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From: mark@tove.UUCP (Mark Weiser)
Newsgroups: net.wanted,net.ai,net.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Information on VAX-LispMachine Connection
Message-ID: <12@tove.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 23:46:49 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 11 23:46:49 1984
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Organization: U of Maryland, Laboratory for Parallel Computation, C.P., MD
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> 
> 	We are planning to connect a VAX-11/750 under 4.2BSD
> 	to a Xerox Lisp Machine, using ethernet. The VAX hardware
> 	is DEC's deuna plus repeaters etc., all standard stuff..
> 	Xerox already comes equipped with Ethernet interface.. Is
> 	there anybody out there who has the same setup ?? I would
> 	be much interested in hearing about the setup, problems,
> 	solutions, suggestions etc., as detailed as possible.. We have
> 	not yet purchased DEC's ethernet hardware. If there are any
> 	recommendations, it would be much appreciated...

At the ethernet level everything is compatible, so go ahead
and buy your hardware.  But software, that is another story.
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