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From: d001ucsac@bsu-ucs.uucp (Stephen P Kendall)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: DECserver multisessions through ISN
Summary: Can DECserver multisessions be handled through ISN on a PC?
Keywords: DECserver LAT TD/SMP ISN multisessions
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.001042.283@bsu-ucs.uucp>
Date: 27 Mar 91 00:10:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: bsu-ucs.1991Mar27.001042.283
Expires: 29 Mar 91 00:13:52 GMT
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I'm connected to a university VAXcluster through a DECserver 500 (which
says it uses LAT V5.1) through an AT&T ISN network.  The ISN network is not
a LAN in the usual sense; it connects to the terminal or PC through the
COM port (19.2 kBaud) rather than through special network hardware.

The HELP menus on the DECserver mention an option to SET MULTISESSIONS ENABLE,
which then allows "multiple terminal sessions, each capable of a single LAT
service session" through the "TD/SMP protocol".  This seems to imply that
with a "session management terminal" or a PC running suitable software, that
multiple simultaneous connections to the DECserver's services are possible.

I have found no further reference to this capability, either in the grey wall
or the online docs.

My question:

	1)  Is it possible to do this on a PC, given the hardware setup above
	(not on a true LAN-style network, but connected to the DECserver
	through a COM line)?

	2)  If so, with what software?

Thanks in advance, even if (as I suspect) this is not possible.
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