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From: cameron@runx.ips.oz (James Cameron)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Terminal locations - connected to DECservers - How?
Message-ID: <1556@runx.ips.oz>
Date: 31 May 88 06:30:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: runx.1556
Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare.  Sydney, Australia.
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We have here a (little) VAX-11/750 connected to ten different re-
mote  sites, each with terminals and a printer. The terminals and
printer at each site are connected to a VMZ-32 or DZ-11 asynchro-
nous  terminal  multiplexor  in the VAX's UNIBUS. (Through things
like MICOM multiplexors and telephone lines).

Each terminal has a known device name - such  as  TXB0:  for  our
Melbourne  branch (Australia) and TXB1: for their serial printer.
An indexed file exists in SYS$MANAGER which is used during  login
to  define  SYS$PRINT so that a user logging in on a terminal has
his print-outs directed to the closest printer queue - the key of
the file being the device name.

We are considering replacing the aging 750  with  a  6220,  which
will  be connected to terminals via DECservers. I have heard that
it is difficult to determine the actual address of a terminal, so
I'd  like  to  know  if  what  we are doing now can be done using
DECservers, and if so, how?

Please reply via mail - I may post a summary later. (I'm as  much
drowning in message volume as anyone else!).

James Cameron, Kilpatrick Green Pty. Ltd., P.O. Box N366, Sydney 2000 Australia
Internet: cameron@runx.ips.oz.au  UUCP: uunet!runx.ips.oz.au!cameron