[Info-vax] VAXStation 3100

[Dave Froble]

On 1/18/2019 8:17 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 1/18/19 7:35 PM, Dave Froble wrote:

>> And I have to ask, are you ocnfusing DECnet with LAT?  Two totally
>> separate things.
>
> Yes, but I thought LAT was a subset of DECNET.  Guess I was wrong.
> So, does VMS still support connections via LAT?

No, LAT is a totally separate thing.

>> Perhaps the non-VMS DECnet stuff you have has had additions that never
>> existed on VMS?
>
> Not as far as I know.  It was done from the published DEC
> protocol docs.  I know it works with my DECServer 200 so I
> can login to the other boxes from a terminal connected to
> it.  Hmmmm...  Maybe that's a solution.  I wonder if I can
> connect to the VMS box from the DECServer?  That would
> provide buffering and flow control.

If you have a working DECserver 200, then things get real simple.

Well, maybe ....

I confess, I've never really been a system manager.  I used to know 
enough to manage my own systems, and in the dim past I used to know 
enough to set up customer systems.

I don't remember if you have to do anything other than start up LAT, 
LAT$SYSTARTUP.COM, which should be part of system startup, and perhaps 
have a MOP download to the terminal server, which means you need the 
terminal server software.

I set up my current systems so long ago that I seem to forget just about 
everything.

NCP CONNECT NODE SRVR3

Got me to a # prompt, and I have forgotten the access password, wait, 
that's it I think, ACCESS.

With a connection to the terminal server you can set up each port.  You 
can set up an automatic (default) connection to the VMS system on each port.

I'm sitting here in the middle of the night, aghast at how much I don't 
remember.  This is distressing.

But, perhaps it shows how good DEC gear and VMS is, since it's been 
running for maybe 20 years without any management.  Or not much.

If you need details, ask, me, I'm going to maybe spend the weekend 
jogging some old memories.

Maybe I'll fire up one of the older systems, install V7.3, and do the 
rest of the set-up.  Might be fun, jog my memory, and it's suppose to 
snow anyway, what else is there to do?

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