18 Feb
2019
18 Feb
'19
6:18 p.m.
On Feb 18, 2019, at 11:42 AM, Steve Davidson <steve
at davidson.net> wrote:
Anyone using DECnet Phase-V on VAX/VMS V7.3 in the HECnet community?
I am rebuilding SGC::. It is MUCH bigger and faster so I may go the Phase-V route if it
has any real value. Comments?
Thanks!
-Steve
My view is that Phase V has real value in two cases:
(1) you're connecting to non-DEC systems that speak OSI. I'm not sure how many
are out there. A CDC mainframe running the later NOS versions with CDCNET support would
be an example, but I'm not sure that the CDCNET emulation in DtCyber includes those
parts.
(2) you have a DECnet network that's large enough to make 16 bit addresses
problematic. The DEC internal network (originally "Engineering Network") is
one, but I don't know if anyone else ever built a DECnet large enough for this to
apply. HECnet is probably still under 1000 nodes at the moment, so it doesn't seem to
apply here.
paul