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In article <1991Jan30.074338.1339@urz.unibas.ch>, doelz@urz.unibas.ch writes:
|> 
|> We have lots of Macs on 19200 baud lines connected to terminal 
|> servers (LAT protocol, Decserver 100 to 500). The Macs could 
|> run tcp/ip if configured, and I want to set up SLIP between 
|> Macs and Terminal servers so that the Macs can use UNIX resources. 
|> The need is for XWindows (I know, 19200 is *slow* for X), 
|> eventually SMTP Mail, telnet, FTP, and lpr. 
|> 
|> IP sites at our place include decstation 5000, convex, silicon
graphics, and 
|> (VMS) vaxes running ip. 

I confess that I have been demented enough to run SLIP over LAT, using
a VMS/MultiNet system as the gateway.  It works, though I wouldn't want
to run X over it!

Our configuration has never included Mac SLIP clients, so I can't 
vouch for that.  We have used VMS/MultiNet systems as clients (works
great, supports VJ compression) and a SunOS system (lousy performance.)
In fact, we have even run this topology:

		    public phone line
[vax]-[v.32 modem]---------------------[modem]-[data PBX]-[DECserver]
								| enet
					     (the Internet)---[vax]

and it worked well enough to satisfy a whole convention of electrical
engineers!  (To be sure, not the world's most demanding audience...)

If this appeals to you, drop me a line and I'll send you the gory details.

Aaron Leonard (AL104), <Leonard@Arizona.EDU>
University of Arizona Telecommunications, Tucson AZ 85721