[cctalk] Re: DECnet-RT

On Feb 27, 2026, at 4:49 PM, Jim Davis via cctalk &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: I didn't know the 11/23 had net. We used fat coax and vampire taps on the network capable machines. > On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 1:39 PM Ethan Dicks via cctalk < > cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 4:14 PM Paul Koning via cctalk >> &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: >> On the other hand, the even more obscure DECnet/8 was found a couple of > years ago. Its main limitation is that it is Phase I, which is not > compatible with any later DECnet. I have some support for it in > DECnet/Python development code. > > Yes. Back in the mid-80s when I was using a PDP-8/a at home every day > (128Kw memory, RL8A/RL01... nice system), I had heard about DECnet/8 > but it was hard to track down even then. It was widely > known/understood at the time it was only Phase I, but still, it was > *networking* for a PDP-8! > > I did manage to get RTS-8 working on that machine, with OS/8 in a > process. I never ended up writing any from-scratch stuff for RTS-8 > but I did go through the documentation examples and got it working. > > -ethan >