Thanks for the info. and John!! bb
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 4:13 PM Paul Koning <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On May 17, 2021, at 2:43 PM, Bob Smith via cctalk <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > My recollection of Decnet for Pro boxes is that the available SW was > > for an end node and not a routing or other capability for the > > 380/350/325 boxes. > > That's how I remember it as well. I think the DEC notion was that a Pro > wasn't powerful enough to do routing, and on top of that it's hard to > configure it with enough ports to make it interesting. In theory it could do > Ethernet to 9600 baud sync DDCMP, and if you really want to stress the poor > little CPU you could try to add a few async DDCMP lines (on the quad UART > card). I don't know if DECnet/Pro supports anything other than Ethernet, > though. > > I have my Pro/RSTS system running as a router, on two serial ports, though > only one is active right now. The main reason I set it up that way is so it > would allow me to turn on the second line, for use as a test data source. > > paul > >
