16 Dec
2021
16 Dec
'21
6:50 p.m.
On Dec 16, 2021, at 10:52 AM, Keith Halewood
<Keith.Halewood at pitbulluk.org> wrote:
There is also some information in the RSTS/E programming manual
(http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/rsts/V09/6_System_Programming/AA-EZ0…)
about setting up message handling (generic local and also decnet/e) but as Paul has said,
it is very low level and as far away from a transparent task= type setup as is possible to
be.
That's the standard Basic-PLUS API, but while that manual mentions in passing that
other function codes of the send/receive system call are used with DECnet, it does not
spell out what those function codes are or how to use them.
There's nothing like the transparent task access that VMS has. The "high
level" subroutine library is not anywhere near that high level... but it's about
the most convenient interface you'll find. Many of the DEC supplied DECnet/E
utilities use that library, but unfortunately all of them are fairly long.
Hm... "mirror" is an assembly language program, it uses a set of macros that
correspond 1:1 with the DNEHLL library functions. It's the receiving end of a
connection rather than the sending end but it might still be somewhat useful, at least
it's fairly short.
paul