This runs over serial (DL, X.25, etc) or parallel links (DR something). So no Ethernet hardware. It predates that by quite a while. Marty Gentry wrote the Ethernet hardware handler (driver) but it was never used for DECnet. DECnet was cancelled right after he finished it. -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE on behalf of Zane H. Healy Sent: Wed 10/21/2009 10:36 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: RE: [HECnet] Next retro comms project? At 6:55 AM -0700 10/21/09, Bob Armstrong wrote: * DECnet for RT11. This is easier at least, because DEC actually sold such a product, but I don't know if actual kits and documentation for it still exists. In either case, I've got PDP-11s and PDP-8s that could be on HECnet if they had networking software. As many know finding a copy of this has been a goal I've had for a *LONG* time. I know of one person that might a copy, but last I heard, couldn't get to where the floppies were and didn't have time. Keep in mind this doesn't run over Ethernet. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |