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From: pjs@euclid.jpl.nasa.gov (Peter Scott)
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Subject: Servers for SunOS that use DECnet?
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Date: 1 Apr 91 23:03:29 GMT
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We may be getting some Sun workstations running SunOS that we'd
like to be able to enjoy DECWindows connections with VAXen running
VMS.  As far as I know the only product offering DECnet connectivity
on a Sun is Sun's SunLink DNI.  Question: will this work with the
MIT X server?  

If I had DNI and the right connections available to me, I'd test it, 
but I don't, and I have to make a recommendation.  We're trying to
maintain consistency in our GUI components over the workstations
we're responsible for, so if the MIT X server doesn't support the
DECnet offered by DNI, my next questions are: is this planned?
When?  Does any X server offer this?  Is the source code available
for any such server (in case the answer happens to be X/NeWS)?  Am I
laboring under grandiose delusions of customer convenience?

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