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To:           ROBERT SCHUMACHER <RSC@CRUXNMC>

hi netlanders,

I know this has been asked some time ago, but the problem has occured
here shortly, and all the old mail reffering to this has beeen thrown away.

Soon we will expand our vax11/750 runnung VMS 4.5 to a TCP/IP lan
including some SUNs and a vax8250 running UNIX. So we have the problem
to integrate the VMS machine into the net. Up to now I know 2 posibilities
to do this :
        1. pure software
                Buying the Wollongong or Tektronixs packages
        2. software + hardware
                Buying an intelligent controller, whitch handles the
                lower protocols plus some software for the higher protokols.

Solution 1 seems to be cheaper ( about 3500 $ resp. free from Tek I heard ? )
but since our vax 750 has nearly no processor time left for this solution, 2
might be better, but more expensive ( about 4000 $ for the board + 6000 $ for
the software ). So before we make any decitions, we would like to hear about
experiences or suggestion from other users.
-Is the software solution really _such_ a cpu eater and what do you get, if
 you buy a board ?
-Are there boards with all software on it, so you don't need any on the host ?

                Any comments are welcome
                Thanks in advance
                        Hans-Juergen Rosenberger
                        OPER@DHAFEU11.bitnet