[Info-vax] booting vaxstation off alpha

[Hans Vlems]

On 10 feb, 19:03, Stephen Hoffman <seaoh... at hoffmanlabs.invalid>
wrote:
> On 2013-02-10 17:33:16 +0000, Hans Vlems said:
>
> > The last paragraph reads as if DECnet isn't available over DSSI, did I
> > get that right?
> > (obviously not because it is....).
>
> The last time you were working on getting this stuff, you got as for as
> "on-synchronizing".
>
> AFAIK, DECnet is not officially available over DSSI, and I know of no
> documentation for getting CNDRIVER working with DSSI, and AFAIK no
> support.
>
> There's no DSSI device configuration listed in
> <http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/73final/documentation/pdf/decnet_ovms_n...>.
>  Not by a search for "DSSI", at least.
>
> Diagnostics and Utilities Protocol (DUP) is around on DSSI (via SET
> HOST /DUP, FYDRIVER, et al), but not AFAIK host-to-host DECnet.
>
> --
> Pure Personal Opinion | HoffmanLabs LLC

You have a good memory Hoff, we discussed this topic nearly 8 years
ago!
DECnet over DSSI works fine, provided you get the incantations right.
All I tried was CTERM and FAL and both worked as expected (reliable
albeit slow).
Another example of an undocumented, unsupported feature that works
alright.
Hans