24 Mar
2006
24 Mar
'06
8:07 a.m.
So, I've been looking, fruitlessly, for a copy of SGI 4DDN or 4DLT for
IRIX 5.3 or 6.2. 4DDN was SGI's DECnet Phase IV; 4DLT was their LAT
implementation that required 4DDN. Resellers don't seem to feel it's a
good idea to sell unsupported SGI software from fifteen years ago. Does
anyone have a copy at hand?
I did get ahold of a copy of 4DDN 3.0, but it turned out to be IRIX
4.x-only, and I lack any hardware that's IRIX 4-capable. (Nevermind
that IRIX 4 is kind of scary)
I know this is a bit of a weird request. For reasons I cannot explain,
I've felt compelled to get my SGI onto the hobbyist DECnet ever since a
filename with a typo in it led me to believe that I had 4DDN on-hand.