Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!swatt From: swatt@ittvax.UUCP (Alan S. Watt) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: UNIX <--> VMS link software wanted Message-ID: <756@ittvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-May-83 11:16:50 EDT Article-I.D.: ittvax.756 Posted: Fri May 27 11:16:50 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 28-May-83 14:42:59 EDT References: citcsv.108 Lines: 26 Well, we have UNIX-VMS mail transfer going, but you might not like how we did it: 1) Get the DEC 3270 Protocol Emulator package for VMS. This makes VMS look like a 3270 RJE workstation to IBM/VM, using a DUP-11 synchronous interface. 2) Get "UREP" from Penn State U. This makes UNIX look like an RSCS peer node to IBM/VM, using a DUP-11 synchronous interface. 3) Connect UNIX to VMS by splicing an IBM/VM system in the middle. (You can't connect them directly because the 3270 PE ONLY emulates an RJE protocol [RSCS NPT line driver], and UREP ONLY emulates a peer-node protocol [RSCS VMB line driver]). 4) Write lots of shell and DCL scripts to convert mail formats. We don't have file transfer, but most simple text sources can simply be embedded in mail. Isn't networking great? [ -:) ] - Alan S. (it was almost perverted enough to be fun) Watt