[Info-vax] DSW41/42 option

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

John Wallace wrote:
> On Oct 12, 6:46 pm, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com>
> wrote:
>> Volker Halle wrote:
>>> A DSW41/42 is a SYNCHRONOUS WAN device. You can't configure this
>>> device with standard OpenVMS drivers, you need to install the VAX WAN
>>> Device Drivers kit.
>>> Volker.
> >
> And, what are you supposed to actualy *do* with it ?
> 
> You can talk DECnet (specifically, DDCMP iirc) to a compatible DECnet
> box, or X.25 to the outside world, typically.

OK, right. What I ment was maybe more something like, what are
you supposed to actualy do with it *today* ?

I do know what it was used for 20 yrs ago...