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

[terry-...@glaver.org]

On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 7:28:36 PM UTC-4, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2023-07-24 17:52, terry-... at glaver.org wrote: 
> > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 9:43:07 AM UTC-4, Johnny Billquist wrote: 
> >> On 2023-07-24 05:54, terry-... at glaver.org wrote: 
> >>> You can find it at https://www.glaver.org/ftp/tmk-software/mop-server 
> >>> Give that server a little time to respond - it is hauling a virtual Alpha 
> >>> out of the freezer to serve those files. 
> >> That is really cool. Something to spread to the RSTS/E managers on HECnet... 
> > 
> > They might also be interested in Finger-11: 
> > https://www.glaver.org/ftp/tmk-software/finger11
> I remember seeing implementation of that one for RSX as well. 
> I wrote my own, which works over IP, but I never bothered with DECnet. 
> Maybe I should...
> > That is a full implementation of Finger for RSTS/E. It can even reach 
> > IP and unknown DECnet hosts if the name of a router (typically a VMS 
> > system) is configured. 
> > 
> > For historical amusement, there's MS-DOS Finger: 
> > https://www.glaver.org/ftp/tmk-software/msfinger 
> > 
> > Which can similarly reach IP and unknown DECnet hosts the same way.
> Hmm. MS-DOS and DECnet? You'll need Pathworks then?

Yup - it's in the readme. It uses the DECnet stack from Pathworks
(or the nom de jour). I could have added IP, but the combination
of Pathworks, 3Com TCP/IP and QEMM-386 on MS-DOS was
quite a feat, and since the interest came from DEC, Pathworks
was in and TCP/IP was out.

> > If run as just "finger", the user will see: 
> > 
> > You are the only user, of course. 
> > 
> > 8-}
> :-)