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From: lotto@talcott.UUCP (Jerry Lotto)
Newsgroups: net.lan
Subject: Re: Recommendations requested for VMS <-> PC LAN
Message-ID: <594@talcott.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 18-May-86 20:06:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: talcott.594
Posted: Sun May 18 20:06:59 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 20-May-86 06:29:51 EDT
References: <304@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> <2006@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU>
Organization: Harvard Univ. Chem. Dept.
Lines: 29
Keywords: VMS, PC, Simple-minded LAN
Summary: DECnet - DOS information (and request for more)

In article <2006@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU>, jbs@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal) writes:
> In article <304@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> elias@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (elias) writes:
> >...i've been asked by a friend to recommend a means of connecting
> >a VAX 750 running VMS to upwards of 10 - 15 PC/AT's running MS-DOS.

etc.

> Anyway, The following is quoted from Digital sales literature.
> Contact your friendly DEC salesman for more information.
> 
> "DECnet-DOS now lets selected IBM personal computers participate as
> nonrouting (end) nodes in DECnet computer networks.[...]

more etc.

The last time I called DEC about DECnet-DOS, I was told that it was
version specific for DOS 2.0 (1?). Furthermore, I was informed that
only async drivers were available. In a nutshell, I was NOT impressed.
If anyone knows of a new release or if my information is dated/wrong,
PLEASE post a correction. If they ever get a 3.x version with ethernet
support, I could still put it to good use.

-- 

Gerald Lotto - Harvard Chemistry Dept.

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