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From: nvarma@ncoast.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Appletalk - VAX Ethernet link
Message-ID: <2675@ncoast.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Jun-87 18:18:54 EDT
Article-I.D.: ncoast.2675
Posted: Fri Jun 19 18:18:54 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 21-Jun-87 04:24:10 EDT
Reply-To: nvarma@ncoast.UUCP (Narendra Varma)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh
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Summary: Need information on software for networking VAX/Appletalk/UNIX




I work at Muskingum College in Ohio, and we had recently decided to network
our VAX 11/780 (running VMS) with an appletalk Macintosh LAN. 
The communications method chosen was Ethernet. The hardware we are running is:

Macintosh: Kinetics Fastpath appletalk to ethernet interface
VAX:       DELUA Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 to UNIBUS communication controller

Our problem (and the reason for this message!) is software for the VAX.
We wish to use the VAX as a file server for the Macs and, maybe, also use the
Macs as intelligent terminals to the VAX. The software for the Macs are the
packages provided by Kinetics Inc. - MacIP (TFTP & TELNET) and K-Talk/Prompt
(Which I believe is a version of SEAGate).

I gather that numerous organizations are using the same hardware
configuration for the same purposes. Would anyone who knows where we can
get the required software for the VAX please mail a direct message to me.
I would also be very grateful if anyone who is running a similar installation 
could give us some tips about the system and its ups and downs...

P.S.
      We also have an AT&T 3B2/300 (running UNIX) computer with a 
3BNET card installed which we would like to include in this network. I have
a couple of queries regarding this matter:   

1) Is the 3B2NET card compatible with the IEEE 802.3 standard ?
2) If they are compatible, do you know who can provide software for the
   3B2/300 to complete the link between our VAX 11/780 and this machine?

Thanks in advance,

                                                Narendra Varma.