[HECnet] DECnet Phase I

Did they call ANF-10 DECnet phase 1? -P For historical amusement... In reading the Phase II NSP spec, I spotted a summary of how that differs f= rom Phase I. I've never seen any Phase I documents (perhaps no formal docu= ments ever existed?). From the discussion in the Phase II spec, it's clear= that Phase I is quite a different protocol. Phase II through IV are all v= ery closely related, especially at layer 4 and above. Not so Phase I -- it= would be quite difficult (at best) to make an NSP implementation that coul= d speak both Phase I and Phase II. I don't see any signs that this was eve= r done. For example, there is no "how to interoperate with the previous ve= rsion" chapter in the Phase II spec -- unlike the Phase III and IV specs. paul