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From: ted@blia.UUCP (Ted Marshall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: VAXBI-Ethernet controller
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Date: Thu, 23-Apr-87 19:51:36 EDT
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Posted: Thu Apr 23 19:51:36 1987
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Keywords: what are the problems with LAVC?


The Digital Review, April 20, 1987 issue, page 3 notes that the Local Area
VAX Cluster software doesn't work on the VAXBI-Ethernet controller (DEBNA?)
and DEC is requiring VAX 8[23578]00 customers to buy a Unibus adaptor
(DWBUA) and a DELUA.

My understanding was that except for 802.3 protocol usage, the DEUNA, DEQNA,
DELUA and the DEBNA(?) had exactly the same QIO interface and a program that
correctly uses one will work fine on any of the others. I am interested in
this because I support an XNS ACP that uses the XE/XQ/ET driver. I has been
tried at one or more customer sites with DEBNAs and seems to work ok but I'd
really like to know what the difference is so I can be sure that it won't
cause me problems.

Anyone know exactly why LAVC doesn't like the DEBNA?

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