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From: jeh@crash.cts.com (Jamie Hanrahan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: DECNET protocols specs
Summary: DEC order numbers
Message-ID: <2530@crash.cts.com>
Date: 11 Feb 88 22:10:25 GMT
References: <343@tandem.UUCP>
Reply-To: jeh@crash.CTS.COM (Jamie Hanrahan)
Organization: CMKRNL Press, San Diego, CA
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In article <343@tandem.UUCP> narayan@tandem.UUCP (Narayan Mohanram) writes:
>How does one go about getting the protocols specifications for DECNET.
>Is there a published technical document? ...

Yup!  Here they are.  This list was compiled by  Bob Tinkelman
and posted on DECUServe.)

            <<< DECUSV::DUA0:[NOTES$LIBRARY]DEC_NETWORKING.NOTE;1 >>>
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Note 34.0                DECnet DNA manual order numbers              No replies
DECUSV::TINKELMAN "Bob Tinkelman - CCA"              18 lines  15-SEP-1987 15:38
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The following DECnet, Digital Network Architecture, manuals were
hard for me to locate at the time, so I thought it might be handy
for others if I gathered the order numbers together in one place. 
All those dated 1982 or after are for DECnet Phase IV.  I don't
know if there are more recent versions of the others. 

AA-D599A-TC DDCMP                   V4.0   Functional Spec. 03/78
AA-K177A-TK Data Access Protocol    v5.6.0 Functional Spec. 10/80
AA-K182A-TK Session Control         v1.0.0 Functional Spec. 11/80
AA-N149A-TC Phase IV                       General Desc.    05/82
AA-X435A-TK Routing Layer           V2.0.0 Functional Spec. 12/83
AA-X436A-TK Maintenance Operations  V3.0.0 Functional Spec. 12/83
AA-X437A-TK Network Management      v4.0.0 Functional Spec. 12/83
AA-X439A-TK NSP                     V4.0.0 Functional Spec. 12/83
AA-X440A-TK Ethernet Node           V1.0.0 Product Arch.    12/83
AA-Y298A-TK Ethernet Data Link      V1.0.0 Functional Spec. 12/83

Of course, you may now be looking for Phase 4+ or Phase 5 manuals.

(Addendum from JEH:  I don't know what Bob means by "Phase 4+", but
since this was posted, the following Phase V manual has appeared:

EK-DNAPV-GD  DNA Phase V Specification .  This is the Phase V equivalent
to AA-N149A-TC.  

Note that, unlike MSCP and etc., DEC doesn't mind if you implement
these protocols on other systems.  A couple of people, for instance,
have DECnet running on the Macintosh.  Have fun!)