22 Feb
2026
22 Feb
'26
7:37 p.m.
Paul Koning <paulkoning(a)comcast.net> wrote:
On the other hand, the even more obscure DECnet/8 was found a couple
of years ago. Its main limitation ....
Besides being Phase-I, DECnet/8 is not a "complete" implementation. The
only application provided is a console to console talk program that can only
talk to other PDP-8 nodes. There's no FAL, CTERM/RTERM, NFT, NCP, or any of
the other things you might expect. I think DEC expected customers to write
their own RTS/8 and DECnet-8 applications.
Bob