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Subject: Re: information on LAT servers
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Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 22:38:01 EST
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From: LEICHTER <Leichter@YALE.ARPA>

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    Our DEC network expert says that the LAT boxes support TCP/IP.  I think
    he's spouting hot air.  Anybody know whether it is true? (I realize
    that in principle someone could write TCP/IP software for it.  The
    question is whether it exists or there are any announced plans to
    do it.)
It's not at all clear what it would mean for a LAT box to "support" TCP/IP;
that's just about equivalent to asking whether a DZ-11 supports TCP/IP.  One
sense your expert MIGHT have in mind is that LAT can be run on the same
Ethernet as TCP/IP; the two protocols will ignore each other.

Just what is it you are trying to accomplish through this "compatibility"?
If I gave you a LAT box, what would you do to determine if it was "TCP/IP
compatible"?
    
    Also, does anyone know what a DSRVA is?  This seems to be a LAT
    server for 8 lines at $2600.  This sounds almost too good to be true.
Yup, that's about it.  A small, cheap box for connecting 8 terminals to an
Ethernet.  I heard it described as $325 per port, which matches your number
exactly.
							-- Jerry
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