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From: jim@forgen.UUCP (Jim Hood)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Spec requirements for PC's on Ethernet/Decnet
Keywords: PCSA-DEC ETHERNET, Wide Area DECNET
Message-ID: <234@forgen.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 89 20:36:08 GMT
Organization: OMNR, Forest Resources, Toronto, Ontario
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I've got a question about something I'm fairly ignorant. I would like to
know what are the "issues" (hardware & software) which determine whether 
or not a particular brand of machine (read PC) will work on  a net using
PCSA-DEC ETHERNET and Wide Area DECNET (with DOS PC's  and some different
models of Vaxen). Our systems people are trying to force us to buy one 
manufacturer's machines (Compaq), probably because they can get them to 
work (on the LAN) without much hassle. Is this an issue of compatibility 
of equipment or competency of people?
--
Jim Hood
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