I have a DECNet for Rainbow MS DOS software.
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 9:56 PM Bob Smith via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > >
