Date: Wed, 19 Apr 95 19:52:45 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: root@deadline.snafu.de (Andreas S. Wetzel) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Q: Does anyone know about implementing LAT support? Message-ID: <9504200152.AA21901@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <m0s1hSW-000IybC@deadline.snafu.de> from "Andreas S. Wetzel" at Apr 19, 95 11:38:51 pm
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> Does anyone out there know something about LAT support? > Is there already support planned for things like that? > Anyone else working on something like this ?! I implemented LAT once. The only public documentation I know about is pre 5.x microfiche VMS sources. Everything else is pretty much restricted by license, and DEC closed down the fiche documentation as well when it figured it out. I assume you have a DecServer you want to use as a terminal server. 8-). You will need a VAX to download the code to it as well, or you will need to implement MOP and MOP-MOM to boot it. It is almost worthwhile rewriting the download code (the thing is a 68k box, and you can cross-compile the code under BSD using GCC). Typically, LAT is considered DEC proprietary and is unavailable without a license. I believe the DECServers, if downloaded by a VAX, will also support non-LAT CTERM protocol connections -- CTERM is much easier to implement, and you can buy the documentation for it and the underlying protocols for about $180.00 for all the books you would need. I don't think anyone is planning on reverse engineering LAT and then releasing it publically any time soon; DECNet would be a nice thing for BSD to have, though... Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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