Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!biivax.dp.beckman.com!dsroberts From: dsroberts@biivax.dp.beckman.com Newsgroups: comp.org.decus Subject: Re: When can we TELNET to DECUSERVE? Message-ID: <1991Mar29.125148.238@biivax.dp.beckman.com> Date: 29 Mar 91 19:51:48 GMT References: <00946482.ADC56CE0@VULCAN.CBA.OHIOU.EDU> <1991Mar28.122223.236@biivax.dp.beckman.com> <1991Mar28.213803.13906@news.arc.nasa.gov> Organization: Beckman Instruments Lines: 59 In article <1991Mar28.213803.13906@news.arc.nasa.gov>, mcmahon@tgv.com (John McMahon) writes: > Clarification: E-mail to DECUServe is an established fact. The DECUServe > folks, along with the VMSnet working group have had it established for some > time. From the Internet to DECUServe you can use the addressing > "username@eisner.decus.org". I only pointed out the decus leader part because that is the "new" thing :-) I have been receiving and sending mail to the decuserve system for at least four months now. In fact I currently have my decuserve mail forwarded, via the uucp link, to my home system. > > As of last week, the DECUS Leadership Computer (DCS) was opened up for E-mail. > You can send mail to "username@topaz.decus.org". It works, but is considered > by the folks who set it up not to be 100% reliable yet. > > There are other address schemes for "topaz.decus.org" that (hopefully) someone > with more DECUServe experience can explain. I only have a DCS account > currently. > The uucp link is set up such that mail to "username@decus.org" will get delivered to the correct place whether eisner or topaz. (per Hanrahan in the PUBLIC_DOMAIN conference, as I interpret it). It just depends which system has "username" > :The discussion on DECUSERVE is typically responded to with RSN (real soon now), > :but the one time I saw someone pin a date on it was a GUESS of July. They > :claim it is tied up with DEC lawyers, or some such. > > I would expect the hardware to be in place in May. The contracts for a > Fractional T1 to NEARnet have been signed, and within 60 days (probably down to > 45 by now) the circuit will be in place. Okay, one more time. Hardware in place in May. Okay. within 60 days from then. Okay. May + 60 days = July. :-) > > The TCP/IP software licenses for topaz and eisner are still under negotiation. > > :IMHO: Another good example of the problem with DECUS tied so closely with DEC > > IMHO: Without the help of the DECUS MIS staff (who are all DEC employees) I > think it would have taken much longer to get this far. > Well, you are quite welcome to your opinion, but the implicit reasoning in your statement is that if the DECUS MIS staff were NOT DEC employees they would not have been as competent for setting this up? I am SURE you didn't really mean that. :-) Disclaimer: This is all based on discussions in several conferences on the DECUSERVE system that I have read and participated in. As I understand it :-) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don Roberts Internet: dsroberts@beckman.com Beckman Instruments, Inc. Yellnet: 714/961-3029 2500 Harbor Bl. Mailstop X-12 FAX: 714/961-3351 Fullerton, CA 92634 Disclaimer: Always ---------------------------------------------------------------------------