Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: RE: DECNET and uVAX Message-ID: <8161@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Fri, 14-Jun-85 13:08:35 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8161 Posted: Fri Jun 14 13:08:35 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Jun-85 08:09:13 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 20 From: Art Berggreen DECNET most certainly runs on Micro-VAXs, but you have to buy the DECNET license to get all the pieces. DECNET will run over the DEQNA Ethernet controller and with 4.x will run over terminal lines. There may also be a board out or in the works to run DDCMP. As to whether DECNET is the best solution depends on several factors, including applications, cost, DEC support etc. For simple, cheap interconnection KERMIT is hard to beat. For more open, multi-vender networking, TCP/IP ought to be considered (The Wollongong Group is coming out with a uVAX version which DEC will distribute). "Art Berggreen" ------