2 Feb
2014
2 Feb
'14
9:41 a.m.
On 2/1/2014 8:27 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
On 2 February 2014 01:22, Zane Healy <healyzh at
aracnet.com> wrote:
... which reminds me.
I think I saw a DEPCA board (ISA bus) in my junk pile the other day. Is
there anything special about that board; or is it just an another
10base2 Ethernet board?
Thanks!
Rob.
Is there any sort of terminal software available
for Mac OS X that speaks DECnet or LAT?
I've spent the last couple days reviving my OpenVMS 8.3 and VAX/VMS 5.5-2 systems,
and would like to be able to access the VAX without having the Alpha online.
Next up, is my PDP-11/73, though cabling it is likely to be a bit of a challenge.
If I had room in my office, I'd think about bringing a terminal in here.
I guess you might be able to run some of the ancient Pathworks stuff
for Windows under WINE, Crossover or just a VirtualBox VM with a copy
of Windows in it... But you'll need to run a copy of Windows old
enough that it understands DECnet, and I have no clue if VBox can pass
DECnet traffic out the host's Ethernet port - it only really expects
to handle TCP/IP!
FWIW, I have WfWg 3.11, Win95 OSR2, Win98SE, WinME & Win2K all running
successfully under VBox. It's pretty versatile. XP is the oldest
version on which the Extensions work, though, so no shared drives,
clipboard, screen-resizing, accelerate graphics or anything.