> On Oct 6, 2015, at 7:13 PM, Rich Alderson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> From: Zachary Kline <[email protected]>
>> 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.
paul
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