From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!SEAN@mit-oz Newsgroups: net.micro Title: DEC Rinbows & networking Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.388 Posted: Sun Feb 6 13:13:00 1983 Received: Wed Feb 9 05:01:22 1983 From: Sean D. TrueWe are considering using DEC Rainbows in an office word-processing environment. This would involve 20 - 40 Rainbows. We would like to support terminal emulation and electronic mail via access to our local UNIX system, as well as some sort of file and print `serving'. The Rainbow has an RS432 (?) port which can be used on a multi-drop arrangement (single twisted pair connecting all machines). I believe that the Corvus net is over such a connection. Does anyone out there currently have such a network, or is anyone considering it? Do you have software that might support some sort of local multi-drop network? Do you know of anyone who is thinking about such things? Sean D. True Center for Cognitive Science MIT sean@mit-oz, sean@mit-cog-sci, mitccc!cogs!sean -------