Re: [Linux-decnet-user] PDP-11 file transfers

[Patrick C. <pa...@ty...>]

On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 01:57:57AM -0000, Mal Matheson wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I am currently looking at using a Linux box with DECnet to act as a file server for some old PDP-11/RSX11M+ systems (using NFT commands).
> 
> After reading the FAQ and browsing this mailing list, I'm not sure what the current status is re compatibility with PDP-11 file transfers.  Apparently there were (are?) timeout issues when copying files to/from the PDP-11 systems.
> 
> Can someone please advise if the Linux-DECnet option is feasible for this purpose? I've been advised the files are fairly small, around 512K (or maybe 512 bytes, I'm not sure). An alternative someone has proposed is to use a Windows system with Pathworks32 - would this be more reliable?

In all honesty the best I can suggest is "try it and report any problems you
find"

While I've "tested" the DECnet programs against RSM11M (not plus)  and had
some success that was only against an emulated machine running the simh PDP11
simulator. Under that emulator I can get files off the PDP but not back onto it
- or was it the other way round? Anyway, I don't know how old the version of
RSX11M was that I was using and I think plus is a bit different anyway.

Maybe someone else out there has tried Linux/DECnet with a PDP can enlighten us!



patrick