[Linux-decnet-user] Hello

[David M. <da...@mi...>]

Hello there,
	I've just joined this list, and I don't know how much time I have to spend 
on the subject.  But I'd like to offer some help if possible and a few 
comments.

- I see that you've rescued a set of DECnet specs from Matt Thomas.  They 
are no longer visible on the HP website.

I have a copy of DAP 7.3.1 dated 21-April-1995 (in text and .RNO) that I'd 
be willing to contribute.  You only seem to have V5.6 (which is mostly good 
enough)
I was the DAP Architect for a number of years until Aug 1995

Someone recently gave me a hard copy of a LAT spec.  I needed some info for 
an IETF RFC reference.  It was interesting that I could not get a complete 
answer out of the "official" folks.  Seems that LAT is winding down.

- I was also the designer/implementor of DECnet-DOS and it's 
kernel.  Though the neurons are a bit rusty, I used to do a DECnet socket 
programming tutorial at DECUS.  I don't know how well your sockets match 
ours, but I may be able to dig up some old material.

- One of the FAQ pages says that "DECnet was designed for the VAX", well 
I'm sure a few of the contributors could tell you that PDP-11 and 
DECsystem-10 DECnets predated VMS by a number of years.  Most DEC 
architectures were little endian.  The VAX by it's heredity continued that.

- Oh Steve W., I did find a use for raw sockets, to implement MOP functions.

- I used to like to say I was the last one to implement DECnet Phase-IV, in 
PathWORKS for Windows 95. (we rewrote my DOS TSR kernel as a protected mode 
Windows component, because no one else would)
Now I find that you guys have taken my claim away.  sigh  ;^p

Dave.