On Oct 7, 2015, at 9:56 AM, Paul Koning <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> 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. > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
