[Info-vax] DECnet-RT noob questions

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 12/3/2021 7:53 PM, Supratim Sanyal wrote:
> (cross posted at HECnet)
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> Asking as someone who knows very little in general and even less about RT-11.

I know very little also other than from talking to several people on these lists who say that it's as scarce as hen's teeth.  Do you have a copy?  It looks like you ahve a few of the files from the listings below.  Do you know where they came from?
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> 1) How was DECnet-RT distributed? Where is a tape/disk image?
> 

I've been told it came on floppies (RX33?)

> 2) I have NU.SYS loaded, and have enabled XU in SimH .ini resulting in a DELUA being attached; is anything else needed (other than the actual DECnet-RT stack)?
> 

Here my knowledge runs out.  I can't recall any documentation online anywhere.  But that may be due to bit rot in my brain.

> 3) I also have a DUP line attached; what is the corresponding device helper/.SYS/.MAC name in RT-11? Is it present at all in the list below? If not, how do I get the .MAC or .SYS helper driver?
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> 4) If there is a choice, I would prefer DDCMP over the DUP instead of DELUA; is that possible?
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> 5) If connected to HECnet, Phase-IV nodes will know this is Area-31 ?
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> 
> Supratim


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John H. Reinhardt