[Info-vax] DESPERATELY SEEKING VAX-CDs (WAN-Drivers, VAX-PSI)

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On Tuesday, 23 May 2023 at 00:25:15 UTC+1, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 5/22/2023 1:40 PM, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> > On 2023-05-22, Robert A. Brooks <FIRST... at vmssoftware.com> wrote: 
> 
> >> Well, I haven't ported X.25 to X86 yet; it hasn't been requested by any customers yet.
> > Do you think it's _likely_ to be requested by any x86-64 customers ? :-)
> No, but I can hope!

But without X.25 support how will SET HOST/X29 ever work? :-)


> Do hypervisors provide a synchronous interface to a guest? 
> 
> Even if they did, I suspect that we don't provide a synch driver. 

If I remember the profile correctly, then PSI would run over ethernet with ISO8881. So you don't strictly need a synchronous device. 

There was also GAP that allowed you to use a PSI connection on a different node.

Antonio