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From: kaiser@hillst.dec.com (Systems Consultant; DTN 297-4445)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: DECnet documentation
Message-ID: <8802251928.AA26609@decwrl.dec.com>
Date: 25 Feb 88 22:29:00 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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narayan@ati.tis.llnl.gov asks (along with many others):

> How does one go about getting the protocols specifications for DECNET.

There are manuals which you can simply buy from Digital.  Here are names and
order numbers:

	DECnet DIGITAL Network Architecture (Phase IV) General Description
	AA-N149A-TC

	DNA Data Access Protocol Functional Specification (DAP), Version 5.6.0
	AA-K177A-TK

	DNA Digital Data Communications Message Protocol (DDCMP) Functional
	Specification, Version 4.1.0
	AA-K175A-TK

	DNA CSMA/CD Data Link Functional Specification, Version 1.0.0, Augus
	AA-Y298A-TK

	DNA Ethernet Node Product Architecture Specification, Version 1.0.0
	AA-X440A-TK

	DNA Maintenance Operations Functional Specification, Version T3.1.0
	AA-X436A-TK

	DNA Network Management Functional Specification, Version T4.1.0
	AA-X437A-TK

	DNA NSP Functional Specification, Version 4.1.0
	AA-X439A-TK

	DNA Routing Layer Functional Specification, Version 2.1.0
	AA-X435A-TK

	DNA Session Control Functional Specification, Version 2.0.0
	AA-K182A-TK

	The Ethernet, A Local Area Network, Data Link Layer and Physical Layer
	Specifications, Version 2.0, November 1982 (Digital, Intel, and Xerox)
	AA-K759B-TK

---Pete

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