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From: pdg@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Paul Gootherts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Dnet and HP-UX?
Message-ID: <6080014@hpcupt1.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Jan 89 16:36:34 GMT
References: <2807@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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> >The HP 9000 Series 800 (HP-PA-based) has had sockets since first release
> >in 1987.  I don't know how long the HP 9000 Series 300 (68K-based) has
> >had sockets, but it's been a while.  I don't believe the HP 9000 Series
> >500 ever got sockets.
> 
> 	Ah, the problems with generalizations...  Allow me to rephrase:
> I tried to compile Dnet on our HP9000 Ser. 500.  It gaged and barfed severly,
> and told me that it had absolutly no idea what a socket was.
> 
> That better?

Sure.  I thought it was probably just a simple misunderstanding.  We
have our 300's and 800's on the same net with each other, as well as
VAXen and Sun's.  It all works fine.  In fact, I don't know how we'd use
X without it.

- Paul Gootherts, Hewlett-Packard Co, hplabs!hpda!pdg