[Info-vax] DECserver/LAT across DECnet areas?

[Steven Schweda]

> Non-routed bridged-only long distance net would work around
> the non-routable characteristics of LAT.

   A while ago, my then-employer leased a 9600b/s line which provided a
bridge between offices in Minnesota and California.  In the Saint Paul
office, we could always tell when the power failed in Menlo Park because
when their power was restored, their DECservers would boot off our
MOP-serving VAXes, and we'd see the console messages.  Our already-up
VAXes responded sooner than their still-starting VAXes.

   I don't recall anyone trying to do any serious work using LAT over
the bridge, but it worked well enough for a little playing around, and
everyone's DECservers were happy.