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Subject: tcp etc.
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Date: Mon, 19-Jan-87 15:02:00 EST
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There seems to be some misunderstanding by some people about my TCP
file. It is *NOT* a SUMMARY. It is a 200-block file containing all the
replies I got from my enquiry about TCP for VMS. If you request a copy,
please make sure you have enough disk space and are prepared to do a LOT
of reading. I send these out at night, generally, since the traffic is
lower then.

Secondly, DECnet on the SUN. This DECnet product is obtained from SUN. The
cost is approximately $1750 (Cdn.). It is, from what I gather from those who
are using it, an implementation of the DECnet that runs on ULTRIX systems.
I don't know how SUN obtained it - probably by buying some special licence
from DEC. We decided to go with this for two main reasons: 1. It is cheap
and supported, whereas TCP-for-VMS implementations in most cases seemed to
be only one or the other; 2. being only a less-than-3-person operation to
support 8600 + 6xUVAX + 400-users + many-types-of-software computing setup,
we simply don't have time to try and hack bugs out of something unsupported,
and being also a University (-> grant-funded) operation, we can't afford
to buy something supported (like WIN/VX at $10,000).

Ruth Milner
System Manager
Dept. of Physics, University of Toronto

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