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From: MANAGER@SKIDMORE.BITNET (Leo Geoffrion)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: DECServer and DECnet incompatibility??
Message-ID: <8712222310.AA00987@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 21 Dec 87 14:29:00 GMT
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Some internal DEC documentation for the DECserver 500 suggest that it may
be incompatible with asynchronous DECnet.  In other words, if you intend
to use asynchronous DECnet to connect to micros with either DECnet DOS or
TSSnet (for the Mac's), then you cannot use a Terminal Server for your
communication port.

This is somewhat annoying since DEC is steering most buyers toward the
DECservers as the preferred mode for user i/o.  At the same time, we find
that asynchronous DECnet provides the nucleus for integrating micros and
Vaxen without expensive Ethernet boards on every micro.  (our 9600 Baud
PBX lines are fast enough for most small files).

Is it indeed impossible to connect asynchronous DECnet on top of LAT-11?
Has anyone seen a work-around for this?  I'd really hate to have to go back
to reinstalling our old DZ-11's.


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