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  • Re: DECnet-RT noob questions

    From drb@drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) to alt.sys.pdp11 on Sat Dec 4 13:36:01 2021
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    5) If connected to HECnet, Phase-IV nodes will know this is Area-31 ?

    IIRC RT is DECnet II or III, and doesn't understand areas. I don't
    remember whether an area router can make it possible for the RT machine
    to talk to anything non-local.

    De
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  • From Johnny Billquist@bqt@softjar.se to alt.sys.pdp11 on Wed Dec 8 12:39:33 2021
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    On 2021-12-04 20:36, Dennis Boone wrote:
    > 5) If connected to HECnet, Phase-IV nodes will know this is Area-31 ?

    IIRC RT is DECnet II or III, and doesn't understand areas. I don't
    remember whether an area router can make it possible for the RT machine
    to talk to anything non-local.

    It would be at least phase III. But basically, if so, you would be
    limited to talk to other nodes in the same area, and only nodes with a
    number <256.

    But the biggest problem is that noone seems to have actually seen DECnet-RT.

    Johnny


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