9 Mar
2023
9 Mar
'23
2:20 a.m.
On 2023-03-09 02:14, Robert Armstrong wrote:
Depending on the system, that might be true. There are very different
type of nodes...
Um, routers
are true DECnet nodes.
They're DECnet nodes, but they aren't "computers". You can't do
anything
with them except route messages. Can't log in, edit files, compile
programs, play Adventure or Star Trek, nothing :) We have different goals - I'm not counting
nodes, I'm counting general
purpose computing hardware.
Well, the nodename database don't make any such distinction. The purpose
for it, in the end, is the mapping between DECnet node numbers and
names. Which is meaningful for any kind of node.
Johnny
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