[Simh] VMS/VDE: Almost there

[Gregg Levine]

Hello!
I seem to recall that on another list, the subject what did DECnet
support caused a similar flurry of things to be discussed. Even a
partial discussion of that protocol over serial lines for either the
PDP-11 using those protocols, or possibly OS/8 on the PDP-8 family was
suggested.

But I suspect, sir, that you're right.
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Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
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On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 12:43 PM, John Forecast <john at forecast.name> wrote:
>
> On Oct 7, 2015, at 9:56 AM, Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>> On Oct 6, 2015, at 7:13 PM, Rich Alderson <simh at alderson.users.panix.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Zachary Kline <zkline at speedpost.net>
>>>> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 09:42:36 -0700
>>>
>>>> as far as DecNet goes, am I correct in assuming that it's mostly useful for
>>>> connecting clusters? I'm learning VMS almost entirely on my own, never having
>>>> been exposed to it during its heyday.
>>>
>>> DECNET predates VMS.
>>
>> Indeed, by several generations.
>>
>>> ...
>>> DECNET is available under RSX-11M and RSTS/E on PDP-11s, Tops-10 and TOPS-20
>>> on PDP-10s, and under VMS (and possibly Ultrix, I don't remember for certain)
>>> on VAXen, and on VMS follow-on systems.  It is as far as possible agnostic
>>> about what kind of system it was running on or connecting to.
>>
>> DECnet/Ultrix, yes.  There is also a limited DECnet for RT-11, and for DOS.  And VAXELAN.  And possibly IAS, I don't remember that one for sure.
>>
>         Both IAS and RSX-11D (essentially the same code) were Phase II only. There was also a
>         Phase II implementation for OS/8 but I seem to remember it being cancelled fairly early
>         in the Phase II schedule.
>
>            John.
>
>>       paul
>>
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