1 Feb
2014
1 Feb
'14
5:22 p.m.
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.
Zane
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1 Feb
1 Feb
7:15 p.m.
On Feb 1, 2014, at 20:22, Zane Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
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.
OS X, probably not so much. Linux, though, has a pretty
good set of DECNet software and kernel support.
- Dave
7:27 p.m.
On 2 February 2014 01:22, Zane Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
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.
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2 Feb
2 Feb
8:09 a.m.
* Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> [140201 22:28]:
On 2 February 2014 01:22, Zane Healy <healyzh at
aracnet.com> wrote:
If you set the VB interface to "Bridged" then it should work fine.
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!
8:56 a.m.
On Feb 1, 2014, at 7:27 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
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.
At that point I'd be inclined to look at emulating a PDP-11 on my Mac and running
RSX-11M+ to get DECnet. That or I just fire up the Alpha when I want to play with the VAX
from my office. I don't know that I have the necessary Pathworks software.
Zane
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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. 
9:12 a.m.
On Feb 2, 2014, at 9:02 AM, Dennis Boone <drb at msu.edu> wrote:
Pathworks for Mac has been unsupported for a *VERY* long time. :-( I ran it on my Alpha
for a very long time, until I finally had to upgrade Mac OS X to a version that no longer
supported classic Appletalk. It was actually keeping me from upgrading both OpenVMS and
Mac OS X, and I still miss it. It was far better than NFS or Samba for accessing data on
VMS.
Zane
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Is there any
sort of terminal software available for Mac OS X that
speaks DECnet or LAT?
There was a Pathworks for Mac, if you can find a copy. 
10:41 a.m.
The LAT tools for linux:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-decnet/files/latd/
work fine on OS X. Just download and build.
I've used this to connect to TOPS-10 (klh10 on a linux box).
Usage documentation here:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/linux-decnet/index.php?title=LAT
Have fun :-)
Mike
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Subject: DECnet or LAT terminal software?
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.
Zane
--
healyzh at aracnet.com
http://www.zanesphotography.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zanes-photography/
https://www.facebook.com/ZanesPhotography
3 Feb
3 Feb
9:19 a.m.
On Feb 1, 2014, at 8:22 PM, Zane Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
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?ve been working on a Python implementation of DECnet, but that doesn?t (yet) speak any
application layer protocols.
It would be an entertaining exercise ? and should not be all that hard ? to do LAT in
Python.
paul
4 Feb
4 Feb
1:36 a.m.
Zane Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> writes:
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.
Is there some reason not put TCP/IP on the VAX?
(I just came across my manual for CMU/IP... ages ago I printed it and
put it in a grey DEC binder! Not sure I have media, though I do have
some pretty old Multinet media; no licenses, though perhaps a current
hobbyist one would work?)
9:53 a.m.
On Feb 4, 2014, at 4:36 AM, Andrew K. Bressen <akb+lists.cctalk at mirror.to>
wrote:
Zane Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> writes:
The DEC TCP/IP stack, in my experience, is a memory hog and
not entirely stable on VAX. DECNet, on the other hand, is
small and stable and supported on lots of other architectures
as well (PDP-10, PDP-11 among others).
I don't have loads of experience with any of the third-party
stacks (I don't have excessive experience with the DEC one
either, come to think of it). Perhaps they're nicer.
- Dave
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.
Is there some reason not put TCP/IP on the VAX?
(I just came across my manual for CMU/IP... ages ago I printed it and
put it in a grey DEC binder! Not sure I have media, though I do have
some pretty old Multinet media; no licenses, though perhaps a current
hobbyist one would work?)
11 a.m.
On Feb 4, 2014, at 9:53 AM, David Riley <fraveydank at gmail.com> wrote:
On Feb 4, 2014, at 4:36 AM, Andrew K. Bressen
<akb+lists.cctalk at mirror.to> wrote:
You can't run DEC TCP/IP on VAX/VMS 5.5-2, but you can run Multinet or TCPware (both
from Process Software) on it.
The machine in question has a fairly recent version of Multinet installed, however,
standard TCP/IP services such as Telnet, SSH, and FTP are disabled for security reasons.
I ran CMU/IP on my original VAX, a MicroVAX II, and I think I might have it installed on
my 3100/30 (assuming it still boots. Come to think of it, if the 3100/30 boots, that
would be an interesting low power solution. :-)
I've never had any issue with DEC TCPIP on OpenVMS/VAX v7.3, but haven't used it
as heavily as I have TCPIP on OpenVMS/Alpha.
Zane
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Zane Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> writes:
The DEC TCP/IP stack, in my experience, is a memory hog and
not entirely stable on VAX. DECNet, on the other hand, is
small and stable and supported on lots of other architectures
as well (PDP-10, PDP-11 among others).
I don't have loads of experience with any of the third-party
stacks (I don't have excessive experience with the DEC one
either, come to think of it). Perhaps they're nicer. 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.
Is there some reason not put TCP/IP on the VAX?
(I just came across my manual for CMU/IP... ages ago I printed it and
put it in a grey DEC binder! Not sure I have media, though I do have
some pretty old Multinet media; no licenses, though perhaps a current
hobbyist one would work?)
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