FWIW, those of us working on DECnet were familiar with Malamud's work and would, when feeling very charitable, describe it as "mediocre". Part of it are probably reasonably accurate. On the other hand, if you can find the books DEC published on the subject, you'd get material that's far more accurate and far better written. paul -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Pinocchio Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 4:05 PM To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: [HECnet] Found free good DECnet books Hi all! Recently, while searching for good DNA and DECnet source (besides ODL) I found two wonderful books freely and completely available to anyone via Google Books: 1) McGraw-Hill 1989, Malamud, DEC networks and architectures http://books.google.com/books?id=0CciAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&h… 2) VNR 1991, Malamud, Analyzing DECnet OSI phase V http://books.google.com/books?id=fPJSAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&h…