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In article <Bv7420.7xn@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, schwartz@feh.scs.uiuc.edu (Dwight A. Schwartz) writes...
#In article <23SEP199201281456@nereid.sunquest.com> spg@nereid.sunquest.com (Steve Gibbons) writes:

#>So, a while back I asked about the availability of _other_ DECnet objects for
#>my various Rainbow systems.  

#What networking options were/are available for the Rainbow?  It would appear
#from the post that Rainbows _can_ be connected to a DECnet, so, more 
#specifically, is there any hardware/software which would allow me to connect 
#a Rainbow directly to a TCP/IP network? (e.g. thin cable ethernet card, etc.).

TCP/IPwise, I know of nothing for the 'Bow.  (Anyone up to the "excercise" of
porting KA9Q? :-)

#What is DECnet-DOS?  Where can one get it?  Would this allow one to "connect"
#several Rainbows in a LAN if each Rainbow were running it?

DECnet-DOS was a pre-cursor to Pathworks for DOS.  I've only tested it with 
RS232 connections, since I haven't been able to scrounge up an ethernet card
for the Rainbow (yet.)  One thing to consider (if you can obtain the software)
is that it's only an end-node license, you'll need to have a router in the
works somewhere, unless your net only consists of two end-nodes.

Version 1.1 is/was _very basic_ in the clients/servers that were provided.

#What is DDCMP?

Digital Data Communications Protocol - Roughly the DECnet equivilent to SLIP 
or PPP.

ObQuery: I'm _still_ looking...

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Steve (SPG6) spg@sunquest.com