[Info-vax] An alternative history of computing

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-07-25, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
> Robert A. Brooks <FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com> wrote:
>>That would be LAT, not DECnet, using a DECserver.  They did not
>>use DECnet.  The MOP protocol is used to remotely manage DECservers.
>
> And the MOP protocol is patented... but the patent does not provide sufficient
> information to implement a client.  Some people making third party terminal
> servers have licensed the patent but it is far from open when compared to
> decnet.
>

Are you thinking of LAT and not MOP ? The MOP specification is freely
available, but LAT had (has?) patents against it.

Simon.

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