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From: gdueck@watmsg.waterloo.edu (Gery Dueck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Apollo/VMS connection
Keywords: TCP/IP Ethernet NFS
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Date: 21 Jul 88 19:44:41 GMT
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I would like to connect an Apollo workstation to VAX/VMS via
ethernet and achieve the following capabilities:

a) remote file system: at least my own VMS directory should be
   mountable as a subdirectory on the apollo with read and write
   access. (Yes I know about the problems with loading apollo
   programs over NFS. I am after backup, printer, and mail access.)

b) remote commands: I would like to be able to issue commands
   on the VMS system with input data coming from the apollo and
   output coming back to the apollo.

c) remote process communication: I would like to be able to
   communicate between a process running on the apollo and
   one running under VMS.

I need at least a) and would like b) and c).

I have literature on an apollo product called VAX/Access and would
like to converse with anyone who has had experience with it.
Will this product meet my needs? Are there any other similar
products I should look into?

The VMS system currently has Decnet/Ethernet but no TCP/IP, which is a
requirement for VAX/Access.  I understand TCP/IP will coexist with
Decnet. One quote on TCP/IP software from Network Fusion is $3900US.
Does anyone know of cheap/free TCP/IP software for VMS? NFS software
for VMS?

Thank you in advance to all who reply. Thanks also to those who
replied to my last posting (new apollo user).