[Info-vax] An alternative history of computing

[Robert A. Brooks]

On 7/23/2021 8:59 PM, David Jones wrote:
> On Friday, July 23, 2021 at 6:09:10 PM UTC-4, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>> DECnet Phase IV is tiny compared to DECnet Phase V, and was much
>> easier to port.
>>
>> The port of Phase V is ongoing.
>>
>> -- 
>> -- Rob
> 
> Phase V is so bloated that initially DEC said you had to use a separate box
> to be the router (and every network required a router).

Having attempted to run the notorious "Extensions to DECnet-VAX" on a memory-constrained
MicroVAX II, I am well aware of how compute-intensive Phase V is.

I am expressing neither admiration nor denigration of any phase of DECnet; I am
simply giving an update on the porting, and the rationale as to why IV was
done before V.


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                       -- Rob