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From: jms@mrsvax.mis.arizona.edu (Joel M Snyder)
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Subject: Re: LAT and DECNET protocol specs.
Keywords: LAT DECNET protocol
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Date: 12 Mar 91 23:25:38 GMT
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In article <11158@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, mark@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Anderson) writes...
> 
>I need everything I can find on the DEC LAT protocol. DECNET stuff would
>also be nice, but not as important. I realize that it is a licensed product
>of Digital Equipment Company, but was hoping to find some sort of primer for
>the protocol available without having to license the right to use from DEC.
> 
LAT is licensed, and no specifications are available.  However, the protocol 
would be simple to figure out given your needs (i.e., you just need to say
"hey, that's a LAT packet!" and don't need to emulate it).  The DECnet
specs are not private, and can be purchased from Digital:

Version - Title - Order Number

IV General Description AA-N149A-TC
4.0 DDCMP AA-D588A-TC
4.1 DDCMP AA-K176A-TK
1.0 Ethernet DL Func Spec AA-Y298A-TK
1.0 Ethernet Product Arch Spec AA-X440A-TK
2.0 Routing Layer Func Spec AA-X435A-TK
3.2 NSP Func Spec AA-K176A-TK
4.0 NSP Func Spec AA-X439A-TK
1.0 Session Control Func Spec AA-K182A-TK
5.6 DAP Func Spec AA-K177A-TK
2.0 NVT Foundation Services AA-DY89A-TK
2.0 NVT CTERM AA-DY88A-TK
4.0 Net Mgmt Func Spec AA-X437A-TK
3.0 MOP Func Spec AA-X436A-TK
2.0 Ethernet (the blue book) AA-K759B-TK


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