Second, VMS now supports host initiated LAT connects.  This is great for
VAX<-->VAX connections but is also useful in the environment described by
the origonal poster.

Third, LAT is available for a wide range of systems beside VMS.  From our
company, LAT is available for systems such as IBM R/6000, SGI, Sun, Mips,
Alliant, Stardent, Tektronix, Data General, Encore, Modcomp, Arix, Sequent
and others.  Your last comment about needing VMS is false.  There are also
a number of terminal server vendors that support a telnet/lat gateway ability
such as Datability.

>----
>Jay W. Thorne
>The Solutions Network
>Vax/Vms Consulting Services
>2261 Mannering Avenue
>Vancouver, BC Canada
>V5N 3C5
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